As the faithful of Otego, belonging to the Church of Aegis, each of you decided to offer your services and do some mission work for the church.  Since each of you showed some special qualities above the average follower, you were charged to help protect some other missionaries who were helping to construct a larger temple in the village of Kalholm.  It seems you could not have arrived at a better time.  Most of the workers had come down with a mysterious illness.  You quickly discovered that the sickness was foodborne, being spread by diseased rats, seemingly under the command of a larger, sentient rat.  With the warehouses quickly cleared of the infestation, and the workers on the mend, construction could get back on schedule.  That would not last for long, however, as supplies and raw materials coming in from surrounding areas were being intercepted.  These raids escalated in the sacking of a local quarry.  Tracking down the culprits was fairly easy, for they were trying to lure you in.  Unfortunately, their ploy was their folly, and they were quickly dispatched.  You captured a lone survivor of the band, a hobgoblin scout, who offered his expertise of the area on condition of his release.  He reported the movements of a small colony of hungry giant ants on the move to the quarry, which still had not delivered enough stone to complete the temple.  The ants were relentless in their advances, though through careful planning and some ingenuity, the entire colony was destroyed.  Finally, with the temple nearing completion, some of you are sent to summon a cardinal capable of consecrating the grounds.  The morning of the event, you find he had been assassinated the previous evening.  Appearantly, from the recognition of the tracks leading from the room, a large rat, or more likely a wererat, was the perpetrator.  There was not much time to devote to the investigation, since the temple still needed to be consecrated.  This time, a High Inquisitor was sent with additional guard.  He was able to complete the ritual successfully.

Some other events of note:

• The local constabulary seemed quite suspicious of you, and verbally abusive at times.  In fact, the Sheriff’s Deputy in charge was trying to extort protection money, or possibly some other assurances, from the temple.
• While traveling to Wolfberg to alert the church that the Cardinal had been assassinated, you encountered a young girl with strange, dark eyes named Nina.  She was quite interested in traveling with you, and shortly after you had allowed her to come along, you discovered that she had viciously murdered another traveler.  Fortunately, a royal patrol had come along and convinced her to “go home.”  Later, you discovered that she belonged to someone known only as the Dollmage, and that she had killed before….
• The hobgoblin mercenaries carried a bank token and a copy of their contract, which you seized.