Shield shaped red icons are used to mark monster encounters. The expected level of the encounter is included in parenthesis in the article title to help me see at a glance what level the encounter is appropriate for.

If the PCs are too low level for the encounter, they might instead run across minions of the monster or find tracks or other evidence that suggests the presence of a monster.

A group of vampire nobles from Shadar are travelling to Furnace to meet with an eccentric alchemist who claims to have discovered a potion that will allow them to walk in the sun.