=Intro=Teaser==Send to the players before the game :

County 2 Août 1345, Coy (ComptéRoyaume de Murcie, Couronne de Castille) : "Champagne" 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 ⚜️⚜️⚜️💀💀💀

Castellany (Châtellenie) * Initial situation : "Vilmaison" local Castelain (Chêtellein) **Date : "Chevalier de Vilmaison"2nd of August 1346**Location : Coy is a small town near the Castle of Lorca, Kingdom of Murcia, Crown of Castille.

After '''00"By decree of Sancho Manuel de Villena Señor Consort of Coy and warden of Lorca, the follow crimes will now be punishable by death :39 (music time)''' they manage to bash the doors.

The guy screams : "Sweet Satan, invite me, for I have accomplished my duty !"Then suicides by hanging himself among -Any suspition of cedition against the other corpses.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.crown of Castille

After '''03:40 (music time)''' the fire stars spreading -Any refusal to the forest with an incredible power.pay taxes

-Any nocturnal visits to the necropolis of Coy 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. Then he start dancing on the stool.  Everyone is shocked. And after a while he falls from the stool and hangs. 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 skeletal minstrel"curse"When asked about it, they say the curse brings lots of misery. The crops are rotting, hethe harvest isn'll damn us allt good.They say there have been sights of a skeletal minstrel A '''"Dama de blanco"''' appears every weeks between friday and saturday near the cemeterynecropolis (below the ruins of teh islamic castle).A '''skeletal violinist''' is spotted sometimes in the ruins of the castle.(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)The ladies are ugly.Some children disappear and lots of unborn childs.

'''Oldaric LefolHernando Locura''' was in love with '''EvelyneBeatriz''', but his father '''Juan Madraso''' wanted to marry her to the Bourgmestre insetadinstead.

He paid some When Hernando 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. The plan was the following : he would teach Hernando 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_maniaIt is a phenomenom of mass hypnosis, where people to pretend believe a dancing plague is hapenning so they are hypnotised and become part of the dancing plague.During a dancing plague, people start dancing irresistibly and it workedcan't stop for days and days.It usually happen during terrible famines. The individual did the following : He would offer Hernando 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 poisoned 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.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"). 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. Obviously Hernando 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 they have 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 throw their reserve drug them with mandragora and starveput 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.

Why corpses where shipped there ? What happened to them Who is the individual that gave him the Psaltery, the bread and imagined the plan ?Who gave Why giving him this a Skeletal Psaltery at all ? 

=={{Ambiance track=Track| 15min =*10min It's been a long summer with heavy rain, they see crops rotting. Some peasants still trying to collect some, they search through the crop for non rotten grains.*1/3 of the crop is left fallow (jachère) 2/3 have been planted, but not reaped.| 30min = They hear screaming from inside a hut

Inside the hut, a third of the area is penned off for the animals, which live in the hut with the family. A fire burn in a hearth in the centre of the hut, so the air is permanently eye-wateringly smoky. Furniture is a couple of stools(tabourets), a bed of straw, and a few cooking pots made of clay.They are cooking leaves and mushrooms as well as rotten grain, there's a board skull. The peasants beg the players not to report. That they didn't hunt the animal, it was carcass, hunting is forbidden for peasants.

There's a small carper for muslim prayers folded in a corner.The sick peasan peasant see the players then scream "You will dance No ! No Dancing ! You will dance No Dancing ! We will all dance 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.| 45min A crazy peasant come = 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 players right to hunt. But they swear it was a dead carcass they found and tries to strangle they didn’t hunt it. 
Another peasant comes towards them. "You will dance with a knife he looks at very angry « No ! No Dancing ! You will dance No Dancing ! We will all dance 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.*| 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. *| 75min = A Priest gathered lots of people in a large hut. They all start laughing incontrolably and say "You will dance No Dancing ! You will dance ! We will all dance No Dancing ! All of us No Dancing !" '''Music : Chant_Entrapment-8'''*100min They all come from one home. If the players search their home, there are several tissue handkerchiefs with white bread in it.| 90min = At the end of the atmosphere track, they are attacked by a bunch of peasants who want to eat their meat. Either they have the Combat (skirmish) ability, or one of them is Wounded.}} They go to the spot where the skeletal ministrel is supposed to have appeared, in the night between friday and saturday.

They go She dances next to the spot where the skeletal ministrel is supposed to have appeared, in Necropolis and the night between friday and saturday.They see her dancingruins of a muslim castle.

A yong They approach and see that it's actually aliving lady, called .Called '''Evelyne ToffeaBeatriz de la Fuente''', the Bougmestre's '''Guillaume ToffeaFernando de la Fuente''' 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.If they have the right feats or roll high, they hear a very faint music. But too distant to trace.

She is pretending to be sleepwalking, so if the players wake her up, she wakes up, no problem.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

Actually she dances where '''Oldaric LefolHernando Locura''' 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.

If the players dig enough, they learn that '''Oldaric LefolHernando Locura''' was a ministrel in love with EvelyneBeatriz.

But he was drowned in the woods near the cemetry necropolis (close to the ruins of the muslim castle) then burried in the woods. (EvelyneBeatriz's father killed him, because the local Bourgmestre was also in love with Evelyne Beatriz and he wanted her to marry the Bourgmestre) And they broke his Psaltery (Psaltérion en français)

Actually EvelyneBeatriz's father '''Juan Madraso''' did this. And then burried him right here and then, with his instrument.

Action : If the players search OldaricHernando'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 there’s nothing of interest in his home, but if they open his grave, Evelyne speaks of the peasants start a search for a secret hideout. That's place where he might live and they find the his hideout and a chest full of devil’s bread.

The peasants have made their own mill (Optional :moulin)fourty people turn it.The soldiers come and say that it's illegal, they have to go to the watermill of the local Priory.

Once the father learns But that 's where they pay the grave is empty. He is angry and go to taxes (for using the woods with a bunch of peasants with torches mill) so they refuse to go kill the ministrel.He see a ministrel in the woods and chase himdo that.

At some point, they are attacked by a flock of wolfs. Either one of the players have Combat (Skirmish) or one of The soldiers come to the players is wonded.At the end of the skirmishe, Evelyne's father is found drowned, hammered by a large stick. (the same way he killed oldaric)There are clear footsteps, but impossible to followfirst and ask them for help.So '''Oldaric''' isn't dead !!!  =Part 2 Peasant revolt=*'''Normal (before the start of step 1 of the battle) : Commanderie Templière '''

The population is starving and refuses to pay head of the taxguards : Captain de Villena, the "Champart" (tax of 1/6 step brother of the harvest)They beat the taxman "champarter" ("champarteur" in French) nearly to death and kick him out.They cry "Champarteur, chapardeur, champarteur, chapardeur"Obviously, there'll be a fight the next day.Castellan

The head of the peasants, the Bourgmestre : Guillaume ToffeaFernando de la Fuente

The peasants want to defend the local grain storage unitillegal 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.

If one of the players have the Combat (Battle) ability, give him the answers to each phasetwo phases of his choice.

70 soldiers, 30 Bows, 1 Cavaliers (the captain) plus 1 3 Knight in armor (the Castellan, the Captain and an a cousin of the Catellan) vs 350 peasants, 50 bows

Some Lots of peasants mock them and stone them cry when they leave because they are serf, they belong to the plot of land where they are. With no right to leave. 

The Castellan has a dark armour with a salamander on the helmet.The other knights have a normal armour.

The peasants start to drive the soldiers back. They regroup next to the Siege weapon that was concealed in a nearby forest. So the soldiers decide to destroy the store hours mill to punish them or lead them to yield.A small trebuchet (Couillard) starts shooting around the grain housemill. Trying to aim at it.

Prepare a burning projectile instead of a rock one, the fire spreads to the storehousemill.

The Bourgmestre is taken captive and he yields. Alternatively, the storehouse mill is destroyed.

If the players where on this side, the Captain Beaudry owe de Villena wants to help them a favor. And grants If they know about '''Hernando''' he introduces them to his cousin who lives in the castle.If they don't know about Hernando, he owes them one soldier per persona [[Favour]].

If the players where on this side, the Bourgmestre owe them a favor[[Favour]]. They can collect anytimebefore the end of the scenario.The feats associated with the Favour are at your discretion.

'''OldaricHernando''' will trigger a dancing mania in the city : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_maniaYour goal is to find OldaricHernando

==Ambience {{Ambiance Track==PEOPLE TRY TO FEED THEM, TRY TO HELP THEM, TRY TO COVER THEM FROM RAIN,THEY COUGH FROM RAIN, THEN NOBODY CARES*| 15min = They see one person leave her home and dance at the center of the city '''Music : Prince of Darkness - Fire Emblem'''This timeHis family follows him and try to cover him for the rain. They seem desperate to help him.They try to stop him, he won't 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.| 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.| 45min = There's 30 people dancing, they meanmoan, some scream like zombies, one of them is wonded, and he damagnes his wound as he dances. '''Music : Eros'''A lot of people pray for them.*| 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.| 75min = The remaining villageers are angry and hang '''EvelyneBeatriz''' for revenge. Trigger the flower in the lake event.*100min | 90min = '''Music : Eros'''

This is a revenge from OldaricHernando, he wants to starve them, trigger a dancing plague and eventually kill everyone in the village then raise all of them.

Everyone dances, except '''EvelyneBeatriz'''

They read through inquisition regsitryregistry, it seems to have happened before. Long time ago in a not related setting. It's a disease for the soul, nothing magical.

Action : Search oldaric's He is not at his home.The place have been trashed by Evelyne, because that's father, as a way to make him run away.Nobody lives there.They see a lot of withered flowers. LOTS of them, so many varieties.Barils even.Anything of value was stolen.Empty drawers, empty cofferswhere they found the devil bread.

'''Action : Ask someone They ask people who knew OldaricHernando if he had a special place to meet '''Beatriz''''''Yes, why so many flowers ? Because he was very found of the language of flowers. That there was an old broken house in the way forest where they used to send him secret messages with evelynemeet.

After a certain time, if they don't find a solution. They see all dancers have white There are also lots of flowersbeing hung to wither.

'''Action : Spy to see who puts theminspect the vase closely.'''At night, someone put white flowers on themTHere's the name of a dead islmaic lords. From 100 years ago. They don't know which one.

They catch the guy, he was a cousin and friend of '''Oldaric'''his name is '''Blondel LefolAction : 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.Anagalis means appointment.

Corbeille d'Argent / evergreen candytuft : "calm down" "reconciliation"

Cyprès / cypress : "grieving" , "ethernal friendship"

Achillée / yarrows : "War"

(check that all those flowers grow in francespain)

 '''Action : Use some flowers to setup an appointment. or if Beatriz is threatened or if they walk towers the castle'''(IF EVELYNE IS KILLEDIf Beatriz is killed or if they threaten her life, THIS STARTS at the end of this trackstarts right away)

'''Actions : Some flowers got caught in the sides of the water stream, so they can go upstream and see where he dropped them.'''

'''Action : (This is a possible shortcut if they think about it.) Search the old forteress. They see one wall which has Anagalis growing.'''  It comes from the fortress.  They open, it is an islamic treasure. With lots of skeletons in all corners. It was a house. Bourgmestre's housefeast room apparently.

On As soon as they sit on the table, therethe door is shut behind them and the room fills with smoke. =Part 4 The appointment= ==Ambiance Track=====Before they drink the wine===*'''Music : Z_Normal-Bruit-Noir'''s a pitcher of hypocras (spiked with mandragora)

The players go ===Central Place===*'''Music : Z_Baston-Skeleton Dance'''*5min - '''Resist song : One roll''' A black rain starts pouring.*10min - '''Resist song : One roll''' Some dancers crawl to them and grab their feets.*15min - '''Resist song : Two rolls''' the Bourgmestretown starts burning black flames. (the town burns IRL also)*20min - '''Resist song : Two rolls'''s house, where the table sun is setrising, but it's an eclipse sun. Wine is served. A mix of Hippocras mixed with Mandragora. To meet him, they have to drinkThey feel it's rays are painful.They fall asleep*25min - All the players dance.

In lightning, they see '''Resist Song : Rule'''Except those with the player that has the coin Courage feat.They have a skeleton hugging him on to do something like cover their ears or anything relevant or it's an auto fail.Roll die 6. 1 = FailFirst fail : Get the backDrowsy featSecond fail : They lose control and dance

The sky players go to the Bourgmestre's house, where the table is set. Wine is completely darkserved. Not even a star on sightA mix of Hippocras mixed with Mandragora. And light is much less bright than usualTo meet him, less and less brightthey have to drink. Within hours, their torches light won't light anything''Candles on the table''' (important to mention it)They fall asleep.

Some withered flower petals fall. Flower that means deathThey're now drunk and start hallucinating.

They can hear clearly someone playing PsalteryIt's completely dark, they don't see a thing.

Effect of Action : There are candles on the music : Step 1 Get table. They should remember that. There's a firestriker next to the "Stupid" qualityfireplace. They should find it. Step 2 Dance

Action : They either have to have great willpower or cover their ears in any wayThe candle light is very dim. Extremely dim. And the flame dances like someone's breathing. OtherwiseAlso, they start having effects of the musiclight seems to diminish slowly.

They are drunkhad a blackout, really hard they completely forgot the way to go to find their way in the streets town center. Unless one of them have Total Memory.Also, the villagelight is really too dim, they barely see a thing.

Action : Either one of them can focus, Follow the biggest road or they will spend a lot of time to find and follow the sound of they roll two insanity rollsthe river.One way, is to wait until someone starts dancing and follow himOr anything else that makes sense.

They speak one by one telling a poem(Le Vampire by Charles baudelaire) (English Version) Our form in the sun follows us, walks, stops, Imitates our gestures and our steps, Looks without seeing, listens and does not hear, And must still crawl when we lift our heads. Man is here below But a bit of living night, a restless form Who sees without penetrating, without inventing repeats, And whispers to Fate: "I follow thee where thou goest. "  (French Version) Notre forme au soleil nous suit, marche, s'arrête, Imite gauchement nos gestes et nos pas, Regarde sans rien voir, écoute et n'entend pas, Et doit ramper toujours quand nous levons la tête. L'homme n'est ici-bas Qu'un peu de nuit vivante, une forme inquiète Qui voit sans pénétrer, sans inventer répète, Et murmure au Destin : « Je te suis où tu vas. »

There's a black rainThe music is very intense here, and they feel very coldhave to do much more rolls. Their need to roll or loose their mindBut they can't see him.

Action : One of the dancers mimics a violin. When they kill him, Oldaric Hernando appears in his true form.

Now they can see Oldaric Hernando as a squeleton and fight him.

Whent hey wake up, they have some vomit at the mouth Coy is still a small 500 person village in Spain and theyit're in the town center. Oldaric s river is dead. but he's an actual guy, not even a skeleton. His skin is soaked thoughtourist attraction now [http://prima. And he has a skeletal psalterywiki/images/5/56/Coy.jpg]