Night falls on the village of Genkysou, and the night Guard stands vigilant watch, their eagle eyes seeking out potential threats in the darkness. But not all Guards are as careful in their vigil as they could be. High, aloft in the cold night’s breeze, flitters in an insect menace from the swamps of the forest. Penelope scans the darkened ground outside , managing to miss the threat. It would only take a single ring of the bell behind her to forewarn the residents and give them a fighting chance.

She sticks close to the Lantern that lights her wooden blind.. It’s the only source of warmth on this brisk moonlit night.

Meanwhile in the noble quarter of the breeding housing, a young maiden moans in her bed, blissfully unaware of the nightmarish scourge of Miedo Mosquitoes that are on their way..