Fortriu - chapter 1:
Legend of Snakes
In Fortriu, there is a town called Freston, near the Witherwood forest. This is a trade hub, and many a merchant passes through bringing with them mercenaries and bodyguards, along with some of the more dark goods.
The forest is home to a band of mercenaries known as the Witherwood Company. A man named Erik leads them, hoping to teach them the good nature of what they can do, and brighten the look at mercenaries from the people. He hates that people think of him as a bloodthirsty animal, so he intends to prove them wrong.
Freston was having its annual Free Market day, where anyone can set up a stand in the market square and sell their goods. A merchant wearing a hooded cloak came through, and sold an amulet to a young girl. She opened it at home, and it lashed out at her with some kind of force. It turned her into a serpentine-abomination, changing her skin to scales, withering her hair away, granting her unprecedented strength, her eyes turned bronze, and she grew fangs and claws, secreting poison.
Erik was forced to kill the girl after she attacked him on his way to town, as he was picking up supplies. He has promised the townfolk that he would personally go and find what did this, no matter what it takes. He left alone, and has since arrived at the town of Reindook...