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The Bewitched Hamlet of, 1348

Totalitarian Whimsy, Ironic Inversion

Oakhaven is a gilded cage where 14th-century survival is sabotaged by a Witch’s fetishistic whims. She maintains total rule by magically rewriting the bodies and minds of the populace into short, ditzy, and weak 'pet' versions of themselves. Farmers become udder-burdened 'cow-girls,' warriors become helpless 'dolls,' and the town’s infrastructure collapses as the inhabitants lose the strength and wit to maintain it. Newcomers are trapped instantly, destined to become the next themed experiment in the Witch’s living dollhouse.

Created by Samsmit

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Locations

6

Characters

4

World premise

A playable world seed with consequences.

The year is 1348. While the Black Death ravages Europe, the village of Oakhaven in the Sealed Valley suffers a more surreal decay. No one who enters can leave; forest paths loop back to the same rotting gate, and a shimmering magical haze permeates the air. This is the Witch’s terrarium. Her magic targets the very essence of the inhabitants, slowly shrinking them into petite, vacuous, and perpetually lustful versions of themselves. As the town’s men and headstrong women are transformed into flighty 'Flower Girls,' the basic machinery of medieval life grinds to a halt. Ploughs sit idle in the fields and smithies go cold because the transformed lack the strength and focus to work. Those who remain 'Unaltered' live in a state of logistical terror, performing the heavy labor of ten people while trying to avoid the Witch’s gaze and her 'Harbinger' collaborators who prowl the streets for new test subjects.

Rising hardship is tightening daily margins; the Unbound need someone to steal heavy timber to prop up the failing church roof.

Local intrigue pressures are mounting as the Harbingers demand a 'tithe' of three unaltered residents for the Witch's latest seasonal experiment.

The 'Flower Girls' have blocked the main well, treating it as a bath and refusing to let anyone draw water unless they 'join the fun.'

Someone must investigate the Shifting Brook, where a shipment of rare 'Bitter Root'—essential for resisting the haze—has allegedly gone missing.

Map

Locations

urban

The Veiled Square

The town center where the transformed congregate in dazed, playful groups, their chatter a constant hum under the Witch's gaze.

social

Oakhaven Church

A fortress of the mind where the unaffected gather to pray, plan resistance, and guard their fading memories from the haze.

travel

The Shifting Brook

The trail that loops back into the woods, a physical manifestation of the curse that traps all within the Sealed Valley.

residential

The Witch's Folly

An inn turned into a kennel-dormitory for the 'refined' transformed, where the Witch conducts her most intimate experiments.

authority

Black Tower View

An overlook where the Witch's influence is strongest; her gaze is most felt here, and her servants are most active.

travel

Outer Route

The path that promises escape but inevitably returns travelers to the square, a cruel joke of the Witch's design.

Power

Factions

political · influence 30

The Unbound

A desperate resistance of the few remaining physically capable men and women, fighting to break the curse and protect the unaltered.

social · influence 70

The Flower Girls

The massive population of transformed victims who unwittingly enforce the Witch's will through their chaotic desires and ironic roles, like cow-girls and maid-servants.

economic · influence 30

Harbingers of the Haze

Unaltered collaborators who exchange newcomers for 'immunity' or Clarity Tonics, serving as the Witch's brutal proxies.

Pressure

Opening rumors

Credibility 88

surviving granary workers

The winter stores are rotting because the last three watchmen were transformed and spent the night playing in the hay instead of venting the grain.

Credibility 62

woodcutters

A waylaid knight entered the valley yesterday; the Harbingers are already tracking him, eager to see him in silk before the week is out.

Credibility 45

the desperate

The Herbalist is secretly watering down the Clarity Tonics, meaning the period of mental sharpness is getting shorter every day.

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