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MYSTERY ‘BLACK KNIGHTS’ ATTACK SWINDERLOG COURTYARD
Dateline: 4-
A force of ‘Black Citadel Knights’ have attacked the courtyard of Swinderlog Hole.
Their objective seems to be the magic portal which links Swinderlog to White Tower
Island in the Underworld. “There are about five, coming out of the area just east
of the Portal. I suddenly found myself fighting two of them -
Whether the invaders are themselves trying to pass through the portal to reach White Tower Island, or whether their objective is to somehow disrupt and close the portal is unclear.
The Berenian presence in the Underworld has been the subject of threats from something called the ‘Dark Legions’, although their nature is unknown, so it is possible that the knights are associated with them.
However it has long been rumoured that there is a secret group of knights within the White Tower called the Black Codex, although it is not one of the officially recognised codices of the order and the White Tower has always officially denied its existence, claiming that reports to the contrary are the work of enemies of Bereny. If there were such a thing as the Black Codex, then it might be behind the attack.
“The remaining three Black Knights are regrouping in a small chamber just off the courtyard,” Sir Malevolent told the Bugle. “Myself and Ms Jonquil Forkbeard, Bereny’s most hirsute dwarf, are about to go and clear them out.”
There is a second portal to the Underworld in Crownheart, but there is no news of whether it has also come under attack.