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+ | In the time of the Raven King, the Mad City is divided into Quarters, and each Quarter is Ruled by a major Nightmare and its various lieutenants and minions. The following section describes each region and details those who might be encountered there, their suggested Pain ratings, and any special talents or attributes they might have. | ||
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+ | The Raven King confines himself to no Quarter. The whole of the Mad City is his domain, and he rules it with a ruthless passivity that is unfathomable. At a distance, the Raven King is seen as the silhouette of a tall, gaunt man swathed in robes of blackness and starlight, and from the vast cowl of his vestments the silhouette of a great black beak can be seen jutting forth. Until he approaches or allows himself to be approached. At that point the great black beak will pull away, revealing itself to be the dripping blade of a great scythe in scarred bone hands, his revealed face a bare human skull, bleached white within the black robes, with venomous green flames flickering in the empty eye sockets. | ||
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+ | Only from his throne in the Black Keep does he wear his full Raven visage where all can see. The gaunt fingers that clutch the arms of that throne are covered in black feathers and end in vicious black talons. | ||
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+ | The Raven King only rarely approaches or allows the approach of the Awakened, and he never speaks with them directly. It is said his very voice is death to mortal ears [Pain 15]. Instead he watches from afar, interacting only through his lieutenants and minions. If pressed, the Raven King can open portals anywhere within the Mad City that open at any other location(s) he chooses within the Mad City [Pain 15 to force a creature into the portal unwilling]. | ||
=The Raven King's Court= | =The Raven King's Court= |
Revision as of 12:37, 11 January 2017
In the time of the Raven King, the Mad City is divided into Quarters, and each Quarter is Ruled by a major Nightmare and its various lieutenants and minions. The following section describes each region and details those who might be encountered there, their suggested Pain ratings, and any special talents or attributes they might have.
Contents
- 1 The Raven King
- 2 The Raven King's Court
- 3 Quarter: Paradox Square
- 4 Nightmares: Paradox Square
- 5 The Bizarre Bazaar
- 6 Quarter: Rattown Wharf
- 7 Nightmares: Rattown Wharf
- 8 Treacher's Deep
- 9 Quarter: The Canals
- 10 Nighmares: The Canals
- 11 Quarter: The Hammerwall
- 12 Nightmares: The Hammerwall
- 13 Quarter: Guardians of the Deep
- 14 Nightmares: Guardians of the Deep
- 15 Quarter: The Labyrinth and The Catacombs
- 16 Nightmares: The Labyrinth and The Catacombs
- 17 The Thirteenth Hour [pp 49]
- 18 RETURN TO MAIN PAGE
The Raven King
The Raven King confines himself to no Quarter. The whole of the Mad City is his domain, and he rules it with a ruthless passivity that is unfathomable. At a distance, the Raven King is seen as the silhouette of a tall, gaunt man swathed in robes of blackness and starlight, and from the vast cowl of his vestments the silhouette of a great black beak can be seen jutting forth. Until he approaches or allows himself to be approached. At that point the great black beak will pull away, revealing itself to be the dripping blade of a great scythe in scarred bone hands, his revealed face a bare human skull, bleached white within the black robes, with venomous green flames flickering in the empty eye sockets.
Only from his throne in the Black Keep does he wear his full Raven visage where all can see. The gaunt fingers that clutch the arms of that throne are covered in black feathers and end in vicious black talons.
The Raven King only rarely approaches or allows the approach of the Awakened, and he never speaks with them directly. It is said his very voice is death to mortal ears [Pain 15]. Instead he watches from afar, interacting only through his lieutenants and minions. If pressed, the Raven King can open portals anywhere within the Mad City that open at any other location(s) he chooses within the Mad City [Pain 15 to force a creature into the portal unwilling].