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A Town of Ghosts

A nearby town has gone dark. When investigated, it turns out everyone in the town is dead, but their spirits are trapped there.

Klaudia Black was the first to die. Josh Amal is the one who killed them.

Into the Unknown

You are being chased through the dungeon by a horde of monsters. You come to a final room with no exits but for one swirling red portal which leads to lands unknown.

Eden Frost, your guide, does not wish to enter any unknown portals.

The Heartless

Undead minions have begun attacking travellers. The undead are all missing their hearts.

Maz Reddy heard a story that you could control an undead fiend by taking their heart.

The Troll

A troll has been terrorizing nearby villages.

Sumesh Harber saw the troll speaking to a man who looked like a wizard.

The Big Wave

A tsunami is quickly approaching the coast. It will hit landfall within the hour!

Jenny Norton thinks everyone should try to evacuate.

The Sheriff

The town sheriff offers to lead you through the mountain pass if you help him kill a beast which attacks his town's supply lines.

Olivia Cunningham wants to help. but his town must be his priority. Felicity Laroque doesn't think the sheriff is doing a good job and wants you to sabotage his next mission to prove his incompetence.

Fool's Gold

You are given a gold coin for your service to a strange old man. Everytime you open your coin purse, you find only that coin, even if you place other coins in with it.

Rose Faelyn offers you a magic item for your service to him. Fribbington Sybil warns that greed consumes all.

Ambushed from Within

One of the wagons you are escorting suspiciously loses a wheel in the middle of a forest road. The other guards whisper to one another and ready their weapons.

The caravan master was convinced to hire these guards in the previous town. Liara Azkhar mistrusts the new guards.

The Experiment

While investigating a missing person you come across an abandoned lab. To your dismay, you find notes and diagrams making reference to you.

Alaya Firestorm heard screams coming from that part of the sewers at night. Shay Redscar went missing last week, their mother is worried sick.

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