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The Actor

A travelling acting troupe has come to town. They are doing a mystery play, which seems to come true the very night the perform it.

Fiana Crump thinks the lead actor, an elf named Garson, may be killing people.

Under the Sea

The citizens of a coastal town have been cursed by a witch. Now they've all turned into merfolk, and are forced to leave their homes to live in the ocean.

Keeley Briggs thinks the witch is going to ransack the town once everyone has been forced to abandon it.

Arachnophobia

Spiders are crawling up from below the city! The citizens are panicked.

Bundringo Selentia says "Spiders, why did it have to be spiders?"

Loss

An elf named Cameron recently lost his wife in an attack. He needs help seeking revenge.

Candice Vassan is worried Cameron will lose his humanity on a path of vengeance.

The Weird Relic

You reach into your bag of holding and draw out an unfamiliar relic. It is a small doll-like figure, carved from bone. "Help me..." it cries, and small beads of water begin to drip from its carved eyes.

Sohali Briggs that bag of holding is ancient, must be one of the earliest of its kind,

Sleep

After a comet slams into the ground next to a town, anyone who goes to sleep in that town doesn't wake up. It landed four days ago, and there's very few people left.

Isabella Ferrier's sister is one of those still awake.

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...

Ivan Norman warns of danger on the seas. Sisco Whisperwind believes she met a creature of the sea with an entrancing singing voice.

The Prisoner

A man is found passed out by the road. A manacle hangs off one wrist, and his clad in only dirty trousers. He claims he has no memory of where he's come from.

Liberty Weatherby first saw the man while heading back to town.

Seeing Double

Anyone who touches a mysterious rock which fell from the sky separates into two people, one of which is good, the other evil.

Maggie Bloodhoof is thinking about touching the rock.

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