Table of Contents
Rules 3 - Cover and back cover art (adapted): “Monk” by Peter Bergting,
Introduction
Escaping Treason - [ INTRO (ACT I) ]
Act I
Prologue: The Postman’s Creed [ PRO I (ACT I) ]
Elective: The Goblinator [ ELE I 1 (ACT I) ]
Elective: The Scion Hybrid [ ELE I 2 (ACT I) ]
Elective: Secrets of the Swamp [ ELE I 3 (ACT I) ]
Elective: The Pact of Undeath[ ELE I 4 (ACT I) ]
Interlude
A: The Obsidian Conspiracy [ INTER A & B (ACT I) ]
B: Betrayal is a Symptom [ INTER A & B (ACT I) ]
C: On Fluxing Grounds [ INTER C & D (ACT I) ]
D: Casting Shadows [ INTER C & D (ACT I) ]
Act II
Prologue: A Glimpse of Evil [ PRO II (ACT II) ]
Elective: Cavernous Blaze [ ELE II 1.A (ACT II) ]
Elective: Playing with Fire [ ELE II 1.B (ACT II) ]
Elective: Ethereal Chains [ ELE II 2.A (ACT II) ]
Elective: Run like the Wind [ ELE II 2.B (ACT II) ]
Elective: A Lily Among Thorns [ ELE II 3.A (ACT II) ]
Elective: Draining the Waterheart [ ELE II 3.B (ACT II) ]
Elective: The Sword in the Stone [ ELE II 4.A (ACT II) ]
Elective: Earthbound [ ELE II 4.B (ACT II) ]
Finale
A: Ride the Lightning [ FIN A & B (ACT II) ]
B: Claws of the Beast [ FIN A & B (ACT II) ]
C: Ghost of Perdition [ FIN C & D (ACT II) ]
D: Final Resistance [ FIN C & D (ACT II) ]
Campaign Log
Travel Step Map
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Credits
bergting.com
5 - Introduction, page 5 (cropped): Dungeon Escape,
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- Act I, page 9 (cropped): “Fire Mage” by Jordan Kerbow for Fantasy
Flight Games, jordankerbow.deviantart.com
8 - Interlude, page 29 (cropped): Darkest Dungeon promotional art,
darkestdungeon.com
10 - Act II, page 39 (cropped): “Dragon Tarot Wheel Of Fortune” by
14 Alexandra Alexandersson, alecan.deviantart.com
- Finale, page 73 (cropped): “Red or Fire Dragon Eye” by uncredited
18 artist, dragon-myths.blogspot.nl/2011/10/dragon-eye.html
22 - Campaign log, page 82 (adaptations): Logo & campaign tracker tables
and panels by Fantasy Flight Games
26 - Travel Step Map, page 83 (adaptations): Various buildings by Anno
1404 (anno.uk.ubi.com/pc), trees, mountains, caves, clouds by
Celianna’s World Map Maker (pixanna.nl/materials/misc/), various
28 other terrain and building images by opengameart.org
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Campaign Design: Dimitris Zervakis (Brutalien)
32 Graphic Design: Dimitris Zervakis & Rusne Sileryte
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Descent: Journeys in the Dark Second Edition Design by Adam Sadler
36 and Corey Konieczka with Daniel Lovat Clark
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40 Disclaimer
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The Quest Vault
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The “Elements of Demise” campaign has been made with the help of
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the Quest Vault on Fantasy Flight Games website:
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https://tools.fantasyflightgames.com
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80 Players can find there each quest seperately in the “Browse” section,
either by searching by title (“EOD”) or by author (“Brutalien”). In the
comments section of each quest, players are welcome to log their
82 opinions and critiques for a specific quest, but also their overall
experience of the campaign.
In the Table of Contents on this page, you may find the abbreviations
83 used in the Quest Vault site for each quest, enclosed in brackets ([]).
Arhynn, the capital of the Barony of Rhynn, stands strong in
peace for decades now, enjoying the fruits of labour of its
hard-working farmers and dilligent merchants.
Raised nearby the river Rhynn, together with its twin Barony
of Carthridge, the two Free Cities have lived and prospered
in unison since the end of the Dragon Wars.
But in the magical world of Mennara, evil stirs and crackles
like the embers of a never-dying fire. Within its womb, an
unexpected foe will rise, feed the flames with greed and
hunger for power and set the wheel of destruction in motion
once again...
Elements of Demise is a fan-made, freely available campaign book for
Descent: Journeys in the Dark Second Edition. It contains 23 quests
(15 normal and 8 multi-plexed), created with the Quest Vault online
tool on Fantasy Flight Games official website. The quests are primarily
designed to be played in a full campain setting, but may also be
separately chosen for a single-quest session (see “Single-quest Rules” on
this page). This book requires only the base game to play, but any
additional expansions can be added to enrich the experience.
Players should read the campaign-specific rules before beginning the
campaign (see “Campaign Rules”). These rules provide additional
instructions to follow during setup, rewards, the Campaign phase and
exceptions to existing rules.
To begin this campaign, refer to the rules for starting a new campaign
found on page 19 of the base game rulebook. Additional content added
from other expansions follows the rules as described on the
corresponding rulebook.
Players will play a total of 9 quests throughout the “Elements of
Demise” campaign. After player roles, heroes, and classes have been
selected, players set up the Introduction quest entitled “Escaping
Treason”. Players do not perform a Travel step before playing the
Introduction. After the Introduction, heroes begin each Travel step at
Arhynn and follow a continuous path to the chosen quest location
shown on the campaign map found on page 83 of this book.
After each quest, players perform a campaign phase (see “Campaign
Phase” on page 20 of the base game rulebook). Remaining quests are
chosen based on the outcome of the previous quest or if a following
quest is defined as mandatory. Players should refer to the “Choosing
Quests” rules found in the next page and the starting transition pages
for each Act.
Using the Campaign Log can help players choose quests based on their
progress. Players can photocopy the Campaign Log found on page 82
of this book.
Campaign Rules
The “Elements of Demise” campaign follows many of the same rules
for “The Shadow Rune” and “Heirs of Blood” campaigns found in the
base game, depending on its version. The following rules list any
changes and additions to the campaign rules of the Descent: Journeys
in the Dark Second Edition rulebook.
Temporary and Permanent Rewards
A quest reward that includes the phrasing “for the remainder of the
campaign” should be regarded as an added rule for the current
campaign. Players may note this on the Campaign Log sheet.
Furthermore, rewards that refer to the “next” quest, encounter or
campaign phase, should be regarded as temporary rules and can be also
added on the Campaign Log sheet. Depending on the specific ruling,
after they have been performed, these temporary rewards should be
marked as used and erased from the Campaign Log sheet.
Plot Decks
If playing with Plot decks (available in Lieutenant Pack expansions),
the Overlord may choose any plot deck at the start of the campaign.
However, if the rules of an encounter/quest specify that a lieutenant is
not available for that encounter/quest, the “Summon” Plot cards of
those lieutenants cannot be used in that encounter/quest.
Shopping Step
During the Shopping step of each Campaign phase, the number of
cards revealed from the Shop Item deck is not based on the number of
players. Instead, players reveal 5 Shop Item cards, regardless of the
number of players. Other game effects that increase or reduce this
number are applied as normal.
Two-Hero Campaign
Many encounters in the “Elements of Demise” campaign incorporate
rules that depend on the number of players. Therefore, the rules for
“Two-hero campaign” introduced in the “Heirs of Blood” campaign
book and latest FAQ by Fantasy Flight Games should be ignored.
The balance between the two battling sides has been taken into
account during the design of this campaign and the encounters have
been scaled accordingly. Nevertheless, in games with two heroes, if
players find the encounters still too hard for the hero side, they are
welcome to anyways include the official rules as additional.
Single-Quest Rules
“Elements of Demise” was designed to be played as a full campaign.
However, if players desire to do so, they may play a quest in a single
session, with the exception of the Interlude and Finale quests, which
can be played only as part of a campaign. To do so, follow normal setup
and “Epic Play” rules as described in page 19 of the base game rulebook.
However, instead of the gold and experience points stated in “Epic
Play” rules, it is advised that heroes receive 1 experience point each and
75 gold shared per quest “skipped”, as if they played in a normal
campaign setting and they chose the quest about to be played next. In
that case, the Overlord receives 1 exprience point more than the heroes
if the quest is an Act I quest, or 2 more if the quest is an Act II quest.
Example: Players decide to play the “Ethereal Chains” quest, an Act II
quest. Therefore, heroes start with 450 gold shared and 6 experience
points each, whereas the Overlord starts with 8 experience points.
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 Choosing Quests
During the course of the “Elements of Demise” campaign, there are
quests that are considered mandatory and others that are elective.
Mandatory quests include the Introduction, Prologues, Interlude and
Finale, tagged accordingly as INTRO, PRO I, PRO II, INTER, and
FIN. Elective quests are chosen during the “Choose Next Quest” step
of the Campaign phase by the winner of the previous quest. These are
tagged as ELE.
The Introduction is the first quest to be played in a campaign.
Consider it as an Act I quest, but it does not count towards the number
of quests played in Act I during the transition to the Interlude.
There are 2 Prologue quests, one for each Act. PRO I is an Act I quest
and is the only quest that can be chosen after the Introduction. PRO II
is an Act II quest and is the only quest that can be chosen after the
Interlude. They still count as normal towards the number of quests
played in their according Acts. Refer also to the according instructions
on pages 8 and 38.
The encounters for the Interlude and Finale are multiplexed, separated
in 4 encounters for each. Depending on what has happened on the
campaign, these quests could result in different combinations of those
encounters. Refer to the according instructions on pages 28 and 72.
Interlude
After completing the Introduction, the Act I Prologue and 2 of the Act
I elective quests, it is time for the Interlude. The Interlude is a special
quest that marks the transition from Act I to Act II of the campaign. It
comprises of 2 encounters, each chosen from a set of 2. Therefore, there
are 4 different possible Interlude quests, but only 1 is played based on
the resulting combination.
For choosing the first encounter, players look at the Campaign Log for
who won the most quests in Act I, counting only the Act I Prologue
and the 2 played Act I electives. If heroes won at least 2, “The Obsidian
Conspiracy” encounter is played. Otherwise, “Betrayal is a Symptom”
is the first encounter.
For choosing the second encounter, players look at the Campaign Log
for who won the Introduction. If heroes did, the encounter “On
Fluxing Grounds” is played. Otherwise, “Casting Shadows” is the
second encounter.
The Interlude is treated as a single Act I quest, with transitions
between its 2 encounters as normal. After completing the Interlude, a
normal transition to Act II ensues. Players follow the rules as described
in paragraph “Act II” in page 22 of the base game rulebook. The above
rules are also mentioned in page 28.
Finale
After completing the Act II Prologue and 2 of the Act II elective
quests, it is time for the Finale. The Finale is a special quest that
concludes the campaign. Like the Interlude, it comprises of 2
encounters, each chosen from a set of 2. Therefore, there are 4 different
possible Finale quests, but only 1 is played based on the resulting
combination.
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For choosing the first encounter, players look at the Campaign Log for
who won the most quests in Act II, counting only the Act II Prologue
and the 2 played Act II electives. If heroes won at least 2, the encounter
“Ride the Lightning” is played. Otherwise, “Claws of the Beast” is the
first encounter.
For choosing the second encounter, players look at who has the
“Shadow Rune” relic. If heroes do, the encounter “Ghost of Perdition”
is played. Otherwise, “Final Resistance” is the second encounter.
The Finale is treated as a single Act II quest, with transitions between
its 2 encounters as normal. This quest decides the overall winner of the
campaign. The above rules can also be found in page 72.
Electives
In both Acts there are elective quests which can be chosen to be played
by the winner of the previous quest as normal. In each Act, two
electives must be played before transitioning to the Interlude/Finale.
In Act I, there is a choice of 4 quests. In Act II, there is also a choice of
4 quests, however, depending on the outcome of the corresponding
Act I quest, players have access to different quests. Each Act I elective
quest is tagged with a number and its Act II counterpart has a choice of
“A” and “B”. For example, “ELE I 2” provides a choice between “ELE II
2.A” and “ELE II 2.B”. However, players gain access to Act II quests
tagged with an “A” only if its Act I counterpart was played and heroes
won. If heroes lost, or the quest was altogether not played, then only
the “B” quest is available as a choice.
Example: Entering the Act II, players had played quests ELE I 1 and
ELE I 3 from Act I. Heroes only won ELE I 3. Therefore, the available
choices for Act II electives are: ELE II 1.B, ELE II 2.B, ELE II 3.A and
ELE II 4.B.
Quest Descriptions
When a quest is chosen for play, players can reference the quest
descriptions on pages 8, 28, 38 and 72 of this book. These descriptions
are not required for playing the quest, but simply provide some
additional flavor to the game.
Using the Campaign Log
In page 82 of this book, players can find the Campaign Log. It is a
useful tool for players to track their current progress in a campaign and
to decide which quest to play next. Furthermore, gold, experience and
extra rewards can also be logged there for quick reference.
The Campaign Log follows a top to bottom approach. The quests that
are mandatory are to be played in the sequence specified by the golden
arrows. The blue arrows present the possible combinations for the
Interlude and Finale quests. Act II elective quests represent the choice
between “A” and “B” with a red line joining the two.
For the quests that are elective, they have no arrows. Two need to be
played in each Act and the winner of the previous quest decides which
one is to be chosen next. Therefore, additional quests from expansions
can only be played right before, right after or in between elective quests.
Introduction
Stuck in the Middle
 Escaping Treason
Encounter 1
INTRODUCTION: "Escaping Treason" Treason
You wake up in a damp dark corridor still dizzy from
the blast. As you stand up, you look behind you only to
find a huge pile of rubble. A shrieky voice is heard
coming behind the blocked path:
"Run heroes! Run like the dogs you are! I will deal with
your master..."
A loud clank echoes from a nearby room and the walls
above you start creaking. You quickly scan the light at
the end of the corridor - seems like a storage room. You
manage to find an assortment of weapons in a state
good enough to fit your purpose. A lone staircase at the
other side of it seems to be the only way out.
As you make it to the top, the dim lights from the
nearby halls welcome you along with numerous
footsteps...
Monsters
Gobin Archers, Elemental (minion
minion in a 2-hero game,
master in a 3-/4-hero game).
Setup
Place the Green Rune Token and the Unique Search
Token as indicated.
No other Search Tokens are placed for this quest.
Place a Locked Door (red line) and a Normal Door
(yellow line) as indicated on the map.
Place 2 objective tokens (?) as indicated on the map.
These indicate the Hollow Walls.
Place the Goblin Archers on the Goblin Camp,
respecting group limits.
Place the Elemental as indicated on the map.
Special Rules
TIMED ESCAPE
The gates are slowly closing! At the beginning of each
of the Overlord's turns, add 1 ∏ token to the Overlord's limits.
play area.
THE GUARDIAN
The Guardian is an Elemental as per Setup (see
Monsters) and has the following additional
characteristics:
Has 1 extra ≥ for each hero.
Its normal attacks gain: "±: +1≥ "
Has Aura 1: "Each time a hero enters a space
adjacent to this monster, that hero suffers 1
≥."
REACHING THE GUARDIAN'S ROOM
There are two ways to reach the Guardian's Room.
Either through the locked door (red line on map) or
through the Hollow Walls depicted by the objective (?)
tokens.
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The locked door can only be opened by heroes and only
after its Key has been claimed. To get it, a hero must
perform a Search Action targeting the Unique Search
Token (no search cards are drawn; skills/cards/etc
concerning searching apply as normal). That hero
places the Key token on their hero sheet. It can be
traded as an Item between heroes. Only the hero with
the Key can perform an open door action for the
locked door. Afterwards, replace the locked door with a
normal door. From now on, it can be opened/closed by
both sides as normal.
The Hollow Wall tokens can be smashed by the heroes.
If a hero is adjacent to one of these tokens, he can
spend an action to test ∂ . If successful, remove the
token from the game.
I SPIN MY WHEEL BACK AND FORTH
The Turnstile is portrayed by the Green Rune Token.
It blocks movement and line of sight. Both sides may
try to turn it.
At the end of each Overlord turn, if 2 or more Goblin
Archers are adjacent to the Turnstile, the Overlord may
choose 2 Goblin Archers that are not Stunned to
become Stunned. If he does, add 1 ∏ token to the
Overlord's area. This can be done only once per turn.
Once during the heroes' turn, a hero who is adjacent to
the Turnstile may spend an action to turn it. If he does,
remove 1 ∏ token from the Overlord's area.
Reinforcements
At the start of each Overlord turn, he may place 1
Goblin Archer on the Entrance Tile, respecting group
limits.
At the end of each Overlord turn, he may place
1 Goblin Archer on the Exit Tile, respecting group
Victory
If all heroes are on the Exit tile with none being
knocked out, read the following aloud:
You gather round and one by one slide through the
closing doors. Panting and wiping off the sweat from
your forehead, the realization of betrayal hits you hard.
Looking back you see the foolishness of your deal, but
still, the point of no return is far from near...
The heroes win this quest!
If the Overlord ever has 7 ∏ or more tokens by his side,
read the following aloud:
The doors shut close before you can reach them. You
are trapped and the reasons for regret for the state you
are in are raging inside your head...
The Overlord wins this quest!
Rewards
Win or lose, each player receives 1 XP. Future quests
will grant bonus gold or XP, or perhaps other rewards,
to the winner of the quest.
Note which side won this quest. It will be important
later in the campaign during the Interlude's second
encounter (if heroes won this Introduction quest,
Interlude C is played; otherwise Interlude D is played).
Immediately after the end of this quest, read this aloud:
A few weeks earlier...
Arhynn has been kind to you. The locals enjoy the
company of adventurers and occasional mercenaries.
You spend your time journeying in the vicinity,
drinking at the town's bars and sharing your stories
with other adventurers.
One peaceful night finds you at a small pub spending
your last coins. The talk of the town is Lord Merick
Farrow's sudden reappearance at his former residence.
He has stayed away from the public eye for many years
now after the death of his brother, Sir Alric. Stories of
the two men fighting together side by side and their
heroic deeds linger on. The last sight of Lord Merick
was at his brother's funeral, where he buried him in full
armor and shield - the one that saved his own life many
times, but failed to perform its task a final time when
Sir Alric fell.
Rumour has it that Lord Merick's quick marriage that
followed only a month later had been a very weird one,
given the insurmountable love he held for his brother.
The woman that took him away was not favorable to
the people and is still described as a devilish witch with
questionable intents. The couple's subsequent
disappearance relieved many.
A hooded figure approaches your party. "Deliver this",
he says as he lays a bag of gold on the table, a small
parcel and an unsigned letter. The letter reads:
"Present for His Lordship Merick Farrow.
Welcome back."
The money is good and you decide to deliver what
looks like a homecoming present.
The heroes gain 100 gold.
Escaping Treason
Encounter 1

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 The poison in her blood swept through her arteries - she would not
ACT I Transition last long. The leathery wings of her fatigued opponent had also
stopped flapping for a while now. He had sustained enough injuries
After completing the Introduction, players have to play 3 Act I quests to ensure a painful death.
before moving on to the Interlude. However, the only available choice "Family?"
as a first Act I quest after the Introduction is the PRO I, “The "... One remaining son."
Postman’s Creed”. After that, the choice of the next quest is "I also had a brother."
determined by the winner of the previous quest as normal. "I did not expect your breed to foster kin."
"Oh, but we do. At least some of us."
With a sudden toss, a vial of gleaming green liquid reached her feet.
"Drink it. Go back and train him. Show me why *your* breed
10 deserves a place on this world."
The former residence of Lord Merick seems unvisited "We own this land! We named it!"
for years now by friends and thieves alike. Some locals "And yours is?"
report crazy sightings and an unsettling atmosphere
seeping from the house that kept them away from the
"Pellin - Eudith Pellin!"
area. However, recently dim lights have been noted to "We have no need for hollow names. We were shaped by the
flicker at night, wandering its halls. Maybe Lord world."
Merick has come back to reclaim his estate from As the antidote took effect and her eyesight cleared, her rival was
ghosts of the past?
nowhere to be seen.

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The goblins in the northwest mountains have been
keeping quiet for a while. It has not been common of
them to dare visit human villages. But now a new
leader is trying to set a different standard. Cunning or
plain stupid, the sheer number of these critters will be
a force to be reckoned with and upeasing them may
not be that simple.
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Dragon hybrids are few and dispersed. None but one
has been seen lingering in the area after the Dragon
Wars. Belthir has kept silent for all this time, either
plotting or actually seeking peace at his home up in
the mountains, staying away from anything human.
Paying a visit to his refuge may shed some light on
what his current plans are.

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The swamp near Carthridge has been a useless sight
for anyone to cross, unless they wished to gather rocks
falling from atop the ridged Carthmounts. Usually
farmers' kids would go to play there and explore the
forest, but never delve in too deep, as a few of them
have gone missing in the past.
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Years ago, the death of Sir Alric Farrow had been a
hurtful blow for all the Free Cities. But the sight of
the then devasted Lord Merick has been a story to be
retold many times. The incident on the day of Sir
Alric's burial has kept everyone away from the crypt.
Lord Merick's subsequent disappearance was also
silently welcomed.

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Act I
Call of the Necromancer
 The Postman’s Creed
Encounter 1

TRAVEL STEP: Road, Road, Plains. THE TWISTED RUNES HALLUCINATIONS

Each of the Objective tokens is a twisted rune As long as the Shapeshifter is not defeated, at the
ACT I ~ PROLOGUE: "The Postman's Creed" inscription. Any hero can try to undo them. beginning of each of the Overlord's turns he tries a to
Despite the veil of mystery behind the hooded man, While adjacent to (or on) one of them, a hero can pass a test. The Overlord rolls 1 Black and 1 White
you felt you needed to perform your paid duty. Asking spend an action to test either ∑ (Knowledge) or π dice. No cards/skills can be played on this roll.
here and there villagers and passers by, you walk (Willpower). If successful, turn the objective token If the resulting number of ≤ is lower than the number
through the barren plains away from Arhynn in search faceup. If it is not a White or Green Rune token, place of the remaining objective (?) tokens on the map, each
of Lord Merick Farrow's residence. that token to the Overlord's play area. If it is, discard hero suffers 1 ∏.
A big mansion with dying gardens appears before you as the token and the corresponding door is unlocked.
you reach the outskirts of a peaceful village. At first If unsuccessful, nothing happens. Reinforcements
everything seems quiet. But then numerous taps of legs
At the beginning* of each of the Overlord's turns, he
can be heard behind the rustling bushes and something The Overlord can also interact with the rune
may place 1** monster from 1 of his monster groups
is definitely crawling towards you. Your concerns take inscriptions as follows:
Once per turn, right before the start of the Overlord's (except the Shapeshifter) on the Entrance tile,
a disgusting form as hands emerge from the ground respecting group limits.
and an undead force attacks you. turn (before drawing a card), the Overlord may discard
[*: In a 2-hero game, reinforce at end of turn instead.]
Foul magic seems to be in the works here and you need 1 card from hand to secretly look under 1 of the [**: In a 2-hero game, the Overlord cannot choose a
to undo it before entering the mansion. objective (?) tokens still on the map OR discard 2 cards
master monster if there is already another master
from hand to reveal one of them. If revealed, rules as
monster on board.]
Monsters above apply on the outcome of the faceup side of the
token.
Cave Spiders, Zombies, Master Flesh Moulder. Victory
If all heroes stand on the Foyer tile with both doors
Setup THE SHAPESHIFTER
closed and no monsters inside that room, read the
The Master Flesh Moulder is a Shapeshifter and
Place the minion Cave Spiders on the Garden and the following aloud:
Illusionist, but his attacks are pretty real!
minion Zombies on the Front Yard, respecting group He is a special monster with the following extra You rush fast past the still emerging undead and into
limits. The master monsters of these two groups are attributes: the mansion's open doors, shutting them behind you.
not initially placed, but are available as reinforcements.
All that is left of this encounter are the moans of your
Place the Master Flesh Moulder on the space indicated.
Has 1 extra ≥ per hero. enemies outside. A dreadful silence lingers in the
Take 2* Red and 1 Green Rune tokens, turn them to Has the ability: atmosphere of an empty house.
their objective (?) token side and shuffle them. Then, ∞ Illusory Transformation: "Exchange the
Shapeshifter with any one of the Act I Master The heroes win this encounter!
place them randomly on the Front Yard tile as
indicated. Repeat the process similarly for 2* Blue and monsters. Until the end of his activation, he
1 White Rune tokens and place them randomly on the gains all their attributes except health points, If all heroes are knocked out or all Twisted Rune
Garden tile as indicated. which remain his current ones. At the end of inscriptions have been revealed at the end of an
Neither the heroes nor the Overlord can know the his activation exchange it again with the Overlord's turn, read the following aloud:
tokens' faceup sides. Master Flesh Moulder."
[*: In a 2-hero game, use only 1 Red and 1 Blue token A big flash blinds your eyes and you kneel down in
in the process above. The excluded spaces of placement NOTE#1: The Overlord cannot choose him confusion. You lie to the ground for a few moments.
are mentioned on the map page.] to transform to a Master monster already on Strangely enough, the monsters scatter about, possibly
board. Use only available out-of-the-map scared of the sudden light or considering you dead.
Place 2 Locked Doors (red lines on map) as indicated. monsters. Staying low, you stand up after a while and silently
Place Search tokens depending on the number of make your way inside the mansion, the only refuge in
heroes. NOTE#2: The Shapeshifter can change into proximity.
large monsters as long as there is enough room
Special Rules to expand, counting from the space its figure The Overlord wins this encounter!
initially stood on. The Overlord can choose
A LOCKED HOUS E
There are 2 locked doors; one in the East edge of the
how he expands. Similarly, at the end of its Rewards
activation, the Overlord can choose how the Keep the Rune tokens on the Overlord's play area.
Foyer and one on its South. The East one is sealed by
Shapeshifter shrinks to its normal size. They are important for Encounter 2.
the Green Rune inscription and the South one is sealed
by the White Rune inscription. If the according
inscription has been revealed (read below), that door is If both Green and White Rune tokens have been
unlocked and can be opened/closed normally by heroes discovered, the Shapeshifter turns to a puff of smoke.
and monsters alike. Remove him from the game.

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The Postman’s Creed
Encounter 1

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 The Postman’s Creed
Encounter 2

You find little to nothing resembling a homestead A HIDDEN PATH

inside the mansion. The dereliction on the upper parts
drives you to the basement floor, which is filled with
books and parchments. Only a couple seem of notice,
showing architectural schemes of secret passages and
hollow walls.
Trying your luck on the bookshelf next to you, it opens
up a path to a crypt below. There, to your great
surprise, Lord Merick Farrow awaits. Under his
arrogant blank stare you try to explain to him the
reason of your presence in his secluded home. As you
are about to enquire him about the madness raging
outside the mansion, his eyes wonder at the parcel in
your hands. He extends his palm and grabs it from your
hands. He starts walking away but stops a few steps
away from you as he examines the box closer.
"What does he take me for", he seems to mutter to
himself. Then, with a swift movement of his hands, a
rune symbol is conjured mid-air and the box opens up
by itself, releasing a gaseous smoke.
"Thank you adventurers. My brother will once again be
among the living soon, now with lady luck on our side.
Unfortunately, you seem to have run out of yours."
Then, before you can take cover, he unleashes a fireball
at you.
Monsters
The normal doors adjacent to the Secret Room are Victory
turning secret wall passages. They never "open" or leave
If Lord Merick Farrow is defeated, read the following
the map.
A figure standing on one of the small "X" spaces aloud:
specified on the map may spend 2 Movement points to The powerful sorcerer trips and falls to his knees. From
test µ (Awareness) or ∂ (Strength). If successful, that his hands fall the contents of the parcel you had on you
figure, along with any other single-space figure standing
only minutes ago. As you are about to seize Merick and
on the adjacent "X" space of the testing figure's side,
question him, a hasty red mist surrounds you and
move onto the "X" spaces on the other side of the wall.
solidifies into the form of a beautiful woman. "You'll
If other figures stand on these spaces, they exchange
regret meddling with us." She hugs the weakened man
places with the ones passing through. If unsucessful,
nothing happens. and both disappear in red fumes that leave behind a
mixed smell of blood and roses.
NOTE#1: If a Large Monster covers any of the small X The heroes win this quest!
spaces and the above test is performed for the
respective secret wall passage, the monster is
immediately defeated (squashed by the revolving wall). If Lord Merick Farrow walks off the map through the
Exit tile, read the following aloud:
NOTE#2: Knocked out heroes do not pass through
Chasing after the deranged sorcerer, you run out of
the walls. Passing through the secret walls counts as
breath as you watch him pass through a blazing green
entering a space for any figures taking part in this
portal and vanishing with a wicked laughter. When you
procedure.
reach and touch the closed portal, the only face you can
see is yours mirrored, staring blankly with sweat and
RUNE-LOCKED PORTALS
blood trickling from its forehead.
The locked doors on the map indicate portals, through
which ONLY Lord Merick can pass through if he holds
the corresponding Rune Token.
The Overlord wins this quest!

Lord Merick Farrow, Ettins, Zombies, 1 open group*.
[*: cannot choose a group that consists of large figures] White Rune sign and the portal on the Exit tile
Setup
Place the Ettins on the Storage Room and the Zombies
on the Stairs. Place the open group on the Laboratory.
Place Merick Farrow on the space shown on the map.
Place Search Tokens based on the number of heroes.
Place the White and Green Rune tokens as indicated.
Place two Locked Doors (red lines) and three Normal
Doors (yellow lines) as indicated. Place any Red and
Blue Rune tokens claimed from the previous encounter the respective Rune sign for that door, the Overlord
on Merick's lieutenant card. If heroes won the previous discards the token from his lieutenant card.
encounter, they may remove 1 Rune token from his
lieutenant card before the start of the encounter.
Special Rules
A GREAT BALL OF FIRE
At the start of this encounter all heroes are Stunned.
A TWISTED MIND
Lord Merick Farrow has for this encounter the extra
ability "Shambling".
Furthermore, at the beginning of any of his activations, respecting group limits.
the Overlord may discard either a Red or a Blue Rune
token from his lieutenant card. If that token is Red,
Lord Merick recovers 2 ≥. If it is Blue, Lord Merick
gains 2 Movement points.
The portal connected to the Spider Den requires the
requires the Green Rune sign (see map).
Lord Merick can receive the Rune's sign by spending an
action while adjacent (or on) to one of the Rune tokens
and testing ∑ (Knowledge ). If successful, the
Overlord places the corresponding token on Lord
Merick's card. If unsuccessful, nothing happens.
Lord Merick may try multiple times to pass the test, as
long as he spends an action.
If Lord Merick passes through a portal while carrying
Heroes and monsters cannot go through the portals by
any means. Line of sight cannot be traced through the
portals.
Reinforcements
Only once for this encounter, at the end of the
Overlord's turn, if on that turn Lord Merick passed
through the White rune-locked portal, remove all
Zombie figures from the board. Immediately place a
full group of Zombies at full health on the Crypt,
Rewards
Win or lose, each player receives 1 XP.
If the heroes won, they receive the "Fortuna's Dice"
relic.
If the Overlord won, he receives the "Bones of Woe"
relic.
After completing the quest, read the following aloud:
You return to Arhynn with numerous questions
troubling you. Passing through the market, you realize
the hooded man is tailing you. You walk into the
narrower streets and turn on a quiet corner, ready to
engage him.
He raises his hands in peace. "My lord sends his
apologies for your adventurous mission. But lest you
wish to withdraw from further offers, I have some
matters that need to be dealt with in silence. I am sorry
for all the secrecy, but do keep a low profile. We don't
want the people of Arhynn to panic over news of an
uprising necromancer."

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The Postman’s Creed
Encounter 2

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 The Goblinator
Encounter 1
TRAVEL STEP: Forest, Plains, Forest, Mountain.
ACT I ~ "The Goblinator"
"You are to travel beyond the north hills. The goblins
there have a new leader and my lord is concerned the
necromancer may try to bargain with them. We'll have
to reach them first and offer a truce. Or food. He likes
that..." Beautifully adorned horses await you outside
the tavern together with a mute guide. You can't help
but wonder how rich your employer really is.
You make good time and reach the goblin caves beyond
the hills. Before you know it though, you are stealthily
surrounded by dozens of eyes and spears aiming at you,
as your guide makes a run for it. You can do nothing
but follow the little critters to their cave. You are
pushed inside and the gate slams shut behind you. A
cold, blood-filled dungeon welcomes you with hungry
chained monsters circling around, as above the ground
you see a huge blob of fat stirring.
"Welcome to the Lair of Great Splig, the King of Aaaall
Goblins! You wish to speak to me? To me? Oh, I'm
sorry - I'm too busy plotting and scheming and... HEY!
Do you like games? I looove games..." He pulls what
looks like a small catapult and throws a huge snowball
at you as the monsters close in...
Monsters
Splig, Goblin Archers, monsters from 1 Core Set of
Descent 2nd edition, depending on number of heroes
(see Setup).
Any relic assigned to Splig for this quest comes in play
in encounter 2.
Setup
Place Search tokens depending on the number of
heroes.
Place the Green Rune token as indicated.
Place Splig on the space indicated.
Place the Goblin Archers on the Mound of Snow,
respecting group limits.
In a 4-hero game place all the monsters as shown on the
map to their respective spaces. They are all master
monsters.
Reinforcements
In a 3-hero game place all the monsters as shown, with None.
the exception that all large monsters are minions. The
rest are masters.
In a 2-hero game place all the monsters as shown, with
the exception that they are all minion monsters.
Place a number of fatigue ∏ tokens equal to the
number of heroes on the Overlord's play area.
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Special Rules Victory
SPLIG If any hero deals at least 1 ≥ to Splig, or Splig is
Splig does not perform any actions for this encounter. defeated, the encounter ends immediately. Read the
Instead, he is targeting the heroes with his catapult following aloud:
throwing snowballs at them.
"Ouch! You don't play fair!" With a swift movement,
At the start of each of the Overlord's turns he chooses a
unexpected of his size, the huge goblin jumps to the
hero figure on board whose hero token is not on the
seat of his chariot pulled by his men and commands
catapult.
them to run away.
Discard any previously placed hero token from the
catapult (if able). The heroes win this encounter!
The chosen hero chooses to either test µ OR suffer
1 ∏ and test ∂. If successful, nothing happens. If the
hero fails the test, place a ∏ token to the Overlord's play If the Overlord ever has 10 ∏ tokens on his play area,
area. In addition, place a hero token of that hero on the the encounter ends immediately. Read the following
catapult. That hero is Stunned. aloud:
[NOTE: Basically, a hero who was stunned in such
"BO-RING! What do they feed you people? Bring
way, is not a valid target in the immidiate next
them here!" You are seized and brought before the
Overlord turn.]
Goblin King.
"How do you like another game then?" Splig seats
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? himself on top of a poorly made chariot and readies
Every time a monster other than a Goblin Archer is himself for the chase.
defeated, remove a ∏ token from the Overlord's play
area. The Overlord wins this encounter!
Every time a hero is knocked out, place a ∏ token to the
Overlord's play area. Rewards
Keep Splig's and every monster's ≥ tokens (wounds)
except for the Goblin Archers.
GROWING IMPATIENT
If Splig was defeated, he receives full damage tokens
At the beggining of each of the Overlord's turns, he
minus 1 on his lieutenant card (he is set to 1 remaining
places 1 ∏ token to his play area.
health point for the next encounter).
All monsters are left precisely where they are for the
CAGED CHALLENGES next encounter, except for the Goblin Archers which
are removed.
Only the heroes may perform open door actions. Once
a door has been opened, it is removed from play.
The monsters in each area cannot be activated until the
respective door has been opened by the heroes. To
remember this, you may keep the according monsters'
cards upside down. Once the door of a room is opened,
flip the monsters' cards face up to denote that they can
be activated from the next Overlord's turn and on.
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Encounter 1

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 The Goblinator
Encounter 2
The massive King is riding atop his wobbly seat, carried
by his lesser kin. He commands them to run fast, while
at the same time wailing like a child, "Not me! Not me!
Stay away! ...Open the door you scum! Your King is
passing through!"
Wiping the snow off your face, a nasty idea pops in
your head...
Monsters
Splig, Goblin Archers, remaining monsters from the
previous encounter.
Setup
Encounter 2 of this quest uses the same map as the
previous encounter.
Place Splig on the space indicated. Keep the monsters
on the spaces they were on at the end of Encounter 1.
Keep their wound ≥ tokens on.
Heroes place their figures on the spaces marked with an to Splig or, if not possible, on the closest empty spaces.
"X". No monster can occupy those spaces at the start of They count as entering those spaces.
the encounter. If it does, place it on the nearest empty
space(s).
Remove all Goblin Archers. Place a group of Goblin
Archers at full health, with each figure adjacent to Splig cannot be activated until provoked. A monster is
(or closest space possible), respecting group limits.
Remove all doors from the game. Then, place a locked
door on the Exit tile as indicated.
Remove any remaining Search tokens from the map
and place new Search tokens based on the number of
heroes as indicated.
Special Rules
THE RULES OF THE GAME
If the heroes won the previous encounter, at the
beginning of this encounter, the Overlord must trade
X ∏ tokens from his play area to heal X ≥ to Splig
until he is fully healed. The remaining tokens are kept
by the Overlord's side.
If the Overlord won the previous encounter, every time
Splig is called to try an attribute test and before rolling
the dice,
dice the Overlord may spend 1 ∏ to increase Splig's
attribute by 1. This can be done only once per test (no
stacking effect applies).
Regardless of who won the previous encounter, the
Overlord plays first.
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A KING'S CHARIOT
Splig is carried away by his smaller brethren. In every Victory
Overlord turn, the Goblin Archer group MUST be
If the heroes deafeat Splig, read the following aloud:
activated before Splig. After Splig activates, the Goblin
Archers cannot be activated on that Overlord's turn. The 'king' tumbles over from his seat and lands face on
the pile of his much smaller-sized men.
When activated, a Goblin Archer gains only 1 attack
"OK, OK, OK! I'll do what your master's told me! It's a
action. If a Goblin Archer is defeated, Splig also suffers
deal then! Just make sure he keeps his part of the
1 wound (≥). If multiple Goblin Archers are defeated
due to the same trigger, Splig still suffers only 1 ≥.
bargain and holds a nice banquet of everything
promised, eh?"
As long as the Overlord has ∏ tokens, he may discard Making deals with a gluttonous goblin? Something
1 ∏ token after each of Splig's actions so that Splig doesn't sound right...
gains 1 movement point.
NOTE: No Overlord's cards, monster abilities or relics'
Riding your fast steeds, return is swift, but throughout
this trip you feel you have also learned some more
powers may be applied to Splig that give him things about the surrounding lands.
movement points other than his normal Movement
The heroes win the quest!
action and the special rule stated above.
At the end of each of Splig's activations, all Goblin
If Splig moves off the map through the exit tile, read
Archers on board are placed on empty spaces adjacent
the following aloud:
"I'm NOT entertained! You've made me run too
much! I'm hungry now! Tell your master he can keep
whatever deals he has for himself! Or maybe..."
DO AS YOUR KING COMMANDS!
Your journey back to Arhynn takes several days. About
All monsters except Splig and the Goblin Archers
as many as it must have taken Splig to digest all that
horse meat...
provoked if:
The Overlord wins the quest!
it is attacked, or
if the Overlord spends 1 ∏ token while Splig's
figure is adjacent to it
Rewards
Win or lose, each player receives 1 XP.
From then on, that monster can activate as normal. To If the heroes win, they also receive 25 gold per hero.
remember which monsters are inactive, keep their cards Additionally, at the start of the next Travel phase,
facedown from the start of the encounter and turn heroes can look at the top 3 travel cards and put them
them faceup whenever the rules above apply. back in any order they like.
TURNING THE TABLES If the Overlord wins, he receives 1 additional XP.
Any hero adjacent to the Snowball Catapult can use it Additionally, he may choose one of the items of the
to target Splig. The hero spends an action and Splig heroes. He may NOT choose a Relic. If it is a Shop
must make an Awareness (µ) test. If he fails, he is deck item, discard it from game and heroes get its value
Stunned and all adject Goblin Archers to him suffer 1 halved in gold (rounded down to the closest multiple
≥. If he succeeds, nothing happens. of 25 gold). It does not return to the shop deck for the
remainder of this campaign. If it is initial equipment,
LOCKED DOOR discard it from the game.
The locked door on the Exit tile can be opened only by
Splig. He must spend an action while adjacent to it and
test Willpower (π). If successful, the door opens. If
not, nothing happens.
Reinforcements
At the beginning of each of the Overlord's turns, the
Overlord may place 1 Goblin Archer adjacent to Splig,
respecting group limits.
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Encounter 2

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 The Scion Hybrid
Encounter 1
TRAVEL STEP: Road, Forest, Mountain, Mountain.
ACT I ~ "The Scion Hybrid"
Another night at the pub finds you in the company of
the enigmatic man in the hooded cape.
"I'm sure you've heard of Dragon Hybrids, yes? After
the end of the Dragon Wars, the surviving ones were
hunted down, so most of them decided to seek out
refuge in isolated places and live in solitude. My master
has information about a winged one seen near Mount
Surtur. His name is Belthir, somewhat known for the
life he lead in the past. You have to find him and see if
he's related to the recent sightings of Shadow Dragons
in the area. We wouldn't want Lord Merick to have the
upper hand on this, eh?"
Climbing the foothills of Mount Surtur you see in the
distance a floating figure of a man-sized creature. You
approach carefully and hear Belthir bellowing: "Where
are they?" At that very moment you trip over some
rubble. Belthir turns his head and sees you.
"Again? What do you want? Leave us be!" Then, by
raising his hands he casts the earth to form a wall of
stone on your path. Afterwards, he continues to hover
about madly, obviously searching for something.
Maybe if you found it first, he'd be more willing to talk.
Monsters
Belthir, Elementals, Shadow Dragons, 1 open group.
Setup
Place Belthir on the space indicated.
Place the Elementals on the Ruins and the open
group on the Stream, respecting group limits.
Do not place the Shadow Dragons yet - see
Reinforcements.
Place 2 Blue Rune tokens on the spaces indicated and
keep 2 Red Rune tokens in a pile.
Place 4 Objective tokens (?) on the spaces indicated.
Place Search tokens depending on the number of
heroes.
Special Rules
GEOMANCY
The Objective (?) tokens indicate earth that has risen
and formed a Wall of Stone blocking the path. These
tokens act as obstacles (block line of sight and
movement).
Any hero adjacent to one of them may spend an action
to try and smash it by testing ∂ or undo the magic on it
by testing ∑. If successful, remove the respective
token from the map. If unsuccessful, nothing happens.
[Remember: Belthir has "Fly", thus, these Wall of
Stone spaces do not block his movement, but he cannot
end his movement on any of them.]
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THE SHADOW BULBS
The Blue/Red Rune tokens are the Shadow Bulbs,
minor runes with dark energy flowing within them.
The Blue ones indicate Unenergized Bulbs and Red
indicate Energized ones.
Belthir is after the bulbs. Thinking ahead though, he is
also trying to energize them.
If adjacent to (or on) one of the Unenergized Bulbs,
Belthir can spend an action and test Willpower (π). If
successful, the Blue Rune token is removed from the
game and the Overlord takes a Red Rune token and
places it on Belthir's lieutenant card to denote the
Energized Bulb. Belthir may try the test multiple times
during his activation as long as he spends an action.
Also, he can spend an action to immediately pick up an
already Energized Bulb from an adjacent space - he
cannot pick up Unenergized Bulbs.
If Belthir is defeated by an adjacent hero (not Familiar),
that hero takes 1 of Belthir's bulbs, if he's carrying any.
Otherwise, the token is placed on Belthir's last space.
Any hero adjacent to (or on) one of the bulbs
(energized or not) can spend an action and take it with
them. That hero places the token on their character
sheet.
If that hero is ever knocked out, place any token he was
carrying on his knocked-out hero token on the map.
If Belthir is adjacent to a hero figure who is carrying a
bulb (energized or not), he may attempt to steal it from
them, by spending an action. The Overlord discards 1*
card and chooses to either test Belthir's Strength (∂) or
forces that hero to test his Awareness (µ). If Belthir
passes, or the hero fails, the hero drops the bulb on
Belthir's space if it is Unenergized or Belthir takes it on
his lieutenant card if it is Energized.
[*: 2 cards instead in a 2-hero game]
The Shadow Dragons may also carry Shadow Bulbs. If
adjacent to (or on) any of them they can spend an
action to pick them up. If the bulb is not Energized, it
immediately becomes Energized (Blue to Red, as per
above rules). Each Shadow Dragon can carry only 1
bulb. If defeated while carrying one, place the token on
any of its previously occupied spaces (Overlord's
choice).
Any figure carrying a bulb can spend an action to drop
it on any of their empty adjacent spaces.
ENERGY MATTERS
Any figure who is carrying any number of Energized
bulbs suffers 1 wound ≥ for each Energized bulb at
end of their activation.
Exception: Shadow Dragons are not hurt by Energized
Shadow Bulbs.
Reinforcements
If at the start of an Overlord's turn Belthir is not on the
map, place him on the Entrance tile.
At the end of each of the Overlord's turns, he may place
1 monster (except Shadow Dragons) on the Entrance
tile, respecting group limits.
Once for this encounter, at the start of an Overlord's
turn, if at the previous heroes' turn any of them
entered the Waterfall tile for the first time, or Belthir
was attacked, the Overlord places the Shadow Dragon
monster group on the Waterfall tile, respecting group
limits. They must be placed so that they are covering as
many water spaces as possible.
Victory
If a single hero holds both Shadow Bulbs, read the
following aloud:
"You guys are more persistent than the previous ones.
But how do you hunt a predator in the dark?" Belthir
jumps high and with a flap of his wings he goes through
the waterfall.
The patterns on the stones in your hands seem to be
making a sequence. You connect the pieces and for a
moment the stones shine bright under the sunlight.
The next moment in your hand lies a single rune as if it
had never been broken before.
The heroes win this encounter!
If Belthir moves off the map through the X spaces of
the Waterfall while carrying both Energized Shadow
Bulbs, read the following aloud:
Under the waterfall, Belthir holds his wings above his
head, shielding himself from the falling water. In his
hands shine a couple of shimmering stones."You'd
better turn and leave! The dark holds weaker promises
under the sunlight. But how can you master your fear
when you can't even cast your own shadow?"
Unsure of what follows, you enter the hidden
waterfall's entrance chasing after the dragon hybrid.
The Overlord wins this encounter!
Rewards
If the heroes won, discard the 2 Red Rune tokens from
the hero carrying them, and give to that hero 1 White
Rune token for the next encounter.
If the Overlord won, he keeps the 2 Red Rune tokens
for the next encounter.
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Encounter 1

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 The Scion Hybrid
Encounter 2
It takes some time for your eyesight to adjust to the
lack of light inside the cave, yet unnaturally so, almost
as if something is countering the little sun rays that
pierce through the waterfall. The falling water blocks
out the sound of sudden movement coming from the
ceiling. Belthir attacks you, but you manage to avoid his
hit just in time. Instead, his glaive smashes an orb on a
pillar right next to you and the cave immediately fills
with some more light of the torches hanging from the
walls.
With a grunt, Belthir jumps and glides deeper in his
caves. A vicious coldness surrounds the room as his
friends make their presence known under the new light.
Monsters
Belthir, Shadow Dragons, 1 open group.
Setup
Place the Shadow Dragons on the Dragon's Lair.
Place the open group on the Frozen Cave.
All monster groups are placed respecting group limits.
Place Belthir on the space indicated.
Place 3 Blue Rune tokens on the map as indicated, 2 on
their facedown side (?) and 1 on its faceup blue side.
Place Search Tokens depending on the number of
heroes.
Special Rules
THE RUNE OF LIGHT
If heroes won the previous encounter, they gain the
"Rune of Light" (Rune) for this encounter. It is denoted
by the White Rune token and it acts as a normal
accessory item.
While a Shadow Dragon is adjacent to the hero that
has this item equipped, it loses its "Shadow" passive
ability.
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THE SHADOW ORBS
The Blue Rune tokens are Shadow Orbs which have
the ability to "suck light", thus leaving the room in
complete darkness.
Their objective (?) side indicates that each such orb is
Inactive, while their faceup blue side indicates they are
Active.
The Shadow Orbs are considered obstacles (they block
movement and line of sight).
Once per activation,
activation any hero or Belthir may spend an
action while adjacent to one of these Orbs and suffer 1
∏. Then, test Knowledge (∑) or Willpower (π) for
that figure. If successful, flip the Orb token to its other
side. If unsuccessful, nothing happens.
[Note: Heroes must be able to suffer the ∏ - they
cannot choose to suffer ≥ instead. Belthir suffers
≥ instead of ∏ always.]
If the Overlord won the previous encounter, when
Belthir tries the above action, the Overlord may discard
1 Red Rune token from his side to immediately turn
the Orb to its Active side. If he does so, Belthir does
not suffer ≥ for that action.
THE LINK
If Belthir is defeated, trace an uninterupted path from
Belthir's last occupied space to the closest (by space
distance) Shadow Orb (Active or Inactive). If this Orb
is Active, it becomes Inactive. If two Orbs lie in the
same distance, the heroes choose one Orb that
applies. Closed doors block trail.
Reinforcements
If at the beggining of an Overlord's turn Belthir is
defeated, he places him on the Entrance tile.
At the start of each of the Overlord's turns, he may
place 1* monster from his monster groups on the
Darkness tile, respecting group limits.
[*: In a 2-hero game, if this monster is a Shadow
Dragon, the Overlord must discard an Overlord card to
reinforce. This may be done before or after drawing an
Overlord card, at the start of his turn.]
Victory
If all orbs are Inactive and all hero figures stand on the
Dragon's Lair tile,
OR
if all orbs are Inactive and Belthir is defeated, read the
following aloud:
Belthir halts to a corner coughing. "You are strong
warriors you know. Alright... Tell his lordship Aether
hides on the Sylphyr Mountains. If he wishes to talk to
that old geezer he can be my guest, but don't expect him
to be any willing. Now leave me be!"
His lordship? Maybe you should ask for more gold the
next time.
Nevertheless, you get the feeling that your little
endeavor in the darkness also left you with a knack for
quickly spotting items of significance. On top of that,
something makes you think that Belthir was hiding
something much more precious deeper in his cave...
The heroes win the quest!
If all orbs are Active and Belthir moves off the map
from the Entrance tile,
OR
if at the start of an Overlord's turn 1 or more of the
heroes (standing or knocked out, excluding Familiars) is
on a space that doesn't trail back (closed doors block
trail) to an Inactive orb or the Entrance tile, read the
following aloud:
Engulfed in darkness you can hear your every footstep
louder, your every breath, even the beating of your
heart rising. At the end of the corridor, two shiny eyes
forebode your gruesome death.
A moment passes and then the door opens and a path
of light leads you to the exit, your life spared by a non-
human creature. Along with gratitude, you can't help
but wonder what Belthir was hiding so valiantly in his
cave of darkness.
The Overlord wins the quest!
Rewards
Win or lose, each player receives 1 XP.
If the heroes win, they also receive 25 gold per hero.
Additionally, at the start of the next quest, the heroes
may look at the top 3 cards of the Search deck. Then,
they must place these cards back in any order they like,
placing each card either at the top or the bottom of the
Search deck.
If the Overlord wins, he receives 1 additional XP.
Additionally, the Overlord may choose the hero with
the lowest π (Willpower) - Overlord's choice in case of
a tie. For the f i r s t encounter of the next quest, during
e a c h of the activations of the chosen hero, all monsters
(except lieutenants) gain the Shadow ability.
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 Secrets of the Swamp
Encounter 1
TRAVEL STEP: Road, Water, Plains, Forest.
ACT I ~ "Secrets of the Swamp"
Unconvinced of the 'benign' intents of the hooded
man, you decide to tail him in hope of finding who is
hiding behind all that secrecy.
After another informative meeting, foreshadowing ill
omens of the necromancer Merick's plans, you stay
close behind your contact before he leaves Arhynn.
Following him beyond the river Rhynn andthrough
the plains, you can't be too sure of not having been
noticed. By entering the forest nearby Carthridge you
lose his trail when his horseprints enter the swampy
area... On your way back out of the forest, you come
across a most curious sight. Some teens are tied onto a
tree trunk with spider webs embracing them, only their
faces uncovered, pale and unconscious. You can do
nothing else but help these poor kids.
Monsters
Cave Spiders, 1 open group.
Setup
Place the Cave Spiders on the Wild Bushes and the
open group on the Swampy Path tile.
All monsters are placed respecting group limits.
Place 4 Red Rune tokens on the 4 central spaces of the
Tree Trunk tile marked with an "X" on the map. These hands than the number of heroes, he must choose a
indicate the spaces covered by the tree.
Place 4* Villager tokens on the center of the Tree
Trunk tile on top of the Red Rune tokens.
[*:3 in a 2-hero game]
Place on top of each Villager token an Objective (?)
token.
Place Search Tokens based on the number of heroes.
Special Rules
THE TREE TRUNK
The 4 Red Rune tokens on top of which the Villger
tokens are placed at the beginning of the quest denote a
large tree trunk. Those 4 spaces are considered as
obstacles (they block line of sight and movement) for
the quest.
CAUGHT IN A WEB
The Villager tokens are victims captured by the
monsters. They are initially web-tied to the tree trunk
and have lost consciousness.
During the quest, any spaces the victims are on
(excluding the initial tree-trunk's ones, see above) block
movement but not line of sight. They are not empty
spaces and other victims cannot be placed on the same
space.
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A "webbed" victim has an objective (?) token on top.
A "non-webbed" victim is a normal Villager token Reinforcements
without an objective (?) token on top of it.
At the beginning of each of the Overlord's turns, he
Any Cave Spider adjacent to a non-webbed victim may may place 1 master Cave Spider and 1 minion Cave
spend an action to cover it with web. Place an objective Spider on the Exit tile, respecting group limits.
(?) token on top of it.
At the end of each of the Overlord's turns, he may place
If adjacent to a Webbed victim, the master Cave Spider
1 monster from his open monster group on the spaces
can spend an action to pick him/her up, if not carrying
marked with a large "X" on the Wild Bushes tile,
any at the moment. Place the Webbed victim under the
respecting group limits.
master Cave Spider figure. While being carried by the
master Cave Spider, the victim is not considered
adjacent to any other space. Victory
If the master Cave Spider is defeated while carrying If there are no more Villager tokens on the map, read
a victim, place the webbed victim on the space it was the following aloud:
defeated.
The master Cave Spider cannot pick up a non-webbed The monsters retreat behind the dense bushes as the
last of spiders enters a tree's opening. The rivulet that
victim.
The master Cave Spider successfullyabducts a webbed passes through is surprisingly still unbesmirched, which
makes you question the appearance of such vile
victim if it is carrying one and moves off the map
through the Exit tile. Place the Villager token to the monsters here.
Overlord's play area. Upon further examination, you discover an entrance
The master Cave Spider returns to the map only via on that tree's roots big enough for humans to enter.
Reinforcements as a new one. Wondering where those spiders wanted to carry their
victims to, you decide to investigate further.
FRESH WEB The result is a stalemate. Keep the rescued and the
At the start of each of the Overlord's turns after
(after abducted victims apart for the second Encounter.
drawing a card), if the Overlord has more cards in his
Immediately perform the following:
Heroes choose 1 hero to test µ. If unsuccessful,
Webbed victim that is currently not being carried (if nothing happens and proceed to the next encounter. If
there is one). Remove the Webbed token from that successful, read the following aloud:
victim.
You examine the rivulets' path and follow its stream
behind some overgrown plants. You discover a spring
RESCUING THE VICTIMS
with clear water running next to a small abandoned
Any hero adjacent to a Webbed victim may spend an
hut.
action to release the victim from their ties. Remove the
objective (?) token from the victim's top. All heroes discard any conditions inflicted upon them.
Any hero, who is not already carrying a victim and
is adjacent to a non-webbed one, may spend an action
to pick him/her up. Place the victim on the hero's sheet.
A hero who is carrying a victim may spend an action to
place him/her on any of the hero's figure adjacent
empty spaces.
If a hero carrying a victim is knocked out, place the
victim's token on one of the heroe's adjacent empty
spaces. If there are none, place it on the space the hero
was knocked out on.
A hero cannot pick up a Webbed victim.
A hero successfully rescues a victim he carries by
moving off the map through the Entrance tile. Place the
villager token to the heroe's play area.
A hero who leaves the map this way may return to the
Entrance on his next turn (without the victim) by
performing a move action (or spending 1 ∏ for 1
movement point) to enter the Entrance tile.
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 Secrets of the Swamp
Encounter 2
Not long into the tree cave, you come across some root-
made steps. Light is seeping through the entrance and
into the corridors of what looks like a tree-built cave.
Trinkets are hanging from the ceiling shining and
gleaming in the light. Strangely, a wave of heat hits
your face and you notice a woman in white standing
steps before you.
"Who do we have here? Another group of adventurers?
Allow me to introduce myself... Lady Eliza Cath...
Farrow. Habits die hard - they stain on you." Bloody
teeth smile at you with a dreadful set of animal fangs.
"Mmm, you've come too late. I already ate. Maybe my
servants would like to have a bite though." She is
carrying a book. Whatever it is this vampire came
looking for here in the first place, it can't be good for
the people of Arhynn. She smirks at you and slides to
hide before you can catch her.
Monsters
Lady Eliza Farrow, Zombies, Cave Spiders.
Setup
Place 2 Normal Doors as indicated.
Place 4 Blue Rune Tokens (Prisms) and 1 White Rune
Token (Large Mirror) on the spaces indicated.
Place Search Tokens based on the number of heroes.
Starting by placing the master adjacent to the Prism on
the Stalagmite Cave, and moving in a clockwise
direction, place 1 Cave Spider on an empty space
adjacent to each Prism.
Similarly, starting by placing the master adjacent to the
Prism on the Reliquary, and moving in a counter-
clockwise direction, place 1 Zombie on an empty space
adjacent to each Prism.
All monsters are placed respecting group limits.
Place Lady Eliza Farrow and a Villager token on the
spaces indicated.
In addition, place a number of Villager tokens equal to
those in Overlord's play area on empty spaces adjacent
to Eliza.
For each Villager token in the heroes' play area, the
Overlord discards 1 card at random from his hand.
Special Rules
A VAMPIRE'S TOUCH
The victims abducted from the previous encounter
were previously bitten by Eliza. They have now fully
turned!
Each of them is a Vampire minion monster and they act
as one monster group.
Each Vampire has the following stats:
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¥: 4 movement
≤: 1 Black die defence
≥: 2 health points per hero
Attack: 1 Blue + 1 Yellow dice (melee),
Pierce 1
±: Poison
±: Disease
EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED
The 4 Blue Rune tokens represent Prisms hanging
inside the cave. The heroes can turn them so that the
cave is engulfed in light.
While adjacent to any of them, a hero can spend an
action* to turn the Prism to the right position. To mark
that, turn that token to its objective (?) side. When a
hero turns a prism, that hero may heal 1 condition of
his choice.
[*: In a 2-hero game, the hero may instead spend 1 ∏
while adjacent to a prism for a free action to turn it]
If all 4 prisms show their objective (?) side, a hero
adjacent to the Large Mirror (White Rune token) can
spend an action to fill the cave in light. Heroes win the
quest (see Victory).
If a Vampire at the start of its activation has line of
sight to a "turned" prism (objective (?) face up), it
suffers 1 ≥.
PERSISTENT AILMENT
For this encounter, the Poison and Disease conditions
inflicted on heroes cannot be avoided with any heroes'
skills/abilities/feats/cards. Furthermore, the only way
for heroes to remove these two conditions is by passing
the according test at the start of their turn, or by
turning a Prism and by no other means.
means
If a hero is knocked out, do not discard any Disease
and/or Poison conditions from his sheet.
If a hero makes a Stand Up action, he may choose and
test for one of the Disease/Poison conditions (if he has
one).
On his turn, if a knocked out hero chooses not to stand
up and remain knocked out, the Overlord chooses
either a Poison or Disease condition. The hero suffers
that condition.
A DIAMOND FOR DISEASE
Every time a hero is defeated, the Overlord takes 1 of
that hero's tokens to his play area.
A hero has all his attribute values decreased by 1 (to a
minimum of 1) for each hero token of their colour at
the the Overlord's play area.
Reinforcements
At the beggining of each of the Overlord's turns, he
may place 1 monster from EACH* of his monster
groups (Cave Spiders and Zombies) on the Entrance
tile, respecting group limits.
[*: In a 2-hero game reinforce from 1 group only]
Victory
If the heroes defeat all Vampires and Lady Eliza, OR if
they "illuminate" the Tree Cave (see Special Rules),
read the following aloud:
As the last vampire turns to dust, you can hear the
lingering wail of Lady Eliza through the corridors of
the ancient tree.
"Do not consider this to be the end..." she whispers
eventually and then the whole tree cave starts rotting
fast.
By the time you have escaped, the tree has shed its
leaves and its entrance has disappeared, covered in a
mass of shrivelled roots.
Amidst the remaining cobwebs you find a doll hanging
with an eerie smile on its face.
The heroes win the quest!
If at the end of the heroes' turn 2 or more heroes are
both Diseased and Poisoned, read the following aloud:
As the sickness kicks in, sweat starts running on your
forehead and everything in the room begins to go
around in circles.
"Don't worry heroes... You will not turn... But this
should teach you a lesson not to meddle with our
plans..."
You can only hope you can be strong enough to reach
Arhynn and find the right medicine for this nauseous
disease.
The Overlord wins the quest!
Rewards
Win or lose, each player receives 1 XP.
If the heroes win, each hero receives 1 additional XP.
Additionally, at the start of the next quest, one of the
heroes receives the "Cursed Doll" Search item.
If the Overlord wins, he receives 1 additional XP.
Additionally, at the start of the next quest, the
Overlord may choose two different heroes. One
becomes Diseased and the other Poisoned.
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 The Pact of Undeath
Encounter 1
TRAVEL STEP: Forest, Road, Water, Water.
ACT I ~ "The Pact of Undeath"
The words of Lord Merick Farrow about resurrecting
his brother still echo ominous in your head. The Black
Knight against his people, standing fully armed is a
grim image indeed. After another odd meeting with the
hooded man, you are directed to go southwest along the
river Rhynn where you might encounter the Farrows at
Sir Alric's grave.
As the veil of night falls, an unnatural coldness
surrounds you as you walk close to the fog-covered
river. You suddenly hear galloping thuds closing in on
you. Soon enough, two horses run past you with their
loose reins flailing. You run towards the way they came
from and through the bushes you see some dim lights
flickering in the distance.
All of a sudden, an old bearded man in a rich green
attire and horror-struck face rushes towards you.
"Please help me! We have been ambushed by some
terrible beings! A woman took my dear Margaret with
her... said she'd eat her! Please save her!"
Monsters
The Farrows, Zombies, 3 open groups.
Sir Alric carries the "Shield of Zorek's Favor" relic.
Setup
Place the lieutenants on the spaces indicated. Place the
Zombies on the River Crossing tile. Place 1 open group
on each of the Front Yard, Bridge and Waterfall
tiles, respecting group limits. Place Search tokens based
on the number of heroes. Place 2 normal doors as
indicated. Place 5* male and 1 female Villager tokens
on the spaces indicated. Place on top of each male
Villager token a ∏ token.
[*: +1 in a 3-hero game; +2 in a 2-hero game; see map]
Special Rules
THE GUARDSMEN
The male Villager tokens are Guardsmen ambushed
and tied by the minions. They are obstacles and cannot
be targeted unless untied. Any adjacent hero can spend
an action to untie one of them. Remove the ∏ token
from the respective guard. As long as Margaret is alive
rescued the untied guards join the heroes! They
or is rescued,
are activated after the last hero's turn by him. For all
purposes, they act as heroes, but can only Attack,
Move, Swim, Open/Close Doors, untie other
Guardsmen and interract with Margaret. The Overlord
does not draw cards for defeating them.
Once untied, a guard has as stats:
¥: 4 Movement, ≥: 6 Health, ≤: 1 Grey Die
∂: 4, ∑: 1, π: 3, µ: 4
Melee Attack: 1 Blue and 1 Red Dice, ±: Pierce 2
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THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
Lady Eliza always remains on the space she was placed
during setup, until either defeated, Margaret dies or
called to continue the ritual (read below). She can still
attack and use skills.
At the start of the encounter Lady Eliza is wounded.
Place 2 plus the number of heroes ≥ on her card.
Margaret has 6* health. She cannot be attacked and she
cannot regain any health by any means.
[*: 7 in a 2-hero game]
While Lady Eliza is adjacent to Margaret:
At the start of her activation, the Overlord rolls 1 Blue
attack die. For each ≥ showing, Margaret suffers that
much damage and Eliza may recover that much health.
This roll cannot be affected by any cards or skills.
If Margaret dies, or Eliza is called to continue the ritual,
read this aloud:
Running her tongue round her lips, Eliza opens her red
eyes in satisfaction. "So... invigorating..." She disappears
in the darkness leaving the lifeless child lie cold and
pale. With no one left to protect, the guardsmen lose
their will to fight and flee to aid their surviving master.
Remove all Villager tokens from the game. Remove
Lady Eliza from the board and keep her by the
Overlord's side for later (read below).
If Eliza is defeated and Margaret is alive, read aloud:
"Can't a woman enjoy her meal?" With a bloody smile
Eliza exits the back door and fades into the darkness.
The heroes can now attempt to rescue Margaret. Any
adjacent hero (or Guardsman) can pick her up as an
action and carry her off the map through the Entrance
tile. A hero can with an action put her down on any
adjacent space. If the hero carrying her is defeated, place
Margaret's token on the hero's last space.
If Margaret is rescued off the map through the
Entrance tile, read the following aloud:
Lord Myron rushes towards his daughter's body with
agonizing eyes. "Oh by the light of Kellos! What did
that witch do to her? At least she is alive. I think..."
Place Margaret's token to the heroes' side. A hero may
return through the Entrance on his next turn. If a
Guardsman rescued Margaret, he does not return.
SWIMMING
As an action, a hero on an "X" spaceadjacent to the
Bridge may test µ to swim under. If successful, place
his figure on the other "X" space adjacent to the Bridge
or, if occupied, to the closest empty space.
As an action, a hero on therightmost "X" space of the
River Crossing may hurl himself over the waterfall.
Place the hero on any empty space along the edge of the
Waterfall nearest to the River Crossing. Roll 1 Red
Power Die; the hero suffers damage equal to the ≥.
FULL MOON MADNESS
Lord Merick is performing a necromantic ritual to
resurrect his dead brother.
Once per activation, Lord Merick can spend an action
to test ∑ while adjacent to one of the burning
Cressets. If successful, the Cresset is blown out. Turn
that token to its objective (?) side. If unsuccessful,
nothing happens.
If not risen,
risen Sir Alric cannot be attacked or activated.
If all Cressets have been blown out (all show the
objective (?) side) Sir Alric rises. Then read aloud:
Summoned by foul magic, the Lords of Oru'khan
defend the entrance to the tomb. Amongst their
moans, a profane incantation echoes inside. A moment
later, the stonework shatters and from its grave the
towering form of Sir Alric rises, shield in hand.
From the next Overlord's turn Sir Alric may be
activated as normal.
If Lord Merick is defeated before Sir Alric has
risen AND Lady Eliza is still in play (either at
Overlord's side or next to Margaret), she is called to
continue the ritual. Place her figure on Merick's last
space. She can perform the above test similarly.
If BOTH Merick and Eliza are defeated and Sir Alric
has not risen,
risen he is forced to rise.
rise For each Cresset still
burning, Sir Alric has 2 less health.
Once risen,
risen Sir Alric has the additional ability:
Decay 1: At the end of the Overlord's turn, this
monster suffers 1 ≥.
After Sir Alric has risen,
risen a hero adjacent to a blown-out
Cresset may spend an action to test ∑. If successful,
flip the token faceup and Sir Alric suffers 2 ≥. If
unsuccessful, nothing happens.
Reinforcements
None.
Victory
If heroes defeat Sir Alric, read the following aloud:
The Black Knight staggers and with a pained
movement he throws his equipment down. Then, Lady
Eliza Farrow appears out of the crypt's entrance and
with a terrible wail she forces you to your knees,
shutting your ears disturbed. Merrick helps his brother
run to her side as she seals the crypt again with a blood-
seeping crest.
The heroes win the quest!
If Sir Alric moves off the map through the exit,
immediately read the following aloud:
Following his brother, Lord Merick Farrow stops to
glare at you from the crypt's entrance. "You'd better
give up while there is time. Families are stronger when
united..." With a quick spell he seals the crypt.
The Overlord wins the quest!
Rewards
Win or lose, each player receives 1 XP.
Regardless of the outcome, if Margaret was rescued,
heroes receive additionally 75 gold.
If the heroes win, they receive the "Shield of the Dark
God" relic.
If the Overlord wins, he receives the "Shield of Zorek's
Favor" relic.
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 Interlude Transition
After completing 3 Act I quests (PRO I and 2 electives), the players For the second encounter, there is a choice of 2:
move on to the Interlude. The Interlude has 2 encounters, which come INTER C: “On Fluxing Grounds”
from a set of 4. Depending on which side has won which quests, the INTER D: “Casting Shadows”
corresponding Interlude’s encounters are chosen.
If heroes had won the Introduction (INTRO: “Escaping Treason”),
For the first encounter, there is a choice of 2: INTER C is chosen. Otherwise, INTER D is chosen.
INTER A: “The Obsidian Conspiracy”
INTER B: “Betrayal is a Symptom” Whichever is the resulting combination, the 2 encounters are played in
succession, as normal since the Interlude is a single quest.
Out of the 3 Act I quests played, if heroes had won most of the quests,
INTER A is chosen. Otherwise, INTER B is chosen.

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The Dragon Wars, or as referenced in lore the "Third
Darkness", has gone down to history as one of the
bloodiest conflicts to ever take place in the world of
Mennara. Ruined buildings lie still scattered about
across the land, some inhabited, others under
reconstruction. However, this blasphemous abbey
stands abandoned since, devoid of any followers.
None would dare walk the grounds of dead dragon
cultists - or so it seems.

Dawn finds him standing outside the stone cold

structure. The overwhelming silence is broken
now and then by the crude song of birds and
some unknown woman’s sobs.

Exhaustion has his eyes pinned to the ground

away from the endless placid sky. The sound of a
carriage is drawing closer, along with a flowery
scent scattered in the breeze.
A moment passes and soon enough, some ray of
light reflects on metal - a suit meant to protect, to
save one's life.

A worthless thought consumes his mind...

Why this sunny sky today, when the body of his beloved brother is carried to its final resting place?
He catches himself shaking. But it is not fear, not a sense of penance; it is anger with the force of a
thousand storms raging inside him.

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Interlude
Cutting off Loose Ends
 The Obsidian Conspiracy
Encounter 1
TRAVEL STEP: Forest, Road, Water, Mountain,
Mountain.
INTERLUDE A: "The Obsidian Conspiracy"
You have kept on providing information from within
the city to your employer through secret messages and
paid contacts, however, it has been a while that things
have kept silent. Then, one quiet night the innkeeper
passes you a sealed note. Someone wants to meet you on
the outskirts of the city.
As you pass the walls and the last flickering light dies
off, you are welcomed by a lean, dark figure riding an
ebony horse. "Greetings heroes. You have been most
helpful all this time..." His facial features are
indistinguishable but drawing closer you realize he is
wearing a black mask covering his face under his hood.
"I am your... employer; the secrecy is necessary if you
wish to ride with me." Most of the journey is spent in
silence with the man speaking tersely.
"You have managed to delay Lord Merick in his plans,
yet he has gained a dangerous relic. Fortunately, thanks
to your help, I know where he is heading to tonight.
We are to infiltrate an old abbey and stop him from
whatever he is looking for there."
Under the lead of the mysterious man you ridehigher
the Carthmounts on unknown rocky slopes as stormy
clouds bring a downpour. An old, brooding and hidden
from nature structure lies soon ahead of you,
surrounded by a foggy lake. You unmount and enter a
closed alley. A cold wind blows as the man walks ahead
of you and enters the highest building. Immediately
after, a gate comes crushing down trapping him inside
and the monsters make themselves known.
"Find the switch quickly! We must stop him!"
Monsters
Baron Zachareth, the Farrows, Zombies, Shadow
Dragons, Goblin Archers, 1 open group.
[Note: Although listed here, Baron Zachareth is not a
monster for this encounter (see Special Rules). He acts
as the man in the obsidian mask mentioned.]
If heroes won "The Goblinator", the Goblin Archers
will not be present.
If heroes won "The Scion Hybrid", the Shadow
Dragons will not be present.
If heroes won "Secrets of the Swamp", Lady Eliza
Farrow will not be present.
If heroes won "The Pact of Undeath", Sir Alric Farrow
will not be present.
Setup
Place the available Lieutenants on the spaces indicated,
if applicable (see Monsters). Lord Merick is not placed
initially. Lord Merick and Baron Zachareth cannot
have relics assigned on them in this encounter.
Place the open group on the Pond. Place the Zombies
on the Crypt.
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Place the Shadow Dragons on the Ruins, if
applicable (see Monsters).
Place the Goblin Archers on the Cabin, if
applicable (see Monsters).
If "The Pact of Undeath" quest was played and the
Overlord won it, Sir Alric Farrow has the "Shield of
Zorek's Favor" relic.
Place 1 Locked door as indicated.
Place Search Tokens depending on the number of
heroes. Each of the "1's" on the map dictates the
possible position of the Unique Search token.
Special Rules
CLOSED GATE
The locked door remains closed until one of the heroes
finds the gate's control switch. The Unique search
token represents this switch. If a hero reveals it after
performing a Search action, the locked door is removed
from the game. Immediately place Lord Merick Farrow
on the Stairs tile. The hero does not draw a Search
Card.
THE MAN IN THE OBSIDIAN MASK
Baron Zachareth's figure represents the Man in the
Obsidian Mask. His stats are identical to those on
Baron Zachareth's card, based on the number of heroes.
("Dominion" can target monsters/lieutenants).
For the purposes of this encounter he is treated as one
of the heroes with some exceptions.
He activates after the end of the last hero turn by him.
When activated, he can perform 2 actions, from which
only 1 of them can be a Movement action.
action He can only
Move, Attack or use the Special Actions on his
lieutenant card. He cannot recover ≥ by any means.
None of the lieutenants can attack the Man in the
Obsidian Mask.
NEGOTIATIONS
If Lord Merick Farrow is adjacent to the Man in the
Obsidian Mask, he may try to negotiate with him.
Once per activation, if adjacent, he may spend an
action and they both test ∑. If Merick passes the test
AND the Man in the Obsidian Mask fails it, Merick
has won the negotiations (see Victory). Otherwise,
nothing happens.
Reinforcements
At the beginning of each of the Overlord's turns, he
may place 1 Zombie on the Stairs, respecting group
limits.
At the end of each of the Overlord's turns, he may place
1 monster from his open group on the Entrance tile,
respecting group limits.
Victory
If Lord Merick is defeated or if the Man in the
Obsidian Mask leaves the map through the Exit tile,
read the following aloud:
Lord Merick comes to a halt and kneels exhausted.
Seeing victory at hand, the man in the obsidian mask
halts and approaches him. "There has trully been a
misunderstanding between us. After all, we serve a
common master from Greyhaven."
Lord Merick stands up slowly, his robe torn here and
there. "That has not stayed unknown to me. But now...
Now I know what you seek baron..."
You stand befuddled, unaware of what is going on
while Lord Merick reveals a staff under his robes. The
masked man turns leering at you. "Then, we shouldn't
have a crowd during our conversations..."
To your surprise, the masked man raises a glowing
hand and a powerful force immobilizes every inch of
your body. Minions swiftly come and strip you off your
weapons, yet, as you are released from the magical bind,
Lord Merick holds his staff high blastsing you through
the walls and rubble.
The heroes win this encounter!
If the Man in the Obsidian Mask is defeated, or if Lord
Merick wins the negotiations, read the following aloud:
The masked man lies on his knees hurt. Lord Merick
approaches him with seemingly no harmful intent.
"Please do excuse my servants, they get carried away
sometimes. Like yours..."
Lord Merick sees you gather up readying your weapons
and smiles. "I knew you'd come for me." He turns his
gaze to the man again who stands up without sound.
"Your fellows have been quite a nuisance. I also know
what you seek now and I'm willing to... negotiate if you
like." Then, with a swift movement he draws a magical
staff from his robes and sticks it to the ground. A
shockwave erupts next to you that blasts you and your
weapons away through the walls and rubble.
The Overlord wins this encounter!
Rewards
If heroes win, they receive 1 XP. Additionally, they may
look at the faceup side of up to 2 random Overlord
cards in his hands.
If Overlord wins, he receives 1 XP.
This is the first of the two encounters of the Interlude
quest. The side that won cannot spend the experience
until the next normal Campaign phase.
For the second encounter, immediately proceed
to I n t e r l u d e C if heroes won the Introduction
"Escaping Treason".
Otherwise, proceed to I n t e r l u d e D .
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 Betrayal is a Symptom
Encounter 1
TRAVEL STEP: Forest, Road, Water, Mountain,
Mountain.
INTERLUDE B: "Betrayal is a Symptom"
Days pass by without hearing from your shadowy
acquaintance. On a rainy night though, you are visited Large Cave. Keep all 4 minion Zombies near the map,
by the hooded man bearing an anxious face.
"My apologies for not contacting you sooner. It is
strange to say so, but... I'm sorry for what I have put you the map and place at its base the respective coloured
through. Please, you have to come with me now."
The mystery grows ever stronger as you leave the back
gates of Arhynn behind you and enter the nearby
forested area. Two unknown men and one riding a
black horse await you. The mounted man nods at the
other two who immediately seize the non-resisting
hooded man.
"Greetings", he calls from the seat of his horse. You can
only hear his voice as his face is hidden behind a big
obsidian mask."I am your... employer. Don't worry
about him. It's just some precautions - as well as this
mask. I need you to come with me tonight. It is a
matter of utmost importance."
You decide to ride with him through the woods and
river, up the Carthmounts. "Lord Merick has found an
old relic which led him to a sacred place of one of the
slayed dragonlords. I believe he seeks to wield the
dragonlord's servants' powers by reanimating them."
You near an ever-forgotten abbey hidden from nature
and take a turn at the foothills surrounding it close to
its lake. The entrance to a cave lies open and long
winding stairs lead downwards.
"Go on then, you have to stop him!" The order in the
man's voice sounds insulting, yet you can do nothing
else but go after the necromancer.
Monsters
The Farrows, Zombies, Shadow Dragons, Goblin
Archers, Master* Elemental, 2 open groups (not
Elementals).
[*: In a 2-hero game use a minion instead]
If heroes won "The Goblinator", the Goblin Archers
will not be present.
If heroes won "The Scion Hybrid", the Shadow
Dragons will not be present.
If heroes won "Secrets of the Swamp", Lady Eliza
Farrow will not be present.
If heroes won "The Pact of Undeath", Sir Alric Farrow While the locked door is closed, at the beginning of
will not be present.
Setup
Place 1 locked and 4 normal doors as indicated.
Place Search Tokens based on the number of heroes.
Place 1 Rune token of each colour near the large "X"
spaces as shown on map.
Keep the Villager tokens on a pile within reach.
Heroes place their figures on the spaces indicated by
the small X's on the map.
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Place the available lieutenants and the Master
Zombie on the spaces indicated. Place one open group
on the Inner Cave and the other on the Lava Room.
Place (if applicable, see Monsters) the Goblin Archers
on the Frozen Cave and the Shadow Dragons on the
disregarding group limits.
Place the Elemental in one of the large "X" places on
Rune Token (see Map).
If "The Pact of Undeath" quest was played and the
Overlord won it, Sir Alric Farrow has the "Shield of
Zorek's Favor" relic.
Lord Merick cannot have a relic assigned to him in this
encounter.
Special Rules
ELEMENTALISM
The 4 coloured rune tokens are the Elemental
Keys. Every time the Elemental Guardian is placed on
board (see Reinforcements) it acquires a Key on its
base. During its activation, it gains 1 free special action
of the accordingly coloured token as follows:
Red: ∞Fire, Blue: ∞Water,
Green: ∞Earth, White: ∞Air
It cannot use the same special action as the free one, as
part of its normal 2 actions, during the same activation.
Every time the Elemental Guardian is defeated, the
closest hero gains its token. Place it on the hero's sheet.
Additionally, remove 1 minion Zombie from the board
(keep it on the side available). In a 2-hero game, the
Master Zombie also suffers 1 ≥.
THE LOCKED GATE & DOORS
The locked door can only be opened by heroes by
passing a test. The attribute to test is equal to the
Elemental Keys collectively claimed by the heroes. If
successful, remove the locked door from the game.
The normal doors cannot be opened/closed as normal.normal
They can only be operated after the respective
Elemental Key for that room has been placed on the
Elemental Guardian.
If the locked door is opened, all normal doors can be
opened/closed as normal.
ANIMATE DEAD
each of the Overlord's turns, before drawing
cards, he must perform a special test. The attribute for
this test is equal to the number of Elemental Keys still
on board (including the one on the Elemental
Guardian's base). If successful, place a minion Zombie
adjacent to Lord Merick. If unsuccessful, the Master
Zombie suffers 1 ≥.
The Overlord may discard 2 cards from his hand to
apply -1≤ to the results of the above test after dice are
rolled.
If the locked door is opened, the above test is always
successful.
Reinforcements
If at the beginning of any of the Overlord's turns there
is at least 1 Elemental Key unclaimed by the heroes and
the Elemental Guardian is not in play, the Overlord
m u s t choose 1 of the Elemental Keys and place it on the
base of the Elemental Guardian. Then he places its
figure on the according large "X" space of the map.
Victory
If Lord Merick OR the Master Zombie is defeated, read
the following aloud:
Lord Merick turns his head furious. "Always meddling!
Do you even know who your master is? You've been
ordered around like sheep! And you shall be sent to
slaughter as such! Speaking of the devil..." The figure of
the masked man appears beside Lord Merick.
"Excuse my methods - I needed to get to you. To talk to
you. Did not know if you would talk to me."
"About artifacts of power? Very well then..." Lord
Merick brandishes a magical staff at you and you and
your weapons are blasted away through the walls of the
cave.
The heroes win this encounter!
If there are ever all 5 zombies on board, read the
following aloud:
The ritual completes and consonant whispers fly with
the wind: "CCh a i n e d t h e S h a d o w L o r d l i e s i n a
prison shattered, yet the prison is the key that
can bring life to matter. Four are the elements
and four are the binds, search in the corners to
square the signs."
Lord Merick awakens from his trance when you realize
you can't feel your legs any more. You turn and see the
masked man's glowing hand draining your strength
before Lord Merick raises a magical staff that blasts you
and your weapons away through the walls of the cave.
The Overlord wins this encounter!
Rewards
If heroes win, they receive 1 XP.
If Overlord wins, he receives 1 XP. Additionally, he
may discard 2 cards from his hand to draw 1 card from
his discard pile.
This is the first of the two encounters of the Interlude
quest. The side that won cannot spend the experience
until the next normal Campaign phase.
For the second encounter, immediately proceed
to I n t e r l u d e C if heroes won the Introduction
"Escaping Treason".
Otherwise, proceed to I n t e r l u d e D .
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 On Fluxing Grounds
Encounter 2
NOTE: Play this encounter only if the heroes won the
Introductory quest "Escaping Treason". Otherwise,
play the next one (Interlude D) instead.
INTERLUDE C: "On Fluxing Grounds"
Your escape has been a close one. The doors behind you multiple copies of the same enchantment at any time.
are sealed shut and the monsters will not bother you for Before Bane's activation, the Overlord may discard any
a while. The feeling of having been used for evil deeds
hits you hard and a newfound strength for justice
propels you to go after your revealed enemy.
You backtrack a little to collect your weapons from
where Lord Merick blasted you away. Through the
many silent corridors of the abbey you start to believe
you are alone by now. Yet, soon enough the voices of
the two men come whispery from the winding halls:
"...side a rune. I need both halves in order to awaken
him. I know you managed to steal the staff from the
winged one's cave. I have been trying to befriend him
for weeks, but I see you achieved a swifter resolve... My If Lord Merick is defeated, heroes may flip one of the
plan needs you and I need what you carry. Join me and I charged Glyph Parts on the Laboratory to its facedown
promise the Land of Mists will be yours."
"Intriguing promises. I see our master in Greyhaven has
taught you the ways... Very well, our interests coincide.
Along with the power of the elements, I could..."
Large spiders crawl behind you. You can do nothing
but counter them which ultimately gives you away.
"Still fighting eh? You know how to choose your
subordinates..."
"Release the Dragon! We need to leave this place
immediately!"
Monsters
Baron Zachareth, Lord Merick Farrow, Master*
Shadow Dragon, Cave Spiders.
[*: In a 2-hero game, replace it with a minion]
No other lieutenants can be used in this encounter.
Setup
Place the lieutenants and the Shadow Dragon as
indicated. Place the Cave Spiders on the Spider Den.
Place Search tokens depending on the number of
heroes. Place a locked door as indicated.
Place 4 Blue tokens facedown (objective side) on the
spaces indicated. Place a Red, a Green and a White rune These tests may be tried multiple times, as long as an
token on Lord Merick's lieutenant card.
Relics may be assigned to the lieutenants, but none of
the ones used in the previous encounter.
Special Rules
BANE AND HER THOUSAND YOUNG
Bane is a Spider Dragon, denoted by the Shadow
Dragon. She has the same abilities of the respective
monster card, 2 additional health per hero and the
extra abilities:
Web
±: Poison
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If Lord Merick is adjacent to Bane, he may spend an
action to enchant her. The Overlord takes one of the
available coloured rune tokens from Lord Merick's card
and places it on Bane's figure. Merick may spend both
his actions enchanting her, but Bane cannot have
number of tokens from her figure (return them on
Lord Merick's card), which will give her the respective
ability for that round:
Red:
Red Pierce 2 (for all of her attacks this round)
Green:
Green ∞Heal 3
White:
White ∞Affliction (Overlord chooses a condition
and all adjacent heroes to Bane receive the according
condition)
If Bane is defeated, the door to the Laboratory is
unlocked.
(uncharged) side.
THE PRESTIGE
The Glyph Parts do not block line of sight or
movement.
While adjacent (or on) to one of the Glyph Parts, a
lieutenant may spend an action to test ∂. If successful,
the Overlord moves the respective token 1 space in any
direction. None of the parts can enter a space occupied
by another part. If unsuccessful and the two lieutenants
are in play, they immediately exchange places on board.
They count as entering those spaces and their
activation continues.
If any of the Glyph Parts is facedown AND it lies on
one of the spaces marked by the "X" on the map, it may
be charged with magic. A lieutenant adjacent (or on) it
can spend an action to test ∑. If successful, flip the
token to its charged (Blue) side. If unsuccessful, the
lieutenant suffers 1 ≥ and a ∏ token is placed on his
figure. At the end of each of the Overlord's turns, if a
lieutenant has a ∏ token at his base and the two
lieutenants are in play, they exchange places on board.
Remove all ∏ tokens from their bases.
action is spent.
If all Glyph Parts are charged and cover the "X" spaces,
the locked door unlocks.
Heroes cannot interact with the Glyph Parts.
Reinforcements
At the beginning* of each of the Overlord's turns, he
may place 1 Cave Spider on the Entrance tile,
respecting group limits.
If Lord Merick is defeated, instead of reinforcing with a
Cave Spider as per above, place Lord Merick on the
Entrance tile.
[*: end of turn in a 2-hero game - therefore, reinforce
before exchanging places of the lieutenants, if required]
Victory
If the Man in the Obsidian Mask is defeated, read the
following aloud:
The mask has finally cracked and shows an ireful
mouth spitting words in anger. "Curses! Rats like you
always find a way it seems..." Lord Merick hastily
charges the glyph of teleportation and a portal opens.
Immediately, the two men jump into it as you follow
close before it disappears.
A sense of displacement and the room shifts as you are
transported above ground. In the distance, the staff
changes hands and the masked man turns to you with
rage. "I release you from your duties!"
The staff's orb glows purple-black, but before it strikes,
a winged figure flies over you and grabs the staff. The
man yelps with anger as Belthir, the dragon hybrid,
takes the orb from the staff and throws the remaining
rod towards you, piercing the ground. Belthir holds
high the orb in the moonlight and from within you see
the origin of the purple black glow; a broken rune
pulsating with magic.
"After him!" Both men run awayand out of sight,
leaving behind their previously cherished staff.
The heroes win the quest!
If all Glyph Parts are charged and cover the "X"
spaces and both Lord Merick and the Masked Man are
on them, read the following aloud:
The two men are nowhere to be found but the door to
the laboratory lies open now and a shimmering light
flows from inside. As you enter, a portal is floating open
through which you assume they must have escaped.
You brace yourselves and enter before it closes. Shifting
in and above ground you finally fall on the wet grass
outside. The masked man has the staff already pointed
towards you.
"I guess this is goodbye now, my dear servants." The
strike never comes as a winged creature raises its glaive
behind the man and strikes the staff's orb. The purple
shard that was once inside it is snatched in the air by
Belthir, the dragon hybrid. The two men turn their
attention to the flying thief and start chasing after him,
leaving you behind still on the ground.
The Overlord wins the quest!
Rewards
Win or lose, each player receives 1 XP.
If the heroes win, they receive the "Staff of Light" relic
and the Overlord draws 1 less Overlord card at the
beginning of the next quest (Act II - Prologue).
If the Overlord wins, he receives the "Staff of Shadows"
relic.
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 Casting Shadows
Encounter 2
NOTE: Play this encounter only if the heroes lost the
Introductory quest "Escaping Treason". Otherwise,
play the previous one (Interlude C) instead.
INTERLUDE D: "Casting Shadows"
With the doors closed you are forced to battle the
remaining monsters in the cave. After some time, you
are left alone with the room's sole torch providing the
only light. A breeze makes the fire shimmer as you
realize an opening in the walls. Hitting hard and
pushing, the wall crumbles and you are unexpectedly
free from your confinement.
Forced to backtrack a little and gather up your weapons
and strength, you swear to make the culprits of your
misery pay.
Finally, through the many halls of the abbey, you find
an exit. The sky is clear now and the pitch black
darkness is broken only by the light of a crescent moon.
The figures of the two men stand in peace a few metres
across. Lord Merick was about to give his powerful staff
to the masked man, but your presence has caused them
to scatter about. The masked man raises a magical seal
and flees to the tunnels, while Lord Merick takes cover
in the shadows.
"Damn you, why won't you just quit? Maybe I need to
teach you some... self-control, eh?"
The staff spits forth a cloud of darkness, which shapes
into familiar forms...
Monsters
Baron Zachareth, Lord Merick Farrow.
Setup
Place the lieutenants on the spaces indicated.
Place 1 locked door as indicated.
Place all 10 Objective tokens on the spaces indicated.
Take 1 Unique Search token and Search tokens equal
to one less the number of heroes. Place them as
indicated (depending on the number of heroes), with
the Unique's token position chosen by the Overlord,
hidden from the heroes (facedown).
Special Rules
BLOCKED PATH
Each of the 10 Objective tokens (Rubble) is treated as
an obstacle (they block line of sight and movement).
A hero or lieutenant adjacent to one of them can spend
an action to test ∂. If successful, remove the Rubble
token from the game.
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DISPEL MAGIC
A magical seal keeps the door locked. The hero who Victory
Searches and finds the Dispel Rune places it on their
If the Man in the Obsidian Mask OR Lord Merick is
card (the hero still draws a treasure card as normal).
defeated, read the following aloud:
Only the hero that carries the Dispel Rune can Open
the door for the first time. After that, remove the door The two men pause their retreat in defeat. Through the
from the game. obsidian mask the man muffles an angered grunt.
"You have outlived your usefulness!" The man takes the
staff from Lord Merick's hands and points it towards
SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT
you.
The Villager tokens are evil Shadows of each hero in
At that very moment, a winged figure sweeps through
play. To denote which Shadow is of a particular "hero
the moonlight, grabs the man with its legs and throws
type", place the respective hero's token on the Shadow
him away. The staff falls to the ground and its orb
when they are placed on board.
breaks. From inside it, a purple-black shard is released
Shadows are treated as minion monsters of the same pulsating with magic. Belthir, the dragon hybrid lands
monster group. Every turn, each Shadow has the next to it.
following stats: "Only here to reclaim what's been stolen from me."
¥ (Movement):
(Movement) equal to the respective hero (but can With a bow to you he takes the shard and flies away.
only move to spaces adjacent to that hero) "NOOO!", bellows the man. "You... you will regret
≤ (Defence):
(Defence) equal to the respective hero this!" Both men run away and out of sight, leaving
≥ (Health):
(Health) equal to the number of heroes behind their previously cherished staff.
Abilities: Shadow, Unmovable
The heroes win the quest!
Attack:
Attack equal to one of the weapons equipped by the
respective hero (including weapon abilities only)
only OR
If BOTH Lord Merick and the Man in the Obsidian
Lord Merick's attack pool (Overlord's choice)
Mask move off the map through the Exit, read the
At the beginning of the turn ofeach hero, and right following aloud:
after the Equip phase, if Lord Merick has line of sight
Atop the hill, the two men stare at each other
to that hero, the Overlord places a Shadow of that
"hero type" on an empty space adjacent to the hero's
and willingly Lord Merick gives the magical staff to the
man in the obsidian mask. The latter turns to you and
figure (limit 1 per hero). It doesn't count as entering
raises the staff.
the space.
"Goodbye my servants. You are released from duty!" As
If there are no empty spaces adjacent to the Hero's
figure, do not place a Shadow, but instead the hero is
he is about to strike you with the staff, a winged
creature appears before the moon and raises a glaive. It
Stunned.
strikes the staff's orb which breaks and from within a
When a hero ends his activation, if there is a Shadow of purple-black shining shard flies in the air. Belthir, the
his "type" on board, the Overlord places that Shadow in dragon hybrid, snatches the shard and smiles eerily as
an empty space adjacent to the hero's figure. If there is he floats above the two men caught off-guard. With a
none, the Shadow is immediately defeated and the hero flap of his wings he turns to the sky.
is Stunned. "Curses! After him!"
You stand breathing heavily after the long run, yet,
If a Shadow is defeated, the respective hero suffers 2* survivors from certain death.
≥ and Lord Merick heals 2 ≥.
[*: 1≥ in a 2-hero game] The Overlord wins the quest!
If a hero is knocked out and a Shadow of his "type" is
also on board, the Shadow is simply removed from the
Rewards
board. Win or lose, each player receives 1 XP.
If the heroes win, they receive the "Staff of Light" relic.
CLAIRVOYANCE If the Overlord wins, he receives the "Staff of Shadows"
For this encounter, Lord Merick can trace line of sight relic and draws 1 extra Overlord card at the beginning
through figures. of the next quest (Act II - Prologue).
Lord Merick cannot be declared for an attack by a hero
who has a Shadow of his "type" on the map.
Reinforcements
None.
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 ACT II Transition “I can't believe
my ears! Why
This is the wor should we give
st solution pos it to him?
After completing the Interlude, a normal transition to Act II ensues. sible!”
Players follow the rules as described in paragraph “Act II” in page 22 of “It is the only
the base game rulebook. Then, 3 Act II quests can be played. The only solution! Look
Theodir! It mu at what it has
exception is that the only available choice as a first Act II quest is the st be separated done to
twin.” as far as p
PRO II, “A Glimpse of Evil”. After that, the choice of the next quest is
determined by the winner of the previous quest as normal.
“The shard wa
s never meant
made it possib to be broken.
le - Palamon The blade
right does he cl made it possib
aim upon it? C le. What
40 an you even tr
The Capital of the Barony of Carthridge surrounds
ust him?”
“Yes... yes, I ca
castle Talon, Baron Zachareth's principle residence. n.”
An equally wealthy city to Arhynn, the two cities have
grown in unison and good terms through the decades. “... Aaah... A
lright... And
Its markets hold many trinkets to be purchased, but leave the matt I trust you, P
er to your han ellin. I shall
also secrets to be uncovered. ds then.”

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An active volcano towers the nearby goblin caves,
whose tenants prefer to avoid. Cowrdly in nature,
what attracts them to live near it remains unknown.
Maybe their new king Splig wants to strengthen their
spirit by bringing them closer to this fiery heart. Or
maybe they are simply searching for something...
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Mining for ore and minerals is a difficult job, but it
pays well. Villages tend to spring around discovered
veins, and their communities bond under a common
profession. Unless the mines are depleted, it takes a lot
to draw the villagers away from their homes. But
recently a swarm of goblins with their king, Splig, have
been raiding villages in a display of power. Splig is big
and loud. And he doesn't miss a chance to show it off.

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Beyond the forest of the Grandmother Tree, the
mountains in the north are a rough territory to cross,
intimidating with their ever-howling winds and
dangerous thunderstorms. An ancient dragon named
Aether is said to be dwelling there. None in their right
minds though would go to find out if such creature is
still alive.
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Past the city of Carthridge, the Carthmounts in the
southeast are devoid of life, with only rare travellers
keen on crossing them to reach southern cities. But
many caverns exist here, dug up by huge old insect-like
creatures, creating an unstable ground with many
cliffs, cravasses and dangerous chasms.

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It is a long journey to honour the dead at the
mausoleum of Whixhall. Many well-known scholars
and nobles are kept there, long after their passing
away, together with their artifacts and knowledge for
the current monks to preserve. A visitor there is either
a devotee of a past teacher, or searching for something
old and powerful.
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The farms of Carthridge lie in the east, providing the
main source of food for the twin baronies. They
would not be that prosperous however, were it not for
the very successful dam built nearby. Suitably named
"Waterheart", it is this irrigation heart that pumps life
into the land.

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A vast emptiness stretches until where the horizon
ends in the north edges of Arhynn's forest. The desert
is a hot wasteland where only hermits could consider
this landscape to their liking. But it did not use to be
like so some hundreds of years ago. A catastrophic
event caused the ground to burn and quickly erode,
leaving only little patches of land untouched.
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Old houses make noises, but Lord Merick's estate has
become much more vociferous since its owner's
reappearance. Iron bars screeching as if bending,
wood cracking as if breaking and random bangs of
stone debri falling, make the house seem as if it is alive
and collapsing on its own accord.

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Act II
Elements of Demise
 A Glimpse of Evil
Encounter 1

TRAVEL STEP: Road, Water, Plains, Road.

ACT II ~ PROLOGUE: "A Glimpse of Evil" Special Rules Reinforcements

No matter who you ask the answer is always the same.
Nobody recognises anyone wearing an obsidian mask,
many often also wonder what obsidian is. One day at
Arhynn's market though, you notice a merchant from
Carthridge selling obsidian knives amongst his other
wares. He states that a fellow marketeer once sold such
masks but they were too few and ugly to make a trade
of it. You set out for Carthridge hoping to find some
answers at its market.
Busy stalls and loud voices surround you as you search
for the trader. Suddenly, what looks like a hooded child
bumps onto you and for a moment you see green feet
and hands underneath its cape holding a basket of food,
while a merchant shouts out for his stolen products. A
goblin thief inside the city?
Following the creature, you rush through the winding
alleys unnoticed and then it finally enters an old iron
door with the name "Lord Hazerchat" on it. Inside,
soon you come across stairs which lead you to the city's
sewers. At the corridor's end you can hear goblins
conversing:
"Wake up ye scum and feed the dragon! I gotta go help
the master!"
"Wha? 'Right. Will do, will do..."
A dragon? In Carthridge?
Monsters
Belthir, Goblin Archers, 1 open group.
[Although mentioned here, Belthir is treated as a hero currently standing on a space with an objective token,
figure for this encounter. As such, no relic may be given he simply passes through without turning the token
to Belthir.]
STEALTHY APPROACH
The Guard is sleeping.
He is alarmed if either the heroes attack him (after
resolving the attack), they fail an Awareness test for a
creaky floor (see below), or the Sewer door is opened. If
he is alarmed,
alarmed the Overlord immediately activates the
Guard, places reinforcements (see Reinforcements) and
then the heroes' turn continues.
The open group cannot be activated until either the
Sewer door is opened or the guard is alarmed.
alarmed
CREAKY FLOOR
The Objective (?) tokens are creaky floor spaces. When
a hero enters one of these empty* spaces, his turn is
paused and he turns the according token faceup.
If the token is Blue, they are safe.
If the token is Red, the hero must test µ. If successful,
nothing happens.
In either of these two cases, the Overlord takes the
revealed token and its adjacent couple, shuffles them
and secretly places them back as he wishes on the
according spaces. Then, the hero's turn continues.
However, if the hero was unsuccessful in the µ test,
the Guard is alarmed.
alarmed Remove the Objective red and
blue tokens from the game (they won't be needed any
more). After performing the actions mentioned above
for the alarmed guard, the hero's turn continues.
[*: If a hero moves through another hero who is
faceup and checking.]
Once for this Encounter, if the Guard isalarmed,
alarmed the
Overlord immediately places all minion Goblin
Archers on the Entrance tile, respecting group limits.
From then on, at the beginning of each of the Overlord
turns he may place 1 Goblin Archer on the Entrance
tile, respecting group limits.
Victory
If Belthir moves off the map through the Exit tile, read
the following aloud:
The "dragon" runs away from his captors searching for
an exit like a trapped bird. He is soon out of sight, but
you must run after him to make any sense of how he
ended up here.
The heroes win this encounter!
If Belthir is defeated, read the following aloud:
"No! I won't be trapped here again! I am not your
subject!" Belthir cries out berserk and with a swift swirl
he rushes past his captors leaving behind only his blood
trail for you to follow.
The Overlord wins this encounter!

Setup TORTURE ROOM

Place the Master Goblin Archer and Belthir on the The door to this room is locked and canonly be opened
spaces indicated. by a hero who has the Key (White Rune token) or a
The minion Goblin Archers are not placed during Master Goblin Archer. A hero adjacent to the Key may
Setup. spend an action to grab it. Place it on that hero's sheet.
Place the open group on the Sewer, respecting group Once the door is opened once, it is considered unlocked
limits. and may be operated by any figure as normal.
Place Search tokens based on the number of heroes.
Place 1 normal door, 1 locked door and 1 White Rune BELTHIR, IMPRISONED
token as indicated. Belthir is in the Torture Room and he cannot be
The Overlord takes 3 Red and 3 Blue Rune tokens and activated until its door has been opened.
seperates them in 3 red/blue couples. He then secretly Treat Belthir as a hero figure. He is activated after the
places each couple as he wishes according to the map so last hero's turn by him and cannot recover health by
that each objective token is a different colour than its any means. He may perform 1 move action and 1 other
adjacent one on their faceup side. action that cannot be a move (so, per activation he
moves either with a normal "Move" or "Cry Havoc").
His attacks and skills are directed towards the
Overlord's monsters.
[NOTE: Belthir has "Fly", but still, when he ends his
movement on an empty space he is subject to that
space's abilities. Thus, if he ends his turn on a creaky
space, he still has to check µ as per above and if
finishing in a water space he must spend 2 movement
points to enter it.]

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Encounter 1

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Encounter 2

The critters you left behind now dress the filthy sewer BELTHIR, POSSESSED
floors, so that you may at least have an exit secured on Belthir has inside him the Shadow Rune half and is Victory
your way back. Walking deeper through the tunnels slowly being taken over by Gryvorn.
If Belthir carves out of his chest the Shadow Rune half,
you realize the scenery changes into something that While Lord Merick is undefeated AND remains on the
read the following aloud:
resembles an arcade of a cult worshipping dragons. Altar tile, the Overlord may choose to spend 1 of Lord
Reliefs and pictures on the floor depict dragons as Merick's actions to activate Belthir. He may do this As you enter the library room you see Belthir leaning
victors in past or future wars unheard of. You finally once per Lord Merick's activation. Belthir cannot be against the wall, an ivory knife in one of his hands, the
reach a large decorated room, at the far end of which activated by the Overlord by any other means. shadow rune half in his other. His chest is cut open,
Belthir lies on a throne panting. Above him Lord blood gushing out. He extends the rune and you take it.
Merick stands on an elevated stage behind a rostrum If the Overlord won the previous encounter, when he
"I was supposed to be its guardian. I guess I don't have
filled with scrolls and old writings. activates Belthir, he receives 2 actions.
that right any more."
"Ahh... You've come to witness the fruition of our If the heroes won the previous encounter, when the
Footsteps can be heard coming towards you, of what
experiment. It won't be long now." He continues to Overlord activates Belthir, he receives 1 action.
must be Lord Merick and his companions.
read from a parchment in an unknown tongue. If the heroes defeat Belthir while Lord Merick is still in "Leave. Find his subordinates. They are trying to gather
Belthir stands and for the first time you notice the large play, the Overlord discards 1 ∏ token from his area. the elemental stones. He wants to... *gaagh*...
scar on his chest recently stiched. construct... *urgh* the other half. Stop them and you
"I once swore to protect it... The Shadow Rune. Now If Lord Merick is defeated, read the following aloud: may find the face behind the mask..."
he's placed it inside me... Go figure... Heh... I was always "Whatever you do... it's helpless. He will become the Belthir collapses as you leave him, knowing not alive or
considered heartless... but this..." avatar of Gryvorn and we will finally speak to the dead.
He gasps and his features alter as his eyes blink fiery Dragonlord himself!" Lord Merick jumps down from
red. The words that come from his mouth are not his: the rostrum and starts running as you turn your The heroes win!
"Release
Release me!"
me! attention to Belthir. He seems less pained without
Momentarily Belthir seems to come back to his senses Merick's chanting and the look on his face softens.
If the Overlord has 12/11/10 or more ∏ tokens on his
but he is not entirely himself any more. "Thirsty... So More stable now, he walks towards the library with
play area in a 2-/3-/4-hero game, read the following
Thirsty..." newfound determination.
aloud:
Merick must be stopped before Belthir turns into
something uglier. Starting from the same turn in which heroes defeated
Belthir comes to a halt. You can feel the room vibrating
Lord Merick, Belthir can no longer be activated by the
and the voice speaks once more through him.
Monsters Overlord.
Treat him as one of the hero figures. He is activated
"II will not be reduced to this. Find the other half.
Lord Merick Farrow, Belthir, 1 open group. Release me from this prison."
prison.
every round after the last hero's turn by him and
No relic may be given to Belthir. Immediately Belthir squirms and starts writhing in
receives 2 actions. He cannot recover health by any
pain. He opens his mouth and spills blood along with
means. The heroes can no longer target him for attack
Setup (but monsters can now).
the purple-black rune.
"A failed experiment it is then... This must be returned
Place the lieutenants on the spaces indicated. At the end of any of Belthir's activations (regardless of to its proprietor though. No, you won't be coming with
Place the open group on the Library. who activated him),
him) place 1 ∏ token to the Overlord's us sadly." Before you can catch up with them, the
Place a Green and a White Rune token on the spaces play area. necromancer has taken Belthir and disappeared in
indicated. If Belthir is defeated (no matter how), place him on the black smoke, obviously having perfected the art of
Place 1 locked door as indicated. Entrance tile at full health. escape.
Place Search tokens based on the number of heroes.
One of the "1"s is the Unique Search token, which is the The Overlord wins!
Key to the locked door. BLOOD, TO DRINK OR SPILL
If adjacent to the Dragon's Blood pot, Belthir may Rewards
Special Rules spend an action to test π. If unsuccessful, Belthir
Win or lose, each player receives 1 XP.
drinks from the pot and the Overlord places 1 ∏ token
ALTAR OF PLAGUES to his play area. If successful, nothing happens. If the heroes win, they receive the "Shadow Rune" relic.
The door to the Altar room remains locked until one of If adjacent to the Ivory Knife, Belthir may spend an
the heroes has found the Unique Search token. From action to test ∂. If successful, he carves out of his chest If the Overlord wins, he receives the "Shadow Rune"
then on, anyone may Open/Close the door. the Shadow Rune half (see Victory). If unsuccessful, relic.
nothing happens.
The above tests may be tried more than once, as long as
Belthir spends an action, but Belthir may drink from
the pot only once per activation.
activation

Reinforcements
At the beginning* of each of the Overlord's turns, he
may place 1 monster from the open monster group on
the Entrance tile, respecting group limits.
[*: In a 2-hero game, reinforce at end of the Overlord's
turn instead.]

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Encounter 2

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 Cavernous Blaze
Encounter 1
TRAVEL STEP: Forest, Plains, Forest, Mountain,
Water.
ACT II ~ "Cavernous Blaze"
Bringing down the "King of Goblins" in your first
encounter with him has rewarded you with some
renown amongst the massive goblin "community".
Back to their rugged territory, it's not hard to
intimidate a few about the whereabouts of their leader. A Goblin Archer that carries (or has just picked up) a
Arriving at the foothills of a still active volcano, your Blue Rune token can perform only 1 movement action
nose catches a freshly cooked fish smell. The noisy
goblins have revealed their campsite's loation, but Splig If defeated, the Goblin Archer is removed from the
is not yet in sight. They seem to be preparing for a big map, but the token remains on the space he last
feast, fishing and hunting. Your presence there though occupied.
causes a lot of commotion the moment they notice
you.
"The food! Hide master's food from the voracious
humans! He will kill us if they eat it!"
Intimidating an already stupid and scared crowd should considered defeated. The Blue Rune token the figure
be an easy task.
Monsters
Goblin Archers, 2 open monster groups.
Note: When choosing monsters for this encounter, the
Overlord must choose monster groups that have at least
1 master monster, based on the applied group limits for
the number of heroes in play.
Setup
Place Search tokens based on the number of heroes.
Place 4* Blue Rune tokens on the map as indicated.
Place the Goblin Archers on the River (South). Place
one open monster group on the River (North) and the
other on the Pond.
Keep in a pile a number of Red Rune tokens equal to
the minion Goblin Archers in play.
[*: 3 in a 2-hero game; see map]
Special Rules
HASTE AND ANXIETY
In every Overlord's turn, he is obliged to activate the
Goblin Archers monster group first.
GO WITH THE FLOW
The 2 water spaces of the River tiles marked with an
"X" form a small water passage. While a figure stands
on an "X" space, it may consider the other "X" space
adjacent to it for attacks in between these two spaces
only. Furthermore, the two "X" spaces are considered to
be adjacent only for small figures for movement and
movement-related abilities, skills and feats.
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DINNER FOR ONE
Goblins are trying to hide away their master's dinner Victory
from the "voracious" heroes. Blue Rune tokens denote
If at the end of any of the Overlord's turns all minion
Splig's Dinner. They block movement but not line of
Goblin Archers of the full group limit are intimidated
sight.
(all have a Red Rune token under them), read the
A Goblin Archer adjacent to a Blue Rune token,that
following aloud:
does not already carry one,
one may spend an action to pick
it up. Place it under that Goblin Archer's figure. You snatch the little critters from the throat and force
them to submission. Eventually the weakest of them
cracks:
per activation. "King is not here! Gone to get the gloves from the Lord.
I don't know Lord's name! We got the map but king
needs the protection to go through the caves. Oooh, the
caves... they are cursed! She lives inside..."
Heroes cannot interact with the Splig's Dinner tokens. He is pointing at a cave's entrance leading inside the
volcano.
A Goblin Archer with a Splig's Dinner token may exit
the map through the Exit tile. The figure that does so is The heroes win this encounter!
was carrying is placed by the Overlord's side for the next
encounter. If all parts of Splig's Dinner have been transferred out
of map through the Exit, read the following aloud:
USE THE (BRUTE) FORCE All monsters retreat as the last goblin hides inside their
Heroes should intimidate the goblins in order to cave with their master's dinner. You are left alone to
extract information from them. examine the campsite for any clues of the reason
If a hero ends their turn adjacent to a minion Goblin behind their presence here. Following their little
Archer (after resolving all actions, including Rest), the footprints you arrive in front of a small cave entrance
hero may suffer 1 ∏ to test ∂ or π (hero's choice). If leading inside the volcano. The footprints stop there
successful, the minion Goblin Archer is intimidated.
intimidated Its and go back. Carved on top of the entrance are symbols
figure is placed 1 to 3 spaces away from the hero (hero's of fire in old hieroglyphs.
choice) and a Red Rune token is placed under it. If the
The Overlord wins this encounter!
Goblin Archer was carrying a Splig's Dinner token, it is
considered dropped and it is placed on the space the
monster was previously occupying. If unsuccessful, Rewards
nothing happens. Regardless of the outcome, any claimed Blue Rune
tokens by the Overlord remain at his side for the next
encounter.
COWARDLY CRITTERS
A minion Goblin Archer that isintimidated (has a Red
Rune token at its base) cannot be activated during the
Overlord's turn nor attacked by any side.
A master monster adjacent to an intimidated minion
Goblin Archer may spend an action to instill some
courage on it. Remove the Red Rune token from the
minion Goblin Archer. From the next Overlord's turn
it activates as normal.
Reinforcements
At the beginning of each of the Overlord's turns, he
must place up to 2* Goblin Archers (as many as he is
allowed) on the Exit tile, respecting group limits.
[*: In a 2-hero game, reinforce with only 1minion
Goblin Archer].
At the end of each of the Overlord's turns he may place
1 monster from any of his monster groups on the
Entrance tile, respecting group limits.
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Encounter 1

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 Cavernous Blaze
Encounter 2
You've heard stories of an old deranged blind witch,
once an avid follower of Kellos, the god of fire, life and
justice. She had been living in a cave for unnaturally
long years, eventually driven mad, burnt her own eyes
and left worshipping the mere heat of the flames.
But that's what you thought she was - a story.
Through the cave's winding tunnels you finally reach
the hottest part of them, the blaze reaching you and
making you sweat and breathe harder. Things seem to
be fitted for a dwelling, quite peculiar for a volcano. As
you make some first cautious steps, you can hear from
the next rooms the low worried voice of Splig echoing:
"Then turn right and... Aaah, maps 're so confusing!
An' theez gloves 're no size for a king like m..."
A metallic clunk is heard coming from his direction.
"Shhhh, sh- silent! The witch might be here! *Witch, are
you here?*"
If a witch does lives here, his smell must have awakened
her long before his voice.
Monsters
Splig, 1 open monster group.
Setup
Take the Unique Search token and 2 Search tokens and - You may perform up to 1 Move action per activation.
place them on the spaces indicated by "1's" on the map - At start of turn, discard all conditions. Then, gain the
(Overlord's choice). Place any remaining Search tokens "Burning" condition:
based on the number of heroes.
Place 1 Villager and 1 White Rune token on the spaces to discard this condition. At the end of your turn, you
indicated on the map. Keep a number of Red Rune
tokens equal to the number of heroes on a pile closeby.
Place 2 locked doors on the map as indicated.
Place Splig on the Secret Passage tile as indicated. Place movement points in any other way than by performing
any Blue Rune tokens claimed by the Overlord in the
previous encounter on Splig's lieutenant card.
Place the open monster group on the Bridge Room.
Special Rules
A HEARTY MEAL
Splig took his dinner with him before his expedition in At any time, the figure carrying the Firestone may
the caves. For each Blue Rune token on Splig's
lieutenant card:
- his maximum health increases by 2
- he adds 1 Brown die to his defence pool
Every time Splig is defeated, remove 1 of the Blue Rune
tokens from his lieutenant card, if able.
BRANDED BY FIRE
A hero that enters a lava space becomesfire-branded.
fire-branded
Place a Red Rune token on his hero card. This token
cannot be traded. Limit 1 per hero.
For this encounter, consider Splig to be alwaysfire-
branded (no token required).
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A WALL OF FIRE
Each locked door denotes a wall of fire.
A fire-branded figure (heroes or Splig), or a hero with
the Scroll of Fire Control can Open/Close these doors
as if they were normal doors.
The Unique Search token denotes the Scroll of Fire
Control. The hero who finds it places it on his card. It
can be traded between heroes as an item.
THE FIRESTONE
The White Rune token denotes the Firestone. The side
that first carries it out of the map through the Exit wins
(see Victory conditions).
If adjacent to the Firestone, a fire-branded figure
(heroes or Splig) may spend an action to pick it up.
Place it under the respective figure. No other figures
may interact with the Firestone.
A fire-branded hero that carries the Firestone can
spend an action to give it to an adjacent fire-
branded hero. The hero that gives the Firestone is still
subject to the abilities listed below until the end of his
turn.
The fire-branded figure that carries the Firestone gains
the following abilities:
You or a figure adjacent to you may perform an action
and each friendly figure adjacent to you suffers 1 ≥
A figure that carries the Firestone cannot gain
a Move action, nor can it use any skill/feat/ability/card
that allows it to position itself in another space or be
removed from the map undefeated. If a skill has an
additional wording part like an attack, it can still be
used, but the movement points are considered
exhausted.
choose to drop it as a free action. If this is done or if the
figure is defeated, immediately place the Firestone back
to its initial position on the lava space (see map).
THE FIRE WITCH
Splig is terrified of the Fire Witch guarding this cave
and rightfully so. She is denoted by the Villager
token and considered neither a monster nor a hero. She
is invulnerable and immune to all conditions.
She does not activate unless a figure carries the
Firestone.
If a hero is carrying the Firestone, the Fire Witch is
activated by the Overlord at the end of his turn.
If Splig is carrying the Firestone, she is activated at the
end of the last hero's turn by him.
At activation, she gains 2 actions, of which only 1 of
them may be an attack. She may attack only the figure
which carries the Firestone. Her stats are:
¥: 4 movement
Melee Attack: 1 Blue, 2 Yellow, with:
±: X Pierce (X = number of heroes)
Reinforcements
At the beginning of each of the Overlord's turns, he
may place 1 monster from his open monster group,
respecting group limits, on the Secret Passage if the
monster group consists of large monsters, or on the
Entrance if it consists of small (1-space figures)
monsters.
If at the end of an Overlord's turn Splig is defeated,
place Splig on the Secret Passage.
Victory
If a hero carrying the Firestone exits the map through
the Exit, read the following aloud:
Splig in all his gear is left shivering at a corner as you
rush through the caves juggling the orb in your hands
like a hot potato. Going past the narrow winding and
confusing corridors, the orb becomes cooler in your
hands the more you lead yourself away from the
volcano's core, effectively making it the map to your
escape. The witch's screams follow you only in echoes
until the light of day finally welcomes you outside.
On your way back to Arhynn you turn your view to the
volcano's direction and realize it has stopped puffing
smoke.
The heroes win!
If Splig exits the map through the Exit while carrying
the Firestone, read the following aloud:
"Bye bye heroes! Have fun with her! Oi, hot hot hot!"
Splig once more musters unexpected agility leaving you
behind to deal with a mad witch craving for nothing
but the flames burning in her mind.
The Overlord wins!
Rewards
Win or lose, each player receives 1 XP.
If the heroes win, each hero receives 1 additional XP.
Additionally, for the remainder of the campaign, the
"Fire Flask" Search item card gains 1 additional Red
power die.
If the Overlord wins, he receives 1 additional XP.
Additionally, he may also return 1 of his purchased
Overlord cards to the pool of available cards, and gain
XP equal to the cost of that card.
If heroes win, they also receive the "Firestone" key
item. Mark this with an "F" on the Campaign Log.
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Encounter 2

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 Playing with Fire
Encounter 1

TRAVEL STEP: Forest, Road, Road, Forest, Road,
Water.
ACT II ~ "Playing with Fire"
Reports of problems with the goblins have reached
Arhynn. You remember the surreptitious plans of your
former employer involved Splig, the "King of Goblins".
Maybe he is behind this recent uproar. The big slobby
goblin surely must have something up his sleeve that
the masked man wanted.
At first you thought tracking Splig down would have
been more difficult, but now that he named himself
king, he seems to be trying to make himself more
reknown by the day. Your travels bring you through a
couple of pillaged villages, which share a common
devastating sight - burnt to the ground. Soon enough
you see fire smoke appear in the horizon, coming right
from the little miners' village of Corel. As soon as you
are there, you are surrounded by screaming people and
a blazing inferno. Someone ought to teach that self-
proclaimed "king" not to play with fire, or you get
burnt...
Monsters
Splig, 2 open monster groups.
GATHERING THE WATER
A hero or Miner that enters any water space fills up
their bucket with water. That hero gains a Blue Rune
token. Limit 1 per hero.
If it was a Miner, place an objective (?) token under
their token. Limit 1 objective token per Miner.
HIGH ON FIRE
The village is burning! Each door denotes aBlaze that
needs to be put out. The doors cannot be
Opened/Closed (they are fire basically!) and block
movement and line of sight.
The ∏ tokens denote how high the Blaze is burning.
At the start of each of the Overlord's turns andbefore
drawing cards, he places 1 ∏ on each 2 different and
lowest burning Blazes (the ones with the less ∏ -
Overlord's choice in case of ties). If there is 1 Blaze left,
only 1 ∏ is placed on it.
A hero adjacent to a Blaze carrying a Filled Water
Bucket (Blue Rune token) may spend an action and
discard the token to remove 2 ∏ from that Blaze.
A Miner may similarly spend an action and discard an
objective token they carry to remove 1* ∏ from a Blaze.
[*: In a 2-hero game, remove 2 ∏ instead].
Reinforcements
If Splig is defeated (before he tries to escape ), the
Overlord may place him at the start of his turn on the
Mines tile.
At the end of each of the Overlord's turns he may place
1 of his monsters on the Mines tile, respecting group
limits.
Victory
If Splig is defeated while trying to escape , read the
following aloud:
"Bah! Cursed by Kellos! Useless thing!" The goblin's
humongous hands suddenly spontaneously combust
and his screams tear the atmosphere. He immediately
throws the orb in the water and a big cloud of vapor
emerges. He also runs and jumps in the water with a
big splash. Unable to swim, his enormous belly can be
seen floating away with the river's flow.
The villagers cannot thank you enough for helping
them deal with the goblin menace. After retrieving the
cause of their demise, they trust the fiery red orb to
you.

Setup If a Blaze ever has no ∏ tokens on it, discard the door.

The fire is put out and any Miners that were "trapped"
The heroes win the quest!

Place the heroes on the large "X" spaces.
Place Search tokens based on the number of heroes.
Place 7 Villager tokens and keep a number of Blue
Rune tokens equal to the heroes on a pile near the
Shoreline.
Place 5 normal doors as indicated. On each tile that
relates to one of these doors place ∏ tokens as denoted:
7A & 12A: 1∏, 10A & 26A: 2∏, 13A: 3∏.
Place Splig on the Campsite as indicated.
Place 1 monster group on the Shoreline and the other
on the Miner's Cart tile.
Keep the rest objective (?) tokens on a pile.
Special Rules
THE VILLAGE PEOPLE
The Villager tokens are Miners who are initially
trapped by the fire. If the fire that relates to their tile is
put out (read below) they activate at the end of the last
hero's turn by him. They cannot recover health by any
means and are immune to all conditions. They gain 2
actions and may only Move and Throw Water (read
below). Miners' stats are:
¥: 5 movement
≥: 6 health
≤: 1 Black defence die
If defeated by monsters, Miners are removed from the
game.
by it are free to activate.
If a Blaze ever has 6 ∏ tokens, then the fire has burnt If Splig exits the map through the Mines tile while
that part of the map.... Remove the door from the game escaping, read the following aloud:
and all ∏ tokens from the area. Place all Miner tokens
Juggling the orb in his hands like a hot potato, Splig
that were "trapped" in the Blaze on Splig's lieutenant
rushes retreat inside the mines together with his
card for later.
minions.
"It's been fun heroes! Let's do it again sometime!" As
SPLIG, THE FORMIDABLE you try to go after him, the cave's entrance is engulfed
While there are still Blazes burning, Splig can feed the in flames and the bearings in the mines burn to ashes.
flames. Once per activation, if Splig is adjacent to a The mines collapse - a lesser disaster than the scorched
Blaze, he can spend an action and place 1 ∏ on it. land that surrounds you.
The Overlord wins the quest!
SPLIG, THE COWARD
At the beginning of any of the Overlord's turns, if there Rewards
is no Blaze left burning, then read the following aloud: Win or lose, each player receives 1 XP.
A loud CRACK is heard and Splig's yelps dominate If the heroes win, they receive 30 gold per hero and 25
amidst the madness. "Aaah, aaaii! It burns! Buuuurns! extra gold for each villager remaining on board.
Darn witch spells!" The cart full of loot he was pilling Additionally, in the next Shopping campaign step, one
up broke down and is on fire now as well. The King no more Shop Item card is revealed to the heroes.
longer has control over his magical stone that started
If the Overlord wins, he receives 2 additional
the fires. Sparks erupt from the orb in his hands as he is
XP. Additionally, in the next Shopping campaign step,
making a quick retreat, but not if you can stop him.
one less Shop Item card is revealed to the heroes.
Splig tries to escape (see Victory conditions). Remove
If heroes win, they also receive the "Firestone" key item.
all wounds from Splig and place him on the small
Mark this with an "F" on the Campaign Log.
"X"space on Miner's Cart tile. If an other figure
occupies it, place him on the closest empty space. For
every Miner token on Splig's card he has 3* more
health. While he tries to escape,
escape only 1 of his actions
may be used to perform a Move action per activation.
[*: 2 in a 2-hero game]

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Encounter 1

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 Ethereal Chains
Encounter 1

TRAVEL STEP: Road, Forest, Forest, Water,
Mountain.
ACT II ~ "Ethereal Chains"
The search for clues on your ordeal leads you nowhere.
On a small town near Arhynn however, lady luck
smiles at you. The hooded man that threw you into this
troublesome adventure poses as a beggar on the street.
Before he sees you, you push him back to a dark alley
where he starts weeping.
"Please! Forgive me! I never wanted any of this to
Aether is released if there are no Chain tokens left OR
if the Overlord ever has 5 ∏ tokens by his side (read
below). When Aether is released,
released read this aloud:
Like scattered papers in the wind, the figure of the man
in the obsidian mask appears in the distance. "Slay the
dragon! It's about time to harvest the stone!" The
dragon reacts and musters up his strength, blowing a
powerful gust of wind that breaks the walls of his
prison. It is time to escape.
Aether suffers 1 ≥ per ∏ at the Overlord's side.
- Move is: He gains 4 movement points but does not
follow normal shrink & expand rule; instead, his figure
always 'slides' 1 space 'south' for each movement point
without changing orientation towards the Exit unless
blocked by an other figure.
- He attacks the first figure obstructing his path
(heroes' choice in case of multiple).
- The Masked Man may cast Dominion on Aether, only
if the Overlord spends first 1∏. If successful, 'slide'
Aether up to 2 spaces in the 'north' direction.

happen! My master surely changed in the last years... I
tried to stop him, but I failed. After you left with him, I
was imprisoned and tortured for disobeying him. I...
cannot tell you his name. You have to understand! He
thinks I'm dead! If he found out, he'd kill my family!
Belthir set me free, before he was captured himself. He
gave me this bow, together with a request to burden
me." He pulls out under his cloak a long case in which a
beautifully adorned longbow lies.
"The necromancer helps him now. They've managed to
chain the old wind dragon Aether, to draw... something
from his power. Belthir wants him freed of course. This
bow alone can break the chains. I am too weak now to
venture forth. Belthir told me with what valor you
toppled him in your past encounter. Please, if you can
trust me at all, you have to go!" The honesty in the
broken man's eyes is enough to convince you.
Monsters
Baron Zachareth*, Master Shadow Dragon, 2 open
groups. At least 1 group must consist of large monsters
(monsters that cover more than 1 space per figure).
For this quest, the Shadow Dragon is not a monster.
[*: Mentioned as "the Masked Man".]
The Masked Man's relic (if any) is unusable until he is
on board.
Setup
1 of the heroes carries/equips the "Trueshot" relic.
Place Search tokens based on the number of heroes.
Place 4 Blue, 1 White and 1 Green Rune Tokens, 1
normal and 2 locked doors and the Master Shadow
Dragon on the map as indicated.
Reinforcements
Remove all doors from game and all Rune tokens.
Then, the Overlord places the Masked Man on the
Entrance tile. If the Masked Man is ever defeated, the At the beginning of each of the Overlord's turns, he
Overlord discards all his ∏ tokens. may place 1 monster on the Entrance and 1 on the
Stairs tile, respecting group limits. They must be from
PRISON CHAMBER different groups otherwise only 1 is placed.
While Aether is chained,
chained an immense whirlwind
storms in his cell. The Prison Chamber tile is Victory
inaccessible to all figures, except large monsters.
monsters Any
If Aether's figure covers any of the Exit tile's spaces,
other figure that enters any of that tile's spaces
read the following aloud:
immediately suffers 1 ≥ and returns to its closest
The dragon is sizing you up as if deciding whether to
empty space it came from.
slay you or let you go away. He looks at the bow in your
If any figure stands on an Operation Button the
hands and finally throws at your feet a little stone
respective locked door opens (see map). If any figure
before flying away from its prison. The stone is
exits from an Operation Button space or is defeated,
glimmering yellow and seems to bear an engraving you
the respective locked door closes. Any large monsters
feel you've seen before. You are not sure if you did a
covering the edges of a closing door is defeated.
good deed for Terrinoth today, but the clues are
If at the end of an Overlord's turn there is 1 or more
gathering towards making things right.
large monsters inside the Prison Chamber AND all
The heroes win the quest!
doors are closed, they are immediately defeated and the
Overlord gains 1 ∏ token. If Aether is defeated, read the following aloud:
The normal door is actually a wall and cannot be A lance pierces through his withered scales and finds
operated by any figure. Aether at the heart. In its agony, the dragon unleashes
If Aether is released,
released the above rules no longer apply. its final attack. A massive tornado is caused and
everything starts whirling and turning around you.
AETHER
You lose grasp of your artifact trying to hold yourself
The Master Shadow Dragon is Aether. His stats are:
on a ledge. Amidst the confusion, you squint to see the
≥: 10, plus 3 per hero, health.
man in the obsidian mask reaching for the stone and
≤: 2 Black dice defence.
the longbow before turning away and vanishing in the
- Shadow (passive ability): As stated in the Shadow
dust haze. After the storm subsides, what is left of the
Dragon's card, but affects both heroes and monsters.
dragon is a beaten bloody body, which turns to fine
- Air (passive ability): Aether can only be affected by
golden dust before being blown away by the wind.
attacks from adjacent figures.
The Overlord wins the quest!
- Figures adjacent to him can trace line of sight through

Place 1 monster group on the Stalagmite Cave. Note:
This group must be consisting of large monsters.
Place the other monster group on the Reliquary.
The Masked Man is not placed initially.
Special Rules
FROM CHAINS TO FREEDOM
The Blue Rune tokens are the Chains holding Aether
imprisoned. If there is at least 1 on board, Aether
chained A hero equipped with the "Trueshot" relic
is chained.
may attack the Chains as if they were monsters. If a
Chain "suffers" at least 1≥, remove it from the board.
Rewards
him.
- He is immune to all conditions and passes all tests.
- He cannot recover ≥ by any means. Win or lose, each player receives 1 XP.
- His figure can ONLY occupy spaces in between the
'north'/'south' columns of spaces (see map). Any game If the heroes win, they receive the "Trueshot " relic.
Additionally, "Trueshot " gains the following ability:
effect that violates this is ignored.
"Adjacent figures do not block your line of sight. "
-> While Aether is chained:
chained
- He does not activate. If the Overlord wins, he receives the S" corpion's Kiss "
- He cannot suffer any ≥ by any means. relic.
-> While Aether is released:
released
- Monsters may attack Aether. If heroes win, they also receive the "Airstone" key item.
- He activates at the end of the last hero's turn by him. Mark this with an "A" on the Campaign Log.
- At activation he gains 1 Move and 1 Attack action.
- Attack is [Melee]: Blue, Red, Yellow, Yellow;
Yellow "X±:
Place each adjacent figure on any empty space(s) within
X spaces of its original space, in a way that it "clears" the
path for Aether (heroes' choice)."

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Encounter 1

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 Run Like the Wind
Encounter 1
TRAVEL STEP: Road, Water, Plains, Road, Forest,
Mountain.
ACT II ~ "Run Like the Wind"
"Wha' , that hooded guy ye been chattin' up? Thought
he was ye buddy! Hmm, dunno much 'bout him - only
last time he got real drunk on the "free" tap an' started
yappin' stuff 'bout resigning... And then he went
rambling 'bout stones and rocks; that he'd hidden the
earth...stone and was about to fly for the next one?
Heh, I introduced his face on a fews lyin' on the
ground! Baahahaaa, that was a good laugh!" The
bartender at first wanted you to pay the hooded man's
debt, but upon lying to him that the man also owes
you, he starts sharing what he had heard coming from
his drunk mouth.
Heinrich, the name behind the hood, probably changed
camp after realizing his master's true intentions and set
off to find a stone that would capture the essence of air,
as weird as that sounds. What is weirder, is that some
locals reported seeing him putting on some shoes and
floating during his drunken babbling.
Tracing his journey, you arrive to a peculiar mountain
path through which winds blow in big gusts. And then,
from a small cave in the distance you hear cries of
exasperation. Inside, a central plateau holds a peculiar
sight: a man suspended in midair and a number of
monsters around obviously having the time of their
life.
"Hey, you! Please! Throw me my boots! They will
break the fall! Be quick! AAAaaaa!"
Monsters
Flesh Moulders, 2 open groups.
Setup
Place Search tokens based on the number of heroes.
Place 1 Green and 4 Red Rune tokens on the map as
indicated.
Place 2 locked doors and a Villager token on the map as
indicated.
Place each Flesh Moulder on any of the "X" spaces of
the Plateau, respecting group limits.
Place an open monster group in each of the Stalagmite
Cave and Lava Cave.
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BOOTS OF FLYING
Special Rules The Green Rune token denotes the boots Heinrich can
use to break his inevitable fall.
BURSTING STEAM SPOTS
Any hero adjacent to the token may spend an action to
The Red Rune tokens are steam spots which can send a
pick it up. The hero who is carrying it may perform an
hero flying! They are considered to be "active" if they
action while standing on the space occupied by
are faceup and "inactive" if they are faccedown.
Heinrich's Shadow to throw them to him (see Victory
Any hero that stands on an active steam spot may spend
conditions).
an action to jump high in the air and land on an other
empty active steam spot. By doing so, he has the ability
to make up to two free attacks while in the air, as if he THEY HAVE THE HIGH GROUND
were adjacent to the monsters: one going up, targetting The locked doors denote a very steep and slippery slope
a Flesh Moulder adjacent to the spot he just used, and the heroes cannot ascend to reach the plateau. Unless
one going down, targetting a Flesh Moulder adjacent to they could jump really high.
the steam spot space he enters. The hero who carries the Boots of Flying token is able
No actions need to be spent for these attacks. The hero to simply pass through these slopes (locked doors).
can only use the weapon equipped and none of his
character's abilities/skills/feats prior, during or after
these attacks.
Reinforcements
After this action is performed, turn the two tokens of At the end of each of the Overlord's turns he may place
the spots used to their facedown side (inactive
inactive). 1 Flesh Moulder on any empty "X" space and 1 monster
At the end of each of the Overlord's turns refresh all from his open groups on either the Stairs or Entrance,
inactive spots to active.
active Immediately after that, any respecting group limits.
figure that covers a Steam Spot suffers 2 wounds (≥).
The Lava space with the Steam Spot still acts as Lava. Victory
If Heinrich receives his boots (see Special Rules), read
the following aloud:
A VIEW FROM THE TOP
The Flesh Moulders are playing with Heinrich. They Still floating a few feet above, you see the man hastily
never leave their "X" space, unless defeated. putting on the pair of boots you threw at him. Before
For this encounter, Flesh Moulders can trace line of he has both feet in, his freefall starts and he goes
sight through neighbouring tiles of the Plateau as if through the plateau's crevasse and deep into the chasm
their spaces were adjacent to it. They cannot be
reinforced by any other way than the normal
below. You can only hope his "floating" boots will ease
his fall...
reinforcement rules stated below.
The heroes win this encounter!
THE FLOATING MAN
Heinrich is being toyed by the monsters. He is flying If Heinrich's Shadow enters any of the Pit spaces of the
above ground and his token is denoting his vertical central room, read the following aloud:
shadow.
Before you can reach Heinrich, a yelp is heard and the
Therefore, the Villager token is not blocking sight or
monsters start laughing manically. The man is no
movement. Heinrich has no stats for this encounter.
longer floating above ground as he's nowhere to be
When activating the Flesh Moulders as a group, the
seen. You abandon the fight to rush down in the cave's
Overlord may choose a number of them to activate
depths hoping to find him alive.
them at the same time.
time By doing so, he can perform a
test. The attribute for this test has a value equal to the The Overlord wins this encounter!
number of Flesh Moulders activated as such. For the
test, the Overlord rolls the following defence dice,
depending on the number of heroes playing:
- 2 Heroes: 1 Grey + 1 Brown
- 3 Heroes: 2 Grey
- 4 Heroes: 1 Grey + 1 Black
If successful, the Overlord may move Heinrich's
Shadow 1 space in any direction. If unsucessful,
nothing happens.
All Flesh Moulders that were activated as such have
their turn ended.
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 Run Like the Wind
Encounter 2
Searching for Heinrich you can only see from above the
pile of rubble deep into the chasm of the cave below.
From the darkness his voice is heard: "I'm fine! Let's
meet outside!"
You are standing at the top of a small canyon at the
bottom of which Heinrich is stumbling. "Thank you
but... why did you come for me?" There is a slight sense
of mistrust in his voice, but before you can answer him,
an arrow flies just above his head. Heinrich starts
making a run for it and you'd better provide him cover
if you want to find out what he has managed to
discover.
Monsters
Baron Zachareth*, Goblin Archers, 1 open group.
[Note: Referred as "the Man in the Obsidian Mask" -
use Baron Zachareth's token and lieutenant card.]
Setup
Place Search tokens based on the number of heroes.
Place 2 locked (red) and 3 normal (yellow) doors on the
map as indicated.
Place 2 Red and 2 Blue Rune tokens on the map as
indicated.
Place a Villager token on the space as indicated.
Place the Goblin Archers on the Burrow, and the open Once for this encounter, if at the start of any of the
monster group on the Canyon's End.
None of the monster figures may cover the rune
tokens.
The Man in the Obsidian Mask is not placed initially.
Special Rules
VIEW FROM AFAR
For the sake of attacks and tracing line of sight for
attacks only,
only all neighbouring spaces in this encounter
(even
even of different tiles)
tiles are considered adjacent.
[Note: This essentially means that, for attacks,
attacks a a figure
on a tile's spaces which touch another tile can trace line At the start of each of the Overlord's turns, he may
of sight through the adjacent tile.]
HEINRICH
Heinrich is treated as a hero with the exception that he
cannot recover health by any means. Heinrich is
activated after the last hero's turn by him.
He is equipped with the "Trueshot" relic and has the
following stats:
∂: 3, ∑: 1, π: 4, µ: 3
¥: 3 movement points
≥: 20 health
≤: 2 Black defence dice
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If the heroes won the previous encounter, Heinrich Victory
also has the further abilities:
If Heinrich ends his activation on either of the small
- Fly
"X" (Cliff) spaces, read the following aloud:
- You are immune to the Immobilized condition
- At the beginning of your turn you gain 1 movement With you covering him, Heinrich manages to run
point. through the horde of monsters that were hot on his
heels. At the end of the cliff the man in the obsidian
GATES AND BUTTONS
mask stands tall against him. Heinrich looks with the
All doors are considered to be locked portculis gates.
corner of his eye back at you before he throws down his
The Red and Blue tokens denote buttons that can
equipment. With a full sprint he rushes at the man,
open them.
grabs him and they both plummet to the depths of the
The "locked" (red
red) doors are immediately opened and
cliffs. From atop the precipice you can see nothing but
stay open while a figure stands on a Red Rune token's
space. Similarly, the "normal" (yellow
yellow) doors are
dense fog and the sound of the wind piercing your ears.
Inside the bag Heinrich left behind lies a stone with a
immediately opened at stay open while a figure stands
familiar engraving and an intricate bow, left as a thank-
on a Blue Rune token's space.
you gift from a brave man.
If at any moment no figure stands on a space with a
rune token of a colour, the respective set of doors The heroes win the quest!
return immediately to their places. If there is a large
monster figure occupying spaces separated by that
closing gate, the monster is defeated. If Heinrich is defeated, read the following aloud:
Figures can trace line of sight for ranged attacks
As you battle through, away in the distance you can see
through these gates.
Heinrich as he manages to reach the end of the line.
Unfortunately, the arrows shot are too many to miss
A FAMILIAR "FACE" their target and one of them finds Heinrich in the
ankle. He falls down in pain, as the masked man closes
Overlord's turns a figure stands on a Blue Rune button, in on him... The man grabs him from the neck, holding
read the following aloud: him over at the edge of the cliff. No matter how much
Heinrich struggles, the man steals the bag from his
In the distance you can make out a hooded figure hands and throws his body like a lifeless puppet off
making its appearance. The man in the obsidian mask from the cliff before escaping on his horse.
has come to claim Heinrich's stone and most certainly
The Overlord wins the quest!
his life.
Place the Man in the Obsidian Mask on the Path tile.
Rewards
Reinforcements Win or lose, each player receives 1 XP.
If the heroes win, they receive the "Trueshot " relic.
place 1 Goblin Archer on the large "X" space, respecting
If the Overlord wins, he receives the S" corpion's Kiss "
group limits.
relic. Additionally, "Scorpion's Kiss " gains the ability:
At the end of each of the Overlord's turns, he may place "This lieutenant cannot be Poisoned nor Immobilized. "
1 monster from his open monster group on the
If heroes win, they also receive the "Airstone" key item.
Entrance or Exit, respecting group limits.
Mark this with an "A" on the Campaign Log.
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 A Lily Among Thorns
Encounter 1
TRAVEL STEP: Forest, Road, Road, Water,
Mountain, Plains.
ACT II ~ "A Lily Among Thorns"
You are spending your days making plans and beating
your brains out trying to figure out the identity of the
masked man. An unexpected source comes to you a
pale moon evening in the form of a young teenage boy
with cut-out determination on his face. "I know who
you are. I know you tried to help those people captured
in the swamp. They were my friends... We were
travelling to Carthridge but did not realize we were
going through a forbidden area... My brother and I
were left behind when we saw a beautiful woman
calling in the distance. I managed to see through her
disguise but my brother fell in her trap. My friends were
also caught by monstrous spiders and got tied to a tree
in webcobs.
I saw it all... I saw how that vile woman turned my
brother into a foul beast! I've sworn since to take my
revenge on her. I've been tailing her subordinates,
trying to find every bit of clue about her. She's on the
move now and searching for something in the big
mausoleum in Whixhall. I cannot battle her - but I'm
sure you can. So, shall we?" This information is the best
chance you have had in days.
Monsters
Lady Eliza Farrow, Zombies, 1 open group.
Setup
Place Search tokens based on the number of heroes.
The Unique token is the Gate Switch. The '1's on map
denote the possible places of the Unique token.
Place 1 locked (red) and 2 normal (yellow) doors as
indicated on the map.
Place 6 objective tokens on the map as indicated.
Place the Zombies on the Reliquary and the open
monster group on the Storage Room (on the southern
side of the 2 normal doors).
Place Lady Eliza on the map as indicated. In a 2-hero
game, place 1 ∏ token on Lady Eliza's lieutenant card.
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Special Rules Reinforcements
AT THE GATES While the doors on the Storage Room are closed, at the
All doors in this encounter denote Iron Bar Gates. start of each of the Overlord's turns he may place 1*
Figures cannot move nor count spaces through them. Zombie on the Entrance, respecting group limits.
They can however trace line of sight through them for Also, at the end of each of the Overlord's turns he may
ranged attacks and the spaces separated by an Iron Bar place 1 monster from his open monster group on the
Gate are considered adjacent for melee attacks. Entrance, respecting group limits.
Iron Bar Gates cannot be Opened/Closed as normal. If
a hero finds the Gate Switch, remove the 2 "normal" After the doors on the Storage Room have been
doors (yellow) from the game. opened, reinforce as per above, but on the Exit instead.
instead
The Iron Bar Gate close to the Reliquary in the north [*: In a 4-hero game place up to 2 Zombies.]
(red locked door) can never be opened.
Victory
A VERY RIGID SEARCH If both "X" spaces on the Exit tile are covered by hero
Lady Eliza is fervently searching for something. The figures, read the following aloud:
objective (?) tokens denote Chests she can search. The
You stand firm to your feet fastening your weapons
Chests block movement but not line of sight.
against the vampire as she wails and hisses at you. With
While adjacent to a Chest, she can spend an action to
nowhere to run this time, Lady Eliza backs up and flies
test µ (Awareness). If successful, remove the Chest
outside with you hot on her heels.
token from the game. If unsuccessful, nothing happens.
She can spend both her actions on searches. If there are
The heroes win this encounter!
no more Chests on the map, Lady Eliza may leave the
map through the Exit.
If there are no Chest tokens in game and Lady Eliza
Lady Eliza does not suffer any wounds nor conditions
in this encounter. Heroes can try though to disturb her
went off the map through the Exit, read the following
aloud:
search.
If any wounds (≥) would normally be inflicted on Lady Eliza holds high a shimmering blue stone and
Lady Eliza, instead place 1 fatigue (∏) token on her
lieutenant card (Note : Place 1∏ regardless of how many
waves at you. "Follow me my darlings, you are in for a
show. Don't get lost now..."
wounds would normally be inflicted). For each ∏ on As she disappears in the crypts the boy who led you to
her card, all her attributes are reduced by 1 each, to a this place walks forward. "Come with me, I know the
minimum of 1. way around this place. She's heading for the back exit".
The Overlord wins this encounter!
WAIL ECHO
For this encounter, Lady Eliza's ability "∞ Wail" is
replaced with the following one:
∞ Focused Wail: All heroes with figures on the map
must test π. Each hero that fails suffers 2 ∏. For each
hero that failed, remove 1 ∏ from Eliza's lieutenant
card.
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 A Lily Among Thorns
Encounter 2
Riding fast the stairs to the top you reach the surface. A
brooding dense darkness falls and fog is rising from the
lake's shore. Somewhere a voice shouts in anxiety;
"Light the totems!"
From the distance humanoid figures seem to be
inexplicably bending, changing shape and transforming
into the luscious figure of Lady Eliza. Her voice is
hissing in your ears; "I'll have what I came for and
blood will flow like water!".
Monsters
Lady Eliza Farrow, Flesh Moulders, 1 open group.
Setup
Place Search tokens based on the number of heroes.
Place 1 normal door as indicated.
Place 3 Villager, 1 White and 3 Red Rune tokens on
the map as indicated. Then, place the Flesh Moulders
on empty water spaces of the Large Pond. Place the
open monster group on the Lake's Shore.
Take Blue Rune tokens equal to the Flesh Moulders'
figures on board minus 1, and 1 Green Rune token.
Shuffle these tokens and place facedown one under
each Flesh Moulder figure, so that no player knows
their faceup side. These are the 'identity
identity' tokens.
Lady Eliza is not placed initially. Any relic assigned on
her comes into play once her figure is on board.
Special Rules
CAST YOUR LIGHT UPON US
The Red Rune tokens are the Totems of Warding and
the White Rune token is the Campfire. They all block
movement and line of sight.
sight
A hero adjacent to the Campfire may spend an action
to light his Torch. Put a fatigue ∏ token on the hero's
figure to show that. If a hero gets knocked out, remove
the ∏ token from his figure.
If a hero figure with a lit Torch is adjacent to any unlit
Totem of Warding, he may spend an action to light it.
Turn that token to its objective side (?).
A hero with a lit Torch may spend an action to give it
to an adjacent hero figure that does not have one. Limit Villager who is unseduced and activate him.
1 lit Torch (∏) per hero figure.
FOR THE NIGHT IS DARK AND FULL OF
TERRORS
The Flesh Moulders are "Nixies",
"Nixies" shapeshifting water
spirits in human form. Lady Eliza is posing at the start wound (≥).
of the encounter as one of them.
For this encounter, all Nixies have the same attributes
(∂,∑,π,µ) as shown on Lady Eliza's lieutenant
card. Furthermore, they (and Lady Eliza herself) gain
the following special action for this encounter:
∞Seduce
Seduce Villager:
Villager Choose a Villager within 3 spaces
of your figure and test π. If you pass, the Villager is
'Seduced'.
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Every time a Nixie is defeated, the Overlord reveals its
identity token. If it is Green, Lady Eliza immediately
suffers 2 wounds (≥).
If all Totems of Warding are lit, Lady Eliza is
'uncovered'. The Overlord immediately reveals all
identity tokens. The Nixie whose token is Green is
instantly replaced by Lady Eliza Farrow's figure on
board. Discard all identity tokens from the game.
If no Nixie is on board when this happens, place Lady
Eliza on the Large Pond.
THE ART OF SEDUCTION
The Nixies and Lady Eliza are seducing villagers
towards the lake to drown.
Each of the Villagers blocks movement and line of sight
and has:
¥: 4 movement
≥: 3 health points
Villagers get only 1 Move action per activation and may
pass through any figure.
No side may attack the Villagers or use any
skills/cards/abilities/etc on them. Villagers cannot
suffer damage in any other way than the ways described
below.
The Nixies and Lady Eliza can seduce the humans by
performing a " ∞Seduce Villager" action. If the Villager
is seduced,
seduced place a fatigue ∏ token on him.
If the targeted Villager is on the Safehouse, add 1≤ to
the results of the π (Willpower) test related to this
action.
A hero adjacent to a seduced Villager can spend an
action to either test Strength ∂ and inflict 1 wound
(≥) to the Villager, or Knowledge ∑ (no wound
infliction). If successful, Villager is unseduced - remove
the ∏ token from his token.
If a Villager gets unseduced while he is on a water space,
place him on the closest empty non-water space.
If a Villager has wounds equal to his health, he is
defeated - remove the token from the board.
At the end of the heroes turn, the heroes can choose 1
At the end of the Overlord's turn, he may activate all
the seduced Villagers.
At the start of the Overlord's turn, any Villagers that lie
on any water space of the Lake's Shore tile they suffer 1
If a hero's knocked out token is adjacent to
an unseduced villager, at the start of that hero's turn, he
may immediately perform a free stand up action.
action
THE WATERSTONE
If the heroes had won the previous encounter,
immediately after the 2nd Villager is removed from
play, place a male Villager token on the Entrance and
read the following aloud:
"I've found what the witch was looking for!" Amidst
the dark you can see the boy at the crypt's entrance
waving a shimmering blue stone.
Reinforcements
At the start of each of the Overlord's turns, he may
place up to 2* Nixies on any empty water spaces of the
Large Pond tile, respecting group limits.
Then, if Eliza is yet to be uncovered, the Overlord takes
'iidentity ' tokens equal to the Flesh Moulders on board
(one of them must be the Green Rune token),
removing those already under the remaining Flesh
Moulders. He shuffles them and places one facedown
randomly under each Flesh Moulder figure.
[*: 1 in a 2-hero game]
At the end of each of the Overlord's turns, he may place
1 monster from the open group on the Darkness tile,
respecting group limits.
Victory
If Lady Eliza Farrow is defeated or has wounds equal to
her health or more, read the following aloud:
The light from the totems dominates the area as people
from the Whixhall village join the fight with their own
torches. Lady Eliza is forced to retreat and people thank
you for your help. As you leave the site a little stone
shimmers blue by the lake's shore. The item Lady Eliza
came all the way here to find is thankfully now safe in
your hands.
The heroes win!
If there are no Villager tokens left on board, read the
following aloud:
"That's about enough... This is what happens when you
meddle in our business, 'heroes'!" Lady Eliza runs away
exploiting the surrounding darkness. Silence falls on
you like the heaviest of burdens, as a dozen bodies
come afloat the lake's surface.
The Overlord wins!
Rewards
Win or lose, each player receives 1 XP.
If the heroes win, they receive 30 gold per hero and 40
extra gold for each Villager remaining on
board. Additionally, in the next Shopping campaign
step, one more Shop Item card is revealed to the heroes.
If the Overlord wins, he receives 1 additional XP.
Additionally, in the next Shopping campaign step, one
less Shop Item card is revealed to the heroes.
If heroes win, they also receive the "Waterstone" key
item. Mark this with a "W" on the Campaign Log.
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 Draining the Waterheart
Encounter 1
TRAVEL STEP: Road, Water, Plains, Plains, Road,
Water.
ACT II ~ "Draining the Waterheart"
With no concrete pointers as to where to search, you
decide to visit the former residence of Lord Merick
Farrow's bride. Lady Eliza's derelict mansion reeks of a
foreboding resonance, yet it stands empty. Tomes and
books of forbidden lore, magic and necromancy lie
scattered around the house rooms, but a specific one
catches your eye. Seemingly less dusty than the others, a
book about a wicked poison has a quick scribbling
made by hers truly on its open page: "Waterheart". You
recognize the name as the old nickname of a great dam
built near some of the most prosperous crop villages in
Arhynn.
Arriving to the construction at dusk, signs of her
passing through are obvious. The guards lie dead and
the front stairs entrance is blocked by moaning
zombies. You decide to make a silent entrance though
the back wall.
Monsters
Lady Eliza Farrow, Goblin Archers,Flesh Moulders.
Setup
Place Search Tokens based on the number of heroes.
Place 1 Red and 4 Blue Rune tokenson the map as
indicated. Place 2 normal (yellow) doors and 1 locked
(red) door as indicated.
Place Lady Eliza Farrow on the Reliquary as indicated.
Place the Goblin Archers on the Sewers and 2 Flesh
Moulders on the Torture Chamber.
Special Rules
A VAMPIRE'S SLUMBER
Lady Eliza Farrow and the Flesh Moulders cannot be
activated until one of the unlocked doors opens for the
first time. If one of them is opened, read the following
aloud:
In one of the damp rooms of this basement, the form of A Goblin Archer adjacent to an empty Transformation
Lady Eliza rises from a wooden black coffin. Her skin
like milk, a form phantasmal, almost incorporeal, shifts At the end of each of the Overlord's turns, any Goblin
through the halls towards the exit.
From now on, all monsters and Lady Eliza activate as
normal.
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THE GIRL WHO WAS ... DEATH
For this encounter, Lady Eliza Farrow: Reinforcements
- has Movement (¥) equal to the Flesh Moulder figures
At the beginning of each of the Overlord's turns, he
on the map, to a minimum of 1
may place up to 2 Goblin Archers on the Entrance Tile,
- adds to her defence rolls 1 ≤ for each Flesh Moulder
respecting group limits.
on the map
- is immune to all Conditions
Victory
If the heroes defeat Lady Eliza Farrow, read the
THE BLOOD FOUNTAIN following aloud:
Lady Eliza Farrowdoes not suffer any wounds as long as
the Blood Fountain remains intact. "It is very impolite to interrupt a lady's beauty sleep!"
If a hero is adjacent to the Blood Fountain token, they Lady Eliza seems to be bleeding, but on the floor only
may spend an action to test π (Willpower) and if small water pools have been formed from where she
successful overturn it, or ∑ (Knowledge) and if stepped through.
successful smirch it. If successful, turn the token "Fear the night as it closes in, for my magic is stronger
facedown. Immidiately from then on, Lady Eliza then..." Her body shapeshifts and turns into a flock of
Farrow is vulnerable (can suffer ≥). bats that fly away deeper into the dam's galleries.
The heroes win this encounter!
THE FENCE
The locked door represents a fence which can only be
If Lady Eliza Farrow walks off the map through the
jumped over to proceed.
A figure adjacent to the fence can jump over it by Exit, read the following aloud:
spending an action to test ∂ (Strength) or µ
The vampire is clearly displeased by your presence here,
(Awareness). For each friendly figure adjacent to the
as if forced to rush with her plan. She manages to pass
one trying to pass the fence, the roll result gains -1 ≤
through your efforts to stop her though and in a great
and for each unfriendly figure +1 ≤.
display of magic prowess, she summons and freezes the
For this test, figures from the other side of the fence are
running waters of the dam's rivers to create a wall
still considered adjacent.
between you and her as she rushes for the stairs.
Monsters have µ equal to the number of heroes in the
encounter for this test. The Overlord wins this encounter!
If a figure is successful, place it on an empty space on
the other side of the fence. If all spaces are occupied,
place it to the nearest empty space.
The fence never leaves the map (cannot be
Opened/Closed) and is treated as a wall (blocks line of
sight and movement).
TRANSFORMATION PADS
The Blue Rune tokens denote the Transformation
Pads. They block movement, but not line of sight.
Pad may spend 1 movement point to enter its space.
Archer that stands on a Transformation Pad may
immediately be replaced by a Flesh Moulder at full
health, respecting group limits.
limits
Similarly, a Flesh Moulder on a Transformation Pad
may spend 1 movement point to enter an adjacent
empty space.
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 Draining the Waterheart
Encounter 2
You rush after Lady Eliza's laughter echoes as she wafts
through the halls and up the dam's walls.
You thought vampires hated running water, but
apparently this one has overcome its perilous effect.
Once outside, you see Eliza floating right above it!
"You should relax a bit my dears. Look at me; I enjoy
travelling - together with the occasional discovery of
forbidden knowledge. Like that poison spell I found in
the swamp witch's library. Now these pesky humans
will be the first to taste it."
As she says that she pulls out a blue disk-like stone and
a red vial, spilling its substance on the stone. The water
that trickles from the stone turns a purple fluorescent
colour that ends up in the dam's water.
Lady Eliza is obviously trying to poison the nearby
townsfolk. The dam's water should never reach the
throats of innocent people.
Monsters
Lady Eliza Farrow (if Overlord won the previous
encounter), Merriods, 2 open groups.
Setup
Place Search tokens based on the number of heroes.
Place the the Unique Search token, 4 coloured and 6
facedown objective tokens on their respective spaces as
indicated on the map.
Place 1 locked door as indicated on the map.
Place the Merriods on the Dam. Place one open
monster group on the Storage Room and the other on
the Operator Cabin.
If the Overlord won the previous encounter, he places
Lady Eliza on the Stairs tile.
Special Rules
ENHANCED MERRIODS & LADY ELIZA
Merriods for this encounter treat water spaces as if they
were normal spaces.
If the Overlord won the previous encounter, Lady Eliza
is in play. Furthermore, she gains the following ability:
Icewalk:
Icewalk You may treat water spaces as if they were
normal spaces.
THE DAM
All spaces of the Dam tile are considered to be water
spaces, except if a Boulder occupies them. Boulder
spaces are treated as normal spaces. If a figure occupies
a Dam's space, another friendly figure may pass through
it with a normal spending of 1 movement point.
Any figure that stands onat least one water space and
performs an attack immediately misses (except for
Merriods and Lady Eliza).
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ROCK'N'ROLL
Objective tokens (?) denote Boulders. Boulders block
line of sight (but not movement) and cannot be placed
outside the Dam tile for any reason.
Any figure adjacent to a Boulder may spend an action
to "grab" it. A figure that moves while having a Boulder
"grabbed" slides it along its movement direction, one
space per space travelled, or it may spend 1 movement
point to slide the Boulder from one of its adjacent
spaces to another neighbouring empty adjacent space.
During these slide actions, a Boulder cannot go through
other figures or Boulders.
If a Boulder has a figure on it, it cannot be"grabbed".
"grabbed"
If a Boulder is on an "X" space, it cannot be"grabbed".
"grabbed"
Large monsters cannot end their activation on Boulder
tokens, unless their figure's base is totally covered by
Boulder tokens.
A figure that "grabbed" a Boulder, it releases ("un-
"un-
grabs") it at the end of its activation.
MASTER OF THE EVEN KEYS
The Red Rune Token represents abutto
buttonn to unlock
the locked door. If any hero adjacent to (or on) it
spends an action, remove the token from the game and
the locked door is unlocked. Replace the locked door
on the map with a normal door.
The Green Rune Token is theDrainage Key. Key A hero
adjacent to it can spend an action to pick it up. The
hero with the key may spend an action to drop it, give it
to an adjacent hero or pick it up from an adjacent
empty space. Only heroes may carry the Drainage Key.
If the hero with the Drainage Key is adjacent to the
Drainage Safety Switch and spends an action, the
heroes win (see Victory).
If a hero that carries the key is defeated, the key is
placed on the space his figure last occupied.
On the other hand, the Blue and White Rune Tokens
represent Seals. A monsters adjacent to (or on) one of
them can spend an action to pick it up (limit
limit 1 Seal per
monster).
monster If a monster carrying a Seal is defeated, place
the token on one of the spaces the monster occupied
before being defeated. These tokens cannot be
dropped/exchanged until the monster is defeated.
The monster that carries the White Seal may exit the
map through the Entrance and the monster that carries
the Blue Seal may exit the map through the Stairs. The
monster that does so, does not return on the map
(consider it defeated). Place the according token to the
Overlord's side. The respective tile is considered to be
"locked" (see Reinforcements).
Reinforcements
At the start of each of the Overlord's turns he may
place 1 Merriod on the Dam tile's northest empty
(water) spaces, respecting group limits.
At the end of each of the Overlord's turns, he may place
1 monster on the Entrance tile from the open group
initially placed on the Operator Cabin, as long as it
remains unlocked*, respecting group limits. Similarly,
he mayadditionally place 1 monster from his open
group initially placed on the Storage Room on the
Stairs tile as long as it remains unlocked*, respecting
group limits.
[*: If "locked" , do not reinforce any more this way]
Victory
If any hero with the Drainage Key manages to turn the
drainage safety switch by spending an action while
adjacent to it, read the following aloud:
The wheel turns and a gate allows the water off to the
outlands, saving the crops and the villagers' lives. Once
empty, you can see at the bottom of the dam the stone
that must have slipped from Eliza's hands; a beautiful
cold blue disk with a soothing soft touch. You decide to
keep it, knowing now how dangerous it can be in the
hands of evil.
The heroes win!
If at the end of any of the Overlord's turns he has both
the Red and Blue Seals at his side AND all "X" spaces of
the Dam are covered by Boulders, read the following
aloud:
The flow of water from the river is redirected and
violently fills the dam. The sheer pressure causes its
walls to crumble and collapse in a burst. The poisoned
water gushes through the canals and will quickly reach
the crops. The least you can do come morning, is warn
the villagers of their loss of food for the coming winter.
Only hope for them lies now on Carthridge's will to
help.
The Overlord wins!
Rewards
Win or lose, each player receives 1 XP.
If the heroes win, each hero receives 1 additional XP.
Additionally, for the remainder of the campaign,
theHealth Potion Search card item also heals 1
Condition to the chosen hero that consumes it.
If the Overlord wins, he receives 2 additional XP.
Additionally, at the beginning of the next quest, he
may look into the Search deck, find and discard 1
Stamina Potion and 1 Health Potion Search cards.
Then, reshuffle the Search deck.
If heroes win, they also receive the "Waterstone" key
item. Mark this with a "W" on the Campaign Log.
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 The Sword in the Stone
Encounter 1
TRAVEL STEP: Road, Road, Forest, Forest, Plains,
Plains.
ACT II ~ "The Sword in the Stone"
Up to now it has not struck you to look into the very
item that once belonged to your enemy. The shield
with which Sir Alric Farrow was burried is an intricate
creation resembling an old relic. At the back of the
shield a short inscription is carved with symbols
unknown to you. A quick look into Arhynn's library
with the help of a scholar reveals a story of not too long
ago, about a sword carved "too powerful for the strong
to wield and too beautiful for this ugly world". Its
creator was an eccentric wizard who decided to hide it
from the eyes of the earth. His last name was Farrow...
It is highly probable that the Farrows will be seeking
out old heirlooms of power to aid them in their evil
cause, so you decide to look further into the matter.
With old maps and only book stories to lead you, you
arrive at an old cabin in the middle of nowhere, with
the horizon spreading vast as far as the eyes see, apart
from the very mountain you descended from. The
cabin seems old and deserted but as come nearer, an old
wrinkly bearded man appears by its window. He smiles
eerily at you and poses a question: "What is the
grandest power of humans? I've been asking this
question for years now... These beasts have only been
giving me the wrong answers..."
He turns and backs inside as you are left curious for an
answer.
Monsters
Barghests, 2 open monster groups.
Setup
Place Search tokens as indicated on the map based on
the number of heroes. The Unique Search token is the
Lost Key. The "1's" on the map indicate its possible
location (Overlord's choice).
Place a locked Door and a Villager token on the map as
indicated.
Place the Barghests on the Puddle Path and one open
monster group on the Campsite.
The other monster group is not placed initially. Place
that group's figures on their monster card.
The Overlord takes 1 rune token of each colour
(White, Red, Blue, Green) and without any other
players knowing, secretly chooses 1* of them to place
facedown under the Villager's token (objective face (?)
up). Similarly, he chooses 1 monster from each of the
three groups and places secretly 1 rune token facedown
under its figure.
[*: Important - for the rune token placed under the
Villager's token, the Overlord can only choose one
whose colour relates to an attribute for which at least 1
hero has a value equal or greater than 3 (see Special
Rules: "Answering the Riddle").]
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Special Rules
THE HOWL OF THE HOUND
At the start of each of the Overlord's turns, the
Overlord places 1 ∏ (fatigue) token to his side (see
Victory conditions).
Also, once per each Barghest's activation, if its figure
covers any of the spaces marked by the "X"'s on the map
and it performs a "∞Howl" action, the Overlord also
places 1 ∏ token to his side.
THE LOST KEY
The Unique Search token represents the Lost Key. The
locked door on the Cabin remains locked until a hero
discovers the Lost Key. After the Lost Key has been
claimed by the heroes, any hero can Open/Close the
door.
SEARCHING FOR AN ANSWER
Every time a monster with an objective token under its
figure is defeated, the Overlord reveals its faceup side.
This colour denotes a "wrong
wrong answer"
answer to the riddle.
Set the token aside. The heroes may consult it any time.
ANSWERING THE RIDDLE
The Villager token represents Enigmon Farrow.
A hero adjacent to Enigmon Farrow may spend an
action to attempt to answer the riddle.
The hero chooses an attribute to test. If unsuccessful,
unsuccessful
the Overlord adds 1 ∏ token to his side. If successful,
successful he
gives the coresponding answer based on his chosen
attribute:
∂: "The physical and mental Strength to overcome their
struggles." (RED)
π: "The inner Will that shapes one's heart and the
hearts of others." (WHITE)
µ: "The ability to Change as the world changes
around them." (GREEN)
∑: "The acquisition of Knowledge that unravels the
mysteries of the universe." (BLUE)
Then the Overlord looks at the objective token under
Enigmon Farrow and if its colour matches (colour
noted in parenthesis above) the heroes win (see
Victory conditions). If it does not, he adds 1 ∏ token to
his side.
Reinforcements
At the start of each of the Overlord's turns, he may
place 1 Barghest on the Entrance, respecting group
limits.
If there are still monsters from the open group initially
not placed on their monster card, the Overlord must
place 1 of them on the Cave's Entrance at the end of his
turn. If it is the first monster to be placed as such, this
monster must be the one that has the hidden objective
token under its figure.
If there are no more monsters from that group on their
monster card, the Overlord may place instead 1
Barghest, respecting group limits.
Note: If a monster from an open group is defeated, it is
removed from play (Overlord cannot reinforce with
that monster).
Victory
If the heroes manage to answer the riddle (see Special
Rules), read the following aloud:
The old man smiles and nods at you. "I'll show you to
the cave's entrance."
You follow him to a nearby hill you almost missed
previously. He pushes some bushes aside and a small
entrance becomes visible. Before leaving, he nears the
one who carries the relic shield and touches it ever so
lightly, closing his eyes. A second later he is smiling
back at you and signs towards the cave.
The sun shines bright over the cave's entrance and as
you pave your way inside, you turn to thank the old
man but he is nowhere to be seen anymore...
The heroes win this encounter!
If there are ever 8/7/6 ∏ tokens in a 2-/3-/4-hero game
by the Overlord's side, read the following aloud:
The man seems dissatisfied with your performance. He
scoffs at you and nods towards the south at a hill. "At
least the one inside is stubborn enough to try harder
than you! The sword that stopped her heart of stone...
You'll find it there..." He totters to his bed and lies
down turning his back at you. "They won't stop
whining - the dogs won't stop whining...." He
continues rambling himself to sleep.
Bewildered by his reaction, you simply go to check the
hill. Surprisingly enough, you find a hidden entrance to
a burrowed cave.
The Overlord wins this encounter!
Rewards
If heroes won this encounter, the hero that gave the
successful answer gains 1 XP.
This experience cannot be spent until the next normal
Campaign phase.
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 The Sword in the Stone
Encounter 2

From above you see deep inside the cave a magnificent If a hero carries the Apocryphon, the Guardian is Unequip the "Duskblade" if he had it equipped, and
ornamented sword half-thrust inside a big stone. The considered a monster and the Overlord may activate it put the Green rune token aside. Place the White rune
undead knight is next to it putting all of his might to at the start of his turn. token on the space he last occupied and place the
pull it out but failing. The walls come alive and golemic If no side carries the sword, the Guardian is not Unique token to the closest empty space to the White
structures attack him forcing him to fend them off. His activated. rune token.
armor looks beaten up, probably having stayed in the
cave for days battling and pulling the sword... You recall THE APOCRYPHON
The Dawnblade/Duskblade relic's name for this quest Reinforcements
words from library books together with a drawing of
is the "Apocryphon
Apocryphon". Depending on the situation, it can At the beginning* of each of the Overlord's turns, he
the shield: "Strength alone is not the key."
be represented on the map either by the White or the may place 1 monster from his open monster group on
There is one thing for sure; neither you nor him are
Green rune token: the Entrance, respecting group limits.
willing to get out of these caves without the sword.
- If the Apocryphon is the White rune token it is stuck [*: In a 2-hero game reinforce at end of turn instead]

Monsters in the earth. It blocks movement and line of sight. Any

figure that enters an empty space adjacent to it rolls
At the end of an Overlord's turn, if Sir Alric Farrow lies
Sir Alric Farrow, Master Elemental*, 1 open group (not immediately a Yellow Power Dice. That figure suffers "fallen
fallen", the Overlord reinforces with Sir Alric as
Elementals). following:
damage equal to the ≥ shown and moves X spaces
[*: Although listed here, it does not follow normal - if the Overlord won the previous encounter: the
away from the Apocryphon, where X equals to the
monster rules] Overlord replaces the Unique token with Sir Alric at
± shown. If the figure cannot go back, it suffers 1 ∏ for
full health.
each space it did not back away.
Setup Note: Sir Alric has the ability 'Unmovable ', so he is not
- if the heroes won the previous encounter: the
Overlord rolls X red dice (where X is the number of
pushed back, but suffers ≥ for each ± shown.
Place Search tokens based on the number of heroes. heroes) and restores health to Sir Alric equal to the ≥
A figure adjacent to the White rune token can spend an
Place the White Rune token and Sir Alric Farrow* on shown. Replace the Unique token with Sir Alric.
action to test π (Willpower) or ∑ (Knowledge). If
the Frozen Cave as indicated. Place 4 objective (?)
unsuccessful, that figure rolls a Yellow Power Dice and
tokens on the map as indicated.
Place the open monster group on the Chasm Cave. The
follows the above rules (if forced to back away, the Victory
figure moves in one direction away from the sword). If If a hero that carries the Apocryphon ("Dawnblade" )
Master Elemental is not placed initially.
successful, remove the White token from the map and exits the map through the Entrance, read aloud:
Keep close by the Green Rune token, the Unique
place the Green Rune token under the figure denoting
Search token and 4 objective (?) tokens. The earth is still shaking as you make it to the exit,
[*: The Overlord cannot assign a relic to Sir Alric that it carries the Apocryphon.
Note: If heroes won the previous encounter, a hero leaving the sluggish knight to deal with the falling
Farrow in this encounter.] rubble. Under the sunlight the sword's emeralds are
equipped with the "Shield of the Dark God" relic can
shining brighter, yet the biggest is of particular interest;
Special Rules
disregard the rolling of the Yellow Dice totally.
- If the Apocryphon is the Green Rune token (it was upon turning it, it detaches from the sword revealing
THE EARTH IS SHAKING dropped), any figure adjacent to (or on) it may spend itself to be a beautiful hand-sized orb.
At the end of each of the Overlord's turns he may place an action to pick it up. Put the token under the figure.
The heroes win the quest!
1 objective (?) token on any empty space of the
Receding Ceiling Area tile (30B). The objective (?) WIELDING THE SWORD
If Sir Alric exits the map through the Exit while
tokens denote falling Rubble and block movement and A figure with the Green rune token may equip at the
line of sight. Any figure adjacent to one of them may start of its turn the respective relic (Dawnblade for carrying the Apocryphon ("Duskblade" ), read aloud:
spend 1 movement point to test ∂ (Strength) or µ heroes, Duskblade for Sir Alric).
A figure with the Green rune token may spend an The beaten knight walks with heavy steps deeper into
(Awareness). If successful, if ∂ was checked, remove
the cave trying to avoid you. Unable to stop his stride,
the rubble token from that space and place the testing action to drop it. Place it on an empty space adjacent
he finally turns and raises the sword to the ceiling. For
figure on that space, or if µ was checked, simply place to that figure. The figure with the Green Rune token
can perform only 1 Move action per activation.
activation If that the first time you hear a sort of low roar coming from
the testing figure on the Rubble. While a figure is on
figure is a hero, he cannot use or be affected by him. A green light flashes from the sword's emeralds
top of a Rubble, that specific Rubble token does not
skills/feats/abilities/cards etc that add movement or and the whole cave quakes bringing down rubble that
block movement or line of sight for that figure.
reposition his figure in any way. Furthermore, if that block your path forever towards the moving tower.
Large monsters reagard these spaces as normal spaces;
small ones always successfully climb on the Rubble. hero moves 1 space by using fatigue, that hero suffers an
The Overlord wins the quest!
extra fatigue.
THE GUARDIAN ELEMENT If a hero carries the Apocryphon and is defeated, place
The Master Elemental is the Guardian. the Green rune token on the space his figure last Rewards
If at the start of either the Overlord's or heroes' turn a occupied and his defeated token to the closest empty Win or lose, each player receives 1 XP.
figure carries the Apocryphon and the Guardian is not space to the Green rune token.
on board, place it on the Exit. If the heroes win, they receive the "Dawnblade " relic.
If Sir Alric carries the Apocryphon, the Guardian is THE UNDYING KNIGHT
If the Overlord wins, he receives the D
" uskblade " relic.
considered a hero and the first hero that activates may If Sir Alric is defeated, the Overlord replaces him with
activate it at the start of his turn. Consider "hero" text the Unique Search token on the map. He is considered
If heroes win, they also receive the "Earthstone" key
on the Elemental's card as "monster" and vice versa. "fallen
fallen". This token blocks movement and line of sight.
item. Mark this with an "E" on the Campaign Log.
If Sir Alric carries the Apocryphon, every time he is
defeated, read the following text aloud:
With strength that could only match that of a fierce
beast, the knight sums up his might and pierces the
ground before falling and coming to a halt.

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Encounter 2

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Encounter 1

TRAVEL STEP: Road, Road, Plains. COLLECT ALL 3 PAGES

ACT II ~ "Earthbound"
In lieu of any helpful information, you decide to pay a
second visit to Lord Merick's mansion.
Back on your first investigation of the house, you paid
little attention to the surroundings, mainly searching
for the proprietor. This time around, you are more
inquisitive, going through his books and writings. You
cannot pinpoint the time Lord Merick Farrow first
discovered his dark side, but for a recent diary which
seems to be magically attached to a small desk. It lies
open with a few interesting lines: "I managed to finally
come in contact with Vorakesh and he dictated me to
visit Lady Cathori. Her words spoke to my wretched
heart and soon I became fond of her. My hope for his
revival is far from lost..."
The next few pages are torn - if you could only find
them maybe you will be able to put the pieces together
and uncover the masked man's identity.
Right then, the ground starts to shake and the old
house crumbles from inside. As you back away, spiders
crawl down from the ceiling, summoned to protect
their master's property...
Monsters
Cave Spiders, 2 open monster groups*.
[*: Only small monster groups of 1-space figures can be
chosen.]
Setup
Place Search tokens based on the number of heroes.
Take 1 Green, 1 White, 1 Red and 3 Blue rune tokens
and shuffle them randomly. Place them on their
objective (?) side (facedown) on the spaces indicated on
the map, with no player knowing their faceup side.
Place the Unique Search token faceup on the Study as
indicated.
Place 2 normal doors and 1 locked as indicated on the
map.
Place the Cave Spiders in the Study.
Place 1 open monster group in the Attic and another in
the Reliquary.
The Red, Green and White rune tokens denote pages
from Lord Merick's diary. The Blue rune tokens are
useless scribblings.
Any figure adjacent to an objective (?) token may spend
an action to take it.
If the figure is a hero, the token's faceup side is revealed
to all players. If it is a Blue Rune token, it is discarded.
Otherwise, place the Diary Page token under the hero
figure.
If the figure is a monster, simply place the token under
the monster figure. It is not revealed to any player.
Limit 1 such token per figure. A figure with a token can
spend an action to drop it on any adjacent empty space.
If a figure with a token is defeated, place the token on
the space it last occupied. Any other adjacent figure
may spend an action to pick up the page (following the
rules above).
THE DIARY
The Unique search token denotes the diary of Lord
Merick Farrow. To make any sense of it, heroes need to
connect the missing pages.
The Diary token blocks movement and line of sight.
A hero adjacent to the Diary token while carrying a
Diary Page token can spend an action to decipher the
notes. Afterwards, place the Diary Page token to the
heroes' side.
A monster carrying a token may exit the map through
the Exit. If it does so, reveal the token's faceup side. If
the token is a Diary Page, the page is lost. Discard that
token from the game.
Any monster that exits the map is considered defeated.
FOURTH FLOOR COLLAPSE
The ground is trembling.
At the beginning of each of the Overlord's turns, if any
tile that during setup had at least 1 objective (?) token
has none (either on the tile OR under a figure that
occupies a space of that tile), remove the tile from the
map. All figures or hero tokens that occupied any of its
spaces are placed on the 'void' leftover space and suffer 2
≥.
Reinforcements
At the beginning* of each of the Overlord's turns, he
may place 1 monster from one of his open monster
groups on the Entrance, respecting group limits.
[*: In a 2-hero game, reinforce at end of turn instead.]
At the end of each of the Overlord's turns, he may place
1 Cave Spider on each* Pit space, respecting group
limits.
[*: In a 2-hero game, the Overlord chooses only 1 Pit
space to reinforce as such.]
Victory
If all 3 Diary Pages have been either retrieved or
discarded, read the following aloud:
Walls are crumbling and terrifying noises fill the house
as it collapses under the protection spell obviously cast
by the cunning wizard. As quick as you can, you try to
decipher the writings on the diary: "... to get acquainted
to the Lich - I am still afraid of speaking its name...
Lord Vorakesh promised to teach me a resurrection
spell if I pledged my brother's will to aid him whenever
he wanted. The Lich deeds see not far into the future
either - for some reason he is stirring much more now
than ever before. Under the last moon of autumn, he
shall raise the dead of Dunnir Hun to lay waste to the
North. He only asked for an old heirloom. Alric used to
know about it... I pledged loyalty to Lord Vorakesh.
An act I was most thrilled to make."
Little is left of the mansion as bits and pieces fall into a
large bottomless pit that is now almost fully visible.
Jumping from stone to stone you reach safe ground
before the last wall disappears from sight.
The result is a stalemate. Keep the retrieved Diary Page
tokens by the heroes' side for the next encounter.

Special Rules
For the remainder of the encounter, consider this void
space as 1 big Pit terrain space that is adjacent to all the
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS previously connected tiles. Any number of figures may
The Cave Spiders cannot be activated until either the fit in it and all figures are considered to be adjacent to
door to the Study is considered unlocked (read below) each other.
or one of them is attacked. Each such big Pit space is a separate Pit space.
For ranged attacks in between tiles that share a Pit,
calculate line of sight and distance as if the tiles were
not removed.
removed

If at least 1 room has collapsed at the beginning of any

of the Overlord's turns, the door to the Study is
considered unlocked.

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Encounter 1

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Encounter 2
[Gather all travel deck cards and shuffle them. Follow
normal rules for change between encounters before
performing the following travel step.]
TRAVEL STEP *: (in order)
[Plains, Water, Water]:White ,
[Forest, Forest, Plains]:Green,
[Plains, Mountain, Mountain]:Red.
*: Depending on the Diary Page tokens at the heroes'
side, they do not perform the travel steps enclosed in
brackets above, related to the colour of the token. (e.g.
if they have the Green token, heroes only travel: Plains,
Water, Water, Plains, Mountain, Mountain)
The moon's glare beckons broodingly as you travel the
last bit of a journey based on some writings of a wizard
falling into madness. If a Lich is indeed raising the dead
of Dunnir Hun, past warriors that could magically
harden their body, you are the only ones who can
possibly stop it. Cold mountains and gusts of winds
make the area barely passable, as clouds have already
gathered and snow is falling heavy. Signs of a
civilization lost in the Dragon Wars lead you atop a
hill. There amidst the graves, a cloaked figure can be
seen wielding a sword which gleams green now and
then. An icy, shrieky laughter accompanies it.
"Who would have expected this? We have company...
Let me see your strength knight!" On an old building
wall lightning strikes and the form of Sir Alric Farrow
detaches itself from it, readying for attack.
Monsters
Sir Alric Farrow, Zombies.
Setup
Place Search Tokens based on the number of heroes.
Place 4 Blue rune tokens as indicated on the map.
These indicate the Open Graves.
Place Sir Alric Farrow and the Master Zombie on the
map as indicated.
Place a Minion Zombie on each Open Grave token,
respecting group limits.
Keep the Red rune tokens in a pile close to the board.
Treat the Master Zombie as a lieutenant for this
encounter. He is equipped with the "Duskblade" relic.
Special Rules
THE PEN MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD
For each Diary Page token at the heroes' side from the
previous encounter, each of their attacks against Sir
Alric in this encounter gains "Pierce X", where X is the
number of Diary Page tokens - to remember, you may
denote this by placing an equal amount of ∏ tokens on
Sir Alric's lieutenant card.
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A STONED FARROW
Sir Alric Farrow is reanimated constantly in the form
of a stone golem knight (see Reinforcements).
Sir Alric cannot be defeated by any other means than a
hero's attack. Any other game effect that would do so
(e.g. Poison, Overlord cards, etc) brings him down to 1
health point left.
Every time he is defeated, the hero who defeated him
gains a Phylactery Mark and chooses one of the Open
Graves to close it (turn token facedown). Place a Red
Rune token on that hero's sheet. This denotes the
Phylactery Mark. Limit 1 mark per hero.
PHYLACTERY
A hero who carries a Phylactery Mark may spend it to
apply damage from an attack on Kral (see below).
Discard that mark from the hero's sheet before rolling
dice. The attack performed as such may be as a result of
any prior actions performed, but for it to have an
impact, the Phylactery mark needs to have been spent.
spent
KRAL AND LEGION
Kral is a Master Zombie, with the following additional
abilities:
- he has 2 additional health per hero
- he is immune to all Conditions
- he is equipped with the "Duskblade" relic
- he has Aura 1
- he has Regeneration 2* [*:1 in a 2-hero game]
- he cannot recover health by any means other than his
Regeneration ability
- he does not suffer damage, unless by an attack
perfomed by a hero who spent a Phylactery Mark
- if all Graves are closed (facedown), he suffers damage
from attacks as normal (disregard previous rule)
- he can spend 1 action while adjacent to a Closed
Grave to open it (turn token faceup)
All Zombies (Kral & minions) have as extra ability the
following:
Before dice are rolled for an attack targeting a Zombie,
the Overlord may choose to close one of the Open
Graves. Turn the respective token facedown. The
attacked Zombie gains 1 Black defence dice in addition
to its defence for this attack.
THE WAKING DEAD
Grave tokens block movement and line of sight to all
figures except Minion Zombies.
Minion Zombies may exit the map through the Exit
tile. Whenever one exits, consider it defeated and the
Overlord places 1 ∏ token to his side.
Reinforcements
If at the start of any of the Overlord's turns Sir Alric
Farrow is defeated, the Overlord must reinforce with
Sir Alric Farrow on the "X" space of the Wall (or closest
unoccupied space).
At the end of each of the Overlord's turns, place 1
minion Zombie on every Open Grave (Blue side up),
respecting group limits.
Victory
If Kral is defeated, read the following aloud:
"Hehehe, you think you can stop me? Destroying this
body won't stop me! I'll be back again and again... The
Farrows are but mere pawns on this chessboard. You
are far from tackling the king... Well, not really a king...
yet! Hahahaahah!" The lich disintegrates into
numerous icy shards and a shadow soul seems to fly
away in the wind. The weapon it leaves behind is a
perfectly crafted sword with beautifully decorated
jewels. The biggest of them has fallen off of it, a big
emerald orb.
The heroes win!
If the Overlord ever has 5 ∏ tokens at his side, read the
following aloud:
The wind comes to a halt as the lich lowers its weapon.
"You've walked into an icy prison..." It raises its sword
towards you and a green lighting strikes the ground at
your feet. Walls of stone rise and enclose you until
everything is dark and silent.
It takes you almost the whole night to dig through the
snow to your freedom.
The Overlord wins!
Rewards
Win or lose, each player receives 1 XP.
If the heroes win, they receive the "Dawnblade " relic.
If the Overlord wins, he receives the D
" uskblade " relic.
Additionally, for the remainder of the campaign, Sir
Alric Farrow may wield both the "Shield of Zorek's
Favor " and the "Duskblade " relics.
If heroes win, they also receive "Earthstone" key item.
Mark this with an "E" on the Campaign Log.
Earthbound
Encounter 2

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 Finale Transition
After completing 3 Act II quests (PRO II and 2 electives), the players
move on to the final quest for this campaign. The Finale has 2
encounters, which come from a set of 4. Depending on which side has
won which quests, the corresponding Finale’s encounters are chosen.
For the first encounter, there is a choice of 2:
FIN A: “Ride the Lightning”
FIN B: “Claws of the Beast”
Out of the 3 Act II quests played, if heroes had won most of the quests,
FIN A is chosen. Otherwise, FIN B is chosen.
For the second encounter, there is a choice of 2:
FIN C: “Ghost of Perdition”
FIN D: “Final Resistance”
If heroes have the Shadow Rune relic, FIN C is chosen.
Otherwise, FIN D is chosen.
Whichever is the resulting combination, the 2 encounters are played in
succession, as normal since the Finale is a single quest.
The winner of the Finale is the overall winner of this campaign!

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The abandoned abbey was a place of worship for the
mad or the ones intimidated by the presence of
frightful creatures such as Gryvorn during the war.
The building, its catacombs and the surrounding area
still emit a magical essence, making it a place of power
but also of chaotic instability.

He slams the door shut and double-locks.

With trembling hands he pours a drink to himself that goes down in one gulp.
“His eyes... those eyes!”
The last weeks Heinrich has been noticing a lasting abscence of his master, his recent
travels to the library of Arhynn, his decreasing interest in matters of the realm.
A book or two at first, a whole room of knowledge gathered by his seat now. The
private quarters were also now declared off limits. Not allowed to enter, not to clean,
not to pour his cup. But today, grim concern, maybe curiosity as well, got the best of
him and he ventured inside.
Normally, for any other room he would be scolded for that much disorder and dust
lying around. There lay dozens of books of lore many with weird, twisted symbols
and on the table an assortment of coloured rocks, one of them smashed to the floor.
And in a corner, a mask in ebony, a black face of stone, expressionless yet still
instilling fear.
Before making it through all the way to pick it up and examine it closer, his master
entered the room. His fiery glare was enough to set him on the run, before the order
was even uttered.
He pours himself another cup and swallows. “Those eyes!”

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Finale
The Three Halves
 Ride the Lightning
Encounter 1

TRAVEL STEP: Forest, Road, Water, Mountain, POWER OF THE NIGHT CROSS THE BRIDGE
Mountain. At the start of each of the Overlord's turns, he tests A magically trapped bridge is over the moat.
Lord Merick's µ (Awareness). If he passes, the Every time a hero's figure entersa grey space of the
FINALE A: "Ride the Lightning" Overlord gains 1 ∏ token. Bridge tile (areas marked with large "X"'s on map) the
The setting is as ominous as it could be. Rain pours Furthermore, the Overlord gains 1 ∏ every time: hero draws 1 of the facedown objective (?) tokens and
cold on you and the cursed Abbey stands old and ugly - a hero is defeated reveals it. According to the colour, the hero performs
on the hilltop above the lake. Up to now you have been - Sir Alric defeats a hero (stacks with previous rule) the following:
stalling this encounter, but you somehow knew you - Splig successfully performs "Promote"
would have to return to this wicked place of worship to - Eliza successfully casts "Seduce" - GREEN: Nothing happens.
stop your enemy. Stop them from releasing hell on the - the Masked Man successfully casts "Dominion" - WHITE: The Overlord chooses 1 Condition and the
innocent cities of Arhynn and Carthridge. hero rolls ∑ OR π (hero's choice). If he fails, the
Suddenly, a pillar of light shoots from the Abbey and LIGHTNING STRIKE hero suffers that Condition.
up to the sky, momentarily bursting the clouds. A well- While heroes have not opened a door to the Inner - RED: The hero places his figure 1 space backwards
known laughter echoes from its halls as Lord Merick Sanctum, the Overlord may activate Lord Merick to towards the Moat's End tile.
appears between the columns of the structure, perform a single attack. This attack is Ranged
anged and - BLUE: The hero suffers 1 fatigue (∏).
embraced by flames, yet without a single sign of ignores line of sight. Instead, assume it requires a range
struggle. "Welcome... heroes." of 8 minus the number of heroes,
heroes otherwise it is a miss. Then, the token is immediately returned facedown to
[For example, in a 3-hero game, the range is 5.] the pile (or bag) and the tokens are shuffled again.

Monsters
All lieutenants* and monsters from 1 Descent Core Set
2nd edition. [*: Except Belthir, see Setup]
Setup
Place Search Tokens based on the number of heroes.
The ones on Courtyard are secretly placed (2 normal, 1
unique). Place 1 locked and 5 normal doors as
indicated. Place lieutenants and the Master Zombie on
the spaces indicated on the map. Baron Zachareth's
token is the Masked Man. If heroes have the:
- Firestone , Splig is not present.
- Airstone, the Masked Man is not present.
- Waterstone, Lady Eliza is not present.
- Earthstone, Sir Alric is not present.
No relics may be assigned to either Lord Merick or the
Masked Man.
Place Barghests on the Moat's End, Flesh Moulders on
the Chapel, Cave Spiders on the Moss-Filled Corridor, REVENGE
Ettins on the Reliquary, Elementals on the Hilltop,
Goblin Archers on the Battlefield, Shadow Dragons on their heroic feat (if used) and the Overlord loses 2 ∏.
the Courtyard and Merriods on the Inner Sanctum, all For this encounter, the Trueshot relic gains (if in play):
respecting the group limits. Minion Zombies are not
placed initially.
Take 1 Green, 1 White, 2 Red and 2 Blue Rune tokens "±: +2 ≥ against the Masked Man".
and shuffle them with their objective side (?) showing.
No player should know the faceup side of these tokens. ASCEND THE HILL
Place them close to the Bridge tile.
[Note: You may use a bag to contain these tokens.]
Special Rules
THE ZOMBIE HORDE
At the start of each of the Overlord's turns (after
drawing a card), the Overlord may discard 2 cards to
place 1 Minion Zombie at full health adjacent to each
hero figure on board. They may come from either his
reserve or from the board. No more Zombies than the hero on one of the Hill's spaces. Roll 1 Blue Attack
group limit can be on the board.
Every time a hero defeats a lieutenant, the Overlord Monsters move on the Bridge spaces as normal.
places that lieutenant's token on Lord Merick's card.
Lord Merick gains +1 Range for each lieutenant token
on his card. Reinforcements
At the end of each of the Overlord's turns, he may place
THE PAWNS ARE MOVING 1 Barghest on the Entrance, respecting group limits.
Initially, monsters and lieutenants in closed areas (i.e.
Chapel, Moss-Filled Corridor, Reliquary, Battlefield,
Courtyard, Inner Sanctum) cannot be activated
Victory
If the Master Zombie is defeated, or the Overlord ever
(except for Lord Merick's single attack) until the heroes
has 12 ∏ tokens by his side, read the following aloud:
have opened the respective door. Only heroes may open
the doors for the first time. To indicate that, you may
Lord Merick stands engulfed by magical flames and
place a Villager token next to each door to remember.
surrounded by the resurrected mad cultists of Gryvorn.
Remove that token once a hero opens the door. The
-"To gain power, you must sacrifice yourself. I have
mosters in the opened area may be activated from the
learnt to accept that. But why are you here heroes?
next Overlord's turn and on and the door can be
Power? Glory? Revenge? You have been ordered
operated as normal rules.
around like greedy sheep and then you even brought
The locked door can be opened once the heroes have
our brilliant minds together... You still don't know
found the Key (unique token).
who he is, do you? I wonder... What more of yourself
you would sacrifice, misguided, if you knew from the
Every time a hero defeats a lieutenant they may refresh start."
-"I had a part in everything... except the length of our
collaboration", the masked man's deep voice echoes
"±: Pierce 3 against Sir Alric". along his footsteps. "It ends here. It ends now." He takes
Similarly, the Dawnblade relic gains (if in play): off his obsidian mask and throws it on the ground.
Baron Zachareth, the righteous and kind Lord of
Carthridge stands before you as the criminal
mastermind. Before you are able to react to this striking
A slippery hill awaits to the south of the Entrance. fact, he raises his hand which glows powerfully and
Every time a hero enters one of the spaces on the Hill, dominates your body entirely. Unable to resist, you are
the hero suffers 1 ∏. If a hero ends his activation on a forced to jump off the cliff of the Abbey towards the
non-water space of the Hill, he tests ∂ OR µ (hero's lake's foggy waters.
choice). If he fails, he places his figure on the closest
empty space of the Moat's End tile to the Hill tile. The Overlord keeps to his side all the ∏ tokens he
If an Elemental covers the big "X" spot on the Hilltop, collected.
it gains the ability:
If heroes have the "Shadow Rune" relic proceed to
∞Throw Rock:Rock Perform a Ranged attack, targeting a Finale C.
C Otherwise play Finale D.
D
Die. The hero rolls no defence dice.
dice If the attack is
successful, the hero suffers wounds equal to the ≥
shown and the Overlord may place the hero's figure X
spaces away, where X equals to the excess range points
than those needed for the attack to be successful.

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Ride the Lightning
Encounter 1

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 Claws of the Beast
Encounter 1
TRAVEL STEP: Forest, Road, Water, Mountain,
Mountain.
FINALE B: "Claws of the Beast"
Misdirected and weakened you decide to make your
final stand against those who used you and thwart their
wicked plans.
The cursed Abbey up in the Carthmounts holds a
special purpose for your enemies you think, therefore
you travel there to end the game; the pawns shall tackle
the king...
After exploring the outer grounds, you enter a crypt
leading to the rocky path below the Abbey. The path
overviews the lake below you hidden in the fog of its icy
waters. The aura of your enemy's presence grows ever
stronger.
In the next room you see a giant Ettin carrying what
seem to be a number of huge monstrous talons.
Immediately when he notices you he puts them down
and bellows to his master: "They're here! Let Mauler
play..." He claps his gigantic hands and they echo deep
in the cave.
A mostly familiar voice follows: "You are too late! Now
come forth and offer your blood to the Dragonlord!"
Surely Lord Merick underestimates the will that
brought you to this wretched place.
Monsters
Lord Merick Farrow, Master Ettin.
Additionally, the Overlord chooses a number of
lieutenants equal to the number of heroes.
Belthir is not available as a choice.
If heroes have the:
- Firestone , Splig is not available.
- Airstone, the Masked Man (Baron Zachareth) is not
available.
- Waterstone, Lady Eliza is not available.
- Earthstone, Sir Alric is not available.
If Lady Eliza is chosen, add a group of Flesh Moulders,
respecting group limits.
If Splig is chosen, add a group of Goblin Archers,
respecting group limits.
Setup
Place Search Tokens based on the number of heroes.
Place 2 normal doors, 4 Blue Rune tokens, the Unique heroes can pick up these tokens.
Search token and a female Villager token on the map as A hero carrying the Dragon's Medallion does not suffer
indicated.
Place Lord Merick and the Master Ettin on the spaces Claws and the Overlord does not gain ∏ tokens when
indicated.
Place the chosen lieutenants on the Reliquary and the
Cave as evenly seperated as possible. Splig and Lady
Eliza cannot be on the same tile. Goblin Archers are
placed on the same tile as Splig and Flesh Moulders are attribute stats. Also, once per activation, that hero may
placed on the same tile as Lady Eliza.
No relics may be assigned to either Lord Merick or the space in any direction.
Masked Man.
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Special Rules
MAULER
The Master Ettin is Mauler (also in a 2-hero game). He
cannot perform an Attack for any reason, but he may
perform any other action as normal.
BLOOD OF HEROES
The Blue Rune Tokens denote Gryvorn's Claws.
No Claw can ever be in the same space with another
and no figure may pick these tokens up.
Every time a figure enters a space that has a Gryvorn's
Claw faceup (showing its coloured Blue side), they
suffer 1 ≥. If that figure is a hero (not familiar), the
Overlord gains 1 ∏ token and immediately turns the
Gryvorn's Claw facedown (objective (?) side).
Mauler is unaffected by the Gryvorn's Claws rule above.
Any other single-space figure is.
At the end of each of the Overlord's turns, turn all
facedown Gryvorn's Claws faceup.
AVERTING THE EVIL
Every time a hero defeats a lieutenant the hero places
that lieutenant's figure token on his character card.
Limit 1 lieutenant token per hero (if a hero defeats a
lieutenant and already has another lieutenant's token
he does not receive the new one).
If a hero has a lieutenant token and is adjacent to (or
on) any of the Gryvorn's Claws (faceup/facedown), he
may spend an action and give the lieutenant token back
to the Overlord. Then, the hero chooses an attribute to
test. If successful, discard that Gryvorn's Claw from the
game and the Overlord discards 1 ∏ token from his
side. If unsuccessful, nothing happens.
If a hero is defeated, he loses his lieutenant token if he
carries one and returns it to the Overlord.
If a lieutenant is defeated but not by a hero (e.g. by
Poison or other card effects), no hero receives his token,
but the Overlord loses 1 ∏ token from his side.
THE OLD LADY AND THE SNAKE
A hero adjacent to the Dragon's Medallion or the Lady
Luck Statuette may spend an action to pick it up. Only
wounds when he enters spaces with the Gryvorn's
the hero does so, unless that hero is the only hero figure
on board.
A hero carrying the Lady Luck Statuette and all other
heroes within 3 spaces from him gain +1 on their
move all Gryvorn's Claws within 3 spaces of him 1
LORD MERICK
Additionally, for this encounter, Lord Merick has the
following abilities:
∞ Ghost Hand:
Hand Move all of Gryvorn's Claws 1 space.
Each must enter an empty space.
∞ Talon's Grasp: Choose a hero figure that is at Lord
Merick's line of sight. Then choose 1 of Gryvorn's
Claws anywhere on the map and place it on an empty
space adjacent to that hero figure.
Every time Lord Merick is defeated, the Overlord
discards 2 ∏ tokens from his side.
Reinforcements
At the beginning* of each of the Overlord's turns, if the
Overlord has the token of a defeated lieutenant, he
must place him on the Entrance. Limit 1 lieutenant per
turn, in case of multiple.
[*: In a 2-hero game reinforce at the end of turn
instead.]
Instead of reinforcing this way, if at least 1 lieutenant's
token is held by the heroes, the Overlord may place
Mauler on the Entrance.
Victory
If there are no more Gryvorn's Claws on board, or the
Overlord ever has 12 ∏ tokens by his side, read the
following aloud:
-"Why do you resist what cannot be avoided? Your fate
had been sealed the moment you were brought into the
game!" Lord Merick is obviously annoyed by your
persistence to foil his plans.
-"The mistake is all mine", a deep voice echoes from the
inner caves. "At first I wanted them to reach you. Then
I wanted them to do my bidding. Now I simply want
them dead." The mysterious man stands in a dark
corner with his obsidian mask on his hand. He steps
out of the shadows and reality hits you hard as the most
unexpected face reveals itself.
The noble Baron Zachareth of Carthridge stands
before you flesh and bone. Stunned by this unexpected
turn of events, you pay little notice as Mauler returns
with a humongous club in his hands this time. With a
swift swing he hits all of you and your battered bodies
fly out of the room down towards the frozen lake.
The Overlord keeps to his side all the ∏ tokens he
collected. Discard any lieutenant, Villager or unique
tokens from heroes' character cards.
If heroes have the 'Shadow Rune' relic proceed to
Finale C.
C Otherwise play Finale D.
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Claws of the Beast
Encounter 1

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 Ghost of Perdition
Encounter 2
NOTE: Play this encounter only if the heroes have the
"Shadow Rune" relic. Otherwise, play the next one
(Finale D) instead.
FINALE C: "Ghost of Perdition"
The wind is screaming in your ears as you plunge ever
closer to the icy lake's surface. But right then, a moment "±: +3 ≥ against Gryvorn [Elemental form]".
before impact, the Shadow Rune in your hands reacts.
Lightning gushes out and engulfs you in a blinding
globe.
You are transferred somewhere else; a dimly lit place
with a dense haze surrounding. You feel nauseous and as if they were monsters. They each have Health equal
crushed with your breathing even heavier due to the
foul smell governing the place.
"Oooh, who do we have here? Welcome heroes!"
Belthir hovers some meters away from you.
"Surprised aren't you? Well, let's just say I am not dead - faceup and Gryvorn immediately becomes Stunned.
nor alive either for that matter..." He lands smoothly
on the cave's warm ground.
"Confusion is obvious on your face. You... are in... the
prison! Well, all of us are... You see, when involved with During this movement, the token may pass through
dark magic, these things tend to leave a mark. And I am and occupy any space. If it enters the space of the
here to represent this memory."
A thunderous roar makes the whole cave shudder.
"Oh, boss is here! Lovely chap, you'll see. So am I
though, hehehe..."
Monsters
Belthir, Flesh Moulders, 1 master* Elemental, 1 master*
Shadow Dragon.
[*: minion in a 2-hero game]
Setup
Place Search tokens based on the number of heroes.
Place Belthir and the Shadow Dragon on the places
indicated on the map. Place the Flesh Moulders* on
the Dust Field. The Elemental is not placed initially.
Place a Unique Search token as indicated. This is the
Siphon of Power.
Power Keep in a pile the Villager tokens.
Take 4 uniquely coloured Rune tokens (White, Red,
Blue, Green). These are the Elements of Demise.
Demise
Heroes assign the ones they won throughout the
campaign to their heroes by placing the respective
token on their hero's character sheet (Firestone : Red,
Airstone: White, Waterstone: Blue, Earthstone:
Green). The Overlord takes the remaining ones and
places them facedown, one on each of the "X" spaces
on the map. Keep the ∏ tokens collected by the
Overlord in the previous encounter by his side, or
write down their number.
[*: In a 2-hero game, the Flesh Moulders are not
placed initially.]
Special Rules
ENTER NIGHT
At the beginning of the encounter heroes gain X
healing points, where X equals the number of Overlord cannot revive a hero in Mould. A hero in Mould can
cards in his hands. They may divide these healing
points amongst the heroes as they like and for each
healing point that hero recovers 1 ≥.
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REALM OF SHADOWS
For this encounter, all figures may pass through other
figures, friendly or not.
The sealed Elements of Demise and the Siphon of
Power block movement but not line of sight.
For this encounter the "Shadow Rune" relic gains:
ELEMENTS OF DEMISE
The Elements of Demise can be sealed (facedown) or
unsealed (faceup). If sealed
sealed, heroes may attack them
to the ∏ tokens gathered by the Overlord in the
previous encounter and 1 Brown / Grey / Black Die
Defence in a 2-/3-/4-hero game respectively.
If a hero "defeats" one, it becomes unsealed
unsealed; turn it
A hero within 3 spaces of an unsealed Element of
Demise may spend an action to move it X spaces,
where X is equal to that hero's π or ∑ (his choice).
Siphon of Power, remove it from the board and place
it on the hero's character sheet that performed the
action. Then, that hero recovers X ≥, where X is
equal to the number of Overlord cards in his hands.
A hero that carries an Element of Demise cannot drop
or trade it, but gains respective ability as follows:
- Firestone : Your attacks against Gryvorn gain Pierce 2.
- Airstone: You gain Aura 2 against Gryvorn ("Each
time Gryvorn enters a space adjacent to you, he suffers
2≥"). Furthermore, each of your attacks against
Gryvorn gains: "±: Move Gryvorn 1 space".
- Waterstone: If not defeated, at the start of your turn
you recover 1 ∏ and 1 ≥. Furthermore, if you are
affected by an attack from Gryvorn that used "Fire
Breath ", you do not suffer any damage.
- Earthstone: You gain +2 ≤ in your defence rolls
against attacks from Gryvorn.
GRYVORN'S AVATAR
Gryvorn projects himself in two forms.
At the beginning of the quest, Gryvorn is the Shadow
Dragon. While in that form, for each sealed Element
of Demise on board, Gryvorn gains +1≤ to his defence.
If at the start of any of the Overlord's turns all
Elements of Demise are destroyed, the Overlord must
replace the Shadow Dragon with the Elemental.
At any time, Gryvorn has the stats and abilities of the
respective monster except Health, which is equal to 10
plus 4 per hero (18/22/26 ≥ in a 2-/3-/4-hero game).
Any damage carries over in between the two forms.
THE WAY OF ALL FLESH
If a Flesh Moulder is adjacent to (or on) a defeated
hero's token, it may as an action mould onto his body;
the Flesh Moulder is defeated, then place a Villager's
token under the hero’s. This is a Mould.
Mould Other heroes
break free if he performs a Stand Up action and rolls
at least X ≥, where X is based on the ∏ collected by
the Overlord in the previous encounter as follows:
10 or more ∏: X = 6
5 to 9 ∏: X = 5
4 or less ∏: X = 4
If successful, remove the Mould token and resume
game as normal. If unsuccessful, nothing happens.
If Gryvorn is adjacent to (or on) a Mould, he may spend
an action to "consume" it. Remove the Mould and the
hero token from board. That hero is removed from play.
Reinforcements
At the beginning of each of the Overlord’s turns, he
may place 1 Flesh Moulder on the Darkness, respecting
group limits. In a 4-hero game, he may place also at the
end of his turn 1 Flesh Moulder on the Entrance,
respecting group limits.
Victory
If Gryvorn is defeated, read the following aloud:
The monstrous Dragonlord staggers as he speaks with a
charcoal breath: "This
This is not the end..."
end...
He falls down, but before he reaches the ground, his
whole body puffs into a dense dark smoke embracing
you and covering the last vestige of light.
For a while you wander aimlessly in the darkness calling
to each other to make your position known. But then,
as if in a long tunnel, you see a glimmering light in the
distance. The light comes closer, slowly at first, then
with an alarming haste...
Your feet walk on hot sand and it takes a while for your
eyes to adjust to the blinding sunlight. Endless desert
surrounds you, with golden sand reaching horizon's
end. You check your belongings only to find the
Shadow Rune piece missing. A small caravan appears in
the distance, riding the dunes. You condole yourself
with the thought that you stood vigorously against an
evil necromancer and a tyrant hidden in the shadows,
hoping to have stalled their evil plans for a while.
The heroes win!
If all heroes are "consumed", read the following aloud:
You swim in thick liquid, boiling at first but then it
vanishes as you gasp for air. You see reflections of your
enemies closing in on you, holding you up and a
humongous triumphant face of Baron Zachareth
smirking. The deepest blackness surrounds you as you
start falling to no end. You try to scream but no voice
leaves your mouth. The last formidable words you'll
ever hear echo from a distance unknown:
"Here is the pit, here is your pit!
Its name is SILENCE..."
The Overlord wins!
Rewards
This is the final quest. The winner of this quest is the
overall winner of the entire campaign.
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 Final Resistance
Encounter 2
NOTE: Play this encounter only if the heroes do not
have the "Shadow Rune" relic. Otherwise, play the
previous one (Finale C) instead.
FINALE D: "Final Resistance"
The fall has crushed you. As if in a bad dream you see
only moments of what goes on around you. Belthir
comes to collect you from the icy waters of the lake.
"We can use them for the ritual of unbinding!" he
seems to explain himself to Lord Merick. You are tied
on a skeletal bed and only fire's flames surround you...
You wake up in horror to see yourselves lying on old
blood-stained tables with arcane symbols carved on the
room's walls. The ties you have most probalby been
held by appear to be cut. Gathering your tossed
weapons from the side of the room you hear the voice
of Baron Zachareth coming closer: "It's time for the
sacrifice! ... What the!?"
From the corner Belthir groans and grabs his glaive.
"You only had to escape."
There has never been an escape out of this story for
you... The confrontation has always been there and now
is the time for your final resistance.
Monsters
Lord Merick Farrow, Belthir, Baron Zachareth,
Zombies*.
[*: In a 2-hero game, the Zombies are not in play.]
Setup
Place the heroes on the "X" space as indicated on the
map. Place Search tokens based on the number of
heroes. Place the lieutenants on the spaces indicated.
Place 2 normal doors as indicated.
Take 4 uniquely coloured Rune tokens (White, Red,
Blue, Green). These are the Elements of Demise.
Demise
Heroes assign the ones they won throughout the
campaign to their heroes by placing the respective
token on their hero's character sheet ( Firestone : Red,
Airstone : White, Waterstone : Blue, Earthstone :
Green). Limit 1 token per hero. The Overlord takes
the remaining ones and places them faceup on empty
spaces adjacent to Lord Merick. Then, the Overlord
places as evenly as possible the ∏ tokens he claimed in
the previous encounter on the Elements of Demise on
board. The Zombies are not placed initially.
Keep 5 Villager tokens on a pile nearby. Place 1
objective (?) token next to the Stairs tile (see map).
Baron Zachareth starts with the "Shadow Rune" relic.
He does not discard this relic, even if defeated.
Special Rules
NO REST FOR THE WEARY
At the start of the encounter each hero recovers 1 ≥
for every 2 cards in the Overlord's hands.
Depending on which Element of Demise a hero has
assigned on them, they gain the following ability:
- Firestone : Once per round, you may add 1± to one
of your attacks.
- Airstone: At the start of your turn, you gain 2
movement points and you may perform as a free action
Air" ability ("until the start of your next turn, you
the "Air
can only be affected by attacks from adjacent figures ").
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- Waterstone: At the start of your turn, you and every
adjacent hero to you recover 1 ∏.
- Earthstone: You gain the abilities "Ironskin"
Ironskin ("you are
immune to Pierce and all conditions") and "Unmovable"
Unmovable
("you may choose to ignore any game effect that would
force you to move ").
These tokens cannot be dropped or traded.
UNLIMITED POWER
For this encounter Lord Merick has the ability
"Unmovable"
Unmovable and cannot be attacked or suffer damage
for any reason. No game effect or cards can be played
on him that would cause him to become defeated.
At the end of his activation, the Elements of Demise on
board must be placed on empty spaces adjacent to him.
No effect may be performed that would break this rule.
Depending on which Elements of Demise remain on
board, Lord Merick can perform special actions by
discarding first 1∏ token off the top of the respective
Element of Demise, as follows (per colour):
- (RED): ∞Inferno: Perform an attack. This attack
targets all heroes within 3 spaces of you.
- (WHITE): ∞Whirlwind:
∞Whirlwind Perform a move action.
You may move through any figure (but still must end
movement on an empty space). Each figure you go
through suffers 2 ≥ and moves 2 spaces away (you
place them).
- (BLUE): ∞Deluge: Roll 1 Yellow power die. Every
hero within 3 spaces of you suffers wounds equal to the
≥ shown and fatigue equal to the sum of ± and the
number shown.
- (GREEN): ∞Quake: All heroes within 3 spaces of
you test µ. Whoever fails is Stunned.
ELEMENTS OF DEMISE
If a hero is adjacent to an Element of Demise, he may
attack it as if it were a monster. If however Belthir is
within 3 spaces of Lord Merick, the attack misses.
Each Element of Demise on board:
- has Health and Defence equal to the respective Lord
Merick's lieutenant card based on the number of heroes
- gains +1≤ in its defence for every ∏ on it
- does not block movement or line of sight, but no
figure can end its activation or stay on its space
- is immune to all Conditions
- if it is attacked and the attack did not miss, discard
1∏ from the top of it
- if defeated, remove it from the board and from play
THE LINK
If Lord Merick carries a relic, it is removed from play
when the first Element of Demise is defeated.
Every time Belthir is defeated, each Element of Demise
on board suffers 2≥.
Every time Baron Zachareth is defeated, remove 1∏
from each Element of Demise on board. If one does not
have any ∏ left, it suffers 2≥ instead.
LAMBS OF GOD
activation if a lieutenant is adjacent to an
Once per activation,
Immobilized hero OR a hero's defeated token, he may
spend an action to test ∑. If unsuccessful, nothing
happens. If successful, the Overlord gains 1 Villager
token. Then, if that hero was Immobilized, remove
that condition from him. If he was defeated, he may
immediately perform a free Stand Up action.
NOTE: In a 2-hero game, in each of the Overlord's
turns he may activate EITHER Baron Zachareth OR
Belthir (Overlord's choice), but never both.
Reinforcements
Stairs and Entrance tiles exchange in being the
reinforcing tile. The one that has on its side the
objective token (?) is the reinforcing tile for that round
Every time Baron Zachareth is defeated, the objective
token is placed to the opposing tile (i.e. if Stairs has it,
the Cave Entrance receives it and vice versa.)
At the beginning* of each of the Overlord's turns, he
may place 1 Zombie on the reinforcing tile, respecting
group limits. Also, at the end** of of each of the
Overlord's turns, he may place 1 lieutenant on the
reinforcing tile, if he had been defeated.
[*: In a 2-hero game, do not perform this -
Zombies are not in play.]
[**: In a 4-hero game, also place 1 Zombie, respecting
group limits.]
Victory
If there are no more Elements of Demise on the board,
read the following aloud:
Lord Merick kneels to the ground exhausted and with
no more strength to fight. Baron Zachareth upon
looking at the remaining shards of his precious stones
exclaims in anger. He runs towards you with the half of
the Shadow Rune firing lightning strikes at you.
Right then, the shattered pieces seem to shiver in
unison projecting a portal right beside you that pulls
you in its whirling vortex. You can hear a distant echo
as the screams pierce through the portal shift.
"You think you've won heroes? You think you've
thwarted me? There's another half... Another one
hidden in a vault! And I will find it! All of Daqan will
kneel before me!"
You eventually touch soft snowy ground. The wind
blows cold as you stand up in wonder of where you
might have ended up. An old signpost covered in frost
directs you to the nearest settlement of Ukirlu.
Your deed is done and this night you walk triumphant
under a star-filled sky towards the new days to come.
The heroes win!
If the Overlord has 5 Villager tokens by his side, read
the following aloud:
Your beaten bodies dress the floor as Baron Zachareth
raises the half-stone of the Shadow Rune above you.
"Your end has come!" Flashes of red, green, blue and
yellow emerge around the floating stones by Lord
Merick's side and gather inside the rune piece. A black
chained lightning hits you and immediately
excruciating pain reaches your inner being. A
terrifying distant roar echoes at the back of your head
and two huge flaming red eyes see you across forever.
Your wish for death to come is shortly fulfilled.
The Overlord wins!
Rewards
This is the final quest. The winner of this quest is the
overall winner of the entire campaign.
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 Intro

Escaping Treason
Act I - Introduction

Pro I ELEMENTS OF DEMISE

The Postman’s Creed
Campaign Log
Act I - Prologue

Ele I 1 Ele I 2 Ele I 3 Ele I 4

The Goblinator The Scion Hybrid Secrets of the Swamp The Pact of Undeath

Act I - Electives

Inter A Inter B

The Obsidian Conspiracy Betrayal is a Symptom

Inter C Inter D

On Fluxing Grounds Casting Shadows

Act I - Interlude

Pro II

A Glimpse of Evil
Act II - Prologue

Ele II 1.A Ele II 2.A Ele II 3.A Ele II 4.A

Cavernous Blaze Ethereal Chains A Lily Among Thorns The Sword in the Stone

Ele II 1.B Ele II 2.B Ele II 3.B Ele II 4.B

Playing with Fire Run like the Wind Draining the Waterheart Earthbound
Act II - Electives

Fin A Fin B

Ride the Lightning Claws of the Beast

Fin C Fin D

Ghost of Perdition Final Resistance

Act II - Finale

Hero XP Hero Gold Overlord XP

Hero Rewards Overlord Rewards

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