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When last we left our heroes...

The Company, after a lengthy period of time apart, were brought back together again by what seemed to be fate. One night at the Prancing Pony, they were alerted by young Tom Heatherton to a "ghost" that was haunting the Bree graveyard. But when they went to investigate, they began to find clues that indicated the monster that spooked the boy was more likely a troll than anything undead. At the same time, they discovered a strange rumor around Tom's uncle, Timeas, who had unexpectedly died a little while ago, leaving a mysterious inheritance the young Tom was trying to claim through graverobbing. His father, Nick Heatherton, was desperately trying to keep him out of trouble, though he too was marked with suspicion by the heroes.

Finding the trail of the creature, they followed it down the Greenway into the South Downs. Along the way, they met a curious traveler known only as Dancer, who offered them words of wisdom and a horrifying story of the Old Troll, a villain of no small notoriety. After several days of pursuit, the heroes located the troll's lair, which seemed to be trapped with all sorts of foul sorcery. They lost one another in engulfing fog, but managed to reunite just in time, as the troll attempted to ambush them! Despite its skin being as tough as stone, they drove it off, and now they plunge cautiously into the cave at the bottom of the sloping hill...

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When last we left our heroes...

The Company, after a lengthy period of time apart, were brought back together again by what seemed to be fate. One night at the Prancing Pony, they were alerted by young Tom Heatherton to a "ghost" that was haunting the Bree graveyard. But when they went to investigate, they began to find clues that indicated the monster that spooked the boy was more likely a troll than anything undead. At the same time, they discovered a strange rumor around Tom's uncle, Timeas, who had unexpectedly died a little while ago, leaving a mysterious inheritance the young Tom was trying to claim through graverobbing. His father, Nick Heatherton, was desperately trying to keep him out of trouble, though he too was marked with suspicion by the heroes.

Finding the trail of the creature, they followed it down the Greenway into the South Downs. Along the way, they met a curious traveler known only as Dancer, who offered them words of wisdom and a horrifying story of the Old Troll, a villain of no small notoriety. After several days of pursuit, the heroes located the troll's lair, which seemed to be trapped with all sorts of foul sorcery. They lost one another in engulfing fog, but managed to reunite just in time, as the troll attempted to ambush them! Despite its skin being as tough as stone, they drove it off, and now they plunge cautiously into the cave at the bottom of the sloping hill...