Breowburh is a rich walled town and the heart of its economy is its beer, particularly styles of ale characterized by the special strains of yeast used. These are a closely guarded trade secret.
A team of high-end mercenaries was tasked with stealing the prised yeast samples. Each was to be paid fifty platinum pieces if they came back with the unaltered samples of eight to ten yeast varieties.
The heist went terribly wrong. Only one member of the original team of four managed to make it out of the Burgomasterʼs Keep, with two yeast vials inside a lead-lined case. Breowburh immediately went on lockdown, the security wizards were mobilised and the criminal underworld caught word of a lone survivor with incredibly valuable goods in their possession whoʼs in dire need of skipping town. This is the player character.
- from the publisher's blurb