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MYSTERIES
OF
THE
ANCIENTS
CREDITS
CLASSIC TRAVELLER
Marc Miller
MONGOOSE TRAVELLER
AUTHOR
M J Dougherty
EDITOR
Matthew Sprange
LAYOUT AND GRAPHIC DESIGN
Cassie Gregory
ILLUSTRATIONS
Nikita Vaslchuk, Xavier Bernard, Cassie Gregory,
Mark Graham, Valeria Casale, Douglas Deri, Dimitar Spasov,
Alejandro Arevalo
PROOFING
Charlotte Law
TRAVELLER INNER CIRCLE
Andrew James, Alan Welty, Colin Dunn, M. J. Dougherty,
Rob Eaglestone, Sam Wissa, Joshua Bell, Maksim
Smelchak, Geir Lanesskog, Christopher Griffen
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CONTENTS
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NTRODUCTION
THE LEGEND OF TWILIGHT’S PEAK
WHO AND WHAT WERE THE ANCIENTS?
ANCIENTS HUNTING
OMICRON DIVISION
DROYNE AND THE ANCIENTS
PROJECT GANNESSA
GLISTEN SUBSECTOR AND DISTRICT 268
INCIDENTAL CHARACTERS
A PACKAGE FROM SORREL
ANCIENTS HUNTERS
ANCIENTS HUNTERS AT EGYPT
IN FLEETING MEMORIAM
A BLATANT LIE
HELL AT PERIHELION
INTERLUDE IN HELL
YUSOTE AND HIS FOLLOWERS
AN AUDIENCE WITH YUSOTE
THE CONFERENCE AT AKI
WIESS
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AKI
RUNNING WITH THE WOLVES
MERCEDES
TWILIGHT’S PEAK
TSYAMOYKYO, LEAST OF THE ANCIENTS
LYDIA
TWILIGHT’S PEAK AND ENVIRONS
TELLSADIU, SERVANT OF THE ANCIENTS
THE TRAVELLERS AT TWILIGHT’S PEAK
CRISIS IN TWILIGHT
THE STRUGGLE FOR TWILIGHT’S PEAK
THE INNER BASE
NO MEDALS NOR REWARDS
AFTERMATH
THE UPLIFT PROCESS
LIBRARY DATA
DATA FILES
SUMMARY OF TWILIGHT’S PEAK
AN INVITATION FROM THE CAPTAIN OF KNOWLEDGE
FINAL NOTES
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I
NTRODUCTION
Mysteries of the Ancients
is a complete campaign
for
Traveller
and in turn forms the first part of an
even larger campaign! The subject is just as epic;
the Travellers will unravel secrets of the mysterious
being known as Yaskoydray, or Grandfather, and his
descendants. Events in
Mysteries of the Ancients
will
set up and foreshadow the
Secrets of the Ancients
and
Wrath of the Ancients
campaigns.
The Travellers will not initially realise they are about to
come into contact with the Ancients but before long it
will be apparent something very unusual is going on.
They will gradually be led into the mystery of Twilight’s
Peak; a legendary place described in a truly execrable
epic poem and there the Travellers will confront the
Ancients themselves.
Little is known for sure about the Ancients and what
is known is fragmentary. There are various theories
about what species they were, or if they were an
alliance of more than one species. Their capabilities
were certainly enormous; they could destroy planets
or move them into a more favourable orbit. It is widely,
and correctly, suspected that some ‘official’ projects
have discovered more about the Ancients than has
been made public but the truth is that even the
most learned Imperial scientists are still trying to put
together a picture of who the Ancients were, where
they came from and what happened to them.
climax as the Travellers locate and enter an Ancients
Base, activating its denizens and triggering a three-
way conflict between themselves, a Droyne party and
the Ancients themselves.
A PACKAGE FROM SORREL
The campaign begins with the arrival of a mysterious
package sent by a contact who seems to be in trouble.
Its contents are intriguing – a gun and possible
Ancients artefacts. Analysis of the objects produces
more questions than answers. If the Travellers want
more information they need to find Sorrel Tergaii, their
contact. Their only lead points to a crew of Ancients
Hunters known to operate around Egypt in the Glisten
subsector of the Spinward Marches.
ANCIENTS HUNTERS
Proceeding to Egypt, the Travellers search for
Bernadatta Khaled and her crew, last known to be
operating out of Egypt starport. Seeking information,
they encounter the self-proclaimed Captain of
Knowledge, who operates an Ancients museum.
Clues at Egypt point to a small town on Callia,
last known location of Bernadatta Khaled and her
converted scout ship
Garnette.
IN FLEETING MEMORIAM
Referee’s Overview
Mysteries of the Ancients
is in three main parts. In the
first, the Travellers seek out an old contact and are
led into the world of the Ancients Hunters. Most are
cranks and frauds but among them are those who know
secrets… deep, frightening secrets.
The first part of the campaign ends with the Travellers
leaving the world of Calefaction in the Caledonia
system. The planet may or may not have been
destroyed at this point. As the Travellers try to
make sense of what has happened they discover
clues leading them to the truth behind the legend
of Twilight’s Peak. The campaign then moves to its
At Makintown on Callia the Travellers find
Garnette
standing empty and bodies in the town. Something is
killing the inhabitants, who are behaving very strangely.
In fact they are being stalked by a deadly creature with
unusual mental powers. The creature was brought
aboard the scout ship in the hope of getting information
from a genuine Ancients expert who lives nearby. The
crew are dead and the Travellers must confront a
creature they may not even be able to perceive.
Khaled’s ship is currently operating under the name
Garnette.
The vessel has had other identities, however.
One of them was the
Balevney,
whose story was told
in the epic poem Twilight’s Peak. The original copy of
the tale is found aboard the ship. It is partially true but
contains some blatant lies – one of them the name of
the ship and the locations it visited.
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