Plot Hooks

You are being chased through the dungeon by a horde of monsters. You come to a final room with no exits but for one swirling red portal which leads to lands unknown.

Taylor Whisperwind, your guide, does not wish to enter any unknown portals.

Everyone who gets within fifty feet of a tree that seems to be burning, but never burns away loses their voice forever.

Riley Haggard went to the tree as a child and hasn't spoken since.

Everyone in town wakes up the size of bugs.

Kelsey Davis is thinking of ending it all.

People have been vanishing in the woods nearby. There is only a rundown manor in the area.

Mila Anwen claims there is a secret room in the basement of the manor.

A letter arrives from a nearby lesser noble. Their fort is under siege from an unknown enemy force attacking from the nearby forest. They request aid from such renowned adventurers.

Eliot Grail believes this attack happened because the fort is right on the edge of a magical forest. Denzel Zantus can guide you to your destination for a fee.

All of the freshwater in the area has been turned to salt water.

{character] is worried everyone will die.

You arrive at the gates of an ancient elven city. The gates of the city are unbarred, and the streets empty. The city has been abandoned.

Maz Brocksby has been to this city before and found the elves to be very welcoming.

The party is flagged down by a boy who is soaking wet. He leads the party to a nearby pond and dives under with them, leading everyone to an underground cave. The boy says his friend was taken while they were exploring.

The cave wall has three names carved into it. Vetack Wrynn, Helena Nozzlenuck, and Frederick Weston.

An old mirror is found in the abandoned tower of a wizard. While looking into the mirror, your reflection gives you a grave look and speaks: "I have come to warn you... something is coming and your world is not prepared."

Euphy Walker says this wizard used to be a kind old man, but something changed in him making him paranoid. Elise Marshall is the grandchild of the late wizard.