You arrive just in time to see a woman crying out, her daughter being taken away from her by some men. The men didn't seem like normal men, their forms shifted like moving shadows.

She glanced at the mochis, "Can you absorb the shadows? Griffin, I'm going to need you to cut them off please. Can River help with that as well?"

Before you could do anything, the shadows left with the girl. The woman collapsed on the road, crying. She looked up and saw you guys. "Please!" She cried. "Help me, kind travellers, please!"

(I'm kind of planning a surprise for you here; it's going to be good or bad depending on your opinion, but to me it's gonna I think you will... like it)

Before you could do anything, the shadows left with the girl. The woman collapsed on the road, crying. She looked up and saw you guys. "Please!" She cried. "Help me, kind travellers, please!"

(I'm kind of planning a surprise for you here; it's going to be good or bad depending on your opinion, but to me it's gonna I think you will... like it)

She rushed over, crouching down, "Hey, shh. What happened?"

(That never sounds good)

"The Malus took my daughter!" The somewhat elderly woman grabbed your sleeve and started crying into your shoulder. "Please, kind travellers, can you get her back for me? Our village would reward you with all we can, even though we're kind of poor."

"The Malus took my daughter!" The somewhat elderly woman grabbed your sleeve and started crying into your shoulder. "Please, kind travellers, can you get her back for me? Our village would reward you with all we can, even though we're kind of poor."

"Please, calm yourself first.. the malus?"

"Yes!" She sobs. "The evil! The shadow men. They used to be normal humans but their desires and weaknesses in their hearts has transformed them into almost formless monsters. They demand a girl from our village every month so they won't destroy it. I was coming back from a walk with my daughter when they suddenly appeared and demanded her as tribute." The lady gushes.

"Yes!" She sobs. "The evil! The shadow men. They used to be normal humans but their desires and weaknesses in their hearts has transformed them into almost formless monsters. They demand a girl from our village every month so they won't destroy it. I was coming back from a walk with my daughter when they suddenly appeared and demanded her as tribute." The lady gushes.

"Shh, shh. Can you tell us anymore about them?"

"We don't know much of them. But rumours have it that they live in those mountains over there..." She said, wiping her tears with one hand and pointing to a mountain slightly west with the other.

You run abruptly into bright light. The black fog around you sizzles and melts away in the brightness. Beside you, you see the dragon watching you. "Good job!" He says. "Now come along." The hallway was bright again, made of gold and set with gemstones.

"What does that hallway look like to you?" I ask

"Oh. We just walked through an empty cavern." The Dragon replied.