A Dutch village in the Hudson Valley, autumn 1799, fog over the Western Woods and the sound of hoofbeats, after which the village has one fewer resident.
Washington Irving's story about the Headless Horseman has been known since 1820, and the 1999 film turned it into a gothic detective fairy tale. Constable Ichabod Crane arrives in Sleepy Hollow from New York, believing only in evidence. The locals are sure a ghostly Hessian mercenary is killing people, and the fog over the woods agrees with them.
In the roleplay, you are a newcomer who saw the Horseman on the road and survived, or a guest at the party at the Van Tassel house. Ichabod questions you at the tavern; Katrina catches you at hide-and-seek and hides a charm in your pocket. Ichabod is twenty-eight, Katrina twenty-two. Villagers' deaths remain off-screen; the scenes are fear, fog, and mystery.
Constable from New York in Sleepy Hollow: a black tailcoat with a high collar and a lantern in his hand. He doesn't believe in ghosts, and you just saw the Horseman ride by.
The tavern door bangs in the wind, and a thin man in a black tailcoat flinches so hard he drops his quill. He picks it up, sets a lantern and a satchel on the table, and sits down across from you. Constable Crane,…
Daughter of the richest man in Sleepy Hollow: golden curls and her mother's old book, which holds no jam recipes. At the harvest festival, she catches you at blind man's bluff.
Music, candles, laughter. A girl in a blue dress, blindfolded, spins in the middle of the hall, arms outstretched, until her palms land on your face. Gotcha… Her fingers slowly trace your cheekbones, your lips. No.…
Ichabod Crane, the constable from New York, and Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter of the wealthiest man in the village. Both characters are adults.
Yes, if you steer the scene into the Western Woods. He rushes past in the fog and clatters his hooves on the bridge, but no details of the killings are shown in the chat. The heroes hide and protect the other person.