The Town of Burg

The action in the current OSE-game takes place in the town of Burg and its surrounding villages and coutryside. A small town of a few thousand inhabitants, burg sits on the road from Gravenstein on the Graven River to the southern provinces of Burgundy. The fires of the Revolution have so far passed Burg by, but it was the scene of a major battle two hundred years ago. Piecing together the history of that battle, the party has learned that a northern invasion force laid siege to the abbey south of Burg and was defeated by the Burgundian king. Now that the king has been deposed and the tyranny of feudal lordship has been abolished, adventurers and archeologists flock to Burg to seek the lost treasures of that battle.

The party has for the past three sessions explored the ruined Abbey of Bourgh but has also picked up other rumours of strange occurences:

• According to legend, the dunes west of Burg harbor a sleeping dragon! Without question, many treasures could be found beneath the sands. There's only one problem: the dunes are cursed!
• The dunes might also be connected to the myth of Aenarys, the First Sorcerer. 
• Supernatural thieves and bandits plunder and terrorize the countryside, demonic figures riding flying goats setting fire to villages, farms and cloisters.
• There are rumours of foreign men looting the Tomb of the Forgotten King, north of Burg, in search of a legendary sword.
• East of Burg, the remnants of enormous war-mammothes deployed in the Battle for Burg two centuries ago can be found. In the cavity of one of the skulls one can find an oracle with seven strangely-shaped rocks, connected to the gods according to the oracle.
• Nearby the southern lake, a large pile of rocks can be found. Travelers claim the rocks move at night.
• Also at night around the lake, misty white women form. There are rumours that these white women provide help or even healing, but also that they are ghosts that curse those that come too near.
• Falling stars are not uncommon, only recently has a star crashed in the southern forest. And though a search has been conducted for weeks, nothing has yet been found.
• Around Burg, mysterious travelers can occasionaly be seen, wearing faded cloaks and their faces shrouded except for their eyes. Stories circulate that these are robbers of bandits, but there is no proof that anyone has actually been attacked by these cloaked figures.

So there you have it! All the exciting news in the coutryside town of Burg. More will undoubtedly follow. For now, I leave you with this map.

Player's map of Burg's surroundings. Every dash represents 15 minutes of traveling. The black built-up area in the center is the Town of Burg. Other black icons represent villages. The red outlines are adventure sites.