A report was waiting for them almost as soon as they returned to Enigma. Melianse's Respite reported that the town was under siege by a plague of tiny, plant-like vermin. Hundreds of tiny creatures, barely taller than one's ankles, were rampaging across the city and surrounding environs, biting the ankles of livestock or children, chasing pets, or climbing up onto sleeping citizens to drink blood from exposed necks or arms. The guard was slaying any they came across, and individually, they were more of a nuisance than a threat, but there were<em>so many,</em>and they seemed to be just pouring out of the woods to the south.