A noticeable undercurrent of fear and unrest is festering among the people of Vallaki as of late. The rumours of terrors of Old Night, drinkers of blood and other horrors, cults that worship forgotten death gods, and the tangible yet subtle tension with the Wachter lands to the West have taken their toll. Compounding matters are the recent accounts of a fire at Houlgrave's bookstore, and even more alarming still, the rumours of disappearances of several children. Even though the world moves on outside Vallaki, the city and it's people becomes a darker and darker place...