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The Shopping List

A travelling wizard needs helps gathering supplies for his potions.

Rowan Faelyn seems to think the wizard is a fake, and may be leading the party toward doom.

It Awakens

There is an old, forgotten and sealed tomb that the local children like to visit. After the thaw of winter the tomb is left open and empty... broken from the inside.

Timo Anwen often reminds children not to go near the tomb. Daphne Knight has seen the ghost of an old man near the tomb.

Slippery When Icy

Though the temperature has not changed, a thick layer of ice has covered everything within miles.

Clark Dalton fell and broke their leg.

The New God

A woman in town believes she can become the god of the sea if she drowns herself, and then kills the actual god of the sea.

Phoebe Elonil is rooting for the woman.

Double-Cross

You are hired by a well-to-do merchant to protect his warehouse. Suddenly the warehouse is swarming with guards and you are arrested for stealing the very artifact you were hired to protect.

Ria Silvertree believes this easy money. Jasper Cunningham has a bad feeling about this.

Under the Sea

The citizens of a coastal town have been cursed by a witch. Now they've all turned into merfolk, and are forced to leave their homes to live in the ocean.

Celina Ironhand thinks the witch is going to ransack the town once everyone has been forced to abandon it.

The Fog

A strange fog has rolled in to cover the landscape. Anyone who ventures into the fog, is never seen again.

There have been multiple people who claim to have seen someone, or something moving within the fog, including Mace Mervor.

Behind the Villain

A dark lord who has been waging war against the kingdom for years turns out to be a fake. The real villain is a weakling human with a grudge.

Evonne Huon swears they always knew something was up.

The Heist

The rebels of a Kingdom ruled by a tyrant King has tasked you with stealing his prized Ioun Stone. They have arranged an invite to the King's annual Winter Ball. The rest is up to you.

Natalie Lesley refuses to allow the King's rule to continue. Farquesh Rowe offers to pay you to infiltrate the rebels and find their base.

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