From the introduction: The arcane are a race of giant humanoid merchants found wherever there is a potential trade in magical items. Sereen, one of this race, has had a busy month doing the circuit of the large and populous towns of the land of Koros. He sold a magical sword to a young warrior more interested in swagger than actual work; traded three rare potions and half the warrior's payment for a staff a thief had acquired from a famous, though absent-minded, wizard; used the remaining gold to recharge the staff; made inquiries concerning a certain adventuring party; on meeting the party from the wilds exchanged the staff for six nonmagical scrolls, four potions, and an assortment of foreign coins his friends had found during a raid on a gnolls' lair. User summary: This scenario is distributed as a ZIP archive containing the ASCII text adventure and four GIF files (3 maps; 1 player handout).