Yon - The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Yon. Endelyn Moongrave, the Dame of Unhappy Endings, presides over this realm, and her penchant for theatrics has transformed the land around her. Storm clouds roil, shadows take on a life of their own, and the air is filled with a sense of impending dread. Carved into the realm's tallest pinnacle is Motherhorn, Endelyn's theater, where hapless souls come seeking hope, only to leave after stark revelations of decline and despair-if they leave at all. Lightning powers the contraptions of Motherhorn, a mountaintop theater where the show must go on Running This Chapter In this chapter, the characters navigate the bleak mountains of Yon, searching for their lost things or a route to the Palace of Heart's Desire. Before your first game session in Yon, follow these steps to help make the players' experience as entertaining as possible: Yon is ruled by Endelyn Moongrave, also known as Bitter End, Creeping Lyn, and the Dame of Unhappy Endings. Read the hag's description and skim her stat block in appendix B. Read this chapter in its entirety, and reacquaint yourself with the "Prismeer Overview" in chapter 2. Look over the map of Yon. Locations marked on the map are described later in the chapter. Before the characters arrive at Motherhorn, make a copy of Stagefright's lines of dialogue in appendix E, then cut them into strips and place the strips in an opaque container such as a paper bag or a plastic Halloween cauldron. See "A Tragedy in the Making" later in the chapter for how Stagefright's lines come into play. Lost Things in Yon If you used the "Lost Things" adventure hook, check the Story Tracker to see if Endelyn Moongrave has anything or anyone the characters seek to reclaim. When the characters enter Yon, anyone who had something stolen by the hag gets the nagging sensation that it is somewhere in this realm, though the character doesn't know where. The feeling fades when the character either regains what was lost or leaves Yon without recovering it. Anything the...