Bizarre Events at a U.N. Moonbase - Pestilence and Plague in Elizabethan London - Secrets of the Spanish Inquisition.
During the month of January, 1603, London is in the grip of a bitterly cold winter. The air is crisp with a heavy frost that is slow to thaw. Rumo abound that the plague is once more abroad in the city - knowledge that weighs heavily on the populace.
Numerous houses have already been boarded up; people have again taken to slaughtering stray dogs, wearing too-strong perfumes, and applying aenic under the armpits. The Pest House is filling, and deaths are on the rise.
Now you hear that Queen Elizabeth is unwell, and will probably die before spring. Everyone is wary of othe, and foreigne certainly are carriers.
It is a depressing time to be about in the city.
`He comes tonight, in sundered raiment, like foul Charon beckoning on the shores of Acheron, each quiddity of his terrible aspect brought forth by mine own cantickle. The King in Yellowe doth suck my soul as a babe ravens at his mother's breast.` ~ Christopher Marlowe, The King in Yellowe, I.3
Strange Aeons includes three adventures set in unusual times and places: Renaissance Spain in the middle of the Spanish Inquisition, Elizabethan England where plague and pestilence run rampant, and the United Nations Lunar base. Six pre-generated characters are included for each scenario.
Includes the Call of Cthulhu Adventures: * Garden of Earthly Delights - A terrified village in Spain 1597. * Blood Moon - The United Nations Lunar base 2015. * The King of Shreds and Patches - London England 1603.
Page Count: 128
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