Echo From the Past Gunilla Jonson & Michael Peterssen
This is the end, beautiful friend; This is the end, my only friend, the end of our elaborate plans, the end of everything that stands, the end no safety or surprise, the end I'll never loo into your eyes, again !an you picture "hat "ill be so limitless and free; desperately in need of some stranger's hand, in a desperate land #ost, in a $oman "ilderness of pain; and all the children are insane; "aiting for the summer rain The iller a"oe before da"n he too his boots on he too a face from the ancient gallery, and he "aled do"n the hall %e "ent into the room, "here his sister lived, then he paid a visit to his brother then he "aled do"n the hall"ay nd he came to a door and he looed inside; ather (es son ) I "ant to ill you* Mother, I "ant to*** This is the end, beautiful friend This is the end, my only friend It hurts to set you free, but you'll never follo" me; The end of laughter and soft lies; The end of nights "e tried to die; This is the end* + Jim Morrison -./
(ou are sitting in the sub"ay on your "ay home late one night* The coach is half empty* In the gasping light, three men sitting opposite of you seem vaguely familiar* They are looing at you in the same "ay, as if they are searching their memories for recognition* (ou are cold and feel uneasy* 0omething horrible is going to happen*** n 1cho rom the Past is a linear adventure, "here the players are guided from one episode to another* 1PI0231 0T$4!T4$1 The adventure is divided into a number of episodes* 1very episode contains an event, the people the players might meet, information they can find and places they can visit* 3uring an episode the players can dra" conclusions about themselves and their past* 5hen they do this, they "ill receive some information about themselves* (ou "ill give them the information that are described in Memory 6otes +7* It is stated "hen to do so* The characters "ill also receive special po"ers and abilities "hen the dar Messiah ills his victims* ollo" the timetable as regarding day, victim and effect on the characters* 8!9G$2463 5e are all imprisoned in a deteriorating illusion* 5e dare not face reality, but loo a"ay "hen the illusions brea and the truth is revealed* mong us "als guardians, #ictors, "ho tries to eep us in the illusion* 8ut there are also those "ho "ant to brea do"n the "alls and sho" us the truth* 2ne of those is the dar Messiah* %e has "aled a long time on 1arth, under many different names* T"o thousand years ago he "as crucified as Jesus !hrist in an attempt to free the human mind* 8ut his sacrifice "as misunderstood and "as used by the #ictors "hen they created a cult and a church around his persona* In rage and disgust over the #ictors distortion of his message, the dar Messiah retired and "aled nameless for a long time among the humans* 3uring the :th century he came for"ard again* 3uring the .'s he called himself Jim Morrison and preached the apocalypse and the do"nfall of the illusion* 2nce again he retired after a fe" years and carefully prepared a plan that "as based on his preaching : years ago and his close connection "ith the 3emiurge, the God that disappeared "hen "e entered the modern era* In the -'s he appears again, this time "ith name Michel gneau* This time he "ill not let himself be stopped* %e "ill start the plan long in "aiting, the one that John called the pocalypse + the end of the "orld* rom the remains of the destruction, the dar Messiah believes that the "aened man "ill rise* The plan is simple* 8y breaing the seven seals that the 3emiurge used "hen he created our prison, the Messiah can free man* 5e call it
gneau starts to brea the seals, the four riders inside the characters a"aens and their memories slo"ly returns* They "ill finally be forced to chose bet"een helping the dar Messiah or the #ictors, bet"een destruction or prison* or every seal the dar Messiah destroys, the characters "ill receive certain po"ers and abilities* They "ill also remember more of their past and "ho they really are* or every seal that is illed, a disaster "ill tae place in the country from "hich he came and is bound to* The illusion "ill crac slightly, but it is interpreted by the survivors as an usual disasters, such as earth=uaes and hurricanes* 0(62P0I0 The adventure starts in 0tocholm's sub"ay* The characters are then taen to Paris and then to the >atican in $ome to solve the mystery* The dar Messiah "ill brea the first seal by ritually ill and sin Maluth's #ictor, atican to stop the threat* They decide to turn the four riders ?the characters@ against the Messiah and to try and ill the body he is presently "earing* more final solution can be arranged later* bloated #ictor "ill contact the characters in Paris* It "ill threaten them and supply them "ith false information* The meaning is that they "ill be driven to serve the church* If they refuse, the #ictor "ill attac them and they "ill have trouble* 0ome of the seven ?no" five@ #ictors "ill decide that it's better to be safe than sorry and "ill try to ill the characters to prevent that they even get a chance to help the dar Messiah* In Paris the characters "ill find that Jim Morrison is alive* %e seems to be illing priests "ith high positions "ithin the catholic church* The characters finds out that he has gone to the >atican* illed "ith bad foreboding, the characters travels there* Mean"hile, the dar Messiah is happy in the >atican* %is enemies have reacted
8elo" is the order in "hich the Messiah "ill ill the seven seals, "hat effect it has on the nature and on the characters* The nature disasters "ill be gaining more and more publicity as the days pass, and the spectacular illings "ill be getting full coverage in the media* :/ 2ctober >ictimC dolfo Montserrat, cardinal from 8oston, 40 PlaceC The Great !hurch, 0tocholm, 0"eden 3isasterC %eavy fog over 6e" 1ngland, floods, several ships goes under on the sea 1ffect on the charactersC 1nhanced senses :D 2ctober >ictimC Michail 3oprecsi, cardinal from 9rao", Poland PlaceC 6otre 3ame, Paris, rance 3isasterC 1arth=uae in 9rao" 1ffect on the charactersC $egeneration :- 2ctober >ictimC #iguro 1Amect, cardinal from IAmir, Turey PlaceC 0anta Maria Maggiore, $ome, Italy 3isasterC The sun turns crimson over Turey 1ffect on the charactersC 0tamina E 2ctober >ictimC $ico rmando, cardinal from 8arcelona, 0pain PlaceC 0anta Maria in Trastevere, $ome, Italy 3isasterC The moon turns blac over the Mediterranean 1ffect on the charactersC F in t"o sills E 2ctober >ictimC ernando PiAariola, cardinal from #ima, Peru PlaceC 0t Georgio in >elabro, $ome, Italy 3isasterC Meteorsho"er over the ndes 1ffect on the charactersC F on one characteristic, reaction 6ovember >ictimC rmando sapandreous, cardinal from !yprus, Greece PlaceC 0anta Maria di nima, $ome, Italy 3isasterC !yprus "ill be move nautical miles "est, a huge tidal "ave in the east of Mediterranean 1ffect on the charactersC 0pea all languages F !ommanding >oice : 6ovember >ictimC The Pope PlaceC 0t* Peters church, $ome, Italy 3isasterC The pocalypse 1ffect on the charactersC "aening, divinity T%1 I$0T 1PI0231 PlaceC 0tocholm's sub"ay TimeC :/th 2ctober, midnight Tell the follo"ing to the playersC (ou are seated in the sub"ay to"ards 9ing's Garden in 0tocholm* 6one of you no" anyone else in the coach* (ou don't no" each other, but there is something vaguely familiar "ith the three men neBt to and opposite you* (ou recogniAe them, but you can't recall from "here*
The train speeds up* (ou pass by a station* People start to tal loudly in the coach* They seem distraught* 5as it the !entral you passed) (ou never managed to read the signs* The train continues for a fe" minutes* 0uddenly the light goes out* The train comes to sudden halt and you are thro"n for"ard* The braes screams* (ou can hear people cursing and shouting, doors opening* scream* Then another one* Terrible screams of pain* 0omething "arm and moist splashes up in your face, salty, blood* Thumps are heard all around you* The screams ends* red emergency light turns on in the ceiling* (ou are standing in the middle of the coach* The floor is covered in blood* round you in a ring are heads, ten+t"enty heads from everyone else in the "agon* The dismembered bodies are lunged in the middle+ aisle and on the seats* 8ig, blood+drenched shapes slo"ly rises "ith bo"ed heads* There are four of them, "ith long heads, eBposed muscles and bulging, blac eyes* $aAor sharp teeth are glimpsing in their mouth* They are crouched on all four, as if they are prepared to
themselves* The episode ends "hen they leave the sub"ay or are released by the police* They have such contacts that they "ill not have to face a
unno"n beast* There are no clues of the perpetrators and no forensic evidence has been able to help the investigation* The case seems hopeless* T%1 31T% 2 T%1 I$0T 01# The police can also tell about the murder of an catholic cardinal, dolfo Montserrat, that too place during the night* %is naed, sinned body "as found hanging upside do"n on the altar "all in The Great !hurch in 0tocholm* %e "as sinned alive after having been hanged against the "all* successful 2ccult "ill tell the characters that it has an obvious occult meaning* It is an old !hristian form for sacrifice from the early days of the pocalyptical church* The literature refers to rites in 1urope during $oman iron age, "hen the ing "as sacrificed to rene" the country every seven years* This is something similar, yet someho" reversed* The police can also tell about a man that called them up about an hour after the crime in the Great !hurch had been committed and saidC It's the beginning* The 1nd, my only friend, the 1nd* If the characters chec up on the victim's bacground they "ill find several strange facts about the priest* #eGardies contact #eonora lbretson in 0tocholm's !atholic !ongregation can help them* The priest seem to have live a very long life* %e has held his post as responsible for the catholic church's financial affairs in land investment since -E* If they search on, they "ill find pictures from -/ that sho"s him being as young as "hen he died* %e belonged to a unno"n group "ithin the catholic hierarchy that are called the seven* It is led by the Pope himself* It is rumored that it consists of the leader of the original seven congregations that "ere founded by 0t* Paul* The day after #eonora has given them this information she "ill die in an auto accident ?the #ictors don't lie "hen someone poes around in their affairs@* T%1 6150PP1$0 The biggest ne"spaper in 0"eden publish facts about the sub"ay illings on the :Dth, "ith color pictures and gruesome details* The press "ill also have a big article about the illing of Montserrat's death in the church* ll the horrible details are described and pictures are also present, but no one seems to really no" anything* There is no further information in the papers* T%1 T%I$3 1PI0231 PlaceC Paris TimeC :D+:- 2ctober The characters "ill travel to Paris, either before or after the murder in 6otre 3ame* The best is if they go there before* There are planes every t"o hours bet"een rlanda and !harles de Gaulle ?0tocholm and Paris airports@* The trip "ill tae about four hours including taBi to and from the airports* The characters "ill easily get an hotel room, for : franc in the Grand %otel, or cheaper near the 2pera or the Kuartier #atin* 1Bactly "hat happens in Paris is of course up to the players* There are several things to do* 5e "ill describe a probable chain of events* If they act in another order, you simply readatican*
JIM's G$>1 Jim Morrison is buried on the PL'eDre #achaise+cemetery, a place overflo"ing "ith marble monuments and mausoleums in an inner suburb to Paris* It "ill tae about fifteen minutes to get there from the center of Paris "ith a taBi or t"enty minutes "ith the Metro* There are no problems in finding Jim's grave* There are arro"s and guides carved and painted every"here on the monuments* 6eBt to the grave are a couple of old hippies, drining "ine and smoing pot* 5hen the characters arrive here, they suddenly remember more about their past* %and them Memory 6ote :* There is a personal note for each and every character* M1M2$( 62T1 : The characters remember that they have met "ith Jim on several different locations in Paris at the same time* %e could obviously be in different locations simultaneously* They also remember bac until approBimately D.* T%1 01!263 01# 2n the night bet"een the :Dth and the :-th of 2ctober, the dar Messiah "ill ill the second seal, cardinal Michail 3oprecsi, in the 6otre 3ame cathedral, in central Paris* gneau has idnaped the #ictor in his home on 8oulevard 0t* Germain, and taen him to the cathedral "here he is illed in the same fashion as Montserrat* 5ith this, the earth=uaes in Poland, "here 3oprecsi "as cardinal, "ill start* The characters "ill gain the po"ers noted in the time+table* gneau has made one mistae ho"ever* Too many people have seen him bet"een the cathedral and the #ictor's home* More on that later* !%4$!% M11TI6G I6 T%1 >TI!6 s soon as the second victim is found, the seven ?no" only five@ "ill realiAe "hat is happening* They "ill call to a church meeting in the >atican* The remaining five #ictors meet in the Popes personal =uarters in the >atican 0tate* 3uring the day of the :-th of 2ctober, they "ill discuss "hat should be done* They decide, after many disputes, t"o thingsC the Messiah has to be stopped + preferably illed +, and the four riders has to be located and be persuaded to turn on their former master* The #ictors are a"are that they have no chance "hat so ever, should they face the Messiah on their o"n* If they do not succeed in turning the characters against gneau, they "ill have to ill them before they regain their full po"ers* s soon as gneau is dead they "ill have more time to plan a more permanent solution to the problem* subordinate #ictor by the name of padre #ouis !havaral is sent to Paris, "here the four riders have been traced ?their riding beasts al"ays stay near the characters and are easy to trace, and besides that, the characters are slo"ly regaining their po"ers and their presence are felt by all the #ictors on 1arth@* T%1 M11TI6G 5IT% P3$1 #24I0 Padre #ouis "ill travel straight to Paris "ith a persona
The arrive to an interrogation room "ith dirt+bro"n "allpaper and "ater+damaged ceiling* The police refuse to ans"er any =uestions, but they are very polite* They only say that someone important "ants to tal to them* 5hen they have "aited for a fe" minutes, the door opens and a disgusting, s"elling creature is pressed through the opening* It has a long, blac priest+robe and dar glasses* The sin is transparent and blue+red organs are pulsing beneath the sin on the hands and in the disfigured face* The teeth are sharpened, raAor sharp, and the nails are long and blac* thic, blue+red tongue hangs out of the mouth* It is drooling* 1G2+roll not to be shoced* The #ictor introduces himself as padre #ouis* %is tongue runs over the sharp teeth "hen he loos do"n on the characters* %e is s"eating intensely and smells sharply, almost rotten* The padre eBplains that they are about to be snared by an evil force that has a"aened after thousands of years of imprisonment* 6o" it is trying to destroy the church to gain the po"er of the humans souls* They are connected to this po"er, it is trying to use them for its o"n purposes, but they can resist and help the church to fight it* The evil force is the ntichrist, "ho threatens to eliminate all life on 1arth* They sa" a small part of that po"er "hen they met Morrison in Paris* 6o" he is calling himself Michel gneau* The characters are angels chosen to stop him* It is their divine duty* Padre #ouis "ill try "ith threats, lies and similar to get the characters to serve the church and to stop gneau, "hom they no" as Morrison* If they refuse, he "ill become very threatening and hints that it means that they "ill die here and no"* If they continue to refuse, he "ill attac them* T%1 %1$20 G1T I6 T$248#1 $egardless of "hat the characters decide "ith their meeting "ith padre #ouis, they "ill have trouble "ith the #ictors* 1ven if they decide to co+operate "ith the church and tries to stop gneau, a small group of #ictors "ill decide not to tae any chances* The characters are a threat that has to be eliminated* Then there is no possible "ay they can help the Messiah in his plans* It means that the characters are attaced on the night bet"een the :-th and the Eth of 2ctober and on the night bet"een the st and :nd of 6ovember* group of 0erafims attacs them, regardless of "here they are at the momentC in hotel rooms, restaurants, airports and so on* 6o one, eBcept the characters, "ill see the attacers, so they "ill appear to fight "ith invisible enemies and shooting their guns in the air* 5ithin five minutes, the police "ill be present if the characters are in a city* If it taes place on the sub"ay, a bus or in a plane, the police "ill "ait on the neBt stationairport* The characters should escape if at all possible, but if not, they are arrested* They are released "ithin t"o hours if they accepted padre #ouis proposition, other"ise they "ill be held until the morning of the Eth or the :nd, assumed that they use the embassy and their o"n contacts to try and get released* M13I 2n the morning of the :-th, the papers are filled "ith reports about the horrible crime in the 6otre 3ame* 0everal "itnesses are intervie"ed and they describe that they have all seen a man that the characters recogniAe as Jim Morrison* The police are reported to have several clues from the murderer, but refuse to mae a statement* 8loody pictures in the tabloids "ill sho" the sinned corpse* The characters "ill see a sinned #ictor* #ater that day there "ill come reports about an earth=uae in Poland, "here 3oprecsi "as cardinal* The ne"spapers "ill report the strange connection* t least / people are
reported illed in 9rao" and its surroundings* In the ne"s on T>, an amateur video is sho"n "ith a man "ho is leaving 6otre 3ame* The characters "ill recogniAe Jim* JIM's P$TM16T The natural place to loo for clues is in Jim's apartment on $ue 8eautreilles, close to Place de la 8astille* It is an old, torn+do"n building* It is a t"o room apartment facing the inner yard* It says Michel gneau on the door* It can be piced "ith the proper tools and a 8reaing in +roll "ith effect F, or be broen through "ith a cro"bar and a 0trength roll "ith effect F/* If the characters tal to the houseeeper on the first floor and eBpresses their concern about their friend Michel, she can follo" them up and unloc the door* It is messy and filled "ith smoe inside the apartment* The "allpapers are half torn do"n and are on some spots covered "ith occult symbols* The itchen is small, only a couple of steps across* The itchen bench and the floor is covered "ith un"ashed dishes* In the sin the characters can find a bloody, grey overall* There are bloody footprints on the floor from the door to the itchen* The other rooms areC a bedroom "ith a big unmade bed, and a studyliving room "ith a des and a lo" table* 2n the "alls are paintings that the characters recogniAe from the .'s* 1verything is pretty much the same* There are a number of clues to be found in the apartment* 2n a paper on the des, neBt to the phone, the "ords !avalier EN are scribbled do"n* It is gneaus hotel and room number in $ome* urther do"n it says -+E-+.+- D /N* It is the phonnumber to hotel !avalier in $ome* There is a phone boo there "ith pages turned to airlines* The name litalia is underlined* If the characters call them, they can get a confirmation that one Michel gneau ordered ticets to light / to $ome + the plane too off at .*7 on the :-th* If they arrive to the apartment on the :Dth, Jim "ill not be there* litalia has no reservation yet* It "ill be called in on the morning of the :-th* The characters "ill not get to Jim at this time + he "ill travel under an assumed name* In the "astebaset in the study the characters can find a crumpled up piece of paper + a plane ticet to 0tocholm, dated on the :th* If they call to the big hotels they "ill find that gneau stayed on the 0heraton bet"een the :/th and the :Dth* The ticet is made out by ir rance* In the booshelf in the study there is plenty of apocalyptic literature and analyses of pre+ !hristian religions and early !hristian sects* 6eBt to the stereo there is a big record collection from the .'s and for"ard* 2n the "alls are posters from the 3oors tours* 2ne of the booshelves contains only 3oors stuffC boos, videotapes and so on* T%1 24$T% 1PI0231 PlaceC $ome, The >atican TimeC :-th 2ctober + :nd 6ovember The characters should travel to $ome* That's "here JimMichel has gone* If they have been slo" in progress, he has already started to ill the seals in $ome* The =uicest "ay to get bet"een Paris and $ome is by plane* It "ill tae three hours to get there, including the taBi to and from the airports* The plane leaves once every hour* The characters can chec into any hotel they lie in central $ome, or preferably near the >atican* It "ill cost about :* lirenight for a single room* G614 I0 P#1013 The dar Messiah is pleased by his enemies mistae* They have responded
%e "ill ill one cardinal every day* 0ee the Timetable for a list of the victims, the effect it has on the characters and "hat disasters it creates* The media "ill report in detail from every disaster* lood the players "ith details from them* It is meant that they "ill connect them to the illing of the cardinals* If they investigate the bacground for the illed cardinals, they find that they are as mysterious and strange as the bacground for Montserrat in 0tocholm* Maybe they also "ill see that every disaster taes place "here the murdered cardinal came from* %46TI6G 2$ JIM The characters "ill start their search for Jim or Michel gneau as he calls himself no"* If they found the clues to the !avalier hotel in Jim's apartment they can chec there* The hotel is located at the 8ogo 0an ngelo, near the >atican on the "est Tiber bans* There they "ill be told that signor gneau unfortunately left the hotel on the day of the :-th* They don't no" "here he "as going* 2utside the hotel are a number of taBicabs, something the characters can chec out* They can tal "ith the drivers if they drove a person "ith gneau's description on the :-th* Then they "ill get contact "ith redrico* $13$I!2 redrico is a short, some"hat over"eight taBi driver* %e is a bit sour, but implies that he no"s something "hen the characters as* or * lire, he "ill tell them that he too such a man as they are asing for to the Pensione Paradiso that day* %e "ill offer to tae the characters there, other"ise they "ill get the address from him* P$3I02 Paradiso is located by the PiaAAa del Pietra, on the other side of the Tiber* It is a "orn+do"n hotel* The receptionist is eBplains that there is no such person as a signor gneau on the hotel* If ased further, he "ill tell them that a person matching the description given to him actually fits a person that checed in on the :-th, but his name is 8arbarini and is an Italian ?the dar Messiah has eBcellent linguistic abilities@* %e has room E* If the characters decides to go to the room, the receptionist "ill ob
M1M2$I10 2 JIM 63 $2M1 The characters can not trace gneau in any ordinary "ay* %e "ill never return to Paradiso* 6either the police or the #ictors can find him* %e "ill not mae any mistaes* %e has had thousands of years to polish his tactics* The characters can only find him through their memories* If they try to remember something in connection to Jim and to $ome they "ill suddenly remember something* Give "hoever made the connection Memory 6ote E* T%1 5T1$ T69 The characters should go to orum $omanum* It is only open at daytime, but it is easy to brea in during the night* high fence surrounds the area and searchlights gives a "ea light to the ruins during the night* 0ome parts of the ruins are "ell guarded but bet"een them are the more destroyed partsC the orum* The "ater tan is beneath the 0anta Maria nti=ua, a church building half"ay up to"ards the Palatine, the mountain behind the orum, "here the imperial palaces "ere* The church "asn't there "hen the characters met "ith Jim in the fourth century, the "ater tan "ere in a basement to a office building, maybe a library* 5ith some effort they "ill find the right "ay* 3escribe to them ho" they can see the living orum of the fourth century before them, and let them navigate bet"een the ruins* The church is "ell preserved* The "alls are still standing* In the bac of the church there is a shaft sealed off "ith plastic bands that saysC 5arning + #oose stones* There, the characters reminds themselves, is the "ater tan* They climb do"n the bric "all ?M2> roll@ and end up in a tunnel that goes under Palatine* n old "ooden door seals of the entrance to the old "ater tan* The characters see protective signs painted in sot and blood on the stone to eep un"anted visitors a"ay, but it doesn't affect them* They enter into a circle formed room, : meters straight across* The floor is made up by stamped clay* In the middle of the floor is a small fire burning* couple of chairs and a small table are grouped around the fire* 2il lamps are hanging on hoos on the "alls* 6eBt to the door is a bloody overall thro"n a"ay* 8y the fire sits a man the characters "ill recogniAe* It is Jim, the dar Messiah* %e is thin, dressed in large blac trousers and a "ide "hite shirt* The hair is short and he has a short beard* ssuming that the characters doesn't attac him, he "ill offer them a place to sit* If they attac, he "ill
me a chance to return* 8ut no" I have fooled them, you and I* (ou really don't remember very much, do you) %e goes silent for a moment and loos at them, then he laughs and speas more slo"ly, almost as to children* I stood up as the Messiah : years ago* (ou "ere my disciples* 5e "ere going to free the imprisoned manind through the apocalypse* 6o" the fools are prisoners out there, amongst the #ictors, my father's simple servants* 5e "ere going to free them in death and destruction* 8ut the #ictors triced us* I "asn't allo"ed to return as the #ion* They made me to a puppet, a symbol for oppression* I "aited for my time* (ou "ere "ith me, but you lost your memories and your po"ers as time "ent by* 2nce you "ere my diciples* In destruction you "ill be my e=ual, four riders that destroys four parts of the 1arth and frees manind* 2ut of the ashes "ill the man rise* The ne", true "orld* The lie "as created by my father and "as tied to seven seals, seven immortal bodies* 8y freeing them from the illusion I am freeing the "orld* 5hen the last seal has been broen, the apocalypse "ill come* !ome to 0t* Peters church on the night to the third, about an hour before midnight* Then the last seal "ill be broen and "e "ill ride to"ards atican, neBt to the mighty Petersplace, a circular place surrounded by columns and "ith an obelis in the middle* The church has a facade "ith pillars and a great dome* It is very big "ith many side niches, covered in gold and art"ors* 5hen the characters arrive there late at night, the lights in the ceiling are turned off but the all the preylights inside the church are lit and casts ghostly reflections* The heave bronAe gates are open* The characters enters the dar front hall* The church room stretches almost : meters before them* It is far to the ceiling, the proportions are enormous* It smells of incense and something else, sharp* The characters can see ho" there is shining light from the middle of the church room, beneath the dome "here the altar is* 5hen they "al through the church room they "ill see ho" the shado"s they cast on the floor are huge and not human at all* They feel a heat "ave rush through their bodies* The altar is standing on a elevation, surrounded by stairs* The elevation is siB meters long* bove the altar is a : meter high bronAe baldachin on four t"isted bronAe pillars* 0mall lights for praying are gasping and lights up the place around the altar* T%1 !26$26TTI26 8y the altar is gneau in bro"n leather trousers and a "hite large shirt* %e is holding a copper dagger in his hand and is smiling at the characters "hen they arrive* 2n the altar stone lies a short, old man, dressed in gold+ and silver broidered clothes* %is "hite hair is spilt out on the stone* It is the Pope* %e is tied on his bac to the stone* round the altar gneau is painting symbols "ith blood from cuts that he has made in his o"n arms* 1verything is still and silent, as if it "ere in a grave*
8oth gneau and the Pope loos "ith begging eyes at the characters* Then the t"isted bronAe pillars that hold the baldachin over the altar in place brea "ith a sudden crash* The heavy bronAe baldain staggers and falls to"ards the church room "ith a thundering sound* cloud of dust engulfs them all* 5ithin the dust the characters can mae out ho" four four+legged creatures made of flesh and steel breas free ?or possibly forms from out of the pillars@* It is the characters riding+creatures that arrive* distant thundering maes the ground shae* The creatures are standing still around the altar, turned in the four directions ?north, south, east, "est@* Their cla"s scratches the stone floor "ith a cutting, unpleasant noise* Their eyes are glo"ing "ith eBcitement* gneau goes neBt to the altar stone* I feel ho" you are hesitant* #et go of all the old bands* Mae your hearts hard, hard as stone, he says to the characters* %e "ill touch the altar stone that "ill shudder and crac* ulfill your destiny* ree manind from the imprisonment* 0lay your guards* Tear the shacles* The Pope loos up and regains his true #ictor shape* %e s"ells out and fills all of the altar "ith his pale, pulsating body* The characters can no longer be shoced by anything and do not need to roll any dices* 5aitO The #ictors hoarse voice cuts lie a nife through the silence* 5ait you foolsO $ealiAe "hat you are doing* (ou are condemning all of your species to madness and death* %e is trying to tric you* ollo" his command and the "orld "ill collapse in fire and "ater* It is you "ho "ill destroy all life, fill the oceans "ith the blood of the immature* The #ictor loos at the characters "ith burning eyes* !hose the right path* 5ithout you the Messiah can not destroy the "orld* 5ithout you there "ill be no apocalypse* #et the madness end here and no"* 1nough of blood has been spilt* 9ill the Messiah or let me free* The characters must chose* 9ill the #ictor and the "orld "ill end* ree him, or ill the Messiah, and the prison "e live in "ill remain* 6either the Messiah nor the #ictor "ill say anything else* They "ill not ans"er any =uestions* T%1 !%2I!1 5hat happens no" is entirely up to the characters* If they chose to ill the #ictor, gneau "ill hand them the copper dagger* !ut of his head from the living flesh and brea the final seal* ree man from his captivity* If the characters obey, they ground "ill start to tremble and the end "ill close in "ith giant steps* The creatures "ill start to ho"l hysterically and tears up stone splinters from the floor* The characters "ill regain their full po"ers as the four riders of the apocalypse and they "ill lose everything that they though "ere their o"n personalities* They "ill get po"ers beyond our grasp, insights beyond our understanding* The "orld "ill destruct, humanity "ill suffer, dies and maybe "ill be liberated beneath the riders s"ords* If they chose to free the #ictor or to ill the Messiah, gneau "ill flee a"ay* %e manages to escape no matter "hat they do* The four creatures screams of disappointment and pain before they slo"ly turns to stone in front of the characters* The #ictors chains "ill drop and he "ill regain his shape as the Pope* The characters memories start to fade and all the po"ers that they have gained are gone* They remember all that has happened, but memories of the past and of the Messiah and that they are the four riders fades a"ay lie a dream* The adventure is over* 6P!'s P3$1 #24I0 The #ictor has a blind loyalty to"ards his superiors* %e despise man and sees himself as a
higher being $ole+playing hintsC 0pea "ith a hoarse voice* Put your hands lie cla"s against the table and drool "ith half+open mouth* 0tand up a bit so you can loo do"n on the players* G# E: !2M :?E@ P1$ E. 0T$ E7 1G2 E 134 77 !26 E. !% D #engthC /: cm 5eightC /7 g MovementC . m$ound ctionsC Init 8onusC F: 3amage 8onusC FD 3amage !apacityC - 0!$ #5 D #5 05 . 05 5 1nduranceC : rmorC : bilitiesC !ommanding >oice, speas all human languages, telepathy, teleinecy g msec, insensitive to fire 0illsC utomatic "eapons , 3iplomacy E, Interrogation E, irst id E, Pistol and revolver E, ight "o "eapons E 1=uipmentC 8lac priest robe 01$IM 0erafim are angels that has fallen "hen %eaven "as destroyed "hen the 3emiurge left* 6o" they are trashed, confused creatures that easily are triced and led by the #ictors* They are basically naive and innocent, something that easily can be turned into aggression and hate "hen they are confronted "ith the harsh reality* They are as tall as men "ith long, "hite hair, pale compleBion and icy blue eyes* If it "eren't that they "ere so torn, they "ould be "onderfully beautiful* The hands are stretched into long, raAor sharp cla"s* The sin is craced into a fine pattern and covered "ith dried blood* They are dressed in torn, dirty and bloody overalls, that once "ere "hite* 2n the bac they have huge, torn "ings, that are totally broen on some of them* They fight "ith their bare hands* G# : !2M P1$ 0T$ : 1G2 D 134 : !26 !% #engthC - cm MovementC . m$ound ctionsC : Init 8onusC + 3amage 8onusC F 3amage !apacityC 7 0!$ #5 E #5 05 E 05 5
1nduranceC D rmorC bilitiesC ight "o "eapons 5eaponsC : !la"s ?scr +/, l" D+E, s" 7+-, f" :F@ 6umberC D T%1 P2P1 The Pope is in fact 0t* Paul, the founder of the church and the primary adversary to the dar Messiah* or nearly : years he has run the church's #ictors and ept man effectively imprisoned* %e is a very eBperienced #ictor* %e is shre"d and diplomatic* 5ill try to find a solution at any cost that "ill not mean destruction and ripping illusions* Is, oice, speas all human languages, telepathy, teleinecy g msec, insensitive to fire 0illsC ll "eapon sills E, 3iplomacy and speech 5eaponsC 8ite : ?scr +., l" /+E, s" 7+:7, f" :F@, : !la"s : ?scr +/, l" D+7, s" + :D, f" :-F@ MagicC #ore of Madness "ith every spell E T%1 24$ !$1T4$10 The riders creatures are parodies of horses "ith naed bleeding flesh* The bone, "here it is revealed, is out of faded metal* They eyes are blac or red* They have large cla"s and are sitting s=uatted, more lie cats than horses* G# D !2M P1$ E 0T$ .: 1G2 : 134 : !26 !% #engthC 7 cm %eightC : cm MovementC 7 m$ound ctionsC Init 8onusC F.D 3amage 8onusC F.
3amage !apacityC 0!$ #5 #5 05 D 05 5 1nduranceC :D rmorC 5eaponsC 8ite : ?scr +, l" .+, s" +, f" .F@, : !la"s : ?scr +D, l" -+E, s" 7+ /, f" DF@ MI!%1#JIMT%1 3$9 M100I% The dar Messiah is close to the 3emiurge in a "ay that even the rchons don't understand* %e claims to be the son of God, "hatever that no" means* It is not certain "hether he is a man or some other ind of being* The Messiah has had the same body for t"o thousand years, a sinny mans body "ith dar bro"n hair and bro"n eyes* 5hen the characters meet him again in $ome, he "ill be having short hair "ith a short beard* %e "ears tight trousers and "ide shirts* The Messiah is obsessed "ith the idea of liberating manind, no matter "hat the cost* If it doesn't cross his plans, he "ill be mild, understanding and very empathic* 8ut he "ill not pull bac for anything to see his plans come true* or the Messiah, pain is only a "ay to liberation, millenniums of horror is only a possibility to self+insight* Jim Morrison died officially in his apartment on the night bet"een the :nd and the Ed of July -/* $ole+Playing hintsC 8e personal* #ean over the table and loo the players in their eyes* 0mile a lot* 0pea confidentially and friendly* Try to mae contact* 3on't be offended by anything* gneau "ill not be angered if the characters choose prison before the apocalypse, only sad* G# !2M / P1$ 0T$ 1G2 134 !26 !% %eightC D cm 5eightC / g MovementC : m$ound ctionsC / Init 8onusC FED 3amage 8onusC F 3amage !apacityC 0!$ #5 #5 05 D 05 5 3ies first after atal 5ounds 1nduranceC :D bilitiesC !ommanding >oice, 1mpathy, T"ists time and space as someone "ith Mental 8alance F+ , insensitive to fire, electricity and radioactive radiation, regenerate, speas every human language, Telepathy, Teleinecy ton msec* 0illsC 1very "eapon sill , %ide /, 0nea ., 3odge ., crobatics ., 3iplomacy ., 3rive car and motorcycle , 2ccultism , 0ing , 0peech . 5eaponsC Jim "ill never attac the characters* MagicC 1very #ore and spell at D T%1 !%$!T1$0
J2%6 8$61M$9 #oosC Thin and "ell+built "ith blac, short hair* 5indtorn, tanned face "ith sharp features* 0ome"hat dar sin, loos slightly lie an rab or 6orth frican* PersonalityC =uiet dreamer that ponders a lot over the deeper issues of life, and feels closer something bigger "hen sitting in an airplane* amily and friendsC 6o family or relation left alive* Mingles "ith officer colleagues and the neighbor #ena 8ars* 2ther than that a very limited friendship* ProfessionC #ieutenant+!olonel in the 0"edish ir orce 1mployerC The 0"edish ir orce ddressC 8anergatan ., 0tocholm 0ocial 0ecurity 6umberC E7+:E G# . !2M P1$ 0T$ 7 1G2 7 134 !26 !% %eightC / cm 5eightC / g %airC 8lac 1yesC Grey MovementC D m$ound ctionsC E Init 8onusC F7 3amage 8onusC FE 3amage !apacityC 7 0!$ #5 E #5 05 E 05 5 1nduranceC D Mental 8alanceC F: %PC : dvantagesC Good rumor; acno"ledged good pilot, Influential friendsC no"s many 6T2 officers after his days in rance, 8ody no"ledgeC total control over the body, Physical harmony 3isadvantagesC !an't remember his childhood, fraid of deep "ater, 0hy, 3eath "ishdaredevilC contempt for death 0illsC !limb E, Guns E, utomatic "eapons ., $ifles and !rossbo"s ., Pistol & $evolver ., %eavy 5eapons D, 0nea :, 3odge E, Thro" E, Thro" "eapons E, ight "o "eapons 7, 0"im E, %ide E, 0earch E, 0"edish , Parachuting , all techni=ue :, 5eapon ManeuverC dubleshot :, 1lectronics :, !ryptology D, 1ngine no"ledge 7, $adiotelegraphy D, rench 7, 1nglish , Italian /, !ontact netC Military , 3rive car :, PilotC ircraft / 1=uipmentC * 0"edish roner on the ban, merican 1Bpress Goldcard #ife 0toryC ll+round "orer in 0tocholm during the middle of the .'s* 3uring +.D and +.- he traveled around =uite a bit in 1urope* -.-+/ he lived in Paris "here he spent time "ith some musicians and intellectuals* %e got to no" Jim Morrison "ho lived there occasionally that year* -/ he came to 0tocholm and applied to the 2fficers school* %e graduated "ith eBcellent grades and started to "or on D outside 0tocholm* -// he "as selected in an informal co+
operation "ith the rench air force regarding ne" airplane models* %e spent the follo"ing three years in rance and got to no" some rench officers* -D he came bac to 0"eden and "as promoted to Maery curious* amily and friendsC 6o family or relation alive* 0pend time "ith people "ithin the computer business* Member of do"nhill siing club* 0pends some time "ith his old girlfriend, #eonora lbretson, "ho is a catholic nun since t"o years in 0tocholm's parish* ProfessionC President for !ompu#ight Inc* ddressC 8irger Jarlsgatan 7D, 0tocholm 0ocial 0ecurity 6umberC 7D/:+EEE G# E !2M P1$ : 0T$ : 1G2 . 134 !26 !% %eightC D cm 5eightC / g %airC 8lac 1yesC 8ro"n MovementC / m$ound ctionsC : Init 8onusC F 3amage 8onusC F: 3amage !apacityC 7 0!$ #5 E #5 05 E 05 5 1nduranceC D Mental 8alanceC F %PC : dvantagesC 1mpathyC can feel others feelings and is easily lied by others, IntuitionC can read others body language and realiAe "hat they are planning, !ultural fleBibilityC blends into any environment 3isadvantagesC !an't remember his childhood, 1asily angered, 2bsessionPhobiaC refuses to learn anything about history 0illsC !limb D, Guns E, $ifles and !rossbo"s :, 0nea :, 3odge E, Thro" E, Thro" "eapons E, ight "o "eapons E, 0"im E, %ide :, 0earch E, 0"edish , all techni=ue :, 8oo eeping :, !omputer no"ledge ., 1lectronics ., Information search :, rench , 1nglish :, German , 3rive car :, 0peech , 1ti=uette 1=uipmentC * 0"edish roner on the ban, merican 1Bpress Goldcard #ife 0toryC 0tudied on the Trade school -.+./* Got a scholarship +.D and "ent to Paris to study at the
0orbonne* 5as pulled into the student revolt +.D and stayed in Paris longer than eBpected, until -/* #et the studies fall into decay and spent time "ith former students* Got to no" Jim Morrison "ho lived in Paris sporadically during that time, among others* $eturned to 0"eden -/: and got a
E, ight "o "eapons E, 0"im E, %ide E, 0earch E, 0"edish D, irst id , 5eapon ManeuverC 3ra" ast :, strology , !omputer 9no"ledge , Information search , 6umerology :, 2ccultism , rench :, 1nglish :, #atin , 3rive car , Medicine ., 0urgery , Theology :, !ontactsC doctors 1=uipmentC * 0"edish roner on the ban, merican 1Bpress Goldcard #ife 0toryC Traveled around 1urope in the middle of the .'s* #ived in 8arcelona ./+.D* fter a stormy relationship "ith a "ealthy "ido" there, he moved -.D to Paris* Got caught in the student revolt and participated fre=uently in the political debate* 0tayed in the city after everything had slo"ed itself do"n* !ame to spend time "ith Jim Morrison "ho lived in Paris in -/* $eturned to 0"eden during the autumn the same year*0tarted to study medicine -/: and finished his studies in -//* Made his residence years in northern 0"eden* 8ecame some"hat of a loner and started to be interested in the occult* Got a position at 9arolinsa in -D* 0tarted to participate in abbalistical circles led by 1manuel eferarim, a sefarical $6%1316 #oosC 0hort and compact "ith blac, short hair* 0ome"hat dar sin, loos almost lie an rab or 6orth african* PersonalityC %umorless and dry "ith a burning sense for
dvantagesC Influential friendsC no"s the minister of
(ou loo do"n on the grave, that
M1M2$( 62T1 : + MT0 K>$6%1316 It feels as if a dam has broen* Memories fills your head from your subconscience, a huge tidal "ave that threatens to dro"n you* Passing pictures, loose scene from the past* (ou are on a badly lit bac alley* (ou no" that it's Paris, the houses are rench* It is near the Place de la 8astille* It is night* silent rain is falling from dar sies* The pavement is glistening and small streams are running to"ards the drain* (ou and your three friends, you loo at them and they are the three men you met in the sub"ay, are going to Jim* (ou pass a road signC $ue 8eautreillis, on your "ay to the apartment* 8ut this time you don't forget totally*** 6e" memories slides out from the mist* (ou sit do"n behind the heavy table* (our colleagues loos at you "ith understanding* (ou don't no" ho" much more you can hear or see* (ou never ne" that man could be so t"isted by hate and evil* %o" can anyone ever do "hat they have done) 2rdinary people, family fathers and loving husbands* Murderous animals "ithout compassion* 8ut you have to stand it* %umanity must no"* Justice must be served* The 6urnberg trials are important* (ou loo do"n on the prosecuted and nods to the prosecutor to continue*** (ou mae your final speech "ell* The court is listening to you* (ou can see ho" they nod in agreement* This time you can get 3on !onti convicted for murder, robbery, blacmail and forgery* 3on !onti is more and more upset* %is eyes are filled "ith hate and fear* (ou finish your speech* 6o" everything is up to the court* It is the most honest that could be found in this year of our #ord -:* (ou stand up "hen the
running brain substance* Pain and death* It is your
The ourth 0ealC The characters get F to t"o sills eachC Q 8arnemar to utomatic 5eapon and Pistol & $evolver Q #eGardie to 0peech and 1ti=uette Q redlid to irst id and Medicine Q Kvarnheden to #a" and Interrogation The ifth 0ealC The characters get the ability ast $eaction* They get one eBtra action per combat round and F to initiative bonus* They also get F inC Q 8arnemar in 0T$ Q #eGardie in !$ Q redlid in G# Q Kvarnheden in 1G2 This also affects 8arnemar and redlid's secondary abilities as follo"sC Q 8arnemar gets F7 in 3amage 8onus totally Q redlid gets FE in Initiative 8onus, t"o eBtra actions ?7 totally@ and finally F7 in 3amage 8onus The 0iBth 0ealC The characters can tal and read every eBisting human language, both those that eBists no" and those that has eBisted and are no" forgotten* They also get the ability !ommanding >oice* They can give their voice a certain sound that forces all that listen to them to obey them* The one "ho listens has to roll under his 1G2: to resist the order* The 0eventh 0ealC The characters gets po"ers and abilities beyond 9ult's and this adventures frames* Their human personalities dissolve and they become gods*
