Hârn Adventure Dead of Winter
A Hârnic Murder Mystery
A stormy day in early winter. Gusts of wind whip up the powdery snow cloaking Ternu Heath in a mantle of white. A lone group of travelers hurries to a remote Laranian abbey to escape the merciless weather. The powers of fate have chosen them to become involved with a series of violent murders at the abbey.
Chendy is an abbey of the Laranian Order of Hyvrik, held from the Bishop of Ternula. Someone is killing clerics of the abbey. But why isn’t there a corpse to be found after each murder? Are there in fact really any murders, or is someone playing a devious game? Why are the other noble guests of the abbey so chilly and remote? Has the time of the final battle between Larani, the shining guardian of Dolithor, and Agrik, the Lord of the Four Horsemen finally come, fulfilling an ancient dark prophecy? In an atmosphere of fear, mistrust, political intrigue, and religious hysteria, the characters must discover the answers to these questions if they hope to survive.
Dead of Winter contains detailed descriptions of a Laranian abbey and village situated on the southern edge of the Ternu Heath in Kanday. The complicated political situation in Kanday and the kingdom’s difficult relations with its neighbors influence the plot. Gamemasters will find this module a valuable aid when designing further adventures in western Hârn.
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Contents
Dead of Winter COL5041
- HârnManor COL5660
- Hârn
- Kingdoms
- COL5660 Kingdom of Kandáy ~ Kingdom Module
- Kingdoms
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- Dead of Winter COL5041 38 Pages ~ details of CHENDY (a rural secular Abbey) including Saint Aedan of Chison (abbey’s patron saint), and complete writeup of the population Abbey (31) and village (205).
| Region | Kingdom | Shire | Hundred | Fealty | Settlement | Map | Fortification | Market | Port | Population | Moot | Manor/Fief Name | Title Holder | Title | Name of Person | Acres | LQ | HD | Notes |
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| Hârn | Kandáy | Selionshire | Asolena | KORRI | ● | [E9] | ABBEY (Unfortified) | ● | ● | 205 (Village)
31 (ABBEY) |
● | CHENDY | Serolan | ● | Iblis Milaka | 2670 | 0.98 | 41 | Tin Mine [E9] |
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Introduction
A stormy day in early winter. Gusts of wind whip up the powdery snow cloaking Ternu Heath in a mantle of white. A lone group of travelers hurries to a remote Laranian abbey to escape the merciless weather. The powers of fate have chosen them to become involved in a series of mysterious and bloody crimes soon to take place at the abbey.
Someone is killing the clerics of Chendy Abbey. But why isn’t there a corpse to be found after each murder, just a pool of blood? Are there in fact really any murders, or is someone playing a devious game? Why are the other guests of the abbey so chilly and remote? Has the time of the final battle between Larani, the shining guardian of Dolithor, and Agrik, the Lord of the Four Horsemen, finally come, fulfilling an ancient dark prophecy? In an atmosphere of fear, mistrust, political intrigue, and religious hysteria, the characters must discover the answers to these questions if they hope to survive.
Dead of Winter is the first HârnMaster adventure module written by German authors. It contains detailed descriptions of a Laranian abbey and village situated on the edge of the Ternu Heath in southern Kanday. The complex political situation in Kanday and the kingdom’s conflict-laden relations with its neighbors, Rethem and Tharda, influence the plot. Gamemasters will find this module an invaluable aid to designing further adventures in western Hârn. The year, as always, is 720.
STRUCTURE
Dead of Winter consists of three parts. The first part describes the village and abbey of Chendy and their inhabitants. The second part contains a mystery adventure and a description of the current political situation in western Hârn. The third part is a glossary that briefly explains all the Hârn-specific names and terms used in this module. More detailed descriptions of these and other terms can be found in our base HârnWorld module and religion is covered in much greater depth in our HârnMaster Religion publication.
Like all HârnWorld modules, this publication is divided into separate articles that can be taken apart, three-hole punched, and placed in your own Encyclopedia Hârnica binder.
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