Inspiration Haven

creativerogues:

1. A bandit gang preys on wounded and weary adventurers
   as they straggle down the road from the dungeon
   to the city. 
2. A black cloak was stolen from the Burnt Bridge tavern
   last night; sewn into the hem is a treasure map.
3. A gigantic egg appeared in the town square last night.
   No one knows what might hatch out of it, but it’s
   going to happen soon.
4. A deity walks the city streets disguised as a humble
   mortal. 
5. A hot-tempered knight has promised all his lands to
   his brother if he is bested at the upcoming jousting
   tournament.
6. A leading churchman has announced a heretical
   doctrine; his fellow priests have demanded that he
   recant, on pain of excommunication. 
7. A wrestler named Drón Goldentress will perform
   three great quests for anyone who can beat her in
   a match. 
8. Agitation grows in a neighboring land for a renewed
   war against the kingdom. 
9. An eerie dog with glowing eyes stalks the city at
   night. The magnificent sorcerer Furioso was bitten by
   it, and now he can barely remember his own name.
10. Ditchdiggers unearthed an ornate tin casket the other
    day. They can’t figure out how to open it, but won’t
    let anyone else try, either. 
11. Drinking a poison surely meant for someone else,
    the meek baker Oswald dropped dead in a tavern
    last night. 
12. During the day, the headsman’s daughter appears
    rather homely, but under the moonlight, she is the
    fairest young maiden in the realm.
13. Every hundred years or so, a black, venomous rain
    falls on the city, killing hundreds of people. A recurrence
    is months overdue. 
14. The Superordinate Six, a band of famed adventurers,
    have failed to return from an expedition to the Rat
    City ruins. 
15. Goblins tunneled a good distance under the city walls
    last year, but the authorities covered it up. 
16. Grave robbers have been digging up the bones of
    slain adventurers. They must be working for a lich
    or evil wizard. 
17. Luriez the horse trader is auctioning off Bravo, a
    clever and magnificent steed. His former owner,
    a luckless mercenary, lost him in a dice game. 
18. Magic items sold by Antesos Three-Beard have a
    peculiar way of finding their way back to his shop
    after the purchasers die. 
19. Many of a famous knight’s heroic feats were in fact
    performed by his squire, a young girl dressed as
    a boy.
20. Mercenaries have taken sanctuary in the temple; the
    high priests want them out but are forbidden by the
    tenets of their faith to expel them. 
21. Pound for pound, the most valuable treasure in town
    is not silver or gold, but the cache of saffron hidden
    in the spice merchant’s shop. 
22. Priestess Ciana has great healing powers, but those
    she raises from the dead sometimes take on her
    personality traits. 
23. Pulsing green lights are frequently observed near the
    abandoned mines south of the city. 
24. Recent rains flooded the catacombs beneath the city;
    strange things are floating to the surface.
25. Someone is stealing all of the town’s church bells. 
26. Somewhere in the city, the priceless Altar of Kych is
    hidden in plain sight.
27. The armorer Casabon just received a shipment of
    Zhenish steel, which will make fine blades for those
    who can afford them.
28. The astronomer Harun the Subtle reports sighting a
    circle of new red stars in the sky. The Royal Astrological
    Society has offered a reward to anyone who can
    conclusively explain the meaning of this omen.
29. The beloved singer Dulari has fallen prey to a terrible
    illness, one the healers can’t cure. 
30. The bullying city watchman Moyalva has been extorting money from the weak and helpless.
31. The courtier Vivando has fallen out of favor with
    the king, who suspects him of having eyes for the
    princess.
32. The exiled prince of Cadis unwisely dismissed a
    churlish servant who knows too much about his
    master’s business.
33. The feathers that rained down on Beggar’s Alley last
    night came from the wings of battling archons.
34. The floorboards beneath the Trembling Pig Inn are
    hollow and full of stolen gold.
35. Pirates have disrupted grain shipments meant for the
    kingdom; starvation looms if traders cannot resupply in time.
36. The high sheriff becomes violently enraged if anyone
    accuses him of having orc blood. 
37. The king is a usurper who has the real heir to the
    throne chained up in his basement.
38. The king plans to build new watchtowers around the
    city. Laborers, once desperate for work, will soon be
    hard to hire.
39. The king’s chief minister plans to step down, making
    way for his clever but abrasive protégé. 
40. The philosopher Frabreck has released another
    pamphlet arguing for the conquest of the orc lands,
    so that its peoples can be liberated from evil and
    placed under the king’s benevolent rule.
41. The rancher Septimus is raising a flock of strange
    reptilian beasts on his farm.
42. The retainers of an unpopular knight quelled an
    uprising on his lands by fi ring crossbows into an
    unarmed throng.
43. The rich merchant Zaguant has learned that pirates
    have sold his son into slavery.
44. The son and daughter of two rival merchant families
    eloped a few weeks ago. Both fathers offer a reward
    for the son: his father aims to protect him, but the
    girl’s wants him dead.
45. Whenever a member of the murderous Lampedusa
    clan is slain, the weapon used to deal the death blow
    is permanently imbued with powerful magic.
46. The young adventurer Brialda carries a shield bearing
    the crest of the Acatero family, even though, as an
    illegitimate daughter of that clan, she is not entitled
    to it. 
47. An ancient throne lies buried in a field nearby.
    Anyone who sits on the throne for an entire night
    will rise from it a wise man or a lunatic.
48. They say that if you listen long enough to the water
    lapping against the shore near the statue of King
    Brand, you will hear the name of an innocent person
    you are fated to kill. 
49. They’re slaughtering more than just cows and sheep
    at the old abattoir down by the piers.
50. Whenever ravens gather on the clock tower, a mighty
    hero dies.