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means that a daemon (or maybe a group of daemons)
could come for him as the characters are talking to
him.
Though Otto Stellwärter is a battle-hardened veteran
and certainly appears to be a Sigmarite, this might
only be a cover for a sinister secret – a cultist helping
people to reach Teufelkreuz so as to extend the time
limit of his own deal with the daemon.
The daemon could summon a pack of daemon hounds,
imps or other minor creatures of Chaos as backup if
the characters decide to use brute force.
Overview: While traveling in the deep dark woods
of the Old World, the characters encounter a peasant
possessed by a malevolent daemon who seems to
know an awful lot about them.
The crone is an ancient-looking, half-blind woman
who greets the visitors with a surprisingly pleasant
voice. She welcomes the travelers to her village but
advises them to leave all icons and marks of any gods
behind, explaining that theirs is the village which all
gods forgot.
Act 2: The Village the Gods Forgot
Once the characters enter the “village”, they are
greeted by peasants of all ages and occupations. There
are quite a lot of them, though the sheer number
of children that look like they could be related is
somewhat disturbing.
At the center of the community, an old monolith rises
from the ground. It has no visible magical qualities to
those with magical sight. There are several beastmen
heads at the base of the monolith. People passing by
the monolith regularly spit on them. The characters
might spot a few toads hiding in the skull piles too.
The Lord of Toads
Act 1: The Croaking Forest
The dirt road that the party is traveling takes them
through a swampy forest where shadows seem to take
life. It is clear that this kind of forest lures all kinds
of beasts and monsters. But what makes the whole
place even more eerie is seeing nothing but toads. The
constant croaking does not help either.
When the party finally arrives at a small clearing,
they see about a dozen hovels cluttered together in a
vain effort to keep back the horrors of the woods. The
village looks completely abandoned. That is, until an
old crone limps towards the characters.
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Once the party has had the time to become weirded
out by their surroundings, the crone leads them to one
of the buildings near the center. Inside they encounter
a young man that has been restrained with ropes, roots
and a bit of chain. As they enter, the young man greets
each of the party members by their full name.
The peasant has been possessed by a daemon that has
uncanny knowledge of the party’s latest undertakings.
It will mock them for their effortless battle against
Chaos and claim that only his lord could succeed
where the old gods did not.
The villagers are clearly worshiping the daemonhost
as some sort of divine messenger. They summoned the
daemon into a willing host, but now do not know how
to keep it from dying or fleeing. They have decided to
find a stronger, more able host, and one of the party
members is exactly what they have been looking for.
Act 3: Father of Toads
While talking to the daemonhost, the characters will
notice that the host’s body has been rotting away for