Plot Hooks

Birds have begun talking in common. And they're all rude.

Claire Bozier got into a fist fight with a mouthy raven.

While perusing a local shop, you are drawn to an old, rusty sword. It feels familiar in your hand and when you turn it over you find your name engraved on the blade.

Sebastian Tinkereye, the elderly shopkeeper, says the sword has been in this shop for as long as he can remember. Wendall Nozzlenuck recognizes you, but cannot quite place where from.

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

Gregory Brown thinks the fortress sank, Charlie Ghani thinks it was built underground.

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.

Morwen Ironstrike does not recognize you. Yoko Carson does not trust outsiders.

An old woman has died, and townsfolk are cleaning out her home when they find a strange and grotesque painting of a thin man covered in a black veil. The veil was removed, but the painting is stuck on the wall. That same night, someone was murdered.

Lacey Reece saw a thin man fleeing the scene of the crime.

A little girl was found by a friendly circus troupe and brought with them to town. Well, that was the plan. She's the only one who actually made it to town, covered in the blood of the troup.

Edgar Mulgrew is sure the little girl ate the circus troupe.

A foreigner is looking for translators on his journey to a mysterious land.

Finley Abbey almost decided to go with the foreigner.

A dormant volcano is suddenly not as dormant as those who live nearby would like.

Morwen Pierce thinks magic may be the cause of the upcoming eruption, and not nature.

A grieving man is willing to do anything to get his dead child back.

Femlin Roundtree is worried the man is going to make a deal with a dark force.