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HDK is proud to present a trilogy by German dungeon-synth duo GILGARETH, consisting of the albums "Werkzeuge des Meisters," "Sidequests," and "Aventurische Flüsse." The covers are by Caryad (illustrator of the classic German role-playing game "Das Schwarze Auge"), and each cassette of the trilogy contains a portion of a ready-to-play RPG campaign written by the HDK editorial team.
This is "Aventurische Flüsse" (Rivers of Aventuria), the fithird chapter: pure nostalgia for the role-playing games of our childhood!
𝕬𝖇𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖆𝖑𝖇𝖚𝖒
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𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘𝗕𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗔!
𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦. 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗦. 𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗦.
Four mighty rivers course through Aventurian realms. Born as silver springs in sun‑baked plains or mist‑crowned peaks, they thunder through savage gorges and glide majestically through primeval forests and finally empty into the boundless sea. Proud castles stand sentinel upon green ridges along their banks, banners snapping in the river wind. These waterways are far more than rivers. They are wellsprings of life, borders between kingdoms, trade routes, vessels of myth and legend, living ribbons binding lands, people, and tales. This regional sourcebook invites you to journey the mightiest rivers of Aventuria.
»Der Große Fluss« (The Great River) is Aventuria's longest waterway. Born where the Ange and Breite join north of Angbar, it flows into the Sea of Seven Winds at Havena. Fortunes are made and lost on this river, lives given and taken. The Great River is the kingdom’s lifeline: control its currents, control the realm! The »Fluss der Morgenröte« (River of Dawn) springs forth in the distant East, where Praios' golden orb first kisses the land each morning. Its waters run crystal-clear and the shores are lined with Tulamidian temples and enigmatic ruins. What secrets do they hold? The »Yaquir« is Aventuria's second-longest river and a waterway of extremes – raging and deadly, then sluggish and impenetrable. But don't be fooled! The infamous river pirates know its moods well! Those who want to master the Yaquir need courage, skill, and a swift vessel! The »Weidenfluss« (Willow River) seems the gentlest of the four – a peaceful stream winding through verdant meadows. Willows grace its banks, fishermen cast their nets, the water murmurs softly. Yet even here old mysteries lurk: encounter sunken treasures, forgotten temples, and the restless spirits of the drowned!
This regional sourcebook contains no adventures, no rules - only the lore, legends, and landscapes you need to bring Aventuria’s world to life.
For campaigns that broaden horizons: Headphones on, maps unfurled, time forgotten!
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𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗟𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘 is your regional sourcebook – slower, more atmospheric, almost cartographic in sound. It explores space rather than action, movement rather than combat. These are rivers as lifelines, borders, myths, and memories. The tracks were conceived as ambient sketches from the very beginning: meandering, shifting, constantly in motion. Most melodies and patterns grew through improvisation over what was already there, then changed course, returned, dissolved, and reappeared elsewhere, carried downstream.
𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗬𝗔𝗗
This trilogy is illustrated by Caryad, whose artwork shaped the face of Aventuria for generations of DSA players. Her drawings defined so many modules, rulebooks, heroes, monsters, and mysterious realms that they became inseparable from the way we imagined this world as teenagers. We are deeply grateful that this collaboration became reality.
𝕬𝖑𝖇𝖚𝖒 𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖉𝖎𝖙𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖉𝖎𝖘𝖈𝖑𝖆𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗
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Cover artwork: Caryad (2025).
»Das Schwarze Auge« und »Aventurien« sind eingetragene Marken der Ulisses Spiele GmbH, Waldems. Die Namensrechte für »Yaquir« liegen ebenfalls bei der Ulisses Spiele GmbH.