Monte Capanne

Picture of Monte Capanne

## Geography

### Environment

Rocky bricked-esque mountain top, lots of lichen, Hot-summer Mediterranean Climate (Csa)

### Spatial Manifold

Material Universe

**Monte Capanne** is a mountain in Capanne, Corsica. The forest surrounding the mountain has an unusually high amount of "Wonderland" Events.

KQE-0004.1 resembles a woman with three heads, mother, crone, and maid. At the base of KQE-0004.1 is a large dry fountain, the fountain cannot be filled with any known liquid. When spoken to the entity residing in the statue will offer to grant a wish, after receiving an offering. The trifle must be valuable to the person offering it.

The wishes seem to always come true with no "ironic" consequences. The extent of KQE-0004.1's reality-bending properties is currently unknown. The most notable wish granted so far was made by

## Aquisition

Monte Capanne was first noticed by the Global Occult Coalition after analysis of missing persons reports across Corsica. Capanne was shown to have missing persons 30% higher than any other region in Corsica. An investigation team (MTF-Survey Team 6) was sent out on 85.T.0 EM. The first investigation was aborted after 3 of the 8 members underwent radio silence. The rest of the team reconvened and prepared for a rescue mission. Two hours later the group resurfaced and called for immediate extraction. The group claimed to have been lost in the Faewild for 8 months, as predicted by the "Time-Asynchronous-Manifold" Theory as proposed by Ms. Naaji al-Abdi. This is when KQE-0004 was officially documented as an anomalous location.

## Missions

An investigation team (MTF-Survey Team 6) was sent out on 85.T.0 EM. The first investigation was aborted after 3 of the 8 members underwent radio silence. The rest of the team reconvened and prepared for a rescue mission. Two hours later the group resurfaced and called for immediate extraction. The group claimed to have been lost in the Faewild for 8 months, as predicted by the "Time-Asynchronous-Manifold" Theory as proposed by Ms. Naaji al-Abdi.
After recovery the MTF-Survey Team 6 dissolved and formed a new MTF, MTF-Archias. This saw the addition of 7 new members. Each equipped a knock decoder and various Faeslaying amenities.

OST: The Beacon
**DM:** "In the distance you suddenly see a large column of light, it stretches from the peak of Monte Capanne, into the dark sky."

II - Refusal
A stranger tells of the light.
**Stranger:** "It grants those who make an offering 3 wishes. Powerful faerie magic. However, it is said that those without enough will can never climb the summit, lost in the rocks and brush."

III - Supernatural Aid
OST: The Witch
After embarking on the quest they will meet the Witch of Capanne, Fedora Nocito. She will be kind, and offer to help if their motivation is pure. She warns of the Spirit of the Mountain (KQE-0004.1), tells that the wishes, while miraculous, are dangerous. Only those without greed are looked upon kindly.
She will give them an Enchanted Compass:
OST: The Compass
**Φ**: Anemoi, Compass of the Lost

IV - Crossing The Threshold
OST: The Forest
**DM:** "As you venture through the shrub forest your stomach suddenly churns. Butterflies crawl up your throat and for a brief moment you cannot discern up from down. And then it fades, and there you are, fine but slightly dizzy. Standing where you were standing seconds ago...something is different. You forget what time you came here but the sun sits on the horizon, twilight."
The player has now entered the Feywild. If they attempt to go back the way they came it will loop. If they break any rules weird glitches happen.
OST: The Feywild

V - Belly of the Whale
OST: The Rabbit
**DM:** "You hear leaves crunch from behind you."
Regardless what the player was the man will always speak from behind.
**The Rabbit of Monte Carlo:** "Hello?"
**DM:** "A man in a suit approaches you, his head is replaced with that of a rabbit's. He wears a top hat and as he notices you he takes it off and tips it to you. You stare at it's leporine head, you want to ask him about it but it feels like that would be rude. Or because that's actually how everyone looks, you just remembered humans wrong. Are you still dizzy?"
**The Rabbit of Monte Carlo:** "How is your name? Mine smells of raspberries or snapdragons lately, although its hard to tell these days."
The Jester of the Wood seeks to steal and use the name of the player. They most likely will, and when he does he will declare the player forever cursed to wander the Feywild.

VI - The Road of Trials ("Patience")
**DM:** "The mountain gets steeper, and the forest grows taller and thick, the sun sitting on the horizon. But it levels out and a river flows, a bridge between the two shores."
OST: The River
If the player walks on the bridge it will simply grow longer to compensate, and it will stay that long.
**Faerie 2:** "Hey there."
Faerie 2 resembles a girl with an enormous amount of long black hair, it covers her face. She will take the name if given the chance, but mostly she just wants to fish. There's an extra fishing rod beside her.
The player can cross the bridge when they take the time to sit down and fish. They will get lost in it, and look up and be on the other side.
**Faerie 2:** "I heard the jackrabbit clothed in black took your name. He did the same to me. I think I used to be a girl from Florence. I came here so the Mother, Maiden, and Crone would give me a wish. My brother was sick, you see. After the name thief took mine I went to the top of the mountain. I begged the mother goddess to let me free but she could not. She said I could return if someone else agreed to take my place. The daughter was foolish, she was young and prayed her mother to take her place. And she did. After my oldest kin left to find her wish my son died. She had no idea. I agreed to switch because my boy died. I never loved my daughter. I thought it would be an easy way out. She died hundreds of years ago I think. Now I'm here. A mother without a children. Every day I see my son drowned in the river here. And every day I die. The pain of seeing him destroys my heart but I keep coming back. I keep coming back because I get to see him one more time."

VII - The Road of Trials ("Trust")
OST: The Fairy Ring
**DM:** "The twilight sun shines through the trees and falls against your face. The twisting woods opens to a clearing, in the center a Fairy ring. A small thing with too many arms and a large eye covered in thick black fur meanders in the toadstools."
The Kobold will dematerialize if the player comes too close, they need to earn the Kobold's trust in order to learn the secrets. The player must walk counterclockwise along the fairy ring. Or consume a toadstool.

VIII - The Road of Trials ("Humility")
OST: The Door
**DM:** "You walk along the forest path, and as you turn a corner you find a staircase leading to a door. The stairs are carpeted and noble looking. Despite the wet and rotted leaves around it. The door is made of thick wood and seems to lead nowhere. Engraved on the front of the door you read 'For the hero pure of heart'."
If the player ignores the door, everything is fine. If they enter it they will fall from the staircase and break Anemoi.

IX - Meeting with the Goddess
OST: The Cat
**The Cat GOOD:** "I'm impressed, usually those seeking a wish are far more prideful, they may value that on the other side but not here."
**The Cat BAD:** "Humans always fall due to their pride. I thought for a moment you were different."
**The Cat:** "You know I used to be like you, I was human once. The tuxed jackrabbit took my name and left me here. The Mother, Maiden, and Crone cursed me for my flaws, and refused to bless me with a wish. So I stayed here, I've been here ever since."
The Cat will tell him the rules of the world. What he has broken and were the rabbit is.
**The Cat:** "And remember, those fairy tales aren't always wrong. Cold Iron, Running Water, Bread and Grotesques are all powerful tools."

X - Atonement with the Father
**DM:** "You stand at the entrance of a cave. It looks like an old mineshaft, overgrown and disused. Beside the cave are steps up to the peak of the Mountain."
OST: The Cave
**Butterfly:** "You know the Mother, Maiden, and Crone can grant any wish. Surely you could return without a name, or surely be granted a new one. What can you gain from slaughtering the jester rabbit of the wood? Is vengeance for the wronged noble, or is it petty?"
Time to fight the Rabbit.
OST: The Rabbit

XI - Apotheosis
**DM:** "The dead rabbit's blood leaks down your hands, iron fills your lungs. Welcome back \_\_\_\_."

XII - The Ultimate Boon
OST: The Triple Goddess
**Mother, Maiden, Crone:** "What would you like to wish for?"
OST: A Wish is Granted

XIII - The Return
**DM:** "You return to the other side. And you feel your bag is slightly heavier. Inside you find a letter. It reads:"
**The Cat:** "Welcome home Slayer of the Rabbit, I apologize I could not be there to join you. The woman of the river told me about you. I hope you remember your time here with us. We will. As a parting gift we give you this coin. As long as you hold it in your hand, and think of what you've learned, the universe will conspire in your favour. Bless you Hero of the Woods. -The Beings of the Forest"
**Φ**: Coin of the Wood

1. ↑ A "Wonderland" Event describes when a subject, usually solitary, is spontaneously transported to the Faewild. These events often go unnoticed for several hours.