Brighton Draft
TownFashionable seaside resort, Regency society
Brighton is a fashionable seaside resort town in Sussex where Marina Garrick and Georgiana Dillwyn investigated the events of the Loom & Lucidity adventure in Spring 1813.
Overview
Brighton is a fashionable seaside resort town in Sussex where Marina Garrick and Georgiana Dillwyn investigated the events of the Loom & Lucidity adventure in Spring 1813. Marina was hosted by Mr. & Mrs. Hampton at their townhouse on Marine Parade.
Key Locations
- Hampton Residence — Marine Parade. Fashionable townhouse where Mr. & Mrs. Hampton hosted Marina and Georgiana.
- The Assembly Rooms — Grand ballroom, scene of Regency gatherings.
- Messrs. Hawkswood & Shaw’s Bookbinders & Reading Room — North Street. Run by Mr. Hawkswood (older, meticulous) and Mr. Shaw (younger, ambitious).
- Whitlow & Sons Fine Goods (Haberdashery) — Run by Mr. Josiah Whitlow. Frequented by village gossips Mrs. Partridge and Miss Bellamy.
- The Modiste’s Shop — Owned by Madame Beauregard, a sharp-witted Frenchwoman.
- Captain King’s Drawing Room — Scene of an intense Regency soirée.
- Harbormaster’s Office — Where the Brighton Harbormaster maintains control of the docks.
Key NPCs
- Mr. & Mrs. Hampton — Marina’s hosts, well-connected in gentry circles
- Lady Georgiana Dillwyn — Fellow investigator (played by Elizabeth)
- Captain King — Royal Navy officer, key figure in Brighton society
- Lord Ratcliffe — Distinguished nobleman, quietly influential
- Mrs. Pemberton — Formidable, observant matron with a sharp tongue
- Colonel Fittlewick — Grizzled but intelligent former soldier
- Miss Mary & Miss Isabel Glossop — Mischievous identical twins
- Mr Berkley — Aloof man of large fortune
- Lady Bagtonbury & Nero — Elderly dowager duchess and her lapdog
Campaign Significance
Brighton is where the campaign truly began — Marina Garrick’s first encounter with the supernatural during Loom & Lucidity, Spring 1813. The location and its NPCs remain available if the party ever returns to England.
Places Within
Beauregard Modiste
A fashionable dressmaker's shop owned and run by Madame Beauregard, a sharp-witted Frenchwoman who has made herself indispensable to Brighton's elite.
Brighton Assembly Rooms
Brighton's Assembly Rooms are a grand public venue for the town's fashionable set — dances, card parties, concerts, and the full machinery of Regency social life.
Brighton Harbormasters Office
The working office from which the Brighton Harbormaster administers the town's docks — tracking vessel arrivals and departures, managing berths, and maintaining the administrative machinery of a busy Channel port.
Captain Kings Drawing Room
The private drawing room of Captain King, a Royal Navy officer residing in Brighton.
Hampton Residence
A fashionable townhouse on Marine Parade, the most prestigious address in Brighton, belonging to Mr.
Hawkswood and Shaw
A small but prestigious bookbinding and reading room on North Street, Brighton, run by two partners of contrasting temperament: Mr.
Whitlow and Sons
A well-stocked haberdashery run by Mr.
What Happened Here
Spring 1813
Loom and Lucidity Incident
The Air Loom destroyed at its mirrored centre by Marina and Georgiana. Gideon Crow dead, his body assumed by the Middleman. Lord Cosgrove dead. Captain King and Mlle Dumain survived; their fates after the soirée are unrecorded. The Hamptons survived and took the investigators home.