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PERSONALITIES Erik Helsing: MU18, Dracology 3 (red dragon). Erik is the Master of the Onyx Tower of Serraine, but he was born Igor Gorevitch-Woszlany of Boldavia. He has been on the run for from Prince Morphail for 25 years, when Erik led several of Morphail’s vampires into traps laid by the Heldannic Knights Experten. On rare occasions, Erik returns to the Grauenberg area, but his Alphatian cover rankles the Knights. He is 112 years old. Haldemar of Haaken: MU21. Prince Haldemar is an Amburese mage of pure Alphatian descent and has a knack for finding trouble. Haldemar was granted command of a frigate during the Alphatian Spike and retired as Admiral in the aftermath. He came out of retirement in 964 to lead a world-spanning, skyship trek known as the “Voyages of the Princess Ark.” Early on, Haldemar ran afoul of the Heldannic Order and discovered many of their secrets (Vanya’s Rest, warbirds, the Hollow World). He was declared a pirate before disappearing, and his actions sparked a series of diplomatic problems that have continued between the Order and the Alphatian Empire. Upon his return to Mystara, the Prince will once more be a thorn in the side of the Heldannic Knights. Axemines: C10, C, Wis 18, Dex 17, Con 16. Axemines is the seventh high priest of Gylgarid. He leads 19 other clerics as they toil away uncovering more Essurian and Nithian lore. His security chief is Krin (C8). Equipment: a glowing dagger which withers the hand of anyone else who wields the blade. Oberack: MU24 (MU30 by 1010), C. Oberack is a pirate originally from Ostland. What makes him unique is that he travels in a flying longship pulled by four white dragons: Grom-heart, Hildewyrm, Wael-sweord, and Sigor-weard. Most of his activity is on the Norwold coast, but at times of Knightly weakness, he is not above raiding the Territories. His second in command is the fighter (F14) Kleng Bloodhand, and his crew numbers 15. Past, Present, and Future Below are lists of various important individuals during the history and near future of the Heldannic Order. Landmeisters of the Heldannic Territories Freiburg: Klaus Stamhoffer 952-980 Utha Scharnheim 980-present Altendorf: Georg Löwenstern 952-991 Fritz Hauerfang 991-present Hockstein: Wilhelm Hockstein 958-978 Otto Morgenhammer 979-pres Grauenberg: Helga Grauenberg 960-977 Helmut Totenfuss 977-present Oostdok: Johan Goldzig 962-999 Karl Hundkopf 999-present Stonehaven: Anna von Hendriks, 996present The Distinguished Dead Stamhoffer, Klaus: 910-980, First Hochmeister, First Landmeister of Freiburg (952) Tannengrub, Argo: 901-951, Knight Errant, Discoverer of Vanya’s Grave Löwenstern, Georg: 917-991, First Landmeister of Altendorf, 952 Wilhelm Hockstein: 932-978, First Landmeister of Hockstein (958) Helga Grauenberg: 921-977, First Landmeister of Grauenberg (960) Johan Goldzig: 930-999, First Landmeister of Oostdok (962) Helmut Totenfuss: 926-1008, Second Lm. Grauenberg (974) 37 Otto Morgenhammer: 941-1015, Second Lm. Hockstein (979) Utha Scharnheim: 939-1004, Second Lm. Freiburg (980) Maude Ersterlicht: 931-1014, First Primate of the Voice (980) Max Einaugen: 938-998, First Primate of the Hammer (980) Franz Eindecker: 924-966, Luftkapitän of the Weihe Wulf von Klagendorf: 931-, Second Hochmeister (980) Fritz Hauerfang: 973-, Second Lm. Altendorf (991) Anna von Hendriks: 972-, Lm. Stonehaven (996) Konrad Blutfelden: 949-, 2 nd Primate of the Hammer 998 Karl Hundkopf: 968-, 2 nd Lm. Oostdok (999) Eugen Pfefferlind: 970-, 3 rd Lm. Freiburg (1004) Dora Riesenstein: 981-, 3 rd Lm. Grauenberg, 1008 Manfred Himmelbrand: 964-, High Inquisitor (1013) Ingeborg Gottfried: 972-, 2 nd Primate of the Voice (1014) Friedrich Feuergeist: 972-, 3 rd Lm. Hockstein, 1015 Ludwig Hohenhaus: 981-, 1 st Lm. Heldland (1010) Siegfried Meinhard: 967-, 1 st Lm. Landfall (1010) Hermann Adalard: 988-, 1 st Lm. Oceansend (1011)
ADVENTURES Before taking your campaign to the Heldannic Territories, you should decide whether the Knights are ultimately a positive force on Mystara or villains to be vanquished. Overall the principal adventure path included in this section assumes the former, but some adventures do favor the latter. The Knights vs. Heldanners The goodly Knights are plagued by barbarians and Partisans from the periphery. The native forces cling to outdated traditions, superstitions and Immortals who have held back the Freeholders over the centuries. The characters hunt rebel forces, confront the bloody legacies of the Northman pantheon and oddities such as Gylgarid and Darga, rescue victims of kidnap, and serve as a beacon for modernity. Heldanners vs. the Knights The time has come to rid Heldann of the cruel Knights and their foreign patron. Characters are native Freeholders or sympathetic foreigners. They must unite the anarchic Heldanners for a new uprising, seek out ancient, legendary artifacts and figures to gather strength, and finally take the fight to the Knights. But the cost of freedom is high, and for the sake of assistance, the rebels might just exchange one set of masters for another. The Knights vs. the World While some momentous, dark storm gathers, the rest of Mystara has succumbed to their worst instincts: Zzonga-riddled Alphatians, ethicallybankrupt Thyatians, avaricious Darokinians, barbaric Northmen, superstitious Traladarans, gluttonous hins, and anti-clerical Glantrians infiltrated by lycanthropes and undead. The only ones capable of stepping into the breach are the Knights. The PCs, as agents of the Order, must bring order to this madness before it is too late for everyone. The World vs. the Knights The Heldannic Order is a clear and present danger to every nation of the Known World. In just a few short decades the Knights have established a world-spanning empire, and they are now poised to do unto other nations what they have already done to the Freeholds. The characters work as part of burgeoning international coalition to remove the greatest threat to peace in centuries. The Adventure Tree Shown above is the Heldannic Adventure Tree. It illustrates suggested sequences of mini-campaigns to build a larger Heldannic Campaign for your own purposes. The leftmost track is considered the default campaign: the PCs are affiliated with the Order, but frictions with the natives are down-played in favor of mysteries. The second major path relies heavily on Wrath-Almanac concepts, while the third emphasizes problems with the natives. The final path route, starting 38 with “Heim Sweet Heim” is for native characters initially outside of the reach of the Order. Where this path leads into the other mini-campaigns, consider the roles reversed, as necessary. Training Days (1-3) The characters begin as squires, soldiers, or clerics with the Heldannic Order at Freiburg. Their activities center on events that characterize – or interrupt – their training. But is the true cause of troubles the hidebound natives? Or is it something more foreign? Parade Grounds: Basic training has started for the Order’s newest military and clerical recruits. Not everyone in their cohort is a willing participant, and one or two is an agent provocateur intent on sparking a cadre uprising, using the confusion to loot treasury and weapons caches with the aid of smugglers headed out to sea. It is up to the party to put down the uprising before too many lives are lost and stop the theft of materials. The Ghosts: Their basic training complete, the party is rotated out to the
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