Vaesen RPG - The Silver of the Sea [One Shot]

An Urgent Summons

To the one who can see,

Forgive this unannounced correspondence. I have heard whispers of your particular... talents. There is a darkness descending upon the fishing village of Douarnenez, a grim tide that has already claimed one life and threatens to consume more.
Our esteemed Abbé Hédouville, a man of God and a source of light in this shadowed place, has been found dead. The authorities, in their naivete, have written it off as a simple tragedy—a man undone by his own hand. But I have seen the marks upon his body, and I tell you now, it was no mortal despair that took him.

The prosperity of this village, born from an unnatural abundance of sardines, is a facade. It is a bounty purchased with a debt more ancient and terrible than you can possibly imagine. The air itself feels thick with an unspoken dread, and the sea's song has taken on a mournful, hollow tone.

My investigation has led me to a bleak island known to the locals as L'Île de l'Écorcheur—The Skinner's Isle. I cannot venture there alone, for the truth I seek is not for the faint of heart, nor for eyes unaccustomed to the unnatural.

I beseech you, come to Douarnenez. The veil between our world and theirs grows thin here, and I fear that without the assistance of those who can see beyond it, we are all doomed to become another part of this grim tale.

With grave urgency,
Vicaire Jean-Marie

Let us try this One Shot for the Vaesen RPG. European Folklore mysteries in the midst of the Industrial Revolution.