Discover the everyday magic and mystical protections all around the village of Rybalka in this Adventure Arcs article. Use this installment with Rise of the Drow, our A-Series adventures, and, of course: The Red Tree of Grudges Adventure Arc. 

Rybalka is gripped by great change; the “old ways from older days” are gradually falling out of use and new ideas have been brought in from abroad. The Klavekian authorities call upon their own gods for protection, neither knowing of nor understanding the aberrant and monstrous creatures that have lived around Rybalka and the Dark Wood for millenia. Some families that have called Rybalka home for generations have shown great guile and determination in keeping everyone safe using traditions that have begun to fall out of favor.

Three methods now protect dwellers in and around Rybalka: the priest Juriendor wards evil forces away from the village boundaries by his practices at the cathedral; Sulwotik and Sulwe call upon spirit powers to guard the perimeter and nearby environs with their traditional Vikmordere totem poles and woven barriers; and Didumos ShortTree offers protective tokens to those who hunt, mine, fish, and explore away from the village.

PDF Contents:

• Three traditional magical protections: Rybalka Cathedral (divine influence), Vikmordere spirit wards (binding allied spirits with wood and weaving), and talismans (reinventing conventions from two cultures)
• Non-Player Characters and hooks for fitting their magic into adventures