Plot Hooks

A stone tower has appeared nearby. A ring of specters is keeping everyone out.

Caitlin Wolfbrother tried to rush past the ghosts but was thrown back fifty feet.

A small group of travelling wanderers seem to not age.

Timo Black met the group as a child, and they're all the same age as they were back then.

A new ancient dungeon has been discovered, and the walls are covered in carved runes from a dead language no one can speak or read. At least, until a small boy in a nearby town begins scratching the same runes into his own home.

Symond Marshall is afraid of the boy, and wonders if the right thing to do is to simply eliminate him.

A town of peaceful goblin's needs help to protect themselves from humans intent on killing them all.

Mila Tawnyspots doesn't believe the goblins are peaceful. Ralph Dalton does, and is trying to stop the others from attacking.

A fighting tournament to the death is being held for the king's pleasure. The winner will receive anything he asks for from the King.

Ben Alhara is eager to sign up.

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.

Teyr Timber swears they always knew something was up.

A race of warriors, not known to these lands, has landed on the shores of the kingdom and displaced several villages and farms. They are not just raiders, and have already begun to establish settlement.

Stuart Duffield watched the invaders burn a village. Shay Vonner wants revenge and is gathering a host to attack the invaders.

The city gates are barred. Strange looking guards of a species you do not recognize prevent your entry.

Elliot Gellar does not recognize the species of those protecting the gates. Nico Kusheth the gates have been barred like this for no more than a week.

A small water based parasite has been attaching itself to people who swim in a nearby lake. Once attached, they can control the bodies of their hosts.

Percival Wright is convinced they're the only person in town not possessed.