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Cthulhu Dark Ages: Sogailraugh

Oscar Rios

Sogailraugh

An Original Cthulhu Dark Ages Setting , by Oscar Rios

A Guide to Sogailraugh

The fictitious village of Sogailraugh is located in mid-

western Ireland in an area called Connacht. This village is

part of a larger kingdom ( tuath ) called Ui Briuin Ai.

Sogailraugh is home to a dozen landed families, four

landless renting families, a church and the local lord’s home.

Eight families have farms, the rest dwell in a small central

village and are craftsmen. The largest dwelling in the central

village is the home of

The brothers have an older sister named Daimhin whom they

threw out of their home for attacking Neasa during her

pregnancy. Daimhin now lives with the other village

outcasts (see hovel 11). The Mag Aoidh boys also have a

reputation for starting fights and then apologizing. Most

they’ve fought against later become good friends with Mag

Aoidh boys, as they are quick to make amends and don’t

hold grudges.

ri tuath

Diarmuid and his lady

4) The o’Griofa (Griffin) Farm

The retired soldier Peadar (48 yrs) lives here with his wife

Kelda (36 yrs) and their two sons, their son’s wives and two

grandchildren. Their eldest son is Falkor (19 yrs), his wife

Teagan (15 yrs) and their daughter Kelda the younger (2

yrs). Their younger boy is Fergal (17 yrs), his wife Coleen

(16 yrs) and their infant son Sveinn.

Peadar is something of a local hero, serving as a

soldier in the east, near the Viking controlled city of Dublin.

He returned home with enough spoils to purchase a farm and

his wife, who was born in Norway. While originally a war

captive, Kelda grew to love her husband. Their boys are tall

and have a Norse look to them (Falkor and Svein being

named after maternal relatives).

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The Farms

The farms of Sogailraugh are large and prosperous, raising a

variety of crops such as wheat, barley and turnips as well as

livestock such as sheep, pigs and cattle. The farms supply

enough food to feed the entire village with plenty left over

for the farmers to barter goods from the shops in the village

center. Each farm is family owned and run.

1) The o’Baoil (Boyle) Farm

This farm is owned by Conal o’Baoil (38 yrs) who lives here

with his wife Ealga (31 yrs), their three sons: Bradan (17

yrs), Kian (15 yrs) & Ioolan (6 yrs) and three daughters:

Einin (14 yrs); Grania (10yrs) Meara (8 yrs). They are a hard

working family who own the best cattle in the village.

Young Einin has a sweetheart, whom she secretly meets

with in the Haunted Forest (see “A Ring of Toadstools”).

Name: Paedar, retired soldier and local hero

STR

CON 13

SIZ

INT

POW 12

DEX 10

APP

EDU 13

SAN 60

HP 14 DB +1d4

Weapons: Long Sword (50%, 1d8+DB), Dagger (45%,

1d4+DB).

Armor: Chain Mail (6 points protection).

Skills: Dodge (65%), Fist/Punch (65%), Throw (60%),

Listen (50%), Status (50%).

2) The o’Dufaigh (Dufffy) Farm

The large and red bearded Alroy (40 yrs) owns this farm,

living here with his wife Caera (30 yrs) and his three

daughters Clodagh (20), Emer (16 yrs) & Aednat (13 yrs).

The family has prosperous fields and o’Dufaigh currently

employs two landless young men as farmhands: Cahal (20

yrs) & Ennis (17 yrs). There is obvious attraction between

them and the elder two o’Dufaigh daughters but Alroy does

not approve.

5) The o’Mordha (Moore) Farm

The widow Alanna (36 yrs) is one of the most attractive

women in town (APP: 16) despite her age. The reason she

has not remarried (her husband died seven years ago) is her

trio of large and very protective sons. Her boys are Art (19

yrs), Colm (18 yrs) and Cronan (16 yrs) each skilled with

their fists (Siz 16, Fist/Punch: 75%). Colm’s wife Ruari (17

yrs) lives there as well, with their two children Regan (F-3

yrs) and Conleth (M-2 yrs).

3) The Mag Aoidh (Magee) Farm

The Mag Aoidh boys, known locally as the fighting Mag

Aoidh’s, own and run this farm together. The eldest son and

owner is Oran (24 yrs), and his brothers are Tomas (21 yrs),

Donnacha (18 yrs) & Cillian (11 yrs). All but young Cillian

are married, and their three spouses are Niamh (22 yrs -

Oran’s spouse), her sister Neasa (17 yrs -Tomas’s spouse)

and Blanaid (16 yrs -Donnacha’s spouse). The youngest

Mag Aoidhs are Oran’s daughter Gormla (8 yrs) & Tomas’s

son Ailbe (4 yrs). Blanaid is pregnant (4 months) and

nervous because her mother died in childbirth.

Conleth o’Mordha is a very ill tempered child, often seen

throwing tantrums and hitting (and biting) other children

much to the embarrassment of the entire family. Conleth is

the youngest of the village’s Changelings (See “A Ring of

Toadstools”).

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6) The o’Conghaile (Connolly) Farm

The o’Conghaile brothers own this farm, living here with

their families. The elder brother is Glendan (29 yrs), his wife

Brona (23 yrs); their sons Eamon (8 yrs) & Ronan (6 yrs).

The younger brother is Niall (27 yrs), his wife Maire (17)

and their two children Cliona (F-4 yrs), Cormac (M-1 yrs).

Brona is fairly pregnant but nowhere near delivery. The

brothers are good natured and friendly, their wives both

quite lovely. There is a third o’Conghaile brother named

Aedan who the family has disowned for reasons unknown.

Aedan still lives in town (see hovel #11).

Weapons: Spear (60%, 1d6+DB), Bow (70%, 1d8), Knife

(50%, 1d4+DB).

Armor: Soft leather armor (2 points of protection).

Skills: Natural World (50%), Navigate (60%), Sneak (60%),

Spot Hidden (50%), Track (70%)

10) The outcast’s shack

This filthy hovel is the home of a motley assortment of

villagers who are a burden and blight to the community. If

something was vandalized or stolen within 5 miles of

Sogailraugh someone living here likely did it. This is

because the four people living here are all Changelings (see

“A Ring of Toadstools”). They are Aeden O’Conghaile (24

yrs), his wife Orlagh O’Cangaile (once Caomhanagh, 18

yrs), Ultan de Barra (30 yrs) and his wife Daimhin de Barra

(once Mag Aoidh, 26 yrs).

7) The Mag Uidhir (Maguire) Farm

A trio of young brothers runs this farm after their parents

died of illness last spring. All three are married, with either a

child or one on the way. The eldest is Gaeroid (24 yrs), his

wife is Caoilainn (20 yrs) and their son Glendan (6 yrs). The

middle brother is Kevan (22), Fianna (18 yrs) his wife and

their daughter Fedelma (3 yrs). The youngest son is Ardan

(17 yrs) and wife Muiread (14 yrs) who is Caoilainn’s

younger sister and very heavy (8 months) with child.

Daimhin and Orlagh routinely throw themselves at any man

that looks their way. Their husbands know of this and use it

as an excuse to blackmail anyone foolish enough to accept

or to attack those who refuse. The four are usually dirty;

often mean tempered and always looking for an excuse or

opportunity to cause trouble.

8) The Caomhanach (Kavanagh) Farm

The elder but still fit Cabhan (48 yrs) owns this farm,

working it with his three sons Lorcan (31 yrs), Daithi (26

yrs) & Seamus (20 yrs). The older two sons are married with

a single child each. Lorcan’s wife is Aislinn (26 yrs) & is

son is Sean (13 yrs) while Daithi’s wife is named Brigid (18

yrs) and his daughter, named after his deceased mother, is

Kyna (3 yrs). Cabhan’s youngest child is his daughter

Orlagh, whom the family no longer speaks to (see hovel

#10).

Changelings (Aeden & Orlagh O’Congaile and Ultan and

Daimhin de Barra).

STR 15 (females 12) CON 15

SIZ 15 (females 11)

INT 7 POW 11 DEX 11

HP 15,13,15, 13 DB +1d4

Weapons: Fist/Punch (70%, 1d3+db), Club (60%, 1d6+DB).

Armor: 1 point of thick skin and muscular build.

Skills: Hide (60%), Sneak (60%), Listen (60%).

Homes

These simple homes are built on land owned by Lord

Diarmuid, paying him a modest rent. They are small and

their residents un-landed (meaning they do not own their

land and therefore have no say in community matters). Each

varies in overall condition, layout and upkeep.

11) The o’Cionga (King) cottage

This is the home of Sogailraugh’s poorest family. The house

is modest but great efforts have been taken to make it

comfortable. A sizable garden is tended to, as are a flock of

thin chickens. Smoke can usually be seen rising from the

small property, because of the family’s trade – making

charcoal. The family is lead by Davin (25 yrs), his very

pregnant wife Ide (23 yrs), their daughter Mona (9yrs) and

their son Derry (7 yrs). The family is hard working but

having a hard time of it. Things are about to get much worse

for them. Ide’s will go into labor at the festival and die in

childbirth whole giving birth to a son which Davin names

Eirnin (see part one).

9) Old Murtagh’s Cottage

Drying pelts, hanging traps and a modest turnip garden

surround this one room cottage, the home of Old Murtagh

(42 yrs), the local trapper and hunter. He makes his living by

selling meat and pelts to local villagers. Most people in town

think him a bit odd and “not quite right in the head” because

he spends so much time in the “Haunted Woods”, whose

layout he knows quite well.

12) Mamma Ryanne’s Cottage

By far the nicest of all the rented houses in the village,

Mamma Ryanne’s home is well maintained and quite lovely.

The roof is newly thatched and the walkway is paved with

smooth river stones, such things being done by grateful

villagers. Old Mamma Ryanne (50 yrs) is a midwife, healer,

herbalist and part time fortuneteller for the community.

Those inside the cottage see various hanging herbs, jars of

Name: Old Murtagh, local hunter & woodsmen

STR

CON 11

SIZ

INT

POW 13

DEX 15

APP

EDU 13

SAN 65

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poultices and salves. She is well thought of in the

community and lives her with her grand daughter Iona (20

yrs), whom she is teaching her craft.

out with his older brother Ultan after their father’s death.

The brothers haven’t spoken in many years. Since Faolan

has no sons he employs two hard working apprentices

named Colum (14 yrs) & Oengus (13 yrs). The shop can

produce passable weapons (swords and spear points) but it

mainly creates tools, nails and farming implements.

Iona spends most of her time in Lord Diarmuid’s home,

being hired as a servant and nurse. She travels about in a

long cloak, hiding herself from prying eyes. This is because

she is quite beautiful (App: 16) and doesn’t want the

attention or complications that arise from it (especially the

wayward eye of other women’s husbands).

16) Pottery & Weavers / The o’Coileain

(Collins) Family

This shop has produced nearly every item of pottery and fine

woven item (baskets, hats, etc) in the village. The master

potter Finn (30yrs) owns the shop, spending his days over a

potters wheel while his equally talented wife, Aine (26 yrs),

and sister in law, Enda (24 yrs), work at weaving. The

youngest family member is little Coinneach (2 yrs), a

daughter who arrived to the couple after they had abandoned

hope of every having a child. Rumors attribute the baby’s

arrival to Mamma Raynne, who left a bowl of milk outside

the o’Coileain’s door to attract fairies.

Name: Ryanne, local healer and fortuneteller

STR

CON 12

SIZ

INT

POW 15

DEX 13

APP

EDU 14

SAN 75

DB – 0

Weapons: None.

Armor: none.

Skills: First Aid (60%), Medicine (60%), Natural World

(50%), Potions (70%), Insight (80%).

Shops

Sogailraugh is prosperous enough to support a few families

of craftsmen. These families live in the center of the village,

making homes either behind or above their workshops and

storefronts. While comfortable, none of these families are

wealthy and there is little social division between them and

the families who work on area farms.

Official Buildings

The other two structures in Sogailraugh are its modest

church and the residence of its lord, both centers of much

activity in the village. Village meetings are held in Lord

Diarmuid’s hall and Sunday morning will find nearly

everyone in the village’s church, everyone except the adult

changelings that is.

13) Tanner / The o’Cuilinn (Cullen) Family

A much fouler smell comes from this shop. Hides hang in

various stages of tanning behind the shop. Leather and

leather goods are sold here. The shop is owned by Canise

(25 yrs), a master craftsman who also lives here with his

wife Aideen (22yrs) and their son Nollaig (6 yrs). Young

Nollaig is already learning his father’s craft and claimed to

have witnessed “The Wild Hunt” last Oiche Samhian.

17) The Church

This large stone building was built by the community and is

home to Father Ennis, the town’s priest (43 yrs). It is large

and spacious, able to house nearly everyone in the entire

village at once. Father Ennis is a religious man who is also

wary of tossing aside many of Sogailraugh’s “harmless

traditions”. He sees little harm in the more ancient parts of

the All Hallow’s Eve celebrations, claiming the Pope

himself has sanctioned these activities. Father Ennis is a

literate man, keeping records of births, deaths and important

events.

14) Bakery / The Meagher (Maher) Family

This finely built house and bakery always smell of rising

dough and fresh bread. Everyone in the village either

purchases bread here or has their own dough baked in the

bakery’s ovens. It is owned and run by Cronin (28 yrs), his

wife Aoife (28 yrs), their two sons Ailill (12 yrs) & Conla

(10 yrs) and daughter Fionnoula (7 yrs). Everyone in the

family helps run the bakery.

18) Lord Diarmuid’s Home

This large building is surrounded by a six-foot stonewall

who’s single gate is flanked by two wooden towers. The

house can serve as a small keep should the town ever come

under attack. Ri Tuath Diarmuid (30 yrs) is master of the

house, overseeing the administration of Sogailraugh. His

lovely wife Lady Shauna (26 yrs, App: 14) lives her along

with their infant daughter Noreen (6 weeks). An old married

couple Carrig (43 yrs) and his wife Fiona (40 yrs) work as

servants for the house while a pair of stout men at arms,

Colmcille (20 yrs) and Riordan (21 yrs) protect all its

occupants.

15) Blacksmith / The de Barra (Barry) Family

The sound of ringing hammers can be heard from dawn until

dusk from this stout stone building. The village smithy is

owned and run by master smith Faolan (26yrs), a large and

powerful (STR: 16, SIZ: 15) man with a gruff manner and

stern gaze. Living here with him is his very friendly wife

Ashling (22 yrs) and their equally friendly daughter

Dearbhal (9 yrs). Many years ago Faolan had a bad falling

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Ri Tuath Diarmuid, Lord of Sogailraugh

STR

CON 15

SIZ

The Villagers

There are one hundred villagers living in Sogailraugh, thirty-

eight men, thirty-two women and thirty children. Children

range between newborn until a nearly adult thirteen years.

Of these five (two men, two women and a child) are not

human but Changelings (See “A Ring of Toadstools).

INT

POW 12

DEX 10

APP

EDU 13

SAN 60

HP 16 DB +1d4

Weapons: Frankish Sword (65%, 1d8+1+DB), Spear (60%,

1d8+DB), Dagger (50%, 1d4+DB).

Armor: Chainmail (7points of protection), Iron helmet.

Skills: Insight (80%), Listen (70%), Persuade (50%), Ride

(60%), Status (60%)

Surnames

Surnames have been given to each family, allowing keepers

to better keep track of

NPCs and their family

ties. However

surnames didn’t

develop in Ireland

until the 11 th and 12 th

centuries, so

technically including

them is not

historically accurate.

Keepers are free to

remove them at their

discretion.

Language

Everyone in town

speaks Gaelic with a

few (30%) also

speaking English.

Keepers should keep

track of those who are

able to speak English,

making non-Gaelic

speaking visitors

require a translator to

communicate. Keepers

can alter this for

simplicity’s sake and

have everyone in here

speak both Gaelic and

English.

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