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'''Tatters of the King'''[http://catalog.chaosium.com/product_info.php?products_id=773&osCsid=07f84f248e3a49f3cf6199ee7fbb6629] is a new Call of Cthulhu campaign written by Tim Wiseman and published by [http://chaosium.com Chaosium] and through which our role-playing [http://tentaclesandunderpants.info group] is currently being run. Play started on May 8th 2006. See [[current events]] for next session date.  
'''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 is being played in the suburb of Ellerslie, in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland Auckland, New Zealand].
'''''Please note that this Wiki is an actual play record originally created for the players, and as such contains numerous campaign spoilers!'''''


==Setting==
==Setting==


The game is initially set in [http://www.yog-sothoth.com/docs/article-london-guide-1928.pdf London], [http://greywolfnz.homeip.net/wiki/attachments/1928.doc 1928]. It is the start of a bitterly cold winter, the worst in decades.
The game is initially set in [https://unboundbook.org/TotK-wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=guide-london-environs-muirhead-1922.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.
London is the capital of an empire covering a quarter of the globe and governing one quarter  of the human race. The people busy themselves with concerns of politics and government, finance and production, work and recreation. How fragile things are. What ignorance there is.


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


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


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


==Players==
The Game Master is [[Mark Chiddicks]]


The players are:
===[[Player Characters]]===


[[Darryn Mercer]]
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[[Julia Blackmore]]
* [[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]].


[[Nicola Bishop]]
===Notable Non-Player Characters===


[[Marcus Gustafsson]]
'''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


==Player Characters==
'''Chapter One - The Madman'''


[[Nathaniel Browne]] - A failed writer, looking for his big story, played by Darryn Mercer
* [[Dr. Charles Highsmith]] - Asylum Superintendent
* [[Alexander Roby]] - Incarcerated Madman
* [[Lucius Harriwell]] - Incarcerated Madman
* [[Price and Evans]] - Asylum Nurses


[[Captain George Withers]] - Coldstream Guards. Career soldier. Played by Nicola Bishop.
'''Chapter Two - A Walk in the Park'''


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


[[Andrew Saunders]] - British Museum curator and proud Scot, Played by Julia Blackmore.
'''Chapter Three - Springer Mound & the Canal'''


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


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


[[Talbot Estus]] - American novelist, now debuting as a playwright
* [[Cec Watts]] (deceased) - Tabloid Journalist
* [[Henry Lister]] - Terrified cultist and necrophobe
* [[Aleister Crowley]] - Famed Occultist


''The Group'' - an amateur theatrical troupe:
'''Chapter Five - To Walk Upon the Earth in Carcosa'''


[[Michael Gillen]] - Retired publisher, amateur actor and acquaintance of [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]]. Estus's friend and companion.
*  [[Quentin Spence]] - Poet and Failed Cultist
*  [[Noss]] of Yhtill - Leather worker from an alien world
*  [[Yolanda]] - Noblewoman from [[Cassilda]]'s court


[[Hannah Keith]] - Amateur Actress and sister of [[Andrew Saunders]]
'''Chapter Six - Talk of Goatswood'''


[[George Keith]] - Amateur Actor and husband of [[Hannah Keith]]
*  [[Wilfred Gresty]] (deceased) - Writer of letters and spy for the Goatswood cult


[[Walter Paige]] - Amateur Actor
'''Chapter Seven - Nug's Farm'''


[[Jean Hewart]] - Amateur Actress
* [[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'''


'''Chapter One'''
*  [[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


[[Dr. Charles Highsmith]] - Asylum Superintendent
'''Chapter Nine - The Viceroy of India'''


[[Alexander Roby]] - Incarcerated Madman
* [[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


[[Lucius Harriwell]] - Incarcerated Madman
'''Chapter Ten - A Thousand Miles'''


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


'''Chapter Eleven - To Drakmar'''


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


[[Dr. Lionel Trollope]] (deceased) - Roby family physician
'''Chapter Twelve - The Upper House'''


[[Grahame Roby]] - Financier, Alexander Roby's brother
* [[Ricardo Delnegro|Mayor Ricardo Delnegro]] (deceased) - ''Alpini'' officer and Himalayan adventurer
 
* [[Roberto Anzalone]] (deceased) - Professor of Asian History and Brother of the Yellow Sign
[[Detective Inspector Andrew Taylor]] - of New Scotland Yard
* [[Malcolm Quarrie]] (deceased) - Elusive scientist and occultist
 
* [[The King in Yellow]] - Beautiful, yet terrible, alien god
[[Delia Hartston]] - Alexander Roby's former fiancee, now [[Delia Morrison]]
 
[[Vincent Tuck]] - Private Detective, hired by Grahame Roby
 
[[Lawrence Bacon]] - Antiquarian and occultist
 
[[The Tall Man]] - Sinister stalker, possibly named [[Coombes]]


==Literary Works==
==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://greywolfnz.homeip.net/wiki/attachments/CARCOSA.pdf script] by [[Talbot Estus]]
*[[Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger]]  - a fantasy in two acts, [http://tatterswiki.ddns.net/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
* [[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]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_in_Yellow The King in Yellow] - a collection of short [http://www.yankeeclassic.com/miskatonic/library/stacks/literature/chambers/stories/kinginye/contents.htm stories] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Chambers Robert W Chambers]
* [[Der Wanderer durch den See]] - by [[Alexander Roby]]
 
* [[British Gods]] - Religion and Myth in the Western Kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon Britain - by [[Malcolm Quarrie]]
[[An Inhabitant of Carcosa and Haita the Shepherd]] - by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Bierce Ambrose Bierce]
* [[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 Walker by the Lake]] - by [[Alexander Roby]]
* [[The Revelations of Glaaki]] -  The Goatswood cult's compilation of occult knowledge


==Locations==
==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.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]
[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
The [[Scala Theatre]], Charlotte St, London
* [[Clare Melford]], Suffolk, England
 
* [[Loch Mullardoch]], near Inverness, Scotland
[[St Agnes Asylum]], [[Weobley]], Herefordshire, England
* [[Carcosa]], a dream city made flesh
 
* [[Goatswood]], an area of the Severn Valley in Gloucestershire
[[Clare Melford]], Suffolk, England
* [[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==
==Sessions==


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


[[Session 1.5]] - The Madman
==Collected Audio Recordings==


[[Session 2]] - The Plot Thickens
The audio for all of the sixteen sessions that were recorded are collected here.


[[Session 3]] - Alexander's Friends
* [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.''

Latest revision as of 12:23, 9 July 2024

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Tatters of the King[1] is a Call of Cthulhu campaign written by Tim Wiseman and published by 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 London, 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

Notable Non-Player Characters

Prologue - Opening Night

Chapter One - The Madman

Chapter Two - A Walk in the Park

Chapter Three - Springer Mound & the Canal

Chapter Four - The Flight North

Chapter Five - To Walk Upon the Earth in Carcosa

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

Chapter Nine - The Viceroy of India

Chapter Ten - A Thousand Miles

Chapter Eleven - To Drakmar

Chapter Twelve - The Upper House

Literary Works

The Masque of Yhtill

Works of Fiction and Fact as found in on the journeys of our intrepid Investigators.

Locations

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

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.

Collected Audio Recordings

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

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