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Send to the players before the game :
 
Send to the players before the game :
  
  11th of December 1344, Abbey of Neuberg  (Austrian Alps, Holy Roman Empire)
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11 December 1344,
  The Duke Friedrich II von Habsburg just died at the age of 17.
 
  It is the third Duke of Austria who died within the walls of our Abbey!
 
  The families are denouncing a plot by Rudolf IV, their rival, but we both know better.
 
  They tried to lock away their curse but how long can you run from the Devil?
 
  ⚜️⚜️⚜️💀💀💀
 
  
  11 Décembre 1344, Abbaye de Neuberg (Alpes Autrichiennes, Saint Empire Romain Germanique)  
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Abbey of Neuberg (Austrian Alps)  
  Le Duc Friedrich II von Habsburg vient de mourir à l'âge de 17 ans.
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  C'est le troisième Duc d'Autriche qui meurt dans les murs de notre Abbaye !
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The Duke Friedrich II von Habsburg just died at the age of 17.
  Les grandes familles dénoncent un complot de Rodolphe IV, son rival, mais nous savons tous deux qu'il en est autrement.
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  Ils ont tenté d'enterrer leur malédiction, mais combien de temps peut-on espérer fuir le Diable ?
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It is the third Duke of Austria who died within the walls of our Abbey!
  ⚜️⚜️⚜️💀💀💀
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The families are denouncing a plot by Rudolf IV, their rival, but we both know better.
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They tried to lock away their curse but how long can you run from the Devil?
  
 
=Intro=
 
=Intro=
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Characters :
 
Characters :
 
*Abbot Albrecht, a writer  
 
*Abbot Albrecht, a writer  
*Father Superior Oldaric, the book binder (the evil one)
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*Father Superior Aldred, the book binder (the evil one)
 
*Father Superior Arnaud (French), the illuminator he is on a trip to Avignon
 
*Father Superior Arnaud (French), the illuminator he is on a trip to Avignon
 
*Brother Galeazzo (Lombard), the doctor
 
*Brother Galeazzo (Lombard), the doctor
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Presentation of the library: '''Music Edward Cisorhand'''
 
Presentation of the library: '''Music Edward Cisorhand'''
It is a large Benedictine (Cistercians) monastery dedicated to theology. The greatest of sciences.
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It is a large Benedictine monastery dedicated to theology. The greatest of sciences.
 
3 levels of library plus the archives of the Societas Templois.
 
3 levels of library plus the archives of the Societas Templois.
 
The archives are locked in the basement and not accessible to them, if they insist someone will come with them to visit.
 
The archives are locked in the basement and not accessible to them, if they insist someone will come with them to visit.
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*Explanations
 
*Explanations
  
Father Oldaric with a bone triptych. His contract is to kill three Dukes and ship their hearts plus take 100 monks hearts. He poisons the Dukes then remove their hearts after their death. For the monks he uses poisoned candles to make them crazy so it’s easier to kill them.
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Father Aldred "The Abbot" with a bone triptych. His contract is to kill three Dukes and ship their hearts plus take 100 monks hearts. He poisons the Dukes then remove their hearts after their death. For the monks he uses poisoned candles to make them crazy so it’s easier to kill them.
  
 
=Day 1=
 
=Day 1=
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*Brother Galeazzo (Lombard), the doctor
 
*Brother Galeazzo (Lombard), the doctor
  
'''Music When they analyse the body : Z_Normal-Palais des Papes''' Small body in a red white red flag. ‘''His hands are joined’'' and his eyes are closed. Lots of incense burning around him.
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'''Music When they analyse the body : Z_Normal-Cathédrale Silencieuse''' Small body in a red white red flag. ‘''His hands are joined’'' and his eyes are closed. Lots of incense burning around him.
  
 
'''Action : Check eyes and mouth ''' His eyes are completely red and his tongue is swollen. He was clearly poisoned but could be suicide.
 
'''Action : Check eyes and mouth ''' His eyes are completely red and his tongue is swollen. He was clearly poisoned but could be suicide.
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=Day 4 - Societas Templois=
 
=Day 4 - Societas Templois=
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*'''Normal : Quake'''
 
*'''Normal : Quake'''
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The players spend the night in the library with all the other monks, all candles are light in the room.
 
The players spend the night in the library with all the other monks, all candles are light in the room.
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For this scene '''Music: Behelith'''  
 
For this scene '''Music: Behelith'''  
Father Oldaric tries to assassinate a player in the night. Dense smoke in his room. Father Oldaric walks between them slowly asking an insistent question, but impossible to answer: I never wanted to kill you. My lord didn’t order me to. Instead I will offer you a secret. I will offer you. Knowledge.
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Father Aldred tries to assassinate a player in the night. Dense smoke in his room. Father Aldred walks between them slowly asking an insistent question, but impossible to answer: I never wanted to kill you. My lord didn’t order me to. Instead I will offer you a secret. I will offer you. Knowledge.
 
Do you want that ? (The player cannot answer)
 
Do you want that ? (The player cannot answer)
 
Do you want that ? (The player cannot answer)
 
Do you want that ? (The player cannot answer)
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If no Courage of Faith, the player gets « Insane (temporary) »  
 
If no Courage of Faith, the player gets « Insane (temporary) »  
 
   
 
   
Players know it's Father superior Oldaric (mad book binder).
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Players know it's Father superior Aldred (mad book binder).
  
Players must stop Father Oldaric and have him executed.
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Players must stop Father Aldred and have him executed.
 
And discover what happened in the monastery.
 
And discover what happened in the monastery.
  
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| 5min = They find bloody books all over the hallways. A drop of blood below each books, they stick to the floor.
 
| 5min = They find bloody books all over the hallways. A drop of blood below each books, they stick to the floor.
 
| 15min = Father Eudes is in the corridor exploded under a piece of furniture that fell. He was running away from something. Another player realises that he has a bloody book in his hand. But no voices and he can throw it away.
 
| 15min = Father Eudes is in the corridor exploded under a piece of furniture that fell. He was running away from something. Another player realises that he has a bloody book in his hand. But no voices and he can throw it away.
| 30min = There are monks crying in a corner. He discovers his face, he has no lips, no cheeks and no tongue and bleeds abundantly. When asked who did this he wrote: "Oldaric devil »
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| 30min = There are monks crying in a corner. He discovers his face, he has no lips, no cheeks and no tongue and bleeds abundantly. When asked who did this he wrote: "Aldred devil »
 
| 45min = Father Conrad (mad scribe) (crazy) wants to burn the monastery.
 
| 45min = Father Conrad (mad scribe) (crazy) wants to burn the monastery.
He tries to convince the players to help him. One of the players hear Father Oldaric’s voice « Talk to me. I have a secret for you.» he looks behind : Nobody.
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He tries to convince the players to help him. One of the players hear Father Aldred’s voice « Talk to me. I have a secret for you.» he looks behind : Nobody.
| 60min = Some bloody goat footsteps on the floor. If they follow them, it leads to the dining room full of monks who hanged themselves. In the room, one of the players see a man with the head of a goat. He invites him to enter, he has a secret for him. Other players have to stop him or he loses faith.
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| 60min = Some bloody goat footsteps on the floor. If they follow them, it leads to a room full of monks who hanged themselves. In the room, one of the players see a man with the head of a goat. He invites him to enter, he has a secret for him. Other players have to stop him or he loses faith.
| 75min = All the monks start to walk towards the dining room. In the middle, here is a huge circle of booksa living goat is attached in the middle. All the alive monks are shouting at each other in an unknown language. The players have the impression that the hanged people are chanting too. They feel something terrible is going to happen.
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| 75min = Players discover that they all have blood on their hands. They do not know from where. They all hear "I have a secret" in Aldred's voice.
| 90min = A man covered with blood with a goat mask on his head come to them, he emerges from the dining hall with the [[Bone Triptych]], it is Father Albrecht who completely lost his mind, he shows it to all of them and they all lose faith. Once they kill him, they get the key and can loot the Triptych off him.
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| 90min = A man covered with blood with a goat mask on his head come to them with the [[Bone Dyptich]], it is Father Albrecht who completely lost his mind, he shows it to all of them and they all lose faith. Once they kill him, they get the key and loot the Dyptich off him.
 
}}
 
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Action, Go see Brother Galeazzo: (If Father Galeazzo (doctor) alive and if not burned the books) Father Galeazzo (doctor) is found hanged at home. On his table he has an open book on the page of an inhaling poison that drives people crazy. He has a broken candle he was analysing. It's a way to tell the players where the problem come from.
 
Action, Go see Brother Galeazzo: (If Father Galeazzo (doctor) alive and if not burned the books) Father Galeazzo (doctor) is found hanged at home. On his table he has an open book on the page of an inhaling poison that drives people crazy. He has a broken candle he was analysing. It's a way to tell the players where the problem come from.
  
Action visit Father Oldaric's cell: Father Oldaric (mad binder) (crazy) covered his cell with candles. He is afraid of the dark. But of course he's not there.
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Action visit Father Aldred's cell: Father Aldred (mad binder) (crazy) covered his cell with candles. He is afraid of the dark. But of course he's not there.
  
  
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It's his garden time. Players must find his usual schedule. And they will find it in the garden. He may also see that he is missing his gardener outfit in his room.
 
It's his garden time. Players must find his usual schedule. And they will find it in the garden. He may also see that he is missing his gardener outfit in his room.
  
==Secret Archives==
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When they arrive at the top of the tower '''Music Gaunter o Dim'''
When they arrive at the bottom of the archives '''Music Gaunter o Dim'''
 
  
Go to the top of the library in his workstation behind the grid of the most secret books. There is a huge volume with jaws, Father Oldaric (mad binder) worked there for a long time and attached knives and bones to this big book.
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Go to the top of the library in his workstation behind the grid of the most secret books. There is a huge volume with jaws, Father Aldred (mad binder) worked there for a long time and attached knives and bones to this big book.
  
 
The big book is readable, but it drives crazy if a player reads it.
 
The big book is readable, but it drives crazy if a player reads it.
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The tower is covered with candles. Players do not feel well.
 
The tower is covered with candles. Players do not feel well.
  
Father Oldaric reads the book aloud. It disturbs the players even more.
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Father Aldred reads the book aloud. It disturbs the players even more.
 
At every step, they have to roll high or go crazy.
 
At every step, they have to roll high or go crazy.
  
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Example of inconsistencies :
 
Example of inconsistencies :
===Example 1===
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"It is wrong to lend money with interest. Lev.25:36, 37; Ex.22:25; Deut.23:19, 20; Ezek.22:12; Neh.5:7,10.
In the new testament, saint Timothy cannot be more clear :
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It is wrong to lend money without interest. Mt.25:27; Lk.19:23-27. "
 
 
1 Ti.6:16
 
  
"who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen."
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"An eye for an eye, etc. Ex.21:23-25; Lev.24:20; Deut.19:21.
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Turn the other cheek. Mt.5:38-40; Lk.6:27-29. "
  
And yet, in the old testament, it is the exact contrary :
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"God made Solomon the wisest king that ever lived, stating there would never be another like him. 1 Ki.3:12.
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Jesus said that he was greater than Solomon. Mt.12:42; Lk.11:31. "
  
1 Ki.8:12; 2 Chr.6:1; Ps.18:11
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"God tempts. Gen.22:1.
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Satan tempts. 1 Cor.7:5."
  
In the book of Kings, the book of Psalms and the book of Chronicles,
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"God is vengeful. Gen.4:15; Deut.32:35; Ezek.25:14-17; Nah.1:2; Rom.12:19; Heb.10:30.
it is repeatedly said "The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness. He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water."
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God is a warrior. Ex.15:3; Is.42:13; Ps.24:8.
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God is a consuming fire. Deut.4:24; Deut.9:3; Heb.12:29.
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God is jealous. Ex.20:5; Ex.34:14; Deut.4:24; Deut.5:9; Deut.6:15; Deut.29:20; Deut.32:21.
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God murders and kills. Num.31:7,17; Deut.20:16,17; Josh.10:40; Jud.14:19; Ezek.9:5,6; Num.11:33.
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God is angry. Num.32:14; Num.25:3,4; Deut.6:15; Deut.9:7,8; Deut.29:20; Deut.32:21; Ps.7:11; Ps.78:49; Jer.4:8; Jer.17:4; Jer.32:30,31; Zeph.2:2; 2 Sam.22:8,9; Ezek.6:12.
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God is love and peace. 2 Cor.13:11,14; 1 Jn.4:8,16; Rom.15:33.
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God's spirit inspires love, peace, etc. Gal.5:22,23.
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God never changes. Mal.3:6. "
  
God cannot be both surrounded by Light and darkness ! Only Satan is surrounded by darness.
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"God confused the language at Babel. Gen.11:9.
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God is not the author of confusion. 1 Cor.14:33. "
  
All the players who don't have courage have a roll, anything less than 4 and they go insane.
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"It is wrong to be able to tell good from evil. Gen.2:17."
  
===Example 2===
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"Satan deceives. Rev.12:9.
In the new testament, Saint Luke and Saint Matthiew clearly says that you should forgive your enemies :  
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God deceives. Ezek.14:9; 2 Thess.2:11. "
  
Mt.5:38-40; Lk.6:27-29
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"God cannot lie and hates lying. Prov.12:22; Heb.6:18.
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God condones lying. 1 Ki.22:22,23; 2 Chr.18:21,22. "
  
"But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them."
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"God dwells in thick darkness. 1 Ki.8:12; 2 Chr.6:1; Ps.18:11.
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God dwells in unapproachable light. 1 Ti.6:16. "
  
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"The righteous are "persecuted" while the wicked are "blessed". Job 2:3-6; Job 21:7-15; 2 Ti.3:12.
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The righteous are "blessed" while the wicked are "destroyed". Ps.55:23; Ps.92:12-14; Prov.10:2,3,27-32; Prov.12:2,21. "
  
And yet, in the old testament, god is vengeful, it is said three times in both Exodus, Leviticus and Deuteronomy
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"God alone created heaven and earth. Is.44:24.
 
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He had help. Jn.1:1-4. "
"But if there is harm,[a] then you shall pay life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe."
 
 
 
God cannot both condone revenge and forgiveness ! Only Satan condones vengeance !
 
 
 
All the players who don't have courage have a roll, anything less than 5 and they go insane.
 
 
 
===Example 3===
 
 
 
In the old testament, Isaiah says that God and God alone create heaven and earth
 
 
 
Is.44:24
 
 
 
"I am the Lord, the Maker of all things, who stretches out the heavens, who spreads out the earth by myself,"
 
 
 
And yet, in the new testament John says
 
 
 
Jn.1:1-4
 
 
 
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men."
 
 
 
Let me ask you a question. Who is the Word ? Who created all things ? Who hide in darkness ? Who condone revenge ?
 
Who ? But SATAN ! SATAN himself created heaven and earth ! And the proof is in the bible ! Your whole life, when you called for God the creator, you have been worshipping SATAN !
 
 
 
All the players who don't have courage have a roll, anything less than 6 and they go insane.
 
 
 
===Example 4===
 
 
 
And let me read you the greatest secret of all.
 
 
 
He gives a final quote from the bible, but all the players lose their faith and faint.
 
 
 
(More inconsistencies : http://www.skeptically.org/bible/id7.html )
 
  
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"Do not covet anything. Ex.20:17.
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Seek another's wealth. 1 Cor.10:24. "
  
 
He is in a reading cage in the middle of the room with the book.
 
He is in a reading cage in the middle of the room with the book.
Up to them to find a way to kill father Oldaric.
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To them to find a way to kill the Aldred father.
*Bashing the grid does not work.
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-Drawing the grid does not work.
*Pick through the grid is too difficult.
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-Pick through the grid is too difficult.
*To turn off all lights is the right solution.
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-To turn off all lights is the right solution.
*Possible to simply flee.
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-Possible to simply flee.
  
Once they turn off all the lights, it scares father Oldaric and he fall on his own book.
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Once they turn off all the lights, it scares father Aldred and he fall on his own book.
 
Turn off the light in real life when this happens.
 
Turn off the light in real life when this happens.
Then play the music '''Music:Behelit'''
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Then play the music "Behelit"
  
 
He is dead.
 
He is dead.
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In the cage, Father Oldaric had kept some letters he received.
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In the cage, Father Aldred had kept some letters he received.
 
Nothing unusual in his letters, except that the writing becomes more and more confused.  
 
Nothing unusual in his letters, except that the writing becomes more and more confused.  
  
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  Sir,
 
  Sir,
 
   
 
   
  It is with great satisfaction that I learn your taste for our candles.
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  It is with satisfaction that I learn your taste for our candles.
 
  I am delighted with your new order.
 
  I am delighted with your new order.
 
   
 
   
  Know that my institution can treat its good customers generously, you will no doubt appreciate my new merchandise.
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  Know that my institution knows how to treat its good customers generously, you will no doubt appreciate my new merchandise.
 
   
 
   
 
  Your devoted
 
  Your devoted
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  Eugène Clavicle, the skeleton merchant
 
  Eugène Clavicle, the skeleton merchant
 
   
 
   
  PS: You will be pleased to learn that I will hold a booth at the Provins fair in May. Feel free to visit me on that occasion.
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  PS: You will be pleased to learn that I will hold a booth at the Valfranc fair this year. Feel free to visit me on that occasion.
  
  
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*Keep the Library open, yes or no
 
*Keep the Library open, yes or no
 
*Burn the forbidden book, yes or no
 
*Burn the forbidden book, yes or no
 
==Post Game Bonus==
 
 
Send those to the players as a post game bonus :
 
 
As a bonus, here are some actual pictures of the Neuberg Abbey : [http://prima.wiki/images/1/18/Neuberg1.jpg] [http://prima.wiki/images/4/40/Neuberg2.jpg] [http://prima.wiki/images/c/c7/Neuberg3.jpg]
 
 
Fun fact : Indeed, three dukes died in the abbey of Neuberg : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto,_Duke_of_Austria Frederick II and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_II,_Duke_of_Austria
 
 
The Societa Templois was indeed founded by Otto and he also built the Abbey, so it's quite possible that it was the seat of the order at some point.
 
 
As crazy as it seems, this coat of arms was the real coat of a peagan family [http://prima.wiki/images/0/01/Coat.jpg] (the VON PFEILSDORF / PILEWSKI ) who where defeated by German knights, possibly the Societa Templois.
 
  
 
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