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The '''River of Blood''', or more properly, the '''River of Blood Murders''', refers to the mass murder/ sacrifice of eight children of wealthy [[Greyhawk City|Greyhawk]] families in 565 [[Common Year|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 (Greyhawk)|Millstream]] enters Greyhawk City, causing the stream to run red with his victims' 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 City|Greyhawk]] families in 565 [[Common Year|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 (Greyhawk)|Millstream]] enters Greyhawk City, causing the stream to run red with his victims' blood. | ||
Bluto was brought to justice by the adventurers [[Robilar]] and [[Yrag]], though some accounts say that the villain turned himself in. Nonetheless, 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]]. | Bluto was brought to justice by the adventurers [[Robilar]] and [[Yrag]], though some accounts say that the villain turned himself in. Nonetheless, Bluto escaped soon after with a band of renegade [[Rhennee]] bargemen. Reports placed Bluto a decade later at [[White Plume Mountain (mountain)|White Plume Mountain]], presumably in the service of [[Keraptis]]. | ||
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]]. | 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]]. | ||
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*[[Mona, Erik]]. ''River of Blood''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000. | *[[Mona, Erik]]. ''River of Blood''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000. | ||
*[[Schick, Lawrence]]. ''[[White Plume Mountain]]'' Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1979. | *[[Schick, Lawrence]]. ''[[White Plume Mountain (module)|White Plume Mountain]]'' Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1979. | ||
*[[Tetreault, Dennis]], and [[Erik Mona]]. "The Artisans' Quarter." ''[[Living Greyhawk Journal]]'' #2. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000. | *[[Tetreault, Dennis]], and [[Erik Mona]]. "The Artisans' Quarter." ''[[Living Greyhawk Journal]]'' #2. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000. | ||
Revision as of 18:03, 6 April 2008
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.
Bluto was brought to justice by the adventurers Robilar and Yrag, though some accounts say that the villain turned himself in. Nonetheless, 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.
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.
COR1-03 River of Blood
COR1-03 River of Blood is an RPGA adventure for the Living Greyhawk campaign taking place in 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.
Bibliography
- Mona, Erik. River of Blood. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
- Schick, Lawrence. White Plume Mountain Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1979.
- Tetreault, Dennis, and Erik Mona. "The Artisans' Quarter." Living Greyhawk Journal #2. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.