Recover an Arcane Hourglass

This is the first quest given to the adventurers by Dr. Naznarth.

He entreats the adventurers to travel to the Deadwood and find a small ruined town with a wizard's tower.

There, they were told to take away any special items they could find and bring them back to the museum.

2000gp is offered as a reward, and in preparation, Dr. Naznarth gives the party a Bag of Holding, and some Lead Gloves.

The group was to specifically look out for an item he referred to as an Arcane Hourglass

After traveling to the Deadwood and finding the town covered in zombies, the party managed to create some distractions and fight their way to the tower, and underneath it found the Arcane Hourglass as well as a very unusual sealed suit of Armor. They also found a few magical books including a Wizard's Journal, and a talking skull named Bob

Before they were able to bring the hourglass back to Dr. Naznarth, however, it was stolen by a group of mysterious cloaked individuals who were far too powerful for the party to confront at the time.

The party returns to Dr. Naznarth and tells him all they've experienced, and he rewards them 1000gp for going and coming back with information, and another 500gp for the information in the Wizard's Journal.