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10 janvier Janvier 1348, Avignon (États pontificauxPontificaux)
Très Saint Père, toute votre vie vous avez servi notre seigneur.
Ainsi, c’est sans méfiance que vous avez suivi la mort quand elle est venu vous chercher.
Qui pourra à présent vous délivrer de ce piège satanique ?
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=Intro - Archivum Secretum Apostolicum Avenionensium=
He forbids the players from approaching the pope, he meet them in front of his chambers and they talk through a door. With perfume being burned in the whole room.
Guy de Chauliac explains the relation between the current outbreak and the Justinian Plague.
He ask thousands of questions to the players because they are witnesses to the outbreak and he is very interested.He insist that the players will meet the pope, so they should prepare and put on their very best clothes. Ask the players what they will wear for the occasion.
He opens the door and has a letter in his hand.
{{Ambiance Track
| 5min = They see a painter Mattéo Giovanetti painting the walls in avignong. He paints an army of devils coming to Avignon. He watches the players super anxiously. He says : Are the rumours true ? The Death is coming to Avignong ? I pray that the sancity of these walls will keep the horror at bay. They hear some couhing in the distance.
Francesco Petrarca is nearby, he says :
"behold, I am She, whom they, fierce, and blind, and cruel name, Who meet untimely deaths;"
"Je suis l’importune et la cruelle que vous appelez sourde et aveugle, ô vous pour qui il fait nuit avant le soir."
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| 30min = There's a Cardinal packing all his things, he is leaving Avignon. The pope told everyone who wanted to leave that they can. He decided to leave. The pope decided to stay, this is madness, everyone told him to leave.
One of the stained glass with a cross on it is broken.
| 45min = While the players are eating, they open a piece of bread, and it is hollow. The middle of the bread there's a small clay figure of a skeleton pope. If '''Knowledge (heresy)''' they know that there was a witchcraft attempt on previous pope John XXII with a clay figure. Everyone at the table is terrified.
| 75min = They meet Guy de Chauliac in the corridors, he stumbles and lay on a wall. He sweats a lot and stared blankly at the players. He says that he is the greatest physician of his time, but the devil got to him anyway. He says he need to finish his masterpiece, Chirurgia Magna, but he had so little time to even start it.
| 90min = Scene of the Assassins. But Four assassins instead of Two.
They have to find a way, any way to obtain this information. For example they can ask his valet Tancrède le Bon , he doesn't want to talk to them and he will lie, saying that indeed he was in Marseille, but his lies are not convincing, so they understand that he indeed wasn't in Marseille.
'''Action : If the timer is very short and the players beg the cardinal, he tells them to contact his scribe (so they get the proof to be innocent)'''
Tancrède le Bon is "the cardinal" of course he won't carry the ring on his hand most of the time, but he isn't a Trickster, so players will see that he lies and hides stuff, but they do'nt have the power to kill or imprison him (because he is protected by his cardinal)
==The dead pope==
A card with a skeleton pope on it and one sentence : Remember Carcassonne . [http://prima.wiki/images/8/8b/Remember_Carcassonne.png Remember Carcassonne] (Jean XXII was part of a big inquisition trial against Fraticelli in Carcasonne and he knew things about Élie de Nabinal that he use as blackmail. Elie de Nabinal was promoted by John XII because of his fight against Fraticelli)
The valet Tancrède le Bon doesn't know what this means and try to avoid the discussion.
Any player with '''Knowledge (heresy) ''' will know what it means.
Otherwise they have to search the past of Elie de Nabinal where they see that Jean XXII gave him the title of "Master" in 1331 because of his fight against Fraticelli in Carcasonne.
'''Action : If they ask to check the records from that trial. ''' They are told that the records disappeared ! Some documents disappeared ! This is unacceptable !
==Assasination attempt==
'''Music : XenogearsZenoParadoxLightfromtheNetherworldsEBison then Z_Baston-Le diable est dans la boite'''
The same night two assasins come through unlock and open their door. They use a secret passageskeleton key that belonged to John XXII. Unless the players have [[Instinct]] or stay awake or anything that could help them wakeup, even the pope wasn't aware of this secret passagethey have to spend one [[Faith]] to be awaken.Fight in Because the nightassasins are quite stealthy.
The assasins are wearing worn crusaders armours, they don't .Once of the players (of your choice) recognise the heraldry, except that one of them because he knew him for a previous crusade : Aimeric de Cros, . It is a knight who fought alongside John XXIIbut who is now long dead.(if they manage to kill him, on further examination of the body it's not super clear if that's him or not)
One has a flail and shield, the other has a crusader longsword and a shield. All those equipments have been stolen from dead nobles burried in Avignon
It seems that they do'nt feel any pain when struck by players.
Two players need to have '''Combat (duel)''' to defeat both of them.
Élie de Nabinal is assassinated on that night 12th of January. He dies of the plague. (The players can’t prove he was assassinated)
His vallet Tancrède le Bon disappeared.
=Part 2 Archivum Secretum Apostolicum Avenionensium=
(this is an address that you give to a pope as a cardinal, nobody else)
| 35min = 2 Witchcraft and Jewish Magic books disappeared. If they ask the titles : Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm (Picatrix), Sepher Raziel HaMalakh (The Book of Raziel the Archangel) All those books are about Jewish magic and magic in general. '''Knowledge (heresy)''' John XXII made several bulls against the Jews.| 40min = .* He informs the players that he saw someone sleep on the grave of John XXII, but he ran away.* 1 Witchcraft and Jewish Magic books disappeared. If they ask for the title : Liber Semamphoras. | 45min = .* There's a servant who died in the well.* If didn't solve the plague issue : 15 Bishops caught the plagueTotal 28 Bishop coughin, 5 who had it died. 13 Dead ('''Music : Hail This Nightmare - BloodBorne''' There are an oncean of crossess in his room. One Bishop suicided jumped of the bishops says he hear the voice of John XXII and he was sure he could recognise him. He was asleep. So the next day he brought all the crosses.)* 2 Witchcraft and Jewish Magic books disappeared. If they ask the titles : Sepher ha-Razim, The Sword of Moses. '''Knowledge (heresy)''' : The pope was targeted several times by his windowsorcerers and he is the first one to decrete witchcraft as being heretical.) But at the same time he collected books about magic !| 50min = 1 Heresy and Death books disappeared . If they ask the title : Summa sacre magice Book about summoning the devil| 55min = 1 Heresy and Death books disappeared . If they ask the title : Ars Notoria about summoning the devil| 60min = .* An entire wing full of servants is isolated, because all servants there are ill. They guard the door 24/7.* If didn't solve the plague issue : Total 58 Bishop coughin, 28 Dead ('''Music : Hail This Nightmare - BloodBorne''' One bishop died and his body is chewed by a lot of rats.)* 1 Heresy and Death books disappeared : . If they ask the title Liber Juratus Honorii (Sworn Book of Honorius) a Necromancy Grimoire, lots of letters about the Beatific vision. All those books are about summoning the devil or summoning death herself. The librarian explains that '''Knowledge (heresy)''' : Pope XXII in his late life had a very strange theory about Death, for which he was criticez as being a heretic. In his point of view, people don't go to heaven just after death. First they are just in the embrace of death. He was called the heretic pope several times.
| 75min = .(* They see some servants running around. Most guards left.* If didn't solve the plague issue : 31 Bishops caught the plagueTotal 88 Bishop coughin, 10 who had it died58 Dead. '''Music : Hail This Nightmare - BloodBorne''' One Bishop runs towards (All the players at night, he says that he saw the ghost of Jean XXII and he coughs, he has the plagueremaining bishops run away Avignon is mostly empty.)| 75min = * Books about Gold, the Fratichelli and the antichrist . If they ask the titles : All documents about the Fratichelli trials disappeared. '''Knowledge (heresy)''' : The Librarian explains that the pope was in favour of the church being rich which opposed him to the Franciscan Fratichelli, and he was called overtly as being the antichrist. And for some reason he became insanely rich, much richer than a pope should be at some point in his life. (If didn't solve the plague issue : 50 Bishops caught the plague, 20 who had it died. All the remaining bishops run away Avignon is mostly empty.)
| 90min = They hear the voice of John XXII and see his ghost go to the archives. All players roll a die 6, if 1 or 2 they run away (unless Courage).
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==Basic Protection from the Plague==
'''Action : Mass is forbidden an people have to isolate'''
They notice that their rooms are super cold and there's ice on the floor. They didn't notice it before, because : Before isolating them in their room, they would aerate their rooms during the day, now they can't.
(In particular it's "the cardinal's" goal to weaken the papacy as much as he possibly can, so he sneaks in he rooms of the people he wants to kill and talks to them Disguised at John XXII, scare them, make sure they are terrified.He choses on purpose only Bishops who new him in life so they will recognise his voice and face)
The players must understand that "the cardinal" enters through the window.
'''Action : Barricading the windows is the solution or guarding the outside is ok too.'''
'''Action : If they sneak in a room and prentend to be cardinals, at some point in the night, they see the shadow of a pope and the window opens. Then there's a torrent of flies.'''
==Securing the Archives==
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=Part 3 The Labyrinth of Paper=
* '''Normal : Z_Baston-Skeleton Dance'''
{{Ambiance Track| 15min 5min = They hear the crying voice of the Pope.
| 45min = There's They smell very strong incense. Everyone rolls for poison. Anyone who fails has to speak in tongue until the end of the game (or a Huge book language that falls on a random playernobody in the group understands, he is "Wounded" this bookthat's title is : Biblical apocryphaok too). Explain them that they can't stay silent, they have to try to talk all the time. And they tell you their actions by sending or showing you written messages.| 60min = There's a dried the corpse of a very weird creature that looks librarian. His belly was clawed opened like an imp (actually by a bear. With his blood, itdrew a reversed cross of blood. There's no way a fake)human could have done that.| 75min = They smell very strong incense. Everyone rolls for poison. Anyone without "Courage" who see it roll 1 fails has to speak in tongue until the end of the game (or 2 and they go "Insane"a language that nobody in the group understands, that's ok too)| 75min = A complete bookshelf is pushed From this point on , they see lots of reversed crucifix along the players, anyone with way. And there are bloody but confident footsteps of a 1 or 2 is "Wounded"goat.
| 90min = They finally catchup with the Pope. But a random player is stabbed in the heart by the Pagan demon, instant death.
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At this point, all the servants who got sick loose their mind and obey to the "cardinal".
They tear their clothes and draw runes on their body.
==Death==
'''Action : Lockpicking or some strength feats'''
==Heretics==
"Antichrist, Antichrist, Antichrist, Antichrist, Antichrist"
They see the sevred severed head of "Ange Clareno" one of the Fratricelli (they accused John XXII to be the antichrist)They could swear they saw it talkand it didn't decay at all.
They realise that behind the shelf there's a secret walled section.
==Templars==
The book shelfs get closer and closer and there's an army of hands with chainmail, and (because most are guards who lost their minds) but looking from this point they look like skeleton templars (he Disguised people some of them as skeleton templars)
'''Action : Some smart way to pass through for each players or they get Wounded'''
==Witchcraft==
As they progress through the secret section, they see Pope John XXII in the distance waiving who finished signing a scroll.
A huge demon appears before them, with fiery wings and a fiery sword and the burning skull of deer.
He has huge claws.
Anyone without '''Courage''' has to roll a die 6 each turn. Unless 5 or 6 they run away. (once they run away, they can re-roll each turn to come back)
'''Action : unless Combat (monster) need some smart way to take him down'''
'''Action : If they manage to destroy the contract, a Combat (duel) is enough to defeat him'''
==Death==
*'''Fin epique glorieuse 06-Final'''
*Then loop this Playlist '''Normal-Prima'''
At the end of the scenario, hey figure that the pigeons he sent were bound to Neuberg, the abbey they visited at the first episode !!
'''Music : Behelith then Firelink Shrine'''
And few days later, the 25th of January 1348, a HUGE earthquake shakes the entire region and destroys countless citizes and monasteries in the region.
By cross referencing with other books, they reaslie that the passage in question in the book was about the Opus Magnum and the Albedo (Oeuvre au Blanc) which is the second step of the realisation of the philosopher's stone, after the Nigredo (oeuvre au noir)
On him he has the [[Bone Ring]]
More infos about the Book of the Acts of Solomon who is a biblical lost text : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Solomon
=Fun Facts=Post Game Bonus== Send those to the players as a post game bonus :
The vatican secret archives are indeed 85km long https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Apostolic_Archive