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Rakoss was a great wizard of ages past who served the Emperor of Maere. Tales tell of his prowess as a military strategist, but they also tell of his fall. It is said that although he won campaign after campaign for his emperor, just one failure earned the wrath of his master. The Emperor had Rakoss, his generals, strategists and personal guard sealed in a tomb somewhere in the Ganlaw Mountains, and cursed them.
Who knows what treasure was buried with Rakoss and his retinue, or what horrors remain to test any who might enter the tomb. Certainly only a brave few would dare seek out the final resting place of Rakoss, and even fewer can survive the terrors of The Tomb of Rakoss the Undying!
The Tomb of Rakoss the Undying, is a new module that is scheduled to be released by Mischief, Inc. on September 24, 2013. In celebration of the release of this new OSR publisher's first product, I will be running a PbP game on their forum.
Long ago, during an age of great expansion for the Maere Empire, the necromancer Rakoss trode with iron boots on the battlefields of the Kingdom of Cadarn (present day Twelve Kingdoms). A ruthless and brilliant strategist, the evil general had no equal in warfare. He earned victory after victory, sparing no man woman or child in any town that he sacked. Pushed to the point of sheer desperation, the King of Cadarn vowed to make a stand against Rakoss and his hordes.
Amassing a huge force they faced off in the river valley just south of Caer Arail. The forces clashed for two straight days with no quarter given by either side. In the waning hours of the second day of battle it was obvious to Rakoss that the tide was turning against him, so he assembled his best advisors and fled the battlefield. In Rakoss’s mind this was a strategic retreat but to his emperor, it was failure.
When the emperor learned of Rakoss’s defeat he summoned him to make a full report. Enraged at Rakoss’ apparent cowardice, the emperor took Rakoss and his trusted retinue to an underground dwarven bunker in the Ganlaw Mountains where they were entombed. The emperor used ancient and powerful magics, and some accounts say a powerful demon, to seal the bunker as eternal punishment for his failed servant. Bereft of his best general the emperor soon abandoned his conquest of the Kingdom of Cadarn and turned his attentions elsewhere. Rakoss was never seen again.
Hundreds of years have passed since those desperate days of war, and yet to this day historians marvel at the brilliance and malevolence of Rakoss. Numerous quests were organized to find the place of his burial, in hopes of discovering both his true fate and some record of his brilliant tactics. Although numerous claims have been made by adventurers over the years, there has never been a confirmed find of Rakoss’s place of rest or any of his prized writings.
I love the old school look of the module. I got flash-backs to the 1980's just looking at the picture. 
