What Lurks in the Dark (storyline)/An Ominous Figure (vignette)

A lovely start to the evening as Clan Leader Rodverg gave a tour of the newly opened market in Zul Logoth. But it quickly turned to disaster as an ominous figure loomed over the group gathered for the small event. As they wandered the town, the group stumbled upon a body in the Marcasite Tunnel. The body .. or better, the skeleton was horribly disfigured. Dwarven race, but the muscles and organs were gone, all that remained were the head, hands, and feet.

It was pinned to the ground with silver coins. Even more odd were the victim’s clothes folded nearby. When the adventurers finally made a report to the town guard, the guard was able to name the body from their remaining head and family emblem. The body was that of Yanmus Hornshield, who was betrothed to the Orebreaker Family’s only daughter. Before more questions could be asked, bells tolled and the shout of a fire in the Opal Tunnels sounded.

The guard remained with the body and waited for the town’s healer to come to collect it while the adventurers went to see what was happening. Javubela Orebreak was outside, watching her house burn down. She claimed that her daughter had escorted her out and had gone back in to save her father, but neither came out of the inferno. Guards and adventurers alike attempted to put out the flames but to no avail. The house collapsed, the flames too high and too hot to go near, all that could be done was the let it burn itself out.

A town investigator is looking into the murder of Yanmus Hornshield! What will they turn up? Who’s to blame?! What truly is … lurking in the dark these days? Tune in, next time folks!