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Four Characters- Sirul Forsal - A former slave turned sailor Auslock - A thief and an artificer Crongor - A barbarian gladiator who is now the city executioner Sargon - A noble stygian sorcerer Backdrop All in the city of wicked and corrupt city Artu-Khan that is suffering from a horrible plague outbreak.  Sirus's boat becomes infected, and his captain starts burning crew members both infected and not so Surus leaves his ship and heads towards the Golden Arse Inn to look for another captain to sail with. Auslock's employer, Sargon's brother, died of the plague and he is looking for both another employer and a way out of the city.  Sargon knows of Auslock, and seeks him help to see if he can help him escape the city as well.  Sargon's patrion, a rich noble woman, thinks Sargon can save her from the plague and will not allow him to leave her side.  She sends two guards with Sargon and Asulock as they seek healing herbs as a ruse to get away from the rich nob...

I, like most role playing geeks, got my start with role playing games using Dungeons and Dragons.  Before I ever played I used to as a kid walk into hobby and toy stores and wonder, "How do these games work?"  I remember looking at a Ral Partha minutes set box and looking at the artwork and thinking "Do you go to these worlds, how is that possible?". My father caught my interest and bought me a Dungeons and Dragons red box basic set.  I was fascinated and set out to read the rules.  Mind you at this point in life I had only ever read maybe one novel of any length and the rules were a bit much for me.  I loved the artwork and managed on my own to role up a few player characters, but with no one to play with I shelved the book for a couple of months and didn't think more about it. Then my friend Dale and his brother Kyle came over one night while our parents did their monthly bridge game.  Dale had figured out the rules enough to play and had his brother ...