Tales from the Age of Adventure: The Bard Gem

Five stories.
Five villains.

These groups of adventurers don't realise that they're being played with. That the Dark Gods of Quargard are guiding them to find the power that they need to be released from their prison in the Black Temple.
Who knows what they will face?

The Bard Gem
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The Undead Lady is reaching backward through Time, trying her hardest to avoid a prophecy that ends with her being trapped in a Soul Jar.
To do so, she needs the Bard Gem - and a willing victim. She has located the Bard Gem, now all she needs is the victim.

Adhunall is a rarely occuring human - a natural bard. Sadly, a defect in his ear has rendered him deaf. Dubh finds him playing in an Elysian Tavern. He persuades his mother to let him take Adhunall to the Galivorian Bard College where they have another Deaf Bard, who will be able to teach him easier than a normal bard.

Along the way, they get sucked into the quest to find the Bard Gem...