Publisher's blurb: An adventure designed for 4-7 characters of 1st through 3rd level. This module is the first of a series of High Forest adventures. It includes a description of the village of Merric, including detailed NPC's and approximately 8 hours of play content. Merric has always been at risk of raids by the local Gnolls, but now word has come that the Orcs of the Greypeak mountains are massing to invade High Forest. The elders of Merric have decided to hire and groom an adventuring group to ensure they have a balancing force against the invasion. Soon it becomes clear that there is something far more dangerous than Orcs threatening High Forest and if the children of Merric will ever be safe again, someone needs to stand between them and the evils that lurk in the dark.