�The Tomb� is the Dark Ages investigators� first � and hopefully not last - incursion into the grim territories of Cthulhu Dark Ages. The scenario is historically set in 998 AD. It transports the keeper and the players to the Eastern March of the Germanic Empire, in the thickly wooded hills to the north of Vienna.

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The investigators are joining senior Brother Gudman, Brother Drogo, and five warrior monks on a two-week journey from Regensburg to Laa, an outpost on the eastern border of the Germanic Empire. The monks are missionaries sent by the Bishop of Regensburg to try to convert and pacify the heathen Magyars to the East of Laa.

Because of delays at the crossing of the Danube in Hainburg, the investigators end up lagging one day behind Gudman. The two parties expect to meet again in Laa. Leaving the main south north �Amber� road the next morning, the investigators take the northeast route towards Laa�

This region has seen some serious fighting against the Magyars in the last century. There are many rumors about unholy things that haunt the forest. Needless to say, only the bravest dare spend a night outside...

November 1st, 998 AD

Night falls on the virgin woodlands. The investigators settle by the campfire under the cold and rainy sky, near the river Zaya. All are hopeful to arrive at Laa the next day to catch up with Gudman. An eerie wailing can be heard far up North, followed by a distant choir of howling wolves.

Later that night, nearing shouts and the sound of a large animal crashing through the undergrowth, wake the investigators. Within seconds, a running man leaps into the camp area and in a few strides crosses the clearing. In a flash, the investigators recognize Brother Drogo, muddied and bloodied! A horseman then crashes into the clearing in hot pursuit. Both Drogo and the horseman disappear into the darkness of the forest, heading downhill towards the river Zaya.

When the investigators arrive at the river, they see a motionless body sprawled on a pebble beach. The horse is nowhere to be seen. The first investigator is just in time to spot a black shape waggling into the river and disappearing into the icy waters. The body lying on the pebbles is that of the horseman, recognized as one of Gudman�s warrior monks! He is still clenching his mace in his right hand and clearly in agony. Before dying, the monk utters these last words: �all dead� not Gudman��