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STORMBRINCiER
STEALER
OF
by
Ken Rolston
Illustrations by Dan and David Day
Maps and diagrams by Carolyn Schultz
Layout and design by Sherman Kahn
ULS
This book is authorized by Michael Moorcock.
STEALER OF SOULS is copyright©
7985
by Chaosium Inc.; all rights reserved.
ISBN 0-933635-27-3
STEALER OF SOULS is intended for use with the STORMBRINGER roleplaying game, which is copy-
righted by Chaosium Inc. To fully enjoy this book, readers need familiarity with the rules
of
STORM-
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Contents
Introduction .................................................................. page 4
MURDER IN BAKSHAAN ...................................................... page 5
About Bakshaan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 6
Scenario Setup .............................................................. " page 9
The Merchant Conspirators ..................................................... page 11
At the Tavern of the Purple Dove ................................................. page 13
The Tavern of the Purple Dove (map) ............................................. page 14
Purple Dove Characters ........................................................ page 15
Ambush in the Caravanasai .................................................... " page 18
Ambush in the Caravansarai (map) ................................................ page 18
The Assassins ................................................................ page 19
Kelos's House ................................................................ page 21
Kelos's House (map) ........................................................... page 22
PLAYER HANDOUTS* ........................................... Player Handouts; page 1
The City of Bakshaan (map) ........................................ Player Handouts; page 3
The Situation ................................................. " Player Handouts; page 4
Freyda Nikorn .................................................. Player Handouts; page 4
Tormiel's House .............................................................. page 24
Tormiel's House (map) ......................................................... page 25
Pilarmo's House .............................................................. page 28
Deinstaf's Challenge ........................................................... page 28
THE CARAVAN ............................................................. page 29
The Caravansarai (map) ........................................................ page 30
Bakshaan-Karlaak Caravan Route (map) .. : ......................................... page 33
The Bandits ................................................................. page 37
Caravan Ambush Site (map) ..................................................... page 40
Young Kingdoms (map) ........................................................ page 43
* the player handouts are numbered seperately from 1 to 4 at the center of the book, and should be
carefully removed from the book and given to the players.
01ntroduction
The adventures contained in this book are drawn from a
series of stories published in a volume entitled
The Bane
of the Black Sword
(Michael Moorcock, DA W Books, 1977;
part of the volume also appeared as
Stealer of Souls,
Lan-
cer Books, 1967). The stories in these books recount El-
ric's travels across Ilmiora from Bakshaan to Karlaak.
The first story "The Stealer of Souls" tells of the assault
of the stronghold of a powerful merchant, Nikorn, who
had earned the enmity of a conspiracy of other Bakshaan
merchant princes because he was bold and clever enough
that his success threatened to drive the others out of busi-
ness. Elric was approached to undertake the assault of the
stronghold and a promise of an unspecified but generous
reward was made by the four merchants. Elric would
normally scorn such a mission at the behest of such cow-
ardly men as the merchants of Bakshaan, but Elric heard
that Nikorn had hired Theleb K'aarna, a sorcerer of Pan
Tang and Elric's arch-enemy of old, to assist in the de-
fense of the stronghold. Elric had sworn vengeance many
times on Theleb K'aarna for past abuses, and Elric accept-
ed the suggested venture just for the chance to engage his
enemy. Bya fortunate coincidence ,a group of Elric's coun-
trymen, Imrryian freebooters left homeless by the fall of
Imrryr and led by Dyvim Tvar, were camped in the forest
to the south of Bakshaan. Elric went to them and engaged
their assistance in the siege of the castle, promising them
ample plunder from and glory in the undertaking.
Theleb K'aarna, however, had a number of powerful
tricks up his sleeve; he sent the demon Quaolnargn to attack
Elric and, while Elric was still weak from defeating this
creature, K'aarna snatched Elric away and parted him
from Stormbringer, his demon sword and source of strength.
Thereafter Nikorn, as lord of the keep, nobly permitted
Elric to leave with his life, on Elric's oath that he would
not plague Nikorn again. Nikorn also kept Stormbringer as
insurance against possible treachery.
However, Moonglum, master thief and Elric's friend,
sneaked back into the castle and persuaded Yishana, a for-
mer lover of Elric's and now K'aarna's occasional bedfel-
low, to betray K'aarna and to deliver the blade Storm-
bringer to Moonglum, who immediately returned it to
Elric.
Elric then led a successful assault of the stronghold,
slaying many of the barbarian guards and slashing his way
to the chambers of Theleb K'aarna, whom Elric slew in-
stantly.
It
is worth noting that Stormbringer refused to
drink Theleb K'aarna's soul, presumably because it was so
foul.
As Elric tried to leave the castle, he encountered Ni-
korn. Though Elric did not want to kill this brave man
who had spared him when he had been entirely at the
other's mercy, Nikorn was so enraged by Elric's breaking
his oath that he forced Elric to defend himself. Storm-
bringer, as always, thirsty for souls, forced Elric against
his will to slay Nikorn. The merchant shrieked and begged
in hell-wrought agony for Elric to stop the gluttonous
blade as it sucked greedily at his soul, but Elric was help-
less against the demon sword's undeniable will. Once again
Elric's tragic curse was to slay those he loved or respected.

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