Northwind County.
This place was close to the North Tower, though it was not the territory of the witches, but rather belonged to the church serving the Lady of Night.
The churches of deities had many enclaves on the Material Plane. After the era of Queen Isabella ended, no powerful empires ever appeared again on the Material Plane, and the churches seized the opportunity to acquire a portion of secular power. Yet, under the constraints of the gods, the churches did not dare to usurp too much power, merely keeping it controlled within the scale of a single city or town, much like the City of Abundance controlled by the church of the Goddess of Agriculture. Soren handled things the same way; his church had massive influence in Port Nyanzaru, yet barely reached into secular power. Northwind County was a domain controlled by the church under the Lady of Night, yet on the surface, it still had a puppet noble baron.
This noble himself was a worshipper of the Lady of Night.
This was a common tactic used by deities: propping up nobles who worshipped them to become lords, achieving the effect of covert control and influence.
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Near a certain graveyard in Northwind County, a group of drifting will-o'-wisps wandered about.
This was a very common phenomenon, because after the conspiracy of the God of Death Naram succeeded, the numbers of will-o'-wisps and spectres increased in a straight line. Now nobles did not even dare to bury corpses near the original burial sites, and many large-scale graveyards were dangerous even during the day.
These will-o'-wisps looked completely random, yet careful observation revealed that they were controlled by some kind of power to monitor the surroundings.
Near the large mausoleum to the south of the graveyard, a hidden