The Rising of the Moon (TNG)

Book 4 - The Lost Lore of The Lost Lands

"For the Pikes must be together."

Party Size: 4–8
Party Level: 3–6
Play Time: 12–18 Hours
GM Prep: Medium
Run Difficulty: Medium

Where the river narrows and the trees knit their branches, the long road bends through the mountains toward Hazelwood Ford. Mist clings low here, never quite burning off even at midday, turning the trail into a pale hallway between trunks slick with moss. The farther one walks, the heavier the air becomes. Travelers speak less with every mile; the forest seems to swallow sound.

Hazelwood Ford sits just upstream of the Red Ford, a small town huddled against the river’s bend. Smoke rises from chimneys, and by dusk the village gathers its doors and shutters close, leaving only lanterns flickering along the bank. It is a humble place of barley fields, sheep pens, a mill wheel that groans even in calm weather, and a chapel whose three moon-windows glow faintly at night.

Beyond the ford, the trees close in. Trails break and shadows flicker between branches. Somewhere ahead, beneath stone and shadow, lies the source of the curse, a ritual waiting to be finished.

The woods are watching.
The moon is calling.
And the buried shrine is waking.