_There is no doubting it now, some merchants have certainly disappeared. Shipping records are showing anyone trying the pass under a merchants flag and carrying arms or armorments, aren't showing up. Hoarran patrols seem up in numbers, one might wonder if they too are trying to figure out what is going wrong.
In other oddities, Riselle, singer and storyteller probably best known for her song about Yngdir is no longer to be found at the Kelemvorite Shrine. After recent attacks, rumors place her as possibly abducted by illithids._