This scenario was written some time ago, perhaps for possible inclusion in the Unspoken Word fanzine. However, it quickly grew too large for inclusion there. It then languished on my hard disk for a while until I finally decided to post the outline of the scenario here. This episode is designed for characters whose best ability is around 10W. It involves physical combat, subterfuge, and ritual magic.
Most or all of the heroes should be able to speak Kralori. The heroes travel to a small village in the western Shan Shan mountains to investigate rumours of massacres. They find the village deserted, but ally with some neighbouring deer hsunchen. They track down a group of Tong enforcers only to find that they are not responsible for the attacks.
The heroes learn that a renegade Huan To is behind everything. Realising the Huan To's plans to invade Kralorela with a huge ghoul army are about to come to fruition, they devise a ritual to defeat him and infiltrate his fortress.
The heroes are captured, escape, avoid hordes of ghouls, and break into the Huan To's inner sanctum. They chase the Huan To though the catacombs below the fortress while they debate the nature of good and evil.
He is eventually defeated and the heroes destroy his main magical focus, causing the ghouls to die and the fortress to collapse. The invasion thwarted, the heroes return to Kralorela and receive their reward. However, his hatred of Kralorela has overtaken him and he is acting before he is ready. He has murdered his master and stolen a powerful magical artefact from his sponsoring Tong, and is using it to control and stabilise the ghouls.
