The party will get together after our dwarf and rogue meet in a prison cell and escape together. Our rogue got caught when trying to cheat the corrupt local guardsmen at a game of cards and was put into prison, our dwarf after having survived our last mission got into a tavern brawl after a comment on his beard and was locked away in the same cell.
After they manage to escape somehow, they gonna meet our elven wizard, who ventured out into the world to seek out and bring back new knowledge to his high elven temple and who came to the city because of a series of dreams that foreshadowed a group of four friends coming together and our elven ranger hermit who in his life of seclusion discovered a disruptance in the energy of the world....a corruption of the energy that permeates all living things, a corruption that he seeks to find the source for.
They gonna meet in the Wandering Wagon Inn in Nuln where they ll hear about the rumors about the kidnappings in the borderlands near Black Water Lake. They ll hear the stories about the Mad King, who build his castle at the edges of Black Water Lake on an old burial ground which used to be the scene for black magicians and necromancers doing experiments centuries ago. After building the castle the king got possessed by astral beings and led a war against his own people slaughtering thousands until his army was defeated and he took his own life and jumped into the lake....the stories about the place became legend and noone ever dared to search his ruined castle which became known as Dreadlake Castle. Legend says the place is haunted but full of treasure....A few went and tried their luck but noone ever returned....Lately there are whispers that something is happening in that area again....travellers and wildlings that crossed these lands told stories that there was movement seen in the area around the castle.....this also coincided with more dissappearings....something sinister is happening if the rumors are true....After they stock up on supplies and do whatever they wanna do in town (they get one day) they gonna get on their travels to seek out Black Water Lake and find the ruins of Dreadlake Castle....a 4 day travel lies ahead and after they reach their destination this is what they gonna find...
to be continued...
They took care of him quickly and then after a guarded night of sleep, went ahead exploring the forest on a dark, gloomy day that was darker than any day they have ever experienced....they eventually found a little wooden plankboat which was broken and unusable. So they took the pier apart and Bruno got to work fixing up a new boat to cross the river....
