A cluster of ghosts catch you off guard and surround you. Frozen in their icy grasp, you can't believe your dungeon adventuring career is about to meet a grisly end before it's hardly begun.
A ball of fire lights up the dungeon. In a spray of ectoplasm, the ghosts dissipate into the ether. You wipe the ectoplasmic goop from your face, and look up to see a wizard standing nearby. He lowers his staff to rest in the crook of his arm and offers the slightest of nods.
"I am known as Kallan. You ought to be much more careful, these halls are unforgiving."