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Atkinson

2018-07-05T03:03:33Z

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According to [[Gresty]]'s letter Atkinson was the leader of a group who 'serve the Goat' somewhere near [[Nug's Farm]] in the West Country.

In [[Goatswood]], the investigators met with [[Hillary Quarrie]] who told them how her husband had brought her to Nug's Farm at Atkinson's request where she had become his protege. He had taught her the worship of the fertility goddess [[Shub-Niggurath]]., and was groomed to be his heir when the old man died.

Interesting, Atkinson appears to be a name shared by a number of those who contributed to the writing of '[[The Revelations of Glaaki]]' across the years. Atkinson constantly tried to sleep with [[Hillary Quarrie]], without success; Gresty refers to the old man's 'itching loins'.

After attempting to corrupt Hillary's daughter Sarah, Atkinson was no longer welcome at the farm. Gresty became his new chosen heir, but Atkinson feared Hillary's power and decided he must be rid of her.

Never encountered by the investigators, Atkinson summoned one of Shub-Niggurath's monstrous young to attack Nug's Farm and is assumed to have died along with [[Wilfred Gresty]] when Hillary Quarrie, with the aid of [[Bartlett]] and [[Withers]], turned the thing back on it's summoners.

Atkinson

2018-07-04T23:04:33Z

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According to [[Gresty]]'s letter Atkinson was the leader of a group who 'serve the Goat' somewhere near [[Nug's Farm]] in the West Country.

In [[Goatswood]], the investigators met with [[Hillary Quarrie]] who told them how her husband had brought her to Nug's Farm at Atkinson's request where she had become his protege. He had taught her the worship of the fertility goddess [[Shub-Niggurath]]. she was groomed to be his heir when the old man died.

Interesting, Atkinson appears to be a name shared by a number of those who contributed to the writing of '[[The Revelations of Glaaki]]' across the years. Atkinson constantly tried to sleep with [[Hillary Quarrie]], without success; Gresty refers to the old man's 'itching loins'.

After attempting to corrupt Hillary's daughter Sarah, Atkinson was no longer welcome at the farm. Gresty became his new chosen heir, but Atkinson feared Hillary's power and decided he must be rid of her.

Never encountered by the investigators, Atkinson summoned one of Shub-Niggurath's monstrous young to attack Nug's Farm and is assumed to have died along with [[Wilfred Gresty]] when Hillary Quarrie, with the aid of [[Bartlett]] and [[Withers]], turned the thing back on it's summoners.

Tatters of the King

2018-03-18T04:26:36Z

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'''Tatters of the King'''[http://catalog.chaosium.com/product_info.php?products_id=773&osCsid=07f84f248e3a49f3cf6199ee7fbb6629] is a Call of Cthulhu campaign written by Tim Wiseman and published by [http://chaosium.com Chaosium] and which our role-playing group played. Play commenced on May 8th 2006 and ran until October 2nd 2006.

'''''Please note that this Wiki is an actual play record originally created for the players, and as such contains numerous campaign spoilers!'''''

==Setting==

The game is initially set in [http://www.yog-sothoth.com/docs/article-london-guide-1928.pdf London], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928 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 who engage in different pursuits - those who would see an inhuman power come to Earth such that it would make mundane activity seem like a last twitch before dying...

==Cast of Characters==
Tatters of the King is full of interesting and diverse characters, none more so than the Player Characters themselves!

===Keeper of Arcane Lore===

The Game Master is [[Mark Chiddicks]]

===[[Player Characters]]===

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* [[Nathaniel Browne]] - A failed writer, looking for his big story, played by [[Darryn Mercer]].
* [[Andrew Saunders]] (Deceased) - British Museum curator and proud Scot, played by [[Julia Blackmore]].
* [[Captain George Withers]] - Coldstream Guards. Career soldier. Played by [[Nicola Bishop]].
* '[[Umberto]]' (Deceased) - Mysterious former Vatican investigator. Played by [[Marcus Gustafsson]].
* [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] (Deceased) - Eminent research psychologist, played by [[Marcus Gustafsson]].

===Notable Non-Player Characters===

'''Prologue - Opening Night'''
* ''The Group'' - an amateur theatrical troupe:
** [[Michael Gillen]] - Retired publisher and amateur actor (Acquaintance of [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] and Estus's friend and companion).
** [[Hannah Keith]] - Amateur Actress (sister of [[Andrew Saunders]])
** [[George Keith]] - Amateur Actor (husband of [[Hannah Keith]])
** [[Walter Paige]] - Amateur Actor
** [[Jean Hewart]] - Amateur Actress
* [[Talbot Estus]] (deceased) - American novelist, now debuting as a playwright

'''Chapter One - The Madman'''

* [[Dr. Charles Highsmith]] - Asylum Superintendent
* [[Alexander Roby]] - Incarcerated Madman
* [[Lucius Harriwell]] - Incarcerated Madman
* [[Price and Evans]] - Asylum Nurses

'''Chapter Two - A Walk in the Park'''

* [[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]]
* [[Peter Morrison]] (deceased) - Abusive husband of Delia
* [[Vincent Tuck]] - Private Detective, hired by Grahame Roby
* [[Coombes| Michael Coombes]] (deceased?) - Sinister stalker, Bacon's ex-bodyguard

'''Chapter Three - Springer Mound & the Canal'''

* [[Harold Jennings]] (deceased) - Unfriendly Suffolk farmer
* [[Montague Edwards]] (deceased) - Alexander Roby's secret guardian
* [[Lawrence Bacon]] (deceased) - Antiquarian, occultist and sorcerer

'''Chapter Four - The Flight North'''

* [[Cec Watts]] (deceased) - Tabloid Journalist
* [[Henry Lister]] - Terrified cultist and necrophobe
* [[Aleister Crowley]] - Famed Occultist

'''Chapter Five - To Walk Upon the Earth in Carcosa'''

* [[Quentin Spence]] - Poet and Failed Cultist
* [[Noss]] of Yhtill - Leather worker from an alien world
* [[Yolanda]] - Noblewoman from [[Cassilda]]'s court

'''Chapter Six - Talk of Goatswood'''

* [[Wilfred Gresty]] (deceased) - Writer of letters and spy for the Goatswood cult

'''Chapter Seven - Nug's Farm'''

* [[Hillary Quarrie]] - Estranged wife of Malcolm and priestess of the Goat
* [[Atkinson]] (deceased) - Ailing leader of the Goatswood Shub-Niggurath cult

'''Chapter Eight - The Brothers of the Yellow Sign'''

* [[Paolo Tuminardo]] - Milanese Guide and young Fascist
* [[Giuseppe Colombo]] - Ancient, curmudgeonly Italian Brother of the Yellow Sign
* [[Thomas Villiers]] (deceased) - Insane artist and Brother of the Yellow Sign

'''Chapter Nine - The Viceroy of India'''

* [[Julian Knight]] - Minor diplomat and lounge lizard, en route to India
* [[Ian Gore| The Reverend Ian Gore]] - Missionary, en route to India
* [[Henrietta Tullis|Mrs Henrietta Tullis]] - Matronly figure, en route to India
* [[Stephen Thomas]] - Quiet, bookish man, en route to India
* [[Francesca Nicholson|Miss Francesca Nicholson]] - Bright young thing, en route to India
* [[Patricia Berry|Miss Patricia Berry]] - Quiet, shy young lady, en route to India

'''Chapter Ten - A Thousand Miles'''

* [[Sivakumar Patel]] - Guide and translator from Bombay
* [[Jigme Rinzing]] - Nepalese merchant/guide

'''Chapter Eleven - To Drakmar'''

* [[Tsewan Pemba]] - Tibetan Guide
* [[Carlo Schippone]] (deceased) - Graduate student and Himalayan adventurer

'''Chapter Twelve - The Upper House'''

* [[Ricardo Delnegro|Mayor Ricardo Delnegro]] (deceased) - ''Alpini'' officer and Himalayan adventurer
* [[Roberto Anzalone]] (deceased) - Professor of Asian History and Brother of the Yellow Sign
* [[Malcolm Quarrie]] (deceased) - Elusive scientist and occultist
* [[The King in Yellow]] - Beautiful, yet terrible, alien god

==Literary Works==
[[Image:mask.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The Masque of Yhtill]]
Works of Fiction and Fact as found in on the journeys of our intrepid Investigators.

*[[Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger]] - a fantasy in two acts, [http://unboundbook.org/wiki/images/6/67/CARCOSA.pdf script] by [[Talbot Estus]]
* [[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]
* [[Le Roi en Jeune]] - a rare French play, playwright anonymous
* [[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]]
* [[British Gods]] - Religion and Myth in the Western Kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon Britain - by [[Malcolm Quarrie]]
* [[The Turner Codex]] - A translation of Mesoamerican prayers and libations to Hastur - trans. M. Turner ''et al''
* [[The Tatters of the King]] - A book of short stories by [[Nathaniel Browne]]
* [[The Revelations of Glaaki]] - The Goatswood cult's compilation of occult knowledge

==Locations==
Places of wonder and terror. Haunts of the Yellow King and other locales of interest.

* [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
* [[Loch Mullardoch]], near Inverness, Scotland
* [[Carcosa]], a dream city made flesh
* [[Goatswood]], an area of the Severn Valley in Gloucestershire
* [[Nug's Farm]], Hillary Quarrie's home, in the Goatswood region
* [[Milan]], Lombardy, Italy
* [[The Viceroy of India]] - Modern P&O passenger liner, en route to India
* [[India]], the gateway to Nepal
* [[Bombay]], port of entry to India
* [[Nepal]], mountain kingdom, closed to Westerners
* [[Mustang]], a small kingdom in Northern Nepal
* [[Drakmar]], in Mustang, the legendary site of the death of the ogress Balmo
* [[Leng]], legendary icy plateau - not on this Earth
* [[The Upper House]], labyrinthine alien structure, found in Leng

==Sessions==

The Monday Night Players' run through of ''Tatters of the King'' was completed over 16 fun and exiting gaming sessions. As each lasted anywhere between and hour and a half and three hours, the campaign took over 30 hours of game time to finish.

* [[Session 1]] - Opening Night
* [[Session 1.5]] - The Madman
* [[Session 2]] - The Plot Thickens
* [[Session 3]] - Alexander's Friends
* [[Session 4]] - Teeth of Winter
* [[Session 5]] - Four Go Mad in London
* [[Session 6]] - Death by Night, Death by Day
* [[Session 7]] - Missing Persons
* [[Session 8]] - To Walk Upon the Earth in Carcosa
* [[Session 9]] - Aftermath - a Year in the Lives...
* [[Session 10]] - Nug's Farm, or "Are You Local?"
* [[Session 11]] - Il Fratelli di Signo Giallo
* [[Session 12]] - The Viceroy of India, or "May I Have This Dance?"
* [[Session 13]] - A Matter of Honour
* [[Session 14]] - The Trail of the Pilgrims
* [[Session 15]] - Drakmar and Beyond
* [[Session 16]] - The King Steps Down
* [[Aftermath]] - Forever Wondering

==Collected Audio Recordings==

The audio for all of the sixteen sessions that were recorded are collected here.

* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/TotK-Session-1-Opening-Night.mp3 The Monday Night Players Present...Tatters of the King Session 1 - Opening Night] - Total Running Time : 1h 41m (62.3 Meg) - ''Note: This recording was made in 2006 and as such is quiet in places and has some quality issues.''
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/TotK-Session-2-The-Plot-Thickens.mp3 The Monday Night Players Present...Tatters of the King Session 2 - The Plot Thickens] - Total Running Time : 1h 54m (50 Meg) - ''Note: This recording was made in 2006 and as such is quiet in places and has some quality issues.''

Session 2

2018-03-18T04:16:55Z

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==Session Report - Played Monday 15th May, 2006==

===October 31st 1928, Halloween===

Halloween. The four friends meet at [[Dr Bartlett]]'s Wimbledon home on Wednesday evening, for a game of bridge. The house has been dressed with pumpkins and other spooky accoutrements by Mrs Bartlett. Dr Bartlett raises the subject of the [[play]] and mentions that he recently encountered references to various elements of its contents during a professional consultation.

[[Nathaniel Browne]] explains that such elements have already been published as part of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Chambers Chambers'] work and that this would explain where Bartlett's patient most likely encountered it.

===November 1st 1928===

[[Dr Bartlett]] meets [[Dr. Lionel Trollope]] in his London home. Trollope describes the [[Roby murders]], and explains that he does not think [[Alexander Roby]] is now, or ever will be, fit for release.

Trollope seems drained and preoccupied.

[[Nathaniel Browne]], desiring to peruse a copy of '[[Le Roi en Jeune]]', calls [[Talbot Estus]] and reveals what he has so far discovered about the roots of the [[play]]. Intrigued by names in the play turning up in the [[works of Ambrose Bierce]] and thus having a possible source which predates 'Le Roi en Jeune', Estus arranges for Nathaniel to visit him for lunch the following day.

On his return home, Bartlett discovers that a man claiming to be a taxi driver was looking for his house earlier in the day, but never called. This appears to be [[the Tall Man]], who makes more appearances later on.

===November 2nd 1928===

[[Nathaniel Browne]] keeps his lunch date with [[Talbot Estus]]. Arriving at the home of Estus and [[Michael Gillen]], Nathaniel finds that Gillen is away on business. Over lunch, Browne and Estus describe their mutual enthusiasm for '[[the King in Yellow]]'. Estus is surprised and offended by Nathaniel's insistence that the [[play]] was not performed as written, but nonetheless is persuaded to lend Browne his copy of '[[Le Roi en Jeune]]'.

[[Dr Bartlett]] visits [[Grahame Roby]] who is belligerent and unhelpful, but does mention [[Delia Hartston]].

Grahame Roby clearly does not have the slightest intention of consenting to [[Alexander Roby]]'s release.

That evening, Bartlett dines with [[Withers]] and tells him what he has learned about the Roby case. Withers offers to attempt to trace [[Delia Hartston]].

===November 3rd 1928===

[[Nathaniel Browne]] begins his own translation of '[[Le Roi en Jeune]]', finding that it differs from [[Talbot Estus]]'s play in some significant ways.

Withers, prompted by [[Bartlett]] engages a private investigator, by telephone, to trace [[Delia Hartston]].

As evening falls, [[Dr. Lionel Trollope]] is murdered in St James' Park.

===November 4th 1928===

[[Image:stjames.jpg|right|thumb|Winter in St. James Park]]

The [[Daily Express Reports]] the murder of [[Dr. Lionel Trollope]] in [[St James' Park]], one of the suspects matches the description of [[the Tall Man]].

A man, possibly [[the Tall Man]] delivers a housebrick to [[Captain George Withers]] at Victoria Barracks, in what appears to have been an exercise to confirm Withers' billet. Withers arranges to change his accommodation in reaction to this.

Later, [[Dr Bartlett]] receives a posthumous letter ([http://unboundbook.org/wiki/images/6/63/09_Letter_from_Dr_Trollope_part_1.pdf page 1], [http://unboundbook.org/wiki/images/f/f4/09_Letter_from_Dr_Trollope_part_2.pdf page 2]) from Trollope, mentioning [[Delia Hartston]], [[Lawrence Bacon]] and [[Vincent Tuck]]. The letter appears to predict, in exact detail, the circumstances of Trollope's death. Trollope also reveals that Roby once had a book published - '[[The Walker by the Lake]]'.

That afternoon, Bartlett receives a visit from [[Detective Inspector Andrew Taylor]], investigating the Trollope murder, who is interviewing all those who had appointments with Trollope in the days before his death. Bartlett is reasonably open with Taylor, mentioning the mysterious activities of [[the Tall Man]] and the possible connection to [[the Roby Murders]].

===November 5th 1928, Guy Fawkes' Night===

Fireworks at [[Dr Bartlett]]'s house. They discuss the events of the last few days, during which it becomes clear that everyone knows that Bartlett has been consulting on the case of [[Alexander Roby]].

[[Bartlett]] discusses the fact that he has been somewhat disturbed by his current work and that a friend of his ([[Dr. Lionel Trollope]]) has not only been murdered, but apparently predicted the exact circumstances of his demise in his letter to Bartlett. He urges [[Browne]] to find a book called '[[The Walker by the Lake]]' which may be pertinent to the case. Browne agrees but is frustrated by Bartlett's unwillingness to share details of the book such as its authorship.

[[Nathaniel Browne]] reveals the copy of '[[Le Roi en Jeune]]' that he borrowed from Estus. The [[Yellow Sign]] on the cover seems to writhe and move upon the page, disturbing [[Withers]] and bringing back memories of bad dreams for [[Andrew Saunders]]. This dream was the mirror of Saunders' previous doppelganger dream. in this version Saunders was the armed version of himself, attempting to seize a crown from his unarmed self.

Browne reveals what he has discovered about '[[Le Roi en Jeune]]' and its differences from [[Talbot Estus]]'s [[play]].

After [[Bartlett]]'s wife calls everyone outside for the fireworks (during which [[Browne]] sees the [[Yellow Sign]] formed by one of them, but the others do not), Bartlett receives a frantic phone call from Nurse [[Price]] at the asylum, announcing the murder of [[Frederick Long]].

On the way home, [[Saunders]]' cab is cut off by a black car and Saunders is threatened by [[the Tall Man]], who warns Saunders to tell his friends to 'drop this matter'.

Continue to [[Session 3]].

==Audio Recording==

Session 2 - Total Running Time : 1h 54m (50 Meg)

[http://www.unboundbook.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/TotK-Session-2-The-Plot-Thickens.mp3 The Monday Night Players Present...Tatters of the King Session 2 - The Plot Thickens] - Note: This recording was made in 2006 and as such is quiet in places and has some quality issues.

Session 1

2018-03-18T04:16:43Z

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==Session Report - Played Monday 8th May 2006==

===October 17th 1928===

[[Image:scala.jpg|right]]
[[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]], a research psychologist, is invited by former patient [[Michael Gillen]] to see the premiere of the play [[Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger]] at the [[Scala Theatre]] on Charlotte Street, and to make an informal assessment of the mental state of playwright [[Talbot Estus]], Gillen’s companion and housemate. Bartlett offers his second ticket to his friend [[Captain George Withers]], a career army man. Before the performance, while sitting in the bar, they meet [[Andrew Saunders]]. Saunders, a museum curator with a special interest in mythology, is an acquaintance and former patient (after a very strange experience on a train journey) of Doctor Bartlett. Saunders' sister [[Hannah Keith]] is starring in the [[play]], and he has invited his friend [[Nathaniel Browne]], with whom he shared the aforementioned train journey. Nathaniel, an author, is very enthusiastic about seeing this new play by the noted novellist, [[Talbot Estus]].

Watching the [[play]], the PCs observe that the audience is reacting strangely to the performance. Gasps of horror, surprise and even laughter are expressed at points in the performance that seem wholly inappropriate.

During the intermission between the two acts, Nathaniel reveals that the play is affecting him deeply, especially the appearance of the [[Yellow Sign]]. Similarly Andrew admits to being affected, though not as much. Captain Withers seems unimpressed, and Doctor Bartlett seems more interested in the audience's reaction to the play than the play itself. While they are talking, the group overhears a couple talking heatedly about the play, with the woman insisting she saw things which the husband disputes were there at all. Nathaniel is also puzzled that he saw two people get up and leave in the middle of the performance whereas the others saw no such thing.

Many of the patrons do not return for the second act.

The PCs watch the second act during which the emotions of the crowd appear to become more intense, culminating in a near riot at the end of the [[play]]. Some people cry out and others scream. Nathaniel is left crying uncontrollably, while the man on his left punches his wife and grabs Nathaniel. Fortunately Captain Withers, mystified rather than affected by the performance and rendered furious by the assault on the lady, remains clear-headed enough to save Browne from his assailant. Someone sets off the fire alarm and there is a stampede toward the exits before the ushers restore order.

Partly to avoid the police, who have arrived in the wake of the riot, the four companions go to the after-play reception and meet with the cast, who are largely unaware of any untoward incident. [[Browne]] meets [[Talbot Estus]] and discusses the play, which has inspired him, and its meaning with great fervour. [[Saunders]] discovers that his sister, [[Hannah Keith]] has been dreaming of [[Carcosa]] and seems to find the [[play]] disturbing, as does young [[Jean Hewart]]. [[Michael Gillen]] tells [[Doctor Bartlett]] that [[Talbot Estus]] seems to have a fear of the stars, as well as a mania for the [[play]], which he is attempting to novelise.

The reception breaks up after Estus has a heated exchange with the [[Scala Theatre]]'s manager, who is pulling the plug on the production because of the riot. Arrangements are made by the new acquaintances to meet for lunch at the weekend.

===October 18th & 19th 1928===

[[Nathaniel Browne]] dreams several times of playing in a discordant orchestra, with a picture of the [[Yellow Sign]] instead of music. Researching the play’s origins he discovers the works of [[Robert W Chambers]] and that multiple plays of the same name appear to have existed in the past. He starts to write stories featuring elements from the play.

[[Andrew Saunders]] dreams several times of confronting an armed doppelganger of himself in a [[Carcosa]]n Palace, and arranges to see his sister after the lunch with his friends.

[[Captain George Withers]] thinks little of the play until he encounters a landscape of [[Carcosa]] during a regimental function at a gallery.

[[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] also thinks little of it, but does notice the [[Yellow Sign]] in a piece of London graffiti that says “The King will change London”. He also discusses [[Talbot Estus]] with [[Michael Gillen]], but states there’s little he can do if Estus is unwilling to see him.

===October 20th 1928===

The four new friends meet for lunch at Overton’s Oyster House. The play is discussed. [[Nathaniel Browne]], given a script by [[Talbot Estus]], has discovered that the play as performed does not match the [http://unboundbook.org/wiki/images/6/67/CARCOSA.pdf script] that Estus wrote. [[Andrew Saunders]] agrees to mention this to his sister, [[Hannah Keith]].

At tea, Saunders discovers that both his sister and her husband have identical scripts to Browne's, and claim to have performed the play as written.

Meanwhile, [[Dr Bartlett]] receives an intriguing letter from an asylum superindendent in Herefordshire…

Continue to [[Session 1.5]].

==Audio Recording==

Session 1 - Total Running Time : 1h 41m (62.3 Meg)

[http://www.unboundbook.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/TotK-Session-1-Opening-Night.mp3 The Monday Night Players Present...Tatters of the King Session 1 - Opening Night] - Note: This recording was made in 2006 and as such is quiet in places and has some quality issues.

Session 2

2018-03-18T04:15:15Z

Binder:

==Session Report - Played Monday 15th May, 2006==

===October 31st 1928, Halloween===

Halloween. The four friends meet at [[Dr Bartlett]]'s Wimbledon home on Wednesday evening, for a game of bridge. The house has been dressed with pumpkins and other spooky accoutrements by Mrs Bartlett. Dr Bartlett raises the subject of the [[play]] and mentions that he recently encountered references to various elements of its contents during a professional consultation.

[[Nathaniel Browne]] explains that such elements have already been published as part of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Chambers Chambers'] work and that this would explain where Bartlett's patient most likely encountered it.

===November 1st 1928===

[[Dr Bartlett]] meets [[Dr. Lionel Trollope]] in his London home. Trollope describes the [[Roby murders]], and explains that he does not think [[Alexander Roby]] is now, or ever will be, fit for release.

Trollope seems drained and preoccupied.

[[Nathaniel Browne]], desiring to peruse a copy of '[[Le Roi en Jeune]]', calls [[Talbot Estus]] and reveals what he has so far discovered about the roots of the [[play]]. Intrigued by names in the play turning up in the [[works of Ambrose Bierce]] and thus having a possible source which predates 'Le Roi en Jeune', Estus arranges for Nathaniel to visit him for lunch the following day.

On his return home, Bartlett discovers that a man claiming to be a taxi driver was looking for his house earlier in the day, but never called. This appears to be [[the Tall Man]], who makes more appearances later on.

===November 2nd 1928===

[[Nathaniel Browne]] keeps his lunch date with [[Talbot Estus]]. Arriving at the home of Estus and [[Michael Gillen]], Nathaniel finds that Gillen is away on business. Over lunch, Browne and Estus describe their mutual enthusiasm for '[[the King in Yellow]]'. Estus is surprised and offended by Nathaniel's insistence that the [[play]] was not performed as written, but nonetheless is persuaded to lend Browne his copy of '[[Le Roi en Jeune]]'.

[[Dr Bartlett]] visits [[Grahame Roby]] who is belligerent and unhelpful, but does mention [[Delia Hartston]].

Grahame Roby clearly does not have the slightest intention of consenting to [[Alexander Roby]]'s release.

That evening, Bartlett dines with [[Withers]] and tells him what he has learned about the Roby case. Withers offers to attempt to trace [[Delia Hartston]].

===November 3rd 1928===

[[Nathaniel Browne]] begins his own translation of '[[Le Roi en Jeune]]', finding that it differs from [[Talbot Estus]]'s play in some significant ways.

Withers, prompted by [[Bartlett]] engages a private investigator, by telephone, to trace [[Delia Hartston]].

As evening falls, [[Dr. Lionel Trollope]] is murdered in St James' Park.

===November 4th 1928===

[[Image:stjames.jpg|right|thumb|Winter in St. James Park]]

The [[Daily Express Reports]] the murder of [[Dr. Lionel Trollope]] in [[St James' Park]], one of the suspects matches the description of [[the Tall Man]].

A man, possibly [[the Tall Man]] delivers a housebrick to [[Captain George Withers]] at Victoria Barracks, in what appears to have been an exercise to confirm Withers' billet. Withers arranges to change his accommodation in reaction to this.

Later, [[Dr Bartlett]] receives a posthumous letter ([http://unboundbook.org/wiki/images/6/63/09_Letter_from_Dr_Trollope_part_1.pdf page 1], [http://unboundbook.org/wiki/images/f/f4/09_Letter_from_Dr_Trollope_part_2.pdf page 2]) from Trollope, mentioning [[Delia Hartston]], [[Lawrence Bacon]] and [[Vincent Tuck]]. The letter appears to predict, in exact detail, the circumstances of Trollope's death. Trollope also reveals that Roby once had a book published - '[[The Walker by the Lake]]'.

That afternoon, Bartlett receives a visit from [[Detective Inspector Andrew Taylor]], investigating the Trollope murder, who is interviewing all those who had appointments with Trollope in the days before his death. Bartlett is reasonably open with Taylor, mentioning the mysterious activities of [[the Tall Man]] and the possible connection to [[the Roby Murders]].

===November 5th 1928, Guy Fawkes' Night===

Fireworks at [[Dr Bartlett]]'s house. They discuss the events of the last few days, during which it becomes clear that everyone knows that Bartlett has been consulting on the case of [[Alexander Roby]].

[[Bartlett]] discusses the fact that he has been somewhat disturbed by his current work and that a friend of his ([[Dr. Lionel Trollope]]) has not only been murdered, but apparently predicted the exact circumstances of his demise in his letter to Bartlett. He urges [[Browne]] to find a book called '[[The Walker by the Lake]]' which may be pertinent to the case. Browne agrees but is frustrated by Bartlett's unwillingness to share details of the book such as its authorship.

[[Nathaniel Browne]] reveals the copy of '[[Le Roi en Jeune]]' that he borrowed from Estus. The [[Yellow Sign]] on the cover seems to writhe and move upon the page, disturbing [[Withers]] and bringing back memories of bad dreams for [[Andrew Saunders]]. This dream was the mirror of Saunders' previous doppelganger dream. in this version Saunders was the armed version of himself, attempting to seize a crown from his unarmed self.

Browne reveals what he has discovered about '[[Le Roi en Jeune]]' and its differences from [[Talbot Estus]]'s [[play]].

After [[Bartlett]]'s wife calls everyone outside for the fireworks (during which [[Browne]] sees the [[Yellow Sign]] formed by one of them, but the others do not), Bartlett receives a frantic phone call from Nurse [[Price]] at the asylum, announcing the murder of [[Frederick Long]].

On the way home, [[Saunders]]' cab is cut off by a black car and Saunders is threatened by [[the Tall Man]], who warns Saunders to tell his friends to 'drop this matter'.

Continue to [[Session 3]].

==Audio Recording==

Session 2 - Total Running Time : 1h 54m (50 Meg)

[http://www.unboundbook.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/TotK-Session-2-The-Plot-Thickens.mp3| The Monday Night Players Present...Tatters of the King Session 2 - The Plot Thickens] - Note: This recording was made in 2006 and as such is quiet in places and has some quality issues.

Session 1

2018-03-17T04:17:48Z

Binder:

==Session Report - Played Monday 8th May 2006==

===October 17th 1928===

[[Image:scala.jpg|right]]
[[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]], a research psychologist, is invited by former patient [[Michael Gillen]] to see the premiere of the play [[Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger]] at the [[Scala Theatre]] on Charlotte Street, and to make an informal assessment of the mental state of playwright [[Talbot Estus]], Gillen’s companion and housemate. Bartlett offers his second ticket to his friend [[Captain George Withers]], a career army man. Before the performance, while sitting in the bar, they meet [[Andrew Saunders]]. Saunders, a museum curator with a special interest in mythology, is an acquaintance and former patient (after a very strange experience on a train journey) of Doctor Bartlett. Saunders' sister [[Hannah Keith]] is starring in the [[play]], and he has invited his friend [[Nathaniel Browne]], with whom he shared the aforementioned train journey. Nathaniel, an author, is very enthusiastic about seeing this new play by the noted novellist, [[Talbot Estus]].

Watching the [[play]], the PCs observe that the audience is reacting strangely to the performance. Gasps of horror, surprise and even laughter are expressed at points in the performance that seem wholly inappropriate.

During the intermission between the two acts, Nathaniel reveals that the play is affecting him deeply, especially the appearance of the [[Yellow Sign]]. Similarly Andrew admits to being affected, though not as much. Captain Withers seems unimpressed, and Doctor Bartlett seems more interested in the audience's reaction to the play than the play itself. While they are talking, the group overhears a couple talking heatedly about the play, with the woman insisting she saw things which the husband disputes were there at all. Nathaniel is also puzzled that he saw two people get up and leave in the middle of the performance whereas the others saw no such thing.

Many of the patrons do not return for the second act.

The PCs watch the second act during which the emotions of the crowd appear to become more intense, culminating in a near riot at the end of the [[play]]. Some people cry out and others scream. Nathaniel is left crying uncontrollably, while the man on his left punches his wife and grabs Nathaniel. Fortunately Captain Withers, mystified rather than affected by the performance and rendered furious by the assault on the lady, remains clear-headed enough to save Browne from his assailant. Someone sets off the fire alarm and there is a stampede toward the exits before the ushers restore order.

Partly to avoid the police, who have arrived in the wake of the riot, the four companions go to the after-play reception and meet with the cast, who are largely unaware of any untoward incident. [[Browne]] meets [[Talbot Estus]] and discusses the play, which has inspired him, and its meaning with great fervour. [[Saunders]] discovers that his sister, [[Hannah Keith]] has been dreaming of [[Carcosa]] and seems to find the [[play]] disturbing, as does young [[Jean Hewart]]. [[Michael Gillen]] tells [[Doctor Bartlett]] that [[Talbot Estus]] seems to have a fear of the stars, as well as a mania for the [[play]], which he is attempting to novelise.

The reception breaks up after Estus has a heated exchange with the [[Scala Theatre]]'s manager, who is pulling the plug on the production because of the riot. Arrangements are made by the new acquaintances to meet for lunch at the weekend.

===October 18th & 19th 1928===

[[Nathaniel Browne]] dreams several times of playing in a discordant orchestra, with a picture of the [[Yellow Sign]] instead of music. Researching the play’s origins he discovers the works of [[Robert W Chambers]] and that multiple plays of the same name appear to have existed in the past. He starts to write stories featuring elements from the play.

[[Andrew Saunders]] dreams several times of confronting an armed doppelganger of himself in a [[Carcosa]]n Palace, and arranges to see his sister after the lunch with his friends.

[[Captain George Withers]] thinks little of the play until he encounters a landscape of [[Carcosa]] during a regimental function at a gallery.

[[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] also thinks little of it, but does notice the [[Yellow Sign]] in a piece of London graffiti that says “The King will change London”. He also discusses [[Talbot Estus]] with [[Michael Gillen]], but states there’s little he can do if Estus is unwilling to see him.

===October 20th 1928===

The four new friends meet for lunch at Overton’s Oyster House. The play is discussed. [[Nathaniel Browne]], given a script by [[Talbot Estus]], has discovered that the play as performed does not match the [http://unboundbook.org/wiki/images/6/67/CARCOSA.pdf script] that Estus wrote. [[Andrew Saunders]] agrees to mention this to his sister, [[Hannah Keith]].

At tea, Saunders discovers that both his sister and her husband have identical scripts to Browne's, and claim to have performed the play as written.

Meanwhile, [[Dr Bartlett]] receives an intriguing letter from an asylum superindendent in Herefordshire…

Continue to [[Session 1.5]].

==Audio Recording==

Session 1 - Total Running Time : 1h 41m (62.3 Meg)

[http://www.unboundbook.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/TotK-Session-1-Opening-Night.mp3| The Monday Night Players Present...Tatters of the King Session 1 - Opening Night] - Note: This recording was made in 2006 and as such is quiet in places and has some quality issues.

Session 1

2018-03-17T04:15:39Z

Binder: New version of the Recording

==Session Report - Played Monday 8th May 2006==

===October 17th 1928===

[[Image:scala.jpg|right]]
[[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]], a research psychologist, is invited by former patient [[Michael Gillen]] to see the premiere of the play [[Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger]] at the [[Scala Theatre]] on Charlotte Street, and to make an informal assessment of the mental state of playwright [[Talbot Estus]], Gillen’s companion and housemate. Bartlett offers his second ticket to his friend [[Captain George Withers]], a career army man. Before the performance, while sitting in the bar, they meet [[Andrew Saunders]]. Saunders, a museum curator with a special interest in mythology, is an acquaintance and former patient (after a very strange experience on a train journey) of Doctor Bartlett. Saunders' sister [[Hannah Keith]] is starring in the [[play]], and he has invited his friend [[Nathaniel Browne]], with whom he shared the aforementioned train journey. Nathaniel, an author, is very enthusiastic about seeing this new play by the noted novellist, [[Talbot Estus]].

Watching the [[play]], the PCs observe that the audience is reacting strangely to the performance. Gasps of horror, surprise and even laughter are expressed at points in the performance that seem wholly inappropriate.

During the intermission between the two acts, Nathaniel reveals that the play is affecting him deeply, especially the appearance of the [[Yellow Sign]]. Similarly Andrew admits to being affected, though not as much. Captain Withers seems unimpressed, and Doctor Bartlett seems more interested in the audience's reaction to the play than the play itself. While they are talking, the group overhears a couple talking heatedly about the play, with the woman insisting she saw things which the husband disputes were there at all. Nathaniel is also puzzled that he saw two people get up and leave in the middle of the performance whereas the others saw no such thing.

Many of the patrons do not return for the second act.

The PCs watch the second act during which the emotions of the crowd appear to become more intense, culminating in a near riot at the end of the [[play]]. Some people cry out and others scream. Nathaniel is left crying uncontrollably, while the man on his left punches his wife and grabs Nathaniel. Fortunately Captain Withers, mystified rather than affected by the performance and rendered furious by the assault on the lady, remains clear-headed enough to save Browne from his assailant. Someone sets off the fire alarm and there is a stampede toward the exits before the ushers restore order.

Partly to avoid the police, who have arrived in the wake of the riot, the four companions go to the after-play reception and meet with the cast, who are largely unaware of any untoward incident. [[Browne]] meets [[Talbot Estus]] and discusses the play, which has inspired him, and its meaning with great fervour. [[Saunders]] discovers that his sister, [[Hannah Keith]] has been dreaming of [[Carcosa]] and seems to find the [[play]] disturbing, as does young [[Jean Hewart]]. [[Michael Gillen]] tells [[Doctor Bartlett]] that [[Talbot Estus]] seems to have a fear of the stars, as well as a mania for the [[play]], which he is attempting to novelise.

The reception breaks up after Estus has a heated exchange with the [[Scala Theatre]]'s manager, who is pulling the plug on the production because of the riot. Arrangements are made by the new acquaintances to meet for lunch at the weekend.

===October 18th & 19th 1928===

[[Nathaniel Browne]] dreams several times of playing in a discordant orchestra, with a picture of the [[Yellow Sign]] instead of music. Researching the play’s origins he discovers the works of [[Robert W Chambers]] and that multiple plays of the same name appear to have existed in the past. He starts to write stories featuring elements from the play.

[[Andrew Saunders]] dreams several times of confronting an armed doppelganger of himself in a [[Carcosa]]n Palace, and arranges to see his sister after the lunch with his friends.

[[Captain George Withers]] thinks little of the play until he encounters a landscape of [[Carcosa]] during a regimental function at a gallery.

[[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] also thinks little of it, but does notice the [[Yellow Sign]] in a piece of London graffiti that says “The King will change London”. He also discusses [[Talbot Estus]] with [[Michael Gillen]], but states there’s little he can do if Estus is unwilling to see him.

===October 20th 1928===

The four new friends meet for lunch at Overton’s Oyster House. The play is discussed. [[Nathaniel Browne]], given a script by [[Talbot Estus]], has discovered that the play as performed does not match the [http://unboundbook.org/wiki/images/6/67/CARCOSA.pdf script] that Estus wrote. [[Andrew Saunders]] agrees to mention this to his sister, [[Hannah Keith]].

At tea, Saunders discovers that both his sister and her husband have identical scripts to Browne's, and claim to have performed the play as written.

Meanwhile, [[Dr Bartlett]] receives an intriguing letter from an asylum superindendent in Herefordshire…

Continue to [[Session 1.5]].

==Audio Recording==

Session 1 - Total Running Time : 1h 41m (62.3 Meg)

[http://www.unboundbook.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/TotK-Session-1-Opening-Night.mp3] - Note: This recording was made in 2006 and as such is quiet in places and has some quality issues.

The Viceroy of India

2017-11-22T07:12:01Z

Binder:

[[Image:viceroy.jpg|right|400px|thumb|The Viceroy of India]]

Launched in September 1928, the 2000 ton P&O liner [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Viceroy_of_India| Viceroy of India] made her maiden voyage from London on March 29th 1929 bound for Bombay via Marseilles, Malta and Suez.

She is the first European owned turbo electric ship, and she was ordered in April 1927 from the Glasgow Shipbuilders Alexander Stephen & Sons. Originally it had been intended to name her ''Taj Mahal'', but this was changed to Viceroy of India prior to her launch.

Viceroy has accommodation for 415 first class passengers and 258 second class passengers, She carried a crew of 417.

She is the first liner to have all single berth first class cabins which could be converted into two or three berth rooms by means of interconnecting doors.

The lounge furnishings and decorations are in an 18th century design, as is the music room. The main smoking room is a reproduction of an old baronial hall complete with a huge fireplace, crest,suit of amour and a small museum of medallions and effects of Bonnie Prince Charlie. The first class dinning room reproduces an 18th century French style and was panelled in English walnut.There is also an indoor pompeiian-style swimming bath.

One of the Viceroys most interesting features is her main propulsion machinery. The liner is driven by twin electric motors of 17,500 SHP, the power being supplied by two turbo alternators. Steam is provided by six oil fired Yarrow water tube boilers at 350 psi and superheated to 740'F. When cruising at lower power one alternator can supply current to both electric motors enabling two boilers to be shut down, thus obtaining the maximum fuel economy.

Delia Hartston

2017-06-19T05:44:29Z

Binder:

[[image:deli.JPG|right|thumbnail|Delia Hartson]]

Delia Hartston (now Delia Morrison) is [[Alexander Roby]]'s former fiancee. When [[Dr Bartlett]] spoke to Roby, Roby initially seemed to think he was talking to Delia.

[[Grahame Roby]] expressed a distrust of Delia, suggesting she was in some way involved with the [[Roby murders]].

[[Captain George Withers]] engaged a private detective to locate her and traced her to Enfield, North of London, where she lives with her husband [[Peter Morrison]]. They married less than a year after Delia split with Roby, and he is 12 years her senior.

Withers and [[Bartlett]] visited her. She told them of Roby's dealings with [[Lawrence Bacon]], [[Malcolm Quarrie]] and [[Edwards]] and also mentioned [[Coombes]]. She also provided them with a copy of '[[the Walker by the Lake]]' and told them of [[Clare Melford]] and the 'nine teeth' that could be found there.

Withers believed that Delia's husband beat her, and was greatly troubled by this. When Delia invited Withers to her home on 21st November. ostensibly with information about the Roby case, Withers encountered a drunken, bellicose Peter and saw that Delia was sporting a black eye.

Challenged to fight by Peter Morrison, Withers soundly beat and hospitalised Delia's husband. Delia warned the stricken man to stay away from her.

After this event, Withers asked his sister Anna to take Delia in and Delia temporarily moved to Anna's house. Dining together at Anna's house shortly afterwards, both Delia and Withers struggled with their growing feelings for one another and the scandal that any relationship would surely cause.

When Delia received a note from Alexander asking her to meet him at [[Loch Mullardoch]] she immediately brought it to [[Withers]].

After his return from [[Drakmar]], Withers married Delia.

Alexander Roby

2017-06-19T05:43:48Z

Binder:

[[Image:Alexander_Roby.jpg|right|thumbnail|Alexander Roby]]
Born in 1892 to a wealthy middle class London family, Roby dropped out of Peterhouse prior to knocking around the Foreign Office for a couple of years. He left the FO and spent his time studying fringe interests (astronomy, art, the occult) and mixing with people of whom his family did not approve.

He was at one point engaged to [[Delia Hartston]], but Delia broke this off in late 1925.

On October 14th 1926 Roby's father Herbert and sister Georgina were brutally murdered at the family home in Curzon Street. Alexander was the also at home, and initially claimed responsibility. He was arrested, but instead of being charged with [[the Roby Murders]] was committed to [[St Agnes Asylum]]. The papers committing him were signed by Dr [[Highsmith]], Roby's older brother [[Grahame Roby]] and the Roby family physician, [[Dr Lionel Trollope]].

[[Highsmith]] believes Roby suffers from 'sympathetic mania', which manifests as severe night terrors, or scotophobia, that start each year at the anniversary of the muders and continue until the Spring. These attacks are being well-managed with laudanum, and Highsmith believes him fit for release to the care of his family or a convalescent home. Highsmith also believes Alexander innocent of the the [[Roby murders]].

His release hearing is scheduled for November 30th 1928.

Roby spends his time studying poetry and has made unusual marginal notes in his poetry books referring to various elements common to both the [[play]] 'Carcosa' and Robert W Chambers's '[[King in Yellow]]' stories.

He made an unusual [http://greywolfnz.homeip.net/wiki/attachments/Typed_Transcript_of_Alexander_Robys_Verbal_Responses.pdf statement] to [[Dr Bartlett]].

Back in 1923, a book by Alexander, called '[[Der Wanderer durch den See]]' was published.

In November of 1925, [[Grahame Roby]] hired [[Vincent Tuck]] to follow Alexander for 3 weeks to find out what he was doing when he was away from home. During this time, Roby spent his evenings with [[Lawrence Bacon]], [[Malcolm Quarrie]] and a man called [[Edwards]], meeting at Bacon's antique shop in Liverpool Road. Sometimes Roby stayed there until the early morning. Roby also visited the British Museum reading room once during this period, and also had a loud public argument with [[Delia Hartston]], which may have signalled their breakup.

The meetings with Bacon, Quarrie and Edwards were corroborated by Delia, who also mentioned Roby spending time with a man called [[Coombes]] who appeared to act as some kind of hired muscle for Bacon. Delia broke up with Alexander because of his increasingly erratic behaviour at this time, and says that when she last saw him he was continually talking about the 'nine teeth' prepared in the Suffolk village of [[Clare Melford]] for some great event due to take place in December 1925.

On December 30th 1928 his release hearing was held and his release approved, but before he could be transferred to the Kent rest home chosen for him he disappeared. At first he was believed to be murdered, but the facially mutliated corpse was later identified as nurse [[Thomas Clarke]] and is was realised that Alexander had either absconded with, or been kidnapped by [[Montague Edwards]] who had been at the Asylum all along posing as Nurse Mark Evans.

A few days later, Alexander sent a note to [[Delia Hartston]] asking her to meet him at [[Loch Mullardoch]] in Scotland.

Roby, it turns out, had been planning, with Edwards, to summon the mystical city of [[Carcosa]] to Earth. He suceeded in this endeavour, but was made to regret his actions when Edwards seized control of the city and attempted to summon [[The King in Yellow]].

Roby met with the investigators when they came to Carcosa and enlisted their aid in helping him to stop Edwards. The group was aided by [[Yolanda]] and were holed up in her room when Roby came to the conclusion that the only way to stop Edwards was to end his own life and thus the force that was holding Carcosa on Earth. [[Nathaniel Browne]] managed to convince him instead that he should attempt to use the [[Chime of Tezchaptl]] to absorb and turn back the energy of the ritual Edwards was using to summon The King in Yellow. Although Edwards was defeated, it is unclear whether it was by the action of the chime or by Roby's suicide, as the investigators were fleeing the city at the time, though the fact that the thousands of Byakhee perched on the palace walls swooped into the palace with a racous cry just before the Investigators escaped points both to the fact that Roby successfully used the chime and that he is now dead.

Lucius Harriwell

2017-06-19T05:42:32Z

Binder:

[[Image:Lucius_Harriwell.jpg||thumbnail|right|Lucius Harriwell]]
Harriwell is an inmate of [[St Agnes Asylum]], and lives in the cell next door to [[Alexander Roby]]. He is a brain-damaged lunatic who is likely to be institutionalised until his death.

Harriwell was a witness to, and possible suspect in, the brutal murder of [[Cuthbert Yates]], who was killed in Harriwell's cell on November 27th 1927. Harriwell claims the killer was 'the Devil'. The asylum staff insist Harriwell is incapable of violence.

After the murder of [[Thomas Clarke]], Harriwell approached [[Dr. Bartlett]] with a bloody knife, blaming 'the devil' for the murder. [[Dr. Charles Highsmith]] rendered Harriwell unconscious with a fire extinguisher, and Harriwell has been arrested for all 3 [[St Agnes Asylum]] murders, despite his status as legally incompetent to stand trial.

His most likely fate was to be incarceration at the Broadmoor Hospital for the Criminally Insane.

After [[Dr. Bartlett]] testified that he had been attacked by [[Alexander Roby]] in Scotland, and [[Montague Edwards]] was identified as the true identity of nurse [[Evans]], Harriwell was moved back to his old cell to live out his days in familiar surroundings.

St Agnes Asylum

2017-06-19T05:40:10Z

Binder:

[[Image:Asylum.jpg|400px||thumbnail||right]]

A grim Victorian building on a hill overlooking the Herefordshire village of [[Weobley]] houses this lunatic asylum.

*Its superintendent is [[Dr. Charles Highsmith]].

*Its staff include the nurses [[Price and Evans]] and the orderly [[Frederick Long]]. Evans was in reality [[Montague Edwards]].

*Its patients include [[Alexander Roby]] and [[Lucius Harriwell]].

*It was the location of the murders of [[Cuthbert Yates]], [[Frederick Long]] and [[Thomas Clarke]] .

*It was visited by [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] and [[Captain George Withers]].

St Agnes Asylum

2017-06-19T05:39:16Z

Binder:

[[Image:Asylum.jpg|400px||thumbnail||right]]

A grim Victorian building on a hill overlooking the Herefordshire village of [[Weobley]] houses this lunatic asylum.

Its superintendent is [[Dr. Charles Highsmith]].

Its staff include the nurses [[Price and Evans]] and the orderly [[Frederick Long]]. Evans was in reality [[Montague Edwards]].

Its patients include [[Alexander Roby]] and [[Lucius Harriwell]].

It was the location of the murders of [[Cuthbert Yates]], [[Frederick Long]] and [[Thomas Clarke]] .

It was visited by [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] and [[Captain George Withers]].

Aftermath

2017-06-19T01:02:49Z

Binder:

Locating [[Francesca]] quite easily, [[Nathaniel Browne]] asks her to return to England with him, a request to which she happily agrees. The two elope soon after [[Andrew Saunders]]' memorial service which is held near the end of April, 1931, and spend some time in America, where Browne finally meets with Robert Chambers. The two return to England and settle in the west country.

Meanwhile, [[Captain Withers]] marries the widow Morrison in a church ceremony on the 14th of December, 1930. Over the next few years, he and Browne meet on occasion to reminisce, and to wonder if, and when, the [[King in Yellow]]'s prescence on Earth might be felt. When war stirs in Europe, each wonders whether this is the King's influence, and whether armies united under the banner of the yellow sign might soon be marching across the continent.

The Brownes' first child arrives stillborn in the February of 1932, and despite trying, they have difficulty conceiving again. Nathaniel continues his writing. Despite never turning in an adequate sequel to [[The Tatters of the King]], he continues to write horror stories. His book "The Frozen Tomb" about an ancient horror buried beneath the Antarctic Ice who's dreams invade those of researchers in the southern continent, enjoys some popularity, especially after the tragic Starkweather-Moore expedition of 1933 makes the news. Eventually a living son, Andrew Frederick Browne, is born on the 18th of February, 1937 although the birth is difficult and Francesca almost perishes in childbirth. After this, Nathaniel's stories become, like Chambers before him, light romances. Fortunately, in wartime England, these prove, although critically reviled, massively successful. Indeed one, "Love At Sea", which tells the tale of an author meeting a beautiful woman on an ocean liner to India, is eventually made into a film starring Alec Guinness in the 1950s.

[[Image:blitz.jpg|right|200px|thumb|German Bomber over London, 1941]]

In 1941, during the blitz, disaster strikes. Visiting relatives in the outskirts of London, Francesca is killed when a building, weakened by enemy munitions, collapses. Andrew, who was with Francesca at the time, is also assumed dead. In fact Andrew, traumatized by the event, wanders, dazed, into London where he is eventually picked up by the police and put into an orphanage. Utterly traumatized, the boy does not speak for the next 3 years.

Nathaniel's writing becomes, again, dark. His stories are now haunted, disjointed things, full of faustian bargains. Nathaniel begins planning an archaeological excavation in the Nepalese highlands, to be funded from his own fortune. On the morning of November 1st, 1947, Nathaniel is found dead in his study, shot through the head. A revolver lays in his right hand. Neighbors say that the previous evening there was a large car outside the house, possibly an army staff car. A heated argument took place in which the word 'Carcosa' was mentioned, and also something about a 'king'. Finding no trace of any foul play in the house, however, and finding copious supplies of opium both in the house and in Nathaniel's blood, the case is deemed suicide. To everyone's surprise, Nathaniel has left everything to his second cousin in Australia. Unable to contact her or arrange for the dispersal of the estate, the house is simply locked up and left. The police do not notice the burned remains of several maps, notes and books in the fireplace.

[[Image:darkp.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Nathaniel's Last Work]]

Withers, by now a Colonel and a veteran of two World Wars, attended the funeral, then went back to a life that had long left behind the horrors of Carcosa and Leng, except occasionally in dreams. As the only true survivor of the entire incredible affair he never really knew to what extent they could be said to have triumphed.

In the years after Nathaniel's death, his books experience an incredible upsurge in popularity due, in no small part, to the mysterious circumstances surrounding his demise. His publishers arrange for his last work in progress to be finished by a leading author of the day. The work turns out to be a magnum opus, a fiction of great emotional power which borrows heavily, although the readers don't know it, from the real adventure of Nathaniel and his friends. Scholars debate the work for decades to come.

In 1965, under hypnosis while undergoing psychotherapy (by sheer coincidence, at the Bartlett Institute In London), the now adult Andrew Browne, now known as Alan Tate, remembers his name and his family. To his surprise he finds that, as the only surviving member of the Browne family, he has gained entitlement to his father's house and belongings. He takes up residence in the house, which has become much overgrown and run down. While cleaning up the fireplace, he discovers a loose brick, behind which is found a journal, embossed with a strange yellow sign...

Session 8

2017-06-19T00:52:14Z

Binder: /* Tuesday December 11th - Roby's Plans */

==Session Report - Played Monday 24th July, 2006==

===Monday December 10th - Entering Carcosa===

[[Image:pigmask.jpg|right|200px]]

As the mist billows away the investigators realise that Mullardoch House is no longer visible. Instead, through the archway ahead of them is what appears to be an abandoned Roman villa. From ahead of them comes light and distant music, behind them the buildings are dark and silent, so they head through the archway.

On the other side they see that the villa is now a tall wooden tower with a great fire burning on its peak – like an ancient lighthouse. The archway behind them has changed too, now a simpler, lower building. Deciding that the lighthouse may be important, as it stands where Mulalrdoch House should, they enter its open door to find a bare room containing 4 masks on hooks and the stairs up. The masks are ornate stylised animals: an owl, a pig, an ape and a lion. They take one each and go up to the roof.

On the roof a fire with no apparent fuel course burns in a great brazier. From here they can see the extent of the city, spread along both sides of the Loch, which is now also the Lake of Hali. Twin suns shine palely through the clouds and on the opposite side of the Lake sits a vast palace, from which faint music spills. The decision is made to head for the palace.

Back at ground level the entry gate has changed once more, now its surmounted by a great crystal sculpture of a bird with the head of a horse. [[Saunders]] catches a glimpse of movement, turns are sees two creatures that look like the [[the Springer Mound Monsters]] fly behind a distant spire.

===The Narrow Bridge===

The investigators head into the city, soon locating a high bridge, only a foot wide and without handrails, crossing a deep canal. [[Nathaniel Browne]] starts across, slips and falls into the water. [[Withers]] dives in after him, but by the time [[Bartlett]] and [[Saunders]] reach the edge of the path, neither can be seen. They call for their friends, but hear no reply. Saunders decides to hurry across the bridge, also slips and is only just saved by Bartlett. They decide to find another way across further downstream.

Withers hits the water, resurfaces and realises he cannot see Browne. Treading water he calls for him and hears a distant shout. Steps lead up from the water nearby, so Withers takes them. When he reaches the top the bridge back across the river has changed to something larger and safer, but Withers is alone.

Browne has had a similar experience. After hitting the water he splashed his way to the nearby steps, an shouted up to his friends, but nobody came. Climbing the steps he found himself alone, with an unfamiliar bridge back across the water. Then he heard a gunshots deeper inside the city, and thinking it was his companions, followed the sound.

===Split Up===

[[Browne]] finds himself entering a Roman-style ampitheatre, apparently in use as a theatre. He catches a glimpse of movement, sees a gun aimed from behind a pillar and dives for cover as a flurry of pistol shots come his way. He calls out, and his assailant breaks cover and runs for the exit. It is a portly middle-aged man in a tweed suit and tie. The click of hammer on chamber shows he is out of ammunition. Browne intercepts the man, tries to tackle him and receives a pistol blow to the temple in return.

Browne reels away, dazed, but his assailant, recognising Browne as just a man (and a Brit, at that) calms down and apologises, introducing himself as [[Quentin Spence]]. “Quentin Spence the poet?” asks Browne. The man confirms that this is indeed he. Spence is pleased to be recognised and explains that he’s had enough of this place and was trying to leave. He’d come here at [[Edwards]]’ instructions, being a member of the [[Hastur]] ‘brotherhood’ for some time, but he had seen monsters and horrors here that were more than his bargained for. He explains that Edwards has been attempting to summon [[The King in Yellow]], somehow harnessing repeated performances of the [[play]] for power, but thus far has only succeeded in calling up more [[flying creatures]] and other horrible monstrosities.

At this point Browne notices the legs of a corpse sticking out from behind a piece of scenery, a local in carnival gear and a bird mask, dead from a bullet wound to the head. He turns to find Spence backing slowly towards an exit. Browne advances angrily on Spence demanding that he explain his actions. Spence levels his gun at Browne again, says “I've reloaded it. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to kill him – just let me leave”. Browne continues to advance, telling Spence he can leave, but not with the gun as he fears that Spence cannot be trusted with it. Spence drops the gun and scuttles away. Unfortunately, as Browne suspected, he was bluffing and had not reloaded the gun after all. Browne now wanders the streets of Carcosa alone and unarmed.

Withers soon encounters a group of locals, Carcosan revellers, masked as they all are. One of these locals, a leatherworker named [[Noss]] takes an interest in Withers and offers to be his guide. He can take him to a place where he can be reunited with his companions, or to the lakeside where a boat the the Palace can be procured, or to see the ‘other outsider’, who can be found at the Scultpure Museum. Withers asked about this man and from the description he is given realises that it is probably [[Alexander Roby]], He asks to be taken the the Sculpture Museum.

Crossing the canal through a tunnel, Saunders and Bartlett find themselves in an area of narrow winding residential streets. The catch a distant glimpse of what appears to be [[the Stranger]] from the play, head in his direction and eventually come upon the gardens surrounding the Sculpture Museum, where they encounter Withers and Noss, who have just arrived.

Poor Nathaniel Browne wanders Carcosa alone, unaware of any of this.

===The Sculpture Museum===

[[Noss]] leads the investigators towards the small white building at the centre of a garden full of many fantastic works of sculpture, including a medusa, a perfect simulacrum of a cypress tree standing beside its living twin and, immediately outside the entrance to the building, four creatures like [[the Springer Mound Monsters]] which turn out not to be statues at all, but the real thing, bound here for centuries.

A doorway leads to a concourse and a great stairway leading into the first of a network of great underground galleries. Noss leads the way past two enormous and beautiful dioramas of New York City, one current and one futuristic, through a gallery of thousands of whistles from many times and cultures, each similar in its own way to the cult's [[bone whistle]]s and via many other strange sights. In one gallery [[Andrew Saunders]] finds an unfinished clay man that reminds him of [[Nathaniel Browne]]. Eventually they discover a circular study hall.

Once inside, they find Roby, initially napping, but easily wakened and now apparently sane and rational, he greets [[Bartlett]] and is happy to discuss whats happening. He has brought Carcosa to Earth by writing it into being and now he can life here eternally. The city will remain on Earth for 4 more days before it leaves, taken with it all who remain. The rest of the cult are staying in the Palace, where they are enjoying the Queen's hospitality, but Roby wanted some solitude.

Noss tells them that Roby’s friends, lead by [[Edwards]] have been summoning creatures such as the one they saw in the woods - Roby recognises these as the Spawn of Hastur, and that a great flock of flying creatures, which Roby calls [[byakhee]] are also present. Roby realises Edwards is trying to call the King in Yellow, which is impossible in this place (Roby wrote a flaw into the city when he created it) and doing so will bring Hastur in a terrible form that’ll kill everyone. Roby decides to head the Palace to talk to Edwards – the others come with him.

===The Lake of Hali===

Roby leads everyone to the lakeside, where they are pleased to find [[Browne]] at the wharf. Across the Lake the roof of the palace is covered in hundreds of [[byakhee]], but nonetheless they find a boat and start throw across the lake. [[Noss]], unwilling to defile the palace with his presence, bids his farewell and stays ashore.

Halfway across a Spawn surfaces, dives under the boat and knocks it heavily, pitching [[Withers]] and [[Saunders]] into the Lake. They are able to grab onto oars and save themselves, and only [[Bartlett]] gets a clear view as the creature breaks the surface off the stern and dives back into the depths. An hour or so later the boat reaches the crowded palace wharf and the investigators enter the massive and complex Palace of Cassilda.

===In the Palace===

Inside the palace they travel through many halls and corridors, seeing occasional glimpses of revllers under they come across the corpse of a cook, his throat slashed, and [[Withers]] sees [[Coombes]] bloody knife in hand, fleeing the scene.

As the investigators move on through a long gallery, Coombes appears on a balcony high above the party and taunts them. Browne retorts in kind, reminding Coombes of his failure to protect Bacon. It appears that being here has sent Coombes over the edge and he is now using the palace as a private hunting ground.

A few rooms later a young noblewoman, [[Yolanda]] runs straight into [[Withers]]. She apologises but says that a tall man with a knife was chasing her. They here Coombes' footsteps hurrying away down the corridor. Yolanda asked the investigators where they are going, and offers to help them find the terrace where the visitors are performing their play - a play they are performing for the fourth consecutive evening. The investigators realise that time is unreliable here, as it should not yet be dark. The view through the windows, however, shows alien stars in a black sky.

Yolanda leads them to a room overlooking the terrace where [[Edwards]] and his friends are acting out a version of "[[the King in Yellow]]" for an audience of hundreds of strangely silent [[byakhee]]. As a part of the play Edwards is being repeatedly struck with a sword, blood flying everywhere, but his wounds heal almost instantly. Roby explains that he’s been able to do this since Springer Mound, and that he seems to like it. [[Saunders]] wants to use the [[Chime of Tezchaptl]] to interrupt the play, but Roby says this will bring the byakhee down on them – he is sure that [[Hastur]] is not coming just yet and wants a chance to talk to Edwards.

The investigators agree to wait, and watch as the play concludes and another Spawn is summoned from he waters of the Lake. Yolanda suggests everyone retire to her chambers. By now she's openly flirting with an extremely uncomfortable Withers.

===Tuesday December 11th - Roby's Plans===

[[Alexander Roby]] tells the others to get some rest – he needs to go and see [[Edwards]] alone. He leaves and returns an hour later, furious – Edwards means to go through with it and won’t listen to reason. Roby says he needs to consider the answer. A little later he asks to borrow a revolver, and is given one. [[Bartlett]] is instantly worried by his manner and does not allow him to leave the room.

“Sorry, Bartlett it’s the only way", Roby makes to shoot himself. Roby explains that if he dies, [[Carcosa]] will leave the Earth and Edwards’ plan will fail. There follows a tense scene where the investigators try to talk him out of suicide, which is finally resolved when they come up with an alternate plan. Roby can have the [[Chime of Tezchaptl]] and try to use that first. If it fails, suicide is still an option.

The rest of the day is spent waiting for the next performance of ‘The King in Yellow’ as Roby reads the [[The Turner Codex|Turner Codex]] so he can learn the usage of the Chime. As the time comes, Roby tells the investigators they cannot come with him, He’s told [[Yolanda]] how to get them out of Carcosa and he's asked her to take them immediately. If they don’t follow they will be trapped in Carcosa when it leaves Earth. Feeling guilty at leaving him to face his fate alone, but also feeling powerless to do otherwise, the investigators follow Yolanda through the palace to a garden containing a maze – she leads them inside, but Coombes has been following.

===Leaving Carcosa===

Within the maze, Yolanda loses her way and walks into an ambush. She is assaulted by Coombes, but his knife misses, grazing the ear of Withers instead as he pulls Yolanda down. Combes turns to flee and is winged by a shot from [[Withers]]' pistol, but vanishes into the maze.

At this point the howls of a thousand [[byakhee]] come from the Lake and the city begins to shake – Roby has succeeded. The investigators, realising they have little time, hurry to reach the centre of the maze, where a stone mosaic of the Yellow Sign is found.

[[Browne]] steps onto it and disappears, but [[Yolanda]] reveals she cannot follow. [[Withers]] steps through, then [[Saunders]] and [[Bartlett]] realise that if they go through, Yolanda will be trapped with Coombes. Bartlett, badly shaken, apologises and leaves. Saunders decides to leave her armed and hands his shotgun to Yolanda, as he tries to explain its use, Coombes arrives.

“Hello Andrew” he says, “ready to play with the big boys?” and he throws a knife in front of Saunders. Yolanda is staring at the gun in her hands, with no apparent idea of its function, so a knife fight starts. Unfortunately Coombes is very good, and Saunders isn’t. Saunders feels Coombes' sharp blade enter his side, falls back onto the mosaic and hears the blast of a gunshot just as he passes back into his own world.

===Mullardoch House===

The investigators find themselves in the enclosed kitchen garden of Mullardoch House as Carcosa shimmers and blinks out of existence around them. [[Saunders]] is badly hurt, so [[Withers]] and [[Browne]] enter the house to find a telephone. in the hall they find the hideously burned and twisted corpse of [[Edwards]], hurled back into this world when the energy of the spell was turned back on him by Roby's use of the Chime.

As Browne picks up the phone, Withers sees the corpse start to shift and transform, rising seconds later as a humanoid horror with boneless arms – matching the description of the Canal Monster (which they guess must have been [[Lawrence Bacon]], similarly resurrected). Withers fires several revolver shots at the thing with little visible effect and it closes on Browne, who is cornered.

Suddenly [[Bartlett]] rushes in with a garden fork and pins the Edwards thing to the wall. The suckers on the end of its boneless arm engulf the side of the Doctor’s head and half of Bartlett’s face is torn away just as Withers puts a well-aimed rifle bullet straight through its brain.

Edwards dies, for good this time, his corpse reverting to its former ruin.

Bartlett is saved from the brink of death by Withers’ first aid skills, and help is called for.

The investigators have been left with a warning from Roby. Unlike Edwards, Malcolm Quarrie knows what he’s doing. He plans to call the King in Yellow to Earth and must be found, and stopped. With Bartlett and Saunders seriously injured and hospitalised, and the authorities in search of explanations, Quarrie will have to wait.

Meanwhile, that very night, a dozen of the villagers' of Cannich die, in an echo of events in [[Clare Melford]]'s 'night of the curse'. There is a [http://unboundbook.org/wiki/images/5/5a/19_Newspaper_Article_on_Events_in_the_Highlands.pdf report] in the next day's newspaper

The investigators are taken to Inverness, two of them to hospital, two for questioning by the police. It is a long night for everyone involved.

Continue to [[Session 9]].

==Audio Recording==

Link to come...

Session 8

2017-06-19T00:51:03Z

Binder: /* Mullardoch House */

==Session Report - Played Monday 24th July, 2006==

===Monday December 10th - Entering Carcosa===

[[Image:pigmask.jpg|right|200px]]

As the mist billows away the investigators realise that Mullardoch House is no longer visible. Instead, through the archway ahead of them is what appears to be an abandoned Roman villa. From ahead of them comes light and distant music, behind them the buildings are dark and silent, so they head through the archway.

On the other side they see that the villa is now a tall wooden tower with a great fire burning on its peak – like an ancient lighthouse. The archway behind them has changed too, now a simpler, lower building. Deciding that the lighthouse may be important, as it stands where Mulalrdoch House should, they enter its open door to find a bare room containing 4 masks on hooks and the stairs up. The masks are ornate stylised animals: an owl, a pig, an ape and a lion. They take one each and go up to the roof.

On the roof a fire with no apparent fuel course burns in a great brazier. From here they can see the extent of the city, spread along both sides of the Loch, which is now also the Lake of Hali. Twin suns shine palely through the clouds and on the opposite side of the Lake sits a vast palace, from which faint music spills. The decision is made to head for the palace.

Back at ground level the entry gate has changed once more, now its surmounted by a great crystal sculpture of a bird with the head of a horse. [[Saunders]] catches a glimpse of movement, turns are sees two creatures that look like the [[the Springer Mound Monsters]] fly behind a distant spire.

===The Narrow Bridge===

The investigators head into the city, soon locating a high bridge, only a foot wide and without handrails, crossing a deep canal. [[Nathaniel Browne]] starts across, slips and falls into the water. [[Withers]] dives in after him, but by the time [[Bartlett]] and [[Saunders]] reach the edge of the path, neither can be seen. They call for their friends, but hear no reply. Saunders decides to hurry across the bridge, also slips and is only just saved by Bartlett. They decide to find another way across further downstream.

Withers hits the water, resurfaces and realises he cannot see Browne. Treading water he calls for him and hears a distant shout. Steps lead up from the water nearby, so Withers takes them. When he reaches the top the bridge back across the river has changed to something larger and safer, but Withers is alone.

Browne has had a similar experience. After hitting the water he splashed his way to the nearby steps, an shouted up to his friends, but nobody came. Climbing the steps he found himself alone, with an unfamiliar bridge back across the water. Then he heard a gunshots deeper inside the city, and thinking it was his companions, followed the sound.

===Split Up===

[[Browne]] finds himself entering a Roman-style ampitheatre, apparently in use as a theatre. He catches a glimpse of movement, sees a gun aimed from behind a pillar and dives for cover as a flurry of pistol shots come his way. He calls out, and his assailant breaks cover and runs for the exit. It is a portly middle-aged man in a tweed suit and tie. The click of hammer on chamber shows he is out of ammunition. Browne intercepts the man, tries to tackle him and receives a pistol blow to the temple in return.

Browne reels away, dazed, but his assailant, recognising Browne as just a man (and a Brit, at that) calms down and apologises, introducing himself as [[Quentin Spence]]. “Quentin Spence the poet?” asks Browne. The man confirms that this is indeed he. Spence is pleased to be recognised and explains that he’s had enough of this place and was trying to leave. He’d come here at [[Edwards]]’ instructions, being a member of the [[Hastur]] ‘brotherhood’ for some time, but he had seen monsters and horrors here that were more than his bargained for. He explains that Edwards has been attempting to summon [[The King in Yellow]], somehow harnessing repeated performances of the [[play]] for power, but thus far has only succeeded in calling up more [[flying creatures]] and other horrible monstrosities.

At this point Browne notices the legs of a corpse sticking out from behind a piece of scenery, a local in carnival gear and a bird mask, dead from a bullet wound to the head. He turns to find Spence backing slowly towards an exit. Browne advances angrily on Spence demanding that he explain his actions. Spence levels his gun at Browne again, says “I've reloaded it. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to kill him – just let me leave”. Browne continues to advance, telling Spence he can leave, but not with the gun as he fears that Spence cannot be trusted with it. Spence drops the gun and scuttles away. Unfortunately, as Browne suspected, he was bluffing and had not reloaded the gun after all. Browne now wanders the streets of Carcosa alone and unarmed.

Withers soon encounters a group of locals, Carcosan revellers, masked as they all are. One of these locals, a leatherworker named [[Noss]] takes an interest in Withers and offers to be his guide. He can take him to a place where he can be reunited with his companions, or to the lakeside where a boat the the Palace can be procured, or to see the ‘other outsider’, who can be found at the Scultpure Museum. Withers asked about this man and from the description he is given realises that it is probably [[Alexander Roby]], He asks to be taken the the Sculpture Museum.

Crossing the canal through a tunnel, Saunders and Bartlett find themselves in an area of narrow winding residential streets. The catch a distant glimpse of what appears to be [[the Stranger]] from the play, head in his direction and eventually come upon the gardens surrounding the Sculpture Museum, where they encounter Withers and Noss, who have just arrived.

Poor Nathaniel Browne wanders Carcosa alone, unaware of any of this.

===The Sculpture Museum===

[[Noss]] leads the investigators towards the small white building at the centre of a garden full of many fantastic works of sculpture, including a medusa, a perfect simulacrum of a cypress tree standing beside its living twin and, immediately outside the entrance to the building, four creatures like [[the Springer Mound Monsters]] which turn out not to be statues at all, but the real thing, bound here for centuries.

A doorway leads to a concourse and a great stairway leading into the first of a network of great underground galleries. Noss leads the way past two enormous and beautiful dioramas of New York City, one current and one futuristic, through a gallery of thousands of whistles from many times and cultures, each similar in its own way to the cult's [[bone whistle]]s and via many other strange sights. In one gallery [[Andrew Saunders]] finds an unfinished clay man that reminds him of [[Nathaniel Browne]]. Eventually they discover a circular study hall.

Once inside, they find Roby, initially napping, but easily wakened and now apparently sane and rational, he greets [[Bartlett]] and is happy to discuss whats happening. He has brought Carcosa to Earth by writing it into being and now he can life here eternally. The city will remain on Earth for 4 more days before it leaves, taken with it all who remain. The rest of the cult are staying in the Palace, where they are enjoying the Queen's hospitality, but Roby wanted some solitude.

Noss tells them that Roby’s friends, lead by [[Edwards]] have been summoning creatures such as the one they saw in the woods - Roby recognises these as the Spawn of Hastur, and that a great flock of flying creatures, which Roby calls [[byakhee]] are also present. Roby realises Edwards is trying to call the King in Yellow, which is impossible in this place (Roby wrote a flaw into the city when he created it) and doing so will bring Hastur in a terrible form that’ll kill everyone. Roby decides to head the Palace to talk to Edwards – the others come with him.

===The Lake of Hali===

Roby leads everyone to the lakeside, where they are pleased to find [[Browne]] at the wharf. Across the Lake the roof of the palace is covered in hundreds of [[byakhee]], but nonetheless they find a boat and start throw across the lake. [[Noss]], unwilling to defile the palace with his presence, bids his farewell and stays ashore.

Halfway across a Spawn surfaces, dives under the boat and knocks it heavily, pitching [[Withers]] and [[Saunders]] into the Lake. They are able to grab onto oars and save themselves, and only [[Bartlett]] gets a clear view as the creature breaks the surface off the stern and dives back into the depths. An hour or so later the boat reaches the crowded palace wharf and the investigators enter the massive and complex Palace of Cassilda.

===In the Palace===

Inside the palace they travel through many halls and corridors, seeing occasional glimpses of revllers under they come across the corpse of a cook, his throat slashed, and [[Withers]] sees [[Coombes]] bloody knife in hand, fleeing the scene.

As the investigators move on through a long gallery, Coombes appears on a balcony high above the party and taunts them. Browne retorts in kind, reminding Coombes of his failure to protect Bacon. It appears that being here has sent Coombes over the edge and he is now using the palace as a private hunting ground.

A few rooms later a young noblewoman, [[Yolanda]] runs straight into [[Withers]]. She apologises but says that a tall man with a knife was chasing her. They here Coombes' footsteps hurrying away down the corridor. Yolanda asked the investigators where they are going, and offers to help them find the terrace where the visitors are performing their play - a play they are performing for the fourth consecutive evening. The investigators realise that time is unreliable here, as it should not yet be dark. The view through the windows, however, shows alien stars in a black sky.

Yolanda leads them to a room overlooking the terrace where [[Edwards]] and his friends are acting out a version of "[[the King in Yellow]]" for an audience of hundreds of strangely silent [[byakhee]]. As a part of the play Edwards is being repeatedly struck with a sword, blood flying everywhere, but his wounds heal almost instantly. Roby explains that he’s been able to do this since Springer Mound, and that he seems to like it. [[Saunders]] wants to use the [[Chime of Tezchaptl]] to interrupt the play, but Roby says this will bring the byakhee down on them – he is sure that [[Hastur]] is not coming just yet and wants a chance to talk to Edwards.

The investigators agree to wait, and watch as the play concludes and another Spawn is summoned from he waters of the Lake. Yolanda suggests everyone retire to her chambers. By now she's openly flirting with an extremely uncomfortable Withers.

===Tuesday December 11th - Roby's Plans===

[[Alexander Roby]] tells the others to get some rest – he needs to go and see [[Edwards]] alone. He leaves and returns an hour later, furious – Edwards means to go through with it and won’t listen to reason. Roby says he needs to consider the answer. A little later he asks to borrow a revolver, and is given one. [[Bartlett]] is instantly worried by his manner and does not allow him to leave the room.

“Sorry, Bartlett it’s the only way", Roby makes to shoot himself. Roby explains that if he dies, [[Carcosa]] will leave the Earth and Edwards’ plan will fail. There follows a tense scene where the investigators try to talk him out of suicide, which is finally resolved when they come up with an alternate plan. Roby can have the [[Chime of Tezchaptl]] and try to use that first. If it fails, suicide is still an option.

The rest of the day is spent waiting for the next performance of ‘The King in Yellow’ as Roby reads the [[Turner Codex]] so he can learn the usage of the Chime. As the time comes, Roby tells the investigators they cannot come with him, He’s told [[Yolanda]] how to get them out of Carcosa and he's asked her to take them immediately. If they don’t follow they will be trapped in Carcosa when it leaves Earth. Feeling guilty at leaving him to face his fate alone, but also feeling powerless to do otherwise, the investigators follow Yolanda through the palace to a garden containing a maze – she leads them inside, but Coombes has been following.

===Leaving Carcosa===

Within the maze, Yolanda loses her way and walks into an ambush. She is assaulted by Coombes, but his knife misses, grazing the ear of Withers instead as he pulls Yolanda down. Combes turns to flee and is winged by a shot from [[Withers]]' pistol, but vanishes into the maze.

At this point the howls of a thousand [[byakhee]] come from the Lake and the city begins to shake – Roby has succeeded. The investigators, realising they have little time, hurry to reach the centre of the maze, where a stone mosaic of the Yellow Sign is found.

[[Browne]] steps onto it and disappears, but [[Yolanda]] reveals she cannot follow. [[Withers]] steps through, then [[Saunders]] and [[Bartlett]] realise that if they go through, Yolanda will be trapped with Coombes. Bartlett, badly shaken, apologises and leaves. Saunders decides to leave her armed and hands his shotgun to Yolanda, as he tries to explain its use, Coombes arrives.

“Hello Andrew” he says, “ready to play with the big boys?” and he throws a knife in front of Saunders. Yolanda is staring at the gun in her hands, with no apparent idea of its function, so a knife fight starts. Unfortunately Coombes is very good, and Saunders isn’t. Saunders feels Coombes' sharp blade enter his side, falls back onto the mosaic and hears the blast of a gunshot just as he passes back into his own world.

===Mullardoch House===

The investigators find themselves in the enclosed kitchen garden of Mullardoch House as Carcosa shimmers and blinks out of existence around them. [[Saunders]] is badly hurt, so [[Withers]] and [[Browne]] enter the house to find a telephone. in the hall they find the hideously burned and twisted corpse of [[Edwards]], hurled back into this world when the energy of the spell was turned back on him by Roby's use of the Chime.

As Browne picks up the phone, Withers sees the corpse start to shift and transform, rising seconds later as a humanoid horror with boneless arms – matching the description of the Canal Monster (which they guess must have been [[Lawrence Bacon]], similarly resurrected). Withers fires several revolver shots at the thing with little visible effect and it closes on Browne, who is cornered.

Suddenly [[Bartlett]] rushes in with a garden fork and pins the Edwards thing to the wall. The suckers on the end of its boneless arm engulf the side of the Doctor’s head and half of Bartlett’s face is torn away just as Withers puts a well-aimed rifle bullet straight through its brain.

Edwards dies, for good this time, his corpse reverting to its former ruin.

Bartlett is saved from the brink of death by Withers’ first aid skills, and help is called for.

The investigators have been left with a warning from Roby. Unlike Edwards, Malcolm Quarrie knows what he’s doing. He plans to call the King in Yellow to Earth and must be found, and stopped. With Bartlett and Saunders seriously injured and hospitalised, and the authorities in search of explanations, Quarrie will have to wait.

Meanwhile, that very night, a dozen of the villagers' of Cannich die, in an echo of events in [[Clare Melford]]'s 'night of the curse'. There is a [http://unboundbook.org/wiki/images/5/5a/19_Newspaper_Article_on_Events_in_the_Highlands.pdf report] in the next day's newspaper

The investigators are taken to Inverness, two of them to hospital, two for questioning by the police. It is a long night for everyone involved.

Continue to [[Session 9]].

==Audio Recording==

Link to come...

Andrew Saunders

2017-06-19T00:39:37Z

Binder:

[[image:saunders.jpg|right]]

Andrew Saunders is 45 years old. He was born in Inverness, Scotland. Andrew is assistant curator of the [http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/departments/britain,_europe_and_prehistory.aspx early medieval gallery of the British Museum], specialising in Anglo-Saxon and Viking Britain. He is also a keen amateur cryptozoologist.

==Family==

'''Parents'''

Elaine Saunders and James Saunders. They used to live in Inverness, where Andrew was raised. They moved to Edinburgh when Andrew was about 12 years old. Both are alive and still living in Edinburgh. James, who is now retired, was a Professor of History at Edinburgh University.

'''Siblings '''

[[Hannah Keith]], married to [[George Keith]] - clerk. George is English. They have a 10 year old son, Robert.
Andrew is devoted to his sister and her family. Brother and sister are very close.

'''Wife'''

Andrew has a wife called Jennifer. They don't have any children. Andrew and Jennifer have been married for about 15 years. They live in Kensington.

==Passions==
Andrew has a passion for the study of the Loch Ness monster, a creature in whose existence he devoutly believes.

==Friends==

*[[Nathaniel Browne]]- an author. A good friend of Andrew's. They see each other on a regular basis.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkien John Tolkien] - a young professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College, Cambridge. Andrew corresponds with and sees John when he can. John, (who reads and speaks fluent Anglo-Saxon), introduced Andrew to Beowulf - his favourite Anglo-Saxon source.

*Richard Grant - a young archeological student who was introduced to Andrew by John. He is also at Pembroke College in Cambridge.

==Death==

Andrew was killed horribly. He refused to become the servant of the [[King in Yellow]] after touching his cloak. The king, furious at this refusal, began to spin at high speed, the tatters of his cloak cutting like knives. Saunders was torn to pieces before the eyes of his horrified friends.

==Secrets==

[[Andrew Saunders’ Secrets]]

==Spiritual Home==

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== Personal Log ==

Information and Clues

Nicola Bishop

2017-06-18T23:57:15Z

Binder:

[[Image:Evil Face.jpg|thumbnail|Evil Side|left]]
[[Image:False Face.jpg|thumbnail|False Face|right]]

Nicky is a ferocious demon from the planet Earth, who eats Cthulhu Old Ones for breakfast. Her innocuous alter ego lives in Ellerslie Auckland and eats muesli for breakfast (which tastes much nicer and doesn’t have the same calorie intake).

Tatters of the King

2016-09-21T22:48:49Z

Binder:

[http://www.unboundbook.org Return to the Unbound Publishing website]
[[Image:Tatters_Cover.gif|right]]
'''Tatters of the King'''[http://catalog.chaosium.com/product_info.php?products_id=773&osCsid=07f84f248e3a49f3cf6199ee7fbb6629] is a Call of Cthulhu campaign written by Tim Wiseman and published by [http://chaosium.com Chaosium] and which our role-playing group played. Play commenced on May 8th 2006 and ran until October 2nd 2006.

'''''Please note that this Wiki is an actual play record originally created for the players, and as such contains numerous campaign spoilers!'''''

==Setting==

The game is initially set in [http://www.yog-sothoth.com/docs/article-london-guide-1928.pdf London], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928 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 who engage in different pursuits - those who would see an inhuman power come to Earth such that it would make mundane activity seem like a last twitch before dying...

==Cast of Characters==
Tatters of the King is full of interesting and diverse characters, none more so than the Player Characters themselves!

===Keeper of Arcane Lore===

The Game Master is [[Mark Chiddicks]]

===[[Player Characters]]===

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* [[Nathaniel Browne]] - A failed writer, looking for his big story, played by [[Darryn Mercer]].
* [[Andrew Saunders]] (Deceased) - British Museum curator and proud Scot, played by [[Julia Blackmore]].
* [[Captain George Withers]] - Coldstream Guards. Career soldier. Played by [[Nicola Bishop]].
* '[[Umberto]]' (Deceased) - Mysterious former Vatican investigator. Played by [[Marcus Gustafsson]].
* [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] (Deceased) - Eminent research psychologist, played by [[Marcus Gustafsson]].

===Notable Non-Player Characters===

'''Prologue - Opening Night'''
* ''The Group'' - an amateur theatrical troupe:
** [[Michael Gillen]] - Retired publisher and amateur actor (Acquaintance of [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] and Estus's friend and companion).
** [[Hannah Keith]] - Amateur Actress (sister of [[Andrew Saunders]])
** [[George Keith]] - Amateur Actor (husband of [[Hannah Keith]])
** [[Walter Paige]] - Amateur Actor
** [[Jean Hewart]] - Amateur Actress
* [[Talbot Estus]] (deceased) - American novelist, now debuting as a playwright

'''Chapter One - The Madman'''

* [[Dr. Charles Highsmith]] - Asylum Superintendent
* [[Alexander Roby]] - Incarcerated Madman
* [[Lucius Harriwell]] - Incarcerated Madman
* [[Price and Evans]] - Asylum Nurses

'''Chapter Two - A Walk in the Park'''

* [[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]]
* [[Peter Morrison]] (deceased) - Abusive husband of Delia
* [[Vincent Tuck]] - Private Detective, hired by Grahame Roby
* [[Coombes| Michael Coombes]] (deceased?) - Sinister stalker, Bacon's ex-bodyguard

'''Chapter Three - Springer Mound & the Canal'''

* [[Harold Jennings]] (deceased) - Unfriendly Suffolk farmer
* [[Montague Edwards]] (deceased) - Alexander Roby's secret guardian
* [[Lawrence Bacon]] (deceased) - Antiquarian, occultist and sorcerer

'''Chapter Four - The Flight North'''

* [[Cec Watts]] (deceased) - Tabloid Journalist
* [[Henry Lister]] - Terrified cultist and necrophobe
* [[Aleister Crowley]] - Famed Occultist

'''Chapter Five - To Walk Upon the Earth in Carcosa'''

* [[Quentin Spence]] - Poet and Failed Cultist
* [[Noss]] of Yhtill - Leather worker from an alien world
* [[Yolanda]] - Noblewoman from [[Cassilda]]'s court

'''Chapter Six - Talk of Goatswood'''

* [[Wilfred Gresty]] (deceased) - Writer of letters and spy for the Goatswood cult

'''Chapter Seven - Nug's Farm'''

* [[Hillary Quarrie]] - Estranged wife of Malcolm and priestess of the Goat
* [[Atkinson]] (deceased) - Ailing leader of the Goatswood Shub-Niggurath cult

'''Chapter Eight - The Brothers of the Yellow Sign'''

* [[Paolo Tuminardo]] - Milanese Guide and young Fascist
* [[Giuseppe Colombo]] - Ancient, curmudgeonly Italian Brother of the Yellow Sign
* [[Thomas Villiers]] (deceased) - Insane artist and Brother of the Yellow Sign

'''Chapter Nine - The Viceroy of India'''

* [[Julian Knight]] - Minor diplomat and lounge lizard, en route to India
* [[Ian Gore| The Reverend Ian Gore]] - Missionary, en route to India
* [[Henrietta Tullis|Mrs Henrietta Tullis]] - Matronly figure, en route to India
* [[Stephen Thomas]] - Quiet, bookish man, en route to India
* [[Francesca Nicholson|Miss Francesca Nicholson]] - Bright young thing, en route to India
* [[Patricia Berry|Miss Patricia Berry]] - Quiet, shy young lady, en route to India

'''Chapter Ten - A Thousand Miles'''

* [[Sivakumar Patel]] - Guide and translator from Bombay
* [[Jigme Rinzing]] - Nepalese merchant/guide

'''Chapter Eleven - To Drakmar'''

* [[Tsewan Pemba]] - Tibetan Guide
* [[Carlo Schippone]] (deceased) - Graduate student and Himalayan adventurer

'''Chapter Twelve - The Upper House'''

* [[Ricardo Delnegro|Mayor Ricardo Delnegro]] (deceased) - ''Alpini'' officer and Himalayan adventurer
* [[Roberto Anzalone]] (deceased) - Professor of Asian History and Brother of the Yellow Sign
* [[Malcolm Quarrie]] (deceased) - Elusive scientist and occultist
* [[The King in Yellow]] - Beautiful, yet terrible, alien god

==Literary Works==
[[Image:mask.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The Masque of Yhtill]]
Works of Fiction and Fact as found in on the journeys of our intrepid Investigators.

*[[Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger]] - a fantasy in two acts, [http://unboundbook.org/wiki/images/6/67/CARCOSA.pdf script] by [[Talbot Estus]]
* [[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]
* [[Le Roi en Jeune]] - a rare French play, playwright anonymous
* [[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]]
* [[British Gods]] - Religion and Myth in the Western Kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon Britain - by [[Malcolm Quarrie]]
* [[The Turner Codex]] - A translation of Mesoamerican prayers and libations to Hastur - trans. M. Turner ''et al''
* [[The Tatters of the King]] - A book of short stories by [[Nathaniel Browne]]
* [[The Revelations of Glaaki]] - The Goatswood cult's compilation of occult knowledge

==Locations==
Places of wonder and terror. Haunts of the Yellow King and other locales of interest.

* [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
* [[Loch Mullardoch]], near Inverness, Scotland
* [[Carcosa]], a dream city made flesh
* [[Goatswood]], an area of the Severn Valley in Gloucestershire
* [[Nug's Farm]], Hillary Quarrie's home, in the Goatswood region
* [[Milan]], Lombardy, Italy
* [[The Viceroy of India]] - Modern P&O passenger liner, en route to India
* [[India]], the gateway to Nepal
* [[Bombay]], port of entry to India
* [[Nepal]], mountain kingdom, closed to Westerners
* [[Mustang]], a small kingdom in Northern Nepal
* [[Drakmar]], in Mustang, the legendary site of the death of the ogress Balmo
* [[Leng]], legendary icy plateau - not on this Earth
* [[The Upper House]], labyrinthine alien structure, found in Leng

==Sessions==

The Monday Night Players' run through of ''Tatters of the King'' was completed over 16 fun and exiting gaming sessions. As each lasted anywhere between and hour and a half and three hours, the campaign took over 30 hours of game time to finish.

* [[Session 1]] - Opening Night
* [[Session 1.5]] - The Madman
* [[Session 2]] - The Plot Thickens
* [[Session 3]] - Alexander's Friends
* [[Session 4]] - Teeth of Winter
* [[Session 5]] - Four Go Mad in London
* [[Session 6]] - Death by Night, Death by Day
* [[Session 7]] - Missing Persons
* [[Session 8]] - To Walk Upon the Earth in Carcosa
* [[Session 9]] - Aftermath - a Year in the Lives...
* [[Session 10]] - Nug's Farm, or "Are You Local?"
* [[Session 11]] - Il Fratelli di Signo Giallo
* [[Session 12]] - The Viceroy of India, or "May I Have This Dance?"
* [[Session 13]] - A Matter of Honour
* [[Session 14]] - The Trail of the Pilgrims
* [[Session 15]] - Drakmar and Beyond
* [[Session 16]] - The King Steps Down
* [[Aftermath]] - Forever Wondering

==Collected Audio Recordings==

The audio for all of the sixteen sessions that were recorded are collected here.

* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/unboundbook-Tatter-of-the-King-Session-1.mp3 Session 1 - Opening Night] - Total Size : 28 Meg (Note: This recording is quite quiet and has some quality issues.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Two.mp3 Session 2 - The Plot Thickens] - Total Size : 30 Meg (Note: This recording has some quality issues.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Three.mp3 Session 3 - Alexander's Friends] - Total Size : 32 Meg (Note: This recording has some quality issues.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Four.mp3 Session 4 - Teeth of Winter] - Total Size : 30 Meg (Note: recordings from now are much better quality, although this one has considerable edits as the group gets regularly sidetracked on various non-gaming subjects.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Five.mp3 Session 5 - Four Go Mad in London] - Total Size : 39 Meg

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 Call of Cthulhu campaign written by Tim Wiseman and published by [http://chaosium.com Chaosium] and which our role-playing group played. Play commenced on May 8th 2006 and ran until October 2nd 2006.

'''''Please note that this Wiki is an actual play record originally created for the players, and as such contains numerous campaign spoilers!'''''

==Setting==

The game is initially set in [http://www.yog-sothoth.com/docs/article-london-guide-1928.pdf London], [http://www.unboundbook.org/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 who engage in different pursuits - those who would see an inhuman power come to Earth such that it would make mundane activity seem like a last twitch before dying...

==Cast of Characters==
Tatters of the King is full of interesting and diverse characters, none more so than the Player Characters themselves!

===Keeper of Arcane Lore===

The Game Master is [[Mark Chiddicks]]

===[[Player Characters]]===

[[image:crew2.jpg|right|200px]]

* [[Nathaniel Browne]] - A failed writer, looking for his big story, played by [[Darryn Mercer]].
* [[Andrew Saunders]] (Deceased) - British Museum curator and proud Scot, played by [[Julia Blackmore]].
* [[Captain George Withers]] - Coldstream Guards. Career soldier. Played by [[Nicola Bishop]].
* '[[Umberto]]' (Deceased) - Mysterious former Vatican investigator. Played by [[Marcus Gustafsson]].
* [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] (Deceased) - Eminent research psychologist, played by [[Marcus Gustafsson]].

===Notable Non-Player Characters===

'''Prologue - Opening Night'''
* ''The Group'' - an amateur theatrical troupe:
** [[Michael Gillen]] - Retired publisher and amateur actor (Acquaintance of [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] and Estus's friend and companion).
** [[Hannah Keith]] - Amateur Actress (sister of [[Andrew Saunders]])
** [[George Keith]] - Amateur Actor (husband of [[Hannah Keith]])
** [[Walter Paige]] - Amateur Actor
** [[Jean Hewart]] - Amateur Actress
* [[Talbot Estus]] (deceased) - American novelist, now debuting as a playwright

'''Chapter One - The Madman'''

* [[Dr. Charles Highsmith]] - Asylum Superintendent
* [[Alexander Roby]] - Incarcerated Madman
* [[Lucius Harriwell]] - Incarcerated Madman
* [[Price and Evans]] - Asylum Nurses

'''Chapter Two - A Walk in the Park'''

* [[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]]
* [[Peter Morrison]] (deceased) - Abusive husband of Delia
* [[Vincent Tuck]] - Private Detective, hired by Grahame Roby
* [[Coombes| Michael Coombes]] (deceased?) - Sinister stalker, Bacon's ex-bodyguard

'''Chapter Three - Springer Mound & the Canal'''

* [[Harold Jennings]] (deceased) - Unfriendly Suffolk farmer
* [[Montague Edwards]] (deceased) - Alexander Roby's secret guardian
* [[Lawrence Bacon]] (deceased) - Antiquarian, occultist and sorcerer

'''Chapter Four - The Flight North'''

* [[Cec Watts]] (deceased) - Tabloid Journalist
* [[Henry Lister]] - Terrified cultist and necrophobe
* [[Aleister Crowley]] - Famed Occultist

'''Chapter Five - To Walk Upon the Earth in Carcosa'''

* [[Quentin Spence]] - Poet and Failed Cultist
* [[Noss]] of Yhtill - Leather worker from an alien world
* [[Yolanda]] - Noblewoman from [[Cassilda]]'s court

'''Chapter Six - Talk of Goatswood'''

* [[Wilfred Gresty]] (deceased) - Writer of letters and spy for the Goatswood cult

'''Chapter Seven - Nug's Farm'''

* [[Hillary Quarrie]] - Estranged wife of Malcolm and priestess of the Goat
* [[Atkinson]] (deceased) - Ailing leader of the Goatswood Shub-Niggurath cult

'''Chapter Eight - The Brothers of the Yellow Sign'''

* [[Paolo Tuminardo]] - Milanese Guide and young Fascist
* [[Giuseppe Colombo]] - Ancient, curmudgeonly Italian Brother of the Yellow Sign
* [[Thomas Villiers]] (deceased) - Insane artist and Brother of the Yellow Sign

'''Chapter Nine - The Viceroy of India'''

* [[Julian Knight]] - Minor diplomat and lounge lizard, en route to India
* [[Ian Gore| The Reverend Ian Gore]] - Missionary, en route to India
* [[Henrietta Tullis|Mrs Henrietta Tullis]] - Matronly figure, en route to India
* [[Stephen Thomas]] - Quiet, bookish man, en route to India
* [[Francesca Nicholson|Miss Francesca Nicholson]] - Bright young thing, en route to India
* [[Patricia Berry|Miss Patricia Berry]] - Quiet, shy young lady, en route to India

'''Chapter Ten - A Thousand Miles'''

* [[Sivakumar Patel]] - Guide and translator from Bombay
* [[Jigme Rinzing]] - Nepalese merchant/guide

'''Chapter Eleven - To Drakmar'''

* [[Tsewan Pemba]] - Tibetan Guide
* [[Carlo Schippone]] (deceased) - Graduate student and Himalayan adventurer

'''Chapter Twelve - The Upper House'''

* [[Ricardo Delnegro|Mayor Ricardo Delnegro]] (deceased) - ''Alpini'' officer and Himalayan adventurer
* [[Roberto Anzalone]] (deceased) - Professor of Asian History and Brother of the Yellow Sign
* [[Malcolm Quarrie]] (deceased) - Elusive scientist and occultist
* [[The King in Yellow]] - Beautiful, yet terrible, alien god

==Literary Works==
[[Image:mask.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The Masque of Yhtill]]
Works of Fiction and Fact as found in on the journeys of our intrepid Investigators.

*[[Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger]] - a fantasy in two acts, [http://unboundbook.org/wiki/images/6/67/CARCOSA.pdf script] by [[Talbot Estus]]
* [[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]
* [[Le Roi en Jeune]] - a rare French play, playwright anonymous
* [[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]]
* [[British Gods]] - Religion and Myth in the Western Kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon Britain - by [[Malcolm Quarrie]]
* [[The Turner Codex]] - A translation of Mesoamerican prayers and libations to Hastur - trans. M. Turner ''et al''
* [[The Tatters of the King]] - A book of short stories by [[Nathaniel Browne]]
* [[The Revelations of Glaaki]] - The Goatswood cult's compilation of occult knowledge

==Locations==
Places of wonder and terror. Haunts of the Yellow King and other locales of interest.

* [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
* [[Loch Mullardoch]], near Inverness, Scotland
* [[Carcosa]], a dream city made flesh
* [[Goatswood]], an area of the Severn Valley in Gloucestershire
* [[Nug's Farm]], Hillary Quarrie's home, in the Goatswood region
* [[Milan]], Lombardy, Italy
* [[The Viceroy of India]] - Modern P&O passenger liner, en route to India
* [[India]], the gateway to Nepal
* [[Bombay]], port of entry to India
* [[Nepal]], mountain kingdom, closed to Westerners
* [[Mustang]], a small kingdom in Northern Nepal
* [[Drakmar]], in Mustang, the legendary site of the death of the ogress Balmo
* [[Leng]], legendary icy plateau - not on this Earth
* [[The Upper House]], labyrinthine alien structure, found in Leng

==Sessions==

The Monday Night Players' run through of ''Tatters of the King'' was completed over 16 fun and exiting gaming sessions. As each lasted anywhere between and hour and a half and three hours, the campaign took over 30 hours of game time to finish.

* [[Session 1]] - Opening Night
* [[Session 1.5]] - The Madman
* [[Session 2]] - The Plot Thickens
* [[Session 3]] - Alexander's Friends
* [[Session 4]] - Teeth of Winter
* [[Session 5]] - Four Go Mad in London
* [[Session 6]] - Death by Night, Death by Day
* [[Session 7]] - Missing Persons
* [[Session 8]] - To Walk Upon the Earth in Carcosa
* [[Session 9]] - Aftermath - a Year in the Lives...
* [[Session 10]] - Nug's Farm, or "Are You Local?"
* [[Session 11]] - Il Fratelli di Signo Giallo
* [[Session 12]] - The Viceroy of India, or "May I Have This Dance?"
* [[Session 13]] - A Matter of Honour
* [[Session 14]] - The Trail of the Pilgrims
* [[Session 15]] - Drakmar and Beyond
* [[Session 16]] - The King Steps Down
* [[Aftermath]] - Forever Wondering

==Collected Audio Recordings==

The audio for all of the sixteen sessions that were recorded are collected here.

* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/unboundbook-Tatter-of-the-King-Session-1.mp3 Session 1 - Opening Night] - Total Size : 28 Meg (Note: This recording is quite quiet and has some quality issues.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Two.mp3 Session 2 - The Plot Thickens] - Total Size : 30 Meg (Note: This recording has some quality issues.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Three.mp3 Session 3 - Alexander's Friends] - Total Size : 32 Meg (Note: This recording has some quality issues.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Four.mp3 Session 4 - Teeth of Winter] - Total Size : 30 Meg (Note: recordings from now are much better quality, although this one has considerable edits as the group gets regularly sidetracked on various non-gaming subjects.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Five.mp3 Session 5 - Four Go Mad in London] - Total Size : 39 Meg

Session 1

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==Session Report - Played Monday 8th May 2006==

===October 17th 1928===

[[Image:scala.jpg|right]]
[[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]], a research psychologist, is invited by former patient [[Michael Gillen]] to see the premiere of the play [[Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger]] at the [[Scala Theatre]] on Charlotte Street, and to make an informal assessment of the mental state of playwright [[Talbot Estus]], Gillen’s companion and housemate. Bartlett offers his second ticket to his friend [[Captain George Withers]], a career army man. Before the performance, while sitting in the bar, they meet [[Andrew Saunders]]. Saunders, a museum curator with a special interest in mythology, is an acquaintance and former patient (after a very strange experience on a train journey) of Doctor Bartlett. Saunders' sister [[Hannah Keith]] is starring in the [[play]], and he has invited his friend [[Nathaniel Browne]], with whom he shared the aforementioned train journey. Nathaniel, an author, is very enthusiastic about seeing this new play by the noted novellist, [[Talbot Estus]].

Watching the [[play]], the PCs observe that the audience is reacting strangely to the performance. Gasps of horror, surprise and even laughter are expressed at points in the performance that seem wholly inappropriate.

During the intermission between the two acts, Nathaniel reveals that the play is affecting him deeply, especially the appearance of the [[Yellow Sign]]. Similarly Andrew admits to being affected, though not as much. Captain Withers seems unimpressed, and Doctor Bartlett seems more interested in the audience's reaction to the play than the play itself. While they are talking, the group overhears a couple talking heatedly about the play, with the woman insisting she saw things which the husband disputes were there at all. Nathaniel is also puzzled that he saw two people get up and leave in the middle of the performance whereas the others saw no such thing.

Many of the patrons do not return for the second act.

The PCs watch the second act during which the emotions of the crowd appear to become more intense, culminating in a near riot at the end of the [[play]]. Some people cry out and others scream. Nathaniel is left crying uncontrollably, while the man on his left punches his wife and grabs Nathaniel. Fortunately Captain Withers, mystified rather than affected by the performance and rendered furious by the assault on the lady, remains clear-headed enough to save Browne from his assailant. Someone sets off the fire alarm and there is a stampede toward the exits before the ushers restore order.

Partly to avoid the police, who have arrived in the wake of the riot, the four companions go to the after-play reception and meet with the cast, who are largely unaware of any untoward incident. [[Browne]] meets [[Talbot Estus]] and discusses the play, which has inspired him, and its meaning with great fervour. [[Saunders]] discovers that his sister, [[Hannah Keith]] has been dreaming of [[Carcosa]] and seems to find the [[play]] disturbing, as does young [[Jean Hewart]]. [[Michael Gillen]] tells [[Doctor Bartlett]] that [[Talbot Estus]] seems to have a fear of the stars, as well as a mania for the [[play]], which he is attempting to novelise.

The reception breaks up after Estus has a heated exchange with the [[Scala Theatre]]'s manager, who is pulling the plug on the production because of the riot. Arrangements are made by the new acquaintances to meet for lunch at the weekend.

===October 18th & 19th 1928===

[[Nathaniel Browne]] dreams several times of playing in a discordant orchestra, with a picture of the [[Yellow Sign]] instead of music. Researching the play’s origins he discovers the works of [[Robert W Chambers]] and that multiple plays of the same name appear to have existed in the past. He starts to write stories featuring elements from the play.

[[Andrew Saunders]] dreams several times of confronting an armed doppelganger of himself in a [[Carcosa]]n Palace, and arranges to see his sister after the lunch with his friends.

[[Captain George Withers]] thinks little of the play until he encounters a landscape of [[Carcosa]] during a regimental function at a gallery.

[[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] also thinks little of it, but does notice the [[Yellow Sign]] in a piece of London graffiti that says “The King will change London”. He also discusses [[Talbot Estus]] with [[Michael Gillen]], but states there’s little he can do if Estus is unwilling to see him.

===October 20th 1928===

The four new friends meet for lunch at Overton’s Oyster House. The play is discussed. [[Nathaniel Browne]], given a script by [[Talbot Estus]], has discovered that the play as performed does not match the [http://unboundbook.org/wiki/images/6/67/CARCOSA.pdf script] that Estus wrote. [[Andrew Saunders]] agrees to mention this to his sister, [[Hannah Keith]].

At tea, Saunders discovers that both his sister and her husband have identical scripts to Browne's, and claim to have performed the play as written.

Meanwhile, [[Dr Bartlett]] receives an intriguing letter from an asylum superindendent in Herefordshire…

Continue to [[Session 1.5]].

==Audio Recording==

Session 1 - Total Running Time : 1h 40m (49 Meg)

[http://www.unboundbook.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/unboundbook-Tatter-of-the-King-Session-1.mp3 Opening Night] - Note: This recording is quite quiet and has some quality issues.

Session 1

2015-11-06T03:31:30Z

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==Session Report - Played Monday 8th May 2006==

===October 17th 1928===

[[Image:scala.jpg|right]]
[[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]], a research psychologist, is invited by former patient [[Michael Gillen]] to see the premiere of the play [[Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger]] at the [[Scala Theatre]] on Charlotte Street, and to make an informal assessment of the mental state of playwright [[Talbot Estus]], Gillen’s companion and housemate. Bartlett offers his second ticket to his friend [[Captain George Withers]], a career army man. Before the performance, while sitting in the bar, they meet [[Andrew Saunders]]. Saunders, a museum curator with a special interest in mythology, is an acquaintance and former patient (after a very strange experience on a train journey) of Doctor Bartlett. Saunders' sister [[Hannah Keith]] is starring in the [[play]], and he has invited his friend [[Nathaniel Browne]], with whom he shared the aforementioned train journey. Nathaniel, an author, is very enthusiastic about seeing this new play by the noted novellist, [[Talbot Estus]].

Watching the [[play]], the PCs observe that the audience is reacting strangely to the performance. Gasps of horror, surprise and even laughter are expressed at points in the performance that seem wholly inappropriate.

During the intermission between the two acts, Nathaniel reveals that the play is affecting him deeply, especially the appearance of the [[Yellow Sign]]. Similarly Andrew admits to being affected, though not as much. Captain Withers seems unimpressed, and Doctor Bartlett seems more interested in the audience's reaction to the play than the play itself. While they are talking, the group overhears a couple talking heatedly about the play, with the woman insisting she saw things which the husband disputes were there at all. Nathaniel is also puzzled that he saw two people get up and leave in the middle of the performance whereas the others saw no such thing.

Many of the patrons do not return for the second act.

The PCs watch the second act during which the emotions of the crowd appear to become more intense, culminating in a near riot at the end of the [[play]]. Some people cry out and others scream. Nathaniel is left crying uncontrollably, while the man on his left punches his wife and grabs Nathaniel. Fortunately Captain Withers, mystified rather than affected by the performance and rendered furious by the assault on the lady, remains clear-headed enough to save Browne from his assailant. Someone sets off the fire alarm and there is a stampede toward the exits before the ushers restore order.

Partly to avoid the police, who have arrived in the wake of the riot, the four companions go to the after-play reception and meet with the cast, who are largely unaware of any untoward incident. [[Browne]] meets [[Talbot Estus]] and discusses the play, which has inspired him, and its meaning with great fervour. [[Saunders]] discovers that his sister, [[Hannah Keith]] has been dreaming of [[Carcosa]] and seems to find the [[play]] disturbing, as does young [[Jean Hewart]]. [[Michael Gillen]] tells [[Doctor Bartlett]] that [[Talbot Estus]] seems to have a fear of the stars, as well as a mania for the [[play]], which he is attempting to novelise.

The reception breaks up after Estus has a heated exchange with the [[Scala Theatre]]'s manager, who is pulling the plug on the production because of the riot. Arrangements are made by the new acquaintances to meet for lunch at the weekend.

===October 18th & 19th 1928===

[[Nathaniel Browne]] dreams several times of playing in a discordant orchestra, with a picture of the [[Yellow Sign]] instead of music. Researching the play’s origins he discovers the works of [[Robert W Chambers]] and that multiple plays of the same name appear to have existed in the past. He starts to write stories featuring elements from the play.

[[Andrew Saunders]] dreams several times of confronting an armed doppelganger of himself in a [[Carcosa]]n Palace, and arranges to see his sister after the lunch with his friends.

[[Captain George Withers]] thinks little of the play until he encounters a landscape of [[Carcosa]] during a regimental function at a gallery.

[[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] also thinks little of it, but does notice the [[Yellow Sign]] in a piece of London graffiti that says “The King will change London”. He also discusses [[Talbot Estus]] with [[Michael Gillen]], but states there’s little he can do if Estus is unwilling to see him.

===October 20th 1928===

The four new friends meet for lunch at Overton’s Oyster House. The play is discussed. [[Nathaniel Browne]], given a script by [[Talbot Estus]], has discovered that the play as performed does not match the [http://unboundbook.org/wiki/images/6/67/CARCOSA.pdf script] that Estus wrote. [[Andrew Saunders]] agrees to mention this to his sister, [[Hannah Keith]].

At tea, Saunders discovers that both his sister and her husband have identical scripts to Browne's, and claim to have performed the play as written.

Meanwhile, [[Dr Bartlett]] receives an intriguing letter from an asylum superindendent in Herefordshire…

Continue to [[Session 1.5]].

==Audio Recording==

Session 1 - Total Running Time : 1h 40m (28 Meg)

[http://www.unboundbook.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/unboundbook-Tatter-of-the-King-Session-1.mp3 Opening Night] - Note: This recording is quite quiet and has some quality issues.

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 Call of Cthulhu campaign written by Tim Wiseman and published by [http://chaosium.com Chaosium] and which our role-playing group played. Play commenced on May 8th 2006 and ran until October 2nd 2006.

'''''Please note that this Wiki is an actual play record originally created for the players, and as such contains numerous campaign spoilers!'''''

==Guest Book==

Add your comments here in the [[Guest Book]].

==Setting==

The game is initially set in [http://www.yog-sothoth.com/docs/article-london-guide-1928.pdf London], [http://www.unboundbook.org/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 who engage in different pursuits - those who would see an inhuman power come to Earth such that it would make mundane activity seem like a last twitch before dying...

==Cast of Characters==
Tatters of the King is full of interesting and diverse characters, none more so than the Player Characters themselves!

===Keeper of Arcane Lore===

The Game Master is [[Mark Chiddicks]]

===[[Player Characters]]===

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* [[Nathaniel Browne]] - A failed writer, looking for his big story, played by [[Darryn Mercer]].
* [[Andrew Saunders]] (Deceased) - British Museum curator and proud Scot, played by [[Julia Blackmore]].
* [[Captain George Withers]] - Coldstream Guards. Career soldier. Played by [[Nicola Bishop]].
* '[[Umberto]]' (Deceased) - Mysterious former Vatican investigator. Played by [[Marcus Gustafsson]].
* [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] (Deceased) - Eminent research psychologist, played by [[Marcus Gustafsson]].

===Notable Non-Player Characters===

'''Prologue - Opening Night'''
* ''The Group'' - an amateur theatrical troupe:
** [[Michael Gillen]] - Retired publisher and amateur actor (Acquaintance of [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] and Estus's friend and companion).
** [[Hannah Keith]] - Amateur Actress (sister of [[Andrew Saunders]])
** [[George Keith]] - Amateur Actor (husband of [[Hannah Keith]])
** [[Walter Paige]] - Amateur Actor
** [[Jean Hewart]] - Amateur Actress
* [[Talbot Estus]] (deceased) - American novelist, now debuting as a playwright

'''Chapter One - The Madman'''

* [[Dr. Charles Highsmith]] - Asylum Superintendent
* [[Alexander Roby]] - Incarcerated Madman
* [[Lucius Harriwell]] - Incarcerated Madman
* [[Price and Evans]] - Asylum Nurses

'''Chapter Two - A Walk in the Park'''

* [[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]]
* [[Peter Morrison]] (deceased) - Abusive husband of Delia
* [[Vincent Tuck]] - Private Detective, hired by Grahame Roby
* [[Coombes| Michael Coombes]] (deceased?) - Sinister stalker, Bacon's ex-bodyguard

'''Chapter Three - Springer Mound & the Canal'''

* [[Harold Jennings]] (deceased) - Unfriendly Suffolk farmer
* [[Montague Edwards]] (deceased) - Alexander Roby's secret guardian
* [[Lawrence Bacon]] (deceased) - Antiquarian, occultist and sorcerer

'''Chapter Four - The Flight North'''

* [[Cec Watts]] (deceased) - Tabloid Journalist
* [[Henry Lister]] - Terrified cultist and necrophobe
* [[Aleister Crowley]] - Famed Occultist

'''Chapter Five - To Walk Upon the Earth in Carcosa'''

* [[Quentin Spence]] - Poet and Failed Cultist
* [[Noss]] of Yhtill - Leather worker from an alien world
* [[Yolanda]] - Noblewoman from [[Cassilda]]'s court

'''Chapter Six - Talk of Goatswood'''

* [[Wilfred Gresty]] (deceased) - Writer of letters and spy for the Goatswood cult

'''Chapter Seven - Nug's Farm'''

* [[Hillary Quarrie]] - Estranged wife of Malcolm and priestess of the Goat
* [[Atkinson]] (deceased) - Ailing leader of the Goatswood Shub-Niggurath cult

'''Chapter Eight - The Brothers of the Yellow Sign'''

* [[Paolo Tuminardo]] - Milanese Guide and young Fascist
* [[Giuseppe Colombo]] - Ancient, curmudgeonly Italian Brother of the Yellow Sign
* [[Thomas Villiers]] (deceased) - Insane artist and Brother of the Yellow Sign

'''Chapter Nine - The Viceroy of India'''

* [[Julian Knight]] - Minor diplomat and lounge lizard, en route to India
* [[Ian Gore| The Reverend Ian Gore]] - Missionary, en route to India
* [[Henrietta Tullis|Mrs Henrietta Tullis]] - Matronly figure, en route to India
* [[Stephen Thomas]] - Quiet, bookish man, en route to India
* [[Francesca Nicholson|Miss Francesca Nicholson]] - Bright young thing, en route to India
* [[Patricia Berry|Miss Patricia Berry]] - Quiet, shy young lady, en route to India

'''Chapter Ten - A Thousand Miles'''

* [[Sivakumar Patel]] - Guide and translator from Bombay
* [[Jigme Rinzing]] - Nepalese merchant/guide

'''Chapter Eleven - To Drakmar'''

* [[Tsewan Pemba]] - Tibetan Guide
* [[Carlo Schippone]] (deceased) - Graduate student and Himalayan adventurer

'''Chapter Twelve - The Upper House'''

* [[Ricardo Delnegro|Mayor Ricardo Delnegro]] (deceased) - ''Alpini'' officer and Himalayan adventurer
* [[Roberto Anzalone]] (deceased) - Professor of Asian History and Brother of the Yellow Sign
* [[Malcolm Quarrie]] (deceased) - Elusive scientist and occultist
* [[The King in Yellow]] - Beautiful, yet terrible, alien god

==Literary Works==
[[Image:mask.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The Masque of Yhtill]]
Works of Fiction and Fact as found in on the journeys of our intrepid Investigators.

*[[Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger]] - a fantasy in two acts, [http://unboundbook.org/wiki/images/6/67/CARCOSA.pdf script] by [[Talbot Estus]]
* [[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]
* [[Le Roi en Jeune]] - a rare French play, playwright anonymous
* [[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]]
* [[British Gods]] - Religion and Myth in the Western Kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon Britain - by [[Malcolm Quarrie]]
* [[The Turner Codex]] - A translation of Mesoamerican prayers and libations to Hastur - trans. M. Turner ''et al''
* [[The Tatters of the King]] - A book of short stories by [[Nathaniel Browne]]
* [[The Revelations of Glaaki]] - The Goatswood cult's compilation of occult knowledge

==Locations==
Places of wonder and terror. Haunts of the Yellow King and other locales of interest.

* [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
* [[Loch Mullardoch]], near Inverness, Scotland
* [[Carcosa]], a dream city made flesh
* [[Goatswood]], an area of the Severn Valley in Gloucestershire
* [[Nug's Farm]], Hillary Quarrie's home, in the Goatswood region
* [[Milan]], Lombardy, Italy
* [[The Viceroy of India]] - Modern P&O passenger liner, en route to India
* [[India]], the gateway to Nepal
* [[Bombay]], port of entry to India
* [[Nepal]], mountain kingdom, closed to Westerners
* [[Mustang]], a small kingdom in Northern Nepal
* [[Drakmar]], in Mustang, the legendary site of the death of the ogress Balmo
* [[Leng]], legendary icy plateau - not on this Earth
* [[The Upper House]], labyrinthine alien structure, found in Leng

==Sessions==

The Monday Night Players' run through of ''Tatters of the King'' was completed over 16 fun and exiting gaming sessions. As each lasted anywhere between and hour and a half and three hours, the campaign took over 30 hours of game time to finish.

* [[Session 1]] - Opening Night
* [[Session 1.5]] - The Madman
* [[Session 2]] - The Plot Thickens
* [[Session 3]] - Alexander's Friends
* [[Session 4]] - Teeth of Winter
* [[Session 5]] - Four Go Mad in London
* [[Session 6]] - Death by Night, Death by Day
* [[Session 7]] - Missing Persons
* [[Session 8]] - To Walk Upon the Earth in Carcosa
* [[Session 9]] - Aftermath - a Year in the Lives...
* [[Session 10]] - Nug's Farm, or "Are You Local?"
* [[Session 11]] - Il Fratelli di Signo Giallo
* [[Session 12]] - The Viceroy of India, or "May I Have This Dance?"
* [[Session 13]] - A Matter of Honour
* [[Session 14]] - The Trail of the Pilgrims
* [[Session 15]] - Drakmar and Beyond
* [[Session 16]] - The King Steps Down
* [[Aftermath]] - Forever Wondering

==Collected Audio Recordings==

The audio for all of the sixteen sessions that were recorded are collected here.

* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/unboundbook-Tatter-of-the-King-Session-1.mp3 Session 1 - Opening Night] - Total Size : 28 Meg (Note: This recording is quite quiet and has some quality issues.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Two.mp3 Session 2 - The Plot Thickens] - Total Size : 30 Meg (Note: This recording has some quality issues.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Three.mp3 Session 3 - Alexander's Friends] - Total Size : 32 Meg (Note: This recording has some quality issues.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Four.mp3 Session 4 - Teeth of Winter] - Total Size : 30 Meg (Note: recordings from now are much better quality, although this one has considerable edits as the group gets regularly sidetracked on various non-gaming subjects.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Five.mp3 Session 5 - Four Go Mad in London] - Total Size : 39 Meg

The Upper House

2012-12-28T03:42:39Z

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The Upper House sits in the middle of the plateau of [[Leng]]. From the outside it appears as a low flat stone building with sloping walls and a single large entrance. It is surrounded by a circle of widely-spaced, featureless obelisks. The House is a midpoint between [[Aldebaran]] and Earth, and is the closest to our world that the King in Yellow can come without aid.

On the inside, however, the House is a vast, impossible labyrinth of corridors and chambers that constantly circles back on itself in ways that defy geometry. Stairs that have been climbed for many minutes end up in the same chamber they started in, rooms appear different when reached a second time, corrodors twist and widen and narrow unpredictably. Many of the walls are painted with scenes of alien cities, races and wars.

The investigators came to the Upper House with [[Malcolm Quarrie]] and it was here that [[Umberto]] chose to murder him to prevent him from bringing the King to Earth. After wandering the halls of the Upper House for at least 2 days, the investigators followed the sound of pipes to a high open plaza where [[the King in Yellow]] stepped down from Aldebaran through a magical gate between 2 great pillars.

Andrew Saunders

2012-12-28T03:39:32Z

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Andrew Saunders is 45 years old. He was born in Inverness, Scotland. Andrew is assistant curator of the [http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/pe/g41.html early medieval gallery of the British Museum], specialising in Anglo-Saxon and Viking Britain. He is also a keen amateur cryptozoologist.

==Family==

'''Parents'''

Elaine Saunders and James Saunders. They used to live in Inverness, where Andrew was raised. They moved to Edinburgh when Andrew was about 12 years old. Both are alive and still living in Edinburgh. James, who is now retired, was a Professor of History at Edinburgh University.

'''Siblings '''

[[Hannah Keith]], married to [[George Keith]] - clerk. George is English. They have a 10 year old son, Robert.
Andrew is devoted to his sister and her family. Brother and sister are very close.

'''Wife'''

Andrew has a wife called Jennifer. They don't have any children. Andrew and Jennifer have been married for about 15 years. They live in Kensington.

==Passions==
Andrew has a passion for the study of the Loch Ness monster, a creature in whose existence he devoutly believes.

==Friends==

*[[Nathaniel Browne]]- an author. A good friend of Andrew's. They see each other on a regular basis.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkien John Tolkien] - a young professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College, Cambridge. Andrew corresponds with and sees John when he can. John, (who reads and speaks fluent Anglo-Saxon), introduced Andrew to Beowulf - his favourite Anglo-Saxon source.

*Richard Grant - a young archeological student who was introduced to Andrew by John. He is also at Pembroke College in Cambridge.

==Death==

Andrew was killed horribly. He refused to become the servant of the [[King in Yellow]] after touching his cloak. The king, furious at this refusal, began to spin at high speed, the tatters of his cloak cutting like knives. Saunders was torn to pieces before the eyes of his horrified friends.

==Secrets==

[[Andrew Saunders’ Secrets]]

==Spiritual Home==

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== Personal Log ==

Information and Clues

Andrew Saunders

2012-12-28T03:39:11Z

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Andrew Saunders is 45 years old. He was born in Inverness, Scotland. Andrew is assistant curator of the [http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/pe/g41.html early medieval gallery of the British Museum], specialising in Anglo-Saxon and Viking Britain. He is also a keen amateur cryptozoologist.

==Family==

'''Parents'''

Elaine Saunders and James Saunders. They used to live in Inverness, where Andrew was raised. They moved to Edinburgh when Andrew was about 12 years old. Both are alive and still living in Edinburgh. James, who is now retired, was a Professor of History at Edinburgh University.

'''Siblings '''

[[Hannah Keith]], married to [[George Keith]] - clerk. George is English. They have a 10 year old son, Robert.
Andrew is devoted to his sister and her family. Brother and sister are very close.

'''Wife'''

Andrew has a wife called Jennifer. They don't have any children. Andrew and Jennifer have been married for about 15 years. They live in Kensington.

==Passions==
Andrew has a passion for the study of the Loch Ness monster, a creature in whose existence he devoutly believes.

==Friends==

*[[Nathaniel Browne]]- an author. A good friend of Andrew's. They see each other on a regular basis.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkien John Tolkien] - a young professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College, Cambridge.
Andrew corresponds with and sees John when he can. John, (who reads and speaks fluent Anglo-Saxon), introduced Andrew to Beowulf -
his favourite Anglo-Saxon source.

*Richard Grant - a young archeological student who was introduced to Andrew by John. He is also at Pembroke College in Cambridge.

==Death==

Andrew was killed horribly. He refused to become the servant of the [[King in Yellow]] after touching his cloak. The king, furious at this refusal, began to spin at high speed, the tatters of his cloak cutting like knives. Saunders was torn to pieces before the eyes of his horrified friends.

==Secrets==

[[Andrew Saunders’ Secrets]]

==Spiritual Home==

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== Personal Log ==

Information and Clues

Mark Chiddicks

2012-12-28T03:37:39Z

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[[Image:amber.jpg|thumb|200px|Mark and Spawn]]

A data analyst and father of 2 small eldritch things (aka children), Mark has been a resident of Auckland, New Zealand since 1994; when his wife, Sonja, brought him back as a souvenir of her travels. He continues to be English despite being told to stop on several occasions, and has been playing Call of Cthulhu since the Great Old Ones were merely the Great Middle-aged Ones.

Mark turned 40 on August 1st 2006, and had the greatest birthday weekend in the history of Western civilisation.

Mark has run Masks of Nyarlathotep two and a half times, Horror's Heart and Horror On the Orient Express twice each, Beyond the Mountains of Madness, Uttati Asfet, Shadows of Yog-Sothoth, The Fungi From Yuggoth, Realm of Shadows and Spawn of Azathoth once each and countless other one-off scenarios.

He owns copy 127 of the leather-bound Miskatonic University Edition of the Call of Cthulhu rulebook, and 1/3 of the R'Lyeh Disk.

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Nathaniel Browne

2012-12-28T03:36:13Z

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Nathaniel Browne is a man looking for inspiration. Nathaniel describes himself as an author, finding titles such as writer or novellist limiting to his creative focus.

==Family==

Nathaniel is an only child, his parents are both deceased. His father, a Navy captain was killed when a German shell struck the bridge of his ship during the battle of Jutland, and his mother died (mainly of grief) soon thereafter. Nathaniel, his creative urge always at odds with his strict upbringing, misses them less than might be imagined.

Nathaniel has a cousin, Joseph Browne, who is a Catholic priest living in Norwich, and two second cousins – one a spinster living in London, the other having moved to Australia with her husband.

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==Goals==

Nathaniel wants to write stories that inspire great emotion in their readers. He has become very interested in the story of [[Carcosa]] and [[The King in Yellow]] after seeing the play [[Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger]].

Having read [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight Sir Gawain and the Green Knight], and interested in the idea of translation and adaptation of older works, Nathaniel keeps pestering [[Andrew Saunders]] to introduce him to his friend, John.

Nathaniel is now attempting to work on a sequel to his successful '[[The Tatters of the King]]' anthology, but is increasingly finding himself rather bereft of inspiration.

==Friends==

*[[Andrew Saunders]]

*Alan Cooper, a Librarian at the British Library, is an old school chum of Nathaniel's

*Jean-Paul Etienne, a gentleman of leisure (originally from Paris), is a friend who Nathaniel met by moving in writing circles.

==Income==

Nathaniel lives off an inheritance when not earning money from his stories.

Despite having come into rather a lot more money thanks to his successful 'Tatters of the King' anthology, Nathaniel has kept the same sort of life and habits, not abandoning his humble lodgings.

==Secrets==

[[Nathaniel Browne's Secrets]]

==Spiritual Home==

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Watford Public Library

Aftermath

2012-12-28T00:09:09Z

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Locating [[Francesca]] quite easily, [[Nathaniel Browne]] asks her to return to England with him, a request to which she happily agrees. The two elope soon after [[Andrew Saunders]]' memorial service which is held near the end of April, 1931, and spend some time in America, where Browne finally meets with Robert Chambers. The two return to England and settle in the west country.

Meanwhile, [[Captain Withers]] marries the widow Morrison in a church ceremony on the 14th of December, 1930. Over the next few years, he and Browne meet on occasion to reminisce, and to wonder if, and when, the [[King in Yellow]]'s prescence on Earth might be felt. When war stirs in Europe, each wonders whether this is the King's influence, and whether armies united under the banner of the yellow sign might soon be marching across the continent.

The Brownes' first child arrives stillborn in the February of 1932, and despite trying, they have difficulty conceiving again. Nathaniel continues his writing. Despite never turning in an adequate sequel to [[The Tatters of the King]], he continues to write horror stories. His book "The Frozen Tomb" about an ancient horror buried beneath the Antarctic Ice who's dreams invade those of researchers in the southern continent, enjoys some popularity, especially after the tragic Starkweather-Moore expedition of 1933 makes the news. Eventually a living son, Andrew Frederick Browne, is born on the 18th of February, 1937 although the birth is difficult and Francesca almost perishes in childbirth. After this, Nathaniel's stories become, like Chambers before him, light romances. Fortunately, in wartime England, these prove, although critically reviled, massively successful. Indeed one, "Love At Sea", which tells the tale of an author meeting a beautiful woman on an ocean liner to India, is eventually made into a film starring Alec Guinness in the 1950s.

[[Image:blitz.jpg|right|200px|thumb|German Bomber over London, 1941]]

In 1941, during the blitz, disaster strikes. Visiting relatives in the outskirts of London, Francesca is killed when a building, weakened by enemy munitions, collapses. Andrew, who was with Francesca at the time, is also assumed dead. In fact Andrew, traumatized by the event, wanders, dazed, into London where he is eventually picked up by the police and put into an orphanage. Utterly traumatized, the boy does not speak for the next 3 years.

Nathaniel's writing becomes, again, dark. His stories are now haunted, disjointed things, full of faustian bargains. Nathaniel begins planning an archaeological excavation in the Nepalese highlands, to be funded from his own fortune. On the morning of November 1st, 1947, Nathaniel is found dead in his study, shot through the head. A revolver lays in his right hand. Neighbors say that the previous evening there was a large car outside the house, possibly an army staff car. A heated argument took place in which the word 'Carcosa' was mentioned, and also something about a 'king'. Finding no trace of any foul play in the house, however, and finding copious supplies of opium both in the house and in Nathaniel's blood, the case is deemed suicide. To everyone's surprise, Nathaniel has left everything to his second cousin in Australia. Unable to contact her or arrange for the dispersal of the estate, the house is simply locked up and left. The police do not notice the burned remains of several maps, notes and books in the fireplace.

[[Image:darkp.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Nathaniel's Last Work]]

Withers, by now a Colonel and a veteran of two World Wars, attended the funeral, then went back to a life that had long left behind the horrors of Carcosa and Leng, except occasionally in dreams. As the only true survivor of the entire incredible affair he never really knew to what extent they could be said to have triumphed.

In the years after Nathaniel's death, his books experience an incredible upsurge in popularity due, in no small part, to the mysterious circumstances surrounding his demise. His publishers arrange for his last work in progress to be finished by a leading author of the day. The work turns out to be a magnum opus, a fiction of great emotional power which borrows heavily, although the readers don't know it, from the real adventure of Nathaniel and his friends. Scholars debate the work for decades to come.

In 1965, under hypnosis while undergoing psychotherapy (by sheer coincidence, at the Bartlett Institute In London), the now adult Andrew Browne, now known as Alan Tate, remembers his name and his family. To his surprise he finds that, as the only surviving member of the Browne family, he has gained entitlement to his fathers house and belongings. He takes up residence in the house, which has become much overgrown and run down. While cleaning up the fireplace, he discovers a loose brick, behind which is found a journal, embossed with a strange yellow sign...

Captain George Withers

2012-12-28T00:07:52Z

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[[Image:40 Inspecteur.jpg|thumb|George Withers|right]]
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 decorated 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.

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==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!

==Spiritual Home==

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Windsor Castle

Doctor Frederick Bartlett

2012-12-28T00:06:01Z

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Doctor Frederick Bartlett will be best remembered as an eminent research psychologist. He attained a first class degree in Moral Sciences in 1914 at the age of 28.

In the same year as his graduation and appointment as an Assistant in Experimental Psychology, war broke out and all of his seniors in Cambridge left for war service. Bartlett was ineligible for service due to a heart condition (he tried to enlist three times), and so he was appointed Temporary Director of the department. This resulted in the unheard of event in his almost immediately promotion from undergraduate student status to head of Psychology at Cambridge.

Two years ago he left Cambridge to work for the [[Tavistock Clinic]] in London.

==Maiming==

On December 10th 1928, at Mullardoch House, Loch Mullardoch, Scotland, Bartlett lost his right eye and much of the right side of his face in a fight with the creature that used to be [[Montague Edwards]]. After this he wore a partial mask to cover the damage.

==Death==

[[Image:Bartlett_Tombstone.png|right]]

Doctor Bartlett was killed by a [[byakhee]] in the Milan studio of [[Thomas Villers]] on December 21st 1929. He was interred at Wimbledon Cemetery on December 31st. He was 43 years old.

==Family==

Parents dead. No siblings. No children. Wife: Emily Mary (formerly Smith), married in 1920 (met her during a research project). They live in Wimbledon.

==Passions==

Has (he believes) the largest swallow-tail butterfly collection in England.

==Friends==

*[[Captain George Withers]].

*William Tyrell, Permanent Under-Secretary (Foreign Office), met him during Bartlett's South Africa trip 1923-24. Their wives get on rather well.

*Laurens van der Post, a young Afrikaaner gentleman, journalist, humanitarian and explorer whom Frederic has taken a liking to. Frederick and Mary attended his wedding in Dorset on March the 8th. He has been staying in England this year and he tends to visit London on a regular basis, always remembers to stop by, entertaining everyone with his stories and ideas.

*As reader and former director of the Cambridge laboratory, Bartlett has some research staff at his disposal and present & former colleagues in medicine and academia. He also has access to the not inconsiderable resources of the [[Tavistock Clinic]].

==Secrets==

[[Doctor Bartlett’s Secrets]]

==Spiritual Home==

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Cambridge University

Doctor Frederick Bartlett

2012-12-28T00:05:42Z

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[[image:bartlett.jpg|right]]

Doctor Frederick Bartlett will be best remembered as an eminent research psychologist. He attained a first class degree in Moral Sciences in 1914 at the age of 28.

In the same year as his graduation and appointment as an Assistant in Experimental Psychology, war broke out and all of his seniors in Cambridge left for war service. Bartlett was ineligible for service due to a heart condition (he tried to enlist three times), and so he was appointed Temporary Director of the department. This resulted in the unheard of event in his almost immediately promotion from undergraduate student status to head of Psychology at Cambridge.

Two years ago he left Cambridge to work for the [[Tavistock Clinic]] in London.

==Maiming==

On December 10th 1928, at Mullardoch House, Loch Mullardoch, Scotland, Bartlett lost his right eye and much of the right side of his face in a fight with the creature that used to be [[Montague Edwards]]. After this he wore a partial mask to cover the damage.

==Death==

[[Image:Bartlett_Tombstone.png|right]]

Doctor Bartlett was killed by a [[byakhee]] in the Milan studio of [[Thomas Villers]] on December 21st 1929. He was interred at Wimbledon Cemetery on December 31st. He was 43 years old.

==Family==

Parents dead. No siblings. No children. Wife: Emily Mary (formerly Smith), married in 1920 (met her during a research project). They live in Wimbledon.

==Passions==

Has (he believes) the largest swallow-tail butterfly collection in England.

==Friends==

**[[Captain George Withers]].

**William Tyrell, Permanent Under-Secretary (Foreign Office), met him during Bartlett's South Africa trip 1923-24. Their wives get on rather well.

**Laurens van der Post, a young Afrikaaner gentleman, journalist, humanitarian and explorer whom Frederic has taken a liking to. Frederick and Mary attended his wedding in Dorset on March the 8th. He has been staying in England this year and he tends to visit London on a regular basis, always remembers to stop by, entertaining everyone with his stories and ideas.

**As reader and former director of the Cambridge laboratory, Bartlett has some research staff at his disposal and present & former colleagues in medicine and academia. He also has access to the not inconsiderable resources of the [[Tavistock Clinic]].

==Secrets==

[[Doctor Bartlett’s Secrets]]

==Spiritual Home==

[[image:cambuni.jpg]]

Cambridge University

Nathaniel Browne's Secrets

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Nathaniel's friend, Jean-Paul Etienne, is a user and supplier of certain mind-expanding substances (including opium). Nathaniel has partaken of these on occassion.

Additionally, Nathaniel does not, as he appears to, live off any inheritance. In fact his parents left him very little. Instead he writes gossip columns for a London paper under a pseudonym (John Parker). He sends his stories to the newspaper's editor, George Baker, and receives payments via a post-office box.

After the sucess of Nathaniel's 'Tatters of the King' anthology, he has given up writing the columns. Unfortunately, his increasing use of halucinogenic drugs to substitute for the inspiration brought on by last years events threatens to drive Nathaniel back to poverty...

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 Call of Cthulhu campaign written by Tim Wiseman and published by [http://chaosium.com Chaosium] and which our role-playing group played. Play commenced on May 8th 2006 and ran until October 2nd 2006.

'''''Please note that this Wiki is an actual play record originally created for the players, and as such contains numerous campaign spoilers!'''''

==Guest Book==

Add your comments here in the [[Guest Book]].

==Setting==

The game is initially set in [http://www.yog-sothoth.com/docs/article-london-guide-1928.pdf London], [http://www.unboundbook.org/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 who engage in different pursuits - those who would see an inhuman power come to Earth such that it would make mundane activity seem like a last twitch before dying...

==Cast of Characters==
Tatters of the King is full of interesting and diverse characters, none more so than the Player Characters themselves!

===Keeper of Arcane Lore===

The Game Master is [[Mark Chiddicks]]

===[[Player Characters]]===

[[image:crew2.jpg|right|200px]]

* [[Nathaniel Browne]] - A failed writer, looking for his big story, played by [[Darryn Mercer]].
* [[Andrew Saunders]] (Deceased) - British Museum curator and proud Scot, played by [[Julia Blackmore]].
* [[Captain George Withers]] - Coldstream Guards. Career soldier. Played by [[Nicola Bishop]].
* '[[Umberto]]' (Deceased) - Mysterious former Vatican investigator. Played by [[Marcus Gustafsson]].
* [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] (Deceased) - Eminent research psychologist, played by [[Marcus Gustafsson]].

===Notable Non-Player Characters===

'''Prologue - Opening Night'''
* ''The Group'' - an amateur theatrical troupe:
** [[Michael Gillen]] - Retired publisher and amateur actor (Acquaintance of [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] and Estus's friend and companion).
** [[Hannah Keith]] - Amateur Actress (sister of [[Andrew Saunders]])
** [[George Keith]] - Amateur Actor (husband of [[Hannah Keith]])
** [[Walter Paige]] - Amateur Actor
** [[Jean Hewart]] - Amateur Actress
* [[Talbot Estus]] (deceased) - American novelist, now debuting as a playwright

'''Chapter One - The Madman'''

* [[Dr. Charles Highsmith]] - Asylum Superintendent
* [[Alexander Roby]] - Incarcerated Madman
* [[Lucius Harriwell]] - Incarcerated Madman
* [[Price and Evans]] - Asylum Nurses

'''Chapter Two - A Walk in the Park'''

* [[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]]
* [[Peter Morrison]] (deceased) - Abusive husband of Delia
* [[Vincent Tuck]] - Private Detective, hired by Grahame Roby
* [[Coombes| Michael Coombes]] (deceased?) - Sinister stalker, Bacon's ex-bodyguard

'''Chapter Three - Springer Mound & the Canal'''

* [[Harold Jennings]] (deceased) - Unfriendly Suffolk farmer
* [[Montague Edwards]] (deceased) - Alexander Roby's secret guardian
* [[Lawrence Bacon]] (deceased) - Antiquarian, occultist and sorcerer

'''Chapter Four - The Flight North'''

* [[Cec Watts]] (deceased) - Tabloid Journalist
* [[Henry Lister]] - Terrified cultist and necrophobe
* [[Aleister Crowley]] - Famed Occultist

'''Chapter Five - To Walk Upon the Earth in Carcosa'''

* [[Quentin Spence]] - Poet and Failed Cultist
* [[Noss]] of Yhtill - Leather worker from an alien world
* [[Yolanda]] - Noblewoman from [[Cassilda]]'s court

'''Chapter Six - Talk of Goatswood'''

* [[Wilfred Gresty]] (deceased) - Writer of letters and spy for the Goatswood cult

'''Chapter Seven - Nug's Farm'''

* [[Hillary Quarrie]] - Estranged wife of Malcolm and priestess of the Goat
* [[Atkinson]] (deceased) - Ailing leader of the Goatswood Shub-Niggurath cult

'''Chapter Eight - The Brothers of the Yellow Sign'''

* [[Paolo Tuminardo]] - Milanese Guide and young Fascist
* [[Giuseppe Colombo]] - Ancient, curmudgeonly Italian Brother of the Yellow Sign
* [[Thomas Villiers]] (deceased) - Insane artist and Brother of the Yellow Sign

'''Chapter Nine - The Viceroy of India'''

* [[Julian Knight]] - Minor diplomat and lounge lizard, en route to India
* [[Ian Gore| The Reverend Ian Gore]] - Missionary, en route to India
* [[Henrietta Tullis|Mrs Henrietta Tullis]] - Matronly figure, en route to India
* [[Stephen Thomas]] - Quiet, bookish man, en route to India
* [[Francesca Nicholson|Miss Francesca Nicholson]] - Bright young thing, en route to India
* [[Patricia Berry|Miss Patricia Berry]] - Quiet, shy young lady, en route to India

'''Chapter Ten - A Thousand Miles'''

* [[Sivakumar Patel]] - Guide and translator from Bombay
* [[Jigme Rinzing]] - Nepalese merchant/guide

'''Chapter Eleven - To Drakmar'''

* [[Tsewan Pemba]] - Tibetan Guide
* [[Carlo Schippone]] (deceased) - Graduate student and Himalayan adventurer

'''Chapter Twelve - The Upper House'''

* [[Ricardo Delnegro|Mayor Ricardo Delnegro]] (deceased) - ''Alpini'' officer and Himalayan adventurer
* [[Roberto Anzalone]] (deceased) - Professor of Asian History and Brother of the Yellow Sign
* [[Malcolm Quarrie]] (deceased) - Elusive scientist and occultist
* [[The King in Yellow]] - Beautiful, yet terrible, alien god

==Literary Works==
[[Image:mask.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The Masque of Yhtill]]
Works of Fiction and Fact as found in on the journeys of our intrepid Investigators.

*[[Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger]] - a fantasy in two acts, [http://unboundbook.org/wiki/images/6/67/CARCOSA.pdf script] by [[Talbot Estus]]
* [[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]
* [[Le Roi en Jeune]] - a rare French play, playwright anonymous
* [[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]]
* [[British Gods]] - Religion and Myth in the Western Kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon Britain - by [[Malcolm Quarrie]]
* [[The Turner Codex]] - A translation of Mesoamerican prayers and libations to Hastur - trans. M. Turner ''et al''
* [[The Tatters of the King]] - A book of short stories by [[Nathaniel Browne]]
* [[The Revelations of Glaaki]] - The Goatswood cult's compilation of occult knowledge

==Locations==
Places of wonder and terror. Haunts of the Yellow King and other locales of interest.

* [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
* [[Loch Mullardoch]], near Inverness, Scotland
* [[Carcosa]], a dream city made flesh
* [[Goatswood]], an area of the Severn Valley in Gloucestershire
* [[Nug's Farm]], Hillary Quarrie's home, in the Goatswood region
* [[Milan]], Lombardy, Italy
* [[The Viceroy of India]] - Modern P&O passenger liner, en route to India
* [[India]], the gateway to Nepal
* [[Bombay]], port of entry to India
* [[Nepal]], mountain kingdom, closed to Westerners
* [[Mustang]], a small kingdom in Northern Nepal
* [[Drakmar]], in Mustang, the legendary site of the death of the ogress Balmo
* [[Leng]], legendary icy plateau - not on this Earth
* [[The Upper House]], labyrinthine alien structure, found in Leng

==Sessions==

The Monday Night Players' run through of ''Tatters of the King'' was completed over 16 fun and exiting gaming sessions. As each lasted anywhere between and hour and a half and three hours, the campaign took over 30 hours of game time to finish.

* [[Session 1]] - Opening Night
* [[Session 1.5]] - The Madman
* [[Session 2]] - The Plot Thickens
* [[Session 3]] - Alexander's Friends
* [[Session 4]] - Teeth of Winter
* [[Session 5]] - Four Go Mad in London
* [[Session 6]] - Death by Night, Death by Day
* [[Session 7]] - Missing Persons
* [[Session 8]] - To Walk Upon the Earth in Carcosa
* [[Session 9]] - Aftermath - a Year in the Lives...
* [[Session 10]] - Nug's Farm, or "Are You Local?"
* [[Session 11]] - Il Fratelli di Signo Giallo
* [[Session 12]] - The Viceroy of India, or "May I Have This Dance?"
* [[Session 13]] - A Matter of Honour
* [[Session 14]] - The Trail of the Pilgrims
* [[Session 15]] - Drakmar and Beyond
* [[Session 16]] - The King Steps Down
* [[Aftermath]] - Forever Wondering

==Collected Audio Recordings==

The audio for all of the sixteen sessions that were recorded are collected here.

* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_One.mp3 Session 1 - Opening Night] - Total Size : 28 Meg (Note: This recording is quite quiet and has some quality issues.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Two.mp3 Session 2 - The Plot Thickens] - Total Size : 30 Meg (Note: This recording has some quality issues.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Three.mp3 Session 3 - Alexander's Friends] - Total Size : 32 Meg (Note: This recording has some quality issues.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Four.mp3 Session 4 - Teeth of Winter] - Total Size : 30 Meg (Note: recordings from now are much better quality, although this one has considerable edits as the group gets regularly sidetracked on various non-gaming subjects.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Five.mp3 Session 5 - Four Go Mad in London] - Total Size : 39 Meg

Tatters of the King

2011-06-16T21:56:46Z

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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 Call of Cthulhu campaign written by Tim Wiseman and published by [http://chaosium.com Chaosium] and which our role-playing group played. Play commenced on May 8th 2006 and ran until October 2nd 2006.

'''''Please note that this Wiki is an actual play record originally created for the players, and as such contains numerous campaign spoilers!'''''

==Guest Book==

Add your comments here in the [[Guest Book]].

==Setting==

The game is initially set in [http://www.yog-sothoth.com/docs/article-london-guide-1928.pdf London], [http://www.unboundbook.org/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 who engage in different pursuits - those who would see an inhuman power come to Earth such that it would make mundane activity seem like a last twitch before dying...

==Cast of Characters==
Tatters of the King is full of interesting and diverse characters, none more so than the Player Characters themselves!

===Keeper of Arcane Lore===

The Game Master is [[Mark Chiddicks]]

===[[Player Characters]]===

[[image:crew2.jpg|right|200px]]

* [[Nathaniel Browne]] - A failed writer, looking for his big story, played by [[Darryn Mercer]].
* [[Andrew Saunders]] (Deceased) - British Museum curator and proud Scot, played by [[Julia Blackmore]].
* [[Captain George Withers]] - Coldstream Guards. Career soldier. Played by [[Nicola Bishop]].
* '[[Umberto]]' (Deceased) - Mysterious former Vatican investigator. Played by [[Marcus Gustafsson]].
* [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] (Deceased) - Eminent research psychologist, played by [[Marcus Gustafsson]].

===Notable Non-Player Characters===

'''Prologue - Opening Night'''
* ''The Group'' - an amateur theatrical troupe:
** [[Michael Gillen]] - Retired publisher and amateur actor (Acquaintance of [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] and Estus's friend and companion).
** [[Hannah Keith]] - Amateur Actress (sister of [[Andrew Saunders]])
** [[George Keith]] - Amateur Actor (husband of [[Hannah Keith]])
** [[Walter Paige]] - Amateur Actor
** [[Jean Hewart]] - Amateur Actress
* [[Talbot Estus]] (deceased) - American novelist, now debuting as a playwright

'''Chapter One - The Madman'''

* [[Dr. Charles Highsmith]] - Asylum Superintendent
* [[Alexander Roby]] - Incarcerated Madman
* [[Lucius Harriwell]] - Incarcerated Madman
* [[Price and Evans]] - Asylum Nurses

'''Chapter Two - A Walk in the Park'''

* [[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]]
* [[Peter Morrison]] (deceased) - Abusive husband of Delia
* [[Vincent Tuck]] - Private Detective, hired by Grahame Roby
* [[Coombes| Michael Coombes]] (deceased?) - Sinister stalker, Bacon's ex-bodyguard

'''Chapter Three - Springer Mound & the Canal'''

* [[Harold Jennings]] (deceased) - Unfriendly Suffolk farmer
* [[Montague Edwards]] (deceased) - Alexander Roby's secret guardian
* [[Lawrence Bacon]] (deceased) - Antiquarian, occultist and sorcerer

'''Chapter Four - The Flight North'''

* [[Cec Watts]] (deceased) - Tabloid Journalist
* [[Henry Lister]] - Terrified cultist and necrophobe
* [[Aleister Crowley]] - Famed Occultist

'''Chapter Five - To Walk Upon the Earth in Carcosa'''

* [[Quentin Spence]] - Poet and Failed Cultist
* [[Noss]] of Yhtill - Leather worker from an alien world
* [[Yolanda]] - Noblewoman from [[Cassilda]]'s court

'''Chapter Six - Talk of Goatswood'''

* [[Wilfred Gresty]] (deceased) - Writer of letters and spy for the Goatswood cult

'''Chapter Seven - Nug's Farm'''

* [[Hillary Quarrie]] - Estranged wife of Malcolm and priestess of the Goat
* [[Atkinson]] (deceased) - Ailing leader of the Goatswood Shub-Niggurath cult

'''Chapter Eight - The Brothers of the Yellow Sign'''

* [[Paolo Tuminardo]] - Milanese Guide and young Fascist
* [[Giuseppe Colombo]] - Ancient, curmudgeonly Italian Brother of the Yellow Sign
* [[Thomas Villiers]] (deceased) - Insane artist and Brother of the Yellow Sign

'''Chapter Nine - The Viceroy of India'''

* [[Julian Knight]] - Minor diplomat and lounge lizard, en route to India
* [[Ian Gore| The Reverend Ian Gore]] - Missionary, en route to India
* [[Henrietta Tullis|Mrs Henrietta Tullis]] - Matronly figure, en route to India
* [[Stephen Thomas]] - Quiet, bookish man, en route to India
* [[Francesca Nicholson|Miss Francesca Nicholson]] - Bright young thing, en route to India
* [[Patricia Berry|Miss Patricia Berry]] - Quiet, shy young lady, en route to India

'''Chapter Ten - A Thousand Miles'''

* [[Sivakumar Patel]] - Guide and translator from Bombay
* [[Jigme Rinzing]] - Nepalese merchant/guide

'''Chapter Eleven - To Drakmar'''

* [[Tsewan Pemba]] - Tibetan Guide
* [[Carlo Schippone]] (deceased) - Graduate student and Himalayan adventurer

'''Chapter Twelve - The Upper House'''

* [[Ricardo Delnegro|Mayor Ricardo Delnegro]] (deceased) - ''Alpini'' officer and Himalayan adventurer
* [[Roberto Anzalone]] (deceased) - Professor of Asian History and Brother of the Yellow Sign
* [[Malcolm Quarrie]] (deceased) - Elusive scientist and occultist
* [[The King in Yellow]] - Beautiful, yet terrible, alien god

==Literary Works==
[[Image:mask.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The Masque of Yhtill]]
Works of Fiction and Fact as found in on the journeys of our intrepid Investigators.

*[[Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger]] - a fantasy in two acts, [http://unboundbook.org/wiki/images/6/67/CARCOSA.pdf script] by [[Talbot Estus]]
* [[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]
* [[Le Roi en Jeune]] - a rare French play, playwright anonymous
* [[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]]
* [[British Gods]] - Religion and Myth in the Western Kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon Britain - by [[Malcolm Quarrie]]
* [[The Turner Codex]] - A translation of Mesoamerican prayers and libations to Hastur - trans. M. Turner ''et al''
* [[The Tatters of the King]] - A book of short stories by [[Nathaniel Browne]]
* [[The Revelations of Glaaki]] - The Goatswood cult's compilation of occult knowledge

==Locations==
Places of wonder and terror. Haunts of the Yellow King and other locales of interest.

* [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
* [[Loch Mullardoch]], near Inverness, Scotland
* [[Carcosa]], a dream city made flesh
* [[Goatswood]], an area of the Severn Valley in Gloucestershire
* [[Nug's Farm]], Hillary Quarrie's home, in the Goatswood region
* [[Milan]], Lombardy, Italy
* [[The Viceroy of India]] - Modern P&O passenger liner, en route to India
* [[India]], the gateway to Nepal
* [[Bombay]], port of entry to India
* [[Nepal]], mountain kingdom, closed to Westerners
* [[Mustang]], a small kingdom in Northern Nepal
* [[Drakmar]], in Mustang, the legendary site of the death of the ogress Balmo
* [[Leng]], legendary icy plateau - not on this Earth
* [[The Upper House]], labyrinthine alien structure, found in Leng

==Sessions==

The Monday Night Players' run through of ''Tatters of the King'' was completed over 16 fun and exiting gaming sessions. As each lasted anywhere between and hour and a half and three hours, the campaign took over 30 hours of game time to finish.

* [[Session 1]] - Opening Night
* [[Session 1.5]] - The Madman
* [[Session 2]] - The Plot Thickens
* [[Session 3]] - Alexander's Friends
* [[Session 4]] - Teeth of Winter
* [[Session 5]] - Four Go Mad in London
* [[Session 6]] - Death by Night, Death by Day
* [[Session 7]] - Missing Persons
* [[Session 8]] - To Walk Upon the Earth in Carcosa
* [[Session 9]] - Aftermath - a Year in the Lives...
* [[Session 10]] - Nug's Farm, or "Are You Local?"
* [[Session 11]] - Il Fratelli di Signo Giallo
* [[Session 12]] - The Viceroy of India, or "May I Have This Dance?"
* [[Session 13]] - A Matter of Honour
* [[Session 14]] - The Trail of the Pilgrims
* [[Session 15]] - Drakmar and Beyond
* [[Session 16]] - The King Steps Down
* [[Aftermath]] - Forever Wondering

==Collected Audio Recordings==

The audio for all of the sixteen sessions that were recorded are collected here.

* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_One.mp3 Session 1 - Opening Night] - Total Size : 28 Meg (Note: This recording is quite quiet and has some quality issues.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Two.mp3 Session 2 - The Plot Thickens] - Total Size : 30 Meg (Note: This recording has some quality issues.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Three.mp3 Session 3 - Alexander's Friends] - Total Size : 32 Meg (Note: This recording has some quality issues.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Four.mp3 Session 4 - Teeth of Winter] - Total Size : 30 Meg (Note: recordings from now are much better quality, although this one has considerable edits as the group gets regularly sidetracked on various non-gaming subjects.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Five.mp3 Session 5 - Four Go Mad in London] - Total Size : 39 Meg

Tatters of the King

2011-06-16T21:50:34Z

Binder:

[[Image:Tatters_Cover.gif|right]]
'''Tatters of the King'''[http://catalog.chaosium.com/product_info.php?products_id=773&osCsid=07f84f248e3a49f3cf6199ee7fbb6629] is a Call of Cthulhu campaign written by Tim Wiseman and published by [http://chaosium.com Chaosium] and which our role-playing group played. Play commenced on May 8th 2006 and ran until October 2nd 2006.

'''''Please note that this Wiki is an actual play record originally created for the players, and as such contains numerous campaign spoilers!'''''

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

==Guest Book==

Add your comments here in the [[Guest Book]].

==Setting==

The game is initially set in [http://www.yog-sothoth.com/docs/article-london-guide-1928.pdf London], [http://www.unboundbook.org/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 who engage in different pursuits - those who would see an inhuman power come to Earth such that it would make mundane activity seem like a last twitch before dying...

==Cast of Characters==
Tatters of the King is full of interesting and diverse characters, none more so than the Player Characters themselves!

===Keeper of Arcane Lore===

The Game Master is [[Mark Chiddicks]]

===[[Player Characters]]===

[[image:crew2.jpg|right|200px]]

* [[Nathaniel Browne]] - A failed writer, looking for his big story, played by [[Darryn Mercer]].
* [[Andrew Saunders]] (Deceased) - British Museum curator and proud Scot, played by [[Julia Blackmore]].
* [[Captain George Withers]] - Coldstream Guards. Career soldier. Played by [[Nicola Bishop]].
* '[[Umberto]]' (Deceased) - Mysterious former Vatican investigator. Played by [[Marcus Gustafsson]].
* [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] (Deceased) - Eminent research psychologist, played by [[Marcus Gustafsson]].

===Notable Non-Player Characters===

'''Prologue - Opening Night'''
* ''The Group'' - an amateur theatrical troupe:
** [[Michael Gillen]] - Retired publisher and amateur actor (Acquaintance of [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] and Estus's friend and companion).
** [[Hannah Keith]] - Amateur Actress (sister of [[Andrew Saunders]])
** [[George Keith]] - Amateur Actor (husband of [[Hannah Keith]])
** [[Walter Paige]] - Amateur Actor
** [[Jean Hewart]] - Amateur Actress
* [[Talbot Estus]] (deceased) - American novelist, now debuting as a playwright

'''Chapter One - The Madman'''

* [[Dr. Charles Highsmith]] - Asylum Superintendent
* [[Alexander Roby]] - Incarcerated Madman
* [[Lucius Harriwell]] - Incarcerated Madman
* [[Price and Evans]] - Asylum Nurses

'''Chapter Two - A Walk in the Park'''

* [[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]]
* [[Peter Morrison]] (deceased) - Abusive husband of Delia
* [[Vincent Tuck]] - Private Detective, hired by Grahame Roby
* [[Coombes| Michael Coombes]] (deceased?) - Sinister stalker, Bacon's ex-bodyguard

'''Chapter Three - Springer Mound & the Canal'''

* [[Harold Jennings]] (deceased) - Unfriendly Suffolk farmer
* [[Montague Edwards]] (deceased) - Alexander Roby's secret guardian
* [[Lawrence Bacon]] (deceased) - Antiquarian, occultist and sorcerer

'''Chapter Four - The Flight North'''

* [[Cec Watts]] (deceased) - Tabloid Journalist
* [[Henry Lister]] - Terrified cultist and necrophobe
* [[Aleister Crowley]] - Famed Occultist

'''Chapter Five - To Walk Upon the Earth in Carcosa'''

* [[Quentin Spence]] - Poet and Failed Cultist
* [[Noss]] of Yhtill - Leather worker from an alien world
* [[Yolanda]] - Noblewoman from [[Cassilda]]'s court

'''Chapter Six - Talk of Goatswood'''

* [[Wilfred Gresty]] (deceased) - Writer of letters and spy for the Goatswood cult

'''Chapter Seven - Nug's Farm'''

* [[Hillary Quarrie]] - Estranged wife of Malcolm and priestess of the Goat
* [[Atkinson]] (deceased) - Ailing leader of the Goatswood Shub-Niggurath cult

'''Chapter Eight - The Brothers of the Yellow Sign'''

* [[Paolo Tuminardo]] - Milanese Guide and young Fascist
* [[Giuseppe Colombo]] - Ancient, curmudgeonly Italian Brother of the Yellow Sign
* [[Thomas Villiers]] (deceased) - Insane artist and Brother of the Yellow Sign

'''Chapter Nine - The Viceroy of India'''

* [[Julian Knight]] - Minor diplomat and lounge lizard, en route to India
* [[Ian Gore| The Reverend Ian Gore]] - Missionary, en route to India
* [[Henrietta Tullis|Mrs Henrietta Tullis]] - Matronly figure, en route to India
* [[Stephen Thomas]] - Quiet, bookish man, en route to India
* [[Francesca Nicholson|Miss Francesca Nicholson]] - Bright young thing, en route to India
* [[Patricia Berry|Miss Patricia Berry]] - Quiet, shy young lady, en route to India

'''Chapter Ten - A Thousand Miles'''

* [[Sivakumar Patel]] - Guide and translator from Bombay
* [[Jigme Rinzing]] - Nepalese merchant/guide

'''Chapter Eleven - To Drakmar'''

* [[Tsewan Pemba]] - Tibetan Guide
* [[Carlo Schippone]] (deceased) - Graduate student and Himalayan adventurer

'''Chapter Twelve - The Upper House'''

* [[Ricardo Delnegro|Mayor Ricardo Delnegro]] (deceased) - ''Alpini'' officer and Himalayan adventurer
* [[Roberto Anzalone]] (deceased) - Professor of Asian History and Brother of the Yellow Sign
* [[Malcolm Quarrie]] (deceased) - Elusive scientist and occultist
* [[The King in Yellow]] - Beautiful, yet terrible, alien god

==Literary Works==
[[Image:mask.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The Masque of Yhtill]]
Works of Fiction and Fact as found in on the journeys of our intrepid Investigators.

*[[Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger]] - a fantasy in two acts, [http://unboundbook.org/wiki/images/6/67/CARCOSA.pdf script] by [[Talbot Estus]]
* [[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]
* [[Le Roi en Jeune]] - a rare French play, playwright anonymous
* [[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]]
* [[British Gods]] - Religion and Myth in the Western Kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon Britain - by [[Malcolm Quarrie]]
* [[The Turner Codex]] - A translation of Mesoamerican prayers and libations to Hastur - trans. M. Turner ''et al''
* [[The Tatters of the King]] - A book of short stories by [[Nathaniel Browne]]
* [[The Revelations of Glaaki]] - The Goatswood cult's compilation of occult knowledge

==Locations==
Places of wonder and terror. Haunts of the Yellow King and other locales of interest.

* [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
* [[Loch Mullardoch]], near Inverness, Scotland
* [[Carcosa]], a dream city made flesh
* [[Goatswood]], an area of the Severn Valley in Gloucestershire
* [[Nug's Farm]], Hillary Quarrie's home, in the Goatswood region
* [[Milan]], Lombardy, Italy
* [[The Viceroy of India]] - Modern P&O passenger liner, en route to India
* [[India]], the gateway to Nepal
* [[Bombay]], port of entry to India
* [[Nepal]], mountain kingdom, closed to Westerners
* [[Mustang]], a small kingdom in Northern Nepal
* [[Drakmar]], in Mustang, the legendary site of the death of the ogress Balmo
* [[Leng]], legendary icy plateau - not on this Earth
* [[The Upper House]], labyrinthine alien structure, found in Leng

==Sessions==

The Monday Night Players' run through of ''Tatters of the King'' was completed over 16 fun and exiting gaming sessions. As each lasted anywhere between and hour and a half and three hours, the campaign took over 30 hours of game time to finish.

* [[Session 1]] - Opening Night
* [[Session 1.5]] - The Madman
* [[Session 2]] - The Plot Thickens
* [[Session 3]] - Alexander's Friends
* [[Session 4]] - Teeth of Winter
* [[Session 5]] - Four Go Mad in London
* [[Session 6]] - Death by Night, Death by Day
* [[Session 7]] - Missing Persons
* [[Session 8]] - To Walk Upon the Earth in Carcosa
* [[Session 9]] - Aftermath - a Year in the Lives...
* [[Session 10]] - Nug's Farm, or "Are You Local?"
* [[Session 11]] - Il Fratelli di Signo Giallo
* [[Session 12]] - The Viceroy of India, or "May I Have This Dance?"
* [[Session 13]] - A Matter of Honour
* [[Session 14]] - The Trail of the Pilgrims
* [[Session 15]] - Drakmar and Beyond
* [[Session 16]] - The King Steps Down
* [[Aftermath]] - Forever Wondering

==Collected Audio Recordings==

The audio for all of the sixteen sessions that were recorded are collected here.

* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_One.mp3 Session 1 - Opening Night] - Total Size : 28 Meg (Note: This recording is quite quiet and has some quality issues.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Two.mp3 Session 2 - The Plot Thickens] - Total Size : 30 Meg (Note: This recording has some quality issues.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Three.mp3 Session 3 - Alexander's Friends] - Total Size : 32 Meg (Note: This recording has some quality issues.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Four.mp3 Session 4 - Teeth of Winter] - Total Size : 30 Meg (Note: recordings from now are much better quality, although this one has considerable edits as the group gets regularly sidetracked on various non-gaming subjects.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Five.mp3 Session 5 - Four Go Mad in London] - Total Size : 39 Meg

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 Call of Cthulhu campaign written by Tim Wiseman and published by [http://chaosium.com Chaosium] and which our role-playing group played. Play commenced on May 8th 2006 and ran until October 2nd 2006.

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

==Guest Book==

Add your comments here in the [[Guest Book]].

==Setting==

The game is initially set in [http://www.yog-sothoth.com/docs/article-london-guide-1928.pdf London], [http://www.unboundbook.org/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 who engage in different pursuits - those who would see an inhuman power come to Earth such that it would make mundane activity seem like a last twitch before dying...

==Cast of Characters==
Tatters of the King is full of interesting and diverse characters, none more so than the Player Characters themselves!

===Keeper of Arcane Lore===

The Game Master is [[Mark Chiddicks]]

===[[Player Characters]]===

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* [[Nathaniel Browne]] - A failed writer, looking for his big story, played by [[Darryn Mercer]].
* [[Andrew Saunders]] (Deceased) - British Museum curator and proud Scot, played by [[Julia Blackmore]].
* [[Captain George Withers]] - Coldstream Guards. Career soldier. Played by [[Nicola Bishop]].
* '[[Umberto]]' (Deceased) - Mysterious former Vatican investigator. Played by [[Marcus Gustafsson]].
* [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] (Deceased) - Eminent research psychologist, played by [[Marcus Gustafsson]].

===Notable Non-Player Characters===

'''Prologue - Opening Night'''
* ''The Group'' - an amateur theatrical troupe:
** [[Michael Gillen]] - Retired publisher and amateur actor (Acquaintance of [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] and Estus's friend and companion).
** [[Hannah Keith]] - Amateur Actress (sister of [[Andrew Saunders]])
** [[George Keith]] - Amateur Actor (husband of [[Hannah Keith]])
** [[Walter Paige]] - Amateur Actor
** [[Jean Hewart]] - Amateur Actress
* [[Talbot Estus]] (deceased) - American novelist, now debuting as a playwright

'''Chapter One - The Madman'''

* [[Dr. Charles Highsmith]] - Asylum Superintendent
* [[Alexander Roby]] - Incarcerated Madman
* [[Lucius Harriwell]] - Incarcerated Madman
* [[Price and Evans]] - Asylum Nurses

'''Chapter Two - A Walk in the Park'''

* [[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]]
* [[Peter Morrison]] (deceased) - Abusive husband of Delia
* [[Vincent Tuck]] - Private Detective, hired by Grahame Roby
* [[Coombes| Michael Coombes]] (deceased?) - Sinister stalker, Bacon's ex-bodyguard

'''Chapter Three - Springer Mound & the Canal'''

* [[Harold Jennings]] (deceased) - Unfriendly Suffolk farmer
* [[Montague Edwards]] (deceased) - Alexander Roby's secret guardian
* [[Lawrence Bacon]] (deceased) - Antiquarian, occultist and sorcerer

'''Chapter Four - The Flight North'''

* [[Cec Watts]] (deceased) - Tabloid Journalist
* [[Henry Lister]] - Terrified cultist and necrophobe
* [[Aleister Crowley]] - Famed Occultist

'''Chapter Five - To Walk Upon the Earth in Carcosa'''

* [[Quentin Spence]] - Poet and Failed Cultist
* [[Noss]] of Yhtill - Leather worker from an alien world
* [[Yolanda]] - Noblewoman from [[Cassilda]]'s court

'''Chapter Six - Talk of Goatswood'''

* [[Wilfred Gresty]] (deceased) - Writer of letters and spy for the Goatswood cult

'''Chapter Seven - Nug's Farm'''

* [[Hillary Quarrie]] - Estranged wife of Malcolm and priestess of the Goat
* [[Atkinson]] (deceased) - Ailing leader of the Goatswood Shub-Niggurath cult

'''Chapter Eight - The Brothers of the Yellow Sign'''

* [[Paolo Tuminardo]] - Milanese Guide and young Fascist
* [[Giuseppe Colombo]] - Ancient, curmudgeonly Italian Brother of the Yellow Sign
* [[Thomas Villiers]] (deceased) - Insane artist and Brother of the Yellow Sign

'''Chapter Nine - The Viceroy of India'''

* [[Julian Knight]] - Minor diplomat and lounge lizard, en route to India
* [[Ian Gore| The Reverend Ian Gore]] - Missionary, en route to India
* [[Henrietta Tullis|Mrs Henrietta Tullis]] - Matronly figure, en route to India
* [[Stephen Thomas]] - Quiet, bookish man, en route to India
* [[Francesca Nicholson|Miss Francesca Nicholson]] - Bright young thing, en route to India
* [[Patricia Berry|Miss Patricia Berry]] - Quiet, shy young lady, en route to India

'''Chapter Ten - A Thousand Miles'''

* [[Sivakumar Patel]] - Guide and translator from Bombay
* [[Jigme Rinzing]] - Nepalese merchant/guide

'''Chapter Eleven - To Drakmar'''

* [[Tsewan Pemba]] - Tibetan Guide
* [[Carlo Schippone]] (deceased) - Graduate student and Himalayan adventurer

'''Chapter Twelve - The Upper House'''

* [[Ricardo Delnegro|Mayor Ricardo Delnegro]] (deceased) - ''Alpini'' officer and Himalayan adventurer
* [[Roberto Anzalone]] (deceased) - Professor of Asian History and Brother of the Yellow Sign
* [[Malcolm Quarrie]] (deceased) - Elusive scientist and occultist
* [[The King in Yellow]] - Beautiful, yet terrible, alien god

==Literary Works==
[[Image:mask.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The Masque of Yhtill]]
Works of Fiction and Fact as found in on the journeys of our intrepid Investigators.

*[[Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger]] - a fantasy in two acts, [http://unboundbook.org/wiki/images/6/67/CARCOSA.pdf script] by [[Talbot Estus]]
* [[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]
* [[Le Roi en Jeune]] - a rare French play, playwright anonymous
* [[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]]
* [[British Gods]] - Religion and Myth in the Western Kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon Britain - by [[Malcolm Quarrie]]
* [[The Turner Codex]] - A translation of Mesoamerican prayers and libations to Hastur - trans. M. Turner ''et al''
* [[The Tatters of the King]] - A book of short stories by [[Nathaniel Browne]]
* [[The Revelations of Glaaki]] - The Goatswood cult's compilation of occult knowledge

==Locations==
Places of wonder and terror. Haunts of the Yellow King and other locales of interest.

* [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
* [[Loch Mullardoch]], near Inverness, Scotland
* [[Carcosa]], a dream city made flesh
* [[Goatswood]], an area of the Severn Valley in Gloucestershire
* [[Nug's Farm]], Hillary Quarrie's home, in the Goatswood region
* [[Milan]], Lombardy, Italy
* [[The Viceroy of India]] - Modern P&O passenger liner, en route to India
* [[India]], the gateway to Nepal
* [[Bombay]], port of entry to India
* [[Nepal]], mountain kingdom, closed to Westerners
* [[Mustang]], a small kingdom in Northern Nepal
* [[Drakmar]], in Mustang, the legendary site of the death of the ogress Balmo
* [[Leng]], legendary icy plateau - not on this Earth
* [[The Upper House]], labyrinthine alien structure, found in Leng

==Sessions==

The Monday Night Players' run through of ''Tatters of the King'' was completed over 16 fun and exiting gaming sessions. As each lasted anywhere between and hour and a half and three hours, the campaign took over 30 hours of game time to finish.

* [[Session 1]] - Opening Night
* [[Session 1.5]] - The Madman
* [[Session 2]] - The Plot Thickens
* [[Session 3]] - Alexander's Friends
* [[Session 4]] - Teeth of Winter
* [[Session 5]] - Four Go Mad in London
* [[Session 6]] - Death by Night, Death by Day
* [[Session 7]] - Missing Persons
* [[Session 8]] - To Walk Upon the Earth in Carcosa
* [[Session 9]] - Aftermath - a Year in the Lives...
* [[Session 10]] - Nug's Farm, or "Are You Local?"
* [[Session 11]] - Il Fratelli di Signo Giallo
* [[Session 12]] - The Viceroy of India, or "May I Have This Dance?"
* [[Session 13]] - A Matter of Honour
* [[Session 14]] - The Trail of the Pilgrims
* [[Session 15]] - Drakmar and Beyond
* [[Session 16]] - The King Steps Down
* [[Aftermath]] - Forever Wondering

==Collected Audio Recordings==

The audio for all of the sixteen sessions that were recorded are collected here.

* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_One.mp3 Session 1 - Opening Night] - Total Size : 28 Meg (Note: This recording is quite quiet and has some quality issues.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Two.mp3 Session 2 - The Plot Thickens] - Total Size : 30 Meg (Note: This recording has some quality issues.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Three.mp3 Session 3 - Alexander's Friends] - Total Size : 32 Meg (Note: This recording has some quality issues.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Four.mp3 Session 4 - Teeth of Winter] - Total Size : 30 Meg (Note: recordings from now are much better quality, although this one has considerable edits as the group gets regularly sidetracked on various non-gaming subjects.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Five.mp3 Session 5 - Four Go Mad in London] - Total Size : 39 Meg

The Cast

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The Cast

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Mark Chiddicks

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[[Image:amber.jpg|thumb|200px|Mark and Spawn]]

A data analyst and father of 2 small eldritch things (aka children), Mark has been a resident of of Auckland, New Zealand since 1994; when his wife, Sonja, brought him back as a souvenir of her travels. He continues to be English despite being told to stop on several occasions, and has been playing Call of Cthulhu since the Great Old Ones were merely the Great Middle-aged Ones.

Mark turned 40 on August 1st 2006, and had the greatest birthday weekend in the history of Western civilisation.

Mark has run Masks of Nyarlathotep two and a half times, Horror's Heart and Horror On the Orient Express twice each, Beyond the Mountains of Madness, Uttati Asfet, Shadows of Yog-Sothoth, The Fungi From Yuggoth, Realm of Shadows and Spawn of Azathoth once each and countless other one-off scenarios.

He owns copy 127 of the leather-bound Miskatonic University Edition of the Call of Cthulhu rulebook, and 1/3 of the R'Lyeh Disk.

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Session 5

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==Session Report - Played Monday 5th June, 2006==

===Tuesday 13th November===

The private detective Walsh contacts [[Withers]] about [[Edwards]] and [[Lawrence Bacon]]. Edwards has long gone from the last known address, leaving no trace. Bacon has run his shop in Islington for several decades and is still there. He rarely if ever leaves and the shop is open by appointment only.

[[Nathaniel Browne]] visits [[Talbot Estus]] to return ‘[[Le Roi en Jeune]]’. [[Michael Gillen]] seems to have moved out, and Estus is dishevelled and his apartment is a mess. He has been struggling to make any headway at all on his novel and seems unwell. A passionate discussion on [[The King in Yellow]] ensues, and Browne lends Estus his copy of ‘[[der Wanderer durch den See]]’. Putting two and two together regarding Estus' apparent astrophobia and his own reactions to [[the Springer Mound Monsters]], Browne asks whether Estus has seen a similar creature. Estus reveals a dream he has had, of [[Cassilda]]’s palace surrounded by flocks of black flying creatures similar to [[the Springer Mound Monsters]].

Browne leave Estus' apartment somewhat concerned over his mental health. He calls [[Dr. Bartlett]], asking him if he will visit Estus in a professional capacity. Bartlett agrees and asks Browne to arrange a meeting.

===Wednesday 14th November===

[[Image:tolkien.jpg|thumb|Tolkien during the war]]
Withers hears from his private detective about [[Malcolm Quarrie]]. Quarrie left the Royal Society in 1926, apparently to go overseas. The current resident of his former address does not know where but holds some mail for him, including letters from Pembroke College, Oxford.

Withers asks [[Andrew Saunders]] if he can help, as he has a contact at Oxford, and Saunders calls his friend John Tolkien to ask if John can find out anything about Quarrie. Tolkien recalls Quarrie’s name – he was a fellow scholar of Anglo-Saxon who once corresponded with him, as they had a mutual acquaintance. Quarrie wrote a book called ‘[[British Gods]]’ which was a study of Anglo-Saxon deities in the West of England. Tolkien owns a copy and invites Saunders to dinner in Oxford on Saturday.

Saunders also contacts the Archaeology Department at Oxford and locates Professor Hudson, who was on the [[Springer Mound]] dig in 1907, as a graduate student. This dig was nothing more than a training dig organised by a now deceased Professor, and it found nothing of interest. However, when Hudson lists the students on the dig he mentions a ‘Charles Edwards’ who he is sure died at the Somme.

===Thursday 15th November===

[[Bartlett]] calls [[St Agnes Asylum]] to tell [[Dr. Charles Highsmith]] that he will be recommending that [[Alexander Roby]] be released. Highsmith asks Bartlett to attend the release hearing in Hereford on November 30th to speak on Roby's behalf. Bartlett agrees.

===Friday 16th November===

Once again everyone meets for dinner at Bartlett's house to discuss events. The Dover sole is particularly fine.

===Saturday 17th November===

[[Andrew Saunders]] travels to Oxford to meet Professor Tolkien and discuss [[Malcolm Quarrie]]. Tolkien knows little, but is able to give Saunders a copy of '[[British Gods]]'. Tolkien takes Saunders to dinner and they discuss 'Beowulf'.

===Sunday 18th November===

The investigators have a quiet Sunday, getting on with their lives. Saunders reads a good chunk of '[[British Gods]]' including mention of a pagan fertility deity known as Shub-Niggurath or the black goat of the woods with a thousand young, who was worshipped in the west country in ancient times.

===Monday 19th November===

[[Browne]] calls [[Talbot Estus]] to try to persuade him to see [[Doctor Bartlett]], but Estus refuses.

[[Saunders]] attempts to trace [[Malcolm Quarrie]] via the Royal Society, but the best he can discover is that Quarrie is believed to have travelled to 'the continent'.

===Tuesday 20th November===

[[Doctor Bartlett]] receives a [http://unboundbook.org/wiki/images/b/bc/12_Wilfred_Grestys_First_Letter.pdf letter] from someone called [[Gresty]]. In the letter, Gresty claims to have been a part of the same group as [[Alexander Roby]], [[Lawrence Bacon]], [[Malcolm Quarrie]], [[Edwards]] and [[Coombes]], and that the group has split up. He also asks their assistance in dealing with Bacon, who he says will go out on the night of the full moon (November 27th). Gresty says that he will prevent Coombes from being present, and that this will make Bacon easier to handle.

Bartlett and [[Withers]] discuss the letter. Bartlett phones [[Delia Morrison]] about Gresty, but she has never heard of him. He also tells Delia to contact Withers or himself if she thinks of anything that may be helpful.

===Wednesday 21st November===

[[Delia Morrison]] calls [[Withers]], saying she has found something and would like him to visit at six that evening. Withers, wary of any possible 'untowardness' in visiting her alone, invites [[Bartlett]].

When they arrive they find that [[Peter Morrison]] is present and Delia has a black eye. Withers reacts with anger, and Morrison, who has been drinking, challenges him to a fist fight.

Withers and Morrison face off in the front garden, and Withers wins handily, his second and final blow smashing into Morrison's midriff, leaving him gasping on the ground. Delia spits on her helpless husband and says 'if you ever lay a hand on me again, you are dead.' Morrison ends up hospitalised with a ruptured kidney, but the police press no charges as both Bartlett and Delia bear witness to Morrison's having started the fight.

Delia apologises to Withers for using him this way as in truth, she has no more information about [[Alexander Roby]]. She bids 'adieu' to him with a gentle kiss on the cheek.

===Thursday 22nd November===

At [[Saunders]]' urging [[Browne]] visits [[Malcolm Quarrie]]'s former home and gains mail that was meant for him by posing as a relative. The letters include a couple from his mother in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire which refer to a 'Hillary', who seems to be Quarrie's estranged wife and announce the death of Quarrie's father. In the second letter his mother effectively disowns him and says she is moving away to live with 'Aunt Tessie'. No addresses are included in the letters.

Saunders decides to seek Quarrie in European academia and starts sending off cables to various learned institutions.

Walsh, the private detective, reports to [[Withers]] that there has been no movement of any interest at [[Lawrence Bacon]]'s shop. In the light of the [[Gresty]] letter Withers ends Walsh's employ, deciding it's time to take a personal interest.

Withers gives his sister, Anna, [[Delia Morrison]]'s address and number and asks Anna to look after Delia.

[[Doctor Bartlett]] finds a disturbing note scribbled in a psychological journal that refers to [[The King in Yellow]], but is unable to locate it a second time.

===Friday 23rd November===

The weekly dinner at [[Doctor Bartlett]]'s house becomes a discussion about the situation with [[Lawrence Bacon]] and the [[Gresty]] letter. After much debate it is agreed that all four investigators will watch, and attempt to follow Bacon on the 27th, and that the police will not be informed in advance.

===Saturday 24th November===

In preparation for Tuesday night, [[Withers]] and [[Browne]] reconnoiter the area around Bacon's shop. Browne finds a good hiding place in the gardens of the Royal Fever Hospital, opposite the shop while Withers traces the route to the canal, as described in [[Vincent Tuck's report]].

While wandering the canal area, Withers is very disturbed to encounter a drunken tramp singing [[Cassilda]]'s song from '[[The King in Yellow]]'.

===Sunday 25th November===

A day spent in at church, with family or just quietly at home. [[Withers]] is invited to dine with his sister and finds himself in the awkward situation of sitting opposite [[Delia Hartston]] (who no longer calls herself 'Morrison').

===Monday 26th November===

A day spent at work, reading and writing, is interrupted when [[Browne]] gets a phone call from a barely coherent [[Talbot Estus]]. Estus says "I won't do it, I won't." and asks Browne "who are you, what do you want?".

Concerned, Browne calls [[Bartlett]], reporting that he is very disturbed by Estus' behaviour and fears that he may be a danger to himself or others. The pair arrange to meet at Estus's apartment building. Arriving first, Browne attempts to gain a response from within, but none is forthcoming. Barlett arrives and the two attempt to force entry. While attempting to break down the door (during which Browne re-injures his ankle), a neighbour arrives. He has a spare key and lets them in. Estus is found hanging in his study, an apparent suicide. Browne is shocked and falls backward to the floor.

A suicide note is found which says ''"Did I see my destiny, or did I make it? I know what I must do. Damn Roby and damn his book."'' The remains of [[Der Wanderer durch den See]] burn in the fireplace. Bartlett rings for an ambulance, while Browne, shaken by the entire experience, and realising that just like [[Dr. Lionel Trollope]], Estus apparently foresaw his own death while in possession of the book, starts to rummage through Estus's papers. He finds endless discarded drafts of the start of Estus's novel (it seems he never even settled on a beginning to his ''magnum opus''), and keeps some sheets. He also locates the copy of '[[Le Roi en Jeune]]', which he swiftly pockets.

===Tuesday 27th November===

Despite being shaken by events of the previous night, the investigators meet as planned at 'the Cripple', a pub a few doors down from [[Lawrence Bacon]]'s shop. At closing time they take positions in the bushes across the street and in an alley at the corner, and wait.

Just before midnight a huge, bearded man leaves the shop. He answers the description of Bacon, except that he is clearly a good 20 years younger than they have been expecting. Nevertheless, they follow him, seemingly managing to avoid detection.

Bacon, if this is indeed he, follows the same route that he did when followed by [[Vincent Tuck]]. Once near Regents Canal he starts looking in doorways and alleys. [[Browne]] is closest when he enters an alley, just off the canal path, and starts to chant. A hideous screeching cacophony fills the air, joining with the chant, and the horrific screaming of a human being comes from within the alley. Browne hides in a nearby doorway.

[[Withers]], who is in the open on the canal path, fumbles for his gun. As he does this, the screeching stops and a vagrant staggers from the alley. Seeing Withers, the poor wretch screams for help. Bacon grabs the vagrant from behind and lifts him up. Withers fires a warning shot into the air. Bacon hurls his victim against a wall, where his body seems to break apart, and turns to face Withers.

Withers aims at Bacon as Bacon starts shouting 'Coombes, Coombes, where are you man, you're needed!'

[[Saunders]] and [[Bartlett]] close the gap and find themselves behind Withers on the canal path as Bacon, realising Coombes is not there, starts to rush towards Withers, chanting the words "arggan colubra, arggan colubra!". He passes Browne, still hiding in the shadows of the doorway. Browne prepares to attack Bacon from behind, aware that with his ankle still hurting, he is unlikely to be able to outrun him.

Withers fires - the shot seems to hit Bacon but deflect away, hardly slowing him. As he closes on Withers the moonlight clearly shows his raised hands twisting, morphing and turning into the heads of a pair of hissing snakes!

Continue to [[Session 6]].

==Audio Recording==

Session 5 - Total Running Time : 2h 47m (39 Meg)

[http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Five.mp3 Four Go Mad in London]

Session 5

2009-08-16T00:27:43Z

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Tatters of the King

2009-08-16T00:26:15Z

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'''Tatters of the King'''[http://catalog.chaosium.com/product_info.php?products_id=773&osCsid=07f84f248e3a49f3cf6199ee7fbb6629] is a Call of Cthulhu campaign written by Tim Wiseman and published by [http://chaosium.com Chaosium] and which our role-playing group played. Play commenced on May 8th 2006 and ran until October 2nd 2006.

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

==Guest Book==

Add your comments here in the [[Guest Book]].

==Setting==

The game is initially set in [http://www.yog-sothoth.com/docs/article-london-guide-1928.pdf London], [http://www.unboundbook.org/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 who engage in different pursuits - those who would see an inhuman power come to Earth such that it would make mundane activity seem like a last twitch before dying...

==Cast of Characters==
Tatters of the King is full of interesting and diverse characters, none more so than the Player Characters themselves!

===Keeper of Arcane Lore===

The Game Master is [[Mark Chiddicks]]

===[[Player Characters]]===

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* [[Nathaniel Browne]] - A failed writer, looking for his big story, played by [[Darryn Mercer]].
* [[Andrew Saunders]] (Deceased) - British Museum curator and proud Scot, played by [[Julia Blackmore]].
* [[Captain George Withers]] - Coldstream Guards. Career soldier. Played by [[Nicola Bishop]].
* '[[Umberto]]' (Deceased) - Mysterious former Vatican investigator. Played by [[Marcus Gustafsson]].
* [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] (Deceased) - Eminent research psychologist, played by [[Marcus Gustafsson]].

===Notable Non-Player Characters===

'''Prologue - Opening Night'''
* ''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
* [[Talbot Estus]] (deceased) - American novelist, now debuting as a playwright

'''Chapter One - The Madman'''

* [[Dr. Charles Highsmith]] - Asylum Superintendent
* [[Alexander Roby]] - Incarcerated Madman
* [[Lucius Harriwell]] - Incarcerated Madman
* [[Price and Evans]] - Asylum Nurses

'''Chapter Two - A Walk in the Park'''

* [[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]]
* [[Peter Morrison]] (deceased) - Abusive husband of Delia
* [[Vincent Tuck]] - Private Detective, hired by Grahame Roby
* [[Coombes| Michael Coombes]] (deceased?) - Sinister stalker, Bacon's ex-bodyguard

'''Chapter Three - Springer Mound & the Canal'''

* [[Harold Jennings]] (deceased) - Unfriendly Suffolk farmer
* [[Montague Edwards]] (deceased) - Alexander Roby's secret guardian
* [[Lawrence Bacon]] (deceased) - Antiquarian, occultist and sorcerer

'''Chapter Four - The Flight North'''

* [[Cec Watts]] (deceased) - Tabloid Journalist
* [[Henry Lister]] - Terrified cultist and necrophobe
* [[Aleister Crowley]] - Famed Occultist

'''Chapter Five - To Walk Upon the Earth in Carcosa'''

* [[Quentin Spence]] - Poet and Failed Cultist
* [[Noss]] of Yhtill - Leather worker from an alien world
* [[Yolanda]] - Noblewoman from [[Cassilda]]'s court

'''Chapter Six - Talk of Goatswood'''

* [[Wilfred Gresty]] (deceased) - Writer of letters and spy for the Goatswood cult

'''Chapter Seven - Nug's Farm'''

* [[Hillary Quarrie]] - Estranged wife of Malcolm and priestess of the Goat
* [[Atkinson]] (deceased) - Ailing leader of the Goatswood Shub-Niggurath cult

'''Chapter Eight - The Brothers of the Yellow Sign'''

* [[Paolo Tuminardo]] - Milanese Guide and young Fascist
* [[Giuseppe Colombo]] - Ancient, curmudgeonly Italian Brother of the Yellow Sign
* [[Thomas Villiers]] (deceased) - Insane artist and Brother of the Yellow Sign

'''Chapter Nine - The Viceroy of India'''

* [[Julian Knight]] - Minor diplomat and lounge lizard, en route to India
* [[Ian Gore| The Reverend Ian Gore]] - Missionary, en route to India
* [[Henrietta Tullis|Mrs Henrietta Tullis]] - Matronly figure, en route to India
* [[Stephen Thomas]] - Quiet, bookish man, en route to India
* [[Francesca Nicholson|Miss Francesca Nicholson]] - Bright young thing, en route to India
* [[Patricia Berry|Miss Patricia Berry]] - Quiet, shy young lady, en route to India

'''Chapter Ten - A Thousand Miles'''

* [[Sivakumar Patel]] - Guide and translator from Bombay
* [[Jigme Rinzing]] - Nepalese merchant/guide

'''Chapter Eleven - To Drakmar'''

* [[Tsewan Pemba]] - Tibetan Guide
* [[Carlo Schippone]] (deceased) - Graduate student and Himalayan adventurer

'''Chapter Twelve - The Upper House'''

* [[Ricardo Delnegro|Mayor Ricardo Delnegro]] (deceased) - ''Alpini'' officer and Himalayan adventurer
* [[Roberto Anzalone]] (deceased) - Professor of Asian History and Brother of the Yellow Sign
* [[Malcolm Quarrie]] (deceased) - Elusive scientist and occultist
* [[The King in Yellow]] - Beautiful, yet terrible, alien god

==Literary Works==
[[Image:mask.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The Masque of Yhtill]]
Works of Fiction and Fact as found in on the journeys of our intrepid Investigators.

*[[Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger]] - a fantasy in two acts, [http://unboundbook.org/wiki/images/6/67/CARCOSA.pdf script] by [[Talbot Estus]]
* [[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]
* [[Le Roi en Jeune]] - a rare French play, playwright anonymous
* [[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]]
* [[British Gods]] - Religion and Myth in the Western Kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon Britain - by [[Malcolm Quarrie]]
* [[The Turner Codex]] - A translation of Mesoamerican prayers and libations to Hastur - trans. M. Turner ''et al''
* [[The Tatters of the King]] - A book of short stories by [[Nathaniel Browne]]
* [[The Revelations of Glaaki]] - The Goatswood cult's compilation of occult knowledge

==Locations==
Places of wonder and terror. Haunts of the Yellow King and other locales of interest.

* [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
* [[Loch Mullardoch]], near Inverness, Scotland
* [[Carcosa]], a dream city made flesh
* [[Goatswood]], an area of the Severn Valley in Gloucestershire
* [[Nug's Farm]], Hillary Quarrie's home, in the Goatswood region
* [[Milan]], Lombardy, Italy
* [[The Viceroy of India]] - Modern P&O passenger liner, en route to India
* [[India]], the gateway to Nepal
* [[Bombay]], port of entry to India
* [[Nepal]], mountain kingdom, closed to Westerners
* [[Mustang]], a small kingdom in Northern Nepal
* [[Drakmar]], in Mustang, the legendary site of the death of the ogress Balmo
* [[Leng]], legendary icy plateau - not on this Earth
* [[The Upper House]], labyrinthine alien structure, found in Leng

==Sessions==

The Monday Night Players' run through of ''Tatters of the King'' was completed over 16 fun and exiting gaming sessions. As each lasted anywhere between and hour and a half and three hours, the campaign took over 30 hours of game time to finish.

* [[Session 1]] - Opening Night
* [[Session 1.5]] - The Madman
* [[Session 2]] - The Plot Thickens
* [[Session 3]] - Alexander's Friends
* [[Session 4]] - Teeth of Winter
* [[Session 5]] - Four Go Mad in London
* [[Session 6]] - Death by Night, Death by Day
* [[Session 7]] - Missing Persons
* [[Session 8]] - To Walk Upon the Earth in Carcosa
* [[Session 9]] - Aftermath - a Year in the Lives...
* [[Session 10]] - Nug's Farm, or "Are You Local?"
* [[Session 11]] - Il Fratelli di Signo Giallo
* [[Session 12]] - The Viceroy of India, or "May I Have This Dance?"
* [[Session 13]] - A Matter of Honour
* [[Session 14]] - The Trail of the Pilgrims
* [[Session 15]] - Drakmar and Beyond
* [[Session 16]] - The King Steps Down
* [[Aftermath]] - Forever Wondering

==Collected Audio Recordings==

The audio for all of the sixteen sessions that were recorded are collected here.

* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_One.mp3 Session 1 - Opening Night] - Total Size : 28 Meg (Note: This recording is quite quiet and has some quality issues.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Two.mp3 Session 2 - The Plot Thickens] - Total Size : 30 Meg (Note: This recording has some quality issues.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Three.mp3 Session 3 - Alexander's Friends] - Total Size : 32 Meg (Note: This recording has some quality issues.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Four.mp3 Session 4 - Teeth of Winter] - Total Size : 30 Meg (Note: recordings from now are much better quality, although this one has considerable edits as the group gets regularly sidetracked on various non-gaming subjects.)
* [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/attachments/UBB_Tatters_of_the_King_-_Session_Five.mp3 Session 5 - Four Go Mad in London] - Total Size : 39 Meg

Session 16

2009-08-14T02:53:03Z

Binder:

==Session Report - Played Monday 2nd October, 2006==

=== The Upper House - February 1930 ===

[[Image:king.jpg|right]]
The [[King in Yellow]] appears standing beside the gate. He was not seen to pass through it.

The King does not speak, but all hear his words in their minds:

''GREETINGS PILGRIMS I AM THE KING IN YELLOW WHICH OF YOU HAS COME TO GUIDE ME''

''THE WHITE ACOLYTE WILL BE MY HONOURED SERVANT MY HIGH PRIEST TO CARRY MY GOSPEL TO THE WORLD''

====Nathaniel Browne====

Ahead of the others, [[Nathaniel]] stands, awestruck by the power and majesty of the being before him. This is his muse, the very personification of the driving force behind the last year and a half of his life. There seems nothing more important to him than to be the servant of this being, this god, this king. But he remembers. He remembers the deaths of [[Bacon]], [[Edwards]], and [[Quarrie]]. He remembers the grave of [[Frederick Bartlett]], his friend. He remembers the horrors which have driven him and his friends across London, across England, across oceans and high mountains. He remembers his dream, the graveyard of the world. At last, finally and overwhelmingly, he remembers [[Francesca]]. His love is a greater thing than his art. His head moves slowly to the left, then to the right in slow, but unmistakable, denial. He passes the test. He will not serve. He will not be the [[White Acolyte]].

====George Withers====

Such is the power of the King in Yellow's presence that for a brief moment even [[Withers]] remains transfixed by his majesty and beauty. Of all his friends and companions Withers has always remained the most unaffected and unimpressed by the power of the dream they have been pursuing. Far, far removed from the positive revelry in sensation that Nathaniel Browne has abandoned himself to and distant even from the professional curiosity about those people affected, felt by his close friend Doctor Frederick Bartlett. Frederick. The thought of his friend snaps Withers out of his brief reverie - his dear friend was butchered by one of the servants or heralds or some damn thing serving the creature that stands before him now. How could he have allowed himself, even for a second, to waver in his purpose! That THING is a threat to every thing he holds dear and there is no damn way that George Withers is going to be the White Acolyte. He'd burn in hell first!

====Umberto====

Recognising the King in Yellow from his dreams, for a second the majesty of the King makes Umberto doubt all he believes. Surely this reality is greater than any Christian myth? Then he realises that this being is the truth behind the story of Satan. This is the Lord of Lies, and Umberto will not be tempted.

====Andrew Saunders====

Saunders has spent his adult life living a lie. His life has been a never-ending succession of compromises and half-truths. The majesty and glory of the King in Yellow offers certainty, beauty and freedom. The veil lifts from his eyes and Saunders wants nothing more than to serve this being. Saunders realises that it is his destiny to be [[the White Acolyte]].

===Action Resumes===

The voice in his head urges him to be it's servant, but [[Nathaniel Browne]] again denies it. The voice says "ONE OF THESE OTHERS LOVES ME". Nathaniel turns to his companions, a look of deep worry sketched on his face. "Remember Franscesca" begs [[Withers]]. "I know" replies Browne, "It's not me I'm worried about". [[Umberto]] begins to move toward the King, his right hand grasping the symbol around his neck. He is closely followed by Withers. Browne intercepts, raising a hand to block his path, "No, I don't think so" he says. Umberto looks bewilderedly at Browne. "What are you doing?" asks Browne. "That is the apparition!" replies Umberto. "The King?" enquires Browne, confused. "No king of mine" replies Umberto in a firm voice.

Suddenly, Withers notices that [[Saunders]], uninvolved in this confrontation, has moved forward - a vacant, rapt, expression on his face - and has almost reached the imposing figure of the King! "Saunders!" shouts Withers, realizing he cannot reach his friend in time. Saunders appears to struggle against an irresistible pull, "Shoot me Withers, shoot me!" he begs. Withers draws his revolver, carefully aiming for the Scotsman's legs. Click! The round is a dud! Hastily Withers makes to fire again, but he is too late - Saunders' outstretched arm makes contact with the spectre's robe, the king's unseen eyes seem to bore into those of Withers, Browne and Umberto and they stand, paralyzed. Unable to move under the king's unearthly gaze, the others can only watch and listen.

A change comes across Saunders' expression. It is obvious that his infatuation with the King in Yellow is fading fast. "No", the sound seems torn from the Scot's throat, a few seconds later "No, you'll destroy it!" and finally, in total denial, "NO!". At this third declaration, the others find they can move again, but before they can react, the King in Yellow spins, becoming a whirlwind of yellow. The tatters of his robe hit Saunders and, before their horrified eyes, the others see Saunders torn apart, a gout of red stained gore spreads across the floor. Withers fires, his bullet passing harmlessly through the whirlwind of colour.

The King in Yellow reforms. His voice fills their heads once more: WILL ONE OF YOU GUIDE ME. "Go to [[Carcosa]], it's where you belong!" says withers, 'Nooo!!" shouts Umberto, "By the Lord's name I shall not!", Nathaniel remains silent. WILL YOU GUIDE ME the King asks again, his face looking straight at Nathaniel, "No!", he shouts. At this third denial, the King turns on the spot and vanishes.

While Browne moves forward to inspect the lectern next to the gate, Withers and Umberto approach what is left of Andrew Saunders. "I'm so sorry", intones Umberto, "it should have been me". "Oh, God" says Withers, "poor Saunders".

"The [[Yellow Sign]]!" - the sudden outburst from Browne breaks their reverie. "What?" says Withers. "This lectern", replies Browne, "it's just like the one in the cave where we came to this place". "You think it's somehow magical?" asks Withers. "Yes!" replies Browne. "Then let's get out of here!" shouts Withers. Browne nods, drawing the knife with the yellow sign pommel from his belt, he slices his palm and places it against the lectern. For over a year this sign has been the focus of his life, the tracing is perfect. The gate changes from misty white to blue. Nathaniel steps through. Immediately, a high-pitched keening noise begins to emit from the gate. There is a gasp of horror from Umberto. Withers turns and sees the King in Yellow, flying at high speed towards the gate. "Quickly!" he says, jumping through. The last thing he sees, as his face passes through the curtain of blue light, is the King's robed arm sweeping the bloody sign from the lectern.

===The Return===

Withers emerges from the gate and stumbles, yelping in pain. The skin has been stripped from the back of his trailing right leg, leaving it raw and bloody. Browne rushes forward to help. He glances up at the gate, finding it has returned to a misty white curtain through which can once again be seen the elephantine bulk of [[Chaugnar Faughn]]. The two have clearly returned to Mustang. Withers looks
back at the gate in horror - Umberto has not followed them through! The fate of the world rests in the hands of a man they hardly know, nor trust.

===Gethsemane===

[[Image:Prayer.jpg|right]]

Back in Leng, the gate snaps shut as the King wipes the blood away. The King advances on Umberto. ''WILL YOU AID ME'' "No!" reiterates Umberto, clutching at his holy symbol. ''I CANNOT LEAVE YOU HERE YOU WILL WAIT I WILL SEE YOU SOON'' The robes of the King flap up blocking Umberto's view and he finds himself in cold and solitary darkness.

Umberto flicks on his torch, finding himself in a large, flagstone floored chamber with four exits, one in each wall. This is clearly deep in the bowels of the [[Upper House]]. There is absolute silence. Careful to mark his route, Umberto explores his surroundings, finding himself back in the labyrinth of
the Upper House. Without the piping to guide him and with no idea where he is, Umberto returns to the room the King left him in and prays.

After an hour or so, the King's voice again fills his head. ''YOUR FRIENDS ARE DEAD YOU ARE ALONE BUT YOU NEED NOT BE GUIDE ME TO YOUR WORLD AND YOU WILL BE MY CHOSEN ONE'' "Never!" says Umberto defiantly, "you will not break me, I serve a higher power!". At this, the presence leaves him. Some hours later, the King returns and asks again, and is again rebuffed, although Umberto can feel his resistance ebbing slowly away. The presence does not return for some hours, during which Umberto again prays. Finally, just a moment after the last power from his torch is gone and he is again left in total blackness, the voice again returns.
''DARK AND ALONE HUNGRY IT NEED NOT BE LIKE THIS GUIDE ME''
"No..., my...heart..lies...with...God!" this time Umberto barely resists the King's mental intrusions, delivering the words through gritted teeth. For a time beyond knowing, Umberto lies in the darkness. Finally, when all his food is gone and but a sip of water remains, Umberto realizes what he must do.

'''Umberto cradles the rifle in his lap.'''

"Dominus reget me et nihil mihi deerit." - "The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want."

'''He takes a round from his pocket and lays it on the floor'''.

"In loco pascuae ibi; me conlocavit super aquam refectionis educavit me." - "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters"

'''He picks up the rifle in his left hand.'''

"Animam meam convertit deduxit me super semitas iustitiae propter nomen suum." - "He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake"

'''He cranks the lever to open the breach.'''

"Nam et si ambulavero in medio umbrae mortis non timebo mala quoniam tu mecum es virga tua et baculus tuus ipsa me consolata sunt." - "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me."

'''He loads the round.'''

"Parasti in conspectu meo mensam adversus eos qui tribulant me inpinguasti in oleo caput meum et calix meus inebrians quam praeclarus est." - "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemes; thou annointest my headwith oil; my cup runneth over."

'''He cocks the rifle.'''

"Misericordia tua subsequitur me omnibus diebus vitae meae..." - "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life..."

'''He raises the barrel to his mouth, the toe of his right foot reaching for the trigger.'''

"Et ut inhabitem in domo Domini in longitudinem dierum." - "and I will dwell in the house of The Lord forever."

'''A bang, a thump, then silence...'''

===Home Again===

[[Image:Explode.jpg|400px|right]]

BOOOOMMMMM!!!! A huge explosion rocks the cave where the gate lay. Browne and Withers have given up waiting for Umberto. They hope beyond hope that he has somehow managed to defy the King, or lead him elsewhere and have determined to seal the cave to prevent others coming to free him. Withers initially wanted to use his dynamite to destroy the gate, but Browne thought it unwise as he felt it may break down the very walls of reality and bring [[Hastur]], or something even worse, to Earth. The two argued about whether to collapse the cave or wait for Umberto to come out. At last they reached a compromise - they would wait as long as they could and then collapse the cave. That time limit has now expired.

The two stand now at the base of the rockface, watching the dust settle. They know that a mere barrier of rock will mean nothing if Umberto leads the King back to Earth. Nathaniel idly wonders what the natives might think if they hear the explosion, perhaps the voice of the gods. This may not be so far from the truth.

They make their way back to the Monastery at [[Te]] where they find [[Siva]] still waiting for them. He is surprised by their quick return and they come to realize that during their journey to [[Leng]], no time has passed in this world. Fortunately, in their absence, the old guide has recovered somewhat from his wounds, he is not up to the journey down the mountain, but can wait alone at the monastery until help is sent. After another uneasy night at the Monastery, the troupe of three make their way wearily down the mountain. Withers and Browne wonder with every step whether the King will come through the portal, but the trip remains uneventful back through Nepal, and then through India to [[Bombay]], where Francesca awaits, then on to London, and Delia. For better or worse, the adventure is over.

Continue to [[Aftermath]].

==Audio Recording==

Link to come...

Session 15

2009-08-14T02:47:38Z

Binder:

==Session Report - Played Monday 25th September, 2006==

=== Thursday February 16th 1930 ===

--''continued''--

[[Image:drakmarnew.jpg|right|thumb|500px|The red cliffs of Drakmar]]
The investigators stand at the threshold of [[Drakmar]], in kingdom of [[Mustang]], the final destination of [[Malcolm Quarrie]]'s [[Pilgrimage of Grace]].

A quick count shows there are somewhere between 50 and 100 caves spread across the cliffs at heights between 30 and 150 feet about the valley floor. The investigators cross the valley for a closer look. En route they locate the remnants of the Italian expedition’s campsite and nearby a large flat stone stained with a large amount of blood. Though the blood is not fresh, nor is it more than a few weeks old.

Following a trail of blood spots [[Withers]] locates a fresh cairn under which it is assumed a body has been buried. The investigators discuss disturbing the dead, but decide against it.

[[Browne]] and [[Saunders]] climb up to the nearest cave. It is worn smooth as if by centuries of feet and leads to a small chamber whose walls are covered in thousands of tally marks in groups of nine. In the centre of the chamber is a small pile of bones which appear to be mix of birds and human finger bones.

[[Umberto]] thinks he catches a glimpse of something from the corner of his eye and sees a stone falling down the cliff. He climbs to where he thinks it came from and discovers a cave with a narrow crawlspace heading back into the cliff. He thinks better of crawling inside.

Several more caves are explored before night falls. Saunders finds a small pit filled with strips of dried human scalps. Other caves are connected by internal tunnels, but there is no sign of life or of fresh activity, and no further sign of [[Quarrie]] or his companions.

The investigators camp for the night in the first cave they had explored. During the night both [[Browne]] and [[Umberto]] have dreams of bestial savagery which feel like the intrusions of an alien intelligence, but which have none of the terrible beauty of Hastur. Each of them awakens, heart pounding.

=== Friday February 17th 1930 ===

As dawn approaches, Umberto is on watch, and it is he who first hears a disturbing human sobbing sound coming from a cave mouth high above the campsite. Taking his gun and a torch, Umberto climbs to investigate, waking nobody else.

When Saunders wakes up, Umberto is gone. He wakes the others and they hear the sobbing sound. Taking their packs and their weapons they clamber up towards the noise and enter the cave from which it issues. In leads into a tunnel that twists through the rock until a pale glow can be seen in the distance. The sobbing, oddly, is fading, but as it fades the deep slow heartbeat sound heard by [[Browne]] the day before is clearly audible to all.

Nervously the party edges forward as the passage opens up into a large chamber dominated by an archway on the far side which is lit up with a pearly glow. Beyond the arch can be seen the silhouette of a vast immobile bulk, a great squatting buddha with the head of an elephant, over the surface of which smaller creatures scurry. Despite the lack of any clarity in the image it is very disturbing.

There are two other entrances into the chamber and it is through one of these that [[Umberto]] now emerges, being held at spear-point by a hideous black-skinned humanoid. The creature is a mass of naked muscle, but only 4ft tall. Its bald head is misshapen, its features inhuman. Before anyone can react a dozen more of the creatures emerge from the other entrance, and from behind the investigators can be heard many more, who have clearly entered the tunnel that they are using.

[[Image:anza.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Anzalone Transformed]]
The creatures do not speak, but from the archway emerges a man - or rather what remains of a man. Despite his hideous injuries and bizarre deformities, this appears to be [[Anzalone]]. Naked, with his eyes put out, his mouth a drooling, bloody, toothless hole and most horrible of all his nose and ears stretched, ragged and moving on their own in sick parody of the trunk and ears of an elephant.

Moving as one, [[Withers]] and [[Browne]] raise their guns and fire - their decision an instinctive reaction to put an end to Anzalone's obvious misery. Brownes's goes wide but Wither's bullet is true and the ruin that was once Anzalone falls twitching to the floor. The black creatures, clearly having never encountered firearms, swarm over the investigators. Saunders fails to get a shot off, but both Withers and Browne shoot a couple dead before they are disarmed. The creatures show no anger or distress at the deaths of some of their number, and do no violence to the investigators beyond disarming them.

The apparent chief of the creatures goes to Anzalone's corpse and examines it in apparent annoyance, then gives an order in a language that sounds vaguely Tibetan. Umberto is dragged over towards the gate and his hand held out. The chief uses a knife to cut his hand open and then paints a crude Yellow Sign on the wall beside the gate using Umberto's bloody palm.

The light from the gate changes to a pale cold blue, and the shadow of [[Chaugnar Faughn]] (as Umberto will shortly identify it to his companions) disappears.

The helpless investigators are forced through the gate, where a horrible high pitched whistling overwhelms their senses. The time spent travelling through the gate seems simultaneously mere seconds and endless aeons. As the sound fades the investigators find themselves standing in the middle of an endless icy plain under a starlit sky. They are still surrounded by the black humanoids, and there in front of them, with his own retinue of the creatures, stands [[Malcolm Quarrie]].

=== Leng ===

''NB: Whilst in Leng the investigators' watches refuse to keep time in any consistent manner. Within a few hours nobody has any idea how long they have been there, their very sense of time has become unreliable.''

Astonished at the appearance of Westerners, Quarrie is full of questions. He soon discovers the gist of their purpose and how it was they came to be here. He is unsurprised, and not unhappy, to discover that [[Bacon]] and [[Edwards]] are dead, and pleased to find that [[Roby]] reached Carcosa and that his wife and daughter are well.

He answers the investigators' questions, explaining how the black humanoids, who he calls the [[Tcho-Tcho]] worship the elephant god [[Chaugnar Faughn]] and have waited centuries for [[the White Acolyte]] believing that he will bring Chaugnar Faughn to Earth. In truth it was [[the King in Yellow]] who tricked them long ago into believing this, for it is the King that awaits the Acolyte.

He explains how [[Carlo Schippone]], maddened by the dreams of the elephant god, slew Major Delnegro in the night and fled and how [[Anzalone]] was taken by the Tcho-Tcho to be Chaugnar Faughn's companion as had been promised to them long ago. Quarrie regrets the deaths of the rest of his expedition, but believes their sacrifice worthwhile.

He explains that one of the five people here now must be the [[White Acolyte]], though obviously he hopes that he himself will be the one. The Tcho-Tcho are ready to leave now - they are to go to '[[the Upper House]]', the place where the King will come down from [[Aldebaran]] to [[Leng]]. The task of the Acolyte will be to lead him from there to Earth. Rather disturbing ideas occur to the investigators and Withers and Saunders avoid looking in Nathaniel Browne's direction.

Quarrie is erudite, charming and has a pleasant nature, but he is absolutely immovable in his resolve to guide the King to Earth. Bereft of any way back to their homes, the investigators agree to travel with Quarrie, as yet undecided on how to deal with him. As the strange party of humans and Tcho-Tcho starts its trek across the cold wastes of Leng, the investigators start to work on trying to convince Quarrie that what he aims to do is misguided and terribly dangerous. He sees this as a test of faith and sets about trying to convince the others, especially [[Browne]] of the rightness of his cause.

Several hours into the trek across the featureless waste a great flying creature appears in the distance. As it gets closer its true size and hideous appearance becomes obvious. Even though Saunders still carries a revolver (the Tcho-Tcho didn't recognise this as a weapon and only took longarms) he decides against drawing it now, as the Tcho-Tcho would likely seize it. The monster screeches and dives at the group. Most dive to the ground, but Withers tries to seize a spear from a Tcho-Tcho and as they grapple for the weapon the great alien bird snatches the Tcho-Tcho and flies up with its prey. there is a crunch, a spray of blood and the Tcho-Tcho's severed head falls, striking Withers on the way down.

"Amazing," says Quarrie, "A ''shantak'' bird. this truly must be Leng!"

The Tcho-Tcho chief picks up the severed head and as the group moves on, begins to chew lumps off of it. The humans decide not to look.

The trek continues for hours, and the investigators and Quarrie are exhausted. Saunders is suffering especially badly, having not yet recovered from the trip to Drakmar. Browne realises that they are heading towards a bright star close to the horizon. he points it out to Quarrie and they agree it must be Albebaran. "I feel like I have been travelling toward it for the last year and a half" sighs Browne, "Much longer for me, my friend, much longer..." replies Quarrie. As they continue, it is Browne who first notices that Aldebaran has dipped behind some sort of a structure on the horizon. [[The Upper House]] is, at last, in sight.

=== The Upper House ===

The building is unspectacular. A square structure about 250 yards along a side and 20 yards high with sloping walls and a flat roof. Built of white stone and with a single wide doorway in the middle of the wall that the investigators are approaching.

A ring of plain obelisks surrounds the Upper House at a distance of a few hundred feet and the[[Tcho-Tcho]] do not cross the line of this circle. Quarrie, excited that his destination lies ahead, hurries forward and the investigators follow at once lest Quarrie get far enough ahead to lose them.

The five men enter the structure. The doorway gapes open into a wide corridor whose floor slopes slightly downward and whose walls are painted with images of alien beings in vast cyclopean cities. When they look back, a few tens of feet into the building, the investigators see that instead of the exit, all that lies behind them is an endless stretch of corridor. It is clear that the normal laws and space and time do not apply in this place. [[Browne]] hurries to keep up with [[Quarrie]] while [[Saunders]] and [[Umberto]] whisper to each other conspiratorially. A faint piping sound can be heard far ahead, and Quarrie heads toward it without hesitation. The others follow.

The Upper House proves to be vast and complex. For hours the investigators and Quarrie wander great halls and vaults with only the light of their flashlights to pierce the blackness. They encounter a great stairway into the earth but give up on its descent after 10 minutes. They decide to always try to move upwards where possible.

They reach a great chasm crossed by a narrow bridge, but, as Browne insists on not crossing, they instead choose to climb the wall behind them by way of a winding stair, only to find that the chamber at the top leads back to the very same bridge and very same stair. Saunders makes a mental note to tell his friend Professor Tolkien about this place.

They camp twice to get rest and to eat and quiet discussions on what to do take place. Both Brown and Withers, although agreeing that Quarrie seems currently unreachable, think that he is still a pleasant, unarmed and unthreatening man and do not wish to take precipitative action. Withers is however prepared to take drastic measures should there truly be no other option. He still shrinks from the thought of cold blooded murder and hopes that Quarrie, like Roby before him, might finally see something which removes the rose coloured spectacles from his eyes and makes him willing to lend his skills to preventing that which he is currently working towards. Umberto, on the other hand, grows more convinced that God has clear instructions for him to prevent what is occurring and works on the undecided Saunders who, he has realised, is carrying the party's only remaining revolver.

It is on the second of these stops that Umberto takes drastic action. He wakes to see Quarrie deep in conversation with Browne, who is finding Malcolm's arguments more and more convincing. Remembering [[Carlo Schippone]]'s account of the use of sorcery to turn the mind of major Delnegro, Umberto realises that Quarrie is more dangerous than he looks. He makes the decision to take an action long delayed.

Umberto requests, and is given, the gun that Saunders is carrying, he stands up, casually walks over to Quarrie and, without warning, puts a bullet through his brain. Blood and brain matter sprays over Browne, who leaps to his feet, the yellow-signed knife suddenly in his hand, and advances on Umberto, before suddenly coming to his senses and dropping the knife. He realises that Quarrie had been successful in doing that which Crowley had failed to do at Marx's tomb, though the influence has retreated with Quarrie's death.

There is a tense standoff as Browne argues that his mind is clear and urges Umberto to surrender his weapon. Withers takes Umberto's revolver, greatly regretting that he hadn't realised what the Italian was doing, but determined to keep it out of the hands of a man he is increasingly coming to see as mentally unstable at the very least, and perhaps a direct threat to the safety of them all.

Despite the shock of Umberto's act the other three do not yet challenge him on it - certainly the possibility that force would have to be used to stop Quarrie had occurred to them all, but none had thought of resorting to such cold-blooded murder . The investigators move on, leaving Quarrie's body behind, as they have no way to bury him. Soon they hear the pipes again, and start to feel they are making progress.

Eventually they pass through a chamber they have already seen, but this time there is a stairway up that was not there before. They have been wandering through the Upper House for an indeterminate time, but it could well be 2 or even 3 days. They are exhausted, but this discovery brings new hope.

=== The Plaza of the King ===

The stairs lead up to a broad open plaza under a starlit sky. Aldebaran, low in the sky, reflects from the polished stones. The piping has stopped, but upon the ground is found a set of pipes carved with the likeness of several [[Byakhee]].

On the far side of the plaza stand a pair of ornate pillars, with a great stone lectern next to them. As the investigators look around for a clue about what to do next a figure appears between the pillars. There is no arrival, he is just there, and somehow he always was.

It is a figure like a very tall, very thin man in flowing, tattered yellow robes that move in a non-existent breeze. There is no face visible within his hood. he does not speak but everyone knows who, or what, he is.

[[The King in Yellow]] has stepped down from Aldebaran.

Continue to [[Session 16]].

==Audio Recording==

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Session 13

2009-08-14T02:37:47Z

Binder:

==Session Report - Played Monday 11th September, 2006==

=== Friday January 12th 1930 ===

The ship steams across the Red Sea on the 2-day leg to the port of Aden. In mid-morning, Withers receives a telegram. Though he does not immediately reveal its contents and does not appear to be unhappy at receiving it, it clearly gives him pause. As the day progresses his friends can see an occasional smile, although he doesn't share the content and evades any questions on it.

At lunch, Mrs [[Tullis]] announces her planned Gilbert and Sullivan recital, "[[William and Arthur]]", and allocates songs to each of the guests. Realising their voices are not strong, the investigators decide to start rehearsing that afternoon, but [[Julian Knight]] does not turn up. The rehearsal is not encouraging.

Francessca, who is getting concerned that her friend Patricia is falling rather heavily for Captain Withers and that she has seen little evidence that he returns the feeling, expresses to Nathaniel that Captain Withers should make his intentions towards her clear. Both Withers and Brown think that it might be better to come from her in a non direct and more face saving way but Francessca is insistent and says that Patricia has recently been badly hurt by a man and that it is important that Captain Withers doesn't behave in a similar fashion.

So later that evening an extremely reluctant and highly embarrassed Captain Withers suggests a walk along the deck after dinner. Although he does his best to let her down lightly Patricia reacts badly, accusing Withers of not liking her because of her less outgoing nature. She doesn't listen to his urgent denials and confessions of already loving another before he meet her and Patricia eventually dissolves into tears and runs off into the night to her friend, [[Francesca Nicholson]], for comfort.

Also that very evening Francesca declares her love to [[Nathaniel Browne]], who returns the feelings in full.

=== Saturday January 13th 1930 ===

[[Image:Aden.jpg|thumb|300px|The Port at Aden|right]]

In late morning the ship docks at the port of Aden. Passengers go ashore and visit the town. Withers goes into town to try and find some flowers to make up for his rejection of Ms. Berry, but can find none of quality in the dingy town. Browne stays on board as Francesca is comforting Patricia. Although he tries not to, he can't help but feel a little annoyed at Withers for being the reason for his inability to spend time with Francessca. [[Patricia Berry]] is absent from both lunch and dinner, but is witnessed by Nathaniel and Francesca that evening on the dance floor with [[Julian Knight]], clearly the worse for drink and equally clearly trying to spite [[Withers]]. Francesca advises Nathaniel that anything they try to do will only make things worse, and Nathaniel advises George to stay away from the ballroom.

=== Sunday January 14th 1930 ===

[[Withers]] meets with [[Julian Knight]] and warns him not to mistreat [[Patricia Berry]] or sully her honour. Knight sneers at Withers, saying that it is Withers who has wronged her.

That evening Table 8 dines with the Captain and Knight is sober, charming and a perfect gentleman.

=== Monday January 15th 1930 ===

The investigators speak at length to [[Umberto]] while making plans of what to do when they reach India. They agree to allow him to accompany them on the trail of [[Malcolm Quarrie]].

Once more [[Julian Knight]] dances with [[Patricia Berry]], but he remains sober and is a gentleman throughout the evening.

=== Tuesday January 16th 1930 ===

The last full day aboard the ship, Tuesday ends with the passengers' concert. Each table in the dining room puts on its own show - varying from short melodrama to poetic recitation. Table 8 delivers "[[William and Arthur]]" with great success; Francesca and the two Gentleman solo's shine in particular and receive great applause. [[Withers]] and [[Julian Knight]] engage in a little singing rivalry, a by product of which results in the medley being more of a success than previously expected. Much champagne is drunk and everyone parties into the night.

=== Wednesday January 17th 1930 ===

[[Saunders]] and [[Browne]] awake with severe hangovers as the Malabar Coast hoves into view. The ship docks at [[Bombay]] in mid-morning and the passengers disembark.

Mrs [[Tullis]] takes charge of making sure everyone's luggage is gathered and transport arranged to the Taj Mahal hotel, where she has insisted everyone spend their first night (she can get a group discount on this finest of Indian hotels).

A dockside photograph of the table 8 crew is arranged. [[Patricia Berry]] looks unhappy, and [[Withers]] is concerned.

A few minutes later, as the table 8 crew says their farewells (thought they plan to meet later for a meal), there is a sudden scream from [[Francesca Nicholson]]. The investigators turn to see her looking down into the water from the dock. "Patricia fell in!" she yells. In seconds Withers has dived into the water and is trying to save Ms Berry, but she fights him and its obvious she intends to drown herself. It's all Withers can do to keep her head above water, but soon [[Saunders]] jumps in to help, and between the two men, Patricia is brought to the steps and safety.

"Why did you do it?", asks Withers.

"It was Julian," she sobs, "what he did to me."

[[Image:taj.jpg|thumb|400px|The Taj Mahal Hotel|right]]

Furious, Withers leaves Patricia with Saunders and rushes up the steps, storming past a confused Browne, to find [[Julian Knight]], who can be seen boarding a taxi. 'Stop right there, you son of a bitch!' Withers yells as he runs after Knight. It looks like Knight may escape, but as the taxi starts out it is cut off by a produce truck. Withers drags the startled Knight out of the taxi and orders him to defend himself. Knight seems in shock but a fist whistling past his ear convinces him that [[Captain Withers]] is in deadly earnest and he turns to engage the Captain. Mrs Tullis steps in to prevent interference by the local constabulary as the two men fight. A few blows land before Withers ends the fight with a body blow followed by a right cross which drops Knight like a sack of potatoes.

As Withers stands over the battered, bleeding diplomat, Miss Berry walks over and, with great courage and all the dignity she can muster, points at Knight and loudly says "That man raped me!"

Knight is arrested. Mrs Tullis assures the group that her connections will ensure that Julian will have great difficulty exercising his diplomatic immunity.

As soon as a doctor has looked at Patricia, and given her a clean bill of health, Withers apologises for his profanity in front of the ladies('Quite reasonable in the circumstances, old boy!') and those without permanent accommodation in the city head for the Taj Mahal hotel accompanied by Mrs Tullis, who smoothes the way at every step.

[[Umberto]] finds his own accommodation, but the others enjoy a fine meal in the luxurious surroundings of the hotel, where Mrs Tullis recommends [[Sivakumar Patel]] as a guide for the investigators, and tells them she can make arrangements to have him meet them the next morning.

Both Withers and Browne are distracted by the fact that each feels in some way responsible for what happened to Patricia. Withers guilt is greater, but is much ameliorated by his act of revenge against Knight.

=== Wednesday January 18th 1930 ===

After a hearty breakfast, the investigators meet their guide, [[Sivakumar Patel]], also known as 'Siva'. The decision has been made that the movements of [[Quarrie]] and [[Anzalone]] in Bombay need to be looked into before travelling any further. While the others go in search of local newspaper archives, [[Withers]] goes shopping with [[Siva]]. He asks to be shown some good jewellers and Siva proudly tells him that Bombay is the jewellry capital of India.

At the offices of the Times of India [[Browne]] finds a [http://unboundbook.org/wiki/images/0/0b/28_Newspaper_Article_on_the_Arrival_of_Italian_Archaeological_Expedition.pdf report] of the Italian Expedition's arrival in the city, but no more details. It is decided to ask Siva if he can find out who [[Quarrie]] hired as a guide while in the city.

Meanwhile, at the market, Withers sees what appears to be the [[Stranger]], the Pallid Mask himself, standing amidst the crowd. As Withers stares in amazement the apparition walks straight through another shopper before brushing Withers with its sleeve. When it does this Withers receives a sudden powerful vision of [[Carcosa]], then the Stranger is gone, leaving the man that he walked through sobbing uncontrollably. Withers asks Siva if he saw what happened, but Siva saw nobody.

Back at the hotel, Siva agrees to go and ask around to see what he can find out about the Italian expedition. He returns a little after lunch with the news that he located the guide they used, one Rajinder Singh, and has been to see him. According to Singh the Europeans spent their time shopping and exploring the city, but that they did visit a Holy Man at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towers_of_Silence the Towers of Silence], who spoke to them and seemed disturbed by what they said to him. Siva can take the investigators to see this man if they are interested. They are indeed.

In mid afternoon the investigators, including [[Umberto]] board a couple of ''gharis'' and head to the Towers of Silence, on the outskirts of the city. there amongst the vulture picked remains atop the Parsee funerary towers they find the Holy Man in question, a wizened old Parsee. Siva translates for them.

The Holy Man says that he remembers the man who bore the mark of a God upon his soul. He says that Nathaniel Browne also bears this mark, but not as strongly.

The God in question is the Outsider, the God In White, who is 'older than the Earth'.

The outsider can be found in the North, in the mountains where the 'small people' think him a Buddha. He is even now walking towards us.

The investigators return to their hotel and agree that they must travel to Nepal as soon as possible and try to pick up Quarrie's trail in Mustang. Reverend [[Gore]] is taking the Saturday morning train to Jabalpur, which is en route to the Nepalese border, so the investigators decide to travel with him. They set about making sure that they are fully equipped for a journey that will include a hike of at least 2 weeks in each direction from the end of the railway to the heart of the Kingdom of Mustang.

That night the dreams come again, more vivid than ever.

Continue to [[Session 14]].

==Audio Recording==

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Session 12

2009-08-14T02:34:51Z

Binder:

==Session Report - Played Monday 4th September, 2006==

''Steve Irwin - R.I.P.''

=== Monday December 31st 1929 ===

[[Image:Bartlett_Tombtstone.png|right]]

Wimbledon Cemetery, the funeral of Doctor Frederick [[Bartlett]]. In the face of some cold stares from Bartlett's family, the investigators retire to a nearby pub and make plans to travel to Nepal. It is decided to book passage on the next available ship, which will be '[[The Viceroy of India]]', a new P&O liner which leaves Southampton on Friday.

It is agreed that to avoid the crossing of the Bay of Biscay, never pleasant at this time of year, the investigators will travel by train to Marseilles and meet the boat there on Sunday.

=== Friday January 5th 1930 ===

The investigators leave England and head to France, taking a train south to the port of Marseilles, where they buy the gear they feel they need for the journey - walking shoes, packs, alpine rations and survival gear.

=== Saturday January 6th 1930 ===

All three investigators experience disturbing dreams containing themes and imagery from the Hastur mythos. All feel the influence of [[the King in Yellow]] is growing.

=== Sunday January 7th 1930 ===

The investigators board [[The Viceroy of India]] for the 11 day voyage to [[Bombay]]. Over the next week and a half they will spend a lot of time with their dining companions on Table 8, who they meet that lunchtime (with the exception of Mr Thomas, who does not appear until dinner).

*[[Julian Knight]] - a diplomat returning to India, who implies that he may be some kind of a spy and clearly has an eye for the ladies and a taste for brandy
*The Reverend [[Ian Gore]] - a missionary with the British Bible Society, on his way to continue spreading the Word in the interior of India
*Mrs [[Henrietta Tullis]] - the matronly wife of the Cultural attache in Bombay, returning from visiting her sick sister and very much the 'mother hen' of the group
*[[Stephen Thomas]] - a pudgy, bespectacled man. A minor civil servant taking up a new post in India, Stephen always has his head in a book.
*Miss [[Francesca Nicholson]] - a pretty, vivacious typist on her way to visit relatives and see the sub-continent. She knows [[Nathaniel Browne]]'s work and is especially happy to meet him.
*Miss [[Patricia Berry]] - Francesca's quieter, less glamorous friend and travelling companion from a monied background, she busies herself in voluntary work. As Franscesca's attention has been monopolised by Browne, Julian Knight immediately latches on to Patricia.

''Note: At this point, Julian Knight is being played by [[Marcus Gustafsson]] and the other players think that Julian is his new character in the campaign.''

The investigators get on well immediately with most of the diners, with the exception of Mr. Knight who almost immediately inspires dislike.

The afternoon in mostly taken up in trying Skeet shooting, a pursuit at which Mr. Knight proves himself quite inept, while the others attempt to pick up pointers off the obviously more experienced Withers.

By dinner that evening, Francesca has attached herself to Browne as is hanging on his every word, while poor Patricia finds herself the object of Knight's attentions, something that is making her increasingly uncomfortable.

During dinner Saunders sees a swarthy looking man looking into the dining room and is sure he's seen him before, though he cannot place him.

At the end of the meal, when it is time for the ship's orchestra to strike up, [[Withers]] notices Knight is ordering a drink and chivalrously steps in, inviting Patricia to be his dance partner for the evening. Thus paired up, Withers and Browne go to the dance floor, Knight to the bar and [[Andrew Saunders]] wanders off on his own for the evening.

Francesca returns to Nathaniel's stateroom where she discovers a copy of [[Talbot Estus]]'s play amongst Nathaniel's books. Remembering the dedication from '[[Tatters of the King]]' she asks if she can borrow it. Browne agrees.

Past midnight, Withers hears Saunders return to his cabin. He wonders quite where his friend has been and, remembering Saunder's mention of the swarthy stranger, decides to investigate. Gun in hand, he knocks at the door of Saunder's state room and is answered by a flustered Saunders who, nevertheless, ensures him that all is well.

=== Monday January 8th 1930 ===

The ship steams on across the Mediterranean. A game of deck quoits takes place, and [[Henrietta Tullis]] presses the investigators into competing against the reverend [[Gore]]. Withers and Browne encounter [[Francesca Nicholson]] and [[Patricia Berry]] once more, and Patricia is impressed to see Withers win handily, despite his protestations that he has never played before.

During the game, [[Saunders]] sees the swarthy stranger once more, but still cannot place him, or catch up with him.

[[Julian Knight]] arrives and tries once more to ingratiate himself with Patricia. while [[Browne]] continues to get on with Francesca like a house on fire.

While the ladies spend the afternoon in a painting class, Browne tries his hand at violin lessons, Saunders stalks the deck searching for (and failing to spot) the mysterious stranger and the others wile away the time in various pursuits.

By dinner, Saunders is constantly looking out for the stranger, and the others are starting to get a little worried about him. During the meal, Mrs Tullis and Rev. Gore box Knight in to stop him from bothering Patricia, and Withers finds himself once more spending time with young Miss Berry, whose reticence and shyness is slowly fading.

After dinner, as the orchestra strikes up, Withers notices Saunders sneaking off, makes up some quickly invented excuse to extricate himself from his dance with Miss Berry and trails him. Saunders passes into an area signposted as for 'Staff only'; Withers (after a brief pause for an internal debate about going into a place that is out of bounds) follows and runs into a lascar seaman. Wither's makes to push through regardless of the lascar's protestations, but the raised voices alert Saunders who emerges from a nearby door with an unreadable look upon his face. Withers sees the name "Head Steward Wilkins" on the door from which Saunders has emerged.

Saunders tells Withers that Wilkins is an old friend and refuses to say any more.

Back in the ballroom, Knight, having escaped the attentions of Rev. Gore and Mrs Tullis, has managed to get Patricia to dance with him, unprotected by Francesca and Nathaniel who have gone for a walk together. When Knight goes for a drink, Withers rescues her and when Knight returns, Mrs Tullis asks him to dance. Knight drains his brandy glass and accepts his fate.

Withers attempts to question Browne about Saunders' behaviour. Browne, guessing what is going on better than Withers, attempts inexpertly to deflect his attention, but succeeds only in piquing his curiosity.

=== Tuesday January 9th 1930 ===

The ship steams into Port Said. Many passengers disembark to explore the ''souk'' and experience some exotic culture.

[[Browne]] spends his time ashore with [[Francesca Nicholson]]. It is obvious to everyone that romance is blossoming.

Back aboard, dinner that evening has an Egyptian theme. Over dinner, [[Julian Knight]] shows another side to his personality, taking a great interest in the investigators and their travels. Soon this becomes a suspicious amount of interest, as if he is trying to find out something specific.

In the middle of dinner a note is hand-delivered to [[Withers]]. The note requests a meeting at the ship's bow at 10 o'clock that evening, and is signed '[[Aldones]]'. Withers is to come alone.

At the end of dinner, to the great surprise of the investigators, Knight does not attempt to get Patricia to dance, but simply stands up and leaves. The investigators discuss the mysterious note and decide that Withers will go, but Saunders will follow and watch from the shadows.

At the bow, nobody turns up. Withers waits for only a few minutes, then convinced that this is a transparent plot of Knight's decides to return to the ballroom where, at about 5 to 10, Knight had turned up and immediately started to work once more on Patricia's affections.

Just as Withers starts to leave a lascar turns up with another note, requesting a 15 minute delay prior to the meeting. Withers does not buy this and hurries back to the ballroom where, with a bit of help from Francessca, he once more rescues Patricia from Knight. Patricia is starting to greatly like Withers and tells Francesca who in turn tells Nathaniel.

Saunders hangs back near the bow and sees a shadowy figure arrive at 10.15, wait for a minute then slip away. Saunders attempts to follow, but quickly loses the trail.

=== Wednesday January 10th 1930 ===

[[Image:Suez.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The Suez Canal]]

The day is spent travelling through the Suez Canal, a fascinating and unique maritime experience.

At lunch [[Henrietta Tullis]] mentions the traditional end of voyage show at which each table puts on a small act. [[Francesca Nicholson]] happily suggests a performance of part of '[[Carcosa: or the Queen and the Stranger]]', but both [[Withers]] and [[Saunders]] veto this, citing emotional reasons around the death of their 'friend' [[Talbot Estus]]. Instead it is agreed that the table will put on a [[recitation]] of Gilbert and Sullivan songs.

Saunders has a reasonable singing voice, as do Francesca, Mrs Tullis (unsurprising as this is a hobby for her), and the Reverend Gore.
The big surprise is Mr Thomas, who turns out to have an excellent baritone once coaxed from his initial reticence.

The others are cobbled into a larger chorus where their lesser vocal talents are better merged.

At dinner, Mr Knight fails more miserably than ever at trying to pump the investigators for information and in trying to chat up Patricia, and decides instead to drown his sorrows at the bar.

Absolutely nothing sinister happens this evening.

=== Thursday, January 11th 1930 ===

[[Image:Deck_Cricket_2.jpg|387px|right|thumb|Saunders and Browne at bat]]

This afternoon the traditional Port vs Starboard cricket match takes place. All of the investigators take part and perform variously well (and Julian Knight seems to playing as though he is drunk, even hitting the first mate with an ill-timed throw), but it is [[Andrew Saunders]] who shines, very oddly for a Scot. Despite a couple of mistakes in the outfield his outstanding batting and bowling talents end up winning the match virtually single-handedly. Saunders is carried to the bar on the shoulders of his team-mates in triumph!

Returning to his stateroom, [[Browne]] is shocked to find that he has been burgled, [[The Turner Codex]] is gone, along with the note from [[Villiers]]' studio, whcih was tucked between the pages. Browne reveals his suspicion tbat [[Julian Knight]] is involved, citing his recent behaviour and the mysterious notes. Knight is questioned by the Chief Purser and instantly cracks under the slightest pressure, revealing his involvement with a mysterious Italian who offered to get [[Withers]] out of his way in return for all he could learn about the investigators' reasons for travel to India.

Knight also reveals that he was told that a note left for 'Aldones' at the telegraph office could be used to make contact.

It is decided to draft such a note suggesting a midnight meeting somewhere on the ship, and that whoever picks up the note should be identified or even followed if possible.

The note is so drafted, delivered and picked up. The man who picks up the note is identified as [[Umberto]] Zavaroni from stateroom 217.

That evening no dancing follows dinner. Knight stays well away from Patricia and the ladies retire to play cards to allow the men to carry out their business.

Saunders, Withers and a couple of burly crewmen head to the bow while the chief purser and Browne let themselves into the room opposite Zavaroni's and wait.

At 11.45 a man appears at the door to 217, knocks and speaks in Italian. Watching through the peephole, Browne sees him draw a stilleto as Zavaroni's door starts to open.

Browne bursts into the corridor shouting a warning, Zavaroni opens the door. The assassin strikes, glancing a blow off of his target's money-belt. Browne steps out, swings a well placed fist and smashes the attacker's nose back into his face knocking him out cold. The stilleto falls to the ground. A Yellow Sign is embossed on its handle. Browne quickly pockets the knife.

''At this point, [[Marcus Gustafsson]] starts to play [[Umberto]] to everyone else's surprise. It is now revealed that Knight was never his player character, but a mere piece of misdirection, and instead he will be playing Umberto.''

It is soon revealed that the now unconscious assassin burgled Browne's cabin and that Umberto has long been a thorn in the side of [[the Brothers of the Yellow Sign]]. He says that 'Zavaroni' is a fake name, but that they can call him 'Umberto'.

The other investigators arrive in time to hear Umberto's tale of following their footsteps for months after his investigation of the activities of the Brotherhood caused him to become aware of their group. A former Vatican investigator, he takes the threat of [[Hastur]] very seriously and hopes they can be allies. It turns out that it was Umberto who, using the name '[[Aldones]]', enlisted Mr Knight to find out more about the investigators, trying to verify that these were indeed the group he had been trailing for so long.

Saunders, Withers and Browne look at each other, in their eyes the unasked question - 'Can we trust this man?'. Browne notices that Umberto wears the symbol of [[The Order of the Sword of St. Jerome]], the Vatican's (surely mythical?) occult investigation arm. After a long discussion it is established that with the amount that Umberto seems to already know, it would be fairly pointless for the others to disassociate from them as he would probably just follow them anyway.

Continue to [[Session 13]].

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Session 11

2009-08-14T02:30:42Z

Binder:

==Session Report - Played Monday 28th August, 2006==

=== Monday December 16th 1929 ===

The investigators meet this evening at Dr. [[Bartlett]]'s house to discuss events in the Severn Valley and what should be done with the information gathered there. [[Saunders]] has arrived back in England that very morning.

The decision is made to visit Milan as quickly as possible in order to be back in London by Christmas.

=== Tuesday December 17th 1929 ===

Tickets and guidebooks are purchased, excuses are made to spouses, bags are packed.

=== Wednesday December 18th 1929 ===

The 8.30am boat-train is caught, via Dover, arriving in Paris in late afternoon. With 4 hours to kill before the sleeper rain leaves for Milan, the investigators walk by the Seine and dine at a pleasant bistro in the shadow of Notre-Dame. The sleeper train leaves for Milan.

=== Thursday December 19th 1929 ===

[[Image:milan1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Central Milan]]

The investigators arrive in [[Milan]] at 7.30am and book into the Hotel des Anglais. The desk clerk arranges an interpreter/guide, and young [[Paolo Tuminardo]] - well-dressed, polite and a fervent member of the Fascist party is introduced.

The investigators tell him they need a guide for the tourist sites later, but for now they need an interpreter to help them with some urgent business. They ask for his aid in finding the shipping office of [[Giuseppe Colombo]] in Milan's ''Navigli'' region and he leads them to a cab and thence into the winding streets of Southern Milan's canal district.

Asking for directions at a small cafe, Tuminardo locates Colombo's office and leads the way inside.

In the office a strange pair of companions sit at a desk above which hangs a version of Da Vinci's "Last Supper" painted from the rear. The two men in the office are a wizened, bald old man with a milky eye and a sour expression and a somewhat effete looking young man with a startlingly sharp nose and long hair.

Tuminardo explains that his friends are looking for [[Malcolm Quarrie]] or [[Thomas Villiers]], at which point the young man stands and introduces himself in a refined English accent as Villiers.

The old man sits silently, scowling. "Don't mind Signor Colombo." says Villiers.

The investigators ask about Quarrie, at which point Villiers happily responds "The official story is that they have gone to Tibet, but in reality they are on a Pilgrimage..."

Colombo explodes into angry, rapid Italian invective. Obviously he understands enough English to realise what Villers is discussing. The old man shouts at Villers, telling him that he should not tell these strangers such things and that the [[King in Yellow]] will crush the likes of them - at least thats what Tuminardo was able to gather from his tirade.

Villiers suggests to the investigators that they accompany him to his studio, he has no idea whats got into Giuseppe, but clearly they have outstayed their welcome. On the way to his studio, a few doors from Colombo's, Villiers explains that he knew Quarrie in London and came to Italy with him when they both broke with their former friends in England.

The investigators dismiss Paolo and tell him to meet them outside later, then enter Villiers' cramped studio. They are surrounded by dark abstract paintings and blank canvasses. Villiers goes to get a bottle of grappa and some glasses and returns to explain the philosophy, or maybe ''theology'' of [[The Brothers of the Yellow Sign]] and the purpose of [[Malcolm Quarrie]]'s Pilgrimage.

He tells how he and his friends believe that the Christian Trinity is a distorted version of the true Trinity of [[Hastur]] and that Quarrie, along with the university professor [[Roberto Anzalone]] has gone in search of their God. At about this time [[Browne]] notices a page of notes pinned to a blank canvas. Several phrases leap out at him - '[[Springer Mound]]', '[[The King in Yellow]]', '[[Nepal]]' and '[[Drakmar]]'. It seems to be [http://unboundbook.org/wiki/images/9/99/25_Notes_found_in_the_Studio_of_Thomas_Villiers.pdf notes for a planned tryptich]showing the Trinity of Hastur. Browne pockets the paper.

Just as Villiers is about to explain the Pilgrimage in detail he suddenly stops talking. A strange look comes across his face as if he's suddenly realised that he's telling private business to strangers. He says "I just need to get something" and makes for the door.

Before anyone can react, the artist opens the door and cries out "Angel! I bound you and I release you!". He steps out, slams the door shut behind him and a heavy thump comes from the roof.

The investigators look up just as the skylight implodes and a [[byakhee]] crashes down to the floor, almost on top of [[Bartlett]]. Bartlett barely has time to register surprise as the creature tears his stomach open with a single grab of its great claws, spraying gore across the room.

Browne dives for the window, Saunders grabs an easel and Withers picks up a nearby poker and lays into the monster, cracking a perfect blow against its snout, breaking bone and crushing flesh. the byakhee shrieks and with a thundrous flapping of wings flies staight up and out into the night sky.

Outside, Browne gives chase to Villiers, catching him, landing an ineffective blow and then receiving a well-aimed kick to his bad ankle that leaves him writhing as Villiers flees into the night.

Back in the studio the others try to aid Bartlett, but find that he is already dead. The rest of the investigators stand in stunned horror for a few seconds, but still have the presence of mind to search the studio for further clues, though they find none.

The police and an ambulance are called and the investigators explain that their friend was killed by Villiers using some kind of metal implement that they did not see properly. Inspector Materazzi of the Milan police takes them in for questioning and the studio is sealed off as a murder scene.

The police hunt for Villiers, as the prime suspect in Bartlett's murder, and the respectable nature of the investigators is to their advantage, as their story is believed. They explain their presence in the city as a search for Malcolm Quarrie, who they describe as an old friend.

=== Friday December 20th 1929 ===

The day is taken up with further questioning, formal identification of the body, contacting Bartlett's family and the Tavistock Institute and all the other inevitable mess that follows a death by foul means.

That evening [[Thomas Villiers]] is found dead, floating in the canal, an apparent suicide. Materazzi considers the case closed.

=== Saturday December 21th 1929 ===

Saunders decides to take the opportunity to do a little local research with Paolo's aid and visits the university library. While there he remembers that the university funded [[Quarrie]] and [[Anzalone]]'s expedition so he makes a call, presents his credentials from the British Museum and ends up having an afternoon meeting with Dr. Bacci, Anzalone's colleague who tells him what he knows of [http://unboundbook.org/wiki/images/a/ad/27_Newspaper_Article_on_the_Departure_of_Italian_Archaeological_Expedition.pdf the planned expedition].

Using information provided by the Englishman, Quarrie, professor Anzalone hopes to discover the lost city of Jiwakhar, former capital of the Southern Tibetan kingdom of Gungthang. Bacci lends an 1845 book about the area to Saunders, and from it, and maps available in the library discovers that Gungthang is immediately North of the little known Nepalese kingdom of [[Mustang]], which was mentioned in [[Villiers]]' notes and which may be the true destination of the '[[Pilgrimage of Grace]]'. The book also mentions '[[Drakmar]]' as being a location within Mustang, but gives no other details.

Bacci says that Anzalone and Quarrie trvelled with [[Carlo Schippone]], a graduate student, and Major [[Ricardo Delnegro]] of the ''Alpini''. Delnegro's involvement is indicative of the Fascist government's desire to be involved in all significant Italian endeavours in order to take its share of the credit.

Bacci believes the expedition will be gone for at least 6 months.

Saunders decides to keep the book and post it back from England.

=== Sunday December 22nd 1929 ===

Italy being a pious nation, not much is open on Sunday. The surviving investigators rest, read, mourn their friend and start planning a trip to Nepal or Tibet - though Nepal will be problematic as the nation is closed to Westerners.

=== Monday December 23nd 1929 ===

The day is spent travelling back to London. Bartlett's coffin is met by relatives when they reach Paris.

=== Tuesday December 24th 1929 ===

The surviving investigators arrive in a snowbound London on the morning of Christmas Eve. They are hardly in the mood for celebration, but they all have at least one or two people they need to buy presents for, and they separate and agree to meet up again at Bartlett's funeral, which is arranged for New Year's Eve, Monday 31st December, 1929. Bartlett's story will end with the decade.

Continue to [[Session 12]].

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Session 10

2009-08-13T21:28:53Z

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==Session Report - Played Monday 21st August, 2006==

=== Friday December 13th 1929 ===

With [[Saunders]] in Oslo, at a curators' conference on Viking culture, it is left to [[Withers]], [[Bartlett]] and [[Browne]] to go to court to see [[Gresty]]'s appearance before the magistrate.

Gresty turns out to be a scrawny man in his 40s, with protuberant ears, a scraggly beard and bad teeth. He appears contrite, and somewhat agitated in court, pleading guilty to the charge of breaking and entering, but not to assault.

[[Image:Christ_Church_Spitalfields.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Christ Church, Spitalfields]]Speaking in a strong West Country accent, Gresty says that he has been having trouble sleeping, and on the night in question was walking the streets in a fit of insomnia when he was struck by an impulse to pray - he can't explain why he did it, but he chose to break into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Church%2C_Spitalfields Christ Church, Spitalfields], cutting his hands as he climbed through the window, and that he was kneeling at the altar when he was disturbed by a voice. Turning and fleeing in sudden terror he must have accidentally knocked the verger to the ground.

Gresty appears genuinely sorry, and is fined 2 pounds plus the cost of repairs.

As Gresty leaves the court, Bartlett approaches him and introduces himself. Gresty is thrilled to meet his 'friends', and is most interested to hear that they went to Scotland and witnessed (indeed, caused) the death of [[Montague Edwards]]. He invites them to his local watering hole, The Plough Inn, for a drink and a chat.

Gresty explains that he is a true servant of 'The Goat' sent here from the West Country to infiltrate the worshippers of Hastur, and that he succeeded briliantly. He is proud of his role in the death of [[Lawrence Bacon]], and reveals that as the housemate and drinking partner of [[Coombes]] he was able to learn all of [[Bacon]]'s plans and work against them.

He says also that he has been awaiting the death of his superior in the Shub-Niggurath cult, [[Atkinson]], so that he can return home to inherit the role of leader, and that now that Atkinson is near death he has been summoned.

Realising that the influence of Hastur was once again strong, he decided to act against it by going to a place sacred to the 'British Gods' and calling upon their aid. He chose Christ Church because as one of the churches of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawksmoor Nicholas Hawksmoor] it is [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst;jsessionid=GtGQ0hW5bh6yVf231YWQt0SL3l861ZcnGx1XhmPvQSzvJSmnGvYn!-325043583!377065349?a=o&d=5002021737 in reality] a shrine not to 'the carpenter god' but to the true, old gods of Britain.

He sliced his hands open deliberately and called upon 'Shub-Niggurath and Y'Golonac', and was then interrupted by the verger, who he deliberately knocked to the ground in anger and being so interrupted.

At this point, having touched on a personal obsession, Gresty launches into a rambling discourse on Hawksmoor and his churches - going so far as to lead the investigators to Christ Church, where he stands on the pavement outside, excitedly proclaiming his beliefs.

When he calms down, and is offered Bartlett's hip flask, which he drains, Gresty explains that he is about to return to his home at Mercy Hill in the Severn Valley, where 'the woman at Nug's Farm' thinks she is Atkinson's heir, but that he, Wilfred Gresty will inherit.

With this, the now quite inebriated Gresty walks off into the London throng. At last the investigators have a location for the elusive [[Nug's Farm]], and with it [[Hillary Quarrie]].

=== Saturday December 14th 1929 ===

[[Bartlett]] and [[Browne]] have booked an early train to Gloucester, but there is a problem. Despite yesterday's promising lead, there is no sign of Mercy Hill on any modern map of the Severn Valley.

As time is thought to be of the essence it is agreed that [[Browne]] will head at once to the map room of the British Library and scour old maps for the location of Mercy Hill, and will give his friends the map reference by telephone. If Browne cannot locate it, at least the others can ask locally.

Fortunately, by early afternoon Browne has located a set of 1911 military survey maps of the area, and on them he locates not only Mercy Hill, but also Nug's Farm itself! The buildings that make up these settlements are in fact marked, though not identified, on the latest Ordnance Survey maps, which Withers carries, but oddly the local forest, [[Goatswood]] appears to have encroached significantly on them since 1911.

Browne phones the hotel where the others have just arrived and gives them the grid references. They head off to hire a car, but find that nothing is available and end up having to pay a garage owner an exorbitant fee to hire him to drive them to the area in the morning. The only other choice is a daily bus which stops at the village of Clotton, but this does not run at weekends.

=== Sunday December 15th 1929 - Day ===

Its a bitterly cold morning as the car struggles south along the minor road that heads into the [[Goatswood]] region. The driver explains that the people around here keep themselves to themselves and are not well thought of amongst 'decent people', but he's happy to take their money, and asks no questions.

Soon they are passing through grim little villages of ancient cottages, with hardly a sign of people or of commerce. They are dropped off in one of these places, a village called Clotton, which has no pub, no shops and apparently no electricity. The church is a boarded up ruin. The only sign of life is the movement of a curtain, but there is no answer to a knock on that door.

The driver agrees to return, but it must be before dusk, if they are not here when he arrives, he won't wait.

[[Withers]] checks his gun and the 2 men head across country to where [[Nug's Farm]] is marked on their map. They pass over a footbridge and find themselves following a very old footpath across the icy landscape. The region looks like it hasn't progressed in 200 years - farm machinery is horsedrawn, there is no sign of modern architecture or amenities. Soon the path passes through a small wood that does not appear on the map.

The wood is thick, and strangely warm. A deep thrumming noise, almost below the range of human hearing, is just audible and starts to bring on headaches. Then the investigators spot a bizarre figure watching them through the trees. Humanoid, with a strangely goat-like face and naked from the waist up, the man, if man it truly is, seems at first to be wearing thickly furred trousers, but in the seconds before he disappears into the trees Withers and Bartlett realise that the fur is his, and that his legs are jointed the wrong way, and do not end in feet.

Realising that they have seen what seems to be a Satyr, Withers and Bartlett prepare themselves for the unexpected. Leaving the wood they see in the valley below a small, but well-maintained farm. Somehow this place seems more healthy, more homely than any other structure around here. On the far side of the farm sits the brooding bulk of Goatswood Forest itself, a long spur of the forest cuts the farm off from Mercy Hill to the North, and the hamlet is not visible from here.

The investigators head for the farm, trying their best to look like innocent ramblers out for a country stroll. In the yard of Nug's farm a labourer is working on repairing some tools. He sees the approaching strangers, enters the house and [[Hillary Quarrie]] emerges. The labourer has the inbred, unhealthy, goat-like appearance common to Goatswood locals, and reminiscent of [[Wilfred Gresty]], but Hillary is a normal, quite attractive woman, albeit somewhat dowdily dressed in overalls and boots.

As the investigators draw closer, Hillary whistles and 3 huge [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastiff mastiffs] (Pig, Bull and Walter) emerge from the house and stand by her. Hillary hails the strangers and asks what brings them to this place on such a cold day.

Withers and Bartlett cut straight to the chase, they are here because they seek [[Malcolm Quarrie]], and they were present when Malcolm's former friends brought [[Carcosa]] to Earth. Hillary invites them into the house, but seems more interested in listening than talking. She hears the entire story of the [[Roby]] case and the [[Hastur]] cult, then reveals that she knows almost nothing of these things, and cares little as she is quite confident that her Gods, the British Gods, will protect this land from such alien horrors. She states simply that [[Edwards]] could not have succeeded, for [[Shub-Niggurath]] would not allow it.

[[image:21_Photograph_of_Malcolm_Hillary_Sarah.jpg|right|400px|thumb|The Photograph of Hillary, Malcolm and a baby outside Nug's farm]] She offers the investigators some stew, and they notice, upon the mantle, a photograph of Hillary, Malcolm and a baby outside Nug's farm. Before Hillary can tell them anything of real interest her farmhand, Will, calls her outside. Through the window the investigators see that [[Wilfred Gresty]] has arrived, and he has brought with him an entourage, half a dozen local men with the familiar goatlike look, but also 3 or 4 of the half-human creatures seen earlier in the woods.

Its obvious that there is some kind of confrontation going on - Gresty is animated and gesticulates wildly while Hillary is grim-faced and imperturbable. Only a few words can be heard from within the house, but its clear that Gresty is delivering an ultimatum and that Hillary is in no mood to accept. Gresty turns and storms off with his followers and Hillary returns to the house with a look of urgency.

Hillary goes straight to her study and starts bringing papers into the kitchen to burn in the pot-bellied stove. She is ripping pages from a book and shoving them into the flames when she seems to notice the investigators again. They ask what is happening and remind her that they know Gresty. Hillary pauses, calms a little and decides to tell her story. She tells them that she would like very much for them to stay here and aid her tonight, as she thinks she needs help, but that she understands fully if they don't wish to and says they will need to leave before nightfall if this in their choice. First, however, she sits them down and tells them everything.

[[Hillary Quarrie]]'s story is detailed on her page of this wiki, but the upshot of it is that tonight she will be fighting for her life, and the future of the Goatswood cult. Gresty has convinced Atkinson to act against her and she must defeat both of them, or die. She knows where Malcolm is, or at least where he was until recently, and as a sign of good faith she fetches the only 2 letters she has received from her husband since he went to the continent.

The [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/images/4/4d/23_Malcolm_Quarries_First_Letter.pdf first letter] was over a year ago, but the [http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/images/7/78/24_Malcolm_Quarries_Second_Letter.pdf second letter] is only a few weeks old and gives an address in [[Milan]], Italy, through which Malcolm can be contacted.

The investigators read these letters, consider the situation and agree to stay to aid Hillary. She tells them that she has destroyed '[[The Revelations of Glaaki]]' in the stove so that if Gresty wins he will never have access to the secrets within that book. All they can do for now is sit and wait. Hillary asks them to promise that she will do whatever she asks tonight quickly and without question - otherwise they will be in great danger. They agree, but start to worry exactly what will be expected of them.

Will, the farmhand, turns up with several other men loyal to Hillary. She turns them away saying that she has help enough and that if she is defeated it is best that no other cult members be seen to have stood with her. Will and his friends leave, reluctantly, and the afternoon moves into evening.

=== Sunday December 15th 1929 - Night ===

Night falls. On the far side of the woods, in Mercy Hill, a bonfire is lit, its flickering glow clearly visible from Nug's Farm. Voices are raised in pagan prayer. There are chants and then a scream. Hillary tells Withers and Bartlett that now is the time, and leads them out into the yard, shutting her dogs up in the house. She tells the investigators to go to the henhouse and bring back 2 chickens each, and to hold them by the necks. Withers is perturbed that this means he won't be able to use his gun.

Fetching the chickens is less easy that it seemed, and both investigators get scratched and pecked, but soon they stand behind Hillary looking out towards Goatswood, struggling poultry in hand. They see the wicked curved knife in Hillary's hand and start to worry if this is an entirely appropriate activity for respectable Christian gentlemen.

Something huge stirs and begins crashing its way through the trees towards them. "It's one of Shub-Niggurath's Young." says Hillary, "I can deal with this." She raises her voice and starts to scream out the words of what can only be a spell.

''"Ishnigarrab!"'' she screams, slashing at one of the chickens, tearing it open with her knife, but not yet killing it.

''"Say it! Help me. Say it!"''

Both investigators repeat the word.

''"The Black Mouth!"'', and a second chicken is slashed. ''"Repeat it!"''

This time only Bartlett responds

''"The Black Tongue!"'', and another slash.

Once more, Bartlett responds alone.

''"The Black Lip!"'', and a final slash.

[[Image:Dark_Young.gif|right]]

This time neither investigator responds, for both have seen the vast horror which has emerged from the woods. A great writhing shadow the size of a house, huge trunk-like legs supporting a mass of thick writhing tentacles. The stench of the thing is indescribable. For a second it stands still, seemingly transfixed by Hillary's ritual.

''"Ishnigarrab! Utug Xal"'', and Hillary turns and neatly decapitates the chickens held by the stupefied Bartlett, but as she turns to kill Withers' birds she sees that the Captain has dropped them and is instead levelling his rifle at the creature.

''"You fool!"'', she shouts, and darts towards the closest of the two injured chickens.

Withers fires - one shot, two shots, three shots. The only effect they seem to have is to stir the creature from its reverie, and it starts to move forwards towards the farm once more. For Withers time seems to slow down for a few seconds, as he assesses the situation.

Bartlett is staring slack-jawed at the approaching horror. Hillary has caught the third chicken and has hacked its head from its body, and across the farmyard the final hen is fleeing for the henhouse. Suddenly, Withers realises what he must do. He turns, levels his rifle, aims carefully and puts a bullet straight through the last chicken, completing the sacrifice.

Shub-Niggurath's Young stops in its tracks. Hillary, exultant, strides towards it, covered in blood from the chickens.

''"You will kill the ones who summoned you, and all who were there with them. Then you will go back to your Mother to draw on her teat!"''

The creature turns and begins to stride back towards Mercy Hill. "You might want to go inside," says Hillary, "you won't want to hear this."

Withers and Bartlett take her advice, heading inside the house and Hillary stands in the yard listening to the screams and crashes coming from beyond the trees as Mercy Hill is destroyed and Gresty, Atkinson and their faction meet their horrible, but well-deserved ends.

=== Monday December 16th 1929 ===

[[Withers]] and [[Bartlett]] wake up in the chairs where they slept the previous night. They both have chicken blood splattered on their skin and clothing. Hillary offers then breakfast and a chance to wash up, then leads them to Clotton to catch the northbound bus.

She thanks them for their aid and tells them that now the Goatswood Cult is in her hands she will use its power to bring about a new Golden Age for Britain. They have done a great service for their country, though she doubts they truly understand that. She hopes they find Malcolm, for although his plans are unlikely to harm Britain, protected as it is, the rest of the world is not so safe.

Finally, asked if she has a message for her husband, Hillary replies "Just tell him that Sarah is healthy and happy."

The investigators board the nearly empty bus and head back to Gloucester. Shaken by their experience, but carrying with them that which they have sought for over a year, a clear signpost to the location of [[Malcolm Quarrie]]. [[Saunders]] is back in London today, so an evening meeting at Bartlett's house seems apt.

Continue to [[Session 11]].

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