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Credits

Contents

Author

Lawrence Whitaker

Interior Illustrations

Chad Sergesketter, Jesse Mohn,

Leonardo Borazio, Nathan

Furman & Philip Renne

Credits & Contents 1

Introduction 2

The Kamarg 4

Aigues Mortes 31

Castle Brass 58

Tarnished Brass 88

Forces of the Kamarg 99

Index 101

Floorplans of Castle 103

Brass

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Editor

Charlotte Law

Cover Art and Hawkmoon

Logo

Pascal Quidault

Playtesters

Tina Cook & Robert Poulin

Special Thanks

Michael Moorcock

Cover Design

Iordanis Lazaridis

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Proofreading

Ted Chang

RuneQuest Logo

Anne Stokes

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Introduction

INTRODUCTION

You hold in your hands a book of many things. This is

a book detailing Castle Brass, home to the most famed

mercenary in the whole of Europa, Count Brass. It is also

a guide to the walled town of Aigues Mortes, which Count

Brass is sworn to protect. So too is this a book that tells

you of the Kamarg, that vast marshland wherein dwell

the horned horses and giant ﬂ amingos – and the dreaded,

slithering baragoon, along with many other remnants of a

Bulgar sorcerer’s vile experiments. This book tells of Arles,

that famed city now a shadow of its former glory.

About this Book

A sourcebook for Hawkmoon the Roleplaying Game , this

book does precisely what Bowgentle promises. Use it as

a guide to Castle Brass, the Kamarg and the Kamarg’s

inhabitants. Use it as a basis for adventure and intrigue

amongst the narrow, ancient streets of Aigues Mortes and

Arles and use it as a developing campaign that tells of the

deeds of the Avig Brotherhood and their plans to rid the

Kamarg of Count Brass.

It also tells a story.

The book is arranged into the following chapters.

Within these covers you will learn of the ﬁ endish plots of

the Avig Brotherhood, a nefarious group who would see the

old ways of the Kamarg’s former Guardian restored and

sorcery returned to the peaceful water lands of the region.

They would see Count Brass deposed, his daughter, the fair

Yisselda, enslaved and Brass’s closest friend and conﬁ dant,

Bowgentle, paraded through the streets of Aigues Mortes in

humiliation.

Chapter One – The Kamarg

In which we learn of the Kamarg and its history

Chapter Two – Aigues Mortes

In which we discover more about the town of Aigues

Mortes and its people

Chapter Three – Castle Brass

In which Castle Brass is described, and we learn

something of its illustrious past

Yes, this book is many things, as are the Kamarg and its

protectors. Noble knights, cunning mercenaries, beautiful

damsels and wise counsellors. The Kamarg is wild country,

ancient country, forgotten country. As the dark shadow of

Granbretan gathers in the north, casting itself incubus-like

across the heartlands of the nation once called France, the

Kamarg stands alone, an island of peace amidst a marsh

with its own traditions and cultures and its own stories to

tell.

Chapter Four – Tarnished Brass

In which we learn of the Avig Brotherhood and a

conspiracy to depose Count Brass. This chapter is

displayed as a participative entertainment; a scenario

of cruel plots and the opportunity for great deeds in the

Kamarg’s service.

I, Bowgentle, bid you welcome, weary traveller. Rest here

for a while and I will tell you of this place, it’s history

and it’s present. You will have questions, no doubt and

I shall do my best to answer them as fully as I can. If I

fall silent from time to time, it is because there are some

things I cannot discuss or choose not to. I am not being

discourteous or impolite.

A variety of maps and charts of the Kamarg region

completes the offering.

Need?

Only the Hawkmoon rulebook, some companions and

your own strength of will, with which to protect the

Kamarg from the predations of vile intent.

So, shall we begin?

What More Could You

Introduction

The Kamarg

THE KAMARG

‘That ancient land of marshes and lagoons lay close to

the coast of the Mediterranean. It had once been part

of the nation called France, but France was now two

dozen dukedoms with as many grandiose names. The

Kamarg, with its wide, faded skies of orange, yellow, red,

and purple, its relics of the dim past, its barely changing

customs and rituals, had appealed to the old Count and

he had set himself the task of making his adopted land

secure.’

Travelling the Kamarg

Safely navigating the Kamarg requires a successful

Lore (Kamarg) test for every hour of travel. If the test

is unsuccessful, the traveller becomes lost for two hours

and makes no progress in his journey. To regain his way

he needs to make a further Lore (Kamarg) roll at –40%.

A Navigation roll can be substituted for Lore (Kamarg)

but all tests using Navigation are at half the skill’s value,

not including modiﬁ ers for getting lost.

– The Jewel in the Skull

Occupying the Rhone delta and bordering the Middle Sea,

the Kamarg is an 800 square kilometre expanse of low

marshland, swamp, reed-beds and wild grasslands that

is threaded with secretive causeways and peppered with

many small islands that are home to the region’s varied

wildlife. Few live here; the Kamarg is ancient, untameable

country with many treacherous areas concealed within its

eerie, romantic beauty. A few hardy crofters occupy some

of the larger patches of stable ground but the majority

of the Kamarg’s people live in the towns of Arles and

Aigues Mortes, preferring to keep the watery wilderness

at arm’s-length.

Even the most experienced traveller of the Kamarg can

fall foul of its natural hazards. For every two hours of

travel, check the following table to see if a hazard is

encountered. If the traveller is lost or has deliberately

strayed from one of the safe causeways, add 5 to the

result of the die roll.

1D20 Hazard

1–9 No hazards encountered.

10–12 Lose footing and fall.

13–14 Treacherous ground. Lose footing and fall

suffering 1D4 damage to a random location.

Hallucinations.

Travel through the Kamarg is slow and dangerous, if one

does not know the causeways and paths of stable land.

The ﬂ at, almost featureless countryside makes it easy

to become lost or to lose one’s bearings and one false

footfall can send the unwary headlong into the marshes,

quicksand or other natural hazards that are swift to catch,

hold and drown. As if these natural hazards did not make

the Kamarg treacherous enough, the land is home to

natural and unnatural predators alike: the Marsh Bears;

the Reed Serpents and most notorious of them all, the

slithering, gibbering Baragoon.

Waylayer.

Quicksand.

Reed Serpent.

Marsh Bear.

20+

Baragoon.

Lose footing and fall

The character is drenched from head to foot as he tumbles

into one of the streams or small lagoons. Gain one level

of Fatigue from the cold and extra weight of sodden

clothes and equipment.

Before Count Brass became the Kamarg’s Lord Protector,

the region was used by the sorcerer Bogomil as a breeding

ground for his foul experiments and the wetlands hold all

kind of half-hidden remnants of his studies. Things that

crawl and ooze; things that swim and snake; things that

lurk just beneath the surface of the water and wait for

easy prey to blunder by.

Treacherous ground

As above but also lose footing and fall suffering 1D4

damage to a random Hit Location.

Hallucinations

The haunting quality of the Kamarg plays tricks on the

tired mind. The character sees something in the distance

that is either falsely comforting, such as a non-existent

The Kamarg is no place for the unprepared.

The Kamarg

inn or a Kamarg Guardian waiting to act as a guide; or

sees or hears something disturbing, such as the shadowy

ﬁ gure of a baragoon slipping into the nearby reeds,

waiting to pounce. A Persistence test is allowed to see

through the illusion.

If the Resilience test fails, the next Resilience test is at

–10% as the power of the quicksand takes hold and sucks

the character down. If three Resilience tests are failed,

the character is sucked beneath the surface and starts to

take Suffocation damage as outlined on page 96 of the

Hawkmoon rules.

Waylayers

Waylayers are groups of thieves and bandits who, upon

hearing of someone setting out in to the Kamarg, use

personal knowledge and secret pathways to get ahead

of the traveller and then attempt to rob and murder him,

consigning the body to the quicksand. Waylayers often

pretend to be Guardians or claim to be as lost as the

travellers in order to gain the characters’ conﬁ dence ﬁ rst,

before striking.

Reed Serpent

A nest of Reed Serpents is disturbed provoking at attack.

See the Reed Serpent description on page 14 for the

creatures’ statistics.

Marsh Bear

The travellers’ scent is picked-up by a Marsh Bear, which

starts to stalk the potential prey through the marshlands,

taking up to 1D3 hours before deciding to make its attack.

Characters are allowed to make a Perception test, opposed

by the Marsh Bear’s Stealth, to see if they realise they

are being stalked. Whilst being stalked, any navigational

tests to stay on course suffer a –20% penalty, in addition

to any other modiﬁ ers. When the bear decides to attack,

its statistics can be found on page 14.

Characteristics: STR 13 CON 12 DEX 13 SIZ 12 INT

10 POW 12 CHA 12

Skills: Athletics 55%, Dodge 45%, Lore (Kamarg) 80%,

Perception 55%, Persistence 55%, Resilience 55%

Armour & Hit Points

D20 Hit Location AP/HP

1–3 Right Leg 2/5

4–6 Left Leg 2/5

7–9 Abdomen 2/6

10–12 Chest 2/7

13–15 Right Arm 2/4

16–18 Left Arm 2/4

19–-20 Head 2/5

Leather Hauberk, Trews, Cap: –14% Skill Penalty

Baragoon

As above but the stalker is a Baragoon. See the statistics

on page 12.

The Guardians

‘The guardian, like all his fellows, was equipped with

a ﬂ ame-lance of baroque design, a sword four feet

long, a tamed riding ﬂ amingo tethered to one side

of the battlements, and a heliograph device to signal

information to the other towers.’

Weapons

Type

Weapon Skill

Damage AP/HP

Club

55%

1D6

3/10

– The Jewel in the Skull

Broadsword

60%

1D8+1 4/14

Special Rules: Combat Actions: 3, Strike Rank: +12,

Damage Modiﬁ er: 0, Movement: 4m

The Guardians of Kamarg are an ancient tradition. Men

and women appointed by the citizens to protect the region

from all harm, to preserve the sanctity of the Kamarg’s

wetlands and to ensure and maintain its peace. The head

of this special order of warriors is the Lord Guardian,

which is currently the much loved Count Brass.

Quick sand

A patch of ﬁ rm-looking ground turns out to be quicksand

1D6+1 metres deep. It requires a successful Resilience test

to avoid struggling and being sucked 0.5 metres deeper

into the quicksand pool. If the Resilience roll is successful,

the character can make an Athletics test to relax and allow

their body to ﬂ oat in the quicksand and resist being sucked

down further. If three such Athletics tests are passed in a

row, then the character breaks free and climbs out.

Brass has held the position of Lord Guardian for almost

10 years. Before that, the Lord Guardian was the reviled

sorcerer of the Bulgar, Bogomil. Bogomil did little

protecting. He ﬁ lled the ranks of the Guardians with

his ruthless cronies and sell-swords, men with little

interest in preserving the Kamarg from harm and used

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