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Searching the remains of the monastery take them a week, they see a dead monk killed by the collapse of the roof.
He is in a red robe. He has a small journal on him.The red of his robe is very strange. It could be blood red, but all reds could be blood red depending if it's artery or vein etc.... but this red gas a shade that is not usual.The start of the notebook is legible and at some point it becomes illegible scriblings.He apparently started sane, then lost his mind but kept using his notebook(which explains why he has it with him at the time of his death), also all of the bones in his hands are broken which explains the bad writing.
They starts reading it.
20 Juillet Juin 1346 Caen
Moi, Robert Rougecogne, compagnon de voyage de Seguin III de Badefol
Ai décidé de tenir notre journal.
20 July Juin 1346 Caen
I, Robert Rougecogne, travelling companion of Seguin III de Badefol
Have decides to keep our journal.
So that the world may know the adventures of "La Margot" our little free company.
=Part 1 Caen=
* '''Normal : Z_Normal-Commanderie TemplièreMusic start with Firelink Shrine 1h + Fire sound but will change at each sections.'''
Flashback, they play the companions of "Knight" defending Caen. They can keep 4 of their feats plus faith.
==Around the campfire : 15 min==
'''Normal Music : Firelink Shrine 1h + Fire sound'''
They are around the campire before the battles.
They wake up after their first sleep (in the middle age people where sleeping in two shifts biphasic sleep)
They have a total of 21 troops plus 9 iconic soldiers.
Flavio : [[Falconry]]
Artème : [[CharismaCharismatic]]
Victorine : [[Heal]]
Adrien Reichtfield : [[Combat (duel)]]
Evans : [[Deus Vult!]] The book contains detailed and realistic drawings of each, detailed enough so that players would be able ot recognise them if they saw them.
Seguin speaks (he is super super young, very handesome with long curved blond hairs, incredibly young to be a commander): He asks everyone what it feels to be a mercenary. We followed Raoul II de Brienne from Gascony and finally we will see our first big battle.
'''The players answer what they want :'''
Roger Moulinette (black hair, a small beard but he is super super tall and wears some plates he has a sword and a shield) : I have found a family. At last. I have found a home.
You notice that everyone wears different equipment. Unlike the usual army.
Seguin speaks : Apparently we are allowed to use crossbows against the English, even though the church forbid it. What do you think about that ?
'''The players answer what they want :'''
Robert Rougecogne (very cunning look) : Technically, no French troops use crossbows, it is the Genovese who do it. Legally speaking, there is nothing wrong, only the Genovese are doing something wrong.
Eloi (looks at the fire, has a black cape a cut ear and holds a crossbow): Whatever works. As long as the guy in front is dead, it works for me.
Victorine (female fighter, long hair hiding half of her face): Propose some paté to the players. Starts playing some instrumentsShe starts drawing all the characters (which explains how they can recognise them later) Seguin speaks : In your opinion, should the army focus on "Bourg-le-Roi et le château" which is better fortified but much more fragmented and very big.Or "Saint-Jean" island, whith less good walls, but surrounded by rivers, also it's smaller ?
'''The players answer what they want :'''
You are outside the fort right now, the drawbridges are up.
Artème (long blond hairs massive smile): Par ma foi. It does not matter, whichever they pick, enemy bandits always run in front of my greatness !
Eric (bald with blue eyes and a very cunning look, he is very well mannered, probably a noble background) : Don't speak too fast my dear Artème, it is said that the famous English knight John Chandos some Royal soldiers will be in front of us. It might be a bit more than a small raid like everyone is saying. '''Music : Dreams Berserk OST''' Seguin speaks : For me, being a mercenary is the only way to achieve my dreams. I was born into a ruined noble house. Very few people have a chance to raise above their station, most are born serfs and will die serfs at the very same plot of land. That's what I want to avoid for all of us. Together we can achieve my dream and become famous and rich and bring glory to our names.
Seguin speaks : How about a little game of dice ? Eloi happened to have stolen an Arbalest, and I wanted to keep it for myself, but I'm in the mood to play !
'''Every player roll. If one of them roll 6 he wins the Arbalest.'''
==The calm before the storm : 15 min==
'''Music : ?? XX ??The Order Witcher 1 then Z_Normal-Département Nécrologique'''
26 Juin 1346. Caen
====Choice 1 : Be in the tower of the bridge====
The commander is shocked of their answer. And puts them in the very very front.
Lose 5 Mercenaries and 2 iconic mercenaries.(some martial Feats can soften this blow)
====Choice 2 : Be on the bridge in the front====
==The defense of Saint-Peter Bridge : 15 min==
'''Music : Sabaton Defence of Of Moscow Sabaton then ?? XX ??Z_Baston-7eme Cercle'''
Bugle avant la bataille
The army in front is massive. 15 000 people with banners from all over England, including the King himself.
The Connetable lied about the number of enemies !!
They see a weird red banned in the distance, this banner is a bit strange, because it's a different shade of red, not like it's supposed to be.
How is it simply possible that so many people are so far from their home ? It is an entire city on the march.
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 distanceand made a hole in the city walls.===
====Choice 1 : Go to the castle of the city====
As they try to reatreat, they are in open ground and have to retreat.
Lose 7 mercenaries and 3 iconic.(some martial Feats can soften this blow)
====Choice 2 : Lock themselves in the tower of the bridge. ====
====Choice 4 : Just hold the main line====
As the line collaspes they have to retreat to the tower and suffer heavy losses.
Lose 5 mercenaries and 2 iconic.(some martial Feats can soften this blow)
==The Saint-Peter Bridge Massacre : 15 min==
Everyone on the bridge is massacred because they attack from both sides.
Most people including the players 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.
===Choice : The door breaks===
====Choice 1 : Attack out====
Lose 7 mercenaries and 2 iconic.(some martial Feats can soften this blow)
====Choice 2 : Try to condemn the staircase with stuff====
Lose 3 mercenaries and 2 iconic.(some martial Feats can soften this blow)
====Choice 3 : Wait in the staircase with a spear and arrows====
Lose 2 mercenaries and 1 iconic.(some martial Feats can soften this blow)
==To the Castle ! : 15 min==
'''Music : ?? XX ??Continue Z_Baston-Belle Epreuve - Chute then Z_Baston-Belle Epreuve'''
The Connétable will stay behind.
They jump have to find a way to go to the castle of Caen no matter what.It has to be delivered in person, they cant risk using a falcon or a pigeon. Enemies have falcons to prevent flying pigeons from going out of the tower into the friend linesto other towns.
===Crisis : How to go through the enemies lines===
Solution : Follow a horse charge.
'''Music when they run away on horse (then resume current playlist): EpicScoreUntilTheLastMan''' Punishment : 4 6 troops, 2 iconic. Even if success : 3 troops, 1 iconic.(some martial Feats can soften this blow)
===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 group of people with red and black armor ("The Devil"). He has capes that have a gauntlet with a big spikeweird shade. He grabs a priosoner by It's not the neck same shade as English red, it's different and pull him upweird. And shower They do something strange, they takes a lot of prisoners then lock them in ita mobile cage. It doesn't make sense to take commoners with you. He has a His coat of arm is very weird creststrange also. He has golden spurs which is a clear sign that he is a knightYou don't see it very well, but it doesn't seem like it follows the rules of heraldry.
A little group of genovese archers are remaining in a corner, they pushed back waves and waves of troops.
They are out of arrows so they fight with tswords. In the back there's a French knight surrounded by his squires.
They are full of bruises because the English use lots of slings on them.
===Crisis : A Welsh Monster===
Tons of French corpses around the entrance of the tower, nobody wants to go there.
Inside it is a massive ginger Welsh soldier. "Dewch! Dewch yn fwy!"
'''Combat (duel) or just burn the building. or do nothingand go around it'''
Reward : They gain 5 soldiers.
==Slaghters in the streets of Caen : 15 min==
'''Music : ?? XX ??continue the previous playlist e.g. Z_Baston-Belle Epreuve and Z_Baston-Belle Epreuve - Chute'''
The Bishop Guillaume Bertrand is in the Castle, he thanks and rewards the flying pigeon are goneplayers for their service. He pays them handsomely and asks for another favour. There's a A royal family membermessenger is here, he has a young princess in message to deliver to the kingm of the castle, he charge utmost importance to let him know the player with escorting her out situation. They have to escort him to outskirt of the city.
There's a secret door to leave the castle.
===Crisis : Rape and pillage===
'''Combat (skirmish)'''
Punihsment if they dont have Combat skirmish and help anyway : 4 mercenaries 2 Iconic If they simply let them be, they dont loose troops
===Ambiance===
'''Music : Epique entre-scenart gagant 12-Pista de audio 12 then Gwent Full Mix Witcher 3'''
An English gentleman "Sir Nigel Loring" come to stops them.
His men take a lot of things as loot, like beds, sheets of cloth etc...
===Choice : How to save the population ?===
====Choice 2 : Flee====
====Choice 3 : Hide in Churches====
==Blood Orgies : 15 min==
'''Music : ?? XX ??Z_Baston-Safran Metroid'''
By trying to leave the city, they pass by the tomb of William/Guillaume the Conqueror, where the King Edward III came to kneel.
They see the cage being escorted out. And Seguin is inside. They try to follow the cage. Night falls. (at this point "The Devil" propose a deal to "Knight"tortures their leader.) After this skirmish, they finally reach the limits of the city and the Messenger is now safe.
===Crisis : Free the prisoners===
'''Music : Z_Flippant-Le diable est dans la boite'''
They pass by a mass grave, thousands of corpses thrown in. They never saw so many corpses, huge column of crows and flies.
===Ambiance===
'''Music : ?? XX ??Z_Flippant - Dark World'''
Further down there's a drunken rape orgy. In "red"'s camp.
They see Seguin attached to a tree upside down, covered in cuts. There's a weird naked lady with in a red robe when they see her hand, it has massive claws and , she is naked under a cape, she has a huge mistletoe crown on her head (to conceal her horns). Who get near him and slit his throat. Then covers her face in his blood.On her cape is embroided the emblem of red with a golden stripe and three frogs.They see it better from this distance : https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Satan-traditional-arms.svg/191px-Satan-traditional-arms.svg.png
They put all their efforts into saving their leader, now they lost it ! What should they do ?
| 30min = They notice some people hanged in the trees, it is a very dishonorable death because people shit themselves.
| 45min = (if they reached Crécy already) ThereLines of people attached who were executed. The black prince executed all prisoners who couldn's t pay a crossbow with a broken rope on the ground, the water made them brittleransom. (if they didn't reach Crécy yet) They are attacked and need to retreat to Crécy, they lose one Iconic and 10% of their men, twice more if they don't have Combat (skirmish).
| 60min = Lines of people attached who were executed. The black prince executed all prisoners who couldnThere't pay s a ransomcrossbow with a broken rope on the ground, the water made them brittle.
| 75min = They find a satchel full of ready to sign church "pardons". Those things sell well in times of war.
Monseigneur Guillaume Bertrand, évêque de Bayeux a repris la ville.
Il nous a offert forte récompense si nous acceptions de suivre et d'espioner la troupe Anglaise.
Par ma garde, nous aurons une notre revanche !
once crushed, there will be lots of wealthy nobles to capture.
The bishop gave them some flying pigeons.
After their help, he gives them a very handesome reward, they can use the rich feat once.
===How to follow them ?===
===Ambiance===
Find and sing a walking song of the time (a little anachronisit cactually): XXXX Et cuidez vous que je me joue Et que je voulsisse aller En Engleterre demourer ? Ils ont une longue coue. Entre vous, gens de village Qui aymez le roy françoys Prenez chascun bon courage Pour combattre les Engloys !
===Out of supplies===
==Crécy Charnier==
'''Music : Eternal Darkness - the Cathedral Insanity Ambient Noise then back to Z_Flippant - Dark World'''
As they approach, the see a wounded horse who ran away. It's a french horse. The horse has no armors !
How is that possible ? The French army had 24 000 to 50 000 men ? And the English only 8 000 to 12 000.
"Par la croix, what is this madness ?"
1500 dead knights. 2000 Genovese Crossbowmen. 3000 footmen. Only feww hundred dead english.
Alençon, the brother of the king is dead under his horse at the top of the hill surrounded by dead English.
===Where is the king ? Where is the Oriflamme ? ===
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 they know that it lost was supposed to be in this 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===
Insist there are both English and French corpses that have been defiled.
All the corpses have a weird bite mark on the neck and they are drained of blood.
There's a dagger planted vertically on the altar, the handle is red. A very weird red. 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 bleedsa little and shakes.On the dagger's blade : The crest of the devil and his 's motto "Lasciate Ogni Speranza"and they see the same weird crest.
When they remove the dagger, one of the corpses wakes up, his eyes injected red.
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There are big parts of the book that speaks about the siege of Calais, but the players decide to skip to the last chapter directly.
10 Juin 1347 Calais assiégé
They are paid by the militia to try to keep a semblant of order in Calais.
Right now their task is to dismantle a food black market. They do it not for the money, who lost all value, but because they believe they can steal some food as the market is being dismantled.
==Calais under siege (past June 1347)==
===How to find the food black market ?===
They lose 30% of soldiers starving snd 1 Iconic of their choice no matter what.
'''Action : see if some people are not starving.'''
'''Action if they have Rich it works as wellor any other good ideas'''
===Food Black Market===
In the food black market, horse is the most expensive meat. Cheaper than that is rats, boiled leather, boiled ropes, spiders, boiled wood, the cheapest is called "special pig". But for some reason nobody likes special pig.
They found the location of the food black market. How to capture as many resellers as possible ?
Too many exits to attack from all sides.
'''Action : Remember the faces of the merchantsor follow them one by one to their homes'''
===Trail of the Vampire===
As they arrest all mechants, they realised that one of them what buying corpses that died of starvation (he refuses if they had wounds. Because blood stays fresh in a corpse if there's no wound, otherwise it dries out quickly)
'''Music : Nine Inch Nail-itisraped then continue on Z_Flippant - Quake'''
As they open his shop, they see traces of lots of blood. There's one last corpse that has been bled.
The city council is horrified and pay them to investigate.
Le mur beaucoup de visages, un océan de visages qui crient.
Demain nous allons (the text ends here)
(All the texts after that is gibberish)
The wall many faces, an ocean of screaming faces.
Tomorrow we will (the text ends here)
(All the texts after that is gibberish)
Fast foward to today, 10th of March 1348.
The players have rushed as fast as they could to Calais to investigate.
The city now belongs to the English but of course the English major of calais doesn't want any problems with the inquisition so they are welcome.
How to find this palace ?
'''Action : They have to understand that it's an Atrium and search for ancient roman villas. There are few and they find the one. Unless they find another smart way. For example they can use Clairvoyance or find districts with more rats. Or follow the trail of people bying corpses, interrogation or the Trail feat are possible as well.'''
==Red Hell==
There are lots of toads on the ground eating black triangular oesties.
Someone naked enters the room with an Arbalest. It's One of the previous player charactersiconics.
For some reason he is screaming and putting his hand on his neck (where he was bitten)
'''Action : What to do against an Arbalest ? Reflexes can work. Otherwise one player is shot.'''
===Red Shrine===
From now on There are runes written everywhere in glowing bright red. Especially on people.
Another of the previous characters or an iconic (it has to be priest) is attached upside down on a cross.
His belly is open and his guts are showing, but he is still alive.
There's a succubus sitting on the shrine.
She has horns(actually they are fake), she is naked and super sexy, her body covered in tatoos.
But there is something very disturbing about her, her cheeks have been cut, making her jaws very very wide and monstruous.
She has one weird gauntlet. Is has sharp claws and a spike in the middle. The spike is attached to a syringe and a long tube.
She threatens to kill the priestguy.
She says if you move I kill him. She has sharp claws at his neck.
She is drinking blood from the chalice. Sitting on the altar.
The ground is covered in crosses.
'''Up to them to kill her in any way they want. If they can or not save the Priestperson, (or Heal him) it's better if they do.
He tell them a useful information. He explains about the pump and the flute.'''
If they waste too much time, she jumps by the window and run away.
===Red Banquet Hall===
====Army of the dead====
In the banquet hall, there is a huge satanic statue of Lucifer Playing the flute.
The room is very very dark. And we can see hundreds of bats.Some Lucifer crests everywheremore red runes than ever.Huge banquet organised with blood sausages (boudin ) everywhere. All the guests are "dead"or dunk with bite marks and red runes.
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.
The blood has a very weird smell of alcohol and alchemical ingrediends, it has clearly been mixed with anti coagulants or something.
It takes a bit of time before the people start raising.
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.''' Every time someone is cut, some "zombies" rush on the floor to drink the blood.
'''Action : Stopping the people pumping blood will stop the "zombie armies"'''
'''Music : Z_Epique-Babel'''
As soon as the music stops, the altar starts being is smashed and bleeds like crazy through the cracks.A huge person will smash the altar from behind and behint it.
Behind the altar is a room compeltely red filled with blood. In the shape of an egg. (it is the blood reservoir)
In a torrent of blood, a huge person with a goat head masks Combat (monster) arises.(it's also an iconic, but they don't know that)
He has a massive trident.
So much blood is pouring out of it that the room fills with blood gradually and the blood level reaches the knees.
A turn later, from the flow of blood also comes out. "Knight" in a red armor with a Rondel (Tassette in French) made of Bones his helmet has a big smile mouth with lots of teeth and some fangs '''Combat (duel)'''.
Both to be fought at the same time.
As they fight him, he looses his helmet and they recognise him (by the description) but he is seriously wounded. his throat was slit etc...
"Knight" is wearing a red armor and he has fangs clearly visible (a costumethey broke some of his teeth, so it appears this way)
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 windowsor use Clairvoyance Feat'''
Now he cannot hide in the shadows. Some bats run away from the light.
Now they can '''Combat (duel)''' him.
They kill him. But somehow he survives and his mercenary troop too. On him they find the [[Bone CrestRondel]](Tassette in French).
=Epilogue=
*Then loop this Playlist '''Normal-Prima'''
At the end they realise the monster with a goat head was one of the player charactersiconics.They understand why the Rubedo wasn't done before : Because it cannot start before the end of albedo also you need to infuse the blood for a long long time with some alchemical components.
What to do with the [[Bone CrestRondel]] ?(Tassette)
-The Connétable of France was executed when he comes back.
-La Margot became an infamous mercenary company : He will fight at the battle of poitier on the English's side, he will pillage and rasom countless cities, including Nîmes, Alès, Montbrun etc.. And will even ransom the pope himself in Avignon.
-But reassure the players that they eventually find him and poison him but that's years in the future.
-The Black prince reassure the pope that he has actually no idea of what was happening in the city and he was in no way associated wiht it. He asks for dsicretion because he doesn't want to be accused. The pope accepts, but in exchange he asks him to sign the treaty of Bretigny https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trait%C3%A9_de_Br%C3%A9tigny
The pope has his own reasons for signing this, he is neither supporting the king of france nor the english king, he has his own plot.
-The English king guarantees that he will investigate this matter very seriously and at the next scenario he brings critical information to the players.
==Post Game Bonus==
More information about the Siege of Caen, which happened exactly as I described it, step by step, including the charge to the castle by horse and the drunken orgy afterward : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si%C3%A8ge_de_Caen_(1346) (the french article has more details than the english one)
Drawing of the Saint Jean bridge : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si%C3%A8ge_de_Caen_(1346)#/media/Fichier:Chatelet_caen.JPG
More information about the battle of Crecy : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cr%C3%A9cy
More information about the Siege of Calais : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Calais_(1346%E2%80%931347)
Seguin III de Badefol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seguin_de_Badefol and http://espritdepays.com/dordogne/histoire/seguin-iii-de-badefol-lenfant-terrible-dune-fratrie
Satan's Crest : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armoiries_imaginaires#/media/Fichier:Blason_imaginaire_Satan.svg
AI Generated Image of the Bone Rondel : http://prima.wiki/images/2/2c/The_Bone_Rondel_-_DALL%C2%B7E_2022-08-06_13.16.45_-_the_highly_detailed_carving_of_a_frog_with_red_glowing_eyes.png
AI Generated Image of the Red Knight : http://prima.wiki/images/6/69/The_Red_Knight_-_Taiko3615_a_satanic_knight_in_red_armor_with_nightmares_carved_8feedf2f-a726-437c-bd39-1f905c4c0d6d_%281%29.png
AI Generated Image of the final battle against the Red Knight : http://prima.wiki/images/e/e5/Final._Fight_against_the._Red_Knight_-_Taiko3615_a_vampire_in_red_armor_fighting_in_a_grandiose_dark_b_98478b57-3b69-400f-96f6-5319f7ccb2c7_%281%29.png
AI Generated portrait of Seguin III : http://prima.wiki/images/1/19/Seguin_III_-_DALL%C2%B7E_2022-08-06_17.23.15_-_a_handsome_teenage_medieval_soldier_with_long_curved_blond_hairs_and_blue_eyes_wearing_a_red_armor.png
AI Generated Image of the Neuberg Abbey burried under the snow :http://prima.wiki/images/d/d7/Neuberg_Abbey_-_DALL%C2%B7E_2022-08-06_18.25.19_-_the_ruins_of_a_monastery_crushed_buried_in_snow_by_an_avalanche_in_a_snow_storm%2C_digital_art.png
AI Generated Image of the Albedo runes (in the white egg near the abbey) : http://prima.wiki/images/d/d3/The_Albedo_Runes_-_DALL%C2%B7E_2022-08-06_17.02.24_-_a_white_prehistoric_cave_painting_of_very_complicated_glowing_white_runes_on_a_white_stone%2C_digital_art.png
AI Generated Image of the Satanic Statue playing the flute : http://prima.wiki/images/7/78/Lucifer_Statue_-_DALL%C2%B7E_2022-08-06_14.15.27_-_a_massive_and_highly_detailed_statue_of_the_devil_paying_flute_in_a_dark_gigantic_banquet_hall%2C_digital_art.png
AI Generated Image of the Red Atrium : http://prima.wiki/images/e/e1/Red_Atrium_-_DALL%C2%B7E_2022-08-06_14.05.21_-_a_roman_atrium_covered_in_glowing_red_runes%2C_digital_art.png
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