In all of Lamordia, no determine is sort of as mysterious as  Rudolph von Aubrecker, recognized to few because the Living Brain.

They saved his mind! These chilling phrases describe the destiny of Rudolph von Aubrecker, the one surviving son of the now-deceased Baron Vilhelm von Aubrecker. Though it’s up for debate whether or not or not Rudolph truly survived the grisly accident that claimed the lives of his household.

For although his physique was recovered, the one factor salvageable was the younger man’s mind.

Rudolph von Aubrecker – Misspent Youth

In his early days, Rudolph von Aubrecker was the privileged son of the Lamordian the Aristocracy. Baron Vilhelm von Aubrecker was a stern, harsh man. And Rudolph was all the things his father was not. Even in his earliest days, he was insistent on idle pursuits which his father had not the time for. And so the strain between the 2 grew.

Rudolph von Aubrecker had a popularity for being a wastrel. A drunken, debauched, spoiled brat. And so he may need remained, had he not made the fateful determination to rejoice his 18th birthday upon his household’s caravel: the Haifisch.

It was a very stormy night time, and the Haifisch crewed by revelers celebrating the younger baronet. In drunken extra and ribald debauchery, few noticed the storm roll in. As the waves hit the boat, the younger Rudolph was struck by the uncooked energy of the storm. Bolts of lightning, tempestuous winds, monumental waves.

These got here crashing down throughout the crew of the Haifisch. And then the storm had cleared, and the vessel was sunk. Wrecked. And the one survivor was the younger von Aubrecker. Fortunately, or sadly, relying in your view, this was across the time that Dr. Viktra Mordenheim arrived in Lamordia for the primary time.

Through the mysterious powers of Ravenloft’s Mists, destiny itself was altered. And Dr. Mordenheim saved what she may of the younger man — his mind.

A Jarring Life

For Dr. Mordenheim knew a lot of the secrets and techniques of life and demise. She had an unnatural understanding of the humanoid physique. And she was in a position to protect life. Or at the least his mind. Kept alive in a jar full of alchemical fluids, managed by clockwork contraptions that moved the mechanisms of life itself for the mind, the younger von Aubrecker was saved alive.

Later, that very same week, he realized of his father’s passing. Now Rudolph von Aubrecker was to develop into baron in his father’s place. To assume his rightful function.

But he dared not. Not in his current type. Blaming the physician for his accursed state, Rudolph von Aubrecker plotted in secret. Working with the Dr.’s data, and utilizing her sciences to craft a semblance of a physique he escaped.

Some say it was the assistance of his household butler, a lady by the title of Gerta. Others say his personal mind, twisted right into a sort of genius by the Dr.’s work, was in a position to command the machinations that saved him alive.

Whatever the case, von Aubrecker escaped to his fort, Schloss Aubrecker. A wind-whipped fort on a distant island. There he grew to become a recluse. None have seen him since his self-imposed exile.

And although he points the occasional edict, his each artwork and artifice is turned in direction of two goals. The first: setting up a physique that he may as soon as once more transfer about his lands.

The second: revenge on the physician whose experiments he blames for his current torment.

And to his credit score, von Aubrecker realized a lot beneath Dr. Mordenheim’s care. He understood the secrets and techniques of making flesh golems, and extra. His sources and his data are a thorn in Dr. Mordenheim’s facet.

One day, the 2 shall meet. One shall stand, and one shall fall.

Bell of Lost Souls Staff Writer and DM, J.R. covers RPGs of all stripes and from time to time eats sandwiches. You can ask him about both at [email protected]

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