Wolf Killer

You land roughly with a thud. The river bank walls are too steep to climb. So you must venture forward, wading into the water and heading in a vaguely northerly direction along the pooled water of the low-running river.

A quick look ahead and up reveals a trio of wolves prowling a tree. A girl sits petrified, up on a high branch. Defeat these wolves with gusto, and rescue the girl (Gretka) and agree to follow her to Lindenvale. She murmurs something about “The Wolf King,” but reassure her that, despite your wounds, you’re more than a match for any hairy beast.

A few yards farther, Gretka retreats in fright and leaves you to slay a pack of five wolves ripping at a cow’s carcass. Continue down the river bed, to the remains of half a boat, and even less of a corpse, torn and mangled. With Gretka away from this horror, inspect the following:

• The eyes—bloodshot and moist; he died recently.
• The head—his lips are parted and bloated; he bit through his tongue.
• The chest—crushed, with ribs piercing the fellow’s lungs.
• The leg—something gnawed off one of his legs.
• The belly—strewn intenstines cover the boat like escaping sausage.

Summing up: a lycanthrope slaughtered this hapless peasant. This requires the mixing of some potent blade oil your uncle Vesemir taught you to brew, to help you when you face “The Wolf King.”