River of Blood
The River of Blood, or more properly, the River of Blood Murders, refers to the mass murder/sacrifice of eight children of wealthy Greyhawk families in 565 CY by Sir Bluto Sans Pite, a local knight. The event was so named because Bluto performed the grisly ritual in a cavern beneath his home where the Millstream enters Greyhawk City, causing the stream to run red with his victims' blood.
Sir Bluto was brought to justice by the adventurers Robilar and Yrag, though some accounts say that the villain turned himself in. Nonetheless, Sir Bluto escaped soon after with a band of renegade Rhennee bargemen. Reports placed Bluto a decade later at White Plume Mountain, presumably in the service of Keraptis.
Sir Bluto's reason for committing the crime has never been revealed, though documents found in his vacant home in 591 CY hint that Bluto was somehow involved with the Horned Society, and that he was seeking an artifact known as an Octych.
In Living Greyhawk
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River of Blood is an RPGA adventure for the Living Greyhawk campaign taking place in Sir Bluto's vacant house in 591 CY. Bluto himself does not appear in the adventure, but details of the River of Blood Murders are given in the backstory.
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Mona, Erik. River of Blood. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
- Shick, Lawrence. White Plume Mountain Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1979.
- Tetreault, Denis, and Erik Mona. "The Artisans' Quarter." Living Greyhawk Journal #2. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
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| Topic | Type | Description | Product | Page/Card/Image
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| River of Blood Mass Murder | Calendar | Into White Plume (RPGA) (Low Level Version), D&D 3.5e | 3, 13 | |
| River of Blood Mass Murder | Calendar | S1-4 Realms of Horror, Adventure Booklet | 33 | |
| River of Blood Mass Murder | Calendar | S2 White Plume Mountain (1st-3rd printing), AD&D 1e | 8 | |
| River of Blood Mass Murder | Calendar | S2 White Plume Mountain {Expanded} (4th+ printing), AD&D 1e | 11 | |
| River of Blood Mass Murder | Calendar | S2 White Plume Mountain {Expanded} (4th+ printing), AD&D 1e | 11 |