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Strong Start

Three bandits accost a merchant. No guards are to be found. As the battle ensues, five skeletons attack.

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Secret and Clues

• [ ] Two gangs are in a cold war in Dulwich – the Shadow Spiders and the Black Cats
• [ ] The most powerful (and violent) of Dulwich’s gangs is the Shadow Spiders. Most of the other smaller gangs pay a proportion of their take to the Shadow Spiders to avoid bloodshed.
• [ ] The Black Cats are much more elusive – likely smaller – and tend to give generously to those in need, stealing from the rich. Very little is known about them.
• [ ] Skeletons have begun arising from the local cemetery.
• [ ] Pelor’s Hall is the local temple. Well maintained and loved by many. The temple is undergoing another bout of renovation and expansion thanks to generous donations from its increasing rich followers.
• [ ] Less than a year ago, the beloved and respected high priest, Taistro Rintala, died unexpectedly, some believe because of foul play or by a sickness.
• [ ] Vuokko Laiten (LN female human priest of Pelor) leads Conn’s faithful in Dulwich. While proficient and capable, Vuokko suffers from being the pawn between two opposing political parties—the nobles and merchants.
• [ ] The Shadowed Keep stands at the end of an overgrown trail upon a wooded bluff overlooking a steep-sided valley.
• [ ] Beyond the Shadowed Keep, several other locations of interest lie in the woodland.
• [ ] DC 10: Originally named Ironwolf Keep, the abandoned fortress is now known as the Shadowed Keep on the Borderland or Valentin’s Folly.
• [ ] DC 15: Valentin Ironwolf was a skilled warrior-adventurer who built the place forty years ago. Valentin’s enemies—the goblins and orcs of the surrounding woodlands—slew him, his family and retainers at the climax of a years-long, savage conflict.
• [ ] DC 20: Valentin was a successful adventurer and was rumoured to have hidden his treasure at the keep.