Dreamer's Ladder

==At a Glance==
Over the course of a month a "Sleeping Sickness" has begun to afflict the elderly of Bravaria. Unlike most illnesses, it had no symptoms and comes on overnight, striking the aged victim with a shallowness of breath and inability to wake from their dreams. Unable to rouse the elders, the youth of Bravaria are doing their best but things are getting worse night after night.
Stranger still, several public families of Bravaria became reclusive during this time. Are they responsible? And what are these strange words being spoken of in whispers? Kalashtar? Koshmar? Nobody who knows seems to feel like talking. Tasked with helping this bed-ridden village, the adventurers must uncover whatever details they can of the mysterious illness afflicitng the elderly -- the true horror of which coming at night when the heroes lay their heads to bed...