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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.

Riley Proudfoot heard screams coming from that part of the sewers at night. Lisa Cruise went missing last week, their mother is worried sick.

The Dragon Sword

A sword said to be able to easily kill dragons has been lost in a dungeon and must be recovered.

It's said that Reynald Pierce knows exactly where the dungeon is.

The Surgeon

You spend a night drinking with the locals. You remember little from the night before when you awaken, strapped to an operating table.

Samir Sweeny tells you to take care in the city at night, some folk have been going missing. Jonas Amal cannot find his mother.

The Double

Everyone saw the King die on the battlefield, and yet he just gave the victory speech a day later.

Jelen Hemlock is wondering if it's magic, or just an actor.

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.

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

Hurricane

A massive hurricane has sprung up from nowhere.

Dottie Greenleaf heard Winona Autumn say that a druid is to blame.

Hairless

The sky turned purple for a short moment, and everyone in town has suddenly lost their hair.

Makayla Ragvald thinks they look better bald.

Your Past, Your Present

You enter a village and realize it looks exactly the same as the village you grew up in. In fact, you see a child who looks strikingly similar to you playing in the fields.

Galen Ashfield does not recognize you. Cassie Deadeye does not trust outsiders.

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.

Mila Lachlan wants to help. but his town must be his priority. Lawson Hadwell doesn't think the sheriff is doing a good job and wants you to sabotage his next mission to prove his incompetence.

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