Dark_Heresy_-_Tattered_Fates.pdf

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BOOK 1 OF THE

HAARLOCK’S LEGACY TRILOGY

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INTRODUCTION

Game Master’s Brieing .............................................. 4

Background Synopsis ............................................... 4

GM’s Advice: Integrating Existing Acolytes .................. 4

Using Disciples of the Dark Gods. .............................. 4

CHAPTER I – The Quaddis Gazeteer

The World of Quaddis ............................................... 6

The Great City of Xicarph .......................................... 8

The Festival of Tattered Fate . .....................................12

CHAPTER II – The Red Cages

Structure. .................................................................14

An Unexpected Turn of Events. ..................................15

Escaping The Red Cages: The Adventure Begins . .........16

Heron Mask .............................................................19

Vault13 ...................................................................22

The Dreadful Fate of Inquisitor Karkalla . ....................27

Getting Out Alive .....................................................28

CHAPTER III – The Carnival of Blood

Structure ..................................................................30

All The Fun of The Faire . ..........................................31

Making An Entrance: The Carnival of Blood Begins .....34

Places to Go, People to See ........................................35

Blood on The Sands. .................................................35

Sole Survivor ...........................................................37

Chase The Lady .......................................................37

Street Preacher .........................................................38

Twilight Gardens ......................................................38

Bloody Murder in Xicarph .........................................40

Progressing to Part III. ..............................................40

CHAPTER IV – The 13th Hour

Structure ..................................................................42

The Celebration of The Revel of Darkness ..................44

The Layout of The Estate ...........................................45

The Manse ...............................................................46

Discoveries to be Made in Gabriel Chase .....................48

Links to The Haarlock Legacy ....................................49

The Other Guests .....................................................50

The Chimes of The Steel Clock ..................................51

The Striking of The 13th Hour ..................................53

The Grand Conjunction ............................................54

A True Revel of Darkness . .........................................54

The Final Confrontation ............................................55

Aftermath ................................................................56

Rewards ..................................................................56

CHAPTER V – Appendices

Appendix I: NPCs & Antagonists. ...............................58

The Principals ..........................................................58

The Masses ..............................................................62

Appendix II: The Haarlock Legacy Campaign . .............66

A Legacy of Terror ....................................................66

Elite Campaign Packages ...........................................66

Survivor of the Red Cages .........................................67

Player Handout I: Taken ............................................68

Player Handout II: Heron Mask’s Note ........................69

Player Handout III: The Haarlock Warrant . .................70

Introduction

u Sing d iScipleS of the d ark g odS

This adventure features two villainous organisations: the

Pilgrims of Hayte and the Beast House, both of which

have been fully detailed in the Dark Heresy supplement

d isciples oF THe d ark G ods . While the information

presented there is not needed to run this adventure, it can

help the GM to add considerably more depth and options

for these baleful groups, and the adventure The House of

Dust and Ash contained within it also forms part of the

Haarlock Legacy Campaign and can be played before or

after T aTTered F aTes .

GAME MASTER’S BRIEFING

T aTTered F aTes is an adventure divided into three parts

that features a number of different game styles, from survival

horror, to intrigue, to investigation and desperate action. It can

be played on its own, but is intended to form the irst part of

the modular Haarlock Legacy Campaign.

The adventure opens with the Acolytes being captured and

plunged into a nightmarish experience of psychic invasion,

pain, and darkness before waking into a hellish death–trap; to

escape, they must ight for their lives. Once free, the Acolytes

race to discover what is happening amongst the pageantry

of a great and surreal carnival before discovering where they

must be and what they must do in order to stop the death

of an entire world at the appointed hour of fate and stop a

hideous evil from gaining possession of a vital part of the

dread Haarlock Legacy.

T aTTered F aTes will reward involved and imaginative

play, and the adventure itself is intended to take two to six

Acolytes somewhere between six and ten sessions to complete,

depending on how many of its options are used. The Acolytes

played may be of any rank with some modiication of the

opposition presented here (although ranks four to six are

perhaps best), and in fact the context of the opening episode

in the Red Cages of Xicarph makes an ideal way to introduce

fresh players and novice Acolytes into a d ark H eresy

campaign.

B ackground S ynopSiS

Long ago during the birth of the Calixis Sector, the Rogue

Trader line of Haarlock brought with them across the stars a

servant to protect their secrets. Ancient and terrible, it knew

every price the Haarlocks paid for power; it was named the

Widower and brought death to any who would try to learn its

master’s secrets. The Widower was a protean terror, a thing of

many shapes and endless masks. It was bound to the strange

power of the Steel Clock at the heart of the Haarlock estate in

the city of Xicarph and only obeyed the will of a scion of the

Haarlock line. Prophecies whisper that it will reappear in the

time when the sun above Xicarph turns black and the Light

of the God-Emperor is lost. The Pilgrims of Hayte, a nihilistic

warp cult, seek to claim Haarlock’s Legacy and believe that

the Widower can reveal its secrets. So, the Pilgrims have come

to Quaddis to claim the Widower through a diabolical plot.

They have bought the services of the infamous Beast House

slavers to bring them individuals who have been marked by

warp spawned prophecies and amongst whom they hope to

ind one who has the blood of Haarlock and can command the

Widower to reveal the Haarlocks’ secrets.

The Widower, however, has its own plans. Spiteful and

enraged at the Pilgrims’ plot, it seeks to manipulate the

Steel Clock and the Grand Conjunction to bathe the world

of Xicarph in the light of Komus, the Tyrant Star—a sight

captured centuries ago by the Haarlocks’ power—and lay all

to waste.

gM’ S a dvice : i ntegrating

e xiSting a colyteS into

t attered f ateS

Depending on the kind of campaign you are running, it is

quite possible that your Acolytes have accrued all sorts of

interesting bits of kit, weapons, and chattels, perhaps even

a vessel of their own, which you are, by beginning this

adventure as written, going to mercilessly take from them.

This divestment is not necessarily a bad thing! After all,

d ark H eresy is not a game about who can acquire the

most toys and spend the most money, but about holding

back the nightmare for one more day. However, you need

not deprive them permanently of items they have fought

and strived for. Their possessions can simply have been

left behind when the Acolytes were abducted and now

be in the hands of the Inquisition, which is no doubt

investigating the Acolytes’ disappearance, to be reclaimed

later should they prove successful on Quaddis.

Alternatively, you may seed personal items, weapons,

and other gear for the Acolytes to ind and recover

during the closing stages of the Adventure’s irst part,

The Red Cages (see the Vault 13 section on page 22),

or their favourite gear might be found in the hands of

their abductors. The city of Xicarph itself offers numerous

places where replacement kits of a very high standard may

be acquired by fair means or foul. However, it is important

to note that if you do restore lost possessions to your

Acolytes, signs and proof of their Inquisitorial authority or

means of escape off Quaddis should be withheld—after

all, we don’t want to make things too easy for them!

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