Noces lyonnaises
Noces lyonnaises (Lyonnais Weddings) is a mini-campaign for the 6th edition of L'Appel de Cthulhu from Sans-Détour.
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Author: Thomas Berthier
Appears in: Les mystères de Lyon
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Synopsis
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The background of the mini-campaign concerns a cult to Shub-Niggurath that has existed at the site of Lyon, France, for millennia. Centered on a shrine hidden in the middle of an underground lake within a hill called Fourvière, the goddess has been worshipped in Lyon under various masks, from the Gallish goddess Lug to the Virgin Mary once the Catholics erected a basilica atop the hill. Shub-Niggurath's influence has spread over Lyon thanks to her devotees, who have infiltrated the religious life of the city, including the practice of Spiritism, for which Lyon is the headquarters in France.
However, since Roman times, the Dark Mother's cult has gained competition from other groups who seek to stop the worship of the Dark Goat of the Woods, or else to effect dark rituals that will allow them to unite their own dark gods with her. At the dawn of the 1930s, two of the major rivals to Shub-Niggurath's cult are the Ophites and the Mopses, the former devoted to Yig and the later to the Horned Man, an avatar of Nyarlathotep. Both cults know that in 1930, the stars will be right for them to attempt to stop Shub-Niggurath or unite her with their gods, ending her monopoly over Lyon. However, they are not sure of the precise date or the details of how these rituals must be conducted.
However, their fortunes change with a 15th century book known as l'Elucidaire
Scenarios
- Les écrits perdus de Simon de Phares [The lost writings of Simon de Phares]
- Ouroboros
- Sabbats mondains [High Society Sabbaths]
- Devant l'autel de la Grande Mère [Before the Altar of the Great Mother]
Keeper Comments
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The campaign provides some guidance for how to proceed if the investigators fail one or more of the individual scenarios, or if they only manage to weaken rather than wipe out the antagonists. Nevertheless, the climax is always supposed to happen in the underground temple to Shub-Niggurath, even if the ceremony there is one of Union (between Shub-Niggurath and either Yig or Nyarlathotep) rather than a simple summoning of the Dark Goat of the Wood.
