>>6129367<span class="mu-s">Four Years Before the Gerudo Invasion</span>
"Opheia what did you find out?" Impa asks as her Shadow School scout returns.
"I count three sets of tracks, they exit the house, split up and wander for a bit, before coming back together and following a blood trail left by someone fleeing the house. The trail doesn't last long though before there are signs of a struggle and a second blood trail leading back to the house."
"Are the attackers human?" Impa asks.
"They're humanoid, the tracks certainly suggest it, but the footprints are too large and there are handprints as well, as if they were walking on all fours like beasts." Opheia says with a slight shudder.
"Where are these things now? Are they still in the house?"
"As far I could tell, yes. The blood and the footprints were still fresh and there were no other tracks leading away. Oddly though there were none leading to the house either, it's as if the attackers came from inside the house itself."
Impa narrows her eyes. A bestiary of all the malicious creatures of Hyrule flashing through her mind as she tries to figure out what is behind the recent disappearances. People had been disappearing in violent struggles all across Hyrule for months now and so many people had been taken that the crown itself had been asked to do something about it. So naturally they sent the Sheikah to look into it. Weeks of investigation and dozens more disappearances had finally brought them this close to the truth. Now that she was standing here however. The warning the Sheikah Elder had given her before she set out, played through Impa's mind.
"There is a stench of foul and ancient magics about these disappearances child. Be on your guard and expect the unexpected."
Naza clears his throat, bringing Impa back to the present. "Your orders Mistress?"
>Get down there and into that house. If the attackers are still in there it could be your chance to end these disappearances here and now, and possibly save their latest victims.>You want to be damn sure the only attackers around are in the house. Order a second sweep and have your Open Eye School seer look for strange magic.>You have these people dissappearers right where you want them. Surround the house and send for additional forces from the local lord. You can never be too careful with strange new creatures. 