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It contains two encounters, each of which can lead to a longer adventure. Both encounters involve an escort quest. You simply pick whichever background option works the best foryour campaign, and run the encounter associated with it. Alternatively, you can be combine the two into a larger, more intricate plot involving all of the powerful enemy agencies behind the two attacks described below.  \nHidden Destinies  \nBACKGROUND  \nIn the Western Heartlands ofFaerûn, outside the protective aegis ofElturgard, many folk live in fear of the unknown. In these places, the inhabitants shutter their windows and wait out the night while untold evils—some purely imagined, others terrifyingly real—roam unchecked, looking for the unwary and the unwise.  \nNor’s Ridge is just such a place, a bowshot from the northern edge of the Werewoods—once known as the Wood of Sharp Teeth. Situated on a high bluff overlooking the Chionthar, this village of some two dozen families has slowly dwindled in the years since the Spellplague, as its residents have moved eastward seeking the protection ofElturel and Fort Morninglord. A trader’s market rests at the bottom of the hill, and small, subsistence-level farms line the road leading up to the bluff.  \nOption 1:  \nThe Prophesied Tyrant  \nIn the past month, a young boy, Caom Dynin, began speaking odd, incomprehensible phrases in his sleep. His father, Ydal, sent a message to Fort Morninglord, whose clerics responded that the boy should be brought immediately for examination.  \nThe church of Bane has spies in many places across Faerûn (and elsewhere on Toril), and the clergy of Amaunator is no exception. Verped, a Banite residing at Fort Morninglord, intercepted the original message, and has come to a startling conclusion: The boy, Caom, is not some unfortunate innocent caught up in unknown powers. Verped believes him to bethe subject of a long-forgotten prophesy. The boy will grow into the greatest tyrant of this or any age, eclipsing even the Chosen Imperator Fzoul Chembryl and heralding the Black Age of Bane.  \nTo help achieve that end, Verped has dispatched his minion, Adaré, to kidnap the child, so that he can be properly raised to serve the whims ofthe god of hatred and tyranny. The cultists plan to steal Caom Dynin away to the east, for training among the Banites that dwell south of Berdusk. Adaré is unsure of her instructions, but does not dispute them—were she higher in Bane’s favor, then she would be the one issuing commands to Verped. One day, perhaps, things may be different. For now, she obeys.  \nOption 2:  \nThe Wages of Death  \nYdal is a diligent farmer, working his fields each day from dusk onward to provide for his family’s support. One day, while plowing a newly cleared field, he unearthed an odd, open-faced helm. The eldritch purple lines etched around the nose guard seemed to speak to him. Fearing madness, he resolved to bring the helm with him to Fort Morninglord, and let the priests ofAmaunator investigate its mysteries.  \nQuavor never took well to the strict hierarchy of the Zhentarim. While he craved power above all else, he was rebellious and insolent—but too talented for his masters to simply order his removal. Eventually, they allowed him to ease his way free of the tight strictures of the Zhentarim to go seek more knowledge and power for the greater glory of the group. Although technically still a Zhent (because no one truly leaves the Zhentarim unless dead), Quavor has spent much of the ensuing years studying necromantic spells and rituals, sending periodic updates on his research to his masters. 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