Introduction: The Empire of Fire and Water has known twenty golden years of peace since Ageneon's War. A peace now in peril. Devils hatch nefarious plots in the shadows, and old spirits stir uneasily. When a ragtag group of travelers intervenes in a monster attack, they’re too late to save a wounded man, who leaves them with an encrypted journal and the words, “Trust no one, Tyir.” Can the gang find Tyir, escape the crosshairs of a long-dormant threat, and uncover the truth about the monster before it’s too late?This tale is the novelization of a Pathfinder campaign set in the homebrew land of Kian. Almost everything that will happen here was played out around a kitchen table every Monday night at six...ish.  I ran the game and one of my players turned it into this story. Of all the campaigns I've run over sixteen years of gaming, this is easily my favorite. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed watching my players fight their way through it....