Today there was an explosion. It happened right in front of me, were I any closer to the blast it could have done serious damage to me. Luckily, or maybe not so luckily, someone noticed what was happening before I did and dived between me and the bomb. I had never met them before, but they were dead instantly in the blast, didn’t even have enough time to feel pain. I still don’t know who they were, but they weren’t the only casualty.

It happened on a relatively crowded street, though only five people were close enough to die from the blast. The structural damage was easy enough to fix so it was mostly a non-issue, while the people that weren’t close enough to die instantly were easy enough to heal.

It turns out that what happened is someone just exploded, seemingly for no reason. There was hardly even a body left, just viscera covering the streets, much less some clue as to why they exploded.

It’s almost certainly an attack, but on who? The guy who exploded was an important person from out of town, no one affiliated with us, but definitely someone worthy of an assassination. Like that lich from the other day with the bomb planted in his chest.

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Actually, now that I dig into it a bit more, it seems like this guy was here seeking medical treatment for some magical device implanted into his body against his will. And we happen to have the best healers in the area, so of course, he came to us. I’m worried what this might entail, is someone attack us, or are we just collateral damage in someone’s killing spree. Either way, we should try to stop this, as any in this area that is affected is likely going to come to us for help.

What should we do about this, what can we do about this? Informing all of the healers is probably a good start, if one of them tries to start removing this device with magic it’s just going to blow up on them. We should study the one we already have, or rather we should get the scholars to do so, maybe we could figure out some way to deal with it from that? Surgery isn’t exactly viable every single time, and it takes a lot of time and effort that I would rather not have my people spend on foreigners, without some kind of payment of course.

Ideally, we could figure out who did this and get them to stop before someone else blows up in a population center, or maybe it will all blow over and there will never be another incident of this type of explosion. I somehow doubt it though.

And there is another boom, I should go check that out, make sure the people that can be saved are saved.

Anyway, Good Night Diary.