From the Introduction: This sourcebook is the first of a trilogy of adventuring guides for the Shadow World. Together, the three volumes will detail a 'grand campaign': a living play or novel in which the player-characters are the heroes of a great quest. These books will document a long journey encompassing many events linked together and drawing the characters through a progression of crises and triumphs. It all ends with a cataclysmic confrontation with one of the ultimate evils of the Shadow World.