The World

Chapter 9: Typical Features of an Eerie Village

The typical Eerie Village should include at least one of these features:

• An ecological or spiritual role that scares or disgusts humans.
• A completely unique population.
• A natural or magical resource not found elsewhere.
• A protector figure with an inscrutable or difficult personality.

Chapter 9: Location & Positioning

Locations like Darkdepth may appear as a discovery during a journey or be introduced with a Fabula Point, but more often they are a turning point of the campaign—an allegory of the main themes of the story that the group can engage with and even directly talk to.

For example, Darkdepth is linked to the fear of death and the instinctive repulsion for decay and rotting, in spite of the fact that these processes are inevitable and essential to creating new life.

Chapter 9: The Villains’ Plans

Some Villains might see the Eerie Village as a precious source of power. Others might plan to destroy it to wipe out its influence over the environment—ignoring or underestimating the consequences of such an act. From this point of view, the Eerie Village symbolizes the need to learn why we have to protect what we don’t understand and, sometimes, even what scares us.

Possible Questions for the Group:

• Which one of you has already explored these woods? Have you ever met or noticed the sinister presence of the legend?
• When these forests were still young, an unknown population lived here. Which one of you has heard of them or stumbled upon the ruins of their civilization?
• In the past, someone you knew got lost in these woods. Did they ever return? If yes, how did the experience change them?
• Who decided to make the forest paths secure once and for all? How? What danger are they underestimating?
• What dangerous creature roams in the muddy undergrowth?
• Who is offering to guide you through the forest?

Summary Section: Darkdepth

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