Publisher's blurb: Lord Daralion of Maldev’s bard is required for the upcoming Rose Festival but the bard has not returned from his mother’s funeral in the nearby village of Kardan. Lord Daralion looks for the PCs to visit the village and ensure the bard’s safe and quick return. But more than one horror lies hidden and awaiting the searchers in the depths of the woods of Sithicus. User summary: For 4th level characters.