Greenshade Hollow

• The Lantern’s Rest tavern: a low-slung timber building with a warm hearth and sturdy wooden tables.
• Shrine of Eldath: simple stone altar adorned with fresh wildflowers and offerings.
• Patchwork fields of wheat, root vegetables, and herbs surrounding the village.

• Elder farmer Marla, wise and pragmatic leader of the village.
• Tavern keeper Bram, friendly but cautious with strangers.
• Shrine caretaker Aniselle, a quietly serene young woman devoted to Eldath.

• An old root cellar beneath the tavern holds remnants of a forgotten cult’s relics.
• Hidden trapdoor under a loose floorboard in the shrine conceals a protective talisman.

• A small pouch of finely woven herbs reputed to calm restless spirits.
• An intricately carved wooden totem blessed by the shrine’s caretaker.

Greenshade Hollow sits quietly, its farming community resilient and tight-knit, wary of the dark woods of Fenridge Thicket nearby. The village tavern, The Lantern’s Rest, serves as its social hub, while a humble shrine to the nature goddess Eldath stands at the village center offering solace and blessings.

The villagers ask for help investigating strange lights and eerie howls from Fenridge Thicket that threaten their peace.

A modest village nestled in a gentle valley, dotted with thatched cottages, tilled fields stretching toward the horizon, and a modest wooden shrine framed by ancient oaks; evening air carries the scent of fresh earth and hearth smoke.