Forty Days after the beginning of the campaign on 1 Messidor (July), it is now 10 Thermador (August) and the height of the warm season. Staying in Derrien for more than a week, the party will get wind of the following information or rumors:
- Hobgoblin raiders have harassed the area around the town of Faou, 150 miles east-southeast of Derrien.
- A large and humanoid monster was sighted stealing sheep in the wilds south-west of Commana.
- A set of bounty hunters from Frehel was came through Derrien, but rapidly departed after visiting the Temple of Aarith.
- Recent unrest in Malith. Several kingdoms at war, including rivals Malaran and Stava.
- A dragon was sighted in the White Mountains near the free city of Matignon.
- Raiders attacked Brignogan. Rumor is that they are hobgoblins. They were defeated, but with loss of life.
- The Blues have taken the lead in the Thalassan chariot tournament series.
- Councilor Melisende Rioux announces her candidacy for Thalassan Mayor against Mayor Delacroix and Aristé Messier
- The merchant ship Mariposa is overdue from her trip from Thalassa to Nevez.
- The Baron of Uzec is organizing an expedition into the Upper Calder Valley to hunt goblin tribes thought to have come down from the mountains.
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