Dungeon A Day - Furiaes Castle - Day 18
In a leaf-fallen forest, under a full moon, a dark shadow lies over a single cottage. Looking up, you can just make out the outline of a ghost-like castle, somehow floating in the autumn skies.
Beneath it, candle-like wisps flit about, summoning all souls who can hear their call, to the "doorway" through which all may pass to the floating keep.
This is the place to which children from the nearby village have been kidnapped, reports claim. But seeing Furiaes Castle in person is more unsettling than you'd hoped.
Day 18 - Black Suit of Armor
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Room Description (Read the Following Text to Your Players)
This well-lit and cozy room is filled with books along its edges, and piled across two chairs and a table. In the room’s third plush chair is a black armored suit, with no head. Disturbingly, the armor moves ever so slightly, when you enter.
Room Challenges and Treasures
- Dullahan, the Headless Knight: players have no way of knowing at this time, but this suit of armor's name is Dullahan, and he is a servant of the Ladies Furiaes. He was against kidnapping the villagers' children, and had his head removed for his opposition. Of course, however, he is a being of magic, and the suit of armor is hollow, so he yet lives, just unable to see, hear, or talk. At best, he can sense when someone enters the room, via slight vibrations from the noise, etc.
- The Key of Lanterns: a successful Intelligence roll (Fate Roll Difficulty matches Avg. Party Level, -2) reveals to players that this black suit of armor has a chain wrapped around his right wrist, which ends in a lantern-shaped key. This is, in fact, the "Noble Key of Lanterns," and is needed to free the children.
- Acquiring the Key: the key can be stolen (automatic success, as Dullahan cannot see or hear), taken from his slain "body" (stats below - again he is practically defenseless), or he will give it to the party willingly, along with other treasures, if they find and return his head to him (from dungeon room 25). More information on the interactions should characters find and return Dullahan's head are also found in the notes for dungeon room 25.
Enemy Stats
Dullahan: "Hero" enemy Difficulty (match Avg. Party Level). Option to use the "Fallen Paladin AI." If attacked while he has no head, Dullahan counts as being "Blind" and "Silenced," and will not attempt to defend himself, as he assumes it is more mere tormenting from the Furiaes Sisters. See the Dungeon A Day - Enemy Stats and AI page for more details.
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