The Story So Far
The Beginning
Spring–Autumn 1813
Marina Garrick's solo adventures and the formation of the core party. Three investigations across the south of England, each one escalating from the uncanny to the lethal.
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The Scandal Beneath the Stage
December 1813
A time-looped dress rehearsal of The School for Scandal at Drury Lane. The missing actor Giles Mercer bound a Canticle fragment to a mirror, and each recitation of his interpolated monologue reset the evening. Breaking the loop collapsed the false theatre — and took Jane Radcliffe with it.
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The Viscount Who Loved Me
May 1814
A Bath wedding turns to horror when Viscount Huntley dies on his wedding night, leaving only a shrivelled heart in green ichor. The trail runs through the grave-robber Francis Fable to the bones of a Siren beneath the city — and a ritual the party stops just as the statue begins to stir.
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Chapter One
London
June 4–13, 1814
The Orphean Society investigation. Two missing Order agents, a vocal conditioning programme killing students, and a Stonehenge ritual to summon a servant of Yog-Sothoth.
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Chapter Two
Lyon
June–July 1814
The Société Harmonique de l'Aube. Masquerade balls, tunnel expeditions beneath Lyon, a hospital raid, and a final assault on the Silkweavers' Guild. Four PCs died — the bloodiest chapter of the campaign.
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Chapter Three
Vienna
August 3-15, 1814
The Brotherhood of the Open Measure. A Harmonic Engine beneath the University of Vienna, a cult leader conducting experiments on human voices, and a ritual deadline of August 15. Fourteen sessions of investigation, espionage, and a final assault on the Sealed Anatomical Theatre.
- 1Arrival in ViennaAugust 3, 1814
- 2The Opera and the Dead ManAugust 4, 1814
- 3The Countess and the SalonAugust 5, 1814
- 4The Hofburg ReceptionAugust 6, 1814
- 5The Knife and the MasqueradeAugust 7, 1814
- 6A Bite in the DarkAugust 7, 1814
- 7Whispers, Widows, and Wounded WarriorsAugust 8, 1814
- 8The Duel, the Diva, and the DemonAugust 8, 1814
- 9The Burning Ball and the Broken BaronAugust 8, 1814
- 10The Fork in the RoadAugust 9, 1814
- 11The Duelling GroundAugust 9, 1814
- 12The War Council
- 13The DescentAugust 12, 1814
- 14The TheatreAugust 12, 1814
Chapter Four
Calcutta — The Cycle of Dissolution
August–October 1814 (journey, routed overland via Egypt; Sessions 1–7 played, landfall 8 October); October 8–25 (investigation; Sessions 8–12 played to Wednesday 12 October)
now being played
- 1The Morning AfterAugust 12-20, 1814
- 2The BecalmingSeptember 1, 1814
- 3Give RestSeptember 1–15, 1814
- 4The Road to CairoSeptember 10–16, 1814
- 5The Cairo InterludeSeptember 16–20, 1814
- 6The Locked RoomSeptember 20–24, 1814
- 7The Sterile BayLate September – early October 1814
- 8LandfallOctober 8, 1814
- 9The Magistrate's TableOctober 9, 1814
- 10The Third CourseOctober 10, 1814
- 11By Command of His ExcellencyOctober 11, 1814
- 12The Governor's BallOctober 12, 1814
- 13Sundry FittingsOctober 12, 1814
- 14A Morning of Manners and MonstrositiesOctober 13, 1814
- 15The River of Rites and RuinOctober 13, 1814