From publisher blurb:
A murder of crows, a murderous drow countess... what more could you ask for?
It's a concept, a lead-in, a bit of background, a map, and a stat block. You run with the rest!
This is meant to get you started, and you fill in the blanks.
INTRODUCTION:
The sun dipped below the horizon, casting elongated shadows across the gnarled trees of the haunted forest. In the dying light, a lone wanderer named Arden found himself hopelessly lost, his sense of direction devoured by the labyrinthine paths that twisted and contorted through the woods. Panic clawed at his chest as he realized he had become disoriented, and the foreboding whispers of the woods only intensified his fear.
The cawing began as a distant murmur, but it quickly swelled into a cacophonous symphony of avian malice. Black forms circled ominously above, blotting out the last vestiges of the fading twilight. Alistair's heart raced, and his steps faltered, as he became surrounded by the feathered horde. Their eyes glowed with an unnatural intelligence, an eerie luminescence that pinned him in their sinister gaze.
With beaks like obsidian blades, they dive-bombed from every direction, their cruel talons tearing at his flesh, plucking at his hair, and pecking at his eyes. Alistair's screams of agony melded with their unrelenting caws, his vision a dizzying whirlwind of feathers and pain. Overwhelmed and disoriented, he crumpled to the forest floor, his pleas for mercy devolving into gasps, and finally, a haunting silence. The murder of crows descended upon his lifeless form, feeding upon his shattered soul, their sinister mission accomplished.
In the encroaching darkness, the dark forest near Eldertree had swallowed another hapless wanderer, leaving behind only the echo of his screams as a grim testament to its malevolence.