The Trouble with Sara

by R. Derek Pattison

Date: 1993 Domain: Englestaat

Victoria Barclay (a foxwoman) ruthlessly manipulated and murdered most of the members of a noble house over 30 years ago. Bitter at her own parent's fall from nobility, she hated the idea of being "common" and the nobles that had the wealth and respect that should be hers. Her wicked crimes allowed the Dark Powers to claim the land just before she had overcome all but one foe, the Englestaats. Victora was forever denied her plans of complete conquest and control. Furthermore she is cursed to live in a common inn, unable to leave it without extreme pain. Von Englestaat is ruler of the land that bears his family name.

The adventure is about how the Mists seek a replacement darklord, since Victoria is now dead, and the Mists watch over her killer, her own adopted daughter Sara. If Sara surrenders to her dark impulses she will become the new darklord. An unwitting agent of the Dark Powers, darkling Ignata is leading her down this path. Sara is trying to reunite with her father, but now she is bound to the inn. Her father was sending the PCs to retreive her, but the darkling has put doubt in Sara's mind that the PCs might be coming to kill her. Sara is planning to charm the PCs and retrieve her father or kill him outright. The PCs must convince Sara of Ignata's true inentions.

Note: The quest has interesting creatures, like centaurs and a swanmay.