Dead Horse Blight

Dead
Horse
Blight
A Night Borough
Adventure by
Glynn
ENnie gold award winning
Seal
Part 1 of 3 in the Orrery Adventure Series
Dead
Horse
Blight
A blight is rampaging through Brakenbau.
Black fungal spores have been appearing on grasses across the
fiefdom causing them to wither and die, leaving patches of
bare earth. Cattle and horses feeding on the affected grasses
shed their fur and coats and their blackened skin shivers
before they eventually lay down and expire.
Farmers and merchants across Brakenbau are becoming

restless. Some have lost hundreds of cattle and their
livelihoods are in ruins. Merchants are in uproar as the effect
on the availability of horses, mules and other draft animals
has become a significant issue, causing rising prices in the
transportation of goods.
The Duke of Brakenbau, Lucas Braken III, is under significant

pressure to sort out the problem not only from the farmers
and merchants of Brakenbau and the populace at large who
are seeing the economic effects of the situation, but also from
the Grand Duke who wants everything done to keep the
blight contained within Brakenbau’s borders. Surrounding
fiefdoms are growing increasingly anxious, watching their
borders for signs of the black spores.
Something must be done!
Part 1 of 3 in the Orrery Adventure Series

Dark Stars Universe
A Night Borough Adventure:
Dead Horse Blight

Credits
Writing, Cartography & Layout: Glynn Seal
Night Borough Setting: Morgan Lean (Setting Goblin)
Editor: Victoria Kerr
Artists: Joe Bonito, Dean Spencer, Aleksa Stajsic, Cao Viet
Table of Contents
THE FIEFDOM OF BRAKENBAU THE VAGENWALD�� 16 ADVENTURE COMPLETION� 39
��4 Hagen's Woodland Camp�� 16 Destroying the Sphere��39
Towns and Cities��4 Gnarlstone Watchtower�� 19 Audience with the Duke of
Monasteries��6 BRAKENHAFEN�� 23 Brakenbau��39
Villages��6 Brakenhafen��23 Further Adventures��39
Locations of Interest��6 Seeing the Duke��23 APPENDIX�� 40
Nobles�� 7 Before Koregg Ruins�� 23 Old One Remnant�� 40
Notable Noble Families��7 After Koregg Ruins�� 23 Hollag Grimma (Human)�� 41
Taxation��8 Varg's Mercenary (Human)42
Justice��8 RUINS OF KOREGG��24
Exploring the Ruins��24 Varg's Mercenary (Lake Troll)
THE BLIGHT��9 ��43
Dead Horse Blight Disease��9 SCHWEIRHAFEN��30 Varg Hagen (Human)��44
Blight Origins�� 10 The Contact��30 Blackened Eye Lookout
ORDER OF EVENTS�� 11 ROTE COPPER MINES�� 32 (Human)��45
GETTING INVOLVED�� 12 Mining Terminology��32 Blackened Eye Thief (Wood
Captain Henning��12 Exploring the Copper Mines Elf)��46
The Missing Guardsman��13 ��32 The Hood (Wood Elf)��47
THE VOID BEYOND�� 36 Mergal Holst (Human)�� 48
THE TOWN OF ALTVAGEN�� 14 Blackened Eye Mine Guard
Meeting the False Captain�� 14 Through the Breach��36
The Cure��38 (Human)��49
Following Varg's Men��15 Hoth Faust (Tainted Human)
Seal the Breach��38
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Dead Horse Blight
This is the first adventure in a three adventure arc. Dead Horse Blight is the advenure you hold
in your hands or are reading on your screen. It can be played as a standalone adventure, or part of
the arc. The second adventure is called Awakening a God, and the concluding third part is called
The Orrery of the Void.
The blight featured in this adventure is a plot by the Tsar of Moravik to sew unrest within the
Duchy of Brakenbau, and lay the foundation for an invasion. Whilst the Tsar is responsible,
hidden machinations of a Carcosan god, Astur, and his devout followers had influenced the Tsar
and his advisors without their knowledge. Seeking to bring a physical manifestation of Astur into
the world of Night Borough, they plan to wreak havoc and gain more power so that Astur may
rise to his full glory once again in Carcosa and the realms of Aldebaran.
The destruction of the portal in the Rote Copper Mines of this adventure allows disrupted energy
to manifest into one end of a Greater Portal in the Deepwater Circle, needed as part of Astur’s
attempt to manifest into Night Borough. However, the Greater Portal needs more energy from the
power of an ornate relic called The Orrery of the Void, which models the strange motions of the
planets, using special artifacts as the planets, known as ‘The Planetary Artifacts’.
To do this, Astur’s devout followers have rebuilt an ancient gate at the bottom of Great Lake Hali
which forms the other end of the Greater Portal, as well as structures and a temple that house the
chassis of the orrery. It just needs the planetary artifacts in place and a working orrery so that
his followers can perform the rituals needed to bring Astur’s manifestation through the Greater
Portal into Night Borough.
Six more planetary artifacts are needed to complete the orrery.

1. The Phoenix Egg: Adventure 2, Awakening a God.
2. Ambergris of the White Whale: Adventure 2, Awakening a God.
3. Acorn of Everliving: Adventure 3, The Orrery of the Void.
4. Star of Kalladari: Adventure 3, The Orrery of the Void.
5. Eye of Vulgaris the Mad: Adventure 3, The Orrery of the Void.
6. Starstone: Adventure 3, The Orrery of the Void.
Astur’s machinations are at work behind the scenes in all the adventures, manipulating forces
to bring the six planetary artifacts to Carcosa, despite many in the safekeeping with the elves of
Aelfheim who are sworn to keep them in their realm.
A human prophecy—a manipulation by Astur—foretells that a Great Old One will breach into
the world and wreak death and chaos unlike any ever seen, and not even the Dryad’s protective
magic can prevent it. An artifact of old—The Orrery of the Void, long broken apart and mainly
scattered across Aelfheim is the only hope of stopping it.
The Grand Duke of Fecklemare, as well as his advisors, seers, and prophets believe the prophecy,
wishing to find these pieces and help close the breach (the Greater Portal at the Deepwater
Circle), by passing through the gateway and installing them onto the Orrery ...exactly into the
location where Astur and his devout followers need them, but to fool Astur’s ambitions, the
Player Characters must destroy the powered orrery and return back through the portal before it is
destroyed once and for all. Sealing Astur to his fate in Carcosa.
Before the breach is destroyed, Astur’s manifestation partly comes through and causes mayhem
before being destroyed in the collapsing portal, thus concluding the final adventure in the series.
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THE FIEFDOM OF
BRAKENBAU
The fiefdom of Brakenbau is ruled by Duke The duke has a circle of twelve advisors, versed
Lucas Brakenbau III, son of the previous Duke in all manner of specialities such as warfare,
and of the same line that has steadfastly ruled agriculture, welfare, tithes, justice, religion, and
here for over two centuries. Prior to that, wars trade. Together, they are known as the Hoch
forced changes in rulers every few decades— Braken.
some benevolent, some malign. The staunch ally Brakenbau is divided into five baronies; these
of the Grand Duchy of Krieangburg, Brakenbau are the Baronies of Vagenwald, North Brakenbau,
enjoys military and economic benefits from the Schloss, Hochalden, and Brakenhafen, the largest
alliance. towns being the centres for local administration.
The forests of the Vagenwald and Urwald are These are the seats of the Barons (or Countesses)
sprawling, dark and ancient. Not many people and Lords (or Ladies) and they answer to the
wander far inside the ancient, shadowy, and Hoch Braken in all matters.
bracken-carpeted floors of these dangerous
T owns and C ities

places. Logging camps, trappers, and hunters
take care not to awake slumbering tree spirits or
worse.
Altvagen: Sitting within the Barony of
Brakenbau thrives on its woollen and wooden Vagenwald, Altvagen is a small town of 4,000
products. Rich hardwoods taken from the forest inhabitants and was founded over a hundred
edges are crafted into all manner of opulent years ago on the edge of the Vagenwald. The
products such as furniture, statues, ornate forest edge has since receded northwards due
doorways, and regal-looking carriages. The to logging operations, but the town has grown
grasslands are strewn with farmsteads, manors, sufficiently to maintain its position. Merchants
and old fortifications. haggle over wagons creaking with prized
Lake Braken is ringed with fishing hardwoods before they slog their way through
communities that provide food from the the streets and onto the trails eastward. The
abundant waters. The southern waters of the current ruler of the Barony of Vagenwald, Lady
lake are mineral rich, picking up rainwater than Blaufuer, resides in Altvagen.
drains northwards from the Vier Hills.
Brakenhafen: A fortified port city and ducal
Lake Deeping is the second largest lake in the capital of 30,000 inhabitants, Brakenhafen sits
Grand Duchy of Fecklemare, and an important on the eastern edge of Lake Deeping. Ships take
trade route for connecting all but one of the woollen and wooden products across the lake
eastern duchies. and through the river systems to the Duchy of
The Vier Hills are the most prominent Krieangburg. Duke Brakenbau rules the whole
mountains in the duchy, reaching elevations duchy from his pale stone, fortified palace
of just over 5,000 feet. The four dominant overlooking the lake from a promontory of rock
peaks were renamed fifty years ago after known as The Wall. The day to day running of
prominent members of the ducal household. the Barony of Brakenhafen is tended to by Lord
In order of prominence, they are Mount Kairos.
Lucas, Mount Bertrand, Mount Mathilda, and The Church of the God of All Things and
Mount Charlotte. The old names are still used; 10,000 Saints has a powerful foothold in
Scharfespitze, Flachespitze, Gross Rot, and the capital, and they have become adept at
Grauerzahn. machinations within the duke’s court.
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Galzburg: A trading town of 2,000
inhabitants, this is a waystop for travellers V illages
heading into Salz, and also those heading north Hamlets and fortified villages surrounded by
into Brakenbau. Both Salz and Brakenbau farms are scattered across the landscape. Not
merchants sell their wares here at keen prices too far away are the fortified manor houses
and despite the Salz merchants being taxed more owned by knights, nobles and other landowners
heavily, the business is lively and cutthroat. favoured by the lords and barons. Most
The current ruler of the Barony of Schloss, Lord populations are of no more than 250 souls.
L ocations
Hulthengar, resides in Galzburg.
Hochhalden: A fishing and mining town of
I nterest
of 5,000 inhabitants, known for its crayfish.
The Crayfishmen of Hochhalden have formed
their powerful guild within the town, and
this holds sway over many other areas of life Major Ley Lines: Brakenbau is crossed by a
for the Hochhaldens. The current ruler of the number of major ley lines and dotted with some
Barony of Lake Braken, Baron Seethur, resides in significant stone circles. The north-south ley
Hochhalden. lines are: Seegermire, Alterene, and Harrow. The
east-west ley lines are: Deerghost, Kergal, Hoch,
Ulfstein: A fishing town of 3,000 inhabitants, and Larmusk. At the intersection of some of
this is a popular stop with traders heading south these ley lines sit large arrangements of menhirs,
from the Commonwealth of Tartarazn. Unusual dolmens, trilithons, and sarsens.
finds from the northern mountains abound in
the marketplaces: rare minerals, strange furs, Deepwater Circle: In the middle of Lake
and even items laced with sorcery. The current Braken, over three hundred feet below the
ruler of the Barony of North Brakenbau, Lady surface, is a set of standing stones protruding
Vallan, resides in Ulfstein. from the silty bottom like talons reaching
upwards. These are the standing stones known
M onasteries
as the Deepwater Circle and part of the Harrow-
Kergal ley lines.
Order of the Faceless Monk: A colony of Garlen Stones: Amongst the dense trunks and
darkening-tainted monks, whose abbey sits in canopy-cast shadows of the Vagenwald is a large
the north-western Vier Hills. They are shunned set of standing stones now wrapped in vines
by the populace, although Duke Brakenbau has and thick lichens, rarely having seen flickers of
exempted them from tithes and sends them a sunlight in centuries. Ancient runes are carved
monthly wagon filled with supplies. The current into the stones in a script no longer understood.
abbot is Father Niedriger. They worship a saint Part of the Alterene-Deerghost ley lines.
with no facial features.
Gnarlstone Watchtower: In the dungeons
The Dolmen Watchers: Not far from the beneath this ancient stone watchtower, a circle
Winter Dolmens, a group of white-cloaked of stones sit within a fungi-illuminated chamber.
wood elves, once from the Urwald, reside in a Part of the Seegermire-Kergal ley lines.
fortified manor house. They carry out rituals and
maintenance to the Winter Dolmens, believing Winter Dolmens: The winter dolmens are
them to be a defensive mechanism for an made of white stone, hence their name. One of
upcoming war. the most intricated sets of standing stones in
Brakenbau, they are a set of four concentric rings
of stones, with the inner set comprised entirely
of dolmens. Part of the Seegermire-Larmusk ley
lines.
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Ruins of Koregg: The Castle of Koregg fell
into ruins millennia past. No one knows who N obles
built it and how long it stood. Its name comes Nobles have their titles bestowed upon them
from an old ruler of legend, said to have sat through family lineage or are granted them
upon a golden throne in its great hall. These through heroic deeds and actions, such as
ancient lakeside fortifications hark back to a bravery in wartime. These titles come with land
time when the lake levels were higher. Now a and responsibility for those whose land they
series of crumbling stone walls and collapsed own. Some nobles are unscrupulous, whilst
towers perched in the foothills of the Vier Hills, others are fair and even-handed. Nobles are
the dungeons, cellars and escape tunnels are expected to keep a retinue of armed men and
relatively intact. women prepared to fight to defend the duchy
from any threats domestic and external.
N otable N oble
Rote Copper Mines: Although in Salz, these
are mentioned here for the sake of the adventure.
F amilies
The Rote Copper Mines are found in the Rote
Hills in Salz. The workings are centuries old, and
now abandoned as despite copper still being
found in the deep seams it became expensive House Lang-Roth: A rich trading family of
to extract. Copper is still mined in Salz, but in mixed elven and human ancestry, they make
smaller quantities as iron, gold and silver are their wealth from trading woollen products as
much more useful commodities. well as seafood. They operate from within the
city of Brakenhafen and have 6 merchant vessels
and 2 protection frigates each with 12 cannons.
They also operate a network of wagons and
haulage across the duchy as well as 100 pikemen
and 100 dragoons to help protect them.
Weiss-Muller: The Weiss-Muller family can
be traced back to the lands of Tomrel. These
towering red-haired humans are believed to
have fire giant ancestry to account for their
unusual appearance. No one knows the truth.
The seat of the Weiss-Mullers is a fortified keep
and manor near Hochhalden called the Höllefast.
Their wealth derives from gambling houses and
pleasure establishments. Their establishments
are scattered across the duchy and are protected
by 300 guardsmen.
Altbecken: The Altbeckens are a human noble
family that made their wealth through logging
operations in the Vagenwald and Urwald. They
donate large sums of money to the COAT. They
own land across the duchy, but their castle,
Schloss Altbecken, sits on the southern border
of the Barony of Vagenwald about 10 kilometres
south of Altvagen. The Altbeckens command a
force of 750 pikemen and 50 dragoons, and have
access to 6 cannons.
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T axation
Taxes are collected from all the residents of Brakenbau unless they have special exemption. The job
of collecting taxes falls to the landowners, who are in turn required to pass a large percentage on to
their lord or baron, who again passes on a large percentage to the Duke of Brakenbau. Tax collectors
are generally loathed amongst the populace.
J ustice
Crimes are managed at a local level by representatives of the barony. These sheriffs are appointed by
the baron or lord and are usually given jurisdiction over an area within the village or town boundary,
which usually includes outlying farmsteads.
• Witchcraft (minor): imprisonment or serfdom for a length of time.
• Property Damage (minor): serfdom for a proportionate duration.
• Property Damage (major): Imprisonment or serfdom for a proportionate duration.
• Theft (minor): imprisonment or serfdom for a proportionate duration.
• Other crimes: are considered on a case-by-case basis.
More serious crimes with possible death sentences are handled by the Justices of Brakenhafen, a
council of thirteen men and women versed in the laws of the land. There are no juries.
• Treason against the Duke or Grand Duke: Death.
• Murder: Death or imprisonment.
• Witchcraft (major): Death, or imprisonment or serfdom for a
length of time
• Theft (major): Death or imprisonment.
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THE BLIGHT
A blight is rampaging through Brakenbau.
Black fungal spores have been appearing on
grasses across the fiefdom causing them to wither
and die, leaving patches of bare earth. Swathes
of grassland being blighted would be less of a
problem if it wasn’t for the cattle and horses that
need to feed on this important resource. Once
animals eat the affected grasses, the spores grow
rapidly inside their hosts. Within days, their fur
and coats have shed and their blackened skin
shivers before they eventually lay down and
expire.
Farmers and merchants across Brakenbau are
becoming restless. Some have lost hundreds of
cattle and their livelihoods are in ruins. Merchants
are in uproar as the effect on the availability of
horses, mules and other draft animals has become
a significant issue, causing rising prices in the
transportation of goods. The Duke of Brakenbau,
Lucas Braken III, is under significant pressure to
sort out the problem not only from the farmers
and merchants of Brakenbau and the populace at large who are seeing the economic effects of the
situation, but also from the Grand Duke who wants everything done to keep the blight contained
within Brakenbau’s borders. Surrounding fiefdoms are growing increasingly anxious, watching their
borders for signs of the black spores.
Signs of the blight were first noted two months ago in Altvagen on the borders of the Vagenwald,
leading many to believe that a disease often found on trees had migrated to grasses with devastating
effect. Since then, the blight has spread quickly, being carried by infected animals travelling up and
down the fiefdom and by the carrion that feed on the blight-affected carcasses. Patches of infertile
earth radiate out from the Vagenwald, spreading through the arterial routes as far north as Ulfstein
and as far south as the Vier Hills.
D ead H orse B light D isease

Dead Horse Blight only affects equine (horses, mules, etc), ovine (sheep) and bovine (cows, oxen,
etc) animals. Specifically affected animals are at the Game Master’s discretion. It is currently not
contagious to humans, Dwarves, Elves, Trolls, Folk or Ophidians. The blight does affect Old Ones.
Disease FP/HP FP Recovery HP Recovery Attribute Potency
Damage
Dead Horse Blight 6d6 2d6 1d6 Con, Dex, Str 2
The Grand Duke has demanded an investigation and forced Duke Braken into action to stop it
spreading further into the duchy, and impacting food sources and the entire population of the duchy.
Duke Braken has dispatched a dedicated blight investigation team from Brakenhafen to Altvagen to
find out more about the blight’s origin and how to stop its spread.
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B light O rigins
The blight is not what it seems. It is part of a sinister plot to overthrow the Grand Duke, destroy the
economy of Fecklemare and pave the way for an invasion by the armies under the control of the Tzar
of Moravik.
An enclave of thieves and sorcerers based in the town of Schweirhafen in Salz known as the
Blackened Eye are loyal to the Tzar of Moravik. They operate through a shadowy network of
middlemen and spies who work to undermine the Brakenbau authorities. A learned group within the
Blackened Eye, whose interest lay in diseases and poisons, had found a dangerous strain of fungal
spores that inhabited the Void Beyond long since forgotten by most. Whilst safe to humanity, its
effects on animals made them realise that with some modifications to its longevity, it could have a
detrimental effect on economies that rely on cattle for food and animals for transportation.
After years of striving, and working on a cure in parallel, the Dead Horse Blight spores were ready for
whatever their master in Moravik could use them for.
The Tzar and his most loyal circle formulated a master plan around the fungal spores: release, wait,
and invade.
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ORDER OF EVENTS
The following is the order in which the 8. At the Ruins of Koregg, the PCs find the base
adventure is expected to run: of the Brakenbau arm of the Blackened Eye.
It is here that they discover a secret location
1. Start in Grubdorf. exists where the blight has been developed,
2. Meet Captain Henning and learn about known only to a contact in Schweirhafen in
missing guardsman. Salz.
3. Find the body of Guardsman Fischer and his 9. Schweirhafen: The contact in Schweirhafen
horse. Fight the wolf pack. can be forced to tell of the Rote Copper
Mines in the Rote Hills where the fungal
4. Head to Altvagen to meet with Captain spores of the blight were discovered deep in
Henning and get payment. Captain Henning the tunnels. He also knows that the floating
and his group have been killed by Varg black sphere powers the blight and can only
Hagen and his bandits working for the be destroyed by a ‘cure’.
Blackened Eye, who are now pretending to
be Captain Henning’s group. He will initially 10. At the Rote Copper Mines, the PCs stumble
refuse to pay them. across the breach that allows the fungal
spores to be collected from the Void Beyond.
5. The PCs will know that the man pretending This is also where the cure is kept. PCs must
to be Captain Henning is not him and venture into the Void Beyond to get it. They
likely arouse suspicion. They can track the fight the dying remnants of an Old One who
movements of some of Varg’s men who protects it. They must also seal the breach.
travel into the Vagenwald at night to their The head sorcerer at the Rote Copper Mines,
woodland camp. Hoth Faust, is the architect of the blight. The
PCs find that it is part of a plot by the Tzar of
6. At Hagen’s Woodland Camp, the PCs find Moravik to eventually invade Brakenbau.
the bodies of Captain Henning’s company
and the dying Captain Henning who tasks 11. The cure can then be used in the dungeons
the PCs with finding out what’s going on, of Gnarlstone Watchtower to destroy the
believing it to be related to the blight, and floating black sphere and reverse the blight
reporting to the duke. They find clues to a and its effects. The plot can be relayed to
further location at Gnarlstone Watchtower. the Duke and his advisors to thwart any
further attempts to bring down the Duchy
7. At Gnarlstone Watchtower, the PCs find of Brakenbau.
that a shadowy group called the Blackened
Eye are behind Captain Henning’s death,
and in the dungeons beneath they find a
member of the Blackened Eye called the
Hood as well as an indestructible floating
black sphere that sits on a conjunction of ley
lines, powering the continued growth of the
blight. Clues to a location in the Vier Hills
near Brakenhafen suggests the Blackened
Eye might have a base of operations in the
Ruins of Koregg.
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GETTING INVOLVED
The player characters start in the small hamlet craftsmen, but its redeeming feature is the old,
of Grubdorf, eight kilometres southeast of whitewashed coach house and inn called the
Altvagen. How they came to be here is up to the Home From Home.
Game Master and the players. Here are some It is suggested that the player characters are
suggestions, feel free to pick or roll randomly: staying at the inn or at least having a meal or
R eason for
refreshment there. The player characters are
being in likely to have heard rumours of the blight, even
G rubdorf
if they haven’t encountered it, especially if they
have been in the region of Brakenbau for more
than few weeks. Here’s what they know at the
Roll Reason start of the adventure:
1d10
1 Visiting a relative of one of the player 1. A blight is ravaging Brakenbau (true).
characters. 2. It’s killing cattle and horses (true).
2 Delivering a package to a prominent 3. The blight originated in the Vagenwald
villager. (partially true).
3 Looking for work. The rest of the patrons in the bar area of the
4 Looking for a wanted criminal. inn are mostly farmers telling their tales about
5 On their way to Altvagen and staying the blight.
here briefly to rest.
Travel Note: On horseback, in normal terrain, a
6 Finding plant ingredients for a character can travel approximately 80 kilometres
prominent herbalist. per day (10 hexes). That’s 1 hex per hour for a 10-
7 Just travelling the lands looking for hour travel day. On foot, a character can travel ap-
adventure. proximately 32 kilometres per day (4 hexes). That’s
8 Hunting a dangerous beast that has 0.5 hex per hour for an 8-hour travel day.
C aptain H enning
been plaguing farmland.
9 Have been magically transported there
from Stygia by an unknown entity. At some point during their time at the inn (or
10 Woke up here and have no recollection even outside near the stabling), at sunset, the
of where they are. doors open and seven men armed and wearing
light armour and muddy travelling cloaks enter.
On their way to Grubdorf, the player characters Their tabards bear the Brakenbau coat of arms
could have encountered the effects of the blight marking them as the duke’s men.
already in the following ways:
This is the duke’s blight investigation team.
• A farmer burning blight-affected cattle Their leader is a man of fifty winters who
carcasses. introduces himself to inn staff as Captain
• A farmer burning patches of blight-affected Henning. The player characters can overhear that
grass. he and his men are on their way to Altvagen on
• Dead sheep by the roadside (emaciated, the duke’s business and that they have lost one
coatless, and black skinned). of their group after they were stalked by wolves
• A farmer asking for work, as his farm and earlier in the day. As such, they are looking to
livestock have been ravaged by blight. stay here for the evening and find someone who
can go and help look for him while they continue
Grubdorf is a simple hamlet surrounded by their journey to Altvagen in the morning.
farmland. The hamlet has a few tradesmen and
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The player characters can approach the captain north. From this point, the ground is trickier,
and offer their services, or he will come to their and if on horseback the PCs will struggle to
table and ask the PCs if they are interested in steer their mounts safely and risk injuring their
aiding him. He will offer 200 silver coins if the horses.
players can find his colleague and his horse and After another quarter of an hour following the
aid them back to Altvagen, even if the worst tracks, up ahead amongst the weatherworn and
befell them. Some other things he may divulge tumbled stones is a dark cave opening. Before it,
are: the half-eaten bodies of a man and horse lie still,
• The group were stalked and chased by a blood and innards lie across the dirt. These are
pack of wolves that attacked them, running the bodies of Guardsman Fischer and his dapple-
parallel to the main road about an hour grey horse.
and a half east of Grubdorf, not far from If any of the players still have their horses
a toppled stone waymarker on a rise in with them, they become agitated and will bolt
the roadway. The horses got spooked and unless the character makes a successful Pilot
bolted. (Equestrian) skill check. If any player characters
• They last saw him struggling with his get within 5 metres of the dead guardsmen, a
spooked horse, fleeing north into the broken snarling wolf leaps from the darkness of the cave
and rocky terrain. entrance. Six more wolves appear all around,
• The missing man’s name is Wolfgang hunched on the rocks and then pounce at the
Fischer, and he was a human guardsman. player characters.
• He was riding a dapple-grey horse with a If the player characters posted a lookout, then
black mane and white forelock. they have an opportunity to spot the wolves
• His men are off to investigate the recent approaching with a successful Recon skill check
blight on the orders of the duke. and ready themselves for the attack.
• The rest of the Captain’s group are Sergeant
Otto Schmidt, Guardsman Heinrich Muller, W ol f
Guardsman Karl Kraus, Sage Werner Jalgen
(a fungal specialist), Ranger Johanna Kruger Str 6; Dex 6; Con 6; Siz 3; Att 1; Int 2; Edu 1;
(a woodland specialist), and Albrecht Haas Cha 3; Emp 2; SCt 5; Ess 13; Hum NA;
(a human sorcerer). They are all human. Skills NA; MCDB 2; HP 18; FP 12; Init 3; Mv
10 walking.
• They will be based at the Woodsman Inn in Attacks: Claws (AP 1; Dmg 1d3); Fangs (AP 2;
Altvagen by tomorrow afternoon. Dmg 1d6)
T he M issing
Hit Locations (d10): 1 Head 2 / 6; 2-4 Body
Upper 2 / 9; 5-6 Body Lower 2 / 9; 7 Leg Left
G uardsman
Front 2 / 6; 8 Leg Right Front 2 / 6; 9 Leg
Left Rear 2 / 6; 10 Leg Right Rear 2 / 6.
Special Notes: None.
Skills: 90% Recon; 60% Unarmed Combat;
The roadway from Grubdorf heads east 40% Stealth; 20% Navigation, Athletics.
and eventually (after three hours travel on Perks & Combat Manoeuvres: Night Eyes,
horseback) the player characters will see the Keen Senses.
toppled stone waymarker. They can head north
off the roadway and into the rugged terrain The player characters must find some way
looking for clues. After quarter of an hour, of taking the body of the guardsman (not the
an active search and successful Recon skill horse) back to Captain Henning in Altvagen. The
check will enable them to spot signs of grey- messy remains of the body weigh 90 pounds.
white horse fur, skin and blood on some sharp
boulders. Another successful Recon skill check
will spot hoof prints in the dried dirt continuing
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THE TOWN OF ALTVAGEN
The journey from Grubdorf to Altvagen is and a weathered face, except for having a very
short (an hour on horseback). Along the way, the squashed nose.
players will encounter more signs of the blight,
M eeting the F alse

especially from burning cattle carcasses.
C aptain
Altvagen is a fortified town protected by a
wooden palisade perched atop a mound of earth
with ditches to its outer perimeter. Wooden
watchtowers protecte these ditches, and the These mercenaries are under the command
walls are more heavily fortified around each of Varg Hagen and being led by Hollag Grimma
of the two entrance gates: one north heading taking on the role of Captain Henning. The
off into the Vagenwald beyond, and one south mercenaries are a ragtag mob of men and women
leading back towards the rest of the duchy. who are down on their luck but heeded the call
The town supports around 3,000 inhabitants of Varg and bought into the idea of freedom that
and is busy all times of the day until the gates living outside the law offers. They have already
are closed at nightfall, after which they require ambushed and captured Captain Henning and
special authorisation from Lady Blaufuer to be his group, taking them to their woodland camp,
opened. Guards watch the gates and towers in and are wearing their uniforms to act as the
the Lady’s tabards, which bear the hardly of duke’s men. Varg’s men are under instruction to
Brakenbau, but also depict the blue keep of the maintain the pretence of being here under the
Blaufuer family. Atop a huge earthen mound duke’s command to investigate the blight, but
sits the stone keep of Lady Blaufuer, known as to prevent any actual investigation into matters.
Blaustone. Wagons and animals pack the streets, Varg’s men know nothing of Captain Henning’s
busy with a throng of haggling merchants and request that the players find Guardsman Fischer
wagoners. and bring him back to Altvagen for payment.
The main streets within the town are mostly Game Master’s Note: When meeting with
paved to allow heavy use and good traction for Varg’s mercenaries, the GM should play it as
draft animals and wagons. Just inside the south such that the Hollag Grimma thinks the players
gate sits a two-storey timber-framed structure are trying to pull a fast one on him and get
with cracked wattle and daub walls painted off- money out of him as part of some scam. Hollag
white. A crudely painted and creaking wooden will respond to anyone addressing him as
sign carved into the shape of an axe swings on Captain Henning, and also address his group as
two rusty chains proudly proclaiming it in white the people they are replacing, as well as being
lettering as the Woodsman Inn. required to do the duke’s bidding to investigate
the blight. The PCs can attempt to succeed at an
Outside the Woodsman Inn is a large stable Empathy skill check to note that they are being
managed by a young stableman called Noah. lied to.
Inside the inn is a large taproom which serves
ales, meads and wines as well as a hearty menu If the PCs start a fight with Varg’s mercenaries
of cooked meats, cheeses, breads and broths. The in the town, then at least two will flee Altvagen
mood seems sombre, but busy. In the corner, a and head to the woodland camp on horseback. A
group of eight men and women dressed in the fight here will attract the town watch and likely
uniforms of the Duke of Brakenbau sit around involve in the arrest and temporary detention of
a hearth drinking ale. At first glance, the player the PCs with the authorities believing the ‘duke’s
characters believe them to be Captain Henning group’ (Varg’s mercenaries).
and his group. Hollag looks vaguely like Captain
Henning, with unkempt sun-bleached hair
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F ollowing V arg ' s V a rg ’ s M e rc e na rie s , H u ma n (6)
M en
Str 5; Dex 7; Con 6; Siz 5; Att 4; Int 4; Edu
4; Cha 4; Emp 4; SCt 5; Ess 17; Hum 40;
Skills 330; MCDB 3; HP 22; FP 21; Init 3; Mv
If the PCs decide to keep an eye on Varg’s men, 3 walking.
then two will leave the town at midnight and Attacks: Punch (AP 0; Dmg 1d3 Fatigue
head to the woodland camp. Note that they have damage); Kick (AP 0; Dmg 1d6+3 Fatigue
authority to leave granted by Lady Blaufuer, who damage); Short sword (AP 2; Dmg 1d6+4
believes these men to be on the duke’s business. Thrust = +2 AP); Crossbow (AP 4; Dmg
The PCs will need to escape the town as the 1d6+2)
watch will not allow them to leave via the gates, Hit Locations (d10): 1 Head 0/6; 2–4 Chest
which will remain shut. 5/11; 5–6 Abdomen 5/6; 7 Left Arm 3/4; 8
Right Arm 3/4; 9 Right Leg 0/8; 10 Left Leg
H ol l a g G ri mma (1) 0/8.
Special Notes: Wear reinforced leather
Str 6; Dex 5; Con 9; Siz 7; Att 4; Int 4; Edu tunics. Carry 1d10 silver coins.
3; Cha 7; Emp 4; SCt 5; Ess 20; Hum 40; Skills: 70% Speak & Read Language Native;
Skills 320; MCDB 4; HP 32; FP 25; Init 2; 40% Unarmed Combat, Melee Combat,
Mv 3 walking. Projectile Weapons; 30% Graft (Gambling),
Attacks: Punch (AP 0; Dmg 1d3 Fatigue Professional Skill (Carpentry), Stealth,
damage); Kick (AP 0; Dmg 1d6+3 Fatigue Recon, Herder, Farming; 10% Persuasion &
damage); Long sword (AP 2; Dmg 2d6+3 Manipulation, Athletics.
Thrust = +2 AP, Cut = +2 Dmg) Perks & Combat Manoeuvres: No Mercy,
Hit Locations (d10): 1 Head 0/9; 2–4 Chest Luck of the Leprechaun.
8/16; 5–6 Abdomen 8/9; 7 Left Arm 3/6; 8
0/12.
Special Notes: Wears breastplate and
reinforced leather vambraces. Carries 26
silver coins, and an emerald worth 30 silver
coins.
Skills: 80% Speak & Read Language
Native; 60% Melee Combat; 50% Unarmed
Combat, Persuasion & Manipulation; 40%
Graft (Bribery); 20% Stealth, Recon, Pilot
(Equestrian), Projectile Weapons.
Perks & Combat Manoeuvres: Unnatural
Health, Haymaker, Feinted Strike, Riposte.
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THE VAGENWALD
Straying off the logging trails of the Vagenwald the meddling player characters, and posted a
and heading into the darkness can get you in lookout on the south trail who will alert the
trouble deeper than you expected. Here are camp with a specific owl hooting sound and be
some likely encounters to be found if the player ready to attack the player characters from their
characters stray more than a kilometre off the hiding locations in the tree line. The lookout
trail. Roll 1d6 once per day and once per night; can make Recon skill checks to spot any PCs
on a 6, an encounter occurs. Roll or pick from the attempting to sneak up to the camp (a successful
table below. opposed Stealth skill check required).
V agenwald E ncounters
Campfire: If the camp is approached at night,
the light of the large campfire will be seen
Roll Daytime Night-Time casting an orange glow up ahead.
1d6 Encounters* Encounters* The camp itself is in a small clearing in the
1 Ape Men (4) Hobgoblin Patrol (6) trees with the trail continuing northwest.
p. 11 p. 72 In the clearing are seven tents clustered into
2 Dire Wolf (1) Giant Spider (2) two groups around a central campfire with a
p. 182 p. 190 succulent-looking boar spit-roasting above it.
If the two mercenaries from Altvagen made
3 Giant Spider (1) Ogres (2) it to the camp, they will be standing by the
p. 190 p. 97 campfire unless given warning by the lookout.
4 Cave Bear (1) Centaur Patrol (2) Refer to the following information for numbered
p. 174 p.19 locations irrespective of day or night. Only
5 Wolf Pack (6) Mothran, injured (1) ambush conditions change the locations of the
p. 212 p.92 mercenaries:
6 Troll (1) Nightmare Spawn (1)
p. 130 p. 96 1. Mercenary Tent (Human): Two of Varg’s
mercenaries are inside here sleeping on
woollen blankets and covered with furs.
H agen ' s W oodland

2. Mercenary Tent (Human): One of Varg’s
C amp
mercenaries is inside sharpening his sword.
The tent contains his bedding and buried in
a small hole in the ground is a leather pouch
containing 50 silver coins.
The journey from Altvagen to Hagen’s
3. Mercenary Tent (Lake Troll): A Lake Troll
woodland camp takes about 2 hours. The trail
mercenary is inside, sleeping.
through the edge of the Vagenwald is single file
4. Supplies Tent: This tent contains kindling,
for horses and needs to be taken carefully due
cooking equipment, and crates with
to the tree roots and low branches that straddle
bedding, spare weapons and armour. There
the trail. As the trail gets further into the forest,
are 1d6 of any weapons and armour carried
the trees and canopies get denser. The two
by the mercenaries to be found here.
mercenaries are too lazy to hide their tracks, so
5. Mercenary Tent (Human): Two of Varg’s
they are easy to find with a successful Recon skill
mercenaries are inside here playing cards on
check.
an upturned crate. Their bedding is piled up
Ambush: If the two mercenaries made it to act as comfortable seating.
to the camp, they will have warned them of 6. Varg’s Tent: Varg sits in this tent reading
the latest communique from the Blackened
* Page numbers refer to the entries in the Beyond the Black Sea Eye. As well as more luxurious bedding and
Bestiary.
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a comfortable chair, there is a locked chest fighting.
which contains 230 silver coins, letters from 8. Bodies: The naked bodies of Captain
the Blackened Eye, and the key to the cage Henning’s group are here. All have had their
(9). The key to the chest is on a leather cord throats cut.
around Varg’s neck. 9. Cage: A wrought iron cage which is locked
with a formidable padlock. It can be
The letters found in Varg’s tent, and inside the unpicked with a successful Engineering
locked chest, are numerous instructions on: (Mechanical) skill check or Intelligence
• ‘…ensuring that there is no interference up attribute check at -3. Inside here is the
at Gnarlstone’, and naked form of Captain Henning who is on
• ‘…doing whatever is necessary’, and the verge of death and slipping away fast
• being ‘…rewarded handsomely for your (1 HP). Captain Henning, through blood-
services’. speckled spit, manages to beg the player
characters to find out what is going on and
All letters are signed off with the image of a get word to the Duke when they know more.
black eye. This is the symbol of the Blackened He insists they go to the duke personally,
Eye, but they are not mentioned by name. and he slips them his silver signet ring as
proof. He also begs them to avenge his dead
7. Patrol Tent (Human): Usually this tent is comrades. He is sure these mercenaries are
used by two of Varg’s mercenaries, but they related to the blight in some way, and they
are patrolling the camp, and are currently are suppressing any attempts to investigate.
two hundred yards up the north trail. They He has seen them head further up the trail
will run back down if they hear sounds of often.
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V a rg ’ s M e rc e na ri e s , H u ma n (7) V a rg H a ge n (1)
Str 5; Dex 5; Con 6; Siz 5; Att 4; Int 4; Edu Str 7; Dex 7; Con 6; Siz 6; Att 7; Int 7; Edu 6;
4; Cha 4; Emp 4; SCt 5; Ess 17; Hum 40; Cha 11; Emp 5; SCt 7; Ess 30; Hum 50;
Skills 330; MCDB 3; HP 22; FP 21; Init 3; Mv Skills 380; MCDB 4; HP 24; FP 23; Init 3;
3 walking. Mv 3 walking.
Attacks: Punch (AP 0; Dmg 1d3 Fatigue Attacks: Punch (AP 0; Dmg 1d3 Fatigue
damage); Kick (AP 0; Dmg 1d6+3 Fatigue damage); Kick (AP 0; Dmg 1d6+3 Fatigue
damage); Short sword (AP 2; Dmg 1d6+4 damage); 2-H Great Sword (AP 2; Dmg
Thrust = +2 AP); Crossbow (AP 4; Dmg 2d6+3, 1.5× MCBD bonus, Thurst = +2 AP,
1d6+2) Cut = +2 Dmg)
Hit Locations (d10): 1 Head 0/6; 2–4 Chest Hit Locations (d10): 1 Head 0/7; 2–4 Chest
5/11; 5–6 Abdomen 5/6; 7 Left Arm 3/4; 8 8/12; 5–6 Abdomen 8/7; 7 Left Arm 8/4; 8
Right Arm 3/4; 9 Right Leg 0/8; 10 Left Leg Right Arm 8/4; 9 Right Leg 8/9; 10 Left Leg
0/8. 8/9.
Special Notes: Wear reinforced leather Special Notes: Varg wears a breastplate and
tunics. Carry 1d10 silver coins. plate greaves and vambraces. He carries 139
Skills: 70% Speak & Read Language Native; silver coins.
40% Unarmed Combat, Melee Combat, Skills: 90% Speak & Read Language Native;
Projectile Weapons; 30% Graft (Gambling), 70% Persuasion & Manipulation, Graft
Professional Skill (Carpentry), Stealth, (Bribery), Melee Combat; 30% Social &
Recon, Herder, Farming; 10% Persuasion & Style, Professional Skill (Merchant), Recon,
Manipulation, Athletics. Unarmed Combat; 10% Athletics, Stealth,
Perks & Combat Manoeuvres: No Mercy, Projectile Weapons.
Luck of the Leprechaun. Perks & Combat Manoeuvres: Toughness
×2, Crushing Assault, Stamina.
V a rg ’ s M e rc e na ri e s , L a k e T rol l (2)
Str 7; Dex 7; Con 6; Siz 11; Att 3; Int 3; Edu
Skills 310; MCDB 5; HP 34; FP 23; Init 3; Mv
3 walking.
Attacks: Punch (AP 0; Dmg 1d3 Fatigue
damage); Kick (AP 0; Dmg 1d6+3 Fatigue
damage); Great Hammer (AP 8; Dmg 2d6
1.5× MCBD used 2-H)
Hit Locations (d10): 1 Head 0/10; 2–4 Chest
0/17; 5–6 Abdomen 0/10; 7 Left Arm 0/6; 8
0/13.
Special Notes: Immune to disease. Breathe
underwater.
Skills: 65% Unarmed Combat; 50% Speak &
Read Language Native; 45% Melee Combat;
25% Survival, Athletics, Recon, Projectile
Weapons; 10% Graft (Bribery), Persuasion
& Manipulation, Basic Ground Navigation,
Stealth.
Perks & Combat Manoeuvres: Weapon
Breaker, Haymaker, Jab, Toughness.
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G narlstone anyone other than Varg or his mercenaries.
W atchtower
Lookouts can make Recon skill checks to spot
any PCs attempting to sneak up to the camp
(a successful opposed Stealth skill check is
The player characters will now have discovered required).
the name Gnarlstone. Any characters passing a
Basic Ground Navigation skill check will recall Pit Fall: The entrance to the tower itself, via
that they have seen that name on an old map. It a locked doorway into (1), is trapped. A pit has
is an old watchtower on the ancient border wall. been dug into the ground 4 metres deep and
The tower is about an hour or two up the trail covered with a loose, but convincing scatter
on the Yergenbau border. If the character makes of light debris. A Recon skill check by anyone
a special success on their skill check, they will actively checking for traps will spot something
also recall that it sits at the junction of two ley unusual. Anyone touching or standing at the
lines. A further Intelligence attribute check will doorway will fall into the pit below unless they
recall that these are the Seegermire and Kergal make a successful Dexterity attribute check.
ley lines. Failure results in 3d6 HP of damage.
At the end of the trail, remnants of the ancient Access: The way in and out of the tower is by
crumbling wall stand, split by a dilapidated grey a long wooden ladder that sits on the walkway
basalt stone tower still standing sentinel against of the wall on the south side of the tower. This is
long-forgotten foes. lowered and raised by the lookouts as required.
Approach: Lookouts in (3) will be watching Areas 1, 2, and 4–7 are lit with torches in iron
the approach, although they won’t be expecting wall sconces.
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1. Storage: The door to the ground floor is floor, they have a small fire constantly burning
locked and requires a successful Engineering away day and night, which casts an amber light
(Mechanical) skill check or Intelligence attribute at night. Upon it, a small cauldron of broth is
check at -3 to unlock. Inside a set of hastily bubbling away. If they spot anyone approaching
repaired wooden stairs wind up the area (2). the trail, they will signal to the lookouts in area
A wooden trapdoor is set in the corner of the (2) below with a whistle.
flagstone floor and is unlocked. The room has
been used to store empty and broken crates, 4. Mostly Empty: The climb down the iron
rotten vegetables and broken weapons and rungs leads to a corridor with a short set of
armour. Small pieces of rubble litter the floor. flagstone steps down to an unlocked doorway.
The area from the stairs to the trapdoor looks Beyond, distant voices can be heard as well as
well-trodden, and if opened, iron rungs set into distant clanking and thumping and hissing.
the stonework lead down towards this area (4). Inside, the room is empty except for dirt and
small pieces of rubble, and some offcuts of
2. Lookout Rest Area: Three Blackened Eye copper tubing. Another door is slightly ajar, and
lookouts rest here. Two are playing cards, and voices can be heard talking beyond. For those
the other is resting on his blankets. The room wanting to listen, a Recon skill check will reveal
contains a small table and piles of dry grass that there are four distinct voices.
bedding laden with blankets to sleep three. A set
of wooden stairs lead down to area (1). 5. Thieves’ Barracks: Five Blackened Eye
thieves are resting here, unless a lookout above
3. Lookout Post: Two Blackened Eye lookouts has managed to alert them. Four are talking
are keeping watch on the trail. On the stone about their masters and their ‘…opportunities
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back at Koregg’, the other is sleeping. The clanking, thumping and
hissing is louder here.
The Hood will be flitting around between areas 6, 7, and 8. The
noise comes from the measuring equipment.
6. The Hood’s Quarters: This room is the personal quarters of
the Hood, a prominent member of the Blackened Eye’s operation
at Gnarlstone. The darkening has tainted the Hood, and he
wears his black cloak with the hood always pulled up, hiding his
pustulent face in shadow. He is overseeing the operation of the
sphere and monitoring its power using the measuring equipment
in area (7). The chamber contains a comfortable sleeping cot, a
wooden desk and an upholstered chair. A small shelf holds some
books about alchemy and geology.
A locked drawer in the desk can be forced open with a Strength
attribute check. Inside are letters and journals with information to
suggest that the Hood is a member of an organisation called the
Blackened Eye and they have a base of operations in the Vier Hills
near Brakenhafen known as Koregg (the Ruins of Koregg).
7. Measurement Chamber: From the other side of this
chamber, the sounds of the measuring equipment can be
heard hissing, thumping and clanking. Strange copper
pipes, wires, glass tubes and vessels with bubbling
liquids, pistons pumping, and all manner of strange
contraptions weave throughout this room. Several valves
hiss steam, and dials show hovering needles just below red
thresholds. A breach in the wall leads into a darker chamber
into which many of the copper pipes lead. Damaging the
measuring equipment will have no effect on the sphere or the
fronds.
8. Sphere Chamber: Inside this rough natural chamber, a giant
pit drops down into inky blackness. On the other side of the pit,
hovering above the uneven ground is a floating black sphere that
sits on a conjunction of invisible ley lines. The sphere gives off a
strange feint green miasmal glow. Copper pipes weave around
the fronds and the sphere, measuring its power fluctuations.
The Sphere: Fronds of black energy sprout from the sphere’s
surface disappearing into the walls, ceiling, and floor of the
chamber all around it. This infernal device is powering the blight.
All attempts to break the sphere are unsuccessful. The writhing fronds repair immediately if severed
and will break through anything placed in between the cavern walls and the sphere if it cannot get
around it. The fronds reach far into the earth infecting the grass and the earth kilometres away and
expanding. This is the source of the blight, and it is indestructible. Touching the sphere or fronds will
result in being drained of 1d10 Essence for each touch or per turn if touching continually.
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The Pit: Jumping across the pit requires a B l a c k e ne d E y e T hie ve s ,
successful Athletics skill check. Failure results in W ood E lve s (5)
a fall to the character’s death hundreds of feet Str 5; Dex 11; Con 8; Siz 5; Att 6; Int 7; Edu
below. 7; Cha 6; Emp 6; SCt 8; Ess 27; Hum 60;
Skills 390; MCDB 3; HP 26; FP 23; Init 4;
Informing the Duke: At this stage, the player Mv 3 walking.
characters could decide to get word to the duke Attacks: Punch (AP 0; Dmg 1d3 Fatigue
about matters, as Captain Henning requested, damage); Kick (AP 0; Dmg 1d6+3 Fatigue
and let him handle it, especially as the Ruins of damage); Dagger-Main (AP 2; Dmg 1d3);
Koregg are closer to Brakenhafen than the player Dagger-Offhand (AP 2; Dmg 1d3 -10% Melee
characters are. Combat)
The Game Master should remind the player Hit Locations (d10): 1 Head 0/7; 2–4 Chest
2/13; 5–6 Abdomen 2/7; 7 Left Arm 2/5; 8
characters that Captain Henning handed them a Right Arm 2/5; 9 Right Leg 0/10; 10 Left Leg
silver signet ring and told them to visit the duke 0/10.
personally. The signet ring will be enough proof Special Notes: They wear leather jacks
the duke needs to know that the matter is of under their cloaks.
importance. Skills: 70% Speak & Read Language
Native; 60% Melee Combat, Stealth; 20%
B l a c k e ne d E y e L ookouts , H u ma n (5) Persuasion & Manipulation, Recon; 10%
Graft (Bribery), Graft (Streetwise), Graft
Str 8; Dex 5; Con 6; Siz 5; Att 5; Int 4; Edu (Fencing), Unarmed Combat, Projectile
4; Cha 4; Emp 4; SCt 5; Ess 17; Hum 40; Weapons.
Skills 330; MCDB 4; HP 22; FP 24; Init 2; Perks & Combat Manoeuvres: All In, Two-
Mv 3 walking. fisted, Luck of the Leprechaun, Unnatural
Attacks: Punch (AP 0; Dmg 1d3 Fatigue Health, What This? This Is Nothing!
damage); Kick (AP 0; Dmg 1d6+3 Fatigue
damage); 1-H Mace (AP 4; Dmg 1d6+3);
Shortbow (AP 2; Dmg 1d6+4) T he H ood , W ood E l f (1)
Hit Locations (d10): 1 Head 0/6; 2–4 Chest
6/11; 5–6 Abdomen 6/6; 7 Left Arm 6/4; 8 Str 4; Dex 9; Con 8; Siz 5; Att 3; Int 10; Edu
Right Arm 6/4; 9 Right Leg 0/8; 10 Left Leg 8; Cha 5; Emp 5; SCt 8; Ess 28; Hum 50;
0/8. Skills 430; MCDB 3; HP 26; FP 22; Init 4;
Special Notes: They wear chain hauberks. Mv 3 walking.
Skills: 70% Speak & Read Language Attacks: Punch (AP 0; Dmg 1d3 Fatigue
Native; 60% Stealth, Recon; 50% Projectile damage); Kick (AP 0; Dmg 1d6+3 Fatigue
Weapons; 40% Melee Combat; 30% Graft damage); Pistol (AP 8; Dmg 1d6+2); Dagger
(Streetwise), Survival, Athletics, Unarmed (AP 2; Dmg 1d3).
Combat. Hit Locations (d10): 1 Head 0/7; 2–4 Chest
Perks & Combat Manoeuvres: Shocking 3/13; 5–6 Abdomen 3/7; 7 Left Arm 3/5; 8
Assault, Stamina. Right Arm 3/5; 9 Right Leg 0/10; 10 Left Leg
0/10.
Special Notes: none
Skills: 90% Speak & Read Language Native;
70% Science (Phsyics), Science (Alchemy),
Engineering (Mechanical); 40% Projectile
Weapons; 30% Stealth, Recon, Pilot
(Equestrian); 10% Unarmed Combat, Melee
Combat.
Perks & Combat Manoeuvres: Rich, Skilled
Crafter, Thrifty Crafter, Master Alchemist
Jobs: Apprentice Scion, I Speak for the
Guild.
Darkening Taints: Warts and pustules.
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BRAKENHAFEN
The player characters can make the journey permission from their commander or are shown
from Gnarlstone Watchtower to Brakenhafen or a Letter of Authority. If they show the guards
the Ruins of Koregg (on horseback) in around 2-3 Captain Henning’s silver signet ring, the guards
days. will go and fetch Commander Ottaheim who
will in turn lead them to a white-washed stone
B rakenhafen
building just outside the palace keep, where
they meet with one of the duke’s advisors, Lady
Thrachia.
Brakenhafen is the fortified port city and ducal
capital of the duchy. With 30,000 inhabitants, If the player characters relay the whole matter
it sits on the eastern edge of Lake Deeping. to Lady Thrachia, she will arrange an audience
Ships take woollen and wooden products across with Duke Brakenbau and his advisors where the
the lake and through the river systems to the situation can be explained in full.
B efore K oregg R uins

Duchy of Krieangburg. Duke Brakenbau rules the
whole duchy from his pale stone, fortified palace
overlooking the lake from a promontory of rock
known as The Wall. The day to day running of Once the player characters have shown the
the Barony of Brakenhafen is tended to by Lord duke Captain Henning’s silver signet ring, he
Kairos. will let the player characters investigate matters
further, although at this stage there is no
The Church of the God of All Things and knowledge of the need to enter Salz in the duke’s
10,000 Saints has a powerful foothold in service (see later sections), so they will not have
the capital, and they have become adept at a Letter of Authority.
machinations within the Duke’s court.
Without the letter, the player characters will
S eeing D uke
be hampered by the authorities in their later visit
the to Schweirhafen and the Rote Copper Mines.
They will have no authorisation from the Duke
Whether the player characters decide to visit of Salz, and the Dukes of Brakenbau and Salz do
the duke before or after going to the Koregg ruins not always see eye to eye, making matters tricky.
A fter K oregg R uins

will have a bearing on how easy it is to be in the
Duchy of Salz in the later parts of the adventure.
The player characters can find food and
lodging here and recuperate, or head to the This is the best option, as assuming the player
duke’s palace straight away. Fields and farmland characters can provide Captain Henning’s silver
surround the outskirts, with the farmland signet ring and the letters and journals found in
diminishing and making way for small clusters the Hood’s quarters at Gnarlstone Watchtower,
of settlement as the white walls of the city and the letters and journals and tarnished
come into view. Beyond the banner-draped and silver eye medallion found in the Blackened Eye
guarded gatehouses, the city is bustling and has chambers beneath the Ruins of Koregg, the duke
all the things you would expect to find in a ducal will offer the player characters a signed Letter of
city. Wide paved main streets packed with city Authority with the Grand Duke’s seal, meaning
folk and traders, giving way to narrow cobbled they will be left unchallenged by the authorities
streets that wind up the promontory to the white whilst investigating the contact in Salz.
stone walls of the palace.
The palace guards, in full chainmail and
bearing ducal tabards and spears tied with ducal
pennants, will restrict all access unless they have
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RUINS OF KOREGG
E xploring the
The easiest approach to the area is from the
R uins
southwest where the collapsed walls are the
lowest. Wisps of smoke come from within area
(4). All doors below ground are wooden and have
About halfway up the southern slopes of the been recently replaced and are unlocked unless
Vier Hills, the ancient lakeside fortifications of noted otherwise.
the Castle of Koregg hark back to a time when
the lake levels were higher. Now a series of 1. Old Atrium: This old courtyard and atrium
crumbled stone walls and collapsed towers, they is filled with thigh-high bracken. Two Blackened
are blanketed in bracken, lichens and thorny Eye lookouts are positioned behind old pillars
blackberry bushes. that once supported parts of a long-gone roof
structure, although lichen-clad fragments of red
The ruins are expansive so finding them is easy, clay tiles can still be unearthed in the soil below.
although getting to them is a three-hour horse
trek from Brakenhafen. Horses can be led all the The lookouts can make Recon skill checks
way to the ruins. A section of the ruins that once to spot any PCs attempting to use an opposed
formed part of the inner bailey stands taller than Stealth skill check to penetrate through the
the rest, and it is here that the Blackened Eye wall line into area (1). They will spot any player
found a hideaway close to Brakenhafen within characters not attempting to be stealthy because
which to conduct their business. of the large amounts of vegetation. Lookouts
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spotting player characters will alert the other 3A. Watchtower Cellar: This old cellar sits in
lookouts in areas (3) and (4). 1 foot of water. It’s wet, dank and the walls are
A successful Recon skill check will find that covered with lichen, moss, and mould. Player
much of the bracken has been trodden down, characters making a successful Recon skill check
with clear paths between the entryways into can spot a section of wall that can be dislodged,
areas (3) and (4). revealing a crawlspace through into a roughly
hewn tunnel propped up with old rotting
2. Collapsed Hall: This area used to be a hall timbers.
of the castle, but its roof has been open to the Part way down, the tunnel is partially
sky for millennia. A cave bear lairs in the circular collapsed, and requires 30 minutes to clear dirt
tower to the south, and anyone approaching back to the watchtower cellar. Eventually, the
amongst the vegetation within 20 feet of the tunnel stops at a solid stone wall that can also be
tower will be attacked. The lookouts are aware dislodged into area (4). Player characters making
of the beast and give this area a wide berth, a successful Recon skill check can hear faint
preferring to let it eat any intruders that come voices the other side of the wall.
interfering. They have set a string of wire and
bells across the entrance into area (2) to alert 4. Old Stables: Once the old stables, these
them of the bear moving into their area. The ruins are now open to the elements, the walls
lookouts from areas (3) and (4) will come to now roughly 2 metres in height. Inside, amongst
assess any intrusions. the footing of the old stall walls, a small campfire
Player characters making a successful Recon burns, sending wisps of smoke skyward.
skill check can spot the wire trap and prevent its Player characters making a successful Recon
activation. skill check can find a trapdoor in the southeast
Within the cave bear’s lair, the remains of corner roughly covered in bracken. This leads
several previous lookouts can be found including down a stone stairwell into area (4A). Voices
a tarnished silver eye medallion, 195 silver coins, echo up from below.
and a coif of Essence. This coif is magical and Two Blackened Eye lookouts rest here playing
raises the Essence attribute of a character by 10 cards.
points.
4A. Guardroom: If anyone comes into the
Note: The significance of the tarnished silver room from the tunnel (3A), the Blackened Eye
eye medallion is noted in area (10)’s description. thieves stationed here will attack the intruders.
3. Square Watchtower: This is a lookout There are six Blackened Eye thieves here. The
rest area. The walls of this watchtower rise to leader of the six wears a tarnished silver eye
a height of about 5 metres before they crumble medallion around his neck.
away, making its original height guesswork. The 5. Old Wine Cellar (Storage): This area
old roof structure has long since tumbled down, is used to store crates and barrels filled with
but a makeshift roof of branches and bracken supplies: foodstuffs, extra clothing, wine and ale,
has been made to keep the two Blackened Eye lantern oil, the odd small melee weapon, pieces
lookouts below dry. One is sleeping on a pile of of armour (of AP3 or less), and a horn full of
bracken and the other is reading a letter from gunpowder.
his wife in Odensburg by the light of a lantern.
An opening in the flagstone floor drops down 6. Old Wine Cellar (Empty): The Blackened
into the tower cellar below. Rusty hinges are Eye who spend time here, as well as any visitors,
still embedded into the floor, yet the wooden use this as a toilet area, and it stinks. Nothing
trapdoor is gone. Iron rungs lead down into nice is to be found here.
darkness.
7. Escape Tunnel: An archway leads into a
chamber roughly hewn into the stone, which
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leads off down a snaking corridor. This is an old old and recent blood. Of the twelve niches, five
escape tunnel that leads down the slopes about contain skeleton warriors that will rise up out
half a kilometre from the ruins, emerging into of their niches and attack anyone not wearing a
thorny vegetation. tarnished silver eye medallion.
8. Antechamber: This small chamber is 11. Tomb of Lord Koregg: This room contains
decorated with cracked carved friezes worn a single black marble sarcophagus, its lid in place
smooth by time. Rising damp and mould have and bearing the effigy of the Lord of Koregg. A
taken their toll. Two iron wall sconces hold lit powerful-looking man, Lord Koregg’s image is
torches. dressed in ornate plate armour and helm, his
hands clasped together as if praying. A Strength
9. Tomb of the Sons of Koregg: This damp attribute check at -2 can move aside the lid of the
and mouldy chamber contains two looted sarcophagus. The sarcophagus is empty. Around
sarcophagi. The lids lie on the floor broken into the chamber, worn decorative panels show signs
large pieces. The worn effigies on the lids appear of battle.
to show two young knights with flowing hair
dressed in plate armour and clutching shields Player characters making a successful Recon
with the boar imagery of the Koregg family. skill check can find a circular recess in the north
wall. A tarnished silver eye medallion can fit
10. Catacombs: This large room is supported inside this recess and open the secret door into
by eight pillars holding up a low vaulted ceiling. area (12). This section of wall can be forced open
Burial niches are carved into the walls with with a Strength attribute check at -3. Anyone
skeletal remains resting within. A large white forcing this door will alert the occupants of area
marble altar sits in the middle, stained with both (12).
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12. Blackened Eye Meeting Room:
A meeting is taking place here between
Mergal Holst and several Blackened
Eye thieves. A long wooden table sits
in the middle with seven chairs placed
around it. Mergal and six Blackened Eye
thieves are having a heated debate about
payment. All occupants wear tarnished
silver eye medallions.
Once the occupants of the room
become aware of intruders, one of the
Blackened Eye thieves will attempt to
open the door to the kennel and let the
mastiffs out to attack.
13. Sleeping Quarters: This area
contains six sleeping pallets and some
storage for any visitors to the ruins. It is
currently empty whilst the meeting is
taking place.
14. Kennels: Barking comes from
within. Six hungry, slobbering mastiffs least keep the breach protected and the blight
are locked in this room. They will charge out as manifesting until we no longer need it open.
soon as the door is opened. Whilst Mergal rests, Yours obediently, Mergal Holst.”
the doors are opened and the dogs are free to
roam areas (8) to (12). There are many copper mines in Salz and
Brakenbau, so the player characters will need to
15. Mergal Holst’s Quarters: The door to find out which one by finding Petar Norhoff and
this room is always locked except when Mergal forcing the information out of him.
is within. It requires a successful Engineering
(Mechanical) skill check or Intelligence attribute
check at -3 to unlock, or the key on a silver
chain around Mergal’s neck. The door can also
be forced with a Strength attribute check at -4.
Mergal’s quarters are opulent, with fine leather
upholstered chairs, a mahogany desk, a four-
poster bed filled with soft cushions, and a chest
of clothes and other personal belongings. No one
is allowed in here without Mergal’s permission.
The chest contains 433 silver coins’ worth of
valuables and a pile of letters and journals.
One particularly key journal entry from three
months ago reads:
“… the two cannons were shipped to the docks
at Schweirhafen from the Tzar himself, and we
are just waiting for that snivelling idiot Petar
Norhoff to get them out of hiding and transport
them to the copper mine. Then, we can at
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B l a c k e ne d E y e L ookouts H u ma n (6) C ave B e a r (1)
Str 8; Dex 5; Con 6; Siz 5; Att 5; Int 4; Edu see p. 174 of the Beyond the Black Sea Bestiary
Skills 330; MCDB 4; HP 22; FP 24; Init 2; Str 18; Dex 8; Con 12; Siz 24; Att 1; Int 2;
Mv 3 walking. Edu 1; Cha 3; Emp 2; SCt 7; Ess 8; Hum NA;
Attacks: Punch (AP 0; Dmg 1d3 Fatigue Skills NA; MCDB 11; HP 72; FP 30; Init 3;
damage); Kick (AP 0; Dmg 1d6+3 Fatigue Mv 10 walking.
damage); 1-H Mace (AP 4; Dmg 1d6+3); Attacks: Claws (AP 2; Dmg 1d6+3); Bite (AP
Shortbow (AP 2; Dmg 1d6+4) 3; Dmg 2d6+3)
Hit Locations (d10): 1 Head 0/6; 2–4 Chest Hit Locations (d10): 1 Head 6/24; 2–4 Body
6/11; 5–6 Abdomen 6/6; 7 Left Arm 6/4; 8 Upper 6/36; 5–6 Body Lower 6/36; 7 Leg
Right Arm 6/4; 9 Right Leg 0/8; 10 Left Leg Left Front 6/24; 8 Leg Right Front 6/24; 9
0/8. Leg Left Rear 6/24; 10 Leg Right Rear 6/24.
Special Notes: They wear chain hauberks Special Notes: None.
Skills: 70% Speak & Read Language Skills: 80% Unarmed Combat; 70% Recon;
Native; 60% Stealth, Recon; 50% Projectile 50% Navigation, Athletics, Stealth.
Weapons; 40% Melee Combat; 30% Graft Perks & Combat Manoeuvres: Night Eyes,
(Streetwise), Survival, Athletics, Unarmed Keen Senses.
Combat.
Perks & Combat Manoeuvres: Shocking M a stiffs (6)
Assault, Stamina see p. 212 of the Beyond the Black Sea Bestiary
(Large Hound)
B l a c k e ne d E y e T h i e ve s W ood E lve s
(12) Str 6; Dex 6; Con 6; Siz 3; Att 1; Int 2; Edu 1;
Cha 3; Emp 2; SCt 5; Ess 13; Hum NA;
Str 5; Dex 11; Con 8; Siz 5; Att 6; Int 7; Edu Skills NA; MCDB 2; HP 18; FP 12; Init 3; Mv
7; Cha 6; Emp 6; SCt 8; Ess 27; Hum 60; 10 walking.
Skills 390; MCDB 3; HP 26; FP 23; Init 4; Attacks: Claws (AP 1; Dmg 1d3); Fangs (AP 2;
Mv 3 walking. Dmg 1d6)
Attacks: Punch (AP 0; Dmg 1d3 Fatigue Hit Locations (d10): 1 Head 2/6; 2–4 Body
damage); Kick (AP 0; Dmg 1d6+3 Fatigue Upper 2/9; 5–6 Body Lower 2/9; 7 Leg Left
damage); Dagger-Main (AP 2; Dmg 1d3); Front 2/6; 8 Leg Right Front 2/6; 9 Leg Left
Dagger-Offhand (AP 2; Dmg 1d3 -10% Melee Rear 2/6; 10 Leg Right Rear 2/6.
Combat) Special Notes: None.
Hit Locations (d10): 1 Head 0/7; 2–4 Chest Skills: 90% Recon; 60% Unarmed Combat;
2/13; 5–6 Abdomen 2/7; 7 Left Arm 2/5; 8 40% Stealth; 20% Navigation, Athletics.
Right Arm 2/5; 9 Right Leg 0/10; 10 Left Leg Perks & Combat Manoeuvres: Night Eyes,
0/10. Keen Senses.
Special Notes: They wear leather jacks
under their cloaks.
Skills: 70% Speak & Read Language
Native; 60% Melee Combat, Stealth; 20%
Persuasion & Manipulation, Recon; 10%
Graft (Bribery), Graft (Streetwise), Graft
(Fencing), Unarmed Combat, Projectile
Weapons.
Perks & Combat Manoeuvres: All In, Two-
fisted, Luck of the Leprechaun, Unnatural
Health, What This? This Is Nothing!
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S k e l e ton (5) M e rga l H ol s t , H u ma n (1)
see p. 114 of the Beyond the Black Sea Bestiary Str 7; Dex 10; Con 7; Siz 6; Att 4; Int 6; Edu
Str 6; Dex 8; Con 16; Siz 6; Att 0; Int 3; Edu Skills 370; MCDB 4; HP 26; FP 24; Init 4;
3; Cha 0; Emp 0; SCt 10; Ess 17; Hum 0; Mv 3 walking.
Skills 310; MCDB 3; HP 44; FP 46; Init 4; Attacks: Punch (AP 0; Dmg 1d3 Fatigue
Mv 3 walking. damage); Kick (AP 0; Dmg 1d6+3 Fatigue
Attacks: Claws (Dmg 1d4); Spear (AP 10; damage); Pistol (AP 8; Dmg 1d6+2); Rapier
Dmg 1d6+3); Gladius (AP 10; Dmg 1d6+4). (AP 6; Dmg 1d6+2, +10% Riposte, Thrust =
Hit Locations (d10): 1 Head 2/13; 2–4 Body +2 AP)
Upper 2/22; 5–6 Body Lower 2/18; 7 Arm Hit Locations (d10): 1 Head 0/7; 2–4 Chest
Left 2/8; 8 Arm Right 2/8; 9 Leg Left 2/18; 10 5/13; 5–6 Abdomen 5/7; 7 Left Arm 6/5; 8
Leg Right 2/18. Right Arm 6/5; 9 Right Leg 3/10; 10 Left Leg
Special Notes: Never loses Fatigue. 3/10.
Skills: 55% Athletics; 50% Unarmed Special Notes: Mergal carries a Ring of
Combat, Recon, Stealth; 40% Melee the Serpent which allows him to interact
Combat, Ballistic Combat. favourably with Ophidians and Ophidian
Perks & Combat Manoeuvres: Night Eyes, Hybrids.
Wounding Strike, Life Sense. Skills: 85% Speak & Read Language Native,
Melee Combat; 60% Graft (Racketeering),
Projectile Weapons; 50% Athletics,
Unarmed Combat; 40% Stealth, Recon; 30%
Persuasion & Manipulation.
Perks & Combat Manoeuvres: ESP
(Darkening taint), Gift of Ancestry (Serpent
Artifact), Villain, Riposte, Wounding Strike,
Toughness x2.
Jobs: Guido Shot First or at Least You Did,
Get Your Just Desserts
Darkening Taints: Third Eye.
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SCHWEIRHAFEN
Schweirhafen is a large port town in the Duchy
of Salz. Perched on the banks of Lake Deeping, T he C ontact
it thrives on trade both with Brakenhafen and Petar Norhoff is a merchant based in
across the lake further eastwards. As the time Schweirhafen who operates Norhoff Cargoes.
spent in Schweirhafen is intended to be short, He has links to the Blackened Eye and does their
the Game Master is free to make up the details bidding by virtue of spinelessness. He is weak
of the town and let the player characters obtain and submissive, fearing the wrath of those who
supplies and things that they need. Allow them control him.
to be harried by the town guard, especially if
Petar can be found in his warehouse (during
they do not have the Letter of Authority.
the day) or in the Shady Cavalier tavern near the
Letter of Authority: If the player characters docks (at night).
have the Letter of Authority with them whilst If in the tavern, or walking the streets of
within Salz, they have the following immunities Schweirhafen, Petar will not to be far from the
and benefits for one month from the date of the town guard. Always looking over his shoulder,
letter: Petar will pick up the pace against anyone he
• Free food and lodging at any inn for up to suspects of following him.
two consecutive nights. Once confronted directly, Petar will attempt
• Provision of a fresh horse at any stables to run, firing his pistol wildly over his shoulder
bearing the Grand Ducal seal. as he does so (always missing). Once caught he,
• To be unhindered by any subject in the will shout for help from the town guards, who
employ of the duke of the duchy. will come to his call.
• Immunity from being detained by any
subject in the employ of the duke of the
duchy.
• Unimpeded access is granted within all
ducal fortifications and strongholds.
• The Grand Duke has final validity
over this letter and may terminate its
benefits and immunities at any time.
Without the letter, the player characters
will be hassled frequently by those in
the employ of the Duke of Salz. How this
happens is up to the Game Master and
adventure pacing.
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• The town guards will walk away if shown a
Letter of Authority, and Petar will run again.
• If a player character can pass an opposed
Persuasion & Manipulation skill check
against the guards’ Empathy skill (assume
65%), the guards will also walk away leaving
Petar to make a run for it. If the check fails,
the guards tell the player characters that
‘you aren’t from round here are ya?’ and tell
Petar to be on his way. They then attempt to
apprehend the player characters for ‘being
from outside the duchy and attempting to
abduct or commit harm to a Schweirhafen
resident’.
If there is combat between player characters
and the town guards, use the stat blocks for the
Blackened Eye Lookouts, but exchange the 1-H
Mace for a 1-H Long Spear (Bulk 3, AP 4, Dmg
1d3+3, Sz L, Rge C/C, SP 8) and a Small Wooden
Shield (Bulk 3, AP 0, Dmg 1d3, Sz M, Rge C/C, SP
15).
Once caught, Petar will sing like a canary to
anyone that passes a Persuasion & Manipulation
skill check. He will tell the player characters all
he knows whilst he snivels and grovels for his
life:
• He was employed by a wood elf from near
Brakenhafen, who wore a black makeup
around his left eye. He doesn’t know his
name, but he heard him mention the names
Mergal and Hoth.
• He was asked to transport two cannons
and numerous gunpowder barrels from the
docks at Schweirhafen to the Rote Copper
Mines, in the Rote Hills south of Odensburg.
• He thought the mines were abandoned but
it looks like they were using one of the shafts
which has a horse gin still operating its
winch. He unloaded next to the mineshaft
and left.
• He was watched intently from a guardhouse
by men in cloaks with eyes painted black.
• He got paid 1,000 silver coins on delivery
(which he has spent).
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ROTE COPPER MINES
The Rote Hills were once rich with minerals,
E xploring the
C opper M ines
with copper being especially abundant. Over
time, new seams became harder to find, and
eventually the risks outweighed the rewards and
many of the miners left to explore other areas. 1. Abandoned Shaft 1: This abandoned vertical
Mine workings still dot the landscape, with shaft is 3 metres in diameter and plunges to
abandoned and still open shafts presenting a a depth of 260 metres to the bottom of the
danger to unwary travellers and explorers. sump. It has six drifts at varying heights. Much
High up on the slopes of the hills, the Rote of the ore has been extracted from this shaft.
Copper Mines still stand, now surrounded by Vegetation-covered, rotting timbers and rusting
vegetation and littered with rotting shoring iron wheels and buckets show this mine has not
timbers and rusting cart rails. Old horse gins, been used for well over a hundred years. A fall
once used to raise and lower the ore, lie collapsed down the shaft would be fatal.
around two of the old shafts, with a third still 2. Abandoned Shaft 2: This abandoned
in operation. The extracted ore was taken down vertical shaft is also 3 metres in diameter and
the hills in overladen carts to smelting furnaces plunges to a depth of 320 metres to the bottom
further down the hills. of the sump. It has four drifts at varying heights.
Anyone approaching the mines without care There is still ore in the seams of this shaft if
will attract the attention of the mine guards anyone is prepared to make the considerable
within the mine guard hut (4). investment to extract it. The old horse gin used
here is collapsed and rotten beyond use. A fall
M ining
down the shaft would be fatal.
T erminology
3. Working Shaft: This 4-metre diameter
vertical shaft still appears to be in operation.
The horse gin looks to have been constructed
• Drift: The horizontal tunnel branching out recently, and a draft horse munches from a bag
from the shaft. of grain beside it. The shaft plunges 666 metres
• Face: The area at the end of the drift where to the bottom of the sump, with seven drifts
ore is extracted. leading off at various heights. All the drift seams
• Gin: A horse drawn pulley used to raise have been worked and most are dug out of ore. A
and lower the miner’s cage and ore-filled fall down the shaft would be fatal.
buckets.
• Ore: The rock containing the copper Three Blackened Eye mine guards stand
minerals. around the shaft awaiting instructions from
• Seam: The bands of minerals found in the below (a tug on the ropes).
rock. Two sturdy ropes drop down the shaft, one
• Shaft: The vertical hole dug down in which attached to a miner’s cage that can hold up to
the miners and ore is raised and lowered. three people, and the other attached to a heavy
• Smelting: The melting of the rock and its iron bucket, used to raise and lower equipment.
minerals, which can then be poured as When one end of the rope is at the top of the
ingots of the desired material. shaft, the other is towards the bottom and
• Sump: The bottom of a vertical mineshaft, vice versa. The single huge rope coils around
often filled with debris that has fallen down the horse gin, and the horse is led around in
the shaft. whichever direction is needed to raise or lower
the required end of the rope. The ends of the rope
pass each other at the 333-metre mark.
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The miner’s cage is currently at the fifth drift checks in succession. Two failed skill checks
at 582 metres, whilst the bucket end of the rope in succession will result in the character
is at 84 metres deep. A player character looking falling to their death.
down the shaft will see faint illumination
coming from the fifth drift. 4. Mine Guard Hut: The wooden mine guard
hut is where the mine guards are stationed. Rows
How player characters decide to get down the of bunks line the walls and a chimney at one end
shaft to the fifth seam is up to them: takes away smoke from an ever-burning hearth.
• A successful Persuasion & Manipulation Four Blackened Eye mine guards while away the
skill check as well as enough silver coinage hours here eating, sleeping and gambling. They
might be sufficient to get one of the mine will quickly don their hauberks and grab their
guards to switch allegiance and operate weapons from near the hearth if their comrades
the horse gin for the PCs, especially if his outside shout any warnings.
comrades have been killed. Additionally, beside the guard hut, are supplies
• As only three PCs can use the miner’s cage at of 600 metres of rope and timber beams for
a time, they may decide to leave additional shoring unsafe-looking tunnels.
PCs at the top of the shaft to operate the
horse gin. 5. The Fifth Drift: The fifth deepest drift, at
• Alternatively, they may decide to use any 582 metres, is lined with lit torches. It is very
rope they can find that is long enough and cold down at this level. Iron cart tracks lead
use it to lower themselves down one-by- down the drift tunnel. The whole tunnel is
one. This is the most dangerous method, as shored up with timber and the dripping of water
it will require three successful Athletics skill
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and faint echoing of voices can be heard from seam although it hasn’t been mined for over a
deeper into the tunnel. hundred years. Two carts are filled with copper
ore. Puddles of black water lie throughout the
6. Supply Area: This area has been hollowed chamber.
out and shored up with timber to provide a
space for recently lowered supplies. A wheeled 10. Collapsed Chamber: Cart tracks lead
iron cart sits on the tracks here and can be freely into this chamber before splitting into two. The
pushed or pulled. Timber, nails, picks and other north end of this chamber has collapsed into a
mining equipment are stored here. pit spanned with a wood and rope bridge wide
enough for two men to cross. It disappears into
7. Mine Chamber (dug out): This shored another chamber.
chamber is where an old seam of copper ore was
dug out. A single mine cart toppled on its side, A wooden hut has been erected here, and six
once filled with rocks, lies where the iron tracks Blackened Eye mine guards stand around it,
end. ordering two huge figures (ogres loyal to the
Blackened Eye) to heft cannon balls and kegs of
8. Carts: The cart tracks split off in two gunpowder from mine carts to either side of the
directions here. Three mine carts can be found bridge, where two large iron cannons have been
here: one on the tracks, and two off to the side in placed pointing into the cavern beyond.
storage. The one on the tracks is filled with four Inside the hut, the tainted figure of Hoth Faust
wrought iron cannon balls. sits at a large table covered with tomes. He wears
9. Mine Chamber (still workable): This a red robe embroidered with strange symbols
shored chamber still has a viable copper in silver thread which covers his patches of
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scaled skin. On top of this he wears gothic plate B l a c k e ne d E y e M ine G ua rd s , H u ma n
breastplate and a horned plate helm. He bears (13)
a third eye on the palm of his right hand, and in Str 8; Dex 5; Con 6; Siz 5; Att 5; Int 4; Edu
his long beard grow tiny, writhing tentacles. He 4; Cha 4; Emp 4; SCt 5; Ess 17; Hum 40;
is in a trance but will become alert if the door Skills 330; MCDB 4; HP 22; FP 24; Init 2;
opens and shout to alert the guards and trolls Mv 3 walking.
who will rush to defend him. Attacks: Punch (AP 0; Dmg 1d3 Fatigue
Beside him, in a cage is a baby Nightmare damage); Kick (AP 0; Dmg 1d6+3 Fatigue
damage); Short 1-H Spear (AP 3; Dmg 1d3+3,
Spawn that fell through the breach, which he thrust = +2 AP); Crossbow (AP 4; Dmg
decided to save and keep as a pet. It hasn’t yet 1d6+2); Wood Shield Small (AP 0; Dmg 1d3;
reached the size to become a danger to him and Parry).
the cage ensures it cannot use its powers should Hit Locations (d10): 1 Head 0/6; 2–4 Chest
they become active. If the Spawn is released for 6/11; 5–6 Abdomen 6/6; 7 Left Arm 6/4; 8
any reason, use the stats at 25% (round down) Right Arm 6/4; 9 Right Leg 0/8; 10 Left Leg
of those stated in the Beyond the Black Sea 0/8.
Bestiary, page 96. Special Notes: They wear chain hauberks
and black tabards.
Example: Strength 4, MCDB 2, Hit Points Skills: 70% Speak & Read Language
22, Melee Combat 22%, etc. For each Perk and Native; 60% Stealth, Recon; 50% Projectile
Combat Manoeuvre, roll 1d6. If the result is a 5 or Weapons; 40% Melee Combat; 30% Graft
6, it has gained that ability. (Streetwise), Survival, Athletics, Unarmed
Combat.
• The Cure: Within the thick tome on the Perks & Combat Manoeuvres: Feinted
table, writing in fresh ink tells of the Strike, Stamina.
discovery of the cure for the blight which
relies on ‘green crystals’ found in the Void O gre s (2)
Beyond which destroy the blight spores and
fronds when they contact them. Str 20; Dex 10; Con 20; Siz 20; Att 2; Int 5;
• The Plot: Additionally, within a locked Edu 5; Cha 5; Emp 5; SCt 8; Ess 28; Hum
chest requiring a successful Engineering 50;
(Mechanical) skill check or Intelligence Skills 300; MCDB 10; HP 80; FP 50; Init 4;
attribute check at -3 to unlock, or Strength Mv 4 walking.
attribute check at -4 to force, the player Attacks: Claws (AP 2; Dmg 1d6); Kick (AP
0; Dmg 1d6); Fangs (AP 2; Dmg 1d6); Huge
characters can find information revealing Sword (AP 3; Dmg 3d6); Huge Javelin (AP 4;
the involvement of the Tsar of Moravik, who Dmg 2d6+3).
is funding the Blackened Eye’s endeavours Hit Locations (d10): 1 Head 2/24; 2–4 Chest
to spread the blight and destroy the 6/40; 5–6 Abdomen 6/36; 7 Left Arm 2/16;
economy of the Duchy of Brakenbau in 8 Right Arm 2/16; 9 Right Leg 6/36; 10 Left
preparation for an invasion. Leg 6/36.
Special Notes: -
11. Breach Chamber: This chamber is filled Skills: 70% Melee Combat, Recon, Herding;
with strange creatures lying dead on the floor 50% Unarmed Combat, Athletics, Projectile
before a huge upright pulsing black void. These Weapons, Speak & Read Language
bizarre creatures have slipped through the (Human); 40% Rituals; 30% Ground
breach from the Void Beyond and were shot Navigation, Social & Style, Empathy.
with cannons or ripped apart by the ogres. The Perks & Combat Manoeuvres: Crushing
chamber is a mass of viscera, blood, pulpy flesh, Assault, Falcon Strike, Riposte.
and slime-covered tentacles.
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H oth F au s t , T a i nte d H u ma n (1) Skills: 100% Speak & Read Language
Native; 90% Rituals, Speak & Read
Str 5; Dex 6; Con 5; Siz 5; Att 4; Int 10; Edu Language (Ogre), Science (Biology); 80%
8; Cha 8; Emp 8; SCt 5; Ess 31; Hum 80; Science (Physics), Science (Alchemy); 60%
Skills 430; MCDB 3; HP 20; FP 20; Init 3; Projectile Weapons; 25% Steath, Recon,
Mv 3 walking. Melee Combat, Unarmed Combat.
Attacks: Punch (AP 0; Dmg 1d3 Fatigue Perks & Combat Manoeuvres: Sorcerer,
damage); Kick (AP 0; Dmg 1d6+3 Fatigue Unnnatural Health, Luck of the Leprechaun,
damage); Arquebus (AP 8; Dmg 2d6+3) Soul Gaze Trait, Mesmerism.
Hit Locations (d10): 1 Head 10/6; 2–4 Chest Jobs: -
10/10; 5–6 Abdomen 10/6; 7 Left Arm 0/4; 8 Rituals: (Blood Magic) Healing, Animal
Right Arm 0/4; 9 Right Leg 0/8; 10 Left Leg Power; (Black Magic) Stygian Gate,
0/8. Demonic Might.
Special Notes: Hoth wears a gothic Darkening Taints: Tentacled Beard (-1 Cha,
breastplate and gothic plate helm. -1 App), Extra eye on palm of hand (+5%
Recon), Scaly skin (+5HP, -2 App).
THE VOID BEYOND

T hrough the
• Continual Essence drain effect whilst this
B reach
side of the breach at the rate of 1 Essence
point per minute.
• No miracles or spells can be cast.
The breach size fluctuates but is 4 metres wide • Characters will fall for infinity if they jump
and 10 metres tall on average. Anything can pass or step off a platform unless they tether
through it; their whole bodies must pass in one themselves.
side before emerging on the other. • All the outer platforms (4, 5, and 6) move
Stepping through the breach will deposit in relation to the central platform (3). They
characters into the place known as the Void move sideways, and up and down, and
Beyond. This part of the Void Beyond has the occasionally they bump into neighbouring
following traits: platforms although this should not
be immediately obvious to the player
• Breathable atmosphere. characters. This is the safest way to get to
• Real world physics. all the platforms without being in range of
• The platforms are illuminated by an unseen the Old One Remnant’s touch, however the
light source. time it takes and effect on Essence may force
• There are no limits on the number of times desperate measures.
the characters can pass back and forth
through the breach. 1. Arrival Platform: The large arrival platform
• The area beyond the platforms and drifts in space, tethered by the sinuous pathway
pathways is black inky void. Flitting images to the central platform. A beam of blackness
of ghostly colossal horrors drift within. emanates from the eye of the being on the
• The platforms are made of shattered rock. central platform powering the breach gateway.
The tops have been smoothed flat with the The beam touches the breach at the top, some 8
passing aeons and are scattered with dirt, metres above them. If anyone touches the beam
slime and small fragments of rock. they will be drained of 1d10 Essence.
Every 2d6 minutes, platform (4) moves close
enough to touch platform (1). A player character
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can leap across without risk of falling. Any its telepathy and its Persuasion & Manipulation
characters attempting to leap across a gap of skill, saying that the platform is safe and their
more than their height must make a successful Essence will not be drained there. Its tongue is
Athletics skill check; if they fail, they can make a deep, guttural and echoing. Once as many player
Dexterity attribute check to catch themselves. If characters as possible are near it, it will attack
they fail this, they fall into infinity. with its tentacles, wanting to drain them of their
Essence. It will only force player characters off
2. Nauseating Pathways: These pathways the platforms and pathways as an angry last
are made of twisting sinew and haemorrhaging resort.
muscle with droplets floating off into the void.
They are relatively stable to walk across. The husk of a Blackened Eye mine guard still
lies here, her face contorted in terror.
3. Old One Remnant Platform: The Old
One Remnant is here anchored to the platform. 4. Black Spores and Frond Platform: This
A blubbering mass of black flesh, its body is platform is partially filled with black spores and
covered in writhing tentacles that can reach fronds. A successful Intelligence attribute check
anyone on the central platform and drain their at -2 will notice that the edge of the platform
Essence with every strike of a tentacle. Attacking where it touches platform (5) does not have any
it directly in melee is incredibly dangerous and spores or fronds. The spores and fronds are not
foolhardy, but making use of the cannons in the dangerous to humans and are safe to touch and
Breach Chamber (11) of the mines is more viable. handle. Touching them against the green crystals
on platform (5) will immediately vaporise them.
The Old One Remnant will encourage the
player characters to approach it talking using
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Every 2d6 minutes, platform (5) moves close
enough to touch platform (4). S eal the B reach
If the Old One Remnant is killed, its eye will
5. Crystal Platform: The platform is free still power the breach but begin the falter over
of spores and fronds, but small outcroppings the course of 1d6 minutes. The player characters
of rock sprout green crystals that throb with have until this time to get the green crystals for
energy. These are ‘The Cure’, see below. the cure, and get back through the breach or be
Touching a green crystal will heal 1d10 Essence. forever trapped in the Void Beyond.
This can only be done once per day.
Every 2d6 minutes, platform (6) moves close O l d O ne R e mna n t
enough to touch platform (5). Str 18; Dex 6; Con 18; Siz 20; Att 4; Int 3;
Edu 3; Cha 3; Emp 4; SCt 10; Ess 20; Hum
6. Black Spores and Frond Platform: This 40;
platform, like (4) is partially filled with black Skills 310; MCDB 10; HP 76; FP 46; Init 4;
spores and fronds. A successful Intelligence Mv 0 immobile.
attribute check at -2 will notice that the edge of Attacks: 10× Tentacles (AP 3; Dmg 1d6 + 1d6
the platform where it touches platform (5) does Essence drain).
not have any spores or fronds. The spores and Hit Locations (d10): 1 Head 5/22; 2–5 Body
fronds are not dangerous to humans and are safe Upper 5/38; 6–8 Body Lower 5/45; 9–10
to touch and handle. Touching them against the Tentacles 5/8.
green crystals on platform (5) will immediately Special Notes: The Old One Remnant can
vaporise them. attack anyone on its platform with all its
ten tentacles. It can split its attacks as it
Every 2d6 minutes, platform (1) moves close wishes if there are multiple targets. Roll
enough to touch platform (6). separately for each tentacle. Its tentacles
T he C ure
grow back after in 2 rounds after being
severed. Silver melee weapons and
projectiles causes double damage.
Skills: 100% Speak & Read Language (Any);
These green crystals destroy black spores 90% Persuasion & Manipulation.
and fronds and can only be found growing in Perks & Combat Manoeuvres: Telepathy,
the Void Beyond. If dealt more than 10 SP they Regeneration.
will break off into fist-sized chunks. Once they
have been harvested from their growing place
their power to heal Essence will last one week,
whereupon the crystals will become dull and
lifeless. Gathering three or more chunks will be
enough to destroy the floating black sphere at
Gnarlstone Watchtower.
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ADVENTURE COMPLETION
D estroying the F urther A dventures
S phere 1. Infiltrate an enclave of the Blackened Eye in
Salz for the Duke of Brakenbau.
The player characters have a week to head to 2. Sabotage a shipyard in Salz on the edge
Gnarlstone Watchtower and throw or insert the of Lake Deeping, where they are building
green crystals into the floating black sphere. warships with a dangerous new type of
Three crystal chunks are required. cannon.
Once this has been done, the floating sphere 3. The Blackened Eye infiltrate the
will start to falter, and the fronds will begin to Brakenhafen palace and cause chaos at the
wither as it belches spores one last time and then meal to celebrate the end of the blight.
fades as all traces of the spores, fronds and the 4. A mission into Moravik to kill an important
blight wither into nothing, the effect radiating military commander.
out from Gnarlstone Watchtower. The Blight has 5. A group of assassins attempt to kill the
been destroyed and the effects on the economy player characters at their fortified manor
of the Duchy of Brakenbau are now largely house.
averted. 6. The player characters’ fortified manor house
is set ablaze whilst they are away and they
All that is needed now is to tell the duke of the return to find out who was responsible.
plot by the Tzar of Moravik.
A udience with the

D uke of B rakenbau
The duke and his advisors will be in debt to the
player characters, rewarding them handsomely
for their efforts to avert disaster for the duchy
and wider Grand Duchy.
The rewards are as follows (the Game
Master may wish to change this according to
his campaign needs):
• Letter of Freedom of the Duchy: Allows
the player characters to receive free lodging
for two consecutive nights at any inn within
the duchy and also fresh horses, available
at any of the ducal stables. Awarded to each
player character.
• 5,000 silver coins for each player character.
• Ownership of a small, fortified manor
within the duchy.
• The Duke will throw an opulent meal at
the palace in which the player characters
will be guests of honour.
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APPENDIX
The following are the full adversary entries for the possible combatants that the characters may face. They are
presented in order that they may appear in the adventure.
These full entries complement the short form statistics entries in the main text.
O ld O ne R emnant S pecial N otes

B asic S tats • The Old One Remnant can attack anyone on its
platform with all its ten tentacles. It can split its
Attributes # attacks as it wishes if there are multiple targets.
Strength 18 Roll separately for each tentacle.
Dexterity 6 • Its tentacles grow back after in 2 rounds after
being severed.
Constitution 18 • Silver melee weapons and projectiles causes
Size 20 double damage.
S kills
Attractiveness 4
Intelligence 3
Education 3
Skills (Grouped by %) %
Charisma 3
Speak & Read Language (Any) 100
Empathy 4
Persuasion and Manipulation 90
Self-Control 10
D escription
Essence 20
Humanity 40
Starting Skills 310
A blubbering mass of thick black flesh covered in
MCDB (Damage Bonus) 10 writhing black tentacles.
P erks & C ombat

Hit Points 76
Fatigue Points 46
Starting Initiative
Movement Speed
4
0 immobile
M anouevres
Telepathy, Regenerate (1 HP per round).
A ttacks
Attacks AP Damage Special
10× Tentacles 3 1d6 Each hit causing
1 or more damage
will also cause 1d6
Essence loss.
H it L ocations (1 d 10)
Roll Location % AP/HP
1 Head 30 5/22
2-5 Body Upper 50 5/38
6-8 Body Lower 60 5/45
9-10 Tentacles 10 5/8
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H ollag G rimma (H uman )
Attributes # Secondary Attributes # Gear
Strength 6 Combat Skill Bonus 5 Weapons
Dexterity 5 Academic Skill Bonus 4 Long Sword (Bulk 2; AP 2; Dmg 2d6+3; Range C/C; SP 18)
Constitution 9 Social Skill Bonus 5
Size 7 Manual Skill Bonus 8 Armour
Attractiveness 4 Physical Skill Bonus 7 Reinforced Leather Vambraces (Bulk 2; AP 3), Breastplate (Bulk 6;
Charisma 7 Essence 20 AP 8, SI -1).
Intelligence 4 Humanity Points 40 Boons
Education 3 Starting Skills 320 None
Empathy 4 MCDB 4
Self-Control 5 Hit Points 32 Equipment
Fatigue Points 25 26 Silver Coins, and an Emerald worth 30 Silver Coins
Movement 3 Starting Initiative 1
Social Skills % Combat Manoeuvres
Speak & Read Language Native 80 -
Speak & Read Language (-)
Social & Style
Persuasion & Manipulation 50 Unarmed Combat Techniques
Empathy Haymaker, Timed Strike
Graft (Bribery) 40
Academic Skills %
Basic Education Perks
Survival -
Basic Ground Navigation
Science (-)
Engineering (-) Advanced Perks
Professional Skill (-) -
Physical Skills %
Athletics (The Basics)
Stealth 20 Description
Recon 20 Hollag looks vaguely like Captain Henning, with unkempt sun-bleached hair, and a
Manual Skills % weathered face, with the exception of having a very squashed nose.
First Aid
Pilot (Equestrian) 20
Herder
Farmer
Rituals
Combat Skills %
Unarmed Combat 50
Melee Combat 60
Projectile Weapons 20
Hit Roll (1d10) Location Location Hit Points Armour
1 Head 9
2–4 Chest 16 8 AP (Breastplate)
5–6 Abdomen 9
7 Left Arm 6 3 AP (Reinforced Leather Vambraces)
8 Right Arm 6 3 AP (Reinforced Leather Vambraces)
9 Right Leg 12
10 Left Leg 12
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V arg ' s M ercenary (H uman )
Dexterity 7 Academic Skill Bonus 4 Short Sword (Bulk 1; AP 2; Dmg 1d6+4; Range C/C; SP 15).
Constitution 6 Social Skill Bonus 4 Crossbow (Bulk 3; AP 4; Dmg 1d6+2; Range S/M; SP 5)
Attractiveness 4 Physical Skill Bonus 6 Reinforced Leather Tunic (Bulk 3; AP 5/3)
Charisma 4 Essence 17
Empathy 4 MCDB 3
Fatigue Points 21 1d10 Silver Coins
Speak & Read Language Native 70 No Mercy
Social & Style
Empathy -
Graft (Gambling) 30
Academic Skills %
Survival Luck of the Leprechaun
Science (-)
Professional Skill (Carpenter) 30 -
Physical Skills %
Athletics (The Basics) 10
Recon 30 A ragtag mob of men and women that are down on their luck, but heeded the call of Varg
Manual Skills % and bought into the idea of freedom that living outside the law offers.
First Aid
Pilot (-)
Herder 30
Farmer 30
Rituals
Combat Skills %
Unarmed Combat 40
Melee Combat 40
1 Head 6
2-4 Chest 11 5 AP (Reinforced Leather Tunic)
5-6 Abdomen 6 5 AP (Reinforced Leather Tunic)
7 Left Arm 4 3 AP (Reinforced Leather Tunic)
8 Right Arm 4 3 AP (Reinforced Leather Tunic)
9 Right Leg 8
10 Left Leg 8
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V arg ' s M ercenary (L ake T roll )
Dexterity 7 Academic Skill Bonus 3 Great Hammer (Bulk 6; AP 8; Dmg 2d6; Range C/C; SP 14)
Attractiveness 3 Physical Skill Bonus 7 None
Empathy 4 MCDB 5
Fatigue Points 23 None
Speak & Read Language Native 50 Weapon Breaker
Social & Style
Empathy Haymaker, Jab
Graft (Bribery) 10
Academic Skills %
Survival 25 -
Basic Ground Navigation 10
Science (-)
Physical Skills %
Recon 25 These Lake Trolls have been influenced by Varg’s charisma and are fed up with the
Manual Skills % xenophobia they often feel in Brakenbau.
First Aid
Pilot (-)
Herder
Farmer
Rituals
Combat Skills %
Unarmed Combat 65
Melee Combat 45
1 Head 10
2-4 Chest 17
5-6 Abdomen 10
7 Left Arm 6
8 Right Arm 6
9 Right Leg 13
10 Left Leg 13
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V arg H agen (H uman )
Dexterity 7 Academic Skill Bonus 7 2-H Great Sword (Bulk 4, AP 2, Dmg 2d6+3, Sz L, Range C/C, SP
Constitution 6 Social Skill Bonus 7 20)
Attractiveness 7 Physical Skill Bonus 7 Breastplate (Bulk 6, AP 8, SI -1), Plate Greaves (Bulk 4, AP 8, SI -1),
Charisma 11 Essence 30 Plate Vambraces (Bulk 4, AP 8)
Empathy 5 MCDB 4
Fatigue Points 23 139 Silver Coins
Speak & Read Language Native 90 Crushing Assault
Social & Style 30
Empathy -
Graft (Bribery) 70
Academic Skills %
Survival Toughness ×2
Science (-)
Professional Skill (Merchant) 30 Stamina
Physical Skills %
Recon 30
Manual Skills %
First Aid
Pilot (-)
Herder
Farmer
Rituals
Combat Skills %
Unarmed Combat 30
Melee Combat 70
1 Head 7
2-4 Chest 12 AP 8 (Breastplate)
5-6 Abdomen 7 AP 8 (Breastplate)
7 Left Arm 4 AP 8 (Plate Vambraces)
8 Right Arm 4 AP 8 (Plate Vambraces)
9 Right Leg 9 AP 8 (Plate Greaves)
10 Left Leg 9 AP 8 (Plate Greaves)
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B lackened E ye L ookout (H uman )
Dexterity 5 Academic Skill Bonus 4 1-H Mace (Bulk 1.5; AP 4; Dmg 1d3+3; Range C/C; SP 8). Short
Constitution 6 Social Skill Bonus 5 Bow (Bulk 2; AP 2; Dmg 1d6+4; Range S/M; SP 5)
Attractiveness 5 Physical Skill Bonus 7 Chain Hauberk (Bulk 5, AP 6, SI -1)
Empathy 4 MCDB 4
Fatigue Points 34 Dirty Winter Cloak, Rations, Waterskin, Hip Flask of Alcohol,
Movement 3 Starting Initiative 1 1d20 Silver Coins

Speak & Read Language Native 70 Shocking Assault
Social & Style
Persuasion & Manipulation Unarmed Combat Techniques
Empathy -
Graft (Streetwise) 30
Academic Skills %
Survival 30 -
Science (-)
Professional Skill (-) Stamina
Physical Skills %
Recon 60 Lookouts of the Blackened Eye paint a crude black eye on the backs of both of their hands.
Manual Skills %
First Aid
Pilot (-)
Herder
Farmer
Rituals
Combat Skills %
Unarmed Combat 30
Melee Combat 40
1 Head 6
2-4 Chest 11 AP 6 (Chain Hauberk)
5-6 Abdomen 6 AP 6 (Chain Hauberk)
7 Left Arm 4 AP 6 (Chain Hauberk)
8 Right Arm 4 AP 6 (Chain Hauberk)
9 Right Leg 8
10 Left Leg 8
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B lackened E ye T hief (W ood E lf )
Dexterity 11 Academic Skill Bonus 7 Dagger ×2 (Bulk 0.5; AP 2; Dmg 1d3; Sz S; Range C/C; SP 6)
Attractiveness 6 Physical Skill Bonus 8 Leather Jack (Bulk 1; AP 2)
Empathy 6 MCDB 3
Fatigue Points 23 Black Hooded Cloak, Waterskin, Rations, 1d20+10 Silver Coins
Speak & Read Language Native 70 All In
Social & Style
Empathy -
Graft (Bribery, Streetwise, 10
Fencing)
Academic Skills %
Survival Two-Fisted, Unnatural Health, Luck of the Leprechaun, What This? This Is Nothing!
Science (-)
Physical Skills %
Athletics (The Basics)
Recon 20 Members of the Blackened Eye who have reached the status of Thief use makeup to blacken
Manual Skills % one of their eyes.
First Aid
Pilot (-)
Herder
Farmer
Rituals
Combat Skills %
Unarmed Combat 10
Melee Combat 60
1 Head 7
2-4 Chest 13 AP 2 (Leather Jack)
5-6 Abdomen 7 AP 2 (Leather Jack)
7 Left Arm 5 AP 2 (Leather Jack)
8 Right Arm 5 AP 2 (Leather Jack)
9 Right Leg 10
10 Left Leg 10
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T he H ood (W ood E lf )
Dexterity 9 Academic Skill Bonus 9 Pistol (AP 8, Dmg 1d6+2, Sz L, Rge 25, SP 10); Dagger (Bulk 0.5, AP
Constitution 8 Social Skill Bonus 5 2, Dmg 1d3, Sz S, Rge C/C, SP 6)
Attractiveness 3 Physical Skill Bonus 7 Linen Gambeson (Bulk 2, AP 3)
Intelligence 10 Humanity Points 50 Darkening Taints
Education 8 Starting Skills 430 Warts and Pustules
Empathy 5 MCDB 3
Fatigue Points 22 None
Social & Style
Empathy -
Graft (-)
Academic Skills %
Survival Rich, Skilled Crafter, Thrifty Crafter, Master Alchemist
Science (Physics) 70
Science (Alchemy) 70 Advanced Perks
Engineering (Mechanical) 70 Job (Guild Scion): Apprentice Scion, I Speak for the Guild
Professional Skill (-)
Physical Skills %
Athletics (The Basics) Description
Stealth 30 The Hood is named after his garb. Always wearing the hood pulled up on his cloak, his face
Recon 30 is always shrouded in shadow, preventing those that deal with him seeing his tainted face,
pustulent and disfigured.
Manual Skills %
First Aid
Pilot (Equestrian) 30
Herder
Farmer
Rituals
Combat Skills %
Unarmed Combat 10
Melee Combat 10
1 Head 7
2-4 Chest 13 AP 3 (Linen Gambeson)
5-6 Abdomen 7 AP 3 (Linen Gambeson)
7 Left Arm 5 AP 3 (Linen Gambeson)
8 Right Arm 5 AP 3 (Linen Gambeson)
9 Right Leg 10
10 Left Leg 10
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M ergal H olst (H uman )
Dexterity 10 Academic Skill Bonus 6 Pistol (AP 8, Dmg 1d6+2, Sz L, Rge 25, SP 10); Rapier (Bulk 2, AP 6,
Constitution 7 Social Skill Bonus 5 Dmg 1d6+2, Sz M, Rge C/C, Sp 12)
Attractiveness 4 Physical Skill Bonus 8 Reinforced Leather Tunic (Bulk 2, AP 3/5); Reinforced Leather
Charisma 7 Essence 24 Vambraces (Bulk 2, AP 3); Reinforced Leather Greaves (Bulk 2, AP
3)
Intelligence 6 Humanity Points 40 Darkening Taints
Education 6 Starting Skills 370 Third Eye
Empathy 4 MCDB 4
Fatigue Points 24 Ring of the Serpent (Gift of Ancestry perk)
Speak & Read Language Native 85 Riposte, Wounding Strike
Social & Style
Empathy -
Graft (Racketeering) 60
Academic Skills %
Survival ESP (Darkening taint), Gift of Ancestry (Serpent Artifact), Villain, Toughness ×2
Science (-)
Professional Skill (-) Job (Professional Duellist): Guido Shot First or at Least You Did, Get Your Just Desserts
Physical Skills %
Recon 40 Mergal wears fine clothes to offset his tainted facial features. His hair is thinned and sparse
Manual Skills % at the front and sitting in the middle of his forehead is an elongated eye.
First Aid
Pilot (-)
Herder
Farmer
Rituals
Combat Skills %
Unarmed Combat 50
Melee Combat 85
1 Head 0
2-4 Chest 5 AP 5 (Reinforced Leather Tunic)
5-6 Abdomen 5 AP 5 (Reinforced Leather Tunic)
7 Left Arm 6 AP 6 (Reinforced Leather Tunic + Reinforced Leather Vambraces)
8 Right Arm 6 AP 6 (Reinforced Leather Tunic + Reinforced Leather Vambraces)
9 Right Leg 3 AP 3 (Reinforced Leather Greaves)
10 Left Leg 3 AP 3 (Reinforced Leather Greaves)
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B lackened E ye M ine G uard (H uman )
Dexterity 5 Academic Skill Bonus 4 Short 1-H Spear (Bulk 2; AP 3; Dmg 1d3+3; Range C/C; SP 8).
Constitution 6 Social Skill Bonus 5 Crossbow (Bulk 3; AP 4; Dmg 1d6+2; Range S/M; SP 5). Wood
Shield Small (Bulk 3; AP 0; Dmg 1d3; Range C/C; SP 15)
Attractiveness 5 Physical Skill Bonus 7 Chain Hauberk (Bulk 5, AP 6, SI -1)
Empathy 4 MCDB 4
Fatigue Points 34 Black Tabards, Rations, Waterskin, Hip Flask of Alcohol, 1d20+6
Movement Starting Initiative 1 Silver Coins

Speak & Read Language Native 70 Feinted Strike
Social & Style
Empathy -
Graft (Gambling) 30
Academic Skills %
Survival 30 -
Science (-)
Professional Skill (-) Stamina
Physical Skills %
Recon 60 These mine guards are essentially lookouts ordered to protect the mining operations at Rote
Manual Skills % Copper Mines.
First Aid
Pilot (-)
Herder
Farmer
Rituals
Combat Skills %
Unarmed Combat 30
Melee Combat 40
1 Head 6
2-4 Chest 11 AP 6 (Chain Hauberk)
5-6 Abdomen 6 AP 6 (Chain Hauberk)
7 Left Arm 4 AP 6 (Chain Hauberk)
8 Right Arm 4 AP 6 (Chain Hauberk)
9 Right Leg 8
10 Left Leg 8
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H oth F aust (T ainted H uman )
Dexterity 6 Academic Skill Bonus 9 Arquebus (Bulk -, AP 8, Dmg 2d6+3, Sz M, Rge 50, Sp 15)
Attractiveness 4 Physical Skill Bonus 6 Gothic Breastplate (Bulk 5, AP 10); Gothic Plate Helm (Bulk 3, AP
Charisma 8 Essence 31 10);
Intelligence 10 Humanity Points 80 Rituals
Education 8 Starting Skills 430 (Blood Magic) Healing, Animal Power;
Empathy 8 MCDB 3 (Black Magic) Stygian Gate, Demonic Might
Fatigue Points 20 Ritual Materials
Speak & Read Language (Ogre) 90
Social & Style
Empathy -
Graft (-)
Academic Skills %
Survival Sorcerer, Unnatural Health, Luck of the Leprechaun, Toughness
Science (Physics) 80
Science (Biology) 90 Advanced Perks
Science (Alchemy) 80 Soul Gaze Trait, Mesmerism
Engineering (-)
Professional Skill (-)
Physical Skills % Description
Athletics (The Basics) Hoth Faust wears a red robe embroidered with strange symbols in silver thread which
covers his patches of scaled skin. On top of this he wears gothic plate breastplate and a
Stealth 25 horned plate helm. He bears a third eye on the palm of his right hand, and in his long beard
Recon 25 grow tiny, writhing tentacles.
Manual Skills %
First Aid
Pilot (-)
Herder
Farmer
Rituals 90
Combat Skills %
Unarmed Combat 25
Melee Combat 25
1 Head 6 AP 10 (Gothic Plate Helm)
2-4 Chest 10 AP 10 (Gothic Breastplate)
5-6 Abdomen 6 AP 10 (Gothic Breastplate)
7 Left Arm 4
8 Right Arm 4
9 Right Leg 8 50
10 Left Leg 8
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Farmers and merchants across Brakenbau are becoming

The Duke of Brakenbau, Lucas Braken III, is under significant

Something must be done!

Part 1 of 3 in the Orrery Adventure Series

Dead Horse Blight

Six more planetary artifacts are needed to complete the orrery.

T owns and C ities

D ead H orse B light D isease

M eeting the F alse

H agen ' s W oodland

B efore K oregg R uins

A fter K oregg R uins

THE VOID BEYOND

A udience with the

O ld O ne R emnant S pecial N otes

P erks & C ombat

Social Skills % Combat Manoeuvres

Social Skills % Combat Manoeuvres

• FWB - Original (1980)

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