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1 2 SUNLESS CITADEL NOTES 3 4 RUMORS 5 HOOK: The legend of the Sunless Citadel is well known! Discovery, glory, 6 and treasure await! 7 HOOK: Another party of advenenturers delved into the Sunless Citadel a month 8 past. They were never seen again! Talgen and Sharwyn Hucrele went off 9 with Sir Braford and Karakas. Braford had a magic sword. Kerowyn 10 Hucrele offers salvage rights to you and your team if you can find 11 and return the two lost members of her family--or at least return with 12 the two gold signet rings worn by the missing brothre and sister. She 13 also offers a reward of 125 golds per signet ring. If you can bring 14 both children back, she will triple the reward. 15 HOOK: A goblin tribe sells a perfect apple at midsummer that cures all disease What is their game? 16 17 No one knows for sure what the Sunless Citadel once was, but legends hint that 18 it served as the retreat of an ancient dragon cult. 19 20 The Old Road skirts the Ashen Plain, a lifeless area. The long ago rampage of 21 a dragon named Ashardalon caused the desolation. 22 23 Cattle herders don't graze their stock too far afield these days. They're 24 frightened by stories of new monsters that maraud at night. From time to time, 25 cattle and people who have gone out alone at night have been found dead the 26 next day, bearin dozens of needle-like wounds. No one has seen the creatures 27 that cause the mayhem, nor do they leave a discernable trail. 28 29 If the seeds from the perfect apples the goblins give out are planted, they 30 grow into a twiggy mass of twisted sapling stems. Not too long after they 31 reach 2 feet, though, they are stolen. Every time. 32 33 The missing adventurers include a fighter (Talgen Hucrele), a wizard (Sharwyn 34 Hucrele), a paladin of Pelo (Sir Braford), and a ranger (Karakas). Sir Braford 35 was not a local, and he had a magic sword called Shatterspike. 36 37 Sometimes the goblins offer a different apple at midwinter. This apple is corpse 38 white and poisonous, even to the touch. No samples of either apple are to be had 39 40