One last little niggling detail about Mistyscholars is that it is squarely in one of the most dangerous pieces of land in the entire world. Not one, not two, but fully FOUR necromancer towers lie in the surrounding countryside, vying for control. Four cabals of evil wizards possesing the secrets of life and death and not afraid in the slightest to use them. The wall, and to a lesser degree the budding Mistyscholars militia, are all that stand between the good folks here and a greusome death at the hands of the walking dead, its construction paramount to survival.
On this particular night a carpenter by the name of Nac Bekdilescu was out for a walk south of the wall with his cat, examinging piles of timber that had been felled out in the dry brown grass fields. He heard a noise and looked to the south. Several shambling shapes advanced towards him in the darkness. He scarcely had time to shout "THE DEAD WALK! HIDE WHILE YOU STILL CAN" before he was beset by the lumbering forms and torn to shreds. Did i mention the zombies were literally made of cheese?