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One night, during a secret ritual meant to end a curse on the family, the parents of the Corvus Characters (CCs) are murdered by a spectre they summon. Then, the CCs inherit the Corvus mansion and the Corvus title... as well as their troubles. From then on, their family curse worsens and spirals out of control to the point of threatening the very survival of the manor itself. All the while, a new menace, born of their parents' experiments, stalks them and attacks them mercilessly every night.

This volume is the second scenario compilation for Raven, the role-playing game, and it includes four independent ready-to-play adventures, in which you will find yourself facing spectral beings, tragedy, mystery, terror and conspiracies.

Ever my soul from the soul of Annabel Lee: A tale about mystery, profound love and loss, inspired by the poem by Edgar Allan Poe.
The dead within me: An investigation story about strange murders and cursed body parts.
Siren call: A poetic tale of horror, love and spectres.
The field we lay in: A profound story of conspiracies, focused on the era of the War of the Lodge.

Sit down and start playing immediately tenebrous Raven adventures with this Starter Set, even if you have never played it or are a complete TTRPG beginner. Includes:

Rulebook
Lore Book
Adventure Book
Maps of Raven
Pregenerated Corvus Character Sheets
Handouts & Props
Set of dice
Threat Cards

The tenebrous live-action role-playing game Lenore is an easy-to-play atmospheric and theatrical experience. It will immerse you in the drama of the curse and ghosts of the Corvus family, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven", and other mysteries of Raven.

Lenore includes:

Lenore Live-Action Role-Playing Game Manual (17×24 cm)
6 Corvus Pregenerated Character Sheets
6 Corvus Character Scene Diary notebooks

Inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven transports you to an evocative yet dangerous fictional world of gothic horror and cursed magic. Let yourself be lured by the secrets of the city of Raven, where you and your players will come face to face with:

Tenebrous stories and ghosts. Provide your players with the classic horror experience of haunted mansions, obsessions with spectres, and curses from beyond the Grave, all told in Poe’s poetic and sinister style.
Hidden mysteries and cursed ruins that harbour the long-forgotten secrets of Raven: Why was the Lodge destroyed? What caused the Curse of the Mist? What is the Order hiding? What does your family have to do with past and present events? What mysteries lurk in this strange mansion in which you were born?
Old conspiracies that are very much alive, threatening to destroy the city, the Order, and the entire Corvus family.

In Raven, you play members of the aristocrat Corvus family. You are descendants of Lord Poe Corvus, founder of the Order of the Mist and the very city of Raven. Your family is cursed and has been ever since Lord Poe was corrupted by the cursed magic of the mist and the original members of the Order killed him.

As a Corvus, you and your kin have inherited the curse. The way it manifests can vary but is related with an ominous attraction to the forbidden arts and the dark magic of the Mist. Will you explore your tenebrous occupation? Will you try to resist walking the tempting path of the Mist to the Other Side? Or may you play with its dangerous powers and knowledge that can doom your soul? Your personal motivations and passions may drive part of your stories. But beware, the Order is watching.

Raven is based on the Maelstrom system and is classified as a “storytelling role-playing game”. The characters and the consequences of their actions are at the center, pushing the narrative forward.

The Maelstrom system revolves around three central concepts:

The Plot Twists Guide the Story. A twist always leads to something interesting, enriching the dark lives of your Corvus characters, even if it is harmful to them. Players look to solve the mystery, but the story will be far more satisfying if they have enjoyed unexpected twists on the way.

The core mechanic is straight-forward: When CCs (Corvus Characters) face a threat that could change history, you grab a number of Corvus dice (favorable – symbolized by cats) and roll them against a number of Mist dice (unfavorable – symbolized by ravens. The result of this roll can have different possible outcomes, affecting thus the progression of the story.
The Maelstrom of the tale. The Raven adventures are called tales because they are structured in chapters, thus creating a whirlpool of increasingly dangerous events that steadily rack up the tension.
The Corvus Characters are at the Centre of Everything. All stories are connected to your Corvus Characters. It somehow seems that you provoke problems and dilemmas. Maybe it’s because of your family curse, perhaps something is coming at you in a twisted and unexpected way, or maybe you’ve done something dark on purpose.

Did you miss out on our previous Kickstarter campaign? Do you want to start playing right away? Don’t worry, you can get all already published Raven products here and now along with our newest releases.

The original Raven TTRPG Bundle. Get everything you need to start playing immersive, tragic, macabre adventures in this beautiful set. It includes:

Raven RPG Corebook
Tenebrous Cats and Forgotten Tombstones (Raven Adventures Book 1)
Corvus Character Sheets
GM Screen
Custom Dice
Handout Rules Cards
Tenebrous Voice Notebook
Map of Raven
Art prints
Raven Box

Immerse yourself into the world of Raven with the Raven RPG Corebook, in which you will find everything you need to run your games. It includes:

A complete gameplay guide: advice for generating atmosphere, rules for the Maelstrom narrative system and techniques for running tenebrous stories.
How to create your Corvus Characters and customise your mansion.
The magic in Raven: its origins, rules and constraints.
The most relevant organisations and non-player characters.
Detailed descriptions of the city of Raven and the spectral Other Side: settings, locations, factions and a double-page map.
The threats, creatures and secrets lurking in the city.
Useful hints and tips to help you develop your Raven tales.
An adventure to get your games started: "Ravens Night".
Character records, lists, maps, game sheets, character books and other material for your games.

This volume is the first scenario compilation for Raven, the role-playing game. It includes eight self-conclusive ready-to-play adventures:

"When Your Dead Fingers Brush Against Me”: a story of ghosts, revenge and secrets from the past.
“Soul Echoes”: an emotional, intimate and dark story, ideal to get started in Raven.
“My Sweet Death You Sinisterly Forgot”: an intense scenario with a relentless countdown.
“What Whispers in My Grave”: designed to be played in several sessions, with an atmosphere of terror and growing threat.
“The Cat that Smells of Mist”: ideal for exploring one of Raven’s most unknown secrets: cats.
“I Feel Your Love in Your Distant Death”: obsession and loss paint this short, beautiful and sad scenario, in which the characters must fight for their survival.
“Old Love for an Old Cat”: an intense one-shot scenario focused on horror.
“Your Murky Reflection in Your Murky Heart”: a scenario to delve into Raven’s background and discover the past of the Corvus family.

Abigail’s illustrations detail a mixed-media approach to dark fantasy and gothic romance. Starting in 2009, her work has been shown throughout America from Richmond to NYC to Los Angeles, as well as galleries in London, Paris, and Madrid.

Shadowlands Games Art Director and in-house illustrator. Graduated in Fine Arts, he has 17 years of experience as a graphic designer, and 10 as a professional illustrator.

Shadowlands Games is the international publisher imprint and design studio of the Spanish game and book publisher Shadowlands Ediciones. Since its creation, an experienced team of competent edition professionals, talented writers, game designers and artists has proven Shadowlands to be in the path of a high-class and prolific role-playing game developer with more than 77 successful publications in our country.

Our entire team shares a commitment to all our games: to create and publish the best, most evocative, impactful and enjoyable role-playing games, supplements, and scenarios.