Fireheart

About the adventure

After many years of torment, the local clans assembled a great warband to slay the beast, whom they called Fireheart. They marched on the dragon’s lair, located in a deep valley in the darkest heart of the forest. The creature faced them in combat, and the battle was terrible. The army was slaughtered to the last man, but the dragon was badly wounded and retreated into its lair. Then, a powerful shaman called down a fierce storm. The rain fell in torrents so great the entire valley was flooded and turned into a large lake, which was named Hären (meaning “The Army” in the local tongue) in memory of the warriors who fell there. Centuries passed, and the story was eventually forgotten. Only the name remained. A millennium later, in the mid-19th century, a yeoman farmer named Johan Andersson and his wife Karolina lived with their sons Alfred and August in Häryd parish by the shore of Lake Hären. Life as a forest farmer was meager and hard. Alfred and August helped out on the farm, but they also had a thirst for adventure and often went on long hikes in the deep woods...