"This was not "a few" corpses." Goro asserts, taking up a nearby towel to dab the sweat from his frame. There are several others besides that set aside; Goro's a big guy. "The Free Cities were swarmed. Ghosts that came out of the mists. It happened everywhere. Only daylight saw them turned back."

He sets the towel aside and picks up another. "If it was a mistake, it was a colossally foolish one. Or it was an attack. Either case demands a response. Sorcery that foul left unchecked spells only doom."