COMPLETE BOOK: 46 PAGES

While the Avennorian merchant Fjorek Fjerth Snimardskun is fascinated by myths, local lore and especially eerie ghost stories, he doesn't believe that much actual truth can be found in such tales. But an unexpected letter that holds a personal invitation from the master of the far off Skanris Keep would soon prove to be a challenge for the Fjorek's conviction that curses cannot exist, because this is precisely what the villagers living nearby claim adamantly. Eventually the castle's caretaker reveals to the merchant an unnerving story about a macanti, a Gifted One - the one, as people say, that had "the Eye"... What did it see? What is the curse? And is the keep still haunted? Soon the Fjorek should find answers to all these questions.
 

A fine fiddler went a-walking through the dim and shadowed streets. A-walking he did go, to play his fiddle at the falls. A fine fiddler went a-walking, through the dim and shadowed streets. A-walking he did go, a fine lady to meet. 
 

Have you ever wandered alone through a deserted ruin or an eerie forest, listening to the howling wind and feeling a strange sensation as if this place would talk to you silently of horrors that happened long, long ago? Well, the Scythe Grove, or the "Forest of Death", just north of New-Santhala is such a place which could give you the shivers. But listen what had happened there once and how an unfortunate lad made a gruesome encounter... 
 

The newly acquired mansion that seemed to be the perfect place for Lord Vaeos and his wife Lady Shaerena to start a family might not be what the couple bargained for. Strange haunting occurences and mysterious revelations concerning the estate's past cast a dark shadow on the picturesque place and are prone to bring the Lord's wife on the brink of madness. As the mists of the puzzle slowly dissipate one thing becomes clear: That gifts might sometimes also be a deadly curse... 
 

At Mossy Rocks Cove in the eastern Santharian province of Manthria a pirate story is pretty well known, the tale about the stubborn captain Thomgeir and his ghostship. It is often told to young sailors who claim top have spotted something in the fog, but aren't sure what it was - the more experienced sailors then will just nod and smile, telling the story of the lonesome traveller, who is at home now in the mists...
 

Ever heard of the Meguahari? The ones who stalk the fields of the dead, the dark souls of those who die unshriven, unloved, unforgiven, the ones, of which people do not speak of? And have you heard about this sorcerer, casting foul magic on a battlefield, calling them from their dark, damp graves? - Well, if you feel that you've missed something, then read on, but don't say that you haven't been warned...