As the war with the bandit kings of the River Kingdoms escalates, thenascent kingdom of Varnhold to the east of the heroes' new realm falls silent.An investigation reveals that something dire has seized Varnhold, leaving anentire town empty of life or even signs of violence. What fell influence fromthe wildlands east of the River Kingdoms is responsible for the Varnholdvanishing? This volume of Pathfinder contains the first detailed look at theblasted plains east of the Inner Sea region, a ruined swath of the realm ofIobaria ruled today by sinister druids, feral barbarians, centaur tribes, and anancient slumbering menace whose remnants still haunt this realm today. A Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure for 5th-levelcharacters.