Chateau of Blood

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The PCs:

ANTON BERRUDCZECK. He is clever, cowardly, sly, fat, and ugly. He loves his belly more than any human being, although he dotes on the memory ofhis deceased mother. Anton is a merchant traveling on urgent business-a bank bill that he must present within the week at Karlensburg, before news reaches the capital that the bank has crashed. He has brought with him his pupil in trade, his distant cousin Yurik, whom he considers foppish and over-educated. Cooking and wine are dreadful in provincial Karlellstein. Berrudczeck has with him a case of good red wine and a sackful of garlic, in the hope of making his stay tolerable.

ANTON BERRUDCZECK, Age 45, Shady Merchant STR 14 DEX 10 CON 14 SIZ 15 APP 6 EDU 8 Damage Bonus: +104. INT 16 SAN 70 Weapon: Blackjack 45%, damage 106 +db POW 14 HP 15

Chloral Hydrate (Knock·Out Drops), two doses POT 17, damage unconsciousness In 1 D3 minutes

Skills: Accounting 60%, Bargain 80%, Credit Rating 30%, Fast Talk 75%, French 30%, German 55%, Hide 20%, Law 25%, Usten 45%, Lock Smith 40%, Psychology 45%, Serbian 45%, Sneak 45%, Spot Hidden 65%.

Quote: 'I like to bargaln about everything'

Miss BELINDA CHADAVER. She is a modest, innocent English girl, not 100 clever, pretty and fashionably dressed. She longs for a girl chum, someone to confide in, like the ones she left at her dear boarding school. While not mercenary, she believes that her chance for success in this world depends on an advantageous marriage. She travels with Mama to the town of Karlensburg, where Papa has accepted a minor diplomatic position.

BELINDA, Age 18, Dutiful Daughter

STR 10 CON 14 SIZ 10 INT 11 POW 11 DEX 12 APP 14 EDU 12 SAN 55 HP12 Damage Bonus: O. Weapons: Hat Pin 55%, damage 1 03 fingernails 45%, damage 102

Skllls: ACCOUnting 10%, Art (Sing) 40%, Art (Watercolor) 25%, Botany 25%, Dodge 30%, Fast Talk 45%, French 45%, Hide 35%, Natural History 30%, Obey Mama 75%, Ride 40%.

Quote: 'Yes, ma-mah'

Mrs. BEATRICE CHADAVER. She is a formidable English matron, genuinely fond of her daughter, Belinda, but also is vain, hypocritical, and without good taste, as her overly-beribboned clothing, and ostentatious jewelry betray. Chief amongst the jewelry is a heavy silver chain and crucifix fashionable this season in Sl Moritz. She lw; two things on her mind. The fust is an advantageous marriage for Belinda, and secondly the forthcoming meeting with her husband in Karlensburg, whose small salary cannot support her current level of income. BEATRICE CHADAVER, Age 37, English Matron STR10 CON 16 SIZ15 INT10 POW 10 DEX 13 APP 8 EDU 12 SAN 50 HP 16 Damage Bonus: 104. Weapons: Hammer With Silver Crucifix 35%, damage 104 Fingernails 45%, damage 1 02 Skills: Art (Plano) 40%, Art (Sing) 10%, Bargain 55%, Credit Rating 45%, Dodge 35%. Envy 90%, Fast Talk 65%, French 20%, Hide 15%. Persuade 20%, Psychology 45%, Sing 10%, Sneak 60%. Quote: 'That Is hopelessly out of fashion.'

~IPE d'ISIGNY, Baron. He is handsome, charming, and melancholy. He is sadly reduced in circumstances, his ancestral lands lost in the Revolution, his inheritance squandered by his father, his own earnings spent to pay numerous debts of honor after his father's suicide. He is traveling to take up a position as secretary to the French ambassador. Chateau Of Blood 37 This duchy is an outpost of civilization. The journey lw; been rough, the food dreadful, and the company lacking all flair-an ignorant English woman and her immature daughter (to whom his code of honor demands that he attend), a boorish merchant, and the merchant's commoner pupil. Phillipe longs for gentle company. PHILLIPE d'lSIGNY, Age 24, Penniless Nobleman STR12 CON 11 SIZ13 INT14 POW 13 DEX 14 APP 16 EDU 18 SAN 65 HP 12 Damage Bonus: +104. Weapons: Dueling Pistol 35%, damage 106+1 Sabre 55%, damage 108 Skills: Art (Oratory) 60%, Art (Schubert Ueder) 35%, Astronomy 30"10, Code 01 Honor 90%, Credit Rating 40%, Dodge 40%, Fast Talk 40%, French 70%, German 40%, Hide 35%, History 40%, latin 35%, Ubrary Use 50%, Ustsn 45%, Occult 25%, Persuade 50%, Psychology 40%, Ride 60%, Spot Hidden 50%. Quote: 'Some day I will restore my fortunes.'

E DROZOPCZECH. This youth is plain, determined, intelligent and scrupulously honest, although extremely poor. He has been taken into trade by a distant relative, Anton Berrudczeck, for whom he intends to work hard, although he has had already occasion to note the other's shoddy business practices. He informs his cousin whenever he spots opportunity for innovation or expansion in the business. YURIK DROZOPCZECH, Age 18, Idealistic Clerk STR 15 CON 14 SIZ 14 INT15 POW 9 DEX 14 APP 11 EDU 12 SAN 45 HP14 Damage Bonus: +104. Weapon: Club 45%, damage 108 +db Skills: Acx:ountlng 40%, Art (Oratory) 35%, Bargain 40%, Climb 65%, Credit Rating 35%, EngUsh 25%, Arst Aid 35%, French 20%, German 40%, Hide 40%, Usten 45%, PoBsh 75%, Serbian 15%, Spot Hidden 65%, Throw 55%, Track 55%. Quots: 'For why do we have ali these forks, Uncle?'