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| - The crimson knight, a haggard questing knight in battered red plate. The plate is real (AF\_5); the knight is a pazuzu who dyes its stolen armour in its victim' | - The crimson knight, a haggard questing knight in battered red plate. The plate is real (AF\_5); the knight is a pazuzu who dyes its stolen armour in its victim' | ||
| - | - Melitus, an innocent young goatherd, leading his flock. He conceals the bodies of his victims inside goat carcasses then blames wolves for the deaths. | + | - Melitus, an innocent young goatherd, leading his flock. He conceals the bodies of his victims inside goat carcasses then blames wolves for the deaths. |
| - | - Sonia, Mela, and Sara: three unconnected survivors from a caravan slaughtered by an unseen beast. Each privately confides that they fear one of the others is the monster. All three are pazuzu. | + | - Sonia, Mela, and Sara: three unconnected survivors from a caravan slaughtered by an unseen beast. Each privately confides that they fear one of the others is the monster. All three are pazuzu. |
| - | - Mota, a suspicious old goatherd, leading his flock. The pazuzu is one of the goats. It emerges at night. | + | - Mota, a suspicious old goatherd, leading his flock. The pazuzu is one of the goats. It emerges at night. |
| - | - A party of afflicted lazars, led by a mendicant healer, Vitus. The pazuzu is a particularly hideous lazar wrapped head to foot in bandages and wearing a pewter mask upon his face. | + | - A party of afflicted lazars, led by a mendicant healer, Vitus. The pazuzu is a particularly hideous lazar wrapped head to foot in bandages and wearing a pewter mask upon his face. \\ \\ |
| - | - A wealthy merchant, Godfrey, travels in an ornate coach with a party of retainers. The retainers know their half-seen master is a beast. Victims are put inside the coach and never seen again. | + | - A wealthy merchant, Godfrey, travels in an ornate coach with a party of retainers. The retainers know their half-seen master is a beast. Victims are put inside the coach and never seen again. |
| - | - Five soldiers: Hugh, Roral, Albert, Geoffry, and Pons, flee from the nighttime slaughter of their unit. The blood-soaked encampment is nearby. The pazuzu tracks them from the hills near the road, striking after dark. | + | - Five soldiers: Hugh, Roral, Albert, Geoffry, and Pons, flee from the nighttime slaughter of their unit. The blood-soaked encampment is nearby. The pazuzu tracks them from the hills near the road, striking after dark. \\ \\ |
| - | - Edwin the mystic is hunted by pazuzu disguised as royal soldiers. He carries a golden lion's paw that the creatures seek. The soldiers have letters declaring Edwin a wanted outlaw. | + | - Edwin the mystic is hunted by pazuzu disguised as royal soldiers. He carries a golden lion's paw that the creatures seek. The soldiers have letters declaring Edwin a wanted outlaw. |
| - | - A foam-flecked riderless stallion leads you to a gravely wounded knight, Gilbert, lying by the road. Gilbert, a pazuzu, will attack whoever tends him alone. | + | - A foam-flecked riderless stallion leads you to a gravely wounded knight, Gilbert, lying by the road. Gilbert, a pazuzu, will attack whoever tends him alone. |
| - | - Hilda the seeress prophesies that one of you will be slain by a beast with a lion's head. Her protector Gregory is a pazuzu who ensures that the prediction comes true. | + | - Hilda the seeress prophesies that one of you will be slain by a beast with a lion's head. Her protector Gregory is a pazuzu who ensures that the prediction comes true. \\ \\ |
| - | - A mighty pazuzu lord, Nagal (30 HP), lies sleeping in a tomb, placed under a spell by an ancient sorcerer. Dagobert, a scholar, hires you to recover a fictitious treasure from the tomb, hoping that Nagal will awake. | + | - A mighty pazuzu lord, Nagal (30 HP), lies sleeping in a tomb, placed under a spell by an ancient sorcerer. Dagobert, a scholar, hires you to recover a fictitious treasure from the tomb, hoping that Nagal will awake. |
| - | - Alstor, a friar, seeks absolution at a shrine at your destination. Alastor is a pazuzu, but the pilgrimage is real. He reveals himself only when danger threatens. | + | - Alstor, a friar, seeks absolution at a shrine at your destination. Alastor is a pazuzu, but the pilgrimage is real. He reveals himself only when danger threatens. |
| - | - Gui of Balham, a merchant, offers you a place in his caravan; then the murders begin. The pazuzu is one of Gui's hired guards, a veiled woman, Yolande. | + | - Gui of Balham, a merchant, offers you a place in his caravan; then the murders begin. The pazuzu is one of Gui's hired guards, a veiled woman, Yolande. |
| - | - A band of troubadours have a lion in a cage. A man is murdered, his son says he saw the lion do it, but the pazuzu is Guillaume, the fire-breather. | + | - A band of troubadours have a lion in a cage. A man is murdered, his son says he saw the lion do it, but the pazuzu is Guillaume, the fire-breather. |
| - | - An imperious lordling, Hoston, finely dressed and riding a palfrey, makes intolerable demands on the road. The real Hoston is dead, a pazuzu wears his skin. | + | - An imperious lordling, Hoston, finely dressed and riding a palfrey, makes intolerable demands on the road. The real Hoston is dead, a pazuzu wears his skin. \\ \\ |
| - | - Robelard leads a company of bandits, the Red Feather, who do not suspect that their leader is a pazuzu. Robelard claims one victim from each raid to ' | + | - Robelard leads a company of bandits, the Red Feather, who do not suspect that their leader is a pazuzu. Robelard claims one victim from each raid to ' |
| - | - A torch-wielding mob. They are convinced that one of your party is a pazuzu in disguise, and that burning you all is the way to prove it. | + | - A torch-wielding mob. They are convinced that one of your party is a pazuzu in disguise, and that burning you all is the way to prove it. \\ \\ |
| - | - In the midst of a storm, a woodcutter, Artois, stumbles across you. The old man is sick and grateful for your aid, and also a pazuzu looking for a victim. | + | - In the midst of a storm, a woodcutter, Artois, stumbles across you. The old man is sick and grateful for your aid, and also a pazuzu looking for a victim. |
| - | - Two young lovers, Helain and Adam, are eloping on the road with their angry families in pursuit. Helain is a pazuzu who intended to get Adam alone, and isn't ready to give up yet. | + | - Two young lovers, Helain and Adam, are eloping on the road with their angry families in pursuit. Helain is a pazuzu who intended to get Adam alone, and isn't ready to give up yet. \\ \\ |
| - Dame Cécile, a knight at arms on a grey mare, seeks a pazuzu who has murdered seven lone travellers along the road. She is full of fire and brimstone. Roll again to see who she hunts. | - Dame Cécile, a knight at arms on a grey mare, seeks a pazuzu who has murdered seven lone travellers along the road. She is full of fire and brimstone. Roll again to see who she hunts. | ||
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