Pathfinder Tales: "Mother Bears" [RPG]

 NO SPOILERS

Mother Bears is a three-part series of free Pathfinder web fiction available on the Paizo website here.  It features characters that would later appear in the Pathfinder Tales novel Skinwalkers.  The web fiction has some interesting characters and good action scenes, though ultimately it's pretty forgettable.  Still, it's free and short, so worth reading just before reading the novel for some additional background.

SPOILERS!

Set on an island in the rough-and-tumble Ironbound Archipelago, Mother Bears involves a woman named Jendara and her preteen son Kran.  Kran is mute but brave, and goes missing when he's taunted by other kids on the island to venture into abandoned pirate caves alone.  Realising her son is missing, Jendara springs into action to find him with the help of Vorrin, a ship captain.  The island is already in an uproar over a goblin raid, and it turns out a goblin dog is in the cave that Kran entered!  Everything ends well, but there's not a lot (other than the setting) that is particularly distinctive compared to other Pathfinder stories.