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Hanstholm Lighthouse
An Alternative Headquarters in the Remote Parts of Jutland, Denmark

During the mid-19th century, a lost group of descendants of the Society

established a base in the region of Thy in the shape of Hanstholm Lighthouse
– and deep underground in caverns they hid their secrets.

BY MORTEN GREIS

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Overlooking the North Sea, Hanstholm
Lighthouse is Jutland’s first modern lighthouse, and
it guides ships around the promontory it rests upon.
Out in the sea glides small fishing boats from the
nearby village, Hansted, while it itself lies halfway
hidden behind wind blasted dunes.
The fishers are unaware that the lighthouse is
more than a guiding light. Underneath are forgotten
corridors and hidden rooms dug into the ground by a
branch of the Order of Artemis, whose name is lost,
but their legacy, the lighthouse and the lighthouse
keeper’s home still stands.
Hanstholm lighthouse is an alternate headquarters
and base of operations for adventures and mysteries in
Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying Game. The
lighthouse can be used as an alternate starting point for a
Vaesen campaign, as a secondary headquarters
supporting Castle Gyllencreutz in Uppsala or even as
replacement, if the Society loses their castle in Sweden.
The supplement contains new upgrades, new contacts
and new guidelines for using the lighthouse as a part of a
Vaesen campaign.
This supplement utilizes the supplements
Strandvasker – A Coastal Revenant and the supplement
New Personnel and Contacts for Vaesen.
Everywhere in the lightkeeper house and the
outbuildings are cobwebs. Dust have settled on all
surfaces, and the sickly-sweet stench of rot mixes with
the smell of the salty sea and rooms left alone for all to
long. Mice have invaded the furniture and the pantry has
withered and blackened. The place has been left alone for
quite a while, and was not closed properly, when it was
abandoned. The doors are locked, and the wood has in
several settled making is difficult to force the doors open
even when unlocked.
Hansted and Hanstholm Knot
Hanstholmknude or Hanstholm Knot is the Northwest-
most promontory in Jutland, and during the stone age the
region was an island. The promontory raises up above the
surrounding lands, and it consists of limestone, salt and
calcium. The land is covered by fine sand gathered by the
ever-present wind and heather, which is among the few
plants that are suited to grow here. There are no forests,
and trees are lonely and far between. Wherever there is
shelter from the wind farmers have attempted to turn the
dirt into farmland. At the promontory’s utmost point lies
the hamlet Hansted, and with a view over Hansted lies the
church. Just to the South of the church lies Hanstholm
lighthouse.

The Abandoned Lighthouse

On top of the sandy hill surrounded by weed and
heather lies the whitewashed lighthouse keeper’s house
and outbuildings. Above it towers the lighthouse. Not far
from there lies a small stone building, which is the church.
A dirt road leads from the top of the hill to the hamlet
Hansted.
The wind tears into travelers. The roar of the sea is
carried up the hill by the wind, and the sky is covered by
grey clouds. The sun is nowhere to be seen. The land is
completely open – no forests or mountains, just low hills
and a vast heath that is seemingly without end.
A solid but low stone wall marks the lighthouse’s
grounds including both the tall white lighthouse and the
outbuildings. Grass and weed grows wild, and the garden
behind the lightkeeper house have been plundered by
rodents.
Hansted village is very remote. The residents of the
Near the top of the hill lies the church visible. It is a
village are mostly fishermen. In the evening having
small medieval building with no tower, and next to it are
returned from the sea they pull their boats onto the shore.
the remains of an ancient barrow. Numerous weathered
The village has a customs assistant who keeps a log of the
gravestones are gathered the small church.
farmers’ imports and exports, when they sail to Norway

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with grain and return mostly with timber. There is a
teacher to ensure the education of the children, a priest
to ensure the spiritual salvation of the locals, and a beach
bailiff who watches the beach, gathers flotsam and
coordinates the salvaging of ships.
The Official Story
On top of one the regions few hills in an otherwise flat
and windy landscape rises the lighthouse above its
surroundings. The lighthouse is the first of its kind along
the western coast of Jutland overlooking the North Sea,
and it has been raised to guide ships safely rounds its
promontory ensuring their safe journey towards
Copenhagen. Shipping has increased vastly the recent
years, and the need to have ships arriving safely has
increased drastically.
The lighthouse itself is octagonal, whitewashed and
equipped with a lantern room on the top. The structure is
20 meters tall, or about five stories, and on its top a small
open platform allows people to walk around the glass
housing keeping the lantern. From here it is a height of 65
meters giving an excellent view far across the sea, but also
across the empty heath mostly covered in dunes and
heather with a few lonely farms spread out. The dirt roads
connecting the parish’s farms are easily visible. The
lighthouse has the most powerful lantern, and the light
beam can be seen far and wide.
The placement of the lighthouse is tied to the
increased amount of shipping in the area. As traffic
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increased it was decided in 1842 to construct the
lighthouse. However, in October 1842 when the lighthouse
was almost finished, the lantern was placed on top of the
tower, and it did not take long, before the lighthouse
keeper Wørmer discovered a construction error making
the tower walls slowly crack underneath the lantern. It
was discovered that the master builder might have had
misunderstood the architect’s blueprints. It is said that
the architect was so ashamed that he hung himself in his
basement. In 1843 the master builder tore down the tower
and had it rebuilt anew, and in December 1843 the
lighthouse was taken into use.
Across a small courtyard is the lighthouse keeper’s
house and two outbuildings functioning as stables and
workshops. In the center of the courtyard is a deep well
that reaches deep down into the ground to reach fresh
water untouched by the salty sea.
Behind the house lies a large overgrown garden. To
the lighthouse belongs fields and the garden to support
the lighthouse keeper and their staff. The place also
contains offices, a boathouse, workshop, and the like.
Next to the lighthouse complex across a dirt road lies
Hanstholm Church, a small Romance style building raised
in the 12th century. It is without a tower, and it has an old
churchyard attached to it. Long ago a bell tower was
raised on top of the stone age barrow lying next to the
church, but it is gone now.
The Hidden History
The lighthouse is the Hanstholm parish near the small
hamlet of Hansted. The desolate region is home for
vaesen, and especially at night the region can be
dangerous for humans to travel. At sea mermaids try to
lure ships onto land, and along the coast strandvarslers
haunt unable to find rest after their ships went down, and
on the heath, there are will’o’wisps and hungry trolls
eating lone travelers.
Long ago the region was ruled by a mighty vaesen. A
branch of the Society known as The Sønderborg Chapter
(Sønderborg is a town in Southern Jutland; after the war
of 1864, Sønderborg was part of Germany until 1920) tried
several times to stop the vaesen but without any success.
As part of their attempts, they established a local hideout
in the chalk caves beneath Hanstholm.
Instead of stopping the the vaesen, The Sønderborg
Chapter planned on binding the vaesen to the ground
utilizing Sacred Geometry. They had the master architect
Brach-Sørensen draw a monument that should be able to
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anchor the creature. However, it never came to this, as the
Society collapsed after the tragic events at Oulu.
The project was
abandoned for a while, but
under the leadership of
Liselotte Gesner (born
Wildenrath) – she was a
descendant of the
Sønderborg Chapter – the
monument was redrawn
as a lighthouse by royal
master builder Jørgen
Koch. Liselotte had seen
the plans to establish a
lighthouse at Hanstholm,
and she used her
connections to change the
lighthouse plans and have
an unusual lighthouse
raised. It was developed
according to the methods
of Sacred Geometry, and
in secret it was connected
to the Society’s chalk
caves deep underground.
Liselotte herself never saw the lighthouse completed
as she had passed away due to old age before that. At her
request, the first master of the lighthouse chosen was
Heinrich Julius Wørmer, as he had been schooled in the
secrets of the lighthouse.
Right now, the lighthouse and the lighthouse keeper’s
house stand empty. The three previous lighthouse
keepers each suffered from accidents and vanished
mysteriously afterwards. Keeper Carl Alsing and his wife
Laureline disappeared during the storm flood of 1862
(which reshaped parts of Jutlands coast further down
south). They were followed by Niels and Hanne Kromann,
who vanished one night during a particular violent
autumn storm, and after them lighthouse keeper Albert
Svendsen took the position, but already after a few
months during a stormy night, he took off. Since then, no
one has dared take up the position.
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It is likely that descendants of the forgotten The
Sønderborg Chapter still resides among the villagers of
Hansted keeping an eye on everyone moving into the
lighthouse. Perhaps in the shape of a secret society among
the Hansted farmers while vaguely remembering the pre-
history.
At present, the lighthouse stands abandoned, and the
missing light at night is a serious concern. The place has
a poor reputation, and none of the locals will take the
position. The Royal Danish Lighthouse Office (Det
kongelige danske fyrvæsen) is looking people daring to
take the position. There are multiple options for involving
the Society:
• The Society hears about a haunted lighthouse,
and they allow themselves to be involved in
something, that might lead to a case.
• The Society is asked to investigate the lighthouse
as none of the locals will work there due to
rumors of hauntings.
• A newly appointed lighthouse keeper is unable to
hire any staff due to the site’s poor reputation,
and the keeper asks the Society to investigate.
• The Society finds old documents referencing the
lost branch of the Order, and the references
points them towards the Lighthouse.
Daily Life at Hanstholm
The daily operation of the lighthouse is important.
Every day the lantern should be checked. The lenses must
be polished, and the glass windows cleaned.
The Machinery operating and turning the lantern
must be maintained and oiled. Some parts must be wound
up like a clock for the lantern’s continued rotation, and
the light must be refueled regularly, and the fuel pipes
checked for leaks.
A journal of the daily observations across the sea and
of the daily operations must be kept. Consumption of fuel
and spare parts must be noted so more can be ordered in
time.
A part of the salary is the residence, its livestock and
land, and a part of the lighthouse is kept as a regular farm.
The livestock must be fed, cleaned out and cared for.
Likewise, the lands must be tilled, sowed and harvested.
Fences, buildings and tools must be kept in a good shape.
The operation of the lighthouse requires not just
turning the lights on and off, but for the lighthouse keeper
and their family and staff to keep the grounds, the
livestock and the buildings as well as the lantern itself.
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Temporary Headquarters
The lighthouse can be used as a permanent base just
as Castle Gyllencreutz and the Ravnholm Estate, but its
remote position and the fact, that the Society might
already have a headquarter makes it less likely for the
Society to use lighthouse as their new headquarters.
Instead, they can use it as a temporary headquarters.
The Society can either for a period of one or more
mysteries take up residence in the lighthouse keeper’s
residence and use the place while they solve cases in
Western Jutland, or they can choose to keep the place and
then hire people to run the place in their absence.
For every 2 points the Society has spent on Upgrades,
Contacts and Personnel at their central headquarter, the
Society can spend 1 point on Upgrades, Contacts and
Personnel at their new temporary headquarters.
Adding the Upgrades, Contacts and Personnel is done,
when they either visit the temporary headquarter or when
they write letters and instruct the Housekeeper or the
Assistant Lighthouse Keeper as to what new
improvements they want. Upgrades that require
discovery or that has an occult function can only be added
by staff initiated into the secrets of the Society.
If The Society fails to maintain their temporary
headquarters, threats will arise.

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room and in the back room. These stoves are connected

The Hanstholm Buildings to stoves in the great room, the chamber, the bedroom
The lighthouse faces the lighthouse keeper's and the hall. From here, a chimney runs up through the
residence and the lengths with a courtyard with a deep attic.
well between them. The eastern building is stable building. Here is a hen
house, barn for cows and horses, sheep house and pig
house, in addition to feed house. In the western building
are fuel and rooms for lighthouse keeper assistants and
additional staff.

The main building has a high ground floor. Access is

via the stairs at the front of the building. Below the ground
floor is the basement, which is accessed via a staircase,
which is under the stairs leading up to the front door, or
via the basement stairs in the hallway in addition to a
basement staircase at the back. Above the ground floor is
the attic, which is reached via the attic stairs in the
entrance hall.
The ground floor contains an entrance hall, anteroom,
bedroom, living room, guest room, large living room and
chamber.
The basement has an
entrance hall, brewery
and bakery, kitchen,
maid's room, pantry,
laundry room, back
basement, back room.

The attic contains an attic, two attic chambers and two

storage rooms.
The building is
heated by a stove at the
western end, which in
the basement is
connected to the stove
and the maid's chamber,
on the ground floor is
connected to the guest room and living room and on the
attic is connected to one attic chamber. At the eastern
end, in the basement is the baking oven as well as the
brewing vessel that is connected to an oven in the laundry

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Upgrades
There are several upgrades or improvements for the
lighthouse and the lighthouse residence and its
outhouses. There are facilities and discovered facilities, and
then there is the personnel. These functions just as in the
core rulebook with some minor changes reflecting the
differences between Gyllencreutz, Ravnholm and
Hanstholm.
FACILITIES
The lighthouse has facilities, that can be utilized, when
The Society has had time and resources to refurbish or
rebuild them. This includes the facilities below. When a
facility has the same function as a facility in the core
rulebook, then see the rulebook for the effect (p. 89-91).
The Tower
A spiral staircase leads all the way up through the tower.
There are cables from the generator to the floodlight at the top
as well as cables for the rotating lantern. The road up is
arduous and exhausting.
PREREQUISITE: available from the start
PRICE: 0
FUNCTION: The many trips up and down bring people
into shape. A character spending a scene here, heals 1
physical condition.
Lighthouse with Spotlight
A narrow door leads to a narrow roundabout with a
magnificent view of both the sea and the moor. It’s dominated
by the big spotlight. Inside the glass panes are the arc lamp
and the lens unit, which rotates when it is dark. The blows of
the waves against the shore are carried inland by the wind.
PREREQUISITE: Officer, Inventor or Resources 4
PRICE: 5
FUNKTION: The characters can study the sea for
insight. One of the player characters gain an extra
Advantage before a mystery: Call of the Sea.
THREAT: Until the Spotlight is in use, the following
Threat applies: The Missing Light.
The Neglected Archive of Logbooks and
Observations
A small room packed tightly with shelving. On the shelves
are logbooks stacked with no order or sense, and between
them documents are rolled up and squeezed in. Forced into
the center of the room is a desk and a small desk chair. Gray
daylight comes in from the window, and outside the roar of
the sea can be heard. Through the window the gray-blue sea
can be seen. The waves show their teeth.
PREREQUISITE: Resource 4
PRICE: 4
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FUNCTION: Once pr Mystery a player character gains
one free success on a die roll when searching for
information on ships, shipping and ship travels.
Rescue Station
A wide gate faces down to the beach. Behind the gate
placed on a simple cart, so that it is easy to pull, is a large
lifeboat with oars. On the walls inside the room hang ropes,
flags, lifebuoys and the like.
PREREQUISITE: Sailor (personnel) or Resources 5
PRICE: 5
FUNKTION: The boat can be set to sea quickly to
rescue people fallen into the sea or trapped on ships run
aground. The boat grants an automatic success on dice
throw during a rescue mission.
ASSET: One player character can bring rope or
binoculars on a Mystery without spending resources.
Boat Pier
A boat pier leads from the beach and a good distance out
into the water. At the far end is a ladder down to the water,
and a simple raft is moored.
PREREQUISITE: Sailor (personnel) or Resources 5
PRICE: 4 (can be purchased up to three times)
FUNCTION: FUNCTION: For each additional time boat
bridge is purchased, the Society's dinghy is upgraded by
one step from poor to well-maintained to extraordinary. If
the Society also has a rowing boat, it will also be upgraded
one step.
ASSET: The Society has a poor dinghy.
Telegraph
The room is sparsely decorated. A simple table has an
electric telegraph standing, and in a small cupboard on the
wall are instructions and codes.
PREREQUISITE: Officer or Resources 5
PRICE: 6
FUNCTION: The Society can before a Mystery send a
telegram requesting assistance. At a convenient moment
during the Mystery a contact appears.
The Office
A large desk filled with drawers fills the space. It stands
by the window, so it has a view of the sea. The cold wind
shakes the windows. The sea shows teeth. On the walls are
paintings of fishing boats and picture frames with dried
flowers.
PREREQUISITE: –
PRICE: 5
FUNCTION: One of the player characters gain an extra
Advantage before a mystery: Well-read.
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Weather Station
The weathercock on the roof is visible from the small
chamber. On the wall hangs a barometer and a thermometer,
and on the shelf is a collection of almanacs. On the wall
opposite are posters with the path of the moon and the sun
across the sky, the window is not quite tight, and a cold draft
wind pulls squeaking through the room.
PREREQUISITE: Inventor or Resources 5
PRICE: 3
FUNCTION: One of the player characters can bring a
piece of equipment or clothing that will during the
Mystery become relevant due to the weather without
paying any resources – one option is that the player and the
gamemaster agrees to define the specific piece of equipment,
when it becomes relevant.
Shooting Range
At the rear end of the garden hidden between apple trees
and hazelnut bushes hides an old shooting range fenced off by
solid stone walls.
PREREQUISITE: –
PRICE: 5 (can be purchased up to three times)
FUNCTION: Same as Shooting Range from the
rulebook.
ASSET: Same as Shooting Range from the rulebook.
Workshop
In one building in the three-lane courtyard, a workshop
has been set up. On the walls hang tools, and out on the floor
stands a percussion bench. There is a smell of wood chips and
dried oil in the air. The large sliding door to the courtyard
does not close tightly and it can be heard on the hissing of the
wind.
PREREQUISITE: Resources 4
PRICE: 4
FUNCTION: Same as Workshop from the rulebook.
ASSET: Vagabond or Servant can repair a piece of
equipment broken during the previous mission as a part
of the Preparation and bring it along the mystery without
it costing resources. The equipment should be something
that can be repaired within reason.
Infirmary
The walls are scrubbed clean, the floor is covered with
tiles, and a scent of dried flowers hangs in the air. Beds along
the walls are ready to receive patients. Through the window
you can see the sea. The sound of the wind rustling in the low
bushes on the sandbanks can be heard.
PREREQUISITE: Doctor or Resources 5
PRICE: 6
FUNCTION: Same as Infirmary from the rulebook.
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Stables
One long is divided into several smaller stalls. There is
room for sheep, cows and horses, and at the back there is a
chicken house. The smell of livestock hangs heavily in the air.
PREREQUISITE: Vagabond or Resources 5
PRICE: 4 (Can be purchased up to three times)
AKTIV: Same as Stable from the rulebook.
CONTACT: The stable is home to a Nisse. The Nisse
protects the barn and the animals in it. A character who
spends a scene in the barn can come in contact with Nisse.
It provides access to additional clues – as chosen by the
game master. If the Nisse does not get porridge at
Christmas time, it leaves the farm.
Local Inn: Hansted Inn
Where three country roads meet, Hansted kro is
located. Here, travelers spend the night and the locals
come to have a schnaps.
PREREQUISITE: –
PRICE: 4 (Can be purchased t up to three times)
FUNCTION: Same as Local Tavern from the rulebook
Kennel
Outside behind the stable building is a kennel with brick
dog houses and a fence to breed and train dogs.
PREREQUISITE: Gamekeeper or Hunter
PRICE: 4 (can be purchased up to three times)
ASSET: Same as Kennel from the rulebook.
DISCOVERED FACILITIES
The lighthouse and the associated residences have few
secrets. What lies hidden underground, on the other
hand, is a different story. Hidden in the hill are the place's
biggest secrets.
The Cellar
A series of cold, dark rooms connected by a narrow
corridor. Torch holders are mounted in the wall. The air is
cold and humid.
PREREQUISITE: –
DISCOVERY: The hatch in the floor of the storage leads
down to a root cellar. Behind the old closet is a staircase that
leads deeper down. The air is cold and humid.
PRICE: 4 (Can be purchased up to three times)
FUNCTION: Same as Cellar Vault from the rulebook.
Dungeon
Shaft in the floor with large metal bars across.
PREREQUISITE: Cellar
DISCOVERY: In a secluded room with vaulted ceilings
are large, rusty metal bars in the floor.
PRICE: 3
FUNCTION: Same as Dungeon from the rulebook.
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The Hidden Bookcase
Embedded in the floor under a hidden hatch is a
bookcase. The smell of dust and old ink rises when the hatch
is opened, revealing the yellowed documents held together by
simple book covers.
PREREQUISITE: The Neglected Archive
DISCOVERY: A floorboard creaks strangely. As the plank
is twisted loose, a secret compartment appears…
PRICE: 5
FUNCTION: The book collection contains an answer to
a question that relates to the previous case. The answer is
sometimes cryptic, and it always has to do with Vaesen,
secret societies or the occult.
ASSET: The secret bookcase in the floor hides many
strange works. The book collection gives a hint to better
understand a text or cryptic reference found on a mission
(the game master provides hints to better interpret a text
found on a mission; once per mystery).
Hanstholm Chronicle
The leather-bound book has gold letters printed on the
back. The title of the book is written in Gothic letters.
PREREQUISITE: The Office
DISCOVERY: Inside the desk top next to the drawers is a
hidden compartment. A simple button hidden in the side of
the desk makes the compartment pop up and reveals a heavy,
handwritten book.
PRICE: 4
FUNCTION: At the end of a session a player can write
down the explorations of The Society. Each player is then
granted 1 experience point.
THREAT: When the chronicle is being used, it awakens
The Ghost.
The Shielded Room
Water is constantly dripping from the ceiling in front of
the rusty iron door. In the lime wall around the door, symbols
made of copper green with verdigris are formed as wards
against the evil eye, and on the iron door itself are faded
markings of protective alchemical symbols.
PREREQUISITE: The Cellar or The Mystic
DISCOVERY: Behind a stack of moldy wooden barrels, a
passage can be sensed, which slopes downwards…
PRICE: 6 (Can be purchased up to three times)
FUNCTION: Same as Occult Archive from the rulebook.
The Pyramid Chamber
Behind a curtain, a chamber is cut out of the limestone.
The ceiling is pointed like a pyramid, and in the middle of the
floor is a sarcophagus, which is cut directly out of the
limestone, and which blends in with the floor.
PREREQUISITE: The Cellar or The Mystic
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DISCOVERY: A sudden sound makes you open your eyes.
You are not in your bed, but a strange place in the dark. Have
you fallen asleep again?
PRICE: 4 (Can be purchased up to three times)
FUNCTION: Same as Self-Flagellation Tools from the
rulebook.
Personnel
Use the personnel from the core rulebook (p. 94-95)
with the following changes. The staff specific for
Hanstholm lighthouse is described below.
Personnel such as caretaker, chef, coachman, game
keeper, gardener, guard, house physician, inventor,
mystic, quartermaster, recruit, and stable boy functions
as described in the rulebook, but the lighthouse lies far
from any city or major town and some staff therefore have
an additional cost.
Urbane personnel adds +2 to their COST: Chef, home
physician, mystic, inventor, gardener – unless they are
purchased as dishonored personnel (see below).
Boatbuilder
The boatbuilder is a quiet, broad-shouldered figure who
takes lessons from rivers and lakes, from the sea and the
weather, and who maintains the company's boat.
PREREQUISITE: Workshop or Boat Pier
PRICE: 4
FUNCTION: Between mysteries, the boatbuilder can
repair a damaged boat, or the boatbuilder can temporarily
upgrade a boat's condition with one step (from poor to
well-maintained to extraordinary), which lasts a mission.
ASSET: The Society has poor rowing boat.
Housekeeper Emma Witt
A small, tightly build lady with a small smile, and an
attitude that does not invite to tease.
PREREQUISITE: -
PRICE: 3
FUNCTION: The housekeeper is responsible for the
daily operation of the lighthouse keeper's residence from
taking care of the farm animals and the personnel to
managing the place when The Society is away. As long as
the lighthouse is functioning normally, she can take care
of its operation.
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Lighthouse Assistant Knud Sonne Hansen
Ruddy and round-cheeked, still young in his duties, but
full of zeal. The buttons on the uniform jacket shine freshly
polished.
PREREQUISITE: -
PRICE: 3
FUNCTION: The lighthouse keeper's assistant handles
the day-to-day operation of the lighthouse and leaving
The Society more time to handle important tasks. As long
as the lighthouse keeper's home does not have problems,
the lighthouse keeper's assistant can handle it when The
Society is away.
Sailor
Weathered and with a deep respect for traveling on the
sea and rivers.
PREREQUISITE: Boatbuilder
PRICE: 3
FUNCTION: The sailor can transport The Society with
their boat (and they heal an extra condition along the
way). The sailor can pick up and bring a contact during a
mystery.
ASSET: The sailor can assist on missions. The players
can spend 10 points on attributes and 8 points on skills
(max 3). Physical Toughness 1. Mental Toughness 1.
DISHONORED PERSONNEL
It happens that people fall into disfavor in the cities, and
they need to get far away for a while. Some leave the country,
while others find a position far away in the countryside where
rumors of their poor reputation have not reached.
The Society can employ personnel with a bad
reputation. It is cheaper but not without consequences.
Dishonored Personnel has -2 to their COST. The
disadvantage is that before each mystery, the players
must make a reputation roll with 2 dice +1 for each
additional dishonored staff. If one or more successes are
rolled, it has negative consequences for one of the
dishonored staff:
1 success: A contact is not available for this mystery
due to the personnel’s poor reputation.
2 successes: The dishonored personnel’s poor
reputation influences the Society’s reputation in a poor
manner, and a Threat advances an additional step.
3 successes: The dishonored personnel have been
forced to go into hiding temporarily, and they are not
available for the next mystery.
4+ successes: The dishonored personnel is caught up
by their past, and they run off during the night. The
Society loses the personnel.
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Contacts
Hanstholm is a remote place, and the many
connections that The Society has in larger cities takes on
a different form far from cosmopolitan centers. The
following contacts are available, and they function as
contacts according to the core rulebook.
The Old Priest
The parish priest takes care of the small Hansted church
together with the other churches in the parish. He is far from
home, and in the parish, he has seen things which would ruin
his reputation if he mentioned it to the people of the big city.
PREREQUISITE: Academic or Resource 5
COST: 4
FUNCTION: A conversation with the priest about
Vaesen or the supernatural makes it easier to get through
the day. The conversation makes it possible to push all
mental recovery rolls.
The Young Priest
NOTE: If the old priest passes away a new young priest
arrives in the parish.
The parish priest is a young zealot who has moved to the
parish with his pregnant wife to take over the post from the
old priest. The young pastor is a member of the Inner Mission.
PREREQUISITE: Academic or Resource 4
PRICE: 2
FUNCTION: A conversation with the pastor about the
salvation of the soul and about forsaking worldly life can
lighten the heart of someone. The conversation makes it
possible to Push all mental healing scrolls.
THREAT: If the Society deviates too much from the
priest's strict interpretation in their lifestyle, he may
cease to be a contact and instead become a threat to the
Society, turning the area's believers against the Society
and causing the locals not to assist the Society.
The Folklore Collector
She is the daughter of a priest, and after her travels to
Germany, where she has been to lectures at the Brothers
Grimm, she has eagerly begun collecting local stories and
stories. She wanders around the heath and interrogates the
locals when she meets them.
PREREQUISITE: Academic or Resource 5
COST: 4
FUNCTION: Grants a free success on finding
information on stories, beliefs and customs in the
countryside.
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Wise Woman Travelling Trader

The old peasant wife knows about witchcraft, and she (Hosekræmmer)
understands what bothers people and what it takes to cure The hosekræmmer wanders around between the farms on
them. Her cures are sometimes quirky, like dancing naked the heath and buys wool and knitting, which are subsequently
around the old oak tree at full moon or firing the gun into the resold in the markets. The shopkeeper travels far and wide
oven, but people claim she heals their flaws and removes their and often has a story or two with him from the farms where
evils. shopping has taken place.
PREREQUISITE: A character must have become PREREQUISITE: Resources 4 or Servant
mentally broken during a mission. COST: 4
COST: 4 FUNCTION: Delivers gossip from the rural districts.
FUNCTION: She grants characters a +2 bonus on Can deliver local crafts (even large amounts of it) to a good
mental recovery rolls, and if her instructions are followed price. Grants +1 CAPITAL to acquiring local crafts in the
to the letter, they will remove curses and cure preparation phase.
supernatural sufferings.
Customs Assistant
The customs assistant must make sure that the goods that
the farmers bring home from Norway, England or Germany
are cleared through customs and reported to the king. The
young assistant well trained and already knows most of the
farmers' tricks. His duties allow him to hear news from
abroad and gossip about what is happening among the locals.
PREREQUISITE: A harbor or a coast where boats are
dragged ashore.
COST: 4
FUNCTION: The assistant grants 1 success on news
from other countries. The assistant grants +1 bonus to
collect gossip from the locals.
Bailiff
The bailiff has a home on the local estate, and it is the
bailiff's task on behalf of the lord to keep calm in the area.
When there are quarrels between the peasants, or if someone
is unable to pay their dues, the bailiff becomes involved, and
he knows the area's daydreamers and cheaters.
PREREQUISITE: Resources 5 or Private Detective
COST: 4
FUNCTION: Can provide clues from the lands and
villages belonging to the manor and can identify local
criminals. Can mobilize a team of hardened farmhands to
deal with issues of a human nature.

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Threats
This section is preferably for game masters, and
players are advised no to read it.
Owning a lighthouse like Hanstholm is not without
complications. The rules for Threats are covered in the
core rulebook (p. 87-88). The following are threats based
particularly on the lighthouse to be used as inspiration
for your own campaign.
The Ghost
Hanstholm lighthouse is haunted. The ghost of Laureline
Alsing can be seen on stormy nights when ships are in
danger of being led aground. She was killed by
Hanstholm’s second lighthouse keeper, her husband Carl
Alsing, one stormy one night, when madness overcame
him.
Countdown:
1. Windows and doors are forcefully opened on
stormy nights. Cold rain and icy winds sweep
through the building.
2. On stormy nights, a pale figure is seen moving
from the residence to the lighthouse. If quickly
followed one can see her fall to her death in
lighthouse’s inner column.
3. Laureline appears in people’s dreams, and they
feel compelled towards the top of the
lighthouse. On those dark nights where a storm
rages, they not just dream of going up there,
but they sleepwalk there.
The Strandvarsler
The strandvarsler (the ‘beach omen’) is a revenant unable
to find rest. The corpse drifted ashore from a Norwegian
fishing boat. The body lies abandoned and plundered
near a coastal cliff.
Countdown:
1. The Strandvarsler haunts the coast, and anyone
encountering it becomes sick and begins to
waste away.
2. Boats leaving the beach are attacked by the
strandvarsler, as it reaches out from the waves
trying to pull a victim into the water.
3. The Strandvarsler grabs onto travelers near the
coast and climbs up on their back to be carried
to the nearest churchyard, but the revenant is
too heavy for the living who all collapses dead
before reaching the graveyard.
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The Maid from the Sea
It is said that the village of Hansted lying next to
Hanstholm lighthouse is named after the glove
(’handske’), that drifted ashore after a particular violent
storm, and it was found where the church later was build
(raised in the 12th century). The glove belongs to the maid
of the sea.
Countdown:
1. The maid from the sea is a mermaid. She
recognizes The Society, and she therefore
raises large heavy waves, whenever The Society
attempts to go anywhere by boat. On top of the
wind can be heard her horn made from a
conch.
2. The mermaid uses her magics to enchant
sailors using them in an attempt to destroy the
lighthouse’s lantern. She threatens that she will
pull their boats to the bottom of the sea if they
do not serve her.
3. In ancient times Hanstholm was an island. The
lands around the cliffs upon which Hanstholm
rests are lowlands, and the mermaid has
decided once and for all to trap The Society by
raising the sea and flooding the area turning
the Hanstholm cliff into an island.
Beach Bailiff Jens Bødker
Beach Bailiff (Strandfoged) Jens Bødker has the tasks of
supervising the coasts and organizing the salvage work
when the ships run aground. He keeps a log of the
wreckage and once a year it is auctioned off. The beach
bailiff suspects The Society of trouble and for not
maintaining the lighthouse properly.
Countdown:
1. The beach bailiff begins to monitor The
Society’s activities. He keeps a journal of the
daily operation of the lighthouse and spies on
The Society as they come and go.
2. The beach bailiff begins to suspect The Society
of running a smuggling ring, and he begins
following them to gather evidence. He follows
them, talk to people they talk to, and he keeps
track of whom they mail or receive mail from.
3. The beach bailiff decides to find the evidence
that will reveal it all. He breaks into the
residence to gather evidence. He searches their
belongings, breaks seals and sets trouble loose.
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The Neglected Lighthouse The Young Priest

If the Society does not have a housekeeper or a
lighthouse keeper assistant, then they must spend a good
amount of time on the daily operations of the lighthouse
limiting their time studying or investigating Vaesen,
planning expeditions and travelling.
Countdown:
1. The Society is visited one by one by the beach
bailiff, the customs assistant and the teacher
who all worry if proper care is taken of the
lighthouse,
2. The Society receives writings The Royal Danish
Lighthouse Office (Det kongelige danske
fyrvæsen) asking for detailed reports on the
daily operations. The Society is requested to
send all kinds of reports, and afterwards a
Senior Lighthouse Keeper will be sent to
inspect the place.
3. The Society is informed that The Royal Danish
Lighthouse Office will appoint a new keeper to
replace the current, and if The Society wants
protest this, they must appear in Copenhagen.
Shortly after a new keeper is announced and
sent to Hanstholm.
The Missing Light
The lighthouse does not function as it should. The
lantern is not lighted correctly, and ships in the area is in
danger of running aground. The Society has an
important task ahead.
Countdown:
The old priest is gone, and instead a new, young priest
has been appointed. He is from Inner Mission, and he
strongly opposes most of the things The Society stands
for – should he discover who and what The Society is,
Countdown:
1. The young priest pays The Society a visit
wanting to talk some sense in them and have
them swear off any occult activities.
2. The priest has for a period been preaching
against The Society every Sunday at church, and
it is beginning to catch on. Locals begin to view
them with suspicion and try to avoid them. The
Society is unable to receive any support from
anyone in the parish.
3. The young priest has kept preaching against The
Society and he has begun turning the locals.
Newspapers in the area carries letters from the
readers complaining about the lighthouse
keeper, and people wants to involve The Royal
Danish Lighthouse Office requesting that they
replace the current keeper.

1. The Society is at first approached by the beach

bailiff and later by worried fishermen. They all
ask The Society to ensure that the lighthouse is
up and running as it should be.
2. A messenger comes running. A heavy fog has
descended, and the fishers has observed at least
one large ship in the local waters. The Society
must hinder the ship from running aground in
the fog – whether they will improvise a light in
the tower, build bonfires on the coast or
something else is their choice.
3. One foggy evening or an early morning during a
storm a ship is seen struggling with getting
round the promontory. The Society can either
see the ship run aground and become a source
of corpses washing ashore resulting in ghosts,
revenants, strandvarslere, and mermen
depending on what the Society chooses to do.

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NØRBY

Hansted Inn

HANSTED

Church

Hanstholm

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