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Grauschloss

A scenario for

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay

Inspired by the literary works of Mervyn Peake, H.P.

Lovecraft and Marquis de Sade

By Daniel Niklas J¾rgensen

Contact: Danielnjoergensen@hotmail.com

Banesupper@gmail.com

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WFRP: Grauschloss

Holy Father Eschenbach,

I write to you, for I know not what else to do. I am faced with an entity too formless to fight,

but too malevolent to respite against. But let me recount the full story: a year past, I was sent

to Almburg, an isolated community in the Grey Mountains, upon the request of the Count

Wilhelm von Lanecker. I welcomed the opportunity; to nurture the faith in Sigmar where it

is most needed, on the very rim of our great Empire. I imagined I could be not just an icon of

the Faith, but also a ward against undesirable foreign influence. Upon arrival, I found to my

satisfaction that the people of Almburg had forgotten neither their God nor Emperor, but I

found myself at unease nonetheless. Initially, I attributed the feeling to the change of climate

(the mountain air is quite different from that of lowlands), but my disquiet has but grown with

time.

Then there was the murder. A young peasant girl, no more than fifteen summers, was

gruesomely violated and slain by a stablehand, himself no more than eighteen. There seemed no

motivation for the killing, and the culprit did not attempt to hide, flee, not even to resist

arrestation. He was hanged but a few days later, under frightfully curious circumstances, for

while he showed no sign of fear or regret, he did spew forth words too heretical to be repeated

here; not in Reikspiel, but in the Classical tongue. I remind you, this was a man who had

never learned his letters. By Sigmar, I should have seen the signs then, but I did not. This

lies six months back, and since then, a dark shadow seems to have fallen on Almburg, a palpable

sense of evil that I cannot put into words. We have suffered a suicide, an accidental death due

to drunkenness, and just now, the heinous, unspeakable murder of a boy of ten, under

circumstances too grim to be put in writing. Of the killer, I can but repeat what I described of

the stablehand; the sudden bloody madness, the uninterest in his own fate, and the knowledge of

things that the man has never expressed knowledge of previously. Possession is the only

explanation I can find, and that is why I write you. I am truly at my witÔs end. The culprit is,

at my advice, kept under lock and key at the fastness Grauschloss, fiercely guarded, awaiting

either salvation or death. I implore you to assist me, lest I fear we all be consumed by this evil.

Yours in faith,

Brother Pieter Schtt

WFRP: Grauschloss

WFRP: Grauschloss

Ind e e x x

Page 4 : : Introduction

A brief history of Grauschloss and the basics of the scenario.

Page 5 : : The Grauschloss Ensemble

Descriptions and profiles of the essential NPCs of the scenario.

Page 8 : : The Deaths ; ; Truth & Lies

Background on the murders.

Page 9 : : Investigation ; ; Action & Consequence

The course of the scenario laid out; the PCsÓ choices and their outcomes.

Page 12 : : A Joining of Fates

Descriptions and profiles of the player characters.

Page 21 : : In Sickness and in Dreams

The nightly terrors of Grauschloss presented as handouts.

WFRP: Grauschloss

In t t r rodu c c t t i ion

The Grey Keep

High in the Grey Mountains, on the EmpireÓs very border,

stands a fortress. Grauschloss was erected to guard a pass

that has since been blocked by the raging of mountain

storms. Its purpose all but gone, it has become an isolated,

desolate place, with limited contact to the outside world.

And it is perhaps thus that its history has been forgotten.

Two hundred years past, Grauschloss bore witness to

unspeakable crimes committed in the worship of the great

Deceiver, the Chaos god Slaanesh. Orchestrated by four

influential men, the debauchery spanned four months and

claimed more than thirty lives. Despite this, the crimes

were never fully uncovered Î the Empire was in tumult

after the Great War against Chaos Î and each of the four

men walked away free.

The Scenar i iio

Grauschloss is a bleak, gothic scenario of investigation and

intrigue, ideally run as a stand-alone adventure with four

players. In it the players assume the roles of an

inquisitorial assembly heeding a call for help by the priest

Pieter Schtt, who rightly senses that something is terribly,

terribly wrong at the keep and in the nearby village of

Almburg. Their task is to investigate the murders that have

occurred there, discern truth from lies, and hopefully

uncover the dark truth of GrauschlossÓs history. The

central idea behind the scenario is not puzzle-solving,

however, but realising a sense of gothic horror that should

leave the players squirming in their seats, all the while

pushing them to roleplay their characters to the fullest.

Indeed, one of the greatest obstacles for the party may be

simply cooperating. For this purpose, four very different

PCs are included for use with the scenario. While you

could go with other characters, it is not recommended Î

the group is designed to play an integral part in

GrauschlossÓs plot.

And yet, each of them came to an abrupt end. Johannes

von Karlstein, a Sigmarite priest, was found drowned in a

vat of holy water. Markus Alderheim, a Nulner politician,

fell victim to a poisoned cognac, while Maximillian

Freisler, a judge, was found hanged in the same noose that

he had just sentenced a murderer to. Lastly, the count Otto

von Karlstein, elder brother of Johannes and ruler of

Grauschloss, vanished upon the same stormy night that

saw the pass to Bretonnia permanently blocked.

Depending on the attitude of your players, it may be a

good idea to stress that their primary goal should be to

roleplay their characters faithfully, not to act as efficiently

as possible. It is not uncommon for players to forsake their

charactersÓ personalities (or intellectual capabilities) when

faced with murder mysteries, attempting rather to crack

the case as surely and swiftly as possible. This is not what

the scenario is about, and it should be avoided at all costs.

Of the four, Otto von Karlstein was the only one to leave

behind a child, Katarina. She married a minor,

impoverished nobleman eager to claim the keep that was

her inheritance, though he died only a year later. The

widow soon after married a cousin of her own, regaining

the von Karlstein name. Both of them were later found to

be worshippers of dark powers, and burnt at the stake. A

son survived, though of which husband is uncertain. The

infant was stripped of every noble right, and was sent to be

reared at a monastery. The line survived, though only

barely, and its history remains tumultuous. A later

descendant proved himself as a great warrior and skilled

commander during the Warlord GromÓs invasion of the

Empire, and the noble name that had not been in use for

generations was returned to the family.

The Chron i iic l lle

A central part of GrauschlossÓs plot is the presence of an

account, the Quatre Mois dans le Service de Slaanesh,

detailing the events that unfolded at the keep. It was

written by the Bretonnian Duc dÓMpris, a notorious

heretic, author of countless banned works. The Order of

the Silver Hammer knows of this chronicle, though most

witch-hunters believe it lost or destroyed, and none know

of its contents. But even if such a fate has befallen the

original, at least one copy exists, and it is currently in the

possession of count Wilhelm von Lanecker, the new lord

of Grauschloss. As for its contents, this scenario remains

mercifully vague (sometimes the power of suggestion is

stronger than explicit detail), but an observant reader

should realise that it is readily available on the web.

Though the family history lost, the von Karlstein line

persists, and with it a guilt that transcends time and space.

And Grauschloss has not forgotten.

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Th e e G r rau s s c ch l lo s s s s En s s e emb l l e e

W i ii l llhe l llm von Lanecker

Race:

He did not, though. A decade past, he and a company of

knights were ordered to recapture a keep on the EmpireÓs

western border. Long since abandoned, it had become

home to a band of greenskins who were deemed too big of

a threat to ignored. Wilhelm suggested a plan to lure the

enemy out in the open where they would be easy prey,

and it ensured swift and sure victory. For his effort, he was

awarded the liberated keep, ensuring that no enemy could

shelter there again. It was, of course, a political decision; a

permanent garrison was needed at the keep, and Wilhelm

proved the perfect candidate to oversee the restoration, for

while its strategic importance is limited, ownership of the

fastness would nonetheless elevate him to a much higher

position in the hierarchy of the EmpireÓs nobility. This is

how Wilhelm von Lanecker came to be lord of

Grauschloss.

Career: Noble Lord (ex-Knight, ex-Squire)

Main Profil e

Main Profile

Fel

57% 38% 45% 48% 51% 49% 46% 37%

Secondary Profile

BS S T Ag

Ag Int

Int WP

WP Fel

Fel

Secondary Profile

A W SB

2 16 4 4 4 0 6 0

Skills:

SB TB

TB M Mag

Mag IP

IP FP

FFP

Skills: Academic Knowledge (Genealogy/Heraldry +10%,

History, Strategy/Tactics, Theology), Animal Care, Animal

Training, Charm, Command, Common Knowledge (the

Empire), Dodge Blow, Gossip, Perception, Read/Write,

Ride, Secret Language (Battle Tongue), Speak Language

(Breton, Classical, Reikspiel +10%)

Talents:

Talents: Etiquette, Lightning Reflexes, Public Speaking,

Sixth Sense, Specialist Weapon Group (Cavalry, Flail, Two-

handed), Strike Mighty Blow

Armour:

During the following three years he remained in Altdorf,

from where he arranged the reconstruction of the village

Almburg, on which the keep remains dependant. He

offered homes and livestock to peasants willing to populate

the heights, and soon enough life returned to Grauschloss.

The title of Count meant that many noblemen were

suddenly eager to offer him their daughterÓs hand, and

once heÓd settled for a bride, he and his wife relocated to

the keep. The future was looking bright for the young

nobleman, but not for long.

Armour: None

Armour Points:

Armour Points: Head 0, Arms 0, Body 0, Legs 0

Weapons:

Weapons: Best Craftsmenship Sword (Hand Weapon)

Trappings:

Trappings: Grauschloss keep, a copy of the Quatre Mois

dans le Service de Slaanesh

Apart from the noble name, Wilhelm von Lanecker was

not born with great privileges. The younger son of a minor

family, he was entitled to no

wealth or power worth

mentioning. HeÓd hoped to

become a priest, but his

father had different plans,

and at an early age he was

squired to a knight of the

Fiery Heart. Despite his

initial discomfort with the

situation, he did well, and

soon became a full-fledged

templar. It was in this

function that he first

encountered the forces of

Chaos, and a fierce hatred for

the ruinous powers soon hatched

within him. If things had played

out differently, he might have become

a witch-hunter.

A year later his wife died during childbirth, claiming also

the child. Wilhelm bore the loss with dignity, though he

became increasingly shut-in. Some would say he gave up

on the future, seeking solace instead with the past. At least

he took to studying it, pouring over old tomes at all hours

of day. And of such there were plenty at Grauschloss;

when the keep was restored, a cache of books were

found, having lain miraculously undisturbed for the

past two hundred years Î a virtual goldmine for any

historian. It was among these works that he eventually

came across a dusty old copy of the Quatre Mois dans

le Service de Slaanesh.

In perusing the text, Wilhelm found that his gift was

tainted, though it didnÓt surprise him. HeÓd sensed the

corruption for a long time, only now he knew the

cause. He swore to himself that he would never see

history repeat itself, not as long as he remained lord of the

grey keep. He has been subjecting his servants to strict

discipline and piety, though he fears it is not enough. He

wrote to the temple at Altdorf, asking for a priest to be sent

WFRP: Grauschloss

Race:

Race: Human

Career:

Main Profile

WWS

WS BS

BBS

AAg

Int

WWP

Secondary Profile

SSB

TTB

Mag

IIP

Skills:

Talents:

Armour:

Armour Points:

Weapons:

Trappings:

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