Lysa Hora

*"Although you have been invited, I do not think you are welcome."*

This is a Brimstone Encounter Card in *Hand of Fate 2.* It comes with the Servant and the Beast DLC.

## Event 1

*The bloody conclusion of Veles' coronation was met with little fanfare.*

*Veles waits alone in the cold, empty Lashar manor. He looks up as you enter. "She is hiding in the Lysa Hora. The shadow realm, as you call it."*

*"I require blood. Blood enough to take us both into the Lysa Hora. I thought I could face her on my own, but I cannot. House Lashar is all but gone. I need your hand in this fight."*

**Veles will enter Lysa Hora when he next enters blood madness.**

**Feed Veles fully at the campfire.**

**Encounter ends.**

## Event 2 (Once Veles enters Blood Madness)

*"We return to shadow now." Veles grips you by the collar and you feel yourself slip into oblivion.*

*It is quiet and dark, but you see the shape of what must be Veles ahead. You follow, your footsteps making no sound in the pitch black.*

*Then the darkness recedes, and you are overwhelmed by the sound of a colossal ticking clock.*

*You find yourself suspended in a fractured parody of the Lashar Manor ballroom. Broken pieces of columns and furnishings hang gently in the aether, and everything is tinged in an otherworldly violet light.*

*Your head swims.*

*Veles appears beside you. "Welcome to the Kingdom of Lysa Hora, servant. Now, let us see if my love will take the bait."*

*Sure enough, a party of shadow beasts joins you in the void.*

**The Dealer draws a 5 of Shadow.**

*You draw your weapon.*

**The player enters Combat.**

*More shadow beasts arrive to replace the others as they fall.*

**The Dealer draws an Elder of Shadow and a 5 of Shadow.**

*Veles begins to tire as his madness wanes.*

**Veles no longer has Blood Madness.**

**The player enters Combat.**

*As the final beast falls, so too does Veles, exhausted.*

*A slender figure suddenly joins you in the Lysa Hora. Her eyes are framed by scarlet markings, and a crown of vicious horns rises from atop her forehead. This could only be Veles's love.*

*She raises a dull, curved knife. You leap forward, desperate to intervene.*

*Veles does not move.*

**The player draws Grobben the Servant.**

*Then, in a fat green flash, Grobben appears and swats the knife from her hands with a heavy sword.*

*Once more you ready your weapon. Near exhausted, Veles gets to his feet.*

*"Hello, Veles," his love snarls. "Are you going to kill me?"*

*Your companion blinks, a terrible yearning in his eyes. "Why did you do it?"*

*She growls. "It was easy. Your feuds with Perun. The skull in the cave. Even your uncle, Baron Kresnik, agreed with my sentiment."*

*"House Lashar is the hobbling disgrace of Lysa Hora. You respect no traditions, sharing our ancient secrets with this goblin filth." she hisses. "Now, are you going to kill me?"*

*"You know I could never do such a thing,"*

*She laughs mockingly and fades from the shadow realm.*

**The Dealer draws 2 Elders of Shadow and a 5 of Shadow.**

*A final brood of shadow beasts blink in to confront you.*

**The player enters Combat.**

*You stand with Veles as the broken pieces of his manor tumble gently around you.*

1) Ask about Lysa Hora.

*"We of the Lys are not of your realm. This place is our true home. We use it to hide and appear where we need to - at a cost to our mortality."*
*"This place calls to us, as it does to every living being. With each journey into the Lys it is more and more tempting to remain in shadow forever."*
2) Ask if Veles can teach you to enter the shadow realm like Grobben.

*"Perhaps I could."*
3) Leave the shadow realm.

*"House Lashar has been reduced to nothing," Veles mutters, matter-of-factly. "Perun is dead. We have slain most of the House. Only Grobben and I remain."*
*Veles looks down at the grumpy goblin. "I suppose it is not so bad."*
*Then he looks to you.*
*"Thank you. I could not have done this without you."*
**The player gains 12 Fame.**
1) Nod.
2) Smile.
*You follow Veles and Grobben out of the shadows and into the light.*
**The player gains this card's Token.**

## Token Unlocks

*For venturing into the shadow realm and living to tell the tale...*

* Return to Lysa Hora
* Veles the Lord