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9 March 1111

The evil goings-on at the cemetery have cast a pall over the town of Kingsholm. In the midst of this, a well-connected young man named Vald incites a group of citizens to form a posse to “investigate” a group of foreigners who have been squatting on the baron's land outside of town. His logic is simple: They are thieves and squatters – therefore they are more likely than “decent citizens” to be behind the evil at the cemetery.

Mia, the captain of the town guard, suggests that it is highly unlikely that the foreigners are in any way involved. However, for political reasons, she cannot curtail Vald's mission or send any of her sentinels. Instead, she feels the only way for him to get it out of his system is to go there and see for himself that these people are harmless. To avoid risk of injury, though, she asks the party to keep an eye on Vald and his bunch.

While the others prepare to return to the Barrow, Ash and Líkami decide to split from the main group to keep an eye on the villagers.

When they arrive at the foreigners' camp, though, they find the group cleaning up after a Goblin raid. One of them is dead and another, a young boy, has been abducted!

In the span of a few minutes, Vald's “posse” has become irrelevant – but a new threat has drawn the attention of the two heroes. Together with two women from their camp (Rianna, a Ranger and Ragna, a Sorcerer), the group follows the Goblin trail along a small stream to attempt a rescue.

Under a waterfall, they encounter six goblin archers, a pair of fiendish dire rats, an Imp, and an Ettercap.

The Goblins and Rats are killed (with difficulty), but the Imp turns invisible and escapes. Finally, the Ettercap is slain and the abducted boy is found alive.

Back at the camp, a woman named Cordelia, reveals herself to be a Druid and offers her services to the party as long as they agree to pursue the “evil that is smothering this land”.