From the back cover: Glowing Crystal, Crystals of Power, Crystals of Life Within the mountains of the Golden Plateau is a treasure trove of glowing magical crystals, capable of granting great power to their wielders, capable even of granting eternal life. Led by the mysterious Giles, a party of adventurous thives must penetrate the spectral Eregin Forest into the Vally of the Ostrakonoi at the base of the Crystal Mountain, and spirit away some of these special crystals. The perils are great, along and arduous journey, barbarian nomads who object to strangers in their terriorty, and the Ostrakonoi themselves. Truly, an epic adventure... Aid in the rescue of a young maiden's wedding party, kidnapped as she travels to her husband to be -- you must save her and her handmaids before the Dark of the Moon, for horrors happen then... Plus expanded rules for bows and other ranged weapons, and a new series of encounters to delight the hearts of would be highwaymen!!!