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Tunnelers hexcrawl-in-progress entry: Dundarave 0203
An entry for a project I am currently working on: a Lowlife hexcrawl set in
the rural PNW in the 00s, and heavily inspired by urbex-based found
footage and horror media I enjoy.
0203 — Dundarave Castle, supposedly a perfect replica of the Scottish
castle it and the town are named for, not that anyone is getting in to
see. Owned by the phenomenally rich Bruce McDiarmid, whose family
supposedly made it big gold prospecting before becoming investors in
local logging industry. Mr. McDiarmid employs 10 on-site guards, none
locals, all armed — all with pistols, knives, and batons, three with
semi-automatic shotguns, two with scoped hunting rifles, one with a
tactical crossbow, and one with a carefully maintained Beretta Modello
38 submachine gun that supposedly saw active use in WWII. The grounds
are additionally surrounded by 15 foot tall fence topped with barbed
wire, and concrete sunk 20 feet deep and inscribed with glyphs that
shatter mundane mining equipment.
A lone groundskeeper, Adam Eddings, dresses in 16th century
period garb and carries a bow. Rumor in town is that there is an entire
family of staff in the castle who are also committed to this historical
reenactment, or else that there used to be and Mr. McDiarmid lives in
squalor despite his wealth. Both are partially right: McDiarmid,
Eddings, and the security team are occultists, and have bound the ghosts
of former family staff to his service.
The occultists are all familiar with rituals to converse with the dead,
and to consecrate weapons. Eddings knows the locations all the local
places of power.
Beneath the castle, a labyrinth.