Stockholm Bloodbath

Basic Information

The Stockholm Bloodbath took place in Stockholm between 7th and 9th of November 1520. It started directly after the coronation of Christian II of Denmark as the King of Sweden. Roughly a hundred people were executed.

Sources

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia entry

Game and Story Use

• In a historical campaign, the PCs could be mercenaries in either the Swedish or Danish army and become involved with these events.
• The PCs are travelers who happen to be in Stockholm when Christian invades. Perhaps they have NPC friends who are among those rounded up to be slaughtered. Do they collaborate with the new rulers, oppose them, or just keep their heads down?
• In a time travel campaign, the PCs must rescue an important person, possibly a historically significant noble or possibly a fellow time traveler doing research, who has been seized by Christian and is in danger of execution.
• The event can be used as a model for a situation where a government is seized by another power which at first promises amnesty, but soon starts looking for enemies to make examples of.