Book I

In Sigisfarne’s stone, the silence stays,
Older than memory, older than praise.

South in the Fringe, the molemen creep,
The forest takes back what farmers keep.

Temple below, the idols feed,
Poison and relic, hissing seed.

Queensweald whispers, Horned Knight bows,
Hendenburgh crones make wicked vows.

The Tyrant stirs, the spire is flame,
Noonan drinks and calls her name.

Children of stone, the cults dismay,
unsettled paths will have their way.

Music

Chapters

Open Hooks

Piot Chant

A group of adventurers tried to clean the Molemen’s Nest.

Fever Swamp

Stone altar with no inscription, surrounded by standing stones, gives dreams of warmth and comfort.

Chest by tree (by giant spider nest) has the symbol of an unknown empire.

Before losing consciousness, Guy would have noticed one of the smugglers was wearing what looked like dark purple leather. Could this be the miracle material he heard about?

There have been rumours of an abandoned Nilfenbergian vessel in the region. Perhaps it holds treasures from the empire?

River Floods

A horseshoe of royal making was found between the Nevask River and Fort Duhrin.

Deverain

Forth Kingdom. The Duke’s outward obsession with banquets and winemaking are merely a cover for his true ambition - a kingdom of his own. If he can secure the loyalties of the monarchs in Naganeh and Tirollis, he’ll have the backing he needs to declare himself king and remove himself from under the thumb of Ambaret. He may even grant significant land rights to those willing to declare their allegiance now.

The piper. That joyful song in the woods? That’s the Piper! They play their flute to call us to join the revolution! We will throw off our chains as we dance! Let us set Deverain ablaze and birth a better world from its ashes!

The Wall

There might be uncharted tunnels through the wall.

Nyx

Have a Piot Chant vendetta on her face.

Strange cracks have appeared in the night sky, revealing a swirling vortex of light and color. Some say that the divide between realms is at its weakest in centuries, and fear what may emerge from the other side.

Mountain Court

Lord Derron has asked the Monks for help with his daughter’s curse. The curse has gotten worse after being bitten by bees at the lake west of the Mountain Court.

Some villagers from Sigisfarne moved to the court.

Baron Von Betrüger

Protects a long-dormant ancient key half. Find the sister to open a gate.

Razzy Rabbit

Wants to find red tree sap from Kormoran’s Wheel.

Lazlo

A Treatise on the Abyss - A nondescript black book about a gate southwest of the Monastery.

Stone

Stone’s mind was visited by Snake Eyes, on their way to the Yellow Smoke caves.

Kalduhr

Indigo learns a route for smuggling treasures.

Aspen

The local fauna is behaving oddly, displaying heightened aggression, or fleeing the area entirely. Hunters talk of a shadowy figure that roams the Wood, calling to the animals.

Soren

Kormoran’s Wheel, beyond the wall, is known for its impressive ‘mother tree’, which is said to shelter the town’s secrets in its boughs. Recently, it has begun bleeding red sap, worrying the elders.

Titanic Awakening

It is unclear how the cultists were communicating with the Spider People.

Farkas

You found a Tiny Crystal Prism (petty) buried in the dirt. When held up to the light, it shows visions of an unknown location deep within the Wood. Sometimes, you feel a presence looking back at you.

Underground Temple

Note found on a dead adventurer “…“Big Market”… “Wall”… “Village”…”

Reptiloids

A Repitiloid’s memories are seen where it stuffs an old man, in a green cloak, inside an amulet. Later, this same Repitiloid walks, dazed, through yellow smoke, to a cavern balcony, overseeing deadlands.

Duskmeadow Fringe

A vengeful Nymph was upset in the woods, a watch east of the Mountain Court. The river can be crossed in drier seasons. Varg and Gunther are on the list of this Nymph.

Aelfwin's estate

Letter, from a noble hunter, Mateo Jonas Niral, addressed to Lord Aelfwim, explaining he has finally found his great-great-great-grandfather’s hunting manor inside the forest.

Middle Waters

The monks are living in famine, struggling under the Mountain Court.