As the stripped prisoners fled back to the city further south, the rough details of the fall of Cold Bay Castle spread along with them.
The city lords still didn't know what that white mist shrouding the top of the castle was, but it couldn't be clearer that the city gate was opened by possessed traitors.
With Cold Bay Castle as a cautionary tale, now there's no way they would let possessed individuals into the city. The city lords wish they could directly expel the possessed from within the city as well.
In fact, some city lords have already started doing this.
Of course, they wouldn't directly throw them out, but instead, under various orders, they assigned them to outposts and camps outside the city, abandoning them in a more dignified manner.
The military shortages thus created were filled by those who fled back and were fortunate enough not to be possessed.
