Dødens Skygge (2005)

From the convention description:
Vinteren i året, tusmørketiden i døgnet.

Is og sne holder ødemarken fanget i et stålhårdt greb. Ulvene flakker om efter de svage, ravnene slår ned på de døde, og skæbnen indhenter alle.

I dette måneoplyste og trøstesløse landskab rager et sort tårn op af sneen - som en rådden tand i isbjørnens gab.

Bag de tunge granitblokke, der er mærket af ødemarkens hårde vejr, er der stadig liv.

Troldmanden har langt fra forstyrrende elementer udrettet sit hverv og slavebundet dæmoner. Han har aldrig betvivlet sin skæbne of ved, at tiden er inde. Byrden har knækket ham, feberen hærger hans krop. Men han valgte selv sin skæbne, da han stadig var ung - dengang virkede tre år som en lav pris at betale for visdom. Nu er det en evighed.

De andre i tårnet er ikke rede, de har ikke den fornødne styrke til at bære skæbnens byrde.

Lærlingen er ung og uerfaren. Datteren bærer Dæmonen i sig. Livvagten er blevet gammel. Og tårnets tjenende ånd er tjener - ikke mere, ikke mindre.

Med den sorte ridder kommer døden.

En historie om en døende troldmand og hans næres skæbne. Et ansvar der skal påtages, en blodhævn der skal fuldføres, en skyld der skal erkendes og et kærlighedsoffer der skal bringes. Skæbtens tunge lod på livets vægt trækker hovedpersonerne med sig i sjælens brønd.

En blodig cirkel skal sluttes...

En regelløs historie, der ikke drives frem af tilfældig action og masser af terninger, men af rollespil med fokus på historie og samspil.

Translates to:

The Shadow of Death

The years winter, this days twilight.

Ice and snow keeps the wilderness trapped in a steel hard grip. The wolves roam about after the weak, the ravens pick on the dead, and fate catches up with everyone.

In this moonlit and desolate landscape a black tower projects out of the snow - like a rotten tooth in a polar bears mouth.

Behind the heavy granite blocks marked by wilderness harsh weather, there is still life.

Despite the disturbing elements, the wizard has accomplished his task and enslaved the demons. He never doubted his destiny, and knows that the time is right. The burden has broken him, fever ravaging his body. But he chose his fate when he was still young - at the time three years seemed like a low price to pay for wisdom. Now it's an eternity.

The others in the tower are not ready, they do not have the strength to bear the burden of fate.

The apprentice is young and inexperienced. The daughter carries the demon in her. The guard is old. And the tower servant is a servant - no more, no less.

With the dark knight death comes.

A story about a dying wizard and the fate of those near to him. A responsibility to be assumed, a blood-revenge to be completed, a debt to be recognized, and a love-offering to be given. Destiny's heavy weight on life's scales pulls the main characters into the well of souls.

A bloody circle must be connected ...

A rule-less telling that is not driven by random action and lots of dice, but by the role-playing with a focus on story and interaction.

The scenario was played at the following conventions:
Fastaval - Victoriatiden (1995)
Fastaval (2009)

Awards:
Otto-nominee (1995): Best Scenario, Best Player Characters, Best Effects, Best Editing