Five great warriors (not actually that great) (apart from Eric), one day go to an old village tavern where they meet Thordan Limb Twister.
He says to them in a deep gravelly voice ‘’three of my friends were taken prisoner as we were going on an adventure where we made a mistake that dug our graves. I can’t go back as they want me dead or captured as well. It is my last resort to cower away like this but I am forced to, so I escaped and ran before I to could be captured. I ran and I ran until I got here. I will give you 100 gold pieces for each one of my friends you can bring back and there are 3 of them. So the address is over the side of that hill over in the west lands past the hole and back down the other side of the hill until you reach the entrance of the place that I assume is a dungeon.’’
So they gather there and the novices decide to set off on their adventure together.
A day later after setting off they’re traipsing through a dark wood. Its a small stand of forest like trees towering over them. Its an eerie space. Jamiroquai is shaking in his boots as they walk along, leaves crunching below them. Suddenly from the bushes comes a shout ” HALT! RETREAT. GO BACK THE WAY YOU CAME OR I WILL SLAY YOU”. They looked around nothing only the even more eerie setting than befor.