#story_event #slenderman There is a story about a darkness so dense and so deep that anyone who saw it was drawn into its inky depths. The story tells of a vast ocean in the depths of the darkness from which no shore is ever visible. Its murky waters teem with vegetation of a horrible sort: grasping roots and waving, slimy leaves with razor-sharp thorns. Swimming among the dark water jungles is a squirming shadow of writhing tentacles. Its horror is such a burden on the minds of miserable trespassers that they cannot recall what they have seen. A chilling dread without form, the terror of its approach can be felt so intensely that it cannot be committed to memory. When she emerged from the dark water pool, she was shivering, desperately trying to speak as she choked on black water. Her pleading eyes desperately searched our faces, until they suddenly widened with horror as she looked out into the emptiness. Bitter, black tears rolled down her defeated face. She was too late. She fell slack at our feet, her lifeless body twisting and exploding in a shower of black ichor and red gore. Where did she come from? What did she give her life to tell us? The feeling of dread that followed her to the settlement would not lift. The survivors find the settlement gathered around the twitching remains of a White Speaker lying in a pool of black water. A gloomy silence reigns. The returning survivors experience a **Memory Haze**. ### Memory Haze Roll 1d10 | 1d10 | Result | | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1 - 2 | The returning survivors experience a confusion of muscle memory. All returning survivors forget 1 random fighting art and gain the [[Blotted Out]] fighting art.<br><br>Add Story Event SLENDERMAN ![[Story_EventIcon_black.png]] [[Forgotten Fear]] to the timeline 3 years from now. | | 3 - 6 | The names of the returning survivors are forgotten. Erase them now. They are strangers. All returning survivors forget 1 fighting art of their choice and gain the [[Blotted Out]] fighting art.<br><br>Add Story Event SLENDERMAN ![[Story_EventIcon_black.png]] [[Forgotten Fear]] to the timeline 3 years from now. | | 7 - 10 | A random returning survivors grows hazy in the settlement's memory. They learn the Extra Sense fighting art. Erase their name.<br><br>All returning survivors learn the Blotted Out fighting art. Add Story Event SLENDERMAN ![[Story_EventIcon_black.png]] [[Forgotten Fear]] to the timeline 3 years from now. |