By all accounts, the malefactor and his accomplices not long ago made off with the Heretical Banded Armour of Saints from its sacred resting place and are attempting to fence it for a enormous dull ruby of astounding value.
Any adventurer keen on hunting down the villain and his gang will need to venture to the distant Grotto of Defiled Dragons, where a confrontation with its feared guardian, the Venom Knave is all but a grim certainty.