Welcome to our home-brewed Old School Essentials campaign set in the green, foreboding, forested land of Cymraeth…
Cymraeth is a dark and sparsely-populated land of distrustful princes, treacherous warlords, impregnable castles, mysterious witches, and zealous priests. Here, superstitious peasants band together for safety from forces seen and unseen. Here, parents warn their children of the wicked, cultish Drune, the terrifying Cold Prince of Fairy, and the vengeful, scourging One True God of civilization. Here, also lie ancient ruins of the once-all-conquering Rymaic Empire, and the vast, fae-touched forest of Dolmenwood. Here, controlling religion mingles with the folkish veneration of nature spirits, and the fear of horrific demons! Here, mages toil in secret to uncover the arcane secrets that came more easily to their forbears.
Our story starts in the small, rural, temple town of Ragged Hollow on the eve of the annual Halloo, when young people leave the town to explore new places, and sow their wild oats, before settling down into the role life has determined for their station. Our party feasted, and sang, and said their goodbyes, and were prepared to head out on their adventures, when things began to go very, very wrong…