Adventure Level: Upper Tier 1, Standard [Ongoing Quest]

Adventure Goal: Work on reclaiming a forsaken Manor, brave dark mysteries, keep what you find and profit

Adventure Type: Dungeon Crawl w/ Horror Elements

XP Reward: Classic XP

Treasure: Plunder Rights, Monster Corpses

Location: Bazagon, Gauntlet Sprawl

Faction(s): Taunax Tarryfolk

CORE PILLARS: RP - 34%, EXPLORATION - 33%, COMBAT - 33% - Dependent entirely on party choice

GM: Bria/SkybloodOrchid

Call: Discord

VTT: Roll20 https://app.roll20.net/join/12176026/xZ6M7Q, Theater of the Mind

Synopsis:
A wealthy noble enlists the party to reclaim his ancestral estate, Vellwick Manor, which has vanished behind eerie dark Mists and overrun by restless dead turning the grounds into a grim mass of graves littered with fresh corpses of all manner. Somewhere inside, his wife was last seen as he fled to find help. Captain Taunax calls out for aid, as the Manor itself can be used as forward base foothold amidst the militarized forest goblin tribe given it's key location and defensibility of make if reclaimed. Venture forth from the bustling base camp, to claim fortune and fiefdom!

Initial scouting speaks of false doors, and games being played with inhuman inhabitants, more information is needed, more eyes and deeper exploration! The work moves forward, and so too does the need for able bodied aid of staunch stomach and strong spine!

Further incursions have uncovered troubling accusations, and damning magical evidentiary artifactum proffered by most auspicious source. What truths lie buried in the Land of Rot? Are the sins of nobles visting themselves upon the lands they once dwelled? Are the true villains wearing false masks, and the victims simply seeking to live? What is real, what is aspersion, what is causality, and what is driving Taunax and his troupe so fervently to establish this foothold seemingly at all costs?

• Goal: Navigate treacherous grounds, venture through the manor’s corridors, tangled gardens, and shadowed crypts to reclaim the land.
• Horror Elements: Oppressive gloom, vengeful spirits, creeping undead, and a sense that the manor itself resents intruders.
• Second Session in a series, all who attend will be given priority for the next session.
• 2014 Rules only

Hooks:

• An existing faction within an ever twisting and expanding area within the Sprawl adds, another wrinkle
• A rich noble benefactor, promise of reward, undead to eliminate
• Prove yourself in a largely yet unexplored area, newly frontiered, "You keep what you kill"
• Promise of treasure, room and board for as long as you stay, or maybe just a change of pace or locale calls to you
• A seemingly well funded, and well meaning enterprising, albeit oddly placed militia camp seeks the aid of those beyond it's means
• Multiple avenues of clearance, unusual bedfellows and potential allies
• Illusory landscapes, reports of many false faces, a potential haven for those seeking a unique enterprising environment where merit of performance is the only measured metric

Pre-Session:

• Friend the GM

• Make or bring in your character

NOTES:  2014 Exclusive Game. Temporary character conversions are permitted to play within the game. Adventurers of ANY level are encouraged to participate. It has been said before, in this particular area, death is more of a...stepping off point, and explicitly a choice.

**SIGN-UPS ARE FINALIZED THE DAY BEFORE THE GAME. MESSAGES OF LATE APPLICATION DAY OF GAME WILL GO UNANSWERED**

DISCLAIMERS: Nothing is ever, quite what it appears, who Captain Taunax is why and he's so determined to carve out this particular patch or why is not really known. Expect x2 Deadly Encounters.