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The Menu

A tavern has become quite well known for having delicious food. Problem is, the food is made up of humanoids.

Janette Redtusk bit into their meatloaf and pulled out a ring.

Grimoire Gone

A great wizard's spellbook has been stolen. The spellbook holds one of the rarest and most destructive spells.

River Bladefist is terrified that the Wizard's spell is in the world. Linda Roundtree may have information on a possible thief.

Black Sky

All of the stars have vanished.

Joel Autumn is determined to find out what happened. Orren Hasan thinks creatures from space ate the stars.

The Floating Gang

A group of bandits have set up a floating community just off the coast, where they terrorize passing ships.

Bernie Altharia went out to join the gang.

The Pursuer

A hulking monster has been sent to hunt down members of a military squad which fought in the last great war.

Lillian Underhill and their partner Finley Shad were both in the squad, and are looking to pay bodyguards to keep them safe.

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.

Euphy Bladefist does not recognize you. Angie Halgar does not trust outsiders.

The Lesser Evil

There is an evil rising in the region and it is using a terrible magic item. There is only one person who can help. They were the last ones to try to use the artifact for world domination, and they are locked away in a magical prison.

Sumesh Clarke has spent several decades trapped in the magical prison. Sawyer Scott refuses to leave the side of the evil character, they do not trust him.

Ghost Horse

A hauntingly scary phantom horse is frightening people at night.

Kali Weston is wondering if the horse is a warning.

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.

Ego Jordan tells you to take care in the city at night, some folk have been going missing. Lacy Brown cannot find his mother.

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