Fear no Death? Long for Fame in Ballads?

A notice marked “Monster on the High Road” piques your interest on the Larvik Notice Board. It calls for a hero. Someone to stand up to the ghastly creature that has been attacking folk on the main road to Larvik. Thorleif, son of Bear Haugs, has set aside a reward for such a fellow. He’s found sitting outside his longhouse on the southwestern side of the village. Pry for further information about the creature, and he mentions that Sverre mustered a crew, but only four came back. Barter a price for your services if you wish, before agreeing to the task, and asking for the location of the four survivors.

Travel to the northern part of the village, to a longhouse close to a tree where Sverre is standing with a fellow warrior. They are discussing the enemies who ambushed them—a tactic they weren’t sure such base creatures were capable of. Ask Sverre about the attack. You receive a description of the foes, and where the attack took place.