East Leg Burning! Many Dead and Wounded!

The Empire is in panic after news spreads to each corner of the realm, with couriers proclaiming that East Leg is burning after suffering from an attack by Black Wildlings! These terrible creatures, it is said, stand taller than the usual Wildlings that Fastheld has encountered - taller than your average Imperial! -, are able to raise from the dead if left where they fell, and are able to use crude weapons and armor, perhaps salvaged from their victims! The couriers report that many fell to Wildling arrows and claws, though the attacking force was eventually defeated by the House Lomasa Guard and by the bravery of those gathered in the township when the attack took place. It is said that Duke Norran Lomasa, a Knight-Errant of the Imperial Crown, lead a brave sally back and forth against the creatures of shadow, showing no regard for personal safety as he charged in to the Wildlings in an effort to protect the wounded. Nobles of other Houses, namely Baroness Katriana Nillu and Baron Alin Mikin, did what they could as well, felling Wildlings with bow and mace. It is also said that Duke Kahar and Duchess Zahir were among the fallen, reportly having both arrived in East Leg for talks with the Duke Lomasa. Though the number of dead and wounded and high, the couriers also proclaim that it would have been higher had fortune not seen fit to permit the Prince of the Blood, Serath Kahar, and a column of cavalry riders from the Imperial Watch, to arrive on scene to lend aid to East Leg and her wounded. Many were snatched from the jaws of death by the compassion of the Light that the Prince commanded, it is said, including the Arbiter of the Imperial Tribunal, and a number of Freelanders, to name but a few. The Imperial Watch contingent also contained a few riders trained in first aid who were able to render assistance to other wounded citizens and soldiers as they spread about the city looking for fallen Wildlings to burn. East Leg is left to count its dead and rebuild, but it is not expected that it will do it alone. Meanwhile, the Imperial Watch is adopting the role of acting security for the Lomasa seat of power until such time as House Lomasa herself can take up the guard once more.