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==Teaser==
 
Send to the players before the game :
 
 
  2nd of August 1345, Coy (Kingdom of Murcia, Crown of Castille)
 
  With faded tulips in her hair she dances every week.
 
  Her soul was the prize for her immortal love.
 
  How many will be the victims of her selfish heart ?
 
  ⚜️⚜️⚜️💀💀💀
 
 
  2 Août 1345, Coy (Royaume de Murcie, Couronne de Castille)
 
  Avec des tulipes fanées dans les cheveux elle danse toutes les semaines.
 
  Son âme fut le prix pour son amour immortel.
 
  Mais nombreux seront les victimes de son coeur égoïste
 
  ⚜️⚜️⚜️💀💀💀
 
 
 
=Intro - The Skeleton Violinist=
 
=Intro - The Skeleton Violinist=
  
 
* Initial situation :  
 
* Initial situation :  
**Date : 2nd of August 1346
 
**Location : Coy is a small town near the Castle of Lorca, Kingdom of Murcia, Crown of Castille.
 
  
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Year : 1346
  
There's a little water stream in the town
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Geography :
  
A vast shipment of poison was sent to this tiny town. Players rushed as fast as they could on scene.
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Country : "Kingdom of France"
  
When they arrive, they see a gallow with a peasant ready to be hanged.
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County (Compté) : "Champagne" (MOVE IT TO STRASSBOURG ??)
The peasant has his feets on a small stool.
 
  
Music : '''(fast start) Light of the Seven (EP 10 Trial scene)'''
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Viscounty (Vicomté) : "Valfranc"
  
"By decree of Sancho Manuel de Villena Señor Consort of Coy and warden of Lorca, the follow crimes will now be punishable by death :
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Castellany (Châtellenie) : "Vilmaison" local Castelain (Chêtellein) : "Chevalier de Vilmaison"
  
-Any suspition of cedition against the crown of Castille
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Town : "Souspenelles"
  
-Any refusal to pay taxes
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There's a little water stream in the town
  
-Any practice of islamic rites
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Music : '''(fast start) Light of the Seven (EP 10 Trial scene)'''
 
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The Corpses from Valfranc were to be shipped to a little town called "Souspenelles".
-Any nocturnal visits to the necropolis of Coy
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When the players arrive there, they quickly find a warehouse, quite isolated from the rest of the town that smells really strong.
 
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When they arrive, a guy locks the warehouse and starts to burn it.
Any and all offender will be hanged by the Señorial guard."
 
 
 
After '''00:39 (music time)''' the person who is about to hang start twitching.
 
  
He manages to free his hands and he starts smiling.
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After '''00:39 (music time)''' they manage to bash the doors.
  
Then he start dancing on the stool.  
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The guy screams : "Oh Dark Lords, I have served you well ! Invite me, for I have accomplished my duty !" / "Oh Seigneur noir, je t'ai bien servi ! Invite moi à rejoindre ton royaume car j'ai accompli ton oeuvre !"
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Then suicides by hanging himself among the other corpses. If the players manage to save him, he doesn't speak anyway.
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The warehouse used to store about a hundred dead bodies. But now it's empty. Except for a dozen villages hanged. The trail ends there.
  
Everyone is shocked.
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After '''03:40 (music time)''' the fire stars spreading to the forest with an incredible power.
  
And after a while he falls from the stool and hangs.
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All the village come to try to stop the fire. They throw water and earth at it until it stops.
 
 
As he is hanging, he continues dancing for a long long time.
 
 
 
A time way too long, peasants start screming : "It's the curse !" "La Dama de blanco will take us all !"
 
 
 
He should be dead already, until the soldiers stab him with a spear and he slowly dies.
 
  
 
When the other peasants see that, they say. It's the "curse"
 
When the other peasants see that, they say. It's the "curse"
 
When asked about it, they say the curse brings lots of misery.
 
When asked about it, they say the curse brings lots of misery.
 
 
The crops are rotting, the harvest isn't good.
 
The crops are rotting, the harvest isn't good.
A '''"Dama de blanco"''' appears every weeks between friday and saturday near the necropolis (below the ruins of teh islamic castle).
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A "White Lady" appears every weeks between friday and saturday near the cemetery.
A '''skeletal violinist''' is spotted sometimes in the ruins of the castle.
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A skeletal violinist is spotted sometimes in the cemetery.
(explain that in this period violins don't existe yet, so it's actually a ministrel and his instrument is a Kemenche, an islamic violin)
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(explain that in this period violins don't existe yet, so it's actually a ministrel and his instrument is a psaltery)
 
The ladies are ugly.
 
The ladies are ugly.
 
Some children disappear and lots of unborn childs.
 
Some children disappear and lots of unborn childs.
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* Explanations :
 
* Explanations :
'''Hernando Locura''' was in love with '''Beatriz''', but his father '''Juan Madraso''' wanted to marry her to the Bourgmestre instead.
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'''Oldaric Lefol''' was in love with '''Evelyne''', but his father '''Jerome Dubois''' wanted to marry her to the Bourgmestre instead.
 
So he drowned him and the burried him with him instrument.
 
So he drowned him and the burried him with him instrument.
 
But he pretended to drown and survived. He then left his grave to get his revenge.
 
But he pretended to drown and survived. He then left his grave to get his revenge.
When Hernando was at his worst, an individual approached him and explained him about dancing plagues.
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When Oldaric was at his worst, an individual approached him and explained him about dancing plagues.
 
Told him that if he did what he had to, he would get his revenge.
 
Told him that if he did what he had to, he would get his revenge.
  
The plan was the following : he would teach Hernando how to trigger a dancing plague.
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The plan was the following : he would teach Oldaric how to trigger a dancing plague.
  
 
Dancing plagues are a phenomenom of mass hysteria that actually happened several times in european history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_mania
 
Dancing plagues are a phenomenom of mass hysteria that actually happened several times in european history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_mania
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The individual did the following :
 
The individual did the following :
  
He would offer Hernando the Skeletal Psaltery.
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He would offer Oldaric the Skeletal Psaltery.
 
He would also give him a chest full of devil's bread. A very pure, very tasty white bread laced with "ergot de seigle" a poisons that makes people delirious.
 
He would also give him a chest full of devil's bread. A very pure, very tasty white bread laced with "ergot de seigle" a poisons that makes people delirious.
He would also make sure a battle is triggered between the peasants and the soldiers so Hernando has an opportunity to destroy the food reserves, steal food for himself and to bribe people. It's also a good opportunity to lace some food reserves with mandragora.
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He would also make sure a battle is triggered between the peasants and the soldiers so Oldaric has an opportunity to destroy the food reserves, steal food for himself and to bribe people. It's also a good opportunity to lace some food reserves with mandragora.
 
He also told him to bribe some persons to pretend their body is forced to dance.
 
He also told him to bribe some persons to pretend their body is forced to dance.
 
The point is to first enfeeble people, by starvation and by poisoning (mandragora and "ergot de seigle").
 
The point is to first enfeeble people, by starvation and by poisoning (mandragora and "ergot de seigle").
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Once they are very enfebled, pretend a dancing plague is starting (with bribed actors) a hence triggering a collective hysteria.
 
Once they are very enfebled, pretend a dancing plague is starting (with bribed actors) a hence triggering a collective hysteria.
  
He also explains him a way for him to see '''Beatriz''', she would have to pretend sleepwalking.
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He also explains him a way for him to see '''Evelyne''', she would have to pretend sleepwalking.
  
Obviously Hernando did not imagine this plan, but the individual asked him to do it anyway to get his revenge.
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Obviously Oldaric did not imagine this plan, but the individual asked him to do it anyway to get his revenge.
When Hernando sees that the inquisition is involved, he doesn't know what to do. And try to scare them away, and if possible make them dance for long enough so he can get his revenge without harming them. (harming the inquisition would mean running for the rest of his life)
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When Oldaric sees that the inquisition is involved, he doesn't know what to do. And try to scare them away, and if possible make them dance for long enough so he can get his revenge without harming them. (harming the inquisition would mean running for the rest of his life)
 
That's why he tries to drug them with mandragora and put them in a situation where it's almost impossible to resist the mass hysteria.
 
That's why he tries to drug them with mandragora and put them in a situation where it's almost impossible to resist the mass hysteria.
 
Whether he succeeds or not, his goal is not to kill them.
 
Whether he succeeds or not, his goal is not to kill them.
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* Unsolved mysteries :
 
* Unsolved mysteries :
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Why corpses where shipped in this town ? What happened to them ?
 
Who is the individual that gave him the Psaltery, the bread and imagined the plan ?
 
Who is the individual that gave him the Psaltery, the bread and imagined the plan ?
 
Why giving him a Skeletal Psaltery at all ?
 
Why giving him a Skeletal Psaltery at all ?
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Language of Flowers
 
Language of Flowers
 
War between Castille and Aragon
 
 
Recnoquista
 
  
 
=Part 1 Midnight Dance=
 
=Part 1 Midnight Dance=
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They are cooking leaves and mushrooms as well as rotten grain.
 
They are cooking leaves and mushrooms as well as rotten grain.
 
The penn is almost empty, only one very thin sheep remains.
 
The penn is almost empty, only one very thin sheep remains.
There's a small carper for muslim prayers folded in a corner.
 
 
The sick peasant see the players then scream "No ! No Dancing ! No Dancing ! No Dancing !" '''Music : Chant_Entrapment-8'''
 
The sick peasant see the players then scream "No ! No Dancing ! No Dancing ! No Dancing !" '''Music : Chant_Entrapment-8'''
 
When asked what happended, the family doesn't know, he was sick since few days, a fine tissue handkerchief was found on him when he went mad. He had skipped a dinner on that day.
 
When asked what happended, the family doesn't know, he was sick since few days, a fine tissue handkerchief was found on him when he went mad. He had skipped a dinner on that day.
 
| 45min = Some peasants are eating a rotten carcass of a boar. It is not legal for peasants to hunt, in this time only lords have the right to hunt. But they swear it was a dead carcass they found and they didn’t hunt it. 
Another peasant comes towards them with a knife he looks at very angry  « No ! No Dancing ! No Dancing ! No Dancing ! »  '''Music : Chant_Entrapment-8''' He is caught very quickly.

 
| 45min = Some peasants are eating a rotten carcass of a boar. It is not legal for peasants to hunt, in this time only lords have the right to hunt. But they swear it was a dead carcass they found and they didn’t hunt it. 
Another peasant comes towards them with a knife he looks at very angry  « No ! No Dancing ! No Dancing ! No Dancing ! »  '''Music : Chant_Entrapment-8''' He is caught very quickly.

 
If the players search him, he have a tissue handkerchief with bread crumbs on it.
 
If the players search him, he have a tissue handkerchief with bread crumbs on it.
| 60min = There's a child lost in the woods. His parents tried to get rid of him. But he came back. They see he has a toy of "Pedro El Cruel" ridiculised.
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| 60min = There's a child lost in the woods. His parents tried to get rid of him. But he came back.  
 
| 75min = A Priest gathered lots of people in a large hut. They all start laughing incontrolably and say "No Dancing ! No Dancing ! No Dancing !" '''Music : Chant_Entrapment-8'''
 
| 75min = A Priest gathered lots of people in a large hut. They all start laughing incontrolably and say "No Dancing ! No Dancing ! No Dancing !" '''Music : Chant_Entrapment-8'''
 
They all come from one home. If the players search their home, there are several tissue handkerchiefs with white bread in it.
 
They all come from one home. If the players search their home, there are several tissue handkerchiefs with white bread in it.
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They go to the spot where the skeletal ministrel is supposed to have appeared, in the night between friday and saturday.
 
They go to the spot where the skeletal ministrel is supposed to have appeared, in the night between friday and saturday.
  
They see a white women dancing. Like a ghost.
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They see a white woman dancing. Like a ghost.
 
 
She dances next to the Necropolis and the ruins of a muslim castle.
 
  
 
While she dances '''Prince of Darkness - Fire Emblem'''
 
While she dances '''Prince of Darkness - Fire Emblem'''
  
 
They approach and see that it's actually aliving lady.
 
They approach and see that it's actually aliving lady.
Called '''Beatriz de la Fuente''', the Bougmestre's '''Fernando de la Fuente''' young bride wakes up every saturday morning t go dance in the woods until sunrise.
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Called '''Evelyne Toffea''', the Bougmestre's '''Guillaume Toffea''' young bride wakes up every saturday morning t go dance in the woods until sunrise.
  
 
She dances every week in the woods. With withered red tulips in her hairs she wears a wonderfull white dress. She had a bucket of withered red tulips in her chamber.
 
She dances every week in the woods. With withered red tulips in her hairs she wears a wonderfull white dress. She had a bucket of withered red tulips in her chamber.
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She pretends to be sleep walking because the truth is, every weeks, she goes to see her lover. But of course she can’t say that because he’s supposed to be dead.
 
She pretends to be sleep walking because the truth is, every weeks, she goes to see her lover. But of course she can’t say that because he’s supposed to be dead.
  
Action : Where does this white dress come from ? It is the same quality as the handkerchiefs, it was offered by Hernando as a gift after he died. But she'll always refuse to admit it and say it was a gift from him from before he died
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Action : Where does this white dress come from ? It is the same quality as the handkerchiefs, it was offered by Oldaric as a gift after he died. But she'll always refuse to admit it and say it was a gift from him from before he died
  
 
Action : Where the flowers come from ? Nobody wants to respond. But eventually they know that it comes from an old lover who died.
 
Action : Where the flowers come from ? Nobody wants to respond. But eventually they know that it comes from an old lover who died.
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Action : Ask if she dances always on the same spot. Yes.
 
Action : Ask if she dances always on the same spot. Yes.
  
Actually she dances where '''Hernando Locura''' was burried just after his murder.
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Actually she dances where '''Oldaric Lefol''' was burried just after his murder.
  
 
The rationale is. They have to meet on this spot. If she’s not followed, then she meets him and they go to a more beautiful place. If she’s followed, she starts dancing and pretend she's possesed or something. To make it look like a ghost story so nobody wants to get involved and stop her.
 
The rationale is. They have to meet on this spot. If she’s not followed, then she meets him and they go to a more beautiful place. If she’s followed, she starts dancing and pretend she's possesed or something. To make it look like a ghost story so nobody wants to get involved and stop her.
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She have a strange reaction if the players mention him.
 
She have a strange reaction if the players mention him.
  
If the players dig enough, they learn that '''Hernando Locura''' was a ministrel in love with Beatriz.
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If the players dig enough, they learn that '''Oldaric Lefol''' was a ministrel in love with Evelyne.
  
But he was drowned in the woods near the necropolis (close to the ruins of the muslim castle) then burried in the woods. (Beatriz's father killed him, because the local Bourgmestre was also in love with Beatriz and he wanted her to marry the Bourgmestre) And they broke his Psaltery (Psaltérion en français)
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But he was drowned in the woods near the cemetry then burried in the woods. (Evelyne's father killed him, because the local Bourgmestre was also in love with Evelyne and he wanted her to marry the Bourgmestre) And they broke his Psaltery (Psaltérion en français)
  
Actually Beatriz's father '''Juan Madraso''' did this. And then burried him right here and then, with his instrument.
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Actually Evelyne's father '''Jerome Dubois''' did this. And then burried him right here and then, with his instrument.
  
  
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-> He was burried with his instrument.
 
-> He was burried with his instrument.
  
Action : If the players search Hernando's old broken home. They see is a stock of devil's bread (it's pure white bread). That's the end of ergot de seigle poisonning.
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Action : If the players search Oldaric's old broken home. They see is a stock of devil's bread (it's pure white bread). That's the end of ergot de seigle poisonning.
 
Alternatively (if they search his home too early), there’s nothing of interest in his home, but if they open his grave, the peasants start a search for a place where he might live and they find his hideout and a chest full of devil’s bread.
 
Alternatively (if they search his home too early), there’s nothing of interest in his home, but if they open his grave, the peasants start a search for a place where he might live and they find his hideout and a chest full of devil’s bread.
  
=Part 2 Peasant revolt (optional)=
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=Part 2 Peasant revolt=
 
*'''Normal (before the start of step 1 of the battle) : Commanderie Templière '''
 
*'''Normal (before the start of step 1 of the battle) : Commanderie Templière '''
  
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But that's where they pay the taxes (for using the mill) so they refuse to do that.
 
But that's where they pay the taxes (for using the mill) so they refuse to do that.
  
They beat the taxman nearly to death and kick him out.
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They beat the taxman "champarter" ("champarteur" in French) nearly to death and kick him out.
They cry "Death to Pedro el Cruel !"
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They cry "Champarteur, chapardeur, champarteur, chapardeur"
 
Obviously, there'll be a fight the next day.
 
Obviously, there'll be a fight the next day.
  
 
The soldiers come to the players first and ask them for help.
 
The soldiers come to the players first and ask them for help.
  
The head of the guards : Captain de Villena, the step brother of the Castellan
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The head of the guards : Captain Beaudry, the step brother of the Castellan
  
 
The Captain tells them : Regardless of what they want to do, the local castelan doesn't want any troubles with the inquisition.
 
The Captain tells them : Regardless of what they want to do, the local castelan doesn't want any troubles with the inquisition.
  
 
If they refuse. The peasants do the same.
 
If they refuse. The peasants do the same.
The head of the peasants, the Bourgmestre : Fernando de la Fuente
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The head of the peasants, the Bourgmestre : Guillaume Toffea
  
 
The peasants want to defend the illegal mill.
 
The peasants want to defend the illegal mill.
They explain that Murca recently taken by Castille crown, but it has been part or Aragon and it was part of the kalifate of Granada before that.
 
 
The soldiers will attack the next day.
 
The soldiers will attack the next day.
  
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The peasants fight in a non-cohesive way and loose.
 
The peasants fight in a non-cohesive way and loose.
  
If the players where on this side, the Captain de Villena wants to help them. If they know about '''Hernando''' he introduces them to his cousin who lives in the castle.
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If the players where on this side, the Captain Beaudry wants to help them. If they know about '''Oldaric''' he introduces them to his cousin who lives in the castle.
If they don't know about Hernando, he owes them a [[Favour]].
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If they don't know about Oldaric, he owes them a [[Favour]].
  
 
Peasants win :
 
Peasants win :
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=Part 3 Dancing Plague=
 
=Part 3 Dancing Plague=
 
*'''Normal : Z_Normal-Bruit-Noir'''
 
*'''Normal : Z_Normal-Bruit-Noir'''
'''Hernando''' will trigger a dancing mania in the city : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_mania
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'''Oldaric''' will trigger a dancing mania in the city : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_mania
Your goal is to find Hernando
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Your goal is to find Oldaric
 
*'''The First dancer : Prince of Darkness - Fire Emblem'''
 
*'''The First dancer : Prince of Darkness - Fire Emblem'''
  
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His family follows him and try to cover him for the rain. They seem desperate to help him.
 
His family follows him and try to cover him for the rain. They seem desperate to help him.
 
They try to stop him, to wake him up.
 
They try to stop him, to wake him up.
In reality this one and the few first ones are actors paid by Hernando. The point being to trigger an actual Dancing mania.
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In reality this one and the few first ones are actors paid by Oldaric. The point being to trigger an actual Dancing mania.
 
| 30min = There's about five people dancing. People are closing their doors and isolating themselves. '''Music : Prince of Darkness - Fire Emblem'''  
 
| 30min = There's about five people dancing. People are closing their doors and isolating themselves. '''Music : Prince of Darkness - Fire Emblem'''  
 
Some people try to catch one of them to feed him. A lot of them start coughing, they are completely wet.
 
Some people try to catch one of them to feed him. A lot of them start coughing, they are completely wet.
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| 60min = They are about a hundred one quarter of the village is dancing One person falls to the ground '''Music : Eros''' he keeps crawling. And says "Help me. We will dance. We will all dance."
 
| 60min = They are about a hundred one quarter of the village is dancing One person falls to the ground '''Music : Eros''' he keeps crawling. And says "Help me. We will dance. We will all dance."
 
People stop caring. They lock themselves in to survive.
 
People stop caring. They lock themselves in to survive.
| 75min = The remaining villageers are angry and hang '''Beatriz''' for revenge. Trigger the flower in the lake event.
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| 75min = The remaining villageers are angry and hang '''Evelyne''' for revenge. Trigger the flower in the lake event.
 
| 90min = '''Music : Eros'''
 
| 90min = '''Music : Eros'''
 
The next day, the village is empty, everyone dances. All playres roll, the one with the lowest result dances also (that's the punishment for not ending the track). In the meantime he can play the Bourgmestre, who helps the players.
 
The next day, the village is empty, everyone dances. All playres roll, the one with the lowest result dances also (that's the punishment for not ending the track). In the meantime he can play the Bourgmestre, who helps the players.
 
}}
 
}}
  
The goal is to find '''Hernando's''' hideout  (or Hernando’s new hideout if they already found it the first time)
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The goal is to find '''Oldaric's''' hideout  (or oldaric’s new hideout if they already found it the first time)
  
 
One by one, people will start to go on the village center and dance.
 
One by one, people will start to go on the village center and dance.
This is a revenge from Hernando, he wants to starve them, trigger a dancing plague and eventually kill all of them.
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This is a revenge from Oldaric, he wants to starve them, trigger a dancing plague and eventually kill all of them.
  
Everyone dances, except '''Beatriz'''
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Everyone dances, except '''Evelyne'''
  
 
They read through inquisition registry, it seems to have happened before. Long time ago in a not related setting. It's a disease for the soul, nothing magical.  
 
They read through inquisition registry, it seems to have happened before. Long time ago in a not related setting. It's a disease for the soul, nothing magical.  
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He is not at his home, because that's where they found the devil bread.
 
He is not at his home, because that's where they found the devil bread.
  
'''Action : They ask people who knew Hernando if he had a special place to meet '''Beatriz''''''
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Action : They ask people who knew oldaric if he had a special place to meet '''Evelyne'''
 
Yes, there was an old broken house in the forest where they used to meet.
 
Yes, there was an old broken house in the forest where they used to meet.
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They see a lot of withered flowers. LOTS of them, so many varieties.
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Barils even.
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Anything of value was stolen.
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Empty drawers, empty coffers.
  
In this house they see some traces that someone was here but moved his stuff.
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Action : Ask someone who knew Oldaric, why so many flowers ? Because he was very found of the language of flowers. That was the way to send him secret messages with evelyne.
He took almost everything out. You do see a rough bed, some unfinished poems.
 
And there's a very rich islamic vase full of withered flowers Anagallis.
 
  
There are also lots of flowers being hung to wither.
 
  
'''Action : inspect the vase closely.'''
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Not long after learning that. Or if they never learn that, after 30 min it happens anyway. They see a bucket of white flowers in the center of the town, where people dance.
THere's the name of a dead islmaic lords. From 100 years ago. They don't know which one.
 
  
'''Action : Ask someone who knew Hernando, why so many flowers ?''' Because he was very found of the language of flowers. That was the way to send him secret messages with Beatriz.
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Action : Spy to see who puts them
Anagalis means appointment.
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At night, someone put white flowers on them.
  
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They catch the guy, he was a cousin and friend of '''Oldaric'''his name is '''Blondel Lefol'''
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He says he's doing that to appease '''Oldaric''' because he knew the language of flowers very well and those flowers means "calm down" "reconciliation" https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corbeille_d%27argent
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Action : Ask him how could we contact/find '''Oldaric''' ?
 
He says : let's put a lot of flowers in the middle of the town, to push him to meet.
 
He says : let's put a lot of flowers in the middle of the town, to push him to meet.
 
Several choices :
 
Several choices :
Corbeille d'Argent / evergreen candytuft : "calm down" "reconciliation"
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Corbeille d'Argent : "calm down" "reconciliation"
 
Anagallis  : "appointment"  
 
Anagallis  : "appointment"  
Cyprès / cypress : "grieving" , "ethernal friendship"
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Cyprès : "grieving" , "ethernal friendship"
 
Nemophile : "Forgiveness"
 
Nemophile : "Forgiveness"
 
Red Tulip : "eternal love"
 
Red Tulip : "eternal love"
Achillée / yarrows : "War"
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Achillée : "War"
 
Rhododendron : "Danger"
 
Rhododendron : "Danger"
(check that all those flowers grow in spain)
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(check that all those flowers grow in france)
  
 
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(If evelyne is killed or if they threaten her life, this starts right away)
'''Action : Use some flowers to setup an appointment. or if Beatriz is threatened or if they walk towers the castle'''
 
(If Beatriz is killed or if they threaten her life, this starts right away)
 
 
Once they do that, the little water streams starts to be filled with withered
 
Once they do that, the little water streams starts to be filled with withered
 
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoris_(plante)
 
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoris_(plante)
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'''Eros Necropsique - La voix'''
 
'''Eros Necropsique - La voix'''
  
'''Actions : Some flowers got caught in the sides of the water stream, so they can go upstream and see where he dropped them.'''
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Actions : Some flowers got caught in the sides of the water stream, so they can go upstream and see where he dropped them.
 
Also he droppped some flowers on the ground by mistake at this spot.
 
Also he droppped some flowers on the ground by mistake at this spot.
  
'''Action : (This is a possible shortcut if they think about it.) Search the old forteress. They see one wall which has Anagalis growing.'''
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It comes from a house. Bourgmestre's house.
  
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The table is set in fine silver cutlery.
  
It comes from the fortress.
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On the table there's a withered flower Anagallis means "appointment"
 
 
They open, it is an islamic treasure. With lots of skeletons in all corners. It was a feast room apparently.
 
  
The table is set in fine silver cutlery.
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On the table, there's a pitcher of hypocras (laced with mandragora) and '''Candles on the table''' (important to mention it)
  
On the table there's a withered flower Anagallis means "appointment"
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The players have to drink it. They then fall asleep.
  
As soon as they sit on the table, the door is shut behind them and the room fills with smoke.
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If they refuse to drink it. After some time, they will go to bed and see the next sequence in their dreams anyway.
  
 
=Part 4 The appointment=
 
=Part 4 The appointment=
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*15min - '''Resist song : One roll''' There's a flash of light, and they see a skeleton with a dark hood hugging the player who has the squeletal coin.
 
*15min - '''Resist song : One roll''' There's a flash of light, and they see a skeleton with a dark hood hugging the player who has the squeletal coin.
 
*30min - '''Resist song : One roll''' Some withered flower petals fall. Flower that means death. They can hear clearly someone playing Psaltery. '''Overlay music (on top of other music) : Prince of Darkness'''
 
*30min - '''Resist song : One roll''' Some withered flower petals fall. Flower that means death. They can hear clearly someone playing Psaltery. '''Overlay music (on top of other music) : Prince of Darkness'''
*45min - '''Resist song : Two rolls''' If they haven't found the central place yet. '''Overlay music (on top of other music) :  Behelith''' They see the a skeletal women dancing with withered flowers in her hairs. It's '''Beatriz'''. They can follow her to the central place. Beatriz dies if she didn't die previously.
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*45min - '''Resist song : Two rolls''' If they haven't found the central place yet. '''Overlay music (on top of other music) :  Behelith''' They see the a skeletal women dancing with withered flowers in her hairs. It's '''Evelyne'''. They can follow her to the central place. Evelyne dies if she didn't die previously.
  
 
===Central Place===
 
===Central Place===
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(English Version)
 
(English Version)
Our form in the sun follows us, walks, stops,
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Imitates our gestures and our steps,
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You who, like the stab of a knife,
Looks without seeing, listens and does not hear,
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Entered my plaintive heart;
And must still crawl when we lift our heads.
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You who, strong as a herd
Man is here below
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Of demons, came, ardent and adorned,
But a bit of living night, a restless form
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Who sees without penetrating, without inventing repeats,
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To make your bed and your domain
And whispers to Fate: "I follow thee where thou goest. "
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Of my humiliated mind
 +
 
 +
- Infamous bitch to whom I'm bound
 +
Like the convict to his chain,
 +
 
 +
Like the stubborn gambler to the game,
 +
Like the drunkard to his wine,
 +
 
 +
Like the maggots to the corpse,
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- Accurst, accurst be you!
 +
 
 +
I begged the swift poniard
 +
To gain for me my liberty,
 +
 
 +
I asked perfidious poison
 +
To give aid to my cowardice.
 +
 
 +
Alas! both poison and the knife
 +
Contemptuously said to me:
 +
 
 +
"You do not deserve to be freed
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From your accursed slavery,
 +
 
 +
Fool! - if from her domination
 +
Our efforts could deliver you,
 +
 
 +
Your kisses would resuscitate
 +
The cadaver of your vampire!"
  
  
 
(French Version)
 
(French Version)
Notre forme au soleil nous suit, marche, s'arrête,
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Toi qui, comme un coup de couteau,
Imite gauchement nos gestes et nos pas,
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Dans mon coeur plaintif es entrée ;
Regarde sans rien voir, écoute et n'entend pas,
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Et doit ramper toujours quand nous levons la tête.
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Toi qui, forte comme un troupeau
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De démons, vins, folle et parée,
L'homme n'est ici-bas
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Qu'un peu de nuit vivante, une forme inquiète
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De mon esprit humilié
Qui voit sans pénétrer, sans inventer répète,
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Faire ton lit et ton domaine ;
Et murmure au Destin : « Je te suis où tu vas. »
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 +
- Infâme à qui je suis lié
 +
Comme le forçat à la chaîne,
 +
 
 +
Comme au jeu le joueur têtu,
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Comme à la bouteille l'ivrogne,
 +
 
 +
Comme aux vermines la charogne,
 +
- Maudite, maudite sois-tu !
 +
 
 +
J'ai prié le glaive rapide
 +
De conquérir ma liberté,
 +
 
 +
Et j'ai dit au poison perfide
 +
De secourir ma lâcheté.
 +
 
 +
Hélas ! le poison et le glaive
 +
M'ont pris en dédain et m'ont dit :
 +
 
 +
" Tu n'es pas digne qu'on t'enlève
 +
A ton esclavage maudit,
 +
 
 +
Imbécile ! - de son empire
 +
Si nos efforts te délivraient,
 +
 
 +
Tes baisers ressusciteraient
 +
Le cadavre de ton vampire ! "
  
  
 
The music is very intense here, they have to do much more rolls. But they can't see him.
 
The music is very intense here, they have to do much more rolls. But they can't see him.
  
Action : One of the dancers mimics a violin. When they kill him, Hernando appears.
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Action : One of the dancers mimics a violin. When they kill him, Oldaric appears.
  
 
A skeleton wiht a Psaltery, he walks out of the small river.
 
A skeleton wiht a Psaltery, he walks out of the small river.
Now they can see Hernando as a squeleton and fight him.
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Now they can see Oldaric as a squeleton and fight him.
  
 
Action : Either the players have a quality Combat (Duel) or They need to find a smart way to kill him.
 
Action : Either the players have a quality Combat (Duel) or They need to find a smart way to kill him.
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His shadow doesn't move though. They should strike where his shadow is.
 
His shadow doesn't move though. They should strike where his shadow is.
  
'''If they got stuck for too long, their shadows start attacking them. Don't let them stuck on this ennigma'''
 
  
 
If they defeated him :
 
If they defeated him :
  
 
He says :
 
He says :
"Vous qui vivez: il est certain,"
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"He who sups with the devil"
"Quoique cela tarde, que vous danserez."
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"should have had a longer spoon."
"Réfléchissez à ce que vous ferez alors."
 
 
 
"Ye that live: it is certain,"
 
"Though it tarry, you will dance."
 
"Consider what you will do then."
 
  
 
'''Music : (fast start) Light of the Seven (EP 10 Trial scene)'''
 
'''Music : (fast start) Light of the Seven (EP 10 Trial scene)'''
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'''Danse Macabre'''
 
'''Danse Macabre'''
  
When hey wake up, they have some vomit at the mouth and they're in the town center. Hernando is dead. but he's an actual guy, not a skeleton. His skin is soaked though. He has a well decorated psaltery and a cloack clasp in the shape of a harp : the [[Bone Harp]]. It is very clear that it is extremely precious.
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When hey wake up, they have some vomit at the mouth and they're in the town center. Oldaric is dead. but he's an actual guy, not a skeleton. His skin is soaked though. And he has a skeletal psaltery.
  
(part of the village may have burned, if they reached the black rain part, Beatriz may be alive or dead.)
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(part of the village may have burned, if they reached the black rain part, evelyne may be alive or dead.)
  
 
A large portion of the villagers are dead. But not everyone.
 
A large portion of the villagers are dead. But not everyone.
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*Then loop this Playlist '''Normal-Prima'''
 
*Then loop this Playlist '''Normal-Prima'''
  
They take more time to comb the woods and they find Hernando's actual hideoout, they find real food, clothes etc...
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They take more time to comb the woods and they find Oldaric's actual hideoout, they find real food, clothes etc...
 
Villages start to talk. Some of them where actually paid to pretend a dancing mania. The point was to trigger an actual dancing mania, and it worked.

 
Villages start to talk. Some of them where actually paid to pretend a dancing mania. The point was to trigger an actual dancing mania, and it worked.

  
They find a contract signed in blood between Hernando and a certain "L" that details all he has to do to get his revenge.
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They find a contract signed in blood between Oldaric and a certain "L" that details all he has to do to get his revenge.
  
Some people also knew about Beatriz meeting with him and her way of pretending she was posessed.
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Some people also knew about Evelyne meeting with him and her way of pretending she was posessed.
  
 
As well as poems written by him.
 
As well as poems written by him.
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A solid proof that he was alive this whole time.
 
A solid proof that he was alive this whole time.
  
Beatriz and Hernando's accomplices ran away just after the event.
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Evelyne and Oldaric's accomplices ran away just after the event.
  
 
Among his stuff, they find an invitation to a bal masqué called the "Danse macabre"
 
Among his stuff, they find an invitation to a bal masqué called the "Danse macabre"
  
 
The masquerade is supposed to happen in November 1347 in Marseille.
 
The masquerade is supposed to happen in November 1347 in Marseille.
 
==Post Game Bonus==
 
 
Send those to the players as a post game bonus :
 
 
As a bonus, here is more infos about the dancing plague in Strasbourg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_plague_of_1518
 
[http://prima.wiki/images/5/5b/2621608463305_.pic.jpg]
 
 
Here is a map of Spain during the Castille Civil War, in green the Grenada sultanate, below the orange arrow : The Castle or Lorca
 
In blue : Aragon, In yellow : Castille [http://prima.wiki/images/c/cc/Spain_map.jpg]
 
 
The flag of Sancho Manuel de Vilena [http://prima.wiki/images/5/58/Sancho_manuel_de_vilena.jpg]
 
 
The Castle of Lorca [http://prima.wiki/images/a/a1/Lorca_castle.jpg]
 
 
Coy is still a small 500 person village in Spain and it's river is even a tourist attraction now [http://prima.wiki/images/5/56/Coy.jpg]
 
  
 
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