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Tatters of the King

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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.

==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].

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

[[Delia Hartston]] - Alexander Roby's former fiancee

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

[[Lawrence Bacon]] - Antiquarian and occultist

[[The Tall Man]] - Sinister stalker

==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]

[[The Walker by the Lake]] - 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

[http://www.homestead.com/valfleming/AutumnHeaven.html Weobley], Herefordshire, England

==Sessions==

[[Session 1]] - Opening Night

[[Session 1.5]] - The Madman

[[Session 2]] - The Plot Thickens

[[Session 3]] - Alexander's Friends

Captain George Withers

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Captain George Withers is a career soldier. An officer in the Second Battalion of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldstream_Guards Coldstream Guards], he is currently stationed at Victoria barracks, Windsor, a quarter of a mile from the castle. He is a veteran of the Great War, during which he met [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]].

==Family==

George has one younger sister called Anna who is married to a Mr Albert Newman (a chemist) they have no children and live in London. His parents are both dead. His father dying when he was quite young made George the 'man of the household' and gave him a strong sense of responsibility towards his mother (who died a few years ago) and his younger sister Anna.

==Goals==

Captain Withers seems very proud to be British and it is readily apparent that he has a strong love of King and Empire. He seems to have few ambitions beyond being a good officer and brother and takes his responsibilities seriously.

==Friends==

[[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]]. Who he meet during the war and has remained good friends with.

Major Edward Danby, His commanding officer during the war.

Percy Whiteman, an old school friends who lives on a small farm near Bath

==Secrets==

Now that would be telling!

Tatters of the King

2006-05-19T06:12:11Z

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[[Image:Tatters_Cover.gif|right]]
'''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.

==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].

==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

[[Delia Hartston]] - Alexander Roby's former fiancee

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

[[Lawrence Bacon]] - Antiquarian and occultist

[[The Tall Man]] - Sinister stalker

==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]

[[The Walker by the Lake]] - 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

[http://www.homestead.com/valfleming/AutumnHeaven.html Weobley], Herefordshire, England

==Sessions==

[[Session 1]] - Opening Night

[[Session 1.5]] - The Madman

[[Session 2]] - The Plot Thickens

[[Session 3]] - Alexander's Friends