The Corner Man (quest)

DM: Ethan

PCs: Bor, De Leon

Questline: The Midnight Quests

The corner man was the second quest in the Midnight Saga. It was the follow up To "Salem" and focused on Suspense more than gore and shock. Corner Man was the first to feature a Billy Monster.

Bor and De Leon leave X Billy with the now orphaned children in a cart. They head east toward the far shore of the island and by nightfall they reach a new town. The town is well maintained and made completely out of birch wood. They enter and find a tavern at which the barkeep warns them about a masion in the center of the town. the next day they decide to investigate and with the kids, set off across town to the guards post. On the way, one of the kids is mentally attacked by the corner man as they pass the mansion, though noone notices. They talk to people around town and that night Bor is visited by Crystal, Billy's deceased lover. She warns bor that he must leave if he desires to live. Bor and De Leon ask the head of the guard to watch the kids and decide to go into the masion, where they encounter the Corner man. A battle ensues and Corner Man is slain in the basement. Bor finds shrunken heads that represent ensnared captives to the corner man. Bor crushes one (which was a previous captive of Cardinal's) and realizes one of the heads is that of the captain watching their kids. Bor and De Leon race back to find him attacking the kids and they kill him. They take the kids back into town where the already anxious crowd is frightened into throwing rocks at the group. A rock hits an orphan and De Leon snaps and proceeds to burn the entire town. Tthey take the kids out of town and the quest comes to an end.

NOTES

this quest is often noted to be one of if not the best in the questline