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<blockquote data-quote="mikeawmids1" data-source="post: 8918082" data-attributes="member: 7030604"><p><u>Vaesen, Session 1/Part 1</u></p><p></p><p>A letter arrives at Castle Gyllencreutz, addressed to the Society. Their decrepit butler Algot Frisk delivers the envelope unto the investigators. They are invited to attend a shadow play titled <em>The Dance of Dreams</em>, at the Witch Cat Inn outside the city. The invitation is signed Olaus Klint.</p><p></p><p>The investigators spend some time in the castle's dusty library before setting off. They discover the Witch Cat Inn was once used as a meeting place for the Society some 50 years ago. Svenrich canvases his contacts for intel on Olaus Klint, but comes up empty. Meanwhile, Algot packs each investigator an overnight bag, before bundling them into the last coach to Sigtuna.</p><p></p><p>During the journey, Knut challenges Erik to a game of Five Finger Fillet, and Gudrun reads Arne's future in the tarot cards. Svenrich observes and makes notes for his next book, featuring a crime-solving fortune teller. <em>Everyone gains Advantage (+2 dice to any one check during the mystery).</em></p><p></p><p>A fierce storm rolls in as the coach stops outside the Witch Cat Inn. Torrential rain drums against the roof of the coach and thunder rumbles overhead. A middle-aged man waits to meet the investigators, huddled against the weather in the scant shelter offered by the stablehouse. He introduces himself as Olaus Klint and tells them about a strange and powerful presence inflicting vivid night terrors on travellers who stay at the inn.</p><p></p><p>The investigators head inside. The place is a naughty word hole. Water drips from the ceiling and the wind batters loose shutters. A sorry collection of dispirited guests are seated around the drafty taproom;</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sami Harjula - surly innkeeper,</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sophia Harjula - innkeeper's daughter, homely serving wench,</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ingelis Holm - cook,</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sven Knuse - stablehand,</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Jonathan Gnejs - guest, obese drunk,</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Father Niels Klarhed - guest, sickly priest,</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lisa Finkel - guest, chemisty student from Upsala University.</li> </ul><p></p><p>The investigators ask Sophia about the shadow play and - after a fearful glance toward her father - she quietly invites them to join her in the attic for the debut performance. Knut asks Sami about the strange dreams afflicting his other guests, but the innkeeper denies everything.</p><p></p><p>The investigators head to the attic, where Sophia is waiting to begin the shadow play. <em>The Dance of Dreams</em> tells the story of a man called Oscar Hjort, who could also see the Vaesen. Oscar was recruited by a man called Albert and introduced to his friends. They told Oscar of their plans, but Oscar rejected them, so Albert and his friends murdered him and buried his body in unconsecrated ground.</p><p></p><p>As the play reaches its end, Sophia's voice becomes deeper and more masculine, until it is clearly some other being speaking through her body. Suddenly, a skeletal figure wreathed in icy blue flames rises from beneath the stage and hurtles toward the audience! Knut and Gudrun are frozen with fear. Arne flees the attic in terror, while Erik draws his revolver and fires upon the wraith. His shots pass through the apparition and it dissipates into freezing mist. Only Svenrich retains his wits and slaps some sense back into his comrades. Arne returns clutching his rifle, but the dread spectre is gone!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mikeawmids1, post: 8918082, member: 7030604"] [U]Vaesen, Session 1/Part 1[/U] A letter arrives at Castle Gyllencreutz, addressed to the Society. Their decrepit butler Algot Frisk delivers the envelope unto the investigators. They are invited to attend a shadow play titled [I]The Dance of Dreams[/I], at the Witch Cat Inn outside the city. The invitation is signed Olaus Klint. The investigators spend some time in the castle's dusty library before setting off. They discover the Witch Cat Inn was once used as a meeting place for the Society some 50 years ago. Svenrich canvases his contacts for intel on Olaus Klint, but comes up empty. Meanwhile, Algot packs each investigator an overnight bag, before bundling them into the last coach to Sigtuna. During the journey, Knut challenges Erik to a game of Five Finger Fillet, and Gudrun reads Arne's future in the tarot cards. Svenrich observes and makes notes for his next book, featuring a crime-solving fortune teller. [I]Everyone gains Advantage (+2 dice to any one check during the mystery).[/I] A fierce storm rolls in as the coach stops outside the Witch Cat Inn. Torrential rain drums against the roof of the coach and thunder rumbles overhead. A middle-aged man waits to meet the investigators, huddled against the weather in the scant shelter offered by the stablehouse. He introduces himself as Olaus Klint and tells them about a strange and powerful presence inflicting vivid night terrors on travellers who stay at the inn. The investigators head inside. The place is a naughty word hole. Water drips from the ceiling and the wind batters loose shutters. A sorry collection of dispirited guests are seated around the drafty taproom; [LIST] [*]Sami Harjula - surly innkeeper, [*]Sophia Harjula - innkeeper's daughter, homely serving wench, [*]Ingelis Holm - cook, [*]Sven Knuse - stablehand, [*]Jonathan Gnejs - guest, obese drunk, [*]Father Niels Klarhed - guest, sickly priest, [*]Lisa Finkel - guest, chemisty student from Upsala University. [/LIST] The investigators ask Sophia about the shadow play and - after a fearful glance toward her father - she quietly invites them to join her in the attic for the debut performance. Knut asks Sami about the strange dreams afflicting his other guests, but the innkeeper denies everything. The investigators head to the attic, where Sophia is waiting to begin the shadow play. [I]The Dance of Dreams[/I] tells the story of a man called Oscar Hjort, who could also see the Vaesen. Oscar was recruited by a man called Albert and introduced to his friends. They told Oscar of their plans, but Oscar rejected them, so Albert and his friends murdered him and buried his body in unconsecrated ground. As the play reaches its end, Sophia's voice becomes deeper and more masculine, until it is clearly some other being speaking through her body. Suddenly, a skeletal figure wreathed in icy blue flames rises from beneath the stage and hurtles toward the audience! Knut and Gudrun are frozen with fear. Arne flees the attic in terror, while Erik draws his revolver and fires upon the wraith. His shots pass through the apparition and it dissipates into freezing mist. Only Svenrich retains his wits and slaps some sense back into his comrades. Arne returns clutching his rifle, but the dread spectre is gone! [/QUOTE]
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