Hunt of the Winter Werewolf | 8th-level 5th Edition Adventure (Patreon)

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HUNT OF THE WINTER WEREWOLF

Hunt of the Winter Werewolf is a Fifth Edition adventure for three to five characters of 7th to 9th level and optimized for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 8. A disgraced noble’s daughter seeks to restore her lost legacy by destroying the nobles that took her family’s place. A cursed werewolf in the throes of a blood rage terrorizes the town to destroy the nobles’ reputation.

This adventure takes place in the Freelands campaign setting and fits into an existing campaign with only a few modifications and name changes.

Background

The town of Barrowmere was once ruled by Lord Victor Cumberland, a practitioner of dark magic who secretly used townsfolk as sacrifices in his necromantic rituals. Lord Cumberland was eventually exposed after a nightmare creature broke free from his laboratory and rampaged through the town. He was imprisoned and eventually executed by the crown for his crimes. The crown gifted the Barrowmere lands and titles to Lord Reginald and Lady Rowena Ravenwood. Over the following years, they won the people's hearts with their kindness and fair rule. Under their leadership, Barrowmere prospered and flourished like never before.

While the town prospered and slowly moved past its dark history, Lord Cumberland’s daughter was plotting her revenge. Rosalind was raised secretly by her mother, a witch who taught Lord Cumberland everything he knew about the dark arts. She lost her claim to the Cumberland wealth after the death of her disgraced father, and the Ravenwood family took over Barrowmere.

Rosalind became a powerful witch under her mother’s tutelage and spent years planning her revenge against Lord and Lady Ravenwood for taking her legacy. After years of careful planning and when the town was slowly forgetting the Cumberland name, Rosalind moved into an old cottage near Barrowmere. She used her remaining wealth to hire a group of mercenaries called the Onyx Outriders and put her plans for revenge into motion.

Lady Rowena regularly hunted with a small entourage in the Udenfall Woods and gave the spoils to feed the townsfolk. During one of these hunts, the Onyx Outriders set up an ambush, capturing Lady Rowena and killing her companions. They cursed her with their lycanthrope, and Rosalind used an enchanted collar to trap her in her uncontrolled bestial form. The witch then unleashed Lady Rowena in her form as a monstrous albino werewolf upon the town of Barrowmere.

As the white werewolf rampaged, the townsfolk began to cry out to Lord Ravenwood for help against the creature for the murders that plagued the town. The once-peaceful community was now torn apart by fear and mistrust, with rumors spreading like wildfire and no one daring to venture outside after dark.

Lord Reginald, unaware of the true condition of his wife, was at a loss as to how to proceed as he mourned her death. The Onyx Outriders stoke fear in the town and point to Lord Reginald’s inaction as the cause of the current troubles. Rosiland bides her time for the right moment to “save” the town and take her rightful place as the true Lady of Barrowmere.

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