I spoke to a man shouting down the street who said that Armadillo was ravaged by a variety of plagues, most recently cholera. He thanked me, but then promptly said he was retiring and leaving, as the town was curse/dead. The only real “event” in this entire zone I encountered was in the town of Armadillo, where I watched a sheriff hand over a Del Lobo gang member to a posse, but I intervened to shoot them all. I did not try to murder them all, but I suppose it’s possible Thieves Landing and Fort Mercer were filled with hostiles that reprimanded me if I came near them.I still have no idea how or why this happened

A building that randomly exploded as I rode by it, which spooked my horse.

Random ambush/help stranger events, including a few that had Del Lobo gang members trying to kill me.

The corpse of a priest who apparently died 100 years ago with a letter in his pocket.

One legendary animal hunt, though I didn’t stick around long enough to figure out what kind of animal I was supposed to be tracking.

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