This morning large numbers of Orga Shamen appeared in and around town, just as they had on the 26th. There were some very strong exiles around this time, and they were dying in droves. However, I suddenly sensed that Indigo had fallen to an Abyssal Hunter. She was soon raised and announced that the hunter was in East Field, so I headed that way for a look.

I found several, and immediately discovered that Abyssal Hunters are extremely dangerous. Indigo rescued me and returned me to town for healing, but more hunters began appearing all over town. The battle against the hunters lasted for hours, with exiles forced to take shelter in the buildings several times. As the battle continued, swarms of large and giant vermine began appearing, along with small numbers of drakes.

Eventually the attacking creatures were driven from town, but they left some questions. What were abyssal hunters, orga, drakes, and vermine all doing attacking Puddleby together? Since the Orga Shamen appeared first, did they somehow summon the other creatures to aid them?

When I came out of the library Santa Chicken was in town giving out presents. I got a piece of metal, which will be useful if my chains break again. Althea received a pony doll, and was quite happy with it.

I headed up to the snowy area west of north field to see what was happening there, and joined a long battle against various ice giants and frost giants. I fell many times, and eventually the exiles prevailed (taking breaks for snowball fights periodically).

After the giants were defeated I headed for the snowy place on the dark cloud to join Aughra and Mattie. Unfortunately I wasn't much help, so Elise and Wormtounge joined us. With two fighters we had considerably more success.

This afternoon a large number of Orga Shamen appeared in Puddleby, as well as the surrounding farms and fields. Individually a shaman is not very dangerous (even I can kill one) but in large groups they can incinerate even strong fighters. I was mostly able to avoid large concentrations, and picked off a number of them in East Field and in town.

Some exiles headed for the Orga Camp, where they apparently met with considerable resistance. I was worn out from chasing shamen all over the fields, though, so I returned to the library.