Text Box: Text Box: Brightstone Keep has fallen. Once a populated keep guarding a mining settlement, Brightstone Keep has fallen into disuse with the Stone Sickness Fever of the Dwarven people. Before falling into disuse, the Dwarven people maintained a garrison there to keep back the hordes of monsters and encroaching armies of humanoids. Miners have returned to the village reporting seeing humanoids in the Keep setting up defenses. The town council has offered a reward for help in reopening the Glittering Mines again. The reward offered consists of 500 gold crowns for information Text Box: regarding what is happening in the mines and Brightstone Keep. An additional 2,000 gold crowns reward for the removal of any and all hostile threats in the area. Additionally, if successful in clearing Brightstone Keep, the council can petitioned for ownership of Brightstone Keep and guardianship over the Glittering Mines. Interested parties should contact Mayor Marikest in the Village of Brightstone for further details. Text Box: The Claiming of Brightstone Keep Text Box: Trouble in Torlynn Text Box: The townspeople of Torlynn are especially tense after the fourth nocturnal attack. Last night, it was Walford the Girthsome, who is the baker known to eat his own profits. The story is that he went to the forest, near the old tower, lookText Box: ing for wild grains and never returned. They found his bloody hat on the hill east of town. Others that have gone missing are Penhallow, a 15 year old boy, taken from his room through an open window. Text Box: Nevile, an 8 year old boy, taken while playing outside. Triona, a 12 year old girl, taken during her chores on the family farm. One person has been taken for the past four nights. Text Box: City of the Dead Text Box: 5th of May Common Year 4998 Text Box: Volume 1, Issue 2 Text Box: Salvation Text Box: Special points of interest: Wart Therien, Half-Orc Ranger, is the Local Constable of Dhara’s Grove. Anna “Marble” McCray is a well-known trader of things of an unusual nature. Mayor Marikest of the Village of Brightstone. Paladin Amoril of the Temple of the Sun.

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Forest of the Night

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Dragon Hunters

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Caravans Lost

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Big Game Hunters

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Paladin Amoril

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Crawling Jungle

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