INTRODUCTION
The Empire. Perhaps the greatest nation of the Old World, it has stood strong against the wear of two and a half millennia, the Goblin Wars, numerous civil wars, and an Incursion of Chaos. On the surface, it appears impregnable.
What of the threats from beneath the surface, the Enemy Within? No, that was defeated almost a decade ago by a now famous group of young adventurers. A dire threat to the Empire from within its own corridors of power was narrowly defeated. The crisis is now over and people can now rest easy. Surely no enemies still remain within the borders to disturb the Empire's new peace...
Deep beneath the veneer, however, a cancer still grows. Almost completely unnoticed for several hundred years, it seethes. A new Enemy Within is developing and new heroes stand ready to answer it.
THE STORY BEGINS
The Inner Beauty: the largest and most organized group of Nurgle followers the Old World has ever seen. Possessing several dozen powerful magical items and scores of Wizards and researchers, they have produced a new strain of Nurgles' Rot. When infected, the victim becomes physically beautiful, every defect being draw deep inside to help form a Plague Bearer beneath the victim's fleshy shell. When the command is spoken, the Plague Bearer erupts from its cocoon, ready to serve Nurgle and the Inner Beauty. Armed with this, the cult has expanded, meeting close to no opposition.
Alyssa Kophschmerz, a Cleric of Shallya, is that opposition. Hating Nurgle with a passion, she heads the Surgeons' Knives, an organization dedicated to cleansing the world of all Nurgle's cultists and their dreaded Rot.
Acompanied by Indigo Gladerunner, her second-in-command, Alyssa has journied to Middenheim on rumors of Inner Beauty activity within the Ostwald district. Employing a local Racketeer, Johann Schmidt, they take to the sewers to battle the cultists. On the way, they are joined by Uthar Kriegmann, a Templar of Ulric who is acting on a vision granted to him from Ulric himself, and the two men shadowing him: Duron Hartmann, a Cleric of Sigmar, and Kardak Cragreacher, a near-savage Dwarven Giant Slayer.
Six heroes, each with their own purpose, their own secrets and their own mysteries to unravel. They will discover earth-shattering discoveries about themselves, each other, and the world around them, as well as open a new front in the war against the enemies of Humanity. But who is the Enemy and who will save the heroes' humanity?
APOLOGIES FROM THE AUTHOR
As of yet, this adventure is no way near completion. I plan to have it done in time to turn in for the WFRP Writing Contest, but can't promise anything. The adventure will be posted as soon as possible, but for now, enjoy the trailer! My progress will be posted, as well as any information that won't spoil the secrets.
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