The Hand

Infobox

The Hand

General Information

Type	Stat
Type	NPC
Pronouns	He/ Him
Occupation	The Hand
Associated Groups	Marcel's Clan
Race	Vampire
Age	Unknown
Languages	Common
Nationality	The Deadlands
Residence	Marcel's Crypt

Status

Type	Stat
Status	Alive

Appearances

Type	Stat
First Mention	Session 70
Last Mention	Session 69

Overview

One of the vampires met in session 69 when the party were invited in to Marcel's Crypt. The hand belongs to a group of maimed vampires named after various body parts.

Appearances & Mentions

§	Interactions
Session 70	After the contract was made, the party quickly filed out of the room and into the corridor, where they could all breathe again. As soon as they entered the corridor, they were confronted by the body of The Hand, who had crumpled on the floor. Viktor quickly rushed over to examine the body. The Hand looked like they had had all of the energy of their body drained from them, as his skin had been incredibly aged and turned pale. Viktor concluded this definitely wasn't natural and probably had something to do with Marcel's awakening.
Session 70	As Halfbie explored the cave system, he came across many more bodies of the other vampires living in the area. They had all suffered the same fate as The Hand. Eventually, they found themselves in the clearing where they had met the other servants; however the only one still alive was The Mouth, who seemed to be only just holding themselves together.
Session 69	Mordecai explained what had happened while Viktor was asleep. Once everyone was caught up to speed, they turned to the hooded figure who invited them into this place to escape the vampires. They tried their best to thank him for his help, but he did not respond. Without saying a word, he pointed to a small tunnel in the far wall before dropping to his stomach and crawling to the other side. The Party looked at the hole; it was barely big enough for Drache to fit through, but his shoulders would be battered and bruised from trying to squeeze.
Session 69	They found themselves in a small room with low ceilings. They stood in the room, hunched over, looking at the hooded figure who had sat down on a small rock. Halfbie took a step closer to get a better look at their saviour. Under their hood was a mangled face; his most striking feature was that his mouth had been sewn shut with thick thread. He also had incredibly long fangs that stretched down to the bottom of his chin.
Session 69	When Mordecai tried to use telepathy, there was no response from him. After a few moments of trying to talk to him, the hooded figure eventually stood up and started walking down the corridor attached to the room they were in. The corridor was at the same height, so they had to hunch to get through it. The Party walked for nearly an hour in silence as they followed the hooded figure intently. When they got closer, the Polymorph spell eventually ended, causing Drache to revert to his previous form. unfortunately he had been on Halfbie's shoulder at the time, causing them both to fall to the floor in a pile, much to the others' delight.
Session 69	Eventually, the corridor opened into a small room. A few more hooded figures sat around a table in the room, where a magical projection of what looked like the church hovered. The party could see that most of the vampires that had surrounded them earlier were gone, with only a few left, packing up the remainder of their items. The view seemed to be from something flying around above the scene. The figures in the room were all similar to the one they had been following; their bodies were all deformed in one way or another.
Session 69	The Mouth pointed to the others and introduced The Ears, The Hands, and The Manner, saying the rest were 'around' and that they were still waiting for The Eyes. Viktor took a good, long look at them; despite the darkness, he could tell that these weren't especially powerful or pure vampires (probably 3rd or 4th generation). Most of his knowledge of these specific vampires came from storybooks, all of which had been debunked over the years; nonetheless, he gave a respectful greeting.
Session 69	Having heard they were still waiting for the others to join them, Halfbie sat on the floor to wait, but before they could get comfortable The Hand walked over and pulled Halfbie up by their collar. Mordecai also used magic to clean their clothing and made a note not to take a seat. Still wanting a seat, Halfbie summoned a Tensor's floating disk and sat down. The Hand did not move, but the others stared intently at Halfbie. They sat in silence for a moment before Halfbie offered to play the dice game with Drache. Before the dragonborn could respond, a small fae creature rushed into the room and took a seat at the table. The table now showed a recurring image of itself, leading the party to assume they were The Eyes.