Port Nyanzaru went on citywide alert.
Anyone of unknown origin underwent rigorous questioning, while all ships and merchants entering or leaving the port faced strict restrictions. Under Soren's orders, Port Nyanzaru had essentially abandoned nearly seventy percent of its trade. He now intended to cut off most trade and weather the final two waves of the Time of Troubles head-on. Thanks to everything he had accumulated, Port Nyanzaru had the resources to do so. Wealth from Treasure Island covered its financial expenditures, minerals from the Abyss replenished its material supplies, and he also received some supplies from the Githyanki and Formians. Sustaining Port Nyanzaru for a year or two would pose no problem at all.
Food supplies, the only remaining constraint on Port Nyanzaru's population, could now be produced locally in sufficient quantities. Soren therefore decided to place the city under a comprehensive lockdown.
Port Nyanzaru was now almost completely closed off. While it continued taking in people from the South Coast, it had abandoned trade with other powers. Signs of the Undead Scourge were growing increasingly severe. The Inquisition in Port Nyanzaru had already uncovered several hidden necromancers. What particularly unsettled Soren was that organizations of wizards specializing in necromancy spells seemed to have been recruited by the Undead Monarchs as well.
Worse still!
Soren's church had actually discovered a handful of very unusual wizards among them.
The Shadow Church's Inquisition had discovered them, but since they were wizards, Goria had also sent witches to examine them. The witches were shocked by what they found and immediately informed Goria. After going to see for herself, Goria was equally astonished and sent the information to Soren.
At that moment.
Soren had arrived at the Inquisition behind the temple. He immediately saw several conspicuously bald heads, along with runic tattoos on