Adventure (Seed) - The Sorceress of the Hool Marsh

The Sorceress of the Hool Marsh

There is a monstrous evil at the heart of Hool Marsh that warps the bodies and minds of those who abide in the secluded fishing village Midland Wold. Something is terribly wrong and the residents are shunned and abhorred by their neighbors. That there is some power hidden among the misty fens and the deep mires within the marsh cannot be doubted. 

It is said that the villagers of Midland Wold venture forth on moonless nights or send forth their less repugnant fellows to buy or steal women, for their own have often degenerated past the ability to birth any but abominations.

The sorceress of the Hool is the daughter of one such captive and her beauty is said to be more powerful than her enchantments. She has brought a new force and vitality to the people of the Wold and the fen mists rise and spread, encroaching on cleaner lands of the Keoland coast as far north as Saltmarsh and even Seaton, polluting the waters, warping the plants, crops and trees, corrupting the people.

The Council of Saltmarsh is gathering their folk for a raid but it will take time. Now they call for those who would adventure into the subverted village and find out what Shadow lurks over Saltmarsh, and what can be done to defeat it or drive it forth. Great danger is promised but so is great reward and the gratitude of the people of Saltmarsh and the surrounding lands.