Bearclaw Valley a ghost can speak dreadful things

"faces from my past come back to haunt me. they're in easthollow. they're gathering beyond the meadow." merrick bit his tongue, swept the countenance of whoever was closest. "and it's not just me they want. they're going to take this land. squeeze it. realize we have something they do not."
a shuddering breath.
"they have to go. ursus will be caught between them and crushed. they know we were here first."
they know i was here first. they know i come before all things.