From the introduction:
This is a quest for four to five first level heroes.
It’s a dreary October night and Gregory the Farmer peers out of the window, terrified. At first it was the chickens. He counted them several times but three were missing. Then the sheep started to disappear. Believing foxes or wolves to be the problem, he set several animal traps around the perimeter, but by morning two more sheep had gone and the traps were still set. What’s more is the presence he feels when he goes into his barn - like something dark touching his soul. Then something much worse happened. His friend and farmhand Martin Morden disappeared two days ago. Rumours spread throughout the village of the cause and many fingers pointed to Everdene, the village cunning woman and healer, who was seen at night near the farm five days ago. Now at noon tomorrow Everdene will meet the hangman’s noose unless someone can clear her name. Despite protests from some of the villagers, the landholding squire Rulf is adamant of her guilt, but in reality he’s taking revenge on Everdene after she was unable to heal his son from a disease that eventually killed him.