The transition of the seasons comes with many changes, and the first night of the gather was no different. The Stevenson family’s screams could be heard from all over requiem as they begged and pleaded for help, Townsfolk sprung into action to subdue the raging Victor Stevenson and his flock bringing peace back momentarily for the night.
However that peace was not long lived, the sounds of metal ripping from the post office pavilion brought wave upon wave of headbanging raiders as the tribute band played their hearts out for their adoring fans both Tainted and Raider alike. Requiem held strong while drinking in the music, fighting and flourishing within the energy brought from the fanfare.
Now that aggression and fury had been quelled the people of requiem gathered together to talk politics, Family Heads came together with other societies and unaligned members of the town to come to a few agreements. Together, the people appointed The Lotus Society as enforcers of the town's laws along with the treaty of the fold. The families agreed to meet more frequently to distribute information and establish issues with the unaligned members of town and finally, the people agreed to reduce the requirements of eligibility for both patron and ward families:
Patron families must consist of 7 members and a family head, along with a unique benefit they bring to the town.
Ward families must consist of 4 members and a family head, along with a unique benefit they bring to the town
Members must be Requiem Locals or travelers who have attended half of Requiem’s trade events within the past year
Family Heads must be locals
With these compromises made, the town turned itself to its final issue of the gather, The Near Grave. For the last several gathers, the destroyed morgue had been surrounded by an area of protruding Near Grave, toxic to all life and keeping locals from fixing the morgue itself. After some research and gathering resources, a team gathered to go into the Gravemind and sink a new morgue. While that procedure was being planned, locals and travelers alike were presented with visions of old memories taken into the Gravemind by people who’d lived in what would later become Requiem, back when the settlement was known as Midian. They discovered a secret buried deep below Requiem, a secret locked inside the memories fed to the Gravemind when members of Midian were slaughtered. The town fought their way into the destroyed morgue and rebuilt it from the inside.
The secrets of the scientific discoveries of what lies beneath Requiem is still under research. Yet the memories of Midian echoing in the Gravemind left one dire warning: a group of Final Knights known as the Melochim were the ones who helped destroy the Midian settlement in their search for whatever is buried below the settlement. Recently, Final Knights have been visiting the town, Final Knights known as the Melochim. It seems they have returned after all. With the years problems coming to a close the frost begins to dust upon Requiem, Celebration is upon the horizon, and a New Year is ready to begin with new issues already crossing into Requiem’s borders.