The Maniac of The Mountain
By Qaland - Month of Falling Leaves, 24, 316
This incident was brought to us by multiple adventurers of Lazni Village.
It seems that someone - if not something, is lurking in the thick forest of Mount Rouville.
Let's break it down!
The Reports
Within the last few months, we've received a couple of reports about a certain thing or person near Sugar Peak.
All say that this entity is tall, fast and runs away when noticed.
We've came to conclusion that it was just a deer, or bear, until someone claimed to us that said entity spoke!
Hongoru, our reporter, told us that the forest lurker called upon their name, saying "Hongoru, Hongoru come over here!" Our reporter, was smart enough to not trust this entity and ran away as fast as possible!
Beware! If someone in the forest calls upon your name, run as fast as possible!
The Photos
Our reporter, Traicere, ever the curious, took it upon their own hands to snap a picture of the creature.
Sadly, they were all blurry and gloomy.
They claim that the lurker cussed at them! Calling them names and yelling to stop, until vanishing in the forest. It seems our lurker is picture-shy!
(see next issue for the pictures)
More Than One?
Neolantis, our dreamy villager, claims to have found two lurkers on Apple Peak! Are there two lurkers?! Neolantis proclaims that they didn't liked eachothers.
One of them was very enthusiastic, the other was gloomy and annoyed. Why didn't it just... go away?
We don't know.
Lazni Village's Thoughts?
Curious Laznis gave us some more insights and theories about The Crazy Forest Lurker.
Anglestan claims to never have heard about any shady creatures roaming around their home. This is strange, as Anglestan used to live near Lake Hertel, in the heart of the mountain, until very recently. Has the lurker appeared out of nowhere? Did they hid themselves from Anglestan? Did they moved on the mountain?
Yedesna claims to never have seen any forest creatures, well, other than the usual deer or bird! This is odd, as Yedesna spends a lot of time on the mountain, sometimes with the company of Garulmonie. Is Yedesna the forest lurker? Well, it would seem likely so, but Yedesna outright denies these claims! Quoting, "Me? The forest lurker? I don't remember hiking on the mountain recently..." and.. "They were spotted Yesterday? Well Yesterday I was doing.. uh... huh.. I can't seem to remember!" Seems Yedesna's insights aren't very trustworthy..
What Are Our Thoughts?
Detective Tristan is still on the case.
Their final verdict left unclear, we can't give you any real truths to this issue!
What do we really think? Is it even that hard of a question? The Maniac of the Mountain is clearly Yedesna.
Clearly Yedesna doesn't seem to recall anything they've done within the past 2 hours, so until we get insights from Tristan, or manage to interview Garulmonie;
This'll stay a mystery! One with a very obvious solution that is..
See you next Sunday!
Qaland