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The R ave nar

Sagas

A V i ki n g Th emed M on ogr a ph f or

Cth ul h u D ar k A ges

B y Os c ar Ri os

Table of Contents

The Ravenar Sagas, An Introduction…… page 1

Part One, The Unsung Saga………. page 13

Part Two, The Second Saga………. page 35

Part Three, The Vinland Saga……. page 52

The Ravenar Saga Rediscovered………… page 83

The White Mice Team

Art - Gibel Attridge

Editing- Mitzi Rios

Play testers- Joel Jackel, Eric Zeller, Walter & Gibel Attridge,

Phredd Groves, Terry Hope Romero, John Stavropoulos and scores of

Norsemen who’ve rolled dice with me at more gaming conventions then I

can remember. The Ravenar belongs to you all. As always, you guys rock!

A special thanks goes out to the fearless, curly haired berserker warrior

whose battle cry could stop charging Voormis in their tracks. So, to my

daughter Melanie, this one is for you my dark beauty.

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Published in February 2008. Printed in USA.

THE RAVENAR SAGAS

The Ravenar Sagas

By Oscar Rios

It ta k e s sh a rp wits to wa nd e r th ro u gh th e wo rld .

– Fro m th e Ha va m a l

Introduction – The Ravenar Sagas are a collection of three Cthulhu Dark Ages

scenarios spanning a thirteen-year period between 989AD and 1002AD. The Sagas take

place across Scandinavia and what will later be known as Nova Scotia. The scenarios are

called “The Ravenar Sagas” because players will be taking the roles of the crew of a

small Knorr (a Viking longship).

While pre-generated characters are provided keepers may allow players to create

their own. These characters will have many adventures during the Sagas, honing their

skills as they face countless challenges. Investigator’s skills may well increase from

scenario to scenario; Status and the character’s ages definitely will. Investigators will be

sailing dangerous waters and battling deadly adversaries, some may not survive.

Provisions are written in to allow “replacement” crew to be recruited between voyages

(see below).

The Havamal - First recorded from the oral tradition around 1200 AD by Icelandic

historian Snorri Sturluson, The Havamal is a collection of Old Norse poems. These short

poetic verses, said to be handed down from Odin himself, gives us a window into the life,

values and warrior traditions of Scandinavian culture during “The Viking Age” (790 –

1070 AD). It is part of a larger collection of pre-Christian lore called The Poetic Edda,

which includes many stories from Norse Mythology. Pieces of The Hamvamal are

sprinkled throughout this book, as well as other, more modern works where appropriate.

The Vikings People – During the Viking Age no one, not the Scandinavian peoples

themselves or rest of world, used the term Viking. Scandinavia was without a central

ruler, a patchwork of small semi-independent kingdoms long before the formation of

countries like Norway, Sweden or Denmark. Outsiders referred to these northern

seafaring peoples by many different names. The Irish called them Gaill (Foreigners), the

Slaves and Greeks called them Rus, the Arabs called them Majus, the Anglo-Saxons

called them Danes and the Franks called them Normanni (Northmen). Of all these varied

names Northmen is the term used through this book when referring to native

Scandinavian peoples during The Viking Era.

The Saga of the Ravenar- The sagas of the Ravenar are three adventures that take

place in Norway, Iceland, Greenland and Vinland, between the years 989 AD and 1002

AD. The scenarios began with “The Unsung Saga”, a short high action demo posted on

the Chaosium Missionary website just after the release of Cthulhu Dark Ages. The

following scenarios kept to the theme of high action horror. Players expecting to read

ancient tomes in monastery libraries while carefully unraveling a mystery are in for a

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