From the introduction: Lankhmar is a city of danger and opportunity, but it’s particularly fatal when Death himself takes a direct interest. In the world of Nehwon, Death is a servant of the Lords of Necessity, and his job is to balance the books between the living and the dead. When it is time for someone to die, Death takes their life from afar, sitting in his lonely lair in the Shadowland, recording the death toll in his ledger. Level 1 adventure