Set in Arania, or rather in the harbour town of Mendlicum. The adventurers are actually only invited to a peaceful celebration, but during the festivities some workers come across a terrible danger that requires true heroes. Behind the attacker is a supernatural threat whose trail leads through the whole town. Emir, Magician, Beggar, Hero leads the heroes to Mengbilla, the city of 1,000 vices. There they stumble across the corpse of a prominent magician and are persuaded by the authorities to search for and convict the murderer. In Mengbilla, the adventurers have to investigate among beggars, guild leaders and magicians and there are only a handful of suspects. The shadow of the forest hangs over an Andergast village full of woodcutters in Teshkalien. Here, the heroes encounter a secretive village community that has a few secrets to hide. At night the heroes are plagued by nightmares and during the day the living forest turns against the villagers, but why?