our tale thus far...

Randral D aunt er and Torn Telmant le of seedy D W in t he great cit y of W erdeep saw t he kidnapping of t he Lady ock ard at Talandra Roaringhorn. Chased by t he W ch, at t hey fled, and were cursed by Talandras dying bodyguard t o rescue her or be damned by Tempus t he W argod. D esperat ely t hey searched for and found her, fleeing int o t he infamous cit y sewers, where t hey found a magical port al t hat t ook t hem to t he ruined, monst er-haunt ed Ghost Holdsa place full of marauding monst ers and out laws. And t he same enemies who snat ched Talandra in W erdeep have followed t hem here, at t o t ry t o t ake her back. Meanwhile, Maurit who had init ially conspired t o kidnap Lady Talandranurses his wounds and finds himself on t he edges of a web of t reachery involving t he house of Roaringhorn and some of t he deadliest denizens of W erdeep at

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