The Train
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Vehicle |
| Route | Outside the City → Grand Central Station |
| Status | Arrived (damaged) |
| First Appearance | Session 1 |
Overview
A once-luxurious passenger train heading into the quarantined City. The party boarded this train for various reasons, all likely less than legal given the quarantine. What should have been a 30-minute ride became a gauntlet of horror.
Layout (Front to Back)
Engine Room
- Blood-smeared control panel with bones jammed in the mechanisms
- Emergency brake lever
- Where the Bloated Nightmare and two corrupted mastiffs made their lair
- Where Cal Clyde stopped the runaway train
Coal Dust Car
- Thick with coal dust, poor visibility
- A broken manikin torso dragging itself with a machete
Cargo / Storage Car
- Torn crates, shattered vials with black liquid, loose gears
- No windows — wind whistling through unseen gaps
- Smell: chemical tang, burnt incense, blood
- Where the Scourge lycan attacked
- Where the Forsaken scout was found trapped under crates
- Fake incense sticks discovered here
- Organic bodies: crew, foodstuff, waiters, stewards, servants — all dead
Dining Car
- Tables set for a grand feast, now destroyed and blood-stained
- Shattered Scion manikin parts with identifying marks
- A manikin near the entrance had residual lightning arcing from it
- Evidence of a battle between Forsaken and Scion manikins
Passenger Cars
- Worn velvet seats, tarnished brass armrests
- Once luxurious, no longer maintained
- Where the party was seated and where the Steward first appeared
- Where the Forsaken first attacked, killing passengers
Rear Car (Party’s Starting Position)
- Locked door at the very back (jumping out = moving train)
- Where prisoners (Forsaken scout and Steward) were held
- Passengers given javelins for self-defense
Events
The train was the stage for the entire first session. Three major combat encounters occurred aboard it, culminating in a near-crash when the controls were sabotaged and the train went into a runaway state. Cal Clyde stopped the train with six seconds to spare.
Connected To
- Grand Central Station — Destination
- The Scions — Manikins with their markings found aboard
- The Forsaken — A squad was aboard; their scout was captured
- The Scourge — Lycan and Forsaken on board were Scourge-infected