Danse Macabre Part 7

Teaser

Send to the players before the game :

  26 July 1346, Caen (Kindom of France)   The English army fills the horizon.   Amassed on the Saint-Pierre bridge,   our meager force have little hope of holding them for long.   As my eyes gaze at their coloursXXX   XXXX   ⚜️⚜️⚜️💀💀💀

  10 Janvier 1348XX, Avignon (États Pontificaux)   XX   ⚜️⚜️⚜️💀💀💀

Intro - XX

• Initial situation :
  • Date : XX
  • Location : XX

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Dans les restes de l'abbeye de Neuberg they found a huge white egg cracked.

Armoiries de Satan - Jean de Montgomery Bouclier du chevalier

oeuvre au Rouge à Calais

Seguin III de Badefol http://espritdepays.com/dordogne/histoire/seguin-iii-de-badefol-lenfant-terrible-dune-fratrie

Nom de sa compagnie : La Margot

Bone Spaulder Armor ? Crest ? Chess Piece ? Permet de revivre mais il faut boire du sang à chaque fois et ça rends cruel. Armoiries du Diable

Durant la peste de Calais, Jean de Montgomery est aux commandes de calais et la majorité des Français meurent remplacés par des Anglais. C'est l'oeuvre au rouge.

Parler des grandes compagnies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnaud_de_Cervole

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Company

Armoiries de satan : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armoiries_imaginaires#/media/Fichier:Blason_imaginaire_Satan.svg

http://espritdepays.com/dordogne/histoire/seguin-iii-de-badefol-lenfant-terrible-dune-fratrie

Raise Dead make you come back to life or someone else.

"Knight" est le chef d'une compagnie de mercenaires particulièrement cruel, une "grande compagnie" Il est mort à Crécy, il est mort lors du siège de calais et les joueurs le tuent une dernière fois dans calais occupé. Il est en charge de l'oeurve au rouge, qu'il fait dans calais avec des cadavres de français soit disant mort de la peste (en réalité ils sont enlevées en masse et sacrifiés) Son pouvoir est la résuréction (ou un autre synonyme plus nécromantique) Un flashback à Crécy, un flashback au siège de calais puis une séquence dans les rues de calais.

Segin de Baldefol He was born in 1330 in the castle of Badefols, the son of Seguin Gontaut de Badefol and Margaret de Bérail, daughter of Arnaud de Cervole he was given the nickname Chopin Badefol. Le boiteux : Chopi / Chopin

Soldat Fauconier.

Puis Philippe VI et sa considérable armée marchent vers l'ouest, arrivent à proximité du plateau, en vue des collines et petites vallées entre Crécy au sud et Wadicourt au nord, par la route basse. Un orage éclate, rendant le terrain glissant.

France : L'armée française, beaucoup plus nombreuse, de 24 000 à 50 000 hommes, est organisée sur trois lignes. Au-devant on trouve les arbalétriers génois, ainsi que deux lignes de chevaliers They were mounted on entirely unarmoured horses and carried wooden lances, usually ash, tipped with iron and approximately 4 metres (13 ft) long

Anglais : L'ensemble comprend de 8 000 à 12 000 hommes, dont environ 3/4 d'archers. Andrew Ayton suggests a figure of around 14,000: 2,500 men-at-arms, 5,000 longbowmen, 3,000 hobelars (light cavalry and mounted archers) and 3,500 spearmen

Parmi ceux-ci, 6 000 mercenaires génois ou castillans conduits par Carlo Grimaldi et Antonio Doria 

prince noir : La nuit tombée, Édouard aurait commandé l'exécution de tous les soldats français blessés incapables de payer rançon et, au matin, un massacre plus grand encore, quand les milices urbaines françaises vinrent en renfort, mais trop tard : l'esprit de la chevalerie n'avait pas été respecté par le prince, qui en eut grande honte devant son père : c'est après cette bataille qu'il aurait pris l'habitude de porter une armure noire.

50 000 hommes pour les troupes menées par Philippe de Valois, 20 000 hommes pour l'armée anglaise.

Arbaletrier : 4 coups par minute et ils n'ont pas leur pavois la pluie abime les cordes en cheveux.

D'abord le roi a demandé à ne pas attaquer.

Puis attaque des arbalestriers

Pas sur qu'il y ait eu des cannons.

6 000, avec leur arc long anglais tirant chacun de 6 à 12 flèches à la minute

Jusqu'au soir plein de charges inutiles

Cependant, après le lever du jour, (la bataille a continué le lendemain)

Charge du duc d’Alençon, frère de Philippe VI qui tue les archers et boucherie

Ensuite choc avec les chevaliers anglais

la chevalerie française finit à pied

Alençon tué sous son cheval.

XXXX

Vente de pardons.

Montgomery died on 14 October 1347,

Sentiment d'etrangete, par quel force est-ce que autant de gens ont fait un si long voyage pour être la ? Crecy : terre souillé de sang d'urine et d'excrements

Siege de calais : Expulsion des bouches inutiles fortification pour un long siège

Massacrer et brûler les chiens avant le siège ? Pour éviter que les gens les mangent ?

Bataille navale Des navires génois, au service de la France, ainsi que des navires normands et des marins d’Abbeville, réussirent cependant à forcer le blocus pour ravitailler Calais et ses assiégés, 17 septembre 1346:     Blason pays fr FranceAncien.svg 32 galères génoises de Carlo Grimaldi aidées de plusieurs barges françaises enlèvent à l’abordage 25 vaisseaux de la flotte anglaise participant au blocus.

Hiver 1346 Les Anglais attaquent, au sud, les murailles avec des trébuchets, des espringales, des centaines d’archers mais aussi des armes d’un nouveau genre : l’artillerie à poudre. Édouard III utilise sans résultat une vingtaine de canons pour abattre les murailles.

Fin février 1347 :     Royal Arms of England (1340-1367).svg La flottille anglaise formant le blocus atteint 737 navires.

10 avril :     Blason pays fr FranceAncien.svg Trente vaisseaux français réussirent, malgré la vigilance de la flotte ennemie, les fortifications élevées par les assiégeants et les obstacles de toute nature à l'entrée du chenal, à pénétrer dans le port. Ce fut le dernier convoi à pouvoir rentrer ravitailler la ville assiégée. Les autres tentatives échoueront lamentablement; les navires tombant aux mains des Anglais. Dès lors, Calais n'eut plus d'espoir que dans le secours venant de la terre.

On 3 August 1347 Calais surrendered. The entire French population was expelled.

Caen stormed on 26 July. Most of the population was massacred, there was an orgy of drunken rape[15][16] and the city was sacked for five days

Sabbat : comme le 2 février (correspondant à la chandeleur), le 1er mai ou le 1er novembre.  ??

Pas les grandes batailles, mais la rapine entre

Phase 1 : la bataille de Caen

Raoul II de Brienne amène ces soldats de Gasconne, logique que le chef de la grande compagnie soit là

French : 700 à 800 hommes d'armes, de 300 ou 500 archers génois aux ordres de Robert de Warignies5 et de 3 000 miliciens Anglais : 40 000 soldats / 12,000–15,000

Charge sur le pont Saint-Pierre

Les anglais entrent dans l'ile saint jean et asaillent le chatelet du pont saint pierre Raoul II de Brienne, accompagné du comte de Tancarville, se barricada dans le châtelet du pont Saint-Pierre

La population lance des roches et de l'eau bouillante sur les assaillants

pillage et les maisons brulent

Seul le chateau résiste encore

Trois/cinq jours de mise à sac pillage et incendies

2500 cadavres, charnier en bordure de ville

Le roi quitta Caen le 31 juillet et laisse 1500 soldats

La population se soulève et avec les soldats du chateau reprennent la ville

Expressions de l'époque : par les trois rois, par mon épée, par la croix, par les os de mes dix doigts, par ma garde, parbleu, sur mon ame, par ma foi

couper les doigts des archers

les cisterciens ne peuvent pas regarder ou toucher les femmes

graisse d'oie sur les vieilles cicatrices

?? la chaine de la corporation ???

devise de la compagnie blanche p460

bateau avec catapulte

tir en cadence, placer la flèchen bandez l'arc, "loose"

Il faut chaud sous une armure. Gorge sèche. Pain imbibé de vin et d'huile d'olive ?

Phase 2 : Famine de Calais ? Pillage de Caen? Charnier de Crécy

Phase 3 : Dans les rues de Calais

As the players keep searching the stuff of the "cardinal" they find a little journal

It start like this

20 July 1346 Caen. I XXXXXX companion de XXXXXX

And that's what triggers the flashback

Montrer plus la bannière du diable. Arc, abralette et fronde. A l'épée quand ils n'ont plus de flèches. Plus de moibes guerriers sur le champ de bataille. Prière quand ils tuent des gens. Eperon d'or pour signifier le grade de chevalier. Les Ecuyers protègent les chevaliers.

• Explanations :

XX

• Unsolved mysteries :

• Historical themes :

-Crécy -Siege of Calais -Plague -Free Companies -Seguin III de Badefol -Hundred Years War -The Devil's Crest -Rubedo

Part 1 Caen

• Normal : XX

Flashback, they play the companions of "Knight" defending Caen. They can keep 4 of their feats plus faith.

Combat (battle) can be used at any phase to win the phase

They start with a list of mercenaries, and at each phases they lose some men depending on their choices. They have a number of mercrenaries and few iconic ones (with a feat that can be used once)

Around the campfire : X min

1-They are around the fire before the battle. Give several names, give them some attaching personalities. One of them has a falcon. They can give their opinions about being mercenaries. (one of them say for me I have found a home) They can give their opinions about the nobles and the taxes. Les taxes sont lourdes en france avant c'était les nobles qui protégeaient les paysants, maintenant c'est les archers paysants qui protègent les nobles They can give their opinions about using crossbows against the english, event though it's not french soldiers who wears them. They can give their opinions about the war plans. Which isle to protect ? Bourg-le-Roi et le château (l'enceinte était plus solide mais difficile à défendre car très fragmentée) or l'île Saint-Jean (Moins bien fortifiée, toutefois protégée par les différentes rivières qui la cernaient, l'Odon et l'Orne, bien qu'il fût possible de franchir ces cours d'eau à gué, ) They eat some paté Little game of dices to win a crossbow. (for the feat Arbalest) After a certain time, "Knight" will talk about his dreams. insister sur la jeunesse de "Knight" Explain his troop is called la margot

mercenaire : l'équipement varie, contrairement à l'armée normale

les chefs mercenaires sont des petits nobles pauvres

les ponts levis sont fermés la nuit

"Chandos" chevalier anglais connu They know the english are coming, but they don't know who or how many, they think it's just a small raid.

26 July 1346 Caen. Read some more lines

The calm before the storm : X min

They will try to defend the Saint-Jean island and in particular the Saint-Pierre bridge.

They know they are in good hands, because the Connétable of France (the main general of France) Raoul II de Brienne is with them.

On their side they have 3000 milicians and 300 Genoese archers.

They are a small group of about 30 mercenaries and they can decide what they want to do to help keep the bridge, few options and they chose one.

It's not a drawbridge, the river is almost empty.

They see a huge army and the crest of the king. It's not just a small raid.

Crisis : Coward noble

One cowardly noble doesn't want to go.

Reward : One more iconic in their group.

Ambiance

They see the Bishop Guillaume Bertrand who is one of the commanders, he has a huge armor with a mitre and a massive mace so he doesn't spill the blood of the enemy.

They bring a sacred object before the battle for everyone to kiss.

Some knights have a glove or handkerchief of their lady.

Soldiers kiss the medals of their saint protectors.

Choice : Where to be placed ?

Choice 1 : Be in the tower or the bridge

Lose X Mercenaries and Y iconic mercenaries.

Choice 2 : Be on the bridge in the front

Lose X Mercenaries and Y iconic mercenaries.

Choice 3 : Be on the bridge in the back

Lose X Mercenaries and Y iconic mercenaries.

XX2-Before the battle, everyone lined up on the bridge XX300 ou 500 archers génois aux ordres de Robert de Warignies5 et de 3 000 miliciens menés par Raoul II de Brienne

Guillaume Bertrand (évêque de Bayeux), frère de Robert VIII Bertrand de Bricquebec, ancien maréchal de France

XXvs 15 000 troupes côté Edward III

XXils font passer un objet sacré avant la bataille pour les gens l'embrassent

XXles chervaliers portent un foulard ou un grant de leur dame

XXmédailles de saints protecteurs

XXp398-399 description chevalier et archers anglais

XXconnétable de france avec eux - décrire son blason XX les joueurs doivent choisir leur stratégie, ils sont un petit contingeant d'hommes. Ils peuvent se mettre où ilest veulent.

XXLe bon choix est de se mettre en haut de la porte ou sur les murailles et flèches, sinon bouclier prêt à l'interception

XXLe pont n'est pas levi

XXThere's one cowardly noble who doesn't want to go, they have to convince him to stay. Charisma or deus vult or whatever.

The defense of Saint-Peter Bridge : X min

Sabaton Defence of Moscow Bugle avant la bataille

The English soldiers rush mindlessly on the bridge, footmen rush on the bridge.

Crisis : Save your friend

-sauver un ami en danger durant la bataille Un iconique (ou "Knight?") est en danger, entouré d'énnemis. Comment voler à son secour.

Punishment : The Iconic in question dies.

Ambiance

The king rings retreat but nobody listens.

allusion aux flammes blanches dans la bataille

Archers and spearmen are in the mud of the river trying to go around. They seize some ships and go through the river.

Choice : They see some English crossed by boat in the distance.

Choice 1 : Go to the castle of the city

Lose X mercenaries and Y iconic.

Choice 2 : Lock themselves in the tower of the bridge.

Lose X mercenaries and Y iconic.

Choice 3 : Make two fronts

Lose X mercenaries and Y iconic.

Choice 4 : Just hold the main line

Lose X mercenaries and Y iconic.

XX3-Battle on the bridge

XXRichard Talbot et les comtes de Warwick et de Northampton devaient mener l'assaut, mais il semble qu'ils aient eu peu de contrôle XXsur les troupes qu'ils dirigeaient. Les fantassins, impatients d'en découdre, anticipèrent les ordres et se ruèrent sur les ponts XXavant que la force d'assaut soit totalement mise en place. Constatant que ses troupes l'avaient devancé, le roi sonna la retraite, XXmais son appel fut ignoré.

XX-Il sonne la retraite Une troupe d'archers munis d'arc long anglais et des lanciers gallois pataugèrent dans l'eau de la rivière à demi asséchée par l'été, alors que d'autres soldats s'emparèrent de bateaux qui avaient été oubliés par la défense de la ville lors du redéploiement précipité de ses troupes.

XXCombat (battle)

XXVictoire française

The Saint-Peter Bridge Massacer : X min

Everyone on the bridge is massacred because they attack from both sides. Most people retreats to the tower of the bridge, including the Connétable of France and lots of nobles. The only entry gate is on the neemy side now.

Crisis : A door is getting rammed

Solution : lots of soldiers hold the door. (in which case they will cut the door down with axes)

Punishment : X men and Y iconic.

Ambiance

They see they try to start a smoke to smoke out the tower. Certaines dames se battent aussi, chevalière ou sur les remparts -places where the walls had crumbled, in spite of last-minute repairs and improvisations

Choice : The door breaks

Choice 1 : Attack out

Lose X mercenaries and Y iconic.

Choice 2 : Try to condemn the staircase

Lose X mercenaries and Y iconic.

Choice 3 : Jump to troops below and try to rush through for the castle

Lose X mercenaries and Y iconic.

XX4-The gate ? XXLes Anglais pénétrèrent dans l'île Saint-Jean et attaquèrent le pont Saint-Pierre à revers pour provoquer ainsi l'effondrement de la défense de la cité.

XXThe players are stuck in the gate. They have to fortidy it as much as they can. The connétable and lots of nobles are there as well with them.

XXXFirst door : X min, there is a ram. They can use bodies of dead soldiers to gain time +X min or furniture +X/2 min

XXSecond door : X min, the english hack it with axes, if they still have the furniture +Xmin or the corpses +X/2min or anything else that makes sense

XXThey have to find a solution to get some nobles to safety, by the window there are some horses there XX-des officiers français s'enfuient et vont au chateau proche. They run away on horse. The connétable choses to stay behind. XXThe players run away also.

To the Castle ! : X min

The Connétable orders them to go to the Castle and send a flying pigeon. He gives them a scroll that they need to deliver no matter what. The Connétable will stay behind. They jump out of the tower into the friend lines.

Crisis : How to go through the enemies lines

Solution : Follow a horse charge.

Punishment : X troops, Y iconic.

Ambiance

They see in the background that the bridge tower fell to the enemy. Lots of people taken hostage including the Connétable of France.

On the way, they see a huge knight in blood red and black armor ("The Devil"). He pulls a prisoner up, cut his throat and shower in it. He has a very weird crest.

Choice : They start to put ladder in the castle walls

Choice 1 : Retreat to the dungeon

Lose X mercenaries and Y iconic.

Choice 2 : Push back the ladder

Lose X mercenaries and Y iconic.

Choice 3 : Attack the people on the ladder

Lose X mercenaries and Y iconic.

Slaghters in the streets of Caen : X min

The Bishop Guillaume Bertrand is in the Castle, the flying pigeon are gone. There's a royal family member, a young princess in the castle, he charge the player with escorting her out of the city. There's a secret door to leave the castle.

Crisis : Rape and pillage

There's a group of women who came back from the wash-house (lavoir) and a big gang of English archers want to rape them. Combat (skirmish)

Punihsment : XX mercenaries YY Iconic

Ambiance

An English gentleman "Sir Nigel Loring" come to stops them. He he very elegent and very gentle. Big contrast with the troops. He speaks French and talks to the players. He protects the players because they are kids for him. He explains how he is fascinated with the french architecture. he explains that Caen is such a huge city for him larger than any English town other than London.

His men take a lot of things as loot, like beds, sheets of cloth etc...

After a long conversation he escort them out of the city including the princess. He actually propose to take her in his protection and release her after the battle. Player can accept or not.

Choice : How to save the population ?

Choice 1 : Barricade each house and throw stones

XX punishement can't be related to the players.

Blood Orgies : X min

By trying to leave the city, they pass by the tomb of William/Guillaume the Conqueror, where the King Edward III came to kneel.

Their leader decides to sneak in the church to try to assasinate him. He insist to go alone with few friends.

Few minutes later, only one friend escapes, he explain that the Black and Red knight ("The Devil") caught the leader.

They decide to attack his camp at night.

When night falls they follow them to the camp.

(at this point "The Devil" propose a deal to "Knight")

Crisis : XXX

They pass by a mass grave?? They see attached prisoners being inspected. Some a killed and thrown in the mass grave. Some are inspected by a blacck hooded figure and brought to a mobile cage. Some are kept for ransom. In the queue there is an iconic (either an iconic they thought they lost or one they saw fighting earlier)

What to do ? They do what they want about it. Reward : The iconic in question.

Ambiance

Further down there's a drunken rape orgy. In "red"'s camp. Nourriture : Paon rôtis avec plumes rajoutés, sanglier rotis

Lots of corpses are found emptied of their blood attached to trees.

They see "Knight" making a duel against "The Devil" and knight clearly loses.

They put all their efforts into saving their leader, now they lost it ! What should they do ? They fought in the battle, they should claim their money at least then go on their separate way.

Choice : How to leave the city safely ?XXXX

Because riders charge anyone trying to leave. And the soldiers massacre people in the city. (half the population)

Choice 3 : Dress like EnglishXXX

XX6-Charniers and weird orgies by some mercenaries

XX-as well as killing approximately half the town's populatio ???

XX-Some people fled into the countryside, pursued by cavalry.

XXHow to survive ? Running is too dangerous : Take clothes of English soldiers

XX-Edouard III se receuille devant la tombe de Guillaume le conquérant

When they listen, "Knight" is captured by "The Devil", the players have to try to help him. They recognise his crest.

How to find where he has been ? They can remember his crest and search for it in the english camp

As they come close, they are spotted by a pagean. How to silence him ?

In the distance they seen an orgy of druken rape. XXThe "Devil" is playing chess against "Knight" he looses, so he is slaughetred with all his troops.

The Liberation of Caen : X min

XXX : Remove the liberation of Caen !!! Make a buildup until Crécy. Liberation not relevant ?

They finally hide in the Castle of Caen when the English troop left, most of them.

The Bishop greets them. He pays them, and promise them much more gold if they help retarke the city.

Once the english king leaves, soon after Caen is liberated by it's population.

Crisis : XX

There's a tower in Caen with tons of corpses, nobody wants to go there. Other soldiers just refuse to go there. Inside it is a massive English soldier. (another ally of Edward III instead of an English ???) XXX

Combat (duel) or just burn the building. or do nothing

Reward : They gain some soldiers and iconics

Ambiance

A little group of english archers are remaining in a corner, they pushed back waves and waves of tropps. They are almost out of arrows so they fight with tswords. In the back there's an English knight surrounded by his squires. They are full of bruises because the townpeople used slings on them for hours.

Choice : XX

Their leader is dead. They fought so hard to protect him they have been walking together for weeks? What to do next ?

Choice 1 : Join a bigger group.

Depending on their size it's a good or bad thing. If they are almost empty, this give them a bit more troops.

Choice 3 : Make a group without leader

Bad choice

1-Liberation of Caen

All the crowd is gathered in the main place, tehy have to make a speech

Once Caen is liberated, they try going north to Calais on the way they see the charnier of Crécy

Part 2 Charnier at Crécy

• Normal : XX

Ambiance Track
5 min	Desolation : Black stains of the Burned farms. Bridges destoyred, doors destroyed, wall destroyed. Everything but churches. Survivors made nests in the trees.
15 min	They see one French horse who ran away wounded.
30 min	They notice some people hanged in the trees, it is a very dishonorable death.
45 min	XX
60 min	XX
75 min	XX
90 min	They are attacked by some English soldiers and they capture one who tells them to go to calais. They lose X iconic Y troops unless they have the right combat skill.

XXX July 1346 Caen. Read some more lines

The bishop paid them to spy on the English, their goal is to keep him informed of where they go. The bishop gave them some flying pigeons.

On the Road

Everyone says that the army of the king of france is coming and they will crush the english troops.

The bishop pays them to go north and help the king crush them. once crushed, there will be lots of wealthy nobles to capture.

How to follow them ?

Action : not very difficult, follow the smoke

Out of supplies

Out of supplies on the way. How to eat  when all nearby farms have been pillaged ? Survival ? Rich ? Up to them. If fail : Some men and iconic die of dysentry.

Ambiance

Walking songs of the time.

How to cross la Seine ?

Choice 1 : Follow and find a bridge or boats ?

There's none, the army destroyed it

Choice 2 : Use Ropes

Mostly works

Crécy Charnier : X min

Change of music.

As they approach, the see a wounded horse who ran away. It's a french horse. They arrive at Crécy and are surprised by the defeat. This is a complete surprise, everyone assume the king's army would win. This breaks their resolve. It's a disaster.

Change of music. Description so fthe charnier. Wall of corpses at the bottom of the hill. The ground is wet with blood, piss and shit wet with rain also. Arrows peices the shields and armors. So many hroses with very long 4 metres spears. So many crows chanting.

They tried to charge up, but where shot.

Pits dug by the english on top of a small hill.

What report to write

Crows and desolation. What report should they write ?

Number of people on both side. Name of nobles dead. Location.

Big list of what they find. Countless dead nobles, usually nobles are not killed. They see dead knights, they fear to recognise some banners, very noble people like they have never seen. How is it possible that so many nobles are dead ? Normally they get captured.

Including They even see the corpse of Jean Ier de Luxembourg, aveugle, qui charge entouré de ses gens sur son cheval lié par la bride à ceux de sa maison.

XX FIND LIST OF NOBLES DEAD AT CRECY XX croissant sur les armoiries pour dire que c'est un cadet et pas l'héritier

Where is the king ? Where is the Oriflamme ?

They find a piece of cloth from the King's banner. It means the king is there. Also tell them about the Oriflamme. They see signs of the king's banner, he was here, is he safe ? He had the Orfilamme with him. They need to try to find it. The Biship needs to know. The king, is the king safe ? The Oriflamme, I saw it lost in battle, please find it ! he begs them to search for the oriflamme, with a bit of luck it is still there.

Whatever they do, they won't find either.

They do find the next information (ambiance part)

Finding the altar

Some corpses have lots of maggots, some none. That's very strange. Action : Check the pattern or Follow the maggots on the ground It leads to a specific pile of corpses.

Devienne

Below this pile of corpeses, there's a weird pile, almost like an altar. For some reasons, it's full of larvas, more than eslwhere. It's covered in a weird liquid that seems to attract larvas. Insist there are both English and French corpses that have been defiled. All the corpses have a weird bite mark and they are drained of blood. There's a dagger planted vertically on the altar. It looks like it's shaking a little bit. (because it's planted on the wounded but alive soldier) When they take the dagger out, the altar bleeds. On the dagger's blade : The crest of the devil and his motto "Non serviam" / "Lasciate Ogni Speranza" ?

When they remove the dagger, one of the corpses wakes up, his eyes injected red. One of the NPC asks : They need to know where the army is going, they can't just follow, they need to discover their destination.

He gives them a hint to where they went : He grabs them and while looking at them says : "devienne" and then puke bloods. (he tried to say "Warn Jean de Vienne that they are coming") "devienne" is the French word for "to become" and also the name of "Jean de Vienne" the one who defended Calais.

In english the clue can be "Were" (strange that the French soldier speaks in english, tell them that) For "Pépin de Were" another knight based in calais

Action : Either they figure out the riddle (e.g. ask the Game Master if that's the name of a person) or they "Heal" the guy

Then Jump to the next session.

XXXXCrécy est une surprise totale : tous le monde pense que ça serait une victoire

XXles flèches percent les boucliers à Crécy

XXFrench knights tipped with iron and approximately 4 metres (13 ft) long XXpits dug by the English XXWounded horses fled across the hillside in panic

la pluie abime les cordes en cheveux / en cuir ? arbalète corde cassée

XXXIt's a band of mercenaries that did it "La Margot" he says they are hundreds, there's no reason for them to investigate further,

Part 3 In the guts of Calais

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Calais is starving, step by step they find the hideout of th vampire. They are caught and they die there.

Talk about canons.

XXX July 1346 Calais. We have been hired to keep some digtinity and order.

1-They heard of a black market for food and have to dismantle it. They know the location.

acculés par la famine aux dernières extrémités, obligés de manger les animaux les plus infâmes, des ordures ou des cuirs bouillis6. puis décida de bloquer l’entrée du chenal avec des obstacles de toute nature (notamment en y faisant couler des bateaux et des charrues)

Up to them to come up with a decent plan on how to caputyre as many resellers as possible. All kinds of horrible meats.

One of the sellers was buying corpses, but only very fresh ones and with no wounds. Only if they died of starvation. (because blood stays fresh in a corpse if there's no wound, otherwise it dries out quickly) When they open the shop, they see lots of corpses upside down and emptied of blood.

2-They find some corpses emptied of blood. They have to investigate. They can ask for "La Margot", or they can search for an area of the city where there are no more beggars, or they can use underground knowledge or things like that. Anyting else that makes sense.

3-They arrive in the evil place. They see from the outside that something is being built.

They are greeted by a vampire saying that the master is waiting for them.

XXX July 1346 Calais. Final page of the journal.

Fun fact : Bourgeois de calais approvisionnements par mer principalement menés par le corsaire Jean Marant et la flotte génoise.

4-Fast forward to today The inquisitors travel to Calais as soon as they can. How to find the evil place : some kind of riddle to explain where it is

XXXX Décoration typique d'un palais romain ??? Mur de visages de l'atrium ? https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_romaine#Villa_suburbaine But if the players finds another smart way to find it, that's ok as well.

In the streets of calais today, it's the plague, the french are decimated and replaced by the english.

5-Red Hell And they decide to enter the guts of calais They find "Knight" who was harvesting blood for Rubedo. In rubedo he opens all the casquets of blood.

Endroit approprié poru un vampire. Palais ? Bain romain ? Eglise ? Théatre ? La villa d'edouard III palais c'est parfait, chaque pièce peut être unique.

They arrive a bit too late, there is a huge crowd of people who wake up from an orgy in blood. Some of them wearing horns. It is done, rubedo is done. In each room they see something different. In all rooms, there are lots of naked people sleeping. They're looking for "Knight" but they need to find him. In each room something different.

Baths Thermes? Atrium ?

The water smells like red wine. It's all red wine. Everyone is drunk is this room. Some people floating face up in the bath, some face down. They all have bite marks. Some are drunk some are dead. Everyone is covered in oil. There are lots of toads on the ground eating black triangular oesties. Someone naked enters the room with an Arbalest. One of the characters previous players ??? up to the players to find a solution. Reflexes could work. Otherwise a player is shot.

Shrine.

Disemboweled Priest. One of the characters previous players ??? if they play a religious but he is still alive. Upside down on a cross. Players have to try to save him. There's a succubus (women with fake horns and hooves boots) She says if you move I kill him. She has sharp claws at his neck. Her body is covered in oil. XXXX Blood sucking syringe ??? That explains all the blood sucking marks ? She is drinking blood from the chalice. Sitting on the altar. Each vitrailles have been broken. The ground is covered in crosses. When the players enter, some heretics run away, the others are too drunk. Up to them to kill her in any way they want. If they can or not save the Priest, (or Heal him) it's better if they do. He tell them a useful information. He explains about the pump and the flute.

Throne room and banquet hall.

In the banquet hall, there is a huge satanic statue of Lucifer Playing the flute. The room is very dark. Some Lucifer flags everywhere. Huge banquet organised with boudin everywhere. All the guests are "dead" with bite marks.

They hear some pump noises (they have to search to find the people activating the pumps in the sides of the room) Two people, with blindfold activate the pump. It turns the statue into a fountain of blood coming out of the flute, it also make a weird music and the room fills with black smoke.

When the pump is activated, all the "dead" people raise and attack the players. The players are split between two Skirmishs at the same time. Including all the of the player charcters, except the last one.

Stopping the people pumping blood will stop the "zombie armies"

But then a huger person will smash the altar from behind and behint it Behind the altar is a room compeltely red. With a red cracked egg. Coming out of this room is "Knight" in a red armor Combat duel. And the huge person with a goat head mask Combat monster. One of the characters previous players ??? If they are good at fighting Both to be fought at the same time.

Then Knight emerges, they recognise "knight" by his description but he is seriously wounded. his throat was slit etc...

"Knight" is wearing a red armor and he has clear fangs (a custome)

The room is very dark partly because of the smoke, he appears and attack players then disappear. Combat (duel) at each of his appearances.

Action : Open the windows

Now he cannot hide in the shadows.

Now they can Combat (duel) him.

They kill him. But somehow he survives and his mercenary troop too.

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Epilogue musics :

• Epique entre-scenart gagant 12-Pista de audio 12.mp3
• Epique entre-scenart gagant 12-Pista de audio 12.mp3 (put it twice)
• Fin epique glorieuse 06-Final
• Then loop this Playlist Normal-Prima

-Le connétable sera éxécuté à son retour -Narrer ce que La Margot fera dans le futur

-Le prince anglais assure le papre qu'il ne savait pas ce qui se passait dans cette villa et demande la discrétion. Car il ne veut pas être accusé. Le pape accepte contre des concessions. Signer le traité de Brétigny, voila la conscession ? https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trait%C3%A9_de_Br%C3%A9tigny Insister que le pape ne soutiens pas le roi de France, mais as ses propres desseins.

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