Hi All,
My players are terrified of Dragonewts. This is for several reasons.
- They nearly never encounter them - seven 'encounters' in fourteen years
of roleplaying.
- The majority of their interactions are mysterious and terrifying, often
resulting in section of lost memory,
abnormal marks on bodies appearing overnight, strange lights, people
vanishing and characters gaining new abilites thanks to these
characters. Think Grey abductions, X-Files etc.
- My players know nothing about Dragonewts, what they think they know is
wrong, I perpetuate the myth.
- When the party have thought they have met Dragonewts that they can
understand then they soon discover that they were not Dragonewts.
Some campaign notes.
The Saga of the Ranhardi.
- The Clan settled in Dragon Pass in 1335 ST. Willem the Clan champion,
and proud Orlanthi performs
the Orlanth and Aroka heroquest. To do so he steals a klanth from a
dragonewt and kills it, he then declares the reptile to be Aroka's
kin. The Heroquest is a failure, the champions path is interupted by
a quester from Dara Happa calling himself Daga. The clan suffers severe
drought. The chieftain declares that it is because Willem murdered
the Dragonewt. Several seasons later Willem is slain by the
dragonewt, who has been reborn. The clan (players) realise that the
creature has advanced. They begin to believe that the dragonewt slew
Willem to assist the him to develope to his next stage of life, of
course Willem does not.
- Many years later Sigwulf a Humakti and Kassi a Vingan are travelling
north towards Alda Chur carrying messages from their chieftan. At
Isle Dangerous they interupt a Dragonewt ceremony. They had been
warned that they scaly ones were abroad, hunting humans. Sigwulf foolishly
interupts the ceremony and disappears, Kassi flees but not before her
red hair turns green and Vinga refuses to listen to her prayers.
During the Sacred Time rituals Sigwulf returns to the clan Tula. He had
lost an eye, in fact it appeared that he had never owned one. He
could remember nothing of the last three seasons. The clan had
declared him dead and the Housecarls tried to slay him as an undead, only
stopping when their Turn Undead failed.
- Several clan members travel to Prax. While in the service of Duke Raus
they encounter newtlings, who they insist are dragon spawn and refuse
to fight. It is not until forced by clan honour do they make an
assualt upon the Five Eyes Temple. All apart from a the youngest brother
die. Eloran returns to the clan tula in Sartar, his tales reinforce
earlier myths.
- Fyfyr an adopted member of the Ranhardi clan encounters an eastern man
who has walked across the great wastes searching for the Dragon of
the Sun. He claims to be able to talk to dragons. The Pavis branch of
the clan initially refuses aid to the strange man. However the easterner
uses his magic to summon and drive off a dragon. The clan aid the
easterner to enter the Old Sundome and gain great magical
knowledge, their only opponent is a solitary dragonewt who does not speak.
When they return to Pavis they discover that the Yelmalions have
burned down their houses, a great feud begins. The Easterner then
convinces the clan warriors to go to the Five Eyes temple, many refuse
those that do not
are severly beaten by the Newtling with Draconic allies. Dinas the
Pavis clan champion disappears and his name does not appear on
Humakt's death rolls. The clan vows never to approach, attack or assist a
draconic servant again.
Cheers Simon Bray.
End of The Glorantha Digest V5 #669