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While the investigators are looking into a secret society called the [[Ophites]], strange events occur. First, a young medium is kidnapped. Suddenly, the investigators must race to save the boy based on drawings he left behind of a crypt with a gigantic serpent inside. Meanwhile, their patron, Jean Cabrillon, receives a letter from a rich antiquarian inviting him to introduce his daughter to a grandson no one knew existed.
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While the investigators are looking into a secret society called the [[Ophites]], a young boy is kidnapped and their patron receives an unexpected invitation to introduce his daughter to a young man no one knew existed.
  
 
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If the PCs have already completed the "[[Sabbats mondains]]", dismantling the Mopses, Bernard Guivre is much more suspicious of their interest in his activities. Nevertheless, Police Inspector Vemet is more lenient with them due to their role in the previous affair.
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If the PCs have already completed the "[[Sabbats mondains]]", dismantling the [[Mopses]], Bernard Guivre is much more suspicious of their interest in his activities. Nevertheless, Police Inspector Vemet is more lenient with them due to their role in the previous affair.
  
 
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Translated Title: Ouroboros

Pages: 14

Author: Thomas Berthier

Artist: Vintage photographs

Editor(s): Christian Grussi

Setting: 1930s, Lyon, France

Appears in: Les mystères de Lyon

Campaign: Noces lyonnaises

Summary

While the investigators are looking into a secret society called the Ophites, a young boy is kidnapped and their patron receives an unexpected invitation to introduce his daughter to a young man no one knew existed.

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Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only

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Synopsis

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While researching a secret society called the Ophites, a young medium named Pierre Corbin is kidnapped. The investigators try to locate him at his mother's request. A tip from a vagrant leads them into hidden tunnels filled with Ghouls; in confronting them, the investigators learn that they have been ousted from their former lair by cultists. Meanwhile, the investigators' patron, Jean Cabrillon, reveals that he has been invited to introduce his daughter to the grandson of Bernard Guivre, a centenarian antiquarian who was thought to have had no children. The investigation reveals that Guivre is indeed the head of the Ophite cult, worshippers of Yig, and that they were the ones who kidnapped Pierre Corbin. The group will sacrifice the young medium to the snake god in an underground lair unless the investigators can stop them. In return, Bernard Guivre will have his youth restored, reemerging into Lyonnais society as his "grandson" and marrying Jean Cabrillon's daughter as part of a later ritual to unify the powers of Yig and Shub-Niggurath over Lyon.


References

Player Handouts:

  • Excerpt from Marc-Auréle et la fin du monde antique [Marcus Aurelius and the end of the ancient world] by Ernest Renan
  • Excerpt from Les origines de l'alchimie [The origins of alchemy] by Georges Steinheil
  • Newspaper article: "Inquiétante disparition" [Troubling disappearance]
  • Letter from Bernard Guivre
  • l'Elucidaire: Excerpt from second part

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Campaigns / Scenarios: Noces lyonnaises

Comments

Keeper Comments

If the PCs have already completed the "Sabbats mondains", dismantling the Mopses, Bernard Guivre is much more suspicious of their interest in his activities. Nevertheless, Police Inspector Vemet is more lenient with them due to their role in the previous affair.