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The Siren's Call

You booked passage on a ship. Midway through the voyage, you awaken to find only you and your companions on board. The ship is anchored beside a small island and a Siren's song fills the air...

Taylor Sams warns of danger on the seas. Paul Marid believes she met a creature of the sea with an entrancing singing voice.

The Gambler

A man has been caught cheating at a card game in the tavern. He's being held in jail, but swears that he doesn't even know how to play the card game.

Metjen Dalton seems to think the man may be possessed by... something.

The New God

A woman in town believes she can become the god of the sea if she drowns herself, and then kills the actual god of the sea.

Preston Payne is rooting for the woman.

Into the Corn

A cornfield at a nearby farm lets people in, but does not let them out.

Sisco Fitzgerald's brother went into the corn last week, and hasn't been seen since.

Poisoned

The town magistrate has been poisoned and hangs on the cusp of death.

Natalia Reedwater hated the magistrate.

The Waning

The torches, candles and all non-magical fires are burning low and weakly in the city. A dense fog slowly settles over the city. Movement in the fog occasionally shows ghostly humanoid forms moving about.

Isabelle El-Hasan last time this happened the youngest children from each family went missing. Parker Scott says you must always keep the fire burning when the fog rolls in

The One Who Watches

Ever since you looted an ancient burial site, you have dreamt of a strange creature. You have now started seeing it while awake.

Cathleen Crewe cannot see the creature you describe. Olivier Bloodhoof has started to treat you strangely after you confide your fears.

Gold Filch

You reach to your coin purse the pay for the item and notice, to your dismay, that all your gold is missing.

Sibylle Scott, the shopkeeper, checks his strong box and also finds his gold missing.

The Sinkhole

More than one farm has been swallowed up by a sinkhole in the area. Someone needs to find out what is going on.

It's believed by Kathryn Mossrock that giant worms are to blame.

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