![[shemshimes_bedtime_rhyme_book-cover.png]] ![[shemshimes_bedtime_rhyme_book.png]] [^candlekeep] - Children's book - Gnomish design - Front cover: faded, painted millstone - ![[millstone-image.png]] [^parker] - Pop-up cutaway illustrations of a family being plagued by a shadow - Mother chops off feet and ear of her husband with a [[Scythe]] - Family god bits off mother's hand - Son drowns in a river while washing clothes - (Stuck) Daughter defeating shadow by crushing it under a millstone ## The Rhyme ### Original handout ![[shemshime-rhyme.png]] ### Lyrics > CHORUS: > Who is that shadow there? Does it have a name? (SHEMSHIME) > Who's the master of this grief, avoids all the blame (SHEMSHIME) > Who is that shadow there? Destructive is this game (SHEMSHIME) > Will it ever go away, back from whence it came > > See a mother scything wheat > Sleeping husband lying near > With one swing she took his feet > another took his ear > > See a dog that knows to heel > But never heeds command > Mother gave a tasty meal > Dog instead then ate her hand > > (CHORUS) > > See a son out washing clothes > For the folks in town > Fell into the river's roar > Sank to the bottom, then he drowned _(Not immediately revealed)_ > See a daughter grinding grain > Wish the spirit's time was through > Trap set for the shadow's bane > Her millstone killed it true ## The Music D F E F D F E F D F E F D Use music files from Reddit. [^audio] ## Shemshime-specific random rolls Influence: `dice: [[The Firefly Cellar#^influence]]` PC: `dice: [[The Firefly Cellar#^pcs]]` Any character in Cellar: `dice: [[The Firefly Cellar#^chars]]` [^candlekeep]: Wizards of the Coast. (2021). _Candlekeep mysteries (Dungeons & Dragons)_. [^parker]: Parker, M. H. (2006). _Millstone_. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeparker/198456372/ [^audio]: Anticrombietop. (20210). _Shemshime's bedtime rhyme - an excellent audio prop_. Retrieved from https://www.reddit.com/r/CandlekeepMysteries/comments/m75zd2/shemshimes_bedtime_rhyme_an_excellent_audio_prop/