Season of the Witch

Season of the Witch

The Year is 1945 AE, 52 years before Shannon Walker is anointed Eleusinian. Dark forces are moving in the land of Pneumanor. You work for **The Society of the Golden Thorn**, A sect of the Panacea Knights. You are monsters hunters and paranormal investigators.

You are being sent to Winter Falls to investigate the death of Barnaby Ravenshaw and the strange happenings surrounding it. Your clients is The Widow Samantha Ravenshaw.

## Samantha Ravenshaw's Letter:

> To The Society of the Golden Thorn
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> I am writing you concerning the passing of my dear husband, Barnaby Ravenshaw. As I am sure you are aware that my husband was the C.E.O of Gold Springs Corporation and had a healthy share of the Sixsmith Enterprise. He has been doing business in and with Port Caspian, Shiloh, Garland and Minus for over thirty years and has made a name for himself. Also We have only been married five years but our love was true and we spent a good amount of time together. We would go hiking and enjoy romantic moonlit walks.
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> I say all of this so that you understand that he was a man of power, but he was also very happy. This is important that you understand this before I tell you what has transpired within the last fortnight.
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> I noticed that Mr. Ravenshaw had often become distracted. He would constantly stare off into the distance. He would also mumble to himself and was taken to fits of frights. He would shout in alarm and flinch at any loud noise. He would suffer from fits of paranoia, checking over his shoulders or quickly spinning on one foot as we took our evening walks. All of this was very unlike him, but what troubled me the most was he constant writing and scribbling.
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> All of this was his mantel state, and I considered taking him to Pinehill Mental Institution. Then came the boils, nasty puss filled lumps all up and down his back and shoulders. He also suffered from a scale like rash around his eyes. There was scars in shapes of strange ruin upon his chest. His death, was painful and sudden.
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> I believe there is something wicked at work here in Winter Falls, I can since it in the air. A darkness is falling upon the town. A shadow that is sinister. Please send a team to investigate. I am willing to pay 5000 gp. I am sending an advance of 1000 gp. This should be more than enough to pay for your travel here.
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> P.S.
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> Please be quick.
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> Samantha Ravenshaw
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## Winter Falls:

### Main Families:

* **de Winter** - Oldest family in Winter Falls
* **Warren** - Very wealthy family, competitive with the Ravenshaws.
* **Ravenshaw** - Powerful Family, wealthiest Family.
* **Tomlin** - Though a very Large Family it is often looked down upon.
* **Dalton** - Hard working Family, owns the Mill and Farmland

### Notable People:

* **Oswald Tomlin** - Mayor of Winter Falls.
* **Samantha Ravenshaw** - Barnaby Ravenshaw's Widow and owner of *Gold Springs Corporation*.
* **Linda Ravenshaw** - Oswald’s assistant
* **Edward Warren** - Husband to Lorraine, Own the local Tavern "The Scared Sail."
* **Lorraine Warren** - Wife to Edward, cook at The Scared Sail.
* **Milady de Winte**r -Oldest living person in Winter Falls
* **Thaddeus Dalton** - Owner of the Mill and Farmland

### Notable Places:

* **Castel de Winter** - Local Keep
* **The Dalton Mill** - Grain Mill
* **The Dalton Farms** - Many Farms
* **The Scared Seal** - Tavern
* **Gold Springs Mine** - Gold Mine
* **The Gleaming Hollow** - Cave
* **The Grim Growth** - Apothecary
* **The Glorious Boar** - Pub
* **The Basic Bed** - Inn
* **The Long Curtain** - Brothel
* **Mama Tomlin's** - Bakery
* **The Drawing Sword** - Blacksmith
* **Solutions and Answers** - Magic Shop

## Character Creation:

**Backstory:**

* Alignment: Good or Neutral (No Evil)
* You are a Panacea Knight, in The Society of the Golden Thorn
* You hunt evil monsters
* You already know each other.

**Platform:** Pathfinder Second Edition

**Race/Heritage:** Any

**Class:** Any

**Level:** 4

**Starting Wealth:**

## Five Sessions:

### Session One: Bad Moon Rising

#### Story:

The party make it to Winter Falls and find that Samantha Ravenshaw is being executed for being a witch.

### Session Two: Somebody’s Watching

#### Story:

The party stumbles onto a thirty year old mystery of a missing girl.

#### Details:

1915 AE - Karen Aylwood goes missing.

The three with her were:

* John Keller,
* Tom Colley and
* Mary Tomlin (Now Fleming).

John Keller was said to have had a book (He said it was given to him) by a woman named Elly Kedward.

Elly Kedward was arrested by Panacea Knights and executed in front of the Church for being a witch.

Mary's son is Nathaniel Fleming Jr. Work at the Dalton farms.

### Session Three: Nightmare on My Street

#### Story:

Children are being murdered in their sleep. Fredrick Korzha, a child murderer from twenty years ago is back from the dead. He was drowned by the adults of Winter Falls.

### Session Four: Don't Fear the Reaper

#### Story:

People are being found dead with numbers carved into their heads. Jonathan Bartlett who killed Thirteen people ten years ago is back and acting as death.

### Session Five: Witchy Woman

#### Story:

Samantha’s mother, Elly Kedward, was killed for being a witch thirty years ago. Samantha has taken her revenge on the town.