The jade was cursed, that's what the people believed and it quickly grew out of favor. The city of Maidenjade relied on the stone, it was the entire reason for its existence. As those with coin left the city, only the most dangerous scavengers remained; thieves, assassins and those with nowhere else to go. The stories within this volume tell the tales of those unfortunate souls that still call Maidenjade their home, each trying to scrape out an existence in this filthy and ill-fated place....

In winter's brutal grip, an existence that was already difficult has become nearly impossible in the 'Jade. The struggle for food and shelter has become desperate for the city's least fortunate.The appearance of corpselights leads a grieving group of friends into the Deepdark to uncover a secret left behind by a departed companion.To save her missing sister, Drua, a young Witchkinder, recruits a thief to infiltrate the Baron's compound.What is the deadly apparition tha...