Hunter Hunted
The team get to experience the life of being prey. A dangerous killer has recently started stalking the streets, roads & forests of Eschback.
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The team are alerted by the Burgeaters & a few travellers / farmers that the odd person has been killed savagely. It looks like an exceptionally vicious animal is killing livestock, pets & the odd person in the region. It's unknown whether a huge wolf or wolflike creature, or even a rabit bear is responsible. They need help to stalk & kill the creature as they've had no success so far, and know the team has dealt with dangerous creatures before, and need guidance on how to trap it & kill it.
They find that there is a rise in the forests in wolves, especially with the traffic going through the town, has increased the prey animals primarily in the form of livestock & pets / work animals. Most of the wolves seem to be less scared of humans and the like. Some packs are brave enough to come into town, and attack the locals. Normally they will back off when armed resistance shows up, and the Brgeaters are slowly working through killing as many as possible. Bounties have been placed on the pelts, and a few farmers, miners, trappers, hunters, and woodsmen are taking advantage of it.
At the same time, a few have been reported missing and a couple of corpses have shown up being mauled to death. The goblins of Goblintown have reported similar problems and some of them are backing up the Burgeaters in hunting the wolves down. The latter are capturing a few young pups to train them up to ride as mounts.
The goblins themselves have reported the wolves seem more aggresive than normal. The Burgeaters report the same thing.
One night a young couple called Markus & Elona Dyer, has also recently been attacked by a monster described as a strangely shaped bearlike creature by others. Both were badly mauled and was near the river and the dye troughs in the south of the town. Elona has survived and deeply shaken, and heavily injured. She says that it was huge the creature that attacked them, remembering that it looked like a bear, but at times made the odd call like a cross between a bear & wolf.
It reared up from all fours to two legs when it attacked them beside the river. Swift & strong it killed Markus first then bit her, clawed her, dragging off his body when three Burgeaters showed up when the Dyers screamed.
This seems to happen at night & continues with others attacked in & around the area until this is cornered. There is a 75% chance 1d100 of Elona Dyer returning as a Loup Garou if not treated.
After a short while hunters & trappers have found to the south east beyond the swampy area, they find a small overgrown hamlet long abandoned. It seems to be used by packs of wolves & suchlike. There seems to be some form of humanoid living here too but wasn't seen, just tracks and bits & pieces of equipment. It looks they have only took up residence recently here.
If staked out, and the hamlet staked out, they find a Loup Garou. A huge werewolf-like creature far stronger than a werewolf, and there is the risk of a couple of werewolves being present too, as well as wolves.
All the while there is the chance of stumbling upon a cave bear or two, and the wolves etc may turn round and hunt any party members too.
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