Curiosity got the better of me as I typed in 'bay' with a lowercase at a thingwall to see if anything would pop up and sure enough ... it did. I had no idea that the view mode before you actually teleport had a time limit. My body now lies with those of the few other recently murdered I saw and the dozens or so bone remnants of those killed, I imagine, from even longer ago.
They seem to live somewhere southeast on the 'main' continent from what I gather. Gotta be wary of that area - some tough characters out there.
Also: I had come across the name 'Silly Clowns' from before when I first spawned at Noretsk. A runestone informed me that they had laid waste to the village of Helping Hand.