Tattered Fates hasn't reached the Netherlands yet, and I am wondering: how does it relate to the House of Dust and Ash?

Seems both adventures are set around a countdown: the 13th hour in TF and the time bomb in HoDaA. Is this coincidence ?

Also, does HoDaA lead up to TF or is it completely stand-alone?

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The House of Dust and Ash is standalone. In Tattred Fates it states that you can run HoDaA before or after TF.

Here's my take on Tattered Fates with some comments from people with different perspectives:

http://johnwsmarvin.blogspot.com/2009/05/game-book-review-tattered-fates-part-i.html

I plan on running HoDaA first, as it gives a peak at the Haarlock line, and then throwing them into Tattered Fates. I'm hoping that the rest of the triolgy gets published soon, so I have an idea how the Haarlock Legacy might play out before I start GMing it.

Well call me crazy, but I'm guessing there is a marital connection between the Gilded Widow and the Widower....

SJE

SJE said:

Crazy.

Noticed that too. Kinda makes you wonder who her father is/was and whether he was the same sorceror who trapped the Widower.