Connects to: There is one island in the midst of the River of Crystal Waters that both the local fishermen and the bargemen that carry the trade of Thring up and down the river avoid and name it haunted. It is no such thing, although the locals have seen strange shifting shapes, they are merely those of displacer beasts (on the north end of the island) and blink dogs (to the south) acting out their ancient rivalry.
Connection
Hooks
- Is this where Bolgarus Bolger (30.15) got his blink dogs?
- Why are these beasts here?
Small Waters
This is a tiny fishing village of a mere dozen families that lies near the northern borders of hex 16.15. There is not much of note in this small village except for one family known as the Villards who make a foul rotgut from spoiled potatoes flavored with dried fishtails. Despite its unpleasant taste, it is quite popular with the bargemen who ply the river and who have a low opinion of anyone who can’t quaff it by the cup.
Unbeknownst to the rest of the village, the Villards have recently been replaced by a circle of doppelgangers that are still carrying out the last orders of their long-dead creator, for they are incapable of doing anything else.
As part of this they have been depositing doppelganger young in their booze. These young are small colorless blobs that, when drunk, attach themselves to the stomach of their drinkers and slowly grow, hollowing out their host from within.
Hooks
- Where are the bodies of the real Villards?
- Who created the doppleganger and what was the last order that he/she/it gave them? What are they doing to carry it out?
- Who has a doppleganger growing inside of them?
