### The Story

Beethro Budkin is a fifth-generation Smitemaster - an expert swordsman employed to clear out dungeons infested with deadly monsters. One of his largest jobs was clearing out all twenty-five floors of King Dugan's Dungeon in Dugandy, gaining great notoriety in the Smitemasters Guild. After opening the Roasted Roach Grill, a bustling restaurant where Beethro sold off all of the monster meat he collected while beneath, Beethro returned underground with his curious nephew, Halph, to investigate rumors of an underground civilization expanding the King's dungeon and centered in a place called Rooted Hold. Once arriving in The City Beneath, Beethro found the Rooted Empire and unearthed many unsettling secrets. Many of the Empire's plans center around an imminent "Grand Event" that has to do with destroying all people living on the surface.

Now, join Beethro on an epic journey across the continents of the Eighth in this concluding chapter of his quest for truth about the clandestine Rooted Empire and its sinister plots deep beneath the surface. Help Beethro unravel the mystery of the looming Grand Event in time to save his homeland!

Beethro lives in a world called The Eighth, currently named so because it was found to have the shape of one-eighth of a pie. You can see a map of it and learn more here.

For more background see:

- The Monster Reference Guide
- Other Monsters and Denizens of the Beneath
- The Master Map of the Eighth
- The Rooted Empire

We also recommend interested readers to have a look online at the "Stories" and "Reference" sections on DROD.CaravelGames.com to learn more about the story of Beethro Budkin and the Eighth.

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