The hurried footsteps of Balin and his squad of knights and mages came too late as they were welcomed by nothing more than a faint fleeting figure and the harrowing sight of blood tainted floors and walls.
"Wh- Where are the bodies?!" Someone asked fearfully.
Balin didn't address this question, he only briefly looked at the blood-soaked walls and floor before taking off and hurrying over. The squad captains were the first to react and follow Balin onto the ugly red path.
The sound of the blood coalescing at their feet and the bloody footsteps they left as they followed after the faint now gone figure was unsettling.
"Hurry up!" Balin said picking up the pace. The faint figure was obviously the culprit but they had disappeared, Balin knew he was going too slow to catch up as things stood so he wanted them to pick up the pace.
