The Dead End

A long-dead witch built a dungeon and retreated into its depths, and the curse she left behind has made the place legendary in the worst possible way: anyone who falls inside is cursed with undeath, becoming a mindless shambling creature in short order. The treasure the dungeon holds has proven sufficient incentive for adventurers to keep trying anyway. The Rescuers are the ones who go in after them — a band of human recovery agents who pull fallen adventurers out of the depths before the curse takes full hold. You are new to the job. Your first significant assignment is an unusual one: retrieve the body of a Holy Maiden. The wording is specific and deliberate — it must be a body, not a living person. Your partner takes the advance payment and disappears. You are on your own, left to uncover what an ancient witch built this place to protect, and what fate, exactly, the Maiden is supposed to meet.