The inquisitors have come to this small desert city, hunting refugees they suspect have been secreted away by the locals. They will stop at nothing to find those they seek; perhaps they're after the adventurers themselves or the adventurers have been hired to protect those that the inquisitors pursue, or maybe the adventurers are the inquisitors. Nonetheless most civilians react with fear at the appearance of the inquisitors; shopkeepers shudder their stores and pedestrians clear the streets.