JOB POSTING: ROOT-HALL RUINS

Posted By: The Lantern Company
Location: Last Lantern Job Board
Travel: Two days east of Last Lantern
Recommended Party: Capable adventurers, scouts, sellswords, ruin-delvers, and anyone with sense enough to bring rope.
Departure Date: 03-01-01ar

Work Needed

A Lantern Company scout patrol recently returned from the eastern trails with reports of old stonework hidden beneath a tangle of roots, moss, and black-barked trees. The site appears to be some kind of buried hall or ruin, partially collapsed and long forgotten within the Ashen Marches.

The scouts did not enter far. They reported strange lights moving through the trees after dusk, fresh claw marks across ancient stone, and a low sound beneath the earth that one scout described as “roots dragging across a coffin lid.”

The Lantern Company is seeking a small party to investigate the Root-Hall Ruins, confirm whether the site is dangerous, and recover any useful records, relics, maps, or salvage that may help future expeditions into the Marches.

Objectives

• Travel two days east of Last Lantern.
• Locate and investigate the Root-Hall Ruins.
• Explore the outer grounds and accessible interior chambers.
• Identify any active threats in or around the ruin.
• Recover useful information, relics, or salvage.
• Return with a clear report for the Lantern Company.

Warnings

The eastern trails remain poorly charted. Expect rough terrain, heavy undergrowth, unstable stonework, and possible hostile wildlife. Do not enter sealed chambers alone. Do not touch glowing roots, whispering stones, or anything that appears to breathe without lungs.

Payment

Standard Lantern Company expedition pay (50 gold per player), with bonus compensation for recovered maps, historical records, unusual artifacts, or proof of cleared threats.

Final Note

Last Lantern was built for work like this. The Ashen Marches are opening, and every old ruin we uncover is either a warning, a weapon, or a door.

Best find out which before something crawls through it.