A year before the siege, the Tsurani performed a death raid and burned as much of Crydee as they could, but the guard managed to save the fishing village at the south end of the harbor. Many of the survivors traveled to Carse before the winter. The rest stayed beyond, living in crude huts set up inside the castle walls. Outside of the fishermen, who would stay behind to help keep up the food stores, many had plans to move out the following spring.