by Rob Taylor 

Nature Attacks!

For more than a decade The Leaping Stag tavern has been the stopping point for travelers between and to stop for refreshments on the road. Last autumn, the tavern owner mysteriously disappeared and the tavern fell into disrepair, swallowed up by encroaching vines and bushes. Now, months later, wildlife from the local peat bogs and woods has begun to behave strangely, interfering with the trade between the two towns.

What secrets were being hidden behind the doors of the seemingly friendly tavern? What happened to the tavern owner, and how is it connected to the recent attacks on travelers by diseased animals? How and why has a tavern abandoned for only a few months become buried under seemingly years of over-growth?

With the local temples, merchants, farmers, and even the Duke increasingly concerned at the threat of spreading disease and the danger to travelers, a brave (or foolhardy) group is needed to investigate the and stop the growing threat to the surrounding area.

With nature itself acting unnaturally, even reaching the tavern will prove a challenge and, once there...

...who knows what peril lies inside The Leaping Stag?