Arti, "Caught" in a Curse Trap (Patreon)

Ever the brave adventurer, the valiant knight Arti took it upon himself to explore one of the local ruins and put an end to to the terror of the place once and for all. With the courage of a champion he took off into the night, ready to set things right with his sword, his strength, and his dashing smile, naturally.

Alas, since that night the local town watchmen say he has been down in the labyrinthine corridors and tunnels of the ruin with no sign of him anywhere, and some reporting terrifying growling and howling echoing from the cursed caverns below. There's local folklore of a powerful warlock sealing himself in the deeper levels with "intense" magic wards, placing traps all throughout the site to repel would be explorers and plunderers. One sure hopes the heart throb blonde hasn't gotten himself ensnared by the warlock's mischievous magic...