Centuries ago, priests of Kithanis established a popular rest stop for pilgrims.
As was distressingly common for frontier areas, the place's prosperity attracted the attention of outlaws looking for quick cash, and a century ago a large force of out-of-work mercenaries overran the sanctuary’s defenses and sacked the place, killing, burning, and looting. While the bandits were still in deep debauchery, a force sent by the duke arrived and ran the mercenaries off, ending the mayhem. The priests and monks were all dead and the sanctuary mostly burned.
Now the villagers all believe the temple is haunted by hordes of the restless dead. Recently, thanks to lavish gifts from the aristocracy, the hierarchs decided to reopen the shrine and begin rebuilding the religious community. The trouble is, another gang of lawless bandits has taken up residence in the shrine’s ruins.
Enter the adventurers....
- from the publisher's blurb