A Journey into the Occult, Beginning with Lin Qi

Even the wildest ideas can become stars scattered across the sky. Starting Scene: Dusk in Straw Village You are Tom, a human serf from Straw Village, making a living by growing wheat in the lord's fields. As you finish work at dusk today, you discover that the fence around the pasture at the village entrance has been smashed. Three ewes kept for their milk are missing, leaving only a few hoofprints stained with mud and dead grass, leading all the way to the Deadwood Forest outside the village.

The village chief is standing by the pasture, anxiously rubbing his hands. When he sees you, he calls out,