Deep beneath the streets of Balain, an intrepid party of adventurers and townsfolk assembled to 'slay the beast' which lurked below in the sewers. They hastily made their way down and into the depths, where they discovered a locked door. Emir de Rosius forced it open - revealing an ancient chamber on the other side. Before them stood a goblin, looking strangely at a book upon a lectern. Upon approaching it, a horrible den of rats began attacking them! A brief clash ensued, wherein Livia Vuiller was bitten on the neck by the feral beast. Scared for their lives, most of the members fled the chamber - running back towards the surface. Livia, demanding to stay down there, discovered a baffling tome upon the lectern, one whose pages remained completely indecipherable to her untrained eye. Left behind was Ardad Rashul, Emir, Livia, and Roxana, who entered an adjoining chamber. Within it, a strange force possesed Livia, causing her to experience fits of madness and visions of a leather-faced man, who hauntingly encroached upon her. Out of fear of her thrashing, the group knocked the girl unconscious, and departed towards the surface. But not before this ghost jumped from Livia, and entered the body of another.