Revenant

You are all normal people, a little dull but life doesn’t seem to be a risk for does who do not go
out of their way to make waves. Even so you suddenly see a dead body at your feet and what’s worse is
that its your own. Several people are standing in the exact position and though you can interact with
them, it is impossible to interact with the rest of the world. You are a spirit. You have defied death from
sheer will and now you have to solve the most important murder ever, your own. Why were you killed?
Who killed you? What can you do? As you find you now have the power to possess the living and take
control of them, you gain their power and knowledge using it in place of your own. Will you solve your
murder and gain your vengance?

Notes
 You try to touch your body
o They say the spirits of the dead cannot touch the real world
 When you touch each other
o The dead are often in another realm, close to ours but only a reflection
 When you possess a body
o Spirits may take control of a body until it leaves or though exorcism
 The first rays of the sun
o You feel your ghostly body burn slightly under the rays of the sun, even in this body
there is discomfort. You wonder what would happen should you not be in a body when
the sun is out and quickly decide not to test it.
 Strange symbol
o On your otherwise unmarked dead body is a strange symbol, though roughly in the
shape of a key it is curved in somewhat bulbous dimensions making it look far too
sinister to.
Antagonists
 The Cult of the Tawil at' Umr
o Worshipers of the Outsider whom is said to be one of the Ancient Ones, among other
titles and various names. It is most commonly seen as a gatekeeper of sorts.
 Devotees of the Raven Queen
o Many believe the undead a blasphemy of their Goddesses teachings while the kindest
seek to banish you out of misguided kindness. Their ranks number clerics and paladins
who would destroy you and have the means to do so.
 Specters
o The undead who like you who have joined the Cult or use their power for selfish
reasons. There are also ghosts who endanger you through their own recklessness.
Allies
 The Followers of the Elder Gods
o Rivals to those who worship the Outer gods they are the enemy of your enemy.
 Revenants
o People like you who seek to revenge themselves upon the cult
Campaign Line
 Find the symbol
o Search for people who might recognize it
o Trapped by the Axe Gang
 They fight till bloodied or someone is killed then run
 Leader fights to the death
o Search for their hideout
 Destroy their organization
o Fight the leader
 Is about to tell the truth when he is killed
o Ambush by cultist
 They fight to the death but their bodies hold clues
o Search for their temple
 Find the Temple of The Most Ancient and Prolonged of Life
o Clear though the cultists
o Find the leader
 Lose the leader through a portal
 Search for the site the portal leads to
o Learn of the city across the sea
o Find the cost
 Mercenary Work
 Thievery
 Exploration
o Find a way across the ocean
 City across the sea
o Find the site
o Search for the cultist
o Find the cult
 Temple of The Opener of the Way
o Clear though the cultists
o Find the leader
 Defeat the leader
o Learn of the cults plans
 Search for the Seven other High Priests
o Search for the priests
 Doctor
 Executioner
o Fight the Priest
o Stall the summoning
 Meet the Lurker at the Threshold
o Meet the Ancient One
o Beat the Ancient One
o Sit back and learn that that was the first and weakest of the Outer Gods and perhaps
only the first to successfully enter our world, though not the last.
Key NPC
 The Eight Cultists of Yog-Sothoth
o Howard Philips (Human/Wizard)
 Head Priest of the C’tull Cult
 Chief of the High Priests a madman turned ghost writer of the ancient entity
that was Yog-Sothoth. His day job is a doctor though he often chooses patients
whom he will poison over a period of time before killing.
o Victor Voucher (Tiefling/Warlock)
 Spirit Caller for the Brotherhood of Gatekeepers
 A man who sought power over the dead and started the characters on their
path to revenge. He always puts all his time into his cults and often will leave
them to build another in other cities.
o Joseph Cordwen (Elf/Cleric)
 Antipope for the Church of the Beyond
 Once a shipping entrepreneur he sought power through alchemy only to turn to
necromancy and mass-murderer. The elf was thought to be dead up to this day.
o Augustine Berlet (Halfling/Paladin)
 High Judge of the Esoteric Order of Darkan
 A fallen holy warrior she turned her sorrow and hatred into fueling her efforts to
kill her former God or at the very least destroy the world by summoning the
Ancient One. He currently works as an executioner for a jail.
o Marshall Riden(Dragonborn/Rogue)
 Leader of the Slasher Gang
 The son of a watchmaker, but always felt that he was special and deserved more
in life. He shed all connections to his former life when he began receiving visions
from the Far Realm. He has since gathered like minds to his cause.
o Weis Hickman the Half (Half Elf/Fighter)
 Warrior Priest of the Corazados Cult
 Spurned by both human and elf society hir race as well as differences. Shi
turned hir efforts into punishing the all through hir cult. Hir worship of the
Outsider comes from hir own alienation and search for power.
o Andria Hays (Eladrin/Ranger)
 Crone of the Rye’lae Band
 While it seems as if the city is ruled by the mayor most know that Andria’s Band
of warriors are the true power over the populace. Though enough investigation
will lead to the truth and a shorter life.
o Bruce Nettlesmith (Dwarven/Warlord)
 Major General of the Abomwie Army
 The Mercenary leader who turned to the darkest arts to prolong his life and
continue his endless slaughter, he worships the Outer God out of respect and
kills in its name.
 Order of Saint Merrin
o William Batly (Tiefling/Wizard)
 Officer
 Official Scribe for the orders history he had always worshiped though only took
to the calling after finishing his education in magic. His specialty is the study of
necromancers and their rites.
o Regina MacNeil (Dwarf/Fighter)
 Commander
 Survivor of a revenants possession she took up the mantle to make no others
suffer as she did. What she lacks in divine prowess she makes up for in martial
skill and training.
o Roland Croc (Half Orc/Paladin)
 Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Merrin
 Always seen as a half breed and never truly accepted he took to the church late
in life though has been vigilant warrior for the church since his acceptance into
the priesthood.
 Roland resembles an aged misshapen man with small tusks and thickly braided
hair white as snow contrasting his tanned skin.
 “It does not matter who or why you are doing this, no one is allowed to change
fate, and I am here to punish your hubris”
 “Did you ask permission of the body you are using? I thought not, your kind
always works on emotion and does not stop to think”
o Karras Damien (Dragonborn/Rogue)
 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Merrin
 Former archeologist and trained exorcist he came across many undead in his
search for history and lost many friends. His training has been that of necessity
but turned to passion late in life.
o Jeremy David (Human/Cleric)
 Pastor of the Raven Queen
 Loved by all and respected by many followers of other faiths Pastor David
preaches that death is inevitable but should not be feared. He joined the Order
out of mercy to the undead whom he sees as suffering shades of their former
selves.
 “She will give what no other God or Goddess dare, unconditional mercy”
 Specters
o Bret Boone (Dwarf)
 A serial killer who could not be stopped by death. He favors large men and large
hammers. Prior to his death he was a stone cutter who had a mean streak that
got him in trouble plenty of times
o Lazar Burdon (Human)
 A woodcutter who was born with white skin and hair, he was taunted and
cursed for his appearance. When cruelly rejected in his early adult hood, he
dismembered the girl with his axe and continued to murder others till caught.
o Henry McCoy (Half Elf)
 A young boy who was eternally sick he died while under the treatment of a
cultist masquerading as a doctor. He jumps from body to body without any care
of how he effects the person. His pranks lead from simple to sinister at times.
o Baron Weisslund (Elf)
 A former ruler cruel and malevolent to his people he takes control of leaders
and subverts his own dictatorship until disposed. He greatly fears his own dead
and often will jump bodies within the first sign of trouble.
o Jack Alan Hide (Dragonborn)
 Demented spirit who has lost much of his reasoning he takes on bodies and
discards them only to keep a reflection of the past memories. He servers under
the cult of Yog-Sothoth mindlessly.
o Captain Haite (Eladrin)
 Former pirate turned cursed specter, he follows the cult in hopes of being
returned to an his own body which he preserved in ice. Though as of yet no
cultist has been able to resurrect another he serves for now, he has time.
o Yukon Aleph (Halfling)
 Trained Shaman and follower of Yog-Sothoth he sees his now form as reward for
faithfully serving his God. Though he cannot fully control his cult as he once did,
he rides other practitioners in displays of faith.
o Geist (Tiefling)
 Unaligned spirit that does not ally himself with any faction he tricks others into
his own benefit. While he would not benefit from the cult of Yog-Sothoth he
also does not see any profit from fighting the cult.
 Revenants
o Cassandra Slats (Human)
 Former victim of the Cult she travels across the land searching for revenge. She
is aided by the hulking form of Drake a dragonborn whom willingly submits to
her possession. Though the two are a pair they do not like to work with others.
o Brother Grin (Dwarf)
 Killed by his attempt to uncover the Cult of Yog-Sothoth he has since returned
and took possession of a cultist to revenge himself. Mindful of his faith he still
attends church and tries to pass himself off in the form of the Tiefling he holds.
o Douglas Nales (Halfling)
 While timid and caring he followed his tribe up to his sacrifice. Now he wants
only to stop any others from suffering and took the body of a moon maddened
shifter to do so.
o Dollhouse (Tiefling)
 While the simple creature known as Dollhouse seems to have been created
from a number of dead souls and, as such, has no memory of his past. Since he
has become a fairly tale avenger taking bodies only to leave just as mysteriously.
o Derkomai Meshach (Dragonborn)
 Faithful servant to his lord he is the eldest known Revenant around and He
seeks vengeance against the Cult for killing his master through those foolish
enough to try to steal his ancestral sword he haunts.
o Eric Minch (Half Elf)
 An unfortunate scholar who came upon one of the rites of Yog-Sothoth he
accidently turned himself into a Revenant. Since then he has become the source
for information on the Cult and its movements.
 Elder God Cultists
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