Piot Chant

Humanoid Rodents

A group of adventurers tried to clean the Molemen's Nest.

People

Dr Prof Garriout Theron Flax Nyx Razzy Rabbit Hilda Mateus Soren

Locations

Sigisfarne Gravenmark Middle Waters

Folklore

Basajaun

Chapters

March 10 March 30 July 7 July 15 August 11 September 28 February 10 February 20

Scientific Inquiry and Journaling

by Prof Dr Gary

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Nocturnal 1-2’ tall imps, looking like scrawny humans except for a long snout and two mole-like incisors. They use insect claws and shells to make weapons and armour. Piot chants live in gallery networks they dig under pastoral lands, linking their communities together. They prey on crops that encroach on the forest, but try to not confront mortals directly, except when a vendetta is declared.

The remains (and inventory) of Mortus, Theron and Flax are left in the galleries west of Sigisfarne.

Cobb’s raid plan

Molefolk tunnels

There are three entrances to the tunnel system. The main one (north west) leads directly to a sleeping chamber. During the last raid, the molefolk in that room were slaughtered. These could be reoccupied or further fortified. The south and north ones seem to be less guarded. The tunnels themselves are narrow, giving almost no space for rotating characters in the small parts.

What are the dangers of the Molefolk tunnel? There are three main dangers:

• The shaman can play a magical flute and cast spells. The magical flute causes the insects that are crawling everywhere to swarm the intruders. This is the main threat. Secondly, he can mind control using spells. So the shaman should be dispatched as soon as possible. His flute should be taken as soon as possible.
• The folk, although these critters are weak, are numerous. We expect around 10-20 of these vermin to still crawl around in the tunnels.
• The roots - The roots themselves seem to suck your very soul. The roots are really vulnerable to fire, so we should stock up on torches

Mid-winter crisis, 1026

Beneath the fields of northern Gravenmark lies in another country.

The Piot Chants dwell in sprawling tunnel galleries dug beneath pastures and farmland.

These small mole-like folk move through the soil like fish through water, linking hidden communities beneath the land. They feed on crops that encroach too far toward the forest and reshape the earth from below. 

For generations, they avoided open war with the surface folk. But that balance has broken.

Adventurers from Sigisfarne descended into their nests and burned whole burrows, killing many and collapsing parts of the underground network. Among the Piot Chants, this was no simple raid.

It was a vendetta.

Now the molemen gather from tunnels across the region. When the Piot Chants call, kin emerge from many fields and hidden galleries. Where they rise, the ground collapses, crops vanish, and burrows spread once more beneath the soil.

To the Piot Chants, the matter is simple: Humans have taken too much land from the forest and from the earth beneath it - the surface must be pushed back.

Goal

Your goal is clear: Reclaim the farmland taken by the humans of Sigisfarne and the Monastery.

If the humans starve or abandon the land, the soil will once more belong to the burrows.

Pressures

Sigisfarne: The humans of Sigisfarne burned several Piot Chant nests. Their farmers continue to dig, plough, and reclaim fields above the burrows. The vendetta against them remains unfinished.

**The Basajaun: The giant Basajaun taught humans how to farm these lands well. As long as his knowledge spreads among the surface folk, humans will continue reclaiming fields from the earth.

The Monks of Middle-Waters: The monastery still farms its lands and protects its stores. As long as the monks keep their fields and granaries, humans will continue to hold territory that the Piot Chants consider stolen from the earth.