The Mystery of the Ranarp Livestock

The Mystery of the Ranarp Livestock is the first arc of the campaign. It takes place in the village of Ranarp and the surrounding areas.

(A/N: Some parts of this section might be wrong. I'm trying to remember the details and this was... years ago and we did not have our trusty chronicler yet. Work in progress.)

Drum rolls, please!
While the village is preparing for the yearly Ostara, a feast in honour of the Goddess Freya, it is faced with the strange disappearance and killings of their farm animals. Five adventurers answer their call for help, trying to get the reward of 800 GP for dealing with the problem. Only Danai seems to join the adventure due to personal reasons.

They step in front of the village's council and introduce themselves: Shawn, Sigridur, Jacques, Danai and Valentina.

Danai's BF is missing
Under the leadership of 2 brothers, Alexi Merrikson and Lucas Merrikson, the villagers tried to find answers regarding the missing and killed livestock in the forest. Here, they suffered an attack by unseen creatures. Most of the group panicked and dispersed, but during the initial attack the two brothers got lost. Strangely though Alexi was found the next morning laying unconsciously in front of The Drunken Sheep.

This incident prompted the council to ask the adventurers for help. During their investigation, Sigridur and Shawn questions Alexi, who seemes to blame himself for his brother’s disappearance. The group also finds out that Danai has a personal connection to the brothers.

Journey into the Forest
The next morning the adventurers prepare to set out and find the source of the problems in the forest. Alexi surprises the them by wanting to join them on their adventure after Sigridur made the mistake of encouraging him. Realising this error, she quickly puts him down and makes it quite clear that he would not be joining the party. He leaves in a bitter mood.

The adventurers set out to wander into the dark forest. The forest seems almost alive and quite hostile towards the unwanted visitors. The branches try to latch on to the adventures and slow them down, and creatures seem to follow them around. Suddenly, the group is attacked by strange beasts: Muscular six-legged beings that look a bit like a panther, but instead of a tail they have multiple tentacles with sharp teeth on it. Their very body seems to exude darkness, which makes them harder to see without truly focusing on them. They get a clean K.O. on Sigridur before Shawn can take out one of the panthers. The other one vanishes into the forest.

Meeting Agatha, the beginning of the end
The gang comes across the house of a lady called Agatha. She tells them about a giant called Walter who lives in mountains of Avsiktlig with his panther-like pets. Perhaps they're responsible for the mysteries surrounding Ranarp. Honestly, I can't remember. Agatha sends the adventures off with a special compass that leads them the home of Walter.

Meeting Walter, local cat dad
Sailor Doom reaches Walter's home in the mountains. He's a big boy but dearly loves his panthers. Walter tells them about the great unrest among the giants: Their king has been missing and they are now basically leaderless, several factions are beginning to move. And Walter tries to keep to himself with his cats and tries to stay out of trouble. He's not that fond of Agatha, mainly because she's mean to the cats. Walter vows to kill whoever tries to hurt his babies. Oh. Remember when we - nevermind.