Trouble stirs in Neverwinter as the player characters are summoned to assist in a precarious escort mission, of a notorious criminal known as the Mangler. The prisoner is among the most wanted for vile crimes in numerous cities and states, yet Neverwinter is not one of them. Lord Neverember’s right hand will enlist the heroes to escort the Mangler to a secret location in the Trackless Sea, known only to a select few exceptional individuals. One of those people is Captain Morgrim Grimbellow, a dwarf honest-to-Gods sailor who has travelled the seas for over a century with a love for ale, and song. The heroes will travel with the captain and his motley crew aboard the Merrow across the perilous Trackless Sea. After defending the Merrow from danger during the voyage, they will learn of the Riddle of the Song, Glitter’s Gold. Upon arrival on Gurdarlun, a dangerous, frozen location that apart from the brave Gunds is also inhabited by a loathsome morkoth, their plans to deliver the prisoner to the secret prison for the criminally insane will be roughly overturned, as things are not what they seem at the prison. Should the player characters survive the ordeal with assistance from the unlikeliest of allies, they will discover the power they hold in knowing the secret of the song Glitter’s Gold and the truth of the legends about the island. Their plans overturned and caught between a rock and a hard place, the heroes will have to decide which is the lesser evil and who to side with.
Nothing is as it first seems, in a gripping adventure woven around a song that is a tribute to the Forgotten Realms! May the Riddle of the Song lead your adventurers into riches and glory, and rum!
- from the publisher's blurb