You are brought back to consciousness by a lone knight, surrounded by the wreckage of war. She says her name is Val, and calls herself the last knight of the Ivory Spire. That she is still alive tells you she’s capable, or lucky, or both. She is also badly wounded and can barely walk. Val

You cut Nergal Kahn deeply, but much like his horde this relentless orc refuses to die. In rage he slams his clawed scepter into the ground. It rumbles, shakes, and a freezing chill fills the air. The earth beneath your feet moves, then implodes, and a bottomless chasm opens up. It swallows a few orcs

For several moons you have served as mercenaries under King Torgul in the war-torn lands of the Seltuk Empire. The bounty has been plenty, your enemies driven before you, and some lamentation has been heard. But eventually all good things must come to an end, and you find yourself fighting a pitched battle in the

No sooner had your weapons felled the demon, than it rose again. Not in undeath, but simply unkillable. You escaped down a flight of stairs into the catacombs beneath the temple. Down into dark empty halls, where only the dead keep company. You barred the first door you came upon, but the winged beast is

Returned from your latest high adventure and back in the city of Byzantia, you decided to visit your old friend Kalan the Priest—only to find him dead, and yourselves implicated in his murder. The magistrate’s watchmen are wary of your martial prowess and have not dared to arrest you. Although that is a tenuous situation
