Rorschach and Humboldt spotted Richard just as he was about to leave the station.
Or perhaps they hadn't seen the man himself; their view encompassed the entirety of Dalburg.
Having arrived early, the two first patrolled the area from the air to determine the location and size of the main settlement in the Count's Domain. They also took the opportunity to rescue a few farming families on the outskirts whose houses had been crushed by a once-in-a-century blizzard.
Anyone still breathing was pulled back from the brink of Hell by the pair. Others weren't so lucky. By the time Rorschach and Humboldt reached them, they found only remains buried under snow, earth, and rubble.
"Thank goodness," Humboldt confessed. "We managed to save some lives, at least. Before I started the treatment, I was worried the Healing Spells might be distorted by the Mother Goddess's influence, creating monsters or causing them to sprout grotesque, fleshy growths."
