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The Weird Relic

You reach into your bag of holding and draw out an unfamiliar relic. It is a small doll-like figure, carved from bone. "Help me..." it cries, and small beads of water begin to drip from its carved eyes.

Sahin Autumn that bag of holding is ancient, must be one of the earliest of its kind,

Heat Wave

A wall of flame a mile high and thirty miles long is spreading through the forest, destroying everything in its path.

Doran Darkwood thinks the wall of flame began near a wizard's tower home.

The Buried Fortress

A recent earthquake has uncovered what looks to be a massive fortress that was built underground.

Tamara Molyneaux thinks the fortress sank, Clark Rowan thinks it was built underground.

Innocent

A man accused of stealing horses insists that he's being framed.

Harold Hadwell thinks that Kyris Hale might be the real horse thief.

The Coming Dark

A tribe of dark elves have been banished from their home, and are looking for a new one.

Aptal Darwin doesn't trust the elves.

From the Clouds

A large gray cloud rolls across the land, and terrifying flying creatures descend from within, and snatch up people and carry them back up to the cloud, never to be seen again.

Sisco Fordragon's brother was taken off.

The Lost Tribe

Hundreds of years ago an Elvish tribe vanished from the forest in which they lived. Now, they're back, and no time at all has seemed to pass for them.

Elise Sten was the one who discovered the tribe.

The Fugitive

An old man is said to be a war criminal in the last great war and has been hiding out and posing as the innkeep for the last fifty years. Now people are closing in, and he doesn't know what he should do.

Aura Pierce thinks everyone should just leave the old guy alone.

Monster Maker

A man plans to exact revenge on all those who slighted him by creating a monster that will follow his every command.

Stella Haggard isn't too worried. The guy who wants to create the monster is a known failure.

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