Woodland Mansion

The **Woodland Mansion** is an abandoned mansion in the Darkwood Forest that was once inhabited by a wealthy family of merchants. Due to unfortunate actions taken by the children of the family, the protections that were created by the Wizard were broken and a terrible fate befell the family, leaving the mansion abandoned, although it is said to be home to some dangerous inhabitants.

## Backstory

The Woodland Mansion was built by the ancestors of the Darkwood Merchants as home to raise their family and store their goods, treasures and secrets. Due to their valuable possessions, they were a big target for thieves and jealous villagers. To prevent robbery, The Wizard cast spells on the mansion, ensuring that no one save the Darkwood Merchants could enter without their permission, deterring many possible thieves, allowing them to live peacefully and protected within the walls of their mansion.

Many generations later, the twins of the merchant family, Caius and June were tempted to adventure by the stories their parents told them. Upon hearing the story of the Ancient Jungle City, they decided to venture out and seek it themselves. When the found the city they attempted to enter it. Having pure intentions, the Maze of the Jaguar gave them no trouble and they successfully entered the city and the temple within. However, they realised their family was unlikely to believe their adventure. So, with the assistance of a shrinking potion provided by the Wizard, Caius was able to shrink an ancestral statue and subsequently steal it from the temple. By stealing the statue, they angered the spirits of the Yanoa Tribe’s deceased leaders and cursed Caius and June and their family. The protections the Wizard had created for the family fell, and they were vulnerable to attacks.

Nearby, a fishing village in the south of the Darkwood Forest was ravaged by a plague which turned their skin green and their eyes grey, turning them into zombies, brought by one of the Darkwood Merchant’s trade routes. The family traveled there to check on their trade routes but found only the zombified villagers. The family fled, but discovered that each of them were bitten. They had only a few days to rid themselves of the plague or become zombies themselves. Caius and June were forced to reveal the Ancestral Statue to their parents, who were angered to hear of their thievery, although now spent all of their energy looking through their library. After searching for answers, the family came to the conclusion that the Witch Coven on the Mushroom Swamp Island were the only ones who could cure them, since they knew the Wizard would refuse to help them. The parents called on their oldest daughter, Eden, who had established a trade route with the Plains Village and was staying there.

Eden swam to the Mushroom Island, hoping the Witches there would be able to procure an antidote. Surprisingly, they gave Eden four potions, one for each family member. She raced back to the Mansion, and her parents and siblings all drank the potions. Unfortunately, this was a trick by the Witches. The potion did cure them, but only by turning them into Evokers. They would guard the mansion until the Witches took down the Wizard and claimed the mansion for themselves. Eden escaped to the Mesa Village and is staying with her friend Buck, attempting to reform the town as penance for accidentally dooming her family.

## Loot & Other

### Books

* Caius' Journal - Written by Caius before he and June went on their jungle adventure.
* June's Diary - Written by June after her and Caius went on their jungle adventure.
* Zombie Plague - Unknown writer, except that it was one of the family members. The family attempt to find a solution for their new illness.
* Letter from PTR - Written by Plains' Trade Representative to Eden, an invite to return to the village to further negotiate the trade agreement.
* Clue #7 unknown writer.