Part 1: Rescue at Rivenroar
Heroic 1-10 (by David Noonan) illustrations by Jason A. Engle and Steve Prescott cartography by Mike Schley THE WORLD HAS NEVER been a safe place. Bastions of civilization populate dark, menacing world—islands of order and reason exist in a land otherwise overrun by dark cults, vile monsters, creatures from the dark edges of the imagination, and worse. As deadly as the world is on a normal day, something has begun to stir on the fringes of the civilized Elsir Vale. Formerly the site of an attack by an army known as the Red Hand, the Vale has known several years of peace since brave adventurers stormed into the teeth of the approaching Hand and sent them scurrying the darkness. Welcome to the Elsir Vale: Your adventure begins in the city of Brindol. A bustling collection of nearly 8,000 people. About a quarter of whom live in the surrounding countryside. The people of Brindol are mostly human, half-elves, and dwarves. However occasionally the h...
