Intro Story - Read the Second Request

Second Parchment (written in the same hand as the first):

Beloved Senators,

We live in Peijin, a town of traders and farmers out on the plains to the west of the Starfell Mountains. It’s a bit over a day’s ride from Soros.

Back in the days of the Sylvan Empire, the elves built a temple on the other side of the river. I guess they wanted someplace quiet to pray or think or whatever it is they did there. It’s been abandoned since the Fall.

We’ve known it was haunted for as long as I can remember. Sometimes kids dare each other to go in, then they get scared and run away. Harmless enough, and the spooks never left the temple.

But now there are lights and noises at night, and we’ve seen signs of something coming and going from the temple. We’re worried that the dead are getting restless.

Can you come and put our minds to ease? We can pay.

- Mayor Bernard