A possiblety that is mentioned on the internet is a few darkspawwn have shown the ability to turn those they kill into darkspawn... which may explain the mysterious disappearances


And the darkspawn forming a pack And having identical umbrae

As for the storm cellar she finds nothing.

If theirs an atrocity there or in the house itself its well hidden.

Dawn goes home.  After her research session on the Internet, she goes to sleep.

She has Dreams of Martial Parades and a grand City... Then something comes for them she cannot say what.

Eeeek!

Dawn wakes up from the dream-turned-nightmare.  She spends some time researching legendary cities on the Internet, hoping to figure out which one appears in her dreams.

no particulars

She does find references to the Fallen kingdom on the online hopeful groups

It fell because of the Darkness.

That sounds correct, Dawn thinks.  Depending on the time, Dawn will either go back to sleep or get ready for another day of school.

its 4 AM

Back to bed, then!

shes able to get a few more hours of sleep before school.

breakfast proceeds normally.

Oh good.  Another day of discussing the front section of the paper with her father and chatting with her mother.

Anything weird happen at school?

Nothing in particular...

Dawn will go back to that house with the storm cellar after school, around sunset.  She will keep watch and see if any Darklings come out.

none do but she feels something ... unwholesome about the place.

Dawn isn't ready to try breaking and entering, so she goes home and gets back on the forums after dinner.  Can the forums suggest a way to clean that house up, preferably without breaking the law?

Not without letting the owner know of your intent

This could be as  easy as pie, or it could be impossible depending what kind of person the owner is.

If your willing to bend the law a little however I can suggest solutions.


gives her a link to a list of ways to cleanse tainted areas.

Totally destroying it by fire


going into its nightscape and undermining the taint from within.

How do I go into the house's nightscape?

Once youu have safe access to the tainted place you do a number of things all could be succewssful in some cases

the constant is, its close to the original crime that formed the tainted place


Beyond that, you'll find a dark door, that always looks like a natural seeming door or entrance of some kind it isn't blatantly obvious but feels unwholesome when contemplated.

Dawn is still confused.  She tries to think of the best day and time to sneak onto the property and look around the storm shelter.

It might be best at night... and best if she had a means of opening it.

Incidently Infiltration and Espionage is amongst the Services the light company will  provide but its Pricy enough in wisps to be a last resort.
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That means Dawn needs a flashlight, a credit card, a crowbar and possibly a Swiss army knife.

Can Dawn find or buy these?

yes she can buy them all.

one note

Try doing any purchases transformed, that way you wont have to answer awkward questions.

Dawn will go shopping transformed.  The credit card will probably come from someone's junk mail.  Once she has her tools, she'll try to break into the storm shelter after dark.

She gets an awkward glance or too in the store...but without her armor no ones too flabbergasted.

And has everything she needs...

The Storm Cellar Beckons Forbodingly...
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Dawn studies the storm cellar door.  Everyone says that the way to go is to pry at the door with a crowbar a little, then slide a credit card past the bolt of the lock and get it open that way.  Dawn will try this.

OOC: I don't know what to roll.  Dawn doesn't have either Lockpicking or Security.

(Made a strength +Atheletics roll for you amm looking things up real quick...)


You  strain youself a bit... then redouble the effort... And are finally able to pry the storm shelter open.


Down you see darkness and know something threatening is ahead...