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Strong Start

Xavier Heartseeker, a noble vampire, attacks the characters for killing his consort and her minions.

Scenes

• Xavier Heartseeker
• Returning the NPCs to their village of Rud in Morgau.
• Journey to Castle Yarosberg
• Meeting the two remaining Sisters of Sif
• The Ghost Knight comes

Secret and Clues

• [x] Many of the villagers in Morgau have their head in the sand. The Blood Sisters tell them what to do and put in puppet leaders who tell the villagers what they want to hear, but the vampires feed off of the villagers in the night.
• [x] People disappear all the time. The Blood Sisters blame them for fleeing north and call them traitors but many of them are simply killed in the middle of the night by the silent shadows who lurk in the depths.
• [ ] The infamous Blood Kingdom of Morgau has remained a brooding, menacing presence north of the Margreve Forest and Free City of Zobeck for centuries. The Greater Duchy of Morgau—to use its proper name— includes the twin Principalities of Morgau and Doresh, and a third province, Krakovar, made up of the conquered lands of the former Electoral Kingdom of Krakova to the north.
• [ ] The peasants of Morgau, restless and fearful, long to shake off their masters. Despite their undeniable strength of arms, the one war the undead nobles can never win is the one waged for the hearts of their people.
• [ ] The Blood Kingdom frequently hosts hunts in its hills and forests and stages gladiatorial fights in its cities. During these spectacles, living combatants clash and vampires cheer and salivate at the blood that sprays into the stands. This foreplay lasts for hours before culminating in a vampire’s blood drain of the winner, and that lucky winner’s rise into the ruling class.
• [ ] King Lucan and Emperor Nicoforus the Pale have long maintained a pact of mutual aid between the Principalities of Morgau and Doresh and the Ghoul Imperium below the earth. Neither wishes the other to gain ascendancy, but it serves both kingdoms’ interests to stand together should an army of paladins and priests march against them.
• [ ] The Daughters of Sif were ambushed by General Grimslade and his ghost knights. They were taken south to Orzelbirg Castle 30 miles from here.
• [ ] The castle is situated at the top of a hill overlooking the road and the River Runnel. A small village, also named Orzelbirg, has grown up around the sturdy stone bridge over the river. Consisting of two dozen simple houses, it is home to just over 130 inhabitants, nearly all human. A track leads up the hill to the castle from the road, allowing the characters to avoid the village unless they want to enter it.
• [ ] A few secret caves lead into Orzelberg through caves and a well. The vampires and ghouls have been turning people and then throwing them down below into beggar ghouls.