From the introduction: This adventure can be dropped on the adventurers at any point in time when they are at level 3 and in need of money. They've been hired to harvest crystals from the gut of a Kraken by an old harvesting crew that got the tip first. The mission is time sensitive, as other harvesters will join and try to get their share as soon as they hear the news. They've been given the location where to meet up in a few hours as night is starting to fall. For the sake of this adventure, The Crying Shore is the name of the location, as a lot of the sea life seem to end its life on these sands.