Roland Dunmar
Victim NPC
The summoned champion the realm crowned its strongest, the 'Lionsworn.' Found slumped at the summoning altar, his great blade still sheathed and unbloodied, the altar's brand burning half-lit beneath him.
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Knives Before the Demon Lord
A scenario by Murder Maker
- Faith
- Heresy
- War
- Honor
- Prophecy
- Money
- Captivity
The premise
The Concord of Dawn tore heroes out of another world to break the Demon Lord, crowned the strongest its champion, and sealed the band inside the Summoning Cathedral for the Eve-of-Glory vigil. By midnight that champion lies dead at the altar that called him — his great blade still sheathed, the summoning brand burning half-lit as if something tried to come through. The march cannot be called off; at dawn the city sends the survivors into the Demon Lord’s country regardless. One evening, 12–13 players plus a game master: summoned strangers and the realm’s own holy keepers, sealed in with the body and trusting no one, one night to name the murderer among them before the doors open.
The cast
Herald Emeric
Suspect
The Concord's summoner-herald, the voice that called each hero out of the dark. The gentlest and most beloved figure in the cathedral, who reads every newcomer's name aloud like scripture and swears he loves them. He…
Cora Wick
Suspect
A reluctant summoned hero, sharp-tongued, who keeps to the edges of the vigil and never wanted this war. There is loud bad blood between her and the dead champion.
Ser Caedmon Drust
Suspect
Roland's oath-sworn shield and personal guard-knight. Grim and guilt-worn, posted through the night at the bell-tower watch over the sealed doors.
Marek Sirin
Suspect
A conscripted battle-mage, summoned and unwilling, kept in a Concord dampening collar and watched like a loaded weapon that might go off.
Saint Odile
Suspect
The Concord's living Saint and healer, the realm's faith made flesh. She poured the champion's sacramental wine at the vigil, yet led the chant before the whole nave when he died.
Senna Roke
Witness
A native borderland guide and ranger hired to lead the march, distrusted as an outsider to the faith. She passed much of the night with the horses in the stable-yard.
Inquisitrix Yvane Corr
Detective
A Concord inquisitrix sealed in to find the truth before the march. Cold, methodical, and answerable to no faction in the cathedral.
Brother Anselm
Witness
The reliquary-keeper of the undercroft, guardian of the Concord's relics and its forbidden archives. Anxious, meticulous, and loyal to the order.
Marshal Aldric Venn
Suspect
The Marshal commanding the dawn march. Hard, pragmatic, and utterly set that the march will go out on schedule whatever happens tonight.
Acolyte Perrin Vale
Witness
A young acolyte, the Herald's devoted assistant at the summonings, earnest and clearly overwhelmed by the death and the sealed doors.
Lys Ashmoor
Suspect
The youngest of the summoned, a support-caster who worshipped the champion. Wide-eyed, raw with grief, and quick to point a trembling finger.
Countess-Regent Ilma Vance
Suspect
The Crown's paymaster and regent who bankrolled the summoning and ordered the cathedral sealed. Imperious, with the war-chest keys at her belt.
Intrigues
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The Herald's GriefFaith
He reads each hero's name aloud like scripture and swears he loves them. The Herald's grief for the fallen champion is the truest sorrow in the cathedral.
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The Reversible CallingHeresy
They were called out of another world. The Concord swears there is no way home. Is that the truth, or the first of its lies?
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The Road That KillsWar
The city sings hymns for the march. The guide who walked this road before knows how the song ends.
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The Shield Who FrozeHonor
An oath-sworn knight, an empty seat at the table, and a champion who never let him forget it. What does a disgraced shield owe his master?
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The True ChosenProphecy
Two heroes, one prophecy, and a crown that fits only one head. Who is the Chosen the realm swore would break the Demon Lord?
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The War-ChestMoney
Faith paid for this march in gold, and the coffers are almost bare. What is a hero's life worth when the war-chest runs out?
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The Weapon in ChainsCaptivity
They summoned him to fight, then collared him for fear of what he is. Is the caged mage a danger, or just the easiest neck to fit a noose?
Factions & circles
- The Concord of DawnFaction
- The Realm's HandFaction
- The SummonedTeam
Knives Before the Demon Lord
The Concord of Dawn tore heroes out of another world to break the Demon Lord, crowned the strongest its champion, and sealed the band inside the Summoning Cathedral for the…
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