Interlude i - a mournful discovery

Upon return, the warriors discovered their home had been
Completely destroyed
Fires raged around them and bodies lay strewn upon
The ground in a circular pattern

What madness is this!?!?!
Sanity be damned, what is capable of such horrors?

A woman raised her bloodied arm to signal the collective over to
Her, gasping for air, she spoke barely audibly

They, they rained death upon us like the showers of the morn
There was no chance to defend ourselves

Who were they? Did you see their faces?

There were hordes descended upon us, led by a man with
Blackened crimsoned eyes and a glow that you could see over the hills
We accepted defeat before battle

Wretched fools, shall pay for their insatiable death run

Euuuuugh

And with, and with that, and with that she perished

Then spoke

I know what has taken place here
I have heard tales of the ancients which hold secret powers
This land bleeds deep

What must we do now?

Find the keeper