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Send to the players before the game :
30th of May April 1348 (Isle of Man, Kingdom of Man)
Sisters, sisters, rejoice !
Tonight we shall dance and sing and feast.
⚜️⚜️⚜️💀💀💀
30 Mai Avril 1348 (Ile de Man, Royaume de Man)
Mes sœurs, mes sœurs, réjouissez-vous !
Ce soir, nous allons danser, chanter et festoyer.
*Exorcism
*Possession
*Black dog of Peel Castle (Moddey Dhoo)*White Lady of Castle Rushen
*Joan of Kent
*William Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
'''Music : Vampire Dark Waltz Music'''
'''Warn players that in this scenario most characters don't speak "usual" langueges, so the Polyglot Feat is required for social skills'''
The King of England indicated to the pope that the Red Knight that fought on his side was a mercenary hired by one of his best knights, William Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury.
| 30min = They see a little altart with the carving of the face of an old man, below it is written “the King”. In front of it, lots of offerings of grass “green rushes”. And there’s a prayer in a little scroll “Manannan Mac y Leirr Little Manannan son of the Sea who blessed our island, bless us and our boat going out well, coming in better with living and dead in our boat”
One of the offerings is a weird little pendant that looks like dozens or tiny teeth put as a pendant a “Crosh bollan”
| 45min = There’s a horse walking towards them. On his side is written in French “Run away now ! Leave the island now !”. There’s a bunch of decapitated rabbit corpses attached to the horse looking almost like a saddle. XXXX Better sign of Paganism ???Ask the Wicca lady what were the signs of paganisms in the ilse of man that different from the rest of Christendom ? XXXX
| 60min = In Peel Castle, they find a guard completely terrified. (he saw the Moddey Dhoo) he is unable to speak and completely shocked.
He lies and say that they caught the Red Knight.
He brings them to Peel Castle, under the cathedral where he is kept because he is prisoner of the Manx church (there’s two tribunals at this period, witch trial belong to the church tribunal and happen on Peel Island)
The cathedral itself is very small for a cathedral and has clear pagan symbols. For example the cross has a strange circle on it and there are Wreaths (couronnes de fleures et de guy) in lots of places, also the triskell of man is everywhere.
Few weeks later, my sheeps started withering
And I am not the only one who suffered. Lots of peasants are in the same situation and refuse to talk, but I won’t be silenced ! I demand that he is burned at the stake !
and in the local language he says something completely different.
Après les avoir fait sortir, l'un d'eux dit: Sauve-toi, pour ta vie; ne regarde pas derrière toi, et ne t'arrête pas dans toute la plaine; sauve-toi vers la montagne, de peur que tu ne périsses.
And he does it again :
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, **flee** to Laban my brother in Haran,
Maintenant, mon fils, écoute ma voix! Lève-toi, fuis chez Laban, mon frère, à Charan;
“
Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but only one receives the prize? So run (he emphasize on this word and looks them straight in the eyes) that you may obtain it.
Ne savez-vous pas que ceux qui courent dans le stade courent tous, mais qu'un seul remporte le prix? Courez de manière à le remporter.
”
If they succeeded the trial in any way, the soldiers don’t dare to attack them and they have time to flee.
If not, fight against two waves of soldiers, two ‘’’Combat '''Combat (skirmishes)’’’ ''' at the same time.
===The Moddey Dhoo===
- '''Normal : Blood Religion then Z_Baston-Fire Pit Fiends'''
His claws have clearly been sharpened and poisoned.
‘’By Boat ?’’ If they do that, they are attacked by soldiers.
’’Cut through the forrest’’ Thomas Holland is very uneasy and say that it’s dangerous because of the red eyes deer (Knowledgable characters know that there are no deers in the isle of man) If they go anyway, they get lost and finally go through the countryside.
’’Cut through the countryside’’ The soldiers are against them, but the population is not. So they cut through the countryside, hoping that the population won’t rat on them.
Men behave like sheeps. Women behave like birds and jump out the windows.
Frogs, Pigs, everything. And they all create problems for the players.
In the opposite windows they see a white lady walking, followed by a black lady.
It’s the legend of the white lady and black lady of Castle Rushen.
-Staircase, an animal throws things at them
- '''Music : Ave Satanas (at the end of the music, the effect of the poison dissipates)'''
The room is full of incense, it’s hard to see. The incense is poisonous anyone breathing it without precautions will start attacking the other players. All players rool, anyone who rolled a '''1''' starts attacking the others unless he has Immune (poison) or succeeds and Immune (disease) roll.
===Exorcism===
She screams in a language they don’t understand. (she’s actually speaking backwards)
It’s Green, Everything is Green → Neerg si gnityevegnihtyreve, neerg sti
Du vert, partout du vert → Trev ud tuotrap, trev ud
I tried everything to get rid of you.
A shipwreck was not enough to kill you, so I tried giving you what .Giving you came for, the a Red Knight for you to trial and burnkill, also that was not enough.Unfortunately for you, tonight Tonight is Oie Voaldynour Night, and everyone on this island knows the peasants know what's best for them tonight, so they will help me do to you what you did to so many of my kind.We And tonight we will burn you alive.
Ironic isn't it ? Inquisitors burned by a coven or witches.
But don't you worry, your sacrifice will not be in vain, you will bring prospecrity prosperity to this islands, flowers will bloom and harvests will be plentiful.
Now lots of peasant girls march forward and take off their animal masks, they have flower crowns in their hair and they start chanting.
===The Night of the Witch===
'''Music : The Only Thing They Fear Is You ( DOOM Eternal OST) then loop Z_BastonZ_Epique-Skeleton DanceBabel'''
As the prisoners start running everywhere, a torch falls on the wicker man, which starts to burn.
=Epilogue=
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-FinalFirelink Shrine 1h + Fire sound'''
*Then loop this Playlist '''Normal-Prima'''
After the battle, a band of soldiers find them and escort them back to safety.
The governor explains that since the queen was the prisoner of the witch, he had no choice but do what she wanted.
The goal of the witch was to eliminate the players, a shipwreck wouldn't be suspicious.
Once they landed, the trial was a way to give them what they wanted, the Red Knight, so they would leave. While also compromising them in the murder of an important Knight.As soon as they freed Joan of Kent, the governor has no reason to continue doing her the Witch's bidding, which is why the soldiers started helping the players.Unfortunately, since it's may's eve, the night of the witch, all the local population is terrified of her the Witch and they do what she asks.
The bishop repents and explains that he tried to warn them, but could not oppose the witch because she trapped him in sin and threatened to reveal everything. He begs for forgiveness and actually died of sadness few months later.
As soon as he lands in England, Thomas Hollands meets with Montagu and threatens to reveal everything to the King. Montagu accepts to yield and lets his wife testify against him to the pope, thus losing his marriage a year later.
==Post Game Bonus==
The flag of the Isle of man is and always has been a pagan symbol 🇮🇲 the Triskell symbol of Mannanan, even during the middle age, a proof that the island has always had a powerful pagan influence, also the Wicca movement (nowaday's witch religion) started in the Isle of Man. To this day, the Isle of Man is an independent country, which belongs to the Queen of England (but not part of the UK)
Joan of Kent was indeed secretly married to Thomas Holland then to William Montagu the 2nd Earl of Salisbury, upon learning this, he imprisoned her to prevent her from testifying to the pope, because Thomas Holland just .Just after the war in France Thomas Holland became rich enough to sue himMontagu, which is why he emprisons her now. Since Montagu was the King of the Isle of Man, it is very plausible that she was imprisoned here at this exact time period and it is very plausible that Thomas Holland found a way to sneak her out to testify. Either way she testified and her marriage with Montagu was cancelled. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Kent#Early_marriages
A list of AI generated illustrations for this scenario : https://drive.google.com/filedrive/du/1m9KngwJ7PSoBmvFIlMv20PuHpeewdzhK0/view?usp=sharingfolders/1W7KPlKj-rXdM-_VBBO611noCHP9s4WAQ
All documents about the Isle of Man from 1333 to 1390 are lost ! So if such a thing did happen, it would have disappeared from history anyway. Also all parties involved would have a strong incentive to not talk about it.
Witchcraft was very frequent in the Isle of Man in the middle age, and the penalty was not very severe, a great article about witchcraft in the Isle of Man : https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=googlescholar&id=GALE|A174640665&v=2.1&it=r&sid=AONE&asid=1a13000b
The garter of Joan of Kent supposedly fell to the ground and was picked up by the king. And when people laughed, the king said “Honi soit qui mal y pense” and decided to create a knightly order of the garter. But actually most historians dispute that, so I’ve only included this as an anectode.
Excellent movie on the theme of paganism , really really worth watching !! https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wicker_Man_(film,_1973)
The Black dog of Peel Castle, the Moddey Dhoo is indeed a local legend : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moddey_Dhoo
And there's indeed a lady ghost in Castle Rushen (sometimes in black, sometimes in white) : https://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/hauntings/castle-rushen/
In the Isle of Man, cats indeed don't have tails : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manx_cat
More about the Fomorians, the evil sea people : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomorians
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