Connects to: 19.05 and the Kingswood.
Aggoth is a small town with hardened, dour residents. They begrudgingly provide beds and gruel for travellers, but insist that the cast-iron shutters that secure every window remain tightly closed during the night.
It seems like every other week the village performs a ritual of cosmic significance. The residents gather in the eastmost field and burn a wicker man, or wear antlers and leap over a great fire, or celebrate the coming of age of their daughters by having them dance around a lonely tree that grows just outside the edge of the Kingswood.
The villagers insist that these rituals placate the fey of the Kingswood. Certainly, during the rituals you can see amber eyes reflected in the Kingswood. Watching—or waiting.
Connection:
- Due to the Kingswood being located a ways to the east, the rituals are carried out along the Sowing Path (19.05).
Hooks:
- Are the rituals truly necessary, and do they ward off what they are supposed to ward off?
- Do the people of Aggoth know anything about the disappearance of the lamppost?
- What is the significance of each of the three rituals described?
- What is the relationship of the Aggothians to the Verlimes and the Furhoofs?
