The Darkness Within

Just a few miles outside the safe zone around Manywaters, a ruined building was discovered. Not just that......surrounding the remains of this stone building is what is left of a small village. Obviously, this spot was the location of an attempt at raising a civilized outpost West of the Rith River.

The whole site is ancient looking. at least 100 years. What mysteries does its remains hold? What happened and where are the inhabitants?

________________ Initial sortie unearthed some information from the hamlet - an adventuring party from Manywaters preceded us to the Hill-Fort only to be brutalized by some incredibly fast savage demonic-lizard known as The Mezoloth. Before being ripped apart, the sole survivor informed us that his ally Tarsus was captured by the Lizard.

When we returned to the site all survivors of that skirmish were found dead. The Castle on top of the hill contains a pit to a lower level, which is infested with zombies, shadows and giant rats. The lower dungeons are haunted by plenty of shades and zombies from an earlier epoch, and the area is cut through by a large rift, which carves through rooms, and makes navigation tricky. Our party discovered two significant treasure hauls during our exploration, although the menacing Mezoloth and some nasty traps are a constant and significant threat to Tier 1 adventurers.We discovered stairs descending to an even lower level, and this led to a small row of cells and a grizzly scene of a sacrifice and summoning.