Come and knock on my door.
Bad Blood.
Bad Blood.
Buzz from the Palace District seems to abound in the wake of a home burglary; the City Watch are summoned to the stately manor of House Hauerthorne in the dead of the night after the smashing of a second-floor window is heard throughout the wealthy neighborhood. It is somewhat immediately rumored the next day among the families of the Gate's upper crust that Lord Hauerthorne, for his "emotional fortitude" and due to "grief prorogued by some callous, criminal element," makes hasty plans to depart for his country house. His two eldest sons, Dedrich and Johann, have chosen to stay at Hauerthorne estate, meanwhile firing the current security staff and hiring a new firm that seems to provide guards in greater number than before.
The brothers Hauerthorne, two somberly expressioned men of late, have been seen clearing out part of the Hauerthorne manor for an estate sale. This hubbub is accompanied by the rumor mill of the Palace District disseminating the news that Lord Hauerthorne, head of House Hauerthorne, has passed away in his country getaway.