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Der Wanderer durch den See

2006-05-23T06:17:52Z

202.74.212.135:

Also known as '[[The Walker by the Lake]]', this book was written by [[Alexander Roby]] and published, in 1923, by Whitehall Press, a vanity publisher. The book is bound in all-white cloth, blank cover and spine. The title page gives the title, in german and English, the author's initials 'A R' and a quote from Coleridge - ''Suppression Prepares for Overflow''.

The investigators have been given a copy of the book by [[Delia Morrison]].

The text is split into halves headed 'First Act' and 'Second Act' and describes the dreams of an unnamed man, in the form of a case history. The dreams themselves are all recounted in german, though the rest of the text is in English. It seems a fair guess that the book is in some way autobiographical.

Neither narrative, nor poetry, nor drama, the book is nonetheless fascinating reading.

The dreams relate to a power that the dreamer slowly comes to know, a power he refers to as 'The King', 'Kaiwan' or 'the unspeakable one'. Eventually he visits the city of Carcosa, a place of beauty and contentment.

It is from this book that [[Dr Lionel Trollope]] was reading, Roby reciting the text alongside him, when he had a vision of his own death, a vision that proved accurate.

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Der Wanderer durch den See

2006-05-23T06:16:34Z

202.74.212.135:

Also known as '[[The Walker by the Lake]]', this book was written by [[Alexander Roby]] and published, in 1923, by Whitehall Press, a vanity publisher. The book is bound in all-white cloth, blank cover and spine. The title page gives the title, in german and English, the author's initials 'A R' and a quote from Coleridge - ''Suppression Prepares for Overflow''.

The investigators have been given a copy of the book by [[Delia Morrison]].

The text is split into halves headed 'First Act' and 'Second Act' and describes the dreams of an unnamed man, in the form of a case history. The dreams themselves are all recounted in german, though the rest of the text is in English. It seems a fair guess that the book is in some way autobiographical.

Neither narrative, nor poetry, nor drama, the book is nonetheless fascinating reading.

The dreams relate to a power that the dreamer slowly comes to know, a power he refers to as 'The King', 'Kaiwan' or 'the unspeakable one'. Eventually he visits the city of Carcosa, a place of beauty and contentment.

It is from this book that [[Doctor Lionel Trollope]] was reading, Roby reciting the text alongside him, when he had a vision of his own death, a vision that proved accurate.

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Der Wanderer durch den See

2006-05-23T06:15:25Z

202.74.212.135:

Der Wanderer durch den See

2006-05-23T06:14:58Z

202.74.212.135:

Also known as 'The Walker by the Lake', this book was written by [[Alexander Roby]] and published, in 1923, by Whitehall Press, a vanity publisher. The book is bound in all-white cloth, blank cover and spine. The title page gives the title, in german and English, the author's initials 'A R' and a quote from Coleridge - ''Suppression Prepares for Overflow''.

The investigators have been given a copy of the book by [[Delia Morrison]].

The text is split into halves headed 'First Act' and 'Second Act' and describes the dreams of an unnamed man, in the form of a case history. The dreams themselves are all recounted in german, though the rest of the text is in English. It seems a fair guess that the book is in some way autobiographical.

Neither narrative, nor poetry, nor drama, the book is nonetheless fascinating reading.

The dreams relate to a power that the dreamer slowly comes to know, a power he refers to as 'The King', 'Kaiwan' or 'the unspeakable one'. Eventually he visits the city of Carcosa, a place of beauty and contentment.

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Tatters of the King

2006-05-23T06:03:45Z

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'''Tatters of the King'''[http://catalog.chaosium.com/product_info.php?products_id=773&osCsid=07f84f248e3a49f3cf6199ee7fbb6629] is a new Call of Cthulhu campaign written by Tim Wiseman and published by [http://chaosium.com Chaosium] and through which our role-playing [http://tentaclesandunderpants.info group] is currently being run. Play started on May 8th 2006. See [[current events]] for next session date.

The game is being played in the suburb of Ellerslie, in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland Auckland, New Zealand].

==Setting==

The game is initially set in [http://www.yog-sothoth.com/docs/article-london-guide-1928.pdf London], [http://greywolfnz.homeip.net/wiki/attachments/1928.doc 1928]. It is the start of a bitterly cold winter, the worst in decades.

London is the capital of an empire covering a quarter of the globe and governing one quarter of the human race. The people busy themselves with concerns of politics and government, finance and production, work and recreation. How fragile things are. What ignorance there is.

There are those whose engage in different pursuits - who would see an inhuman power come to Earth such that it would make mundane activity seem like a last twitch before dying.........

==GM==

The Keeper of Arcane Lore is [[Mark Chiddicks]]

==Players==

The players are:

[[Darryn Mercer]]

[[Julia Blackmore]]

[[Nicola Bishop]]

[[Marcus Gustafsson]]

==Player Characters==

[[Nathaniel Browne]] - A failed writer, looking for his big story, played by Darryn Mercer

[[Captain George Withers]] - Coldstream Guards. Career soldier. Played by Nicola Bishop.

[[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] - Eminent research psychologist, played by Marcus Gustafsson.

[[Andrew Saunders]] - British Museum curator and proud Scot, Played by Julia Blackmore.

==Notable Non-Player Characters==

'''Prologue'''

[[Talbot Estus]] - American novelist, now debuting as a playwright

''The Group'' - an amateur theatrical troupe:

[[Michael Gillen]] - Retired publisher, amateur actor and acquaintance of [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]]. Estus's friend and companion.

[[Hannah Keith]] - Amateur Actress and sister of [[Andrew Saunders]]

[[George Keith]] - Amateur Actor and husband of [[Hannah Keith]]

[[Walter Paige]] - Amateur Actor

[[Jean Hewart]] - Amateur Actress

'''Chapter One'''

[[Dr. Charles Highsmith]] - Asylum Superintendent

[[Alexander Roby]] - Incarcerated Madman

[[Lucius Harriwell]] - Incarcerated Madman

[[Price and Evans]] - Asylum Nurses

'''Chapter Two'''

[[Dr. Lionel Trollope]] (deceased) - Roby family physician

[[Grahame Roby]] - Financier, Alexander Roby's brother

[[Detective Inspector Andrew Taylor]] - of New Scotland Yard

[[Delia Hartston]] - Alexander Roby's former fiancee, now [[Delia Morrison]]

[[Vincent Tuck]] - Private Detective, hired by Grahame Roby

[[Lawrence Bacon]] - Antiquarian and occultist

[[The Tall Man]] - Sinister stalker, possibly named [[Coombes]]

==Literary Works==

[[Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger]] - a fantasy in two acts, [http://greywolfnz.homeip.net/wiki/attachments/CARCOSA.pdf script] by [[Talbot Estus]]

[[Le Roi en Jeune]] - a rare French play, playwright anonymous

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_in_Yellow The King in Yellow] - a collection of short [http://www.yankeeclassic.com/miskatonic/library/stacks/literature/chambers/stories/kinginye/contents.htm stories] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Chambers Robert W Chambers]

[[An Inhabitant of Carcosa and Haita the Shepherd]] - by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Bierce Ambrose Bierce]

[[Der Wanderer durch den See]] - by [[Alexander Roby]]

==Locations==

[http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/study/mapengwa.htm Map of England and Wales, 1928]

[http://www.yog-sothoth.com/docs/article-london-guide-1928.pdf London], England - [http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/roads-central.htm Map of London, 1926]

The [[Scala Theatre]], Charlotte St, London

[[St Agnes Asylum]], [[Weobley]], Herefordshire, England

[[Clare Melford]], Suffolk, England

==Sessions==

''As referred to in the session reports below, there have been a number of [[murders]] related to the Roby case.''

[[Session 1]] - Opening Night

[[Session 1.5]] - The Madman

[[Session 2]] - The Plot Thickens

[[Session 3]] - Alexander's Friends