[ At his question, Somnus' expression settles into something more reserved. ]

I had requested it assuming autumn would bring death. The anthropophagi came to mind. Nothing more, nothing less. [ By coincidence, it had-- what with the fall equinox incident and its fallout... not that he'd received the potion in time for it. A pause, and he continues, cryptic: ]

Someone gave the Unseele-hopeful the rituals to summon such creatures.