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The Haunted Blacksmith
“Aldric Voss was once the finest weaponsmith in three counties, his blades carried by knights and mercenaries alike. That changed the night the curse fell on Hollowmere. His wife, Sera, was among the first to vanish — pulled from their bed by shadows that bled through the walls like ink through parchment. Aldric ran into the dark after her and found nothing but her wedding ring, still warm, lying in a circle of scorched earth behind the smithy.”
Now Aldric works the forge day and night, hammering steel with a desperate, hollow rhythm that echoes through the village at all hours. The weapons he crafts have changed. They hum faintly, their edges impossibly sharp, and those who wield them report hearing whispers in combat — Sera's voice, warning of incoming blows. Aldric doesn't sleep. He says the moment the forge goes cold, he hears her screaming from somewhere beneath the village.
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Spirit-Forged Arms. Weapons crafted by Aldric count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks. A creature attuned to one of his weapons can cast Augury once per long rest (the answer comes as Sera's whispered voice).
Forge Trance. Aldric doesn't need to sleep. He enters a trance-like state while working the forge. During this trance, he has advantage on Wisdom saving throws against being charmed or frightened.
Curse-Touched Constitution. Aldric has resistance to necrotic damage. If reduced to 0 hit points, spectral chains briefly manifest and stabilize him (he automatically succeeds on his first death saving throw).
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The party arrives in Hollowmere after dark and follows the sound of hammering to the smithy. Aldric is deep in a forge trance, surrounded by a faint blue glow. He doesn't respond to conversation. When a PC touches him or one of the weapons on the rack, the forge erupts — spectral chains lash out from the coals, grappling the nearest two PCs (DC 14 Strength save). Aldric snaps awake, terrified, and...
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“Aldric begs the party to descend into the old mine beneath the smithy — he's heard Sera's voice echoing from below, but something down there kills anyone who goes alone. He offers each party member a spirit-forged weapon in payment.”
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The Haunted Blacksmith
Aldric Voss was once the finest weaponsmith in three counties, his blades carried by knights and mercenaries alike. That changed the night t...
The Corrupt Priest
Father Merek Thane arrived in Hollowmere six months before the curse, sent by the church of Lathander to minister to this forgotten parish. ...
The Shape-Shifting Innkeeper
Maren Holt is not her real name. She doesn't remember her real name — she stopped using it so long ago that it dissolved like sugar in rain....
The Vengeful Ghost
Elara Dunmoor was the village healer for forty years, a sharp-tongued woman who delivered half the people in Hollowmere and buried the other...
The Child Prophet
Pip Ashwick is nine years old. She has dirt under her fingernails, a gap where her front teeth should be, and she speaks with the voice of s...
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