From the rear cover: Wesselrum is a small hamlet of free farmers located deep in the northern pine forests. The secretive hamlet folk fear and repel outsiders but now seek out a band of heroes to help them end the suffering of their children who are succumbing to a terrible wasting sickness caused by a frightening forest ghost. The heroes will find themselves wrapped within a web of misinformation, half-truths, and outright lies as they attempt to save the children of Wesselrum from an unexpected foe.