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The Black Root Below - AI-generated fantasy Quest

The Black Root Below

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The Black Root Below

Lvl 3-53-5 charactersone-shot, about 4 to 5 hours· hard

“A flooded burial shrine wakes when a sealed bargain is broken, and only a descent into the black water can stop the dead from rising.”

— Hook · kill

M
QuestgiverMayor Elira Venn
Kill
D&D 5E
Hard
Lvl 3-5
3-5 characters
one-shot, about 4 to 5 hours
4 NPCs
2 encounters
The Opening

“Three nights ago, the millpond turned black and the dead began walking out of the water at dusk. Mayor Elira Venn begs you to go below the floodgate, end the killings, and return before the next high tide swallows Bracken Ford. What waits under the old stonework is old, hungry, and already inside the walls.”

— Hook · kill

Set the Scene

At dusk, Mayor Elira Venn gathers the party beside the mill while villagers stack lanterns and curse the smell of the water. Tomas Reed returns from the lower channel with mud on his boots, a split lip, and a simple warning: something down there knows their names.

Patron
M
Questgiver

Mayor Elira Venn

urgent plea from a civic leader with mounting public fear

On the Streets · In the Books

Rumours

d4 · table
  1. 01
    The miller says the water runs uphill on moonless nights.
  2. 02
    Old hunters remember a stone bell under the barrow hill that was never meant to ring.
  3. 03
    Someone in town has been buying grave wax, salt, and lamp oil in suspicious quantity.
  4. 04
    The drowned dead only attack after the bell tolls, not before.
Stakes

If the party fails, the village loses its waterworks, its dead remain restless, and a hidden breach under the barrow hill may widen into a much larger catastrophe.

Ticking Clock·The next high tide arrives at dawn. If the shrine is not sealed or the source destroyed before then, the flood tunnel will fully open and the haunt will spread into the village.

Background Lore

The hamlet of Bracken Ford was built beside an old floodgate and a barrow hill that the locals call the Black Root. For generations, the village prospered by diverting spring water through a stone channel cut by forgotten masons. Three nights ago, livestock began turning up drained and cold, and at dusk pale lights were seen moving beneath the mill.

What the World Knows

A floodgate beneath Bracken Ford has become a killing ground. The party must descend into the old stone channels, fight the undead rising from the water, and destroy the source of the haunt before the village is overrun.

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