Astanael

Tag: Simulacrum

  • The Left Arm of Sedefkar Simulacrum

    Poissy, January the 23th, France
    Cihat
    tied the rope around his belly an bravely move towards the light at the
    end of the tunnel. After all, what could be worse than the content of
    theses cells ? Carl said the foundations were extremely robust, Choura
    was firmly gripping the rope at the other end and Henry… Well Henry
    did what he could to not run away.
    It was
    gorgeous and eerie. The wall of the final cave was covered with roses,
    faintly glowing of multiples hues. Spiked vines were crawling all
    around, intertwined with several decayed corpses and skeletons. Some
    grew in the skulls orbits, others were blooming inside a ribcage. a
    thick and dark sap were dripping from the vine, covering the floor and
    releasing some kind of fumes or dark vapors which was swirling around
    his feet.

    At the middle of thins hellish
    mural, was glowing the the arm of a statue. They knew they have found
    the left arm of the Simulacrum of Sedefkar.

    Pencil doodle on A6 sketchbook
    Excerpt from an ongoing run of the “Terror on the Orient Express” campaign for Chaosium “Call of Cthulhu” RPG.

  • The Simulacrum of Sedefkar

    London, Somewhere in Cheapside, January 1923

    Struggling
    to sit up, the Professor gave up and stayed lying in his bed, forcing
    the others to gather and lay upon him to hear him talk. Well… more a
    faint raspy whispering than his usual brilliants speeches.
    – I
    won’t.. I can’t chat longly with you. The pain… Listen… Listen the
    last wish of a dying man. I was tracking an ancient artifact named the
    Simulacrum of Sedefkar, that was broken into pieces at the end of the
    eighteenth century and dispersed through all Europe. It is a statue with
    powers. Real powers ! I need you to find it.
    – Will it help to heal you ?
    – No ! NO ! Smith coughed. I want you to destroy it !

    Pencil doodle on A6 sketchbook
    Excerpt from an ongoing run of Call of Cthulhu Campaign : Terror on the Orient-Express