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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.

Avery Nozzlenuck last time this happened the youngest children from each family went missing. Cain Reddy says you must always keep the fire burning when the fog rolls in

The Murder

A large murder of crows descends upon the city you are in. They watch you as you walk through the streets.

Rowan Smyth says that crows are a bad omen. Gareth Potter hates birds.

Playing God

A man who recently lost his wife is said to be attempting to bring her back by putting her soul within a flesh golem.

Graak Pierre-Dupois saw the widower digging up his wife's grave.

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.

Lachlan Sten seems to think the man may be possessed by... something.

Seven Heads of Fury

A hydra is constantly attacking the boats trying to make for port, just off the coast.

Sylvia Dempsy is willing to pay 500 gp to anyone who slays the beast.

The Pursuer

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

Shay Wynne and their partner Otto Huon were both in the squad, and are looking to pay bodyguards to keep them safe.

Land Pirates

A group of pirates have created massive ships on wheels and prown the plains looking for victims and loot.

Esmeralda Bryce is constructing their own land boat.

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.

Kalak Shad first saw the man while heading back to town.

Premonitions

A woman has begun seeing the future. These premonitions come with no warning, and cause her pain and stress when they do. Her latest premonition deals with the end of the world as we know it.

Lucy Kensley has known the woman with the visions since they were a child.

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