What the Choir Sang
A D&D 5th Edition Horror Adventure for 4-5 Characters, Levels 5-10 · 2-3 Sessions
Some songs should have stayed silent.
Three centuries ago, a woman named Ann made a bargain to save her people, and it cost her her humanity. The Church of the Unburdened Light couldn't decide whether to execute her or canonize her, so it did both. It built an abbey around her, chained her beneath it, and taught generations of pilgrims that Saint Ann chose eternal penance out of holy humility.
The truth is uglier and sadder. The hymn the monks sing every night isn't just a ward. It's keeping her fed.
Your party arrives in the frontier town of Coldrock to find it scarred: frost where there shouldn't be frost, a burned-out house where a family of five used to live, and a woman in chains beneath the local church whom nobody in town can explain. What starts as a murder investigation becomes a climb up the mountain road to the source of it all. By the end, the party decides Saint Ann's fate themselves.
What the Choir Sang is a horror adventure about institutions, not monsters. Nearly every faction believes it's doing the right thing, and that's what makes the truth so hard to sit with. There is no clean ending here, only the one your table chooses to live with.
What's inside:
A complete 2-3 session adventure for 4-5 characters, levels 5-10
Three sessions: a murder investigation in Coldrock, a climb to the Abbey of Saint Ann, and a final reckoning
Saint Ann's four-stage Hunger Track and a full CR 9 boss stat block that you may never need to use
Five resolution paths, from resealing her to freeing her, destroying her, or brokering a new arrangement, each with lasting consequences
A cast of morally complex NPCs, including a zealot inquisitor, a hidden Church assassin, and a monk keeping a dangerous secret
Full-color portraits and scene art, a regional map, town and abbey maps, an illustrated treasure collection, and printable handouts
Complete DM guidance, including scaling notes, a quick-reference sheet, and sequel hooks
What the Choir Sang
A D&D 5th Edition Horror Adventure for 4-5 Characters, Levels 5-10 · 2-3 Sessions
Some songs should have stayed silent.
Three centuries ago, a woman named Ann made a bargain to save her people, and it cost her her humanity. The Church of the Unburdened Light couldn't decide whether to execute her or canonize her, so it did both. It built an abbey around her, chained her beneath it, and taught generations of pilgrims that Saint Ann chose eternal penance out of holy humility.
The truth is uglier and sadder. The hymn the monks sing every night isn't just a ward. It's keeping her fed.
Your party arrives in the frontier town of Coldrock to find it scarred: frost where there shouldn't be frost, a burned-out house where a family of five used to live, and a woman in chains beneath the local church whom nobody in town can explain. What starts as a murder investigation becomes a climb up the mountain road to the source of it all. By the end, the party decides Saint Ann's fate themselves.
What the Choir Sang is a horror adventure about institutions, not monsters. Nearly every faction believes it's doing the right thing, and that's what makes the truth so hard to sit with. There is no clean ending here, only the one your table chooses to live with.
What's inside:
A complete 2-3 session adventure for 4-5 characters, levels 5-10
Three sessions: a murder investigation in Coldrock, a climb to the Abbey of Saint Ann, and a final reckoning
Saint Ann's four-stage Hunger Track and a full CR 9 boss stat block that you may never need to use
Five resolution paths, from resealing her to freeing her, destroying her, or brokering a new arrangement, each with lasting consequences
A cast of morally complex NPCs, including a zealot inquisitor, a hidden Church assassin, and a monk keeping a dangerous secret
Full-color portraits and scene art, a regional map, town and abbey maps, an illustrated treasure collection, and printable handouts
Complete DM guidance, including scaling notes, a quick-reference sheet, and sequel hooks
