You set out shortly after, hoping to make it to Vallaki unmolested. The mist is thick this day, cutting off your view beyond 30 feet and muting the sound strangely. You can almost feel the malevolent will behind the mists as it reaches out to smother you.
Ahead in the mist, you see the vague outline of something in the road. Approaching closer, you can see that it's a small human corpse, though you can't tell much else from this distance.