There are many speculations to this day, but none can say for certain why Loran Sunderland, the uncle of Lord Tristan Sunderland and the mayor of the nearby port, had decided to slay the Northern Messenger. Yet, retaliation had been quick and brutal- less than two moons later, House Sunderland had been extinguished, man, woman, child; young and old, servants, even their dogs weren't spared. None dared lay a finger upon messengers carrying the direwolf livery ever since.