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l\atJ~oN~f ~"terfl\ : L.N. Isynwill & J6hn B. Monroe
Lo 5Iyt~coNversfoNs: Aaron Wolk
eJitoriA f: Lynn Willis
cover F'''iNtiNO: Lee Gibbons

--F1\'10ut:Charlie Krank

b1\5J~N t~t: r'Oc iYi(t of Pegasus Spiele

iNtel'l~or iffu5tMtioNY: Louis Cortez Real
. w\'''e: Carol Triplett-Smith
~A~~T or co»"\~ercc ~"r Gus DiZcrega
~I\~bel' 01 C(j~~eTCe~l\r 11'1\~e: Andy Hopp
C~i\o5ii.l~ ;5: Lynn Willis, Charlie Krank,
David Mitchell, Dustin Wright,
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COME to ARKHAM. MASSACHUSETTS.
me New England iowncteatcd by H.P.Loveeraft
asa s~tting(ormany oJ hisstor.ies. Lo"atedon
the ~aiJks of the dark and muttCiing Miskatoriic River. thet(ilVri waS
fit~settled in the I.atler 17th .ceritury. and has bc~ome home to
·M.iska.tonic Univcl'sityandits renowned library.
1n lliis'Dook [have triedtoJaitlifully introd~ce Arkham ina form
suitable to aC!lllo!Ct!IIIJJI II (iunpaig!i settmg, Although the·informa-
.li.on berein reflects neady everything Lovecraft ever \vf()t~ ,about
'Al:kI!3liJ; I havet~enthelibetty to fill in blanks,tocornpJetedescrip-
JioQs·whereonlynames·existe4, and [ have also added Loveaaftian-
style locations.of my own. Many entries are inrended purely for gam-
:Jng. ,though the likelihood of their existence is dear enough.
Some,character iiamesandplace nall)es also ap~ar hereftom the
writiilgsofAugust Derleth,a1though these references are by 110 means
~systeniatic asthos¢ drawn from Lovecraft A~dition.a1 references
d~ve from stories by Brian Lumley; Ramsey Campbell, Lin Carter,
RoberIE.Howard. Robert B1och •.andClark Ashton Smith.
PinpointiilgAtkham'~ exact location on the map is difficult. It
>doesnot seem that Loyecraft ever had a definite location in mind
and, infaet, it canbeai'gu~dthat Arkham .tends t9.movearoundover
theyears,appearingiri differenlplac.esat different times. Fot the pur-
poses of this book I have located the ci\yalonghighway lAin lhearea
'of \Yenham and Hamilton. about six miles north of Salem.
Massachllsetts. This seems to satisfy much of what Lovecraft wrote
and offers the fewest contradictions. . 'keepetS alieady,:have mental imagestof;Arkhain;soinventmg,;i precise
After rereading th~stoties,1 ch6§ethe month of Oct()b~lj . l~2~;a
period ill.im¢.diateJy after Armitage'sadventure in "Tb:e Dunwich
Htxtor;'shortly after Wilmatil;'sencounters withth~ Vel'mQ.I!J~~gi i~
'ihe Whisp~rer in DarknessDas the timewhichotrered th~'bestdra­
"matic opportunities for scenarIo design. Theprevaiiirm-sitUation.at the
University in regards to the Cthulhu·Mythos appears.iothe ",Guide to.,
, Arlihamnsection. in entry 620,espechilly under the subhead "MythOs'
Hddingsm the library;"
Libetties have been laken with.somt' dates given in Lov~raft'sslo­
'ries;Although by strict chronology WalterGilman{"Dream~ ~in the
Witro Ho.use"}wo4fd at Lhb tilJle alre-ddy be dead,:Jtbe sa;iiriiln,
described in this Dook has the brilliant and.sensiUve;,y~ung Olathe""
maticiim jUst moving mto the accursed house .on E Pi~marJoStreet.
. tikclvise.the eveilts of "The Thing on .the DOO[S1elf hav.e .also ·been
iiitegrated: Edw;lrd Derby h~. alreadyma.r.ri(d.Aseilatli Wc!ii~,;Ind the
IIYQlive togetherinCrowilirishieid Manor.
Aod. although the raid on Inosmouth·wowd'liaveocc.urred by this
date, the .actuality is left to the keeper. Future' pul:iljsliingvisits to
toyecraft Country may indude matetialS forhln~mluth,Duriwkh. and
KiJ)gspOrt.·and perhaps oih!!T. 10cajionsaswdL to. chronologyd~riviiig
oii~ from Lovccriffs s:toiies is appended to ihe chapter, '1\ Brief
•
N
Hisioryof Arkham~ outlining Ihe .event~that took place.in"ridarourid
Arkhamas L6vearaft reported if. Keep~,Widcrstallding the choices;
should choose and adapt as desired.
Stores and professional serVices useful tQ or likely to.be.needed by
iriVestigatorS have been 'offered at leastonet:. Where competition or
dlOiceexists, a descriptio.n of it.~ nature usuany appears. Much of
Arkham .has not beendesctibed; do not expect t6 conduCt Walking
tours of the towricven after·making a thoIottgh study of the entries.
Keeper care and: involvement .are theonl), useful ways to enlarge or
complete the town; individual style and inlerests dictate the creation of
as·many. different Arkbams as there are keepers.
Plenty of room exists.ontbebounrl-inmaps for keepers toacld
whateverthcywish.The handout map is intended for playerorientation
a.nd enjoyment, nol for precise movement and positioning. No easily-
,obtained street maps of Arkham in fact exist a! this time.lrivestigators
who want one must go. to the Town 11 aU and laborously copy the bfg
map on the wallofihe room wherethe scilcctmen meet. ,.
Themaps.of Arkham published herem pretend to sholVonly the
center of town; it is up to the keeper how much more of Arkham eXisi;,:
beyond the borders of the maps. And this isagood place to pomt out
that Chaosium maps.of Ai'khamdiverge considerably fronl Lovecraft's
notes and dralVmg inMargillalia.PJease consider thiS:new Aikham
map as official to the gameiJ not to LQveqaft; ~1,I&edil')g. vei$iQnsof
C;alldfr;~l1ul/ill lvilI reprmt it.
TIie,total population of Arkham isie(tunstated.Most pJayersand
total can only annoy or hinder. LoV~~(a" ~ilii$pedfic, bU.t'm one story
II .character visits"a i;!leJip g4ie@3'"i,Iltfnfiltiligthattheti'!Wii is at teast
JilIgeenough to hav¢ ~Ve,$l Q1Qvje:theaters. Try this mlc: i\i'~h\tm is
big en()ugh that no 9n~ knQwsevetyOlie~ but just smallenol)ghthal
fol\<s feci (IS though th~ ~o~d.:Salem~spopulatiooin19i.8 was abOUI
45.900; Arkham'spopuJa~ionis almost surely only a fractioll of that
Neither are Mis~.atonic's !!Ijrcdlment and staff qUimtifie4-lhere
are more faculty men1b:el's~(ha~ · theUnivetsity Di~(j'o/ 'shows,just a~
there arc more stoIes and othet businesses T01iVlr·i)ir'ecllort
;hows. But remenlbe~, in ;/~isho~k Ilze;els;S muclUo '.4·;;J~J.".n·~'. nl
ih[~g;ii" ii'as tile ke.eperJ'esires. no more and, n~'I~.
. ,j , utgeJ{ceB.~rs t~~d 0.[ reread the f()I.1Q.1\'i~g;ales before
ningan Arkharn: .lra,nlp,aign: "Herbert ~w.Reanimator:·
Onnamable!, "ThcDqnwkh, Horror~"The w~lliPerer in Darkness",
"The Dr.cams in theWitdrHouse;'and "The 1Lhin~'2n.theDoorstep"~
. Filially, a nU~Qer of people. including Tom '.~positoj RiChard
WailS. Lee Est~. tron,Willis, Steve Nardella, Sharon Herber. Gahan
Wilson •.and'~':Ross;JJCre particu!arlY·helpful to me on this project.
I also thank-Dawn Tre·d.derBooksbop;in..~Jl Arbor, Necronomicon
Press, and Crypt ofCllwihu anlDaio~ maia7.i~es.
-Keith Herber
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 hether the dreams brought on the fever or the> f~r
br(>ught on the dreams Walter Gilman ~d... nQt bo
Behind everything crouched the br{)o~g. fes!~i(~ b.'Qrr~}."
of the ancierittown;a:ndof llie mouldy, linhallowed garret g~p.l~ wh~fe ~
\vrate and studied and wrestled with figures and formulae w.hen De -was.not
tossing on the meagre iron bed. His ears were growing sensitive te a prefer-
n.atllrai anci intolerable degree, and he had long ago stopped the,c~~p ' manteJ
clock whose tic.k ing bad come tos.c emUkea thunder ofartiHery"Ai'nigljt the'
$bde ~tirring of the black city outside, the sinister scurrying ~f ra,ts iQ me
,vonny partitions, and the creaking of hidden timbers in; il),e:c¢gt.;,u:i~(fItOJ ·
were enough to give him a sense of strident pandemonium. llhe aar,kn~
alw<\ys tee~ed with unexplained sound - and yet heson'ietiiri.es,>slfook With
fearlest the noises he heard should subside and allow him to liear,~~m atli ~
fainter, noises which he suspected were h.Jrking behind the.rn.,
H'ewasin thecbangeless, legend-haunted city ofAtkhain; with lts.clusle.i'-
ing gambrel roofs.ihatswayand sag over attics ' where witches .'b id: £tam the
King's men in the dark, olden days of the Province; Nor wa.s any s~t in th~t
dtymoresteeped in macabre mem:ory than the gable room ~hic~"b;~..,b()~t;ed
him - (or it WllS this house and this rQom which had likeWi$e Q~~,b'Q:uted' j?Jg
Keziah Mason, whose flight from Salein Gao) at the last no (>ne 'W~s ~v.,~r able
to explain. That was in '1692.,- the gaoler had gone mad and,hab.ble~ , if: ~
smalJ.i white-fanged furry thing which scuttled out of Keziah's ceil; and mot
~ven~tton Mather could explain the curves and angles sm(!ared.on fhe-g~y
;stope walls with some red, sticky fluid.
Possibly Gilman ought not to have studied so hard. Non-Euclidean' c~t:illli;
;aJ:Id quantum physics are enough to stretch any brain; and when ·enemixes·them
wi~h folklore, and tries to tra~e a strangebackgtound of mlllti-dim~nsiol'la1 reaIiW·

1Jl EST N 1ST E R S CUR R YIN G 0 f

 behind the ghoulish hints of the Gothic tales and the wild
whispers of the chimney-comer, one can harci1yex"pect to
be wholly free from mental tension. Gilman came from
Haverhill, but it was OIlly ·after he had entered college in
Arkh.am that he began to connect his mathematics with
the fantastic legends of elder magk. Something in the airof
the hoary toWn worked obscurely on his imagination. The
professOrs at Miskatonic had urged him to slacken up, and
had yoluntarily ctlt down his course at several points.
Moreover, they had stopped him from consulting the
dubious old books on forbidden secrets that were kept
under lock and key in a vault at the. university library~But
all tbese ptecalltions came I~te in the day, .so tllCit Gilman
had some retpblehints ftomthecireaded Necrollomicollof
Abdul AlhaZred, the fragmentary Book of EibOtl, and the
suppreSsed Uniwssprechlichen Kulten of von Junzt to corre-
late with his abstract formulae on the properties of space
and the linkage of dimensions known and unknown.
He knew ills room was in the old Witch House-
that, indeed, was why he had taken it. There was much
in the Essex County records about Keziah Mason's:trial,
and what she had a~mitted under pressure to the Court
of Oyer and Terminer had fascinated GiJrnanbeyond all
r~ason. She had told Judge Hathorne oHines and curves
that could be made to point out ilirections leading
through the waUs of space to other spaces beyond, and
baa implied that such lines and Cllrves were frequently
used at certain midnight meetings in the dark valley of
the white stone beyond MeadowHiIJ and on theunpeo-
pled island in the river. She had spols;enalso of the_. B.!~<;.k
Man) of her oath, and pf her new secret namc;!,.9.t ,Nan'ap:
Then she had drawn those devic;es on the waUs: '9 ~ be
cell and vanished;
Gilman beUeved strange things abuul~~s;"G1'~,
had felta queer tlirillon learning that he,,'aNlrl>l
W'as still standfugafter more than 235
When he heard the hushed Arkham
pers about Keziah's persistent
in the old house and the
streets, about the irregular human
tooth~marks kft on certain
.in that and other houses, about
clriltliSh cries heard near
Ha\[owmass, about the
noted in the old house's.attic just
after tbose dreaded seasons, and about
the small, furry; sharpe toothed thing which
ha.u nted the moulderingstructure and the-
toWn and nu~ed people· cud6usly in the bJack hO~1fS
before dawn, he resolved to live in the place at any cost.
A rOOnlwas easy .to secure; for the house wasunpopu-
lar,hard to rent, and long given over to cheap lodgings.
Gilman could not bave told what he expected to find
there, but he knew he wanted to be in the building
10 GILLf''lAN
where :some circumstance had more or less
given a meiliocre old woman of the seventeenth ·
ry an insight Into mathematical dep.ths. perhaps ..
the utmost modern delvingsof Planck, Reisen
Einstein; and de Sitter.
He studied thetimherand plaster walJs for tra~ of
cryptic designs at every accessible spolwbere tbepape:r
had peeled, .and wjthin a weekmanaged togetthe .e ast.
ernattieroom where KeZiah was held to have.practiced
her spells. It had been vacant from the first - for-·n o
one bad .ever been willing to stay there long- but the
Polish landlord had grown wary about renting it. Yet
nothing whatever happened to <:;ilman till. abolit the
time of .tbe fe·ver. No gbostly r<e4ah flitted through the
sombre halls ;md chambers, no small furry thing crept
into his dismal eyrieto nuzzle him. and no record of the
witch's incantatiOJls rewarded his constant search.
Sometimes he would take walks, througbshadowy tan-
gles. of unpaved musty-smelling lanes where eIdritch
brown houses of unknown age leaned and tottered and
leered mockingly through narrpw, small"p"ned win-
dow~ . Here he knew. strange things had happened once,
and there was a tllint suggest jon behind the surface thilt
everythingofthar monstrous past might not- .atleast
in the darkest, narrowest, and most intricately crooked
alleys - have utterly perished. He also rowed out twice
to the ill-regarded island in the river; and made a sketch
of the singular angles described by the moss.:grown
rows of grey standing stones whose origin wa.sso
ooscureand immerhorial.
Gilman's room was of good sizeb.ut quec;:rlyirregu-
tar s]lape; the north wall slanting perceptibly itlward
the outer to the inner end, \vhUe fhe low ceilin'S
~ftnted gently downward in the same direction.
ide from an obvious rat-hole and the signs
other stopped-up ones, there was -no
access - nor any appearance of a for-
mer avenue of access -to the space
wbi~ Jll'ust have t:xisted between
the slanting wall arid th¢ straight
outer wall ..onthe house~s n'o rth
side, though a view from the
shewed where a window
. . 'beenboarqed up ata very remote
.The loft above the ceiling - which,
ust have had a slauting floor -was like-
Inaccessible. When Gilman climbed
to the cobwebbed levd loft above the
tneat* he found vestiges of a bygone aperture
arid heavily covered witbancieht planking and
by the stout wooden pegs common in colonial
try: No amount of persuasion, however, could ·
the stolid landlord to let him investigate .either of
two dosed spaces:
B E Ll -VE D STRANGE
 As time wore along, his absorption in the irregular
wall and ceiling of his rOom increased; for he began to
read into the odd angles a mathematical .significance
which seemed to offer vague clues regarding their pur"
pose. Old Keziah, he reflected. might have had excellent
reasons for living in a room with peculiar angles; for was
it not through certain angles that she claimed to have
gone outside the boundaries of the world of space \ve
know? His interest gradually veered away b:.9lT\ the
unplumbed voids beyond the slanting ~l,!rCaGeS" sjBce ·it
now appeared thatthe purpose of those'hd(i~s:G'ffiR­
cerned the side he was already on.
dreams began early in February.
some time, apparently, the curious
angles of Gilman's room had been
having a strange, almost hypnot-
iceffect on him; and as the blea
winter advanced he had
himself staring more and more
intently at the COrner where the
down-slanting ceiling mer the
inward-slanting wall. Aboutthis period
his inability to concentrate on his formal
studies worried him considerably, his apprehensions
about the mid-year examinations being very acute. But
the eXilggerated serise of hearing was scarcely less
annoying. Lift: ha~ become an insistent and almost
.Unendurable cacophony,. and then~ was that constant,
tertifyingimpressionof other sounds- perhaps from
regions beyond life - trembling on the very brink of
audibility. So far as concrete noises went, the rats in the
ancient partitions were the worst Sometimes their
:scratchingseemed not only furtive but deliberate. When
it qune from beyond .the slanting north wall it was
mixed with a sort of dry rattling - and when it crune
from the centlirycclosed loft above the slanting ceiling
Gilman always braced himself as if expecting some hor-
ror which only bided its time before descending to
e~gulf him utterly,
The dreams were wholly beyond th.e pale of sariity,
and Gilman felt that they must be a result, jointly, of
his studies in mathematics and in folklore. He had
b:een thinking too much about the vague regions
\~hich his formulae told him must lie beyond the three
dimensions we knolv,and about the possibility that
old Keziah Mason - guided by some influence past.all
,conjecture - had actually found the gate to those
regions. The yellowed county records containing her
testimony and that of her accusers were so damnably
suggestive of things beyond human experience - and
the descriptions of the darting little furry object which
~rvedas her familiar were so painfuJJy realistic despite
-their incredible details.
Tn E DR E A M S WE R [ •.. B r:: Y O N nT H E P A L r:
That object - no larger than a good-sized rat and
quaintly called by the townspeople "Brownlenkin" -
seemed to bave been the fruit ofa remarkable case of
sympathetic herd-delusion, for ill L692 no less than
eleven persons had testified to glimpsing it. There were
recent n1mours, too; with a bafllingand disconcerting
amount of agreement. Witnesses said it had long hair
and the shape of a rat, but that its sharp-toothed,
bearded face was evilly human while its paws were like
tiriy human harids. It took messages betwixt old Keziah
and the devil, arid was nursed on the witch's blood -
. hich it sucked like a vampire. Its voice was a kind of
titter, and it could speak all languages. Of
all the bizarre monstrosities in Gilman's dreams,
nothing filled him with greater panic and nau c
sea than this blasphemous and diminutive
hybrid, whose image flitted across his
vision in a form a thollsandfold more hate c
ful than anything his waking mind had
cedfrom the ancient records and the
whispers.
Gilman's dreams consisted largely in plunges
rough Jinlitless abysses of inexplicably coloured twi-
light imd bafflingly disordered sound; abysses whose
material and gravitational properties, and whose rela-
tion to his own entity, he could .not even begin to ex"'
plain. He dici not walk.or clirnb, fly or swim, crawl or
wriggle; yeta:lwaysex'Perienced a mod~ of mbtionpart C
Iy voluntary and partly irivoluntary; Of his own condi·
tion he could not welJ judge, for sight of his arms, legs,
and torso seemed always cut off by some odd dis-
arrangement of perspective; but he felt that his physical
o~ganis(ltion and faculties were somehow marvellously
transmuted and obliquely projected - thougb not
without a certain grotesque relationship to his normal
proportions and properties.
The abysses were by no means vacant, berng crowd-
ed with indescribably angled masses of alien-hued sub-
stance, some. of which appeared to be organic while oth-
ers seemed inorganiC. A few of the organic ()bjects tend-
ed to awake vague memories in the back of his mind,
though he could form no consciolls idea of what they
mockingly resembled or suggested. In the later dreams'
he began to distinguish separate categories into which
the organic objects appeared to be divided, and which
seemed to involve in each case a radicalJy
species of c.onduct-pattern and basic motivation. Of
these categories one seemed to him to .indude objects
slightly less illogiCal. and irrelevant in their motions than
the members of tlleother categories.
All the objects - organic and inorganic alike -
were totally beyond description or even comprehen-
sion. Gilman sometimes compared the inorganic mass-
es to prisms, labyrinths, dusters of cubes and planes,
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 and c;yciope<!nbuildings; ,and theorgankthings struck
him variou~lyasgrb,ups of bubbles. octopi; centipedes,
!lving HindooidQIs.and intricate Arabesques roused
into ~, kind of ophidian animation. Everything he saw
wasurispeakably menacing and horrible; and whenever
one ofthe organic entIties appe!1redbyits motionsto be
noticing. him; he feltastark; hideou$ frightwhichgen-
eraIly joH~d him awake: Of ho\V tbeQrganic entities
moved. be could. tell ilO: mot.e than Of how he moved
himself. In time he obserVed a further mystery ~ tbe
tendency of certaul 'entities to appear suddenly out of
erow)' space, or to disappear tot~ly with equaL.sudden-
nes~. The shrieking, roaringconfu.sron ofsound which
permeated the abysses was past aU an:alysis as to pitc~.
timbre; orrhytbm;.butseemed to b¢ s}'Tlchrono,u swith
vague visual changesinilll the indennikobjects, organ-
ic and inorganic alil<e~ Gilinari hadac6nstannense of
dread 1:h:a,t it inight rise to someunbearablede~ee of
i ntensity duiingone or another of its obscure, relent-
JessI}' inevitable fluctuations;
BUI. itW~s , not intheseyortkesof complete aJienagt!
that h.e saw Brown Jenkin. That shocking littJe horror
was reserved for certam lighter; sharper dreams which
assailedhiin just before he dropped into the fuilest
,depths of sleep. He would be lying in the 4ar~ :figbtin'g
19 ke~pawakewhenaialnt hl.inhent glowwouJd seem to.
shiJTimera~oun.dthe cetit.l lned r.oom. shewing ill 'avio-
- let niistthe convergence of angled planes which had
sei,zecl bis brain so insidiously. The horrorwOludappear
to pop O.u t of the rat-hole in the comer and patter
toward him over the sagging,Wid~~pJanked . floor wi~h
evil expectancy in its tiny, b.ear9t!c1 hwnan ' face~ but
mercifully; this dream ~lways melteqawilybefore the
object g9t ~!oseenblJgh to nuzzle h im .. Jt had hellishly
long; sharp. canine teeth. Gilman tried to stop .u p the
rat~hole eyeryday, but each night the :real tenarits of the
partitions would .gnaw away th~ obstruction, whatever it
might be. Once he had thelandlord'nail tin over it, ]jut
the next night the rats gnawed a fr¢sh .hole .:-inll1~ibg
whi.d l they pushed or dragged out into ther()()JH acuti-
' ousiittlefr~gment of bone..
Gilman did not report his fever tQ th.e doctor; for he
'knew he could notp<cfSS theexaniinations ifordere.d
. the college infirmary when eVery mom~nt was
!ilfieed(:d for trani.ming. Nit was;. he failed in
:Cak.U1us Dij,hd AdVaitced General :Psy-
chology, though nor with,.
out hope bfmaking up lost
ground before tbeendofthe
term. It was in Marcb when
the fresh element ent~.I'~d
.his lighter preliminary' dreail'\-
tng,and .t he nightmwe shape of
BroWQ Jerlkin began to be'com pan-
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ioned'by the nebulous blur which grew more and m(;>re
to reserrtble a bent old woman. Thi.s addition di~tllrQ~d
him more than he I'ould acc()uot for; but finally he decid-
ed that it wCls .liJ<e anatident qone:\Vbolll be had twice
actuallyencount¢red in the :datk tangle of lanes near the
ab.afldotied wharves. On those occasions theevil.sardon-
·i,c.• aild seerriinglyurunotivated stare of the be1dame had
set him ·almost ~hiveri:ng - especially the fir,s ttime. when
an overgrown rat darting across the shadowedllloutb Qf
a neighbouring alley . ha~ madehimthi.nk itr~tibrially Qf
Brown Jenkin~ N()w~ herefleot&i, thos~ l1etVQus feats were.
beingm irrored in his disbrcler~ddreams.
Tljat tbeinfluence of the .old house wasunwhole-
some, he could not derty; but ttatesofhis ~<l.rly morbid
.Interest still held him ther~ .. He argued tbatthe.fevet
alone Was responsible for hisriightly phantasies, arid
thatw.hen the touch abated he would be fteefrom the
inonslrous visions. Those Visions; however; were of
abborrentvividness and convincingness, and whenever
he awaked ll.e ·retained a vague senseofhaviJ:1g ,under-
gone mllchroorethanhe remem1>er(!d.He \Vashi!1eous"
Iy sure that in Ilnrecal]ed dream.s, he had l;lll<ed with
both. BroWn Jenl<.ll.land the'·old woman, arid that they
hadbeen urging hini togo somewherewith them and to
meet a third being of gr~ater potency.
Toward the end of March h¢ began,to pick up in his
mathematiCs. thpughother studies bothered him
i.ncre~'ngly. He was getting an intuitive knack for solv-
ingRiemanl'lian equations, and astonished PrOfeSSQf
Upham by his comprehension of fourth-dimensjol1a:I
and other problems which had floored all the, re$t ·Of the.
class. One afternoon there was a discllssionbfpossible
freakish curvatures .i ilspace; and,oftheoreticalpoints of
approa~b.oreven contacf betWeen o.u r parI of the cos-
mosandvatious otberregions,as,distantas the farthest
slarsor the trans.-galacticgulfs themselves~oreven ~
fubl~ously .remote as the' tentatively conceivable C9Smic
units beyonq the whole .Elnstei;nian spac.e-timec(l1itin~
uum; GUman~s handling of this the¢e ftlled :evetyone:
with admiration; even though soine of bis hypothetical
iUustrationscilused an increase ',i n the alwaysplen-
tiful·. gossip about his nervous an~f
solita'ry eccent.r;idty. What mad_e
the studenlo; shake their heads·
was his so.ber tb~c:>ry that :a
man might -given Iilathe-
mi,iti.ca:lknow1edge admitted-
ly beyond .all likelihood of
human acquirement -,- step
deliberately from the e.a rth to
any oth~r celestial body which
might lie :at oile of an infinityQ( spedfi~
points in thecosmi~ pattern.
U N S P f. A K A B I, Y .MEN A C lNG'
 $uch a step, he SlIid, would require only
stages; fir~t.a passage out of the
sphl!re we know, arid second,apassage back to
threecdirriensional Sphere at another point,
due of ilifinite reinoteness. That this could
accomplished without loss of Ijfe was in many
conceivable. Any being from any part of
dilnenslonalspace could probably survive in
fourth dimensi~n; .and its survival of the
stage w9ulddepend upon w.hat aJien part of
dimensional space it might select for its re-
DenizenS' of some planets might be able to live
certain others -even planets belonging to
galaxies, or to similar-dimensional phases of
space"time continua·- though of course
mu~he vast nt}mbersofmutually
able even though mathernatic<illY ju;_"'~l~V'l-'
bodies orzones0fspace.
Itwasalsopos$ible that theinhabitan
pf a given diniensio.nal realm <;Quld
survive entry to many u
and incomprehensible realms
additional or
tipMed
they within
the given
g,n~U:um -
thecOIlverse would
wiSe true. This Was.a
ter for speculation,
one could he fairly
that the type of mntatior}
vQlved.~n a passage from a .
giyerclimensional phmetothe :n:ext
erphuie would not be destructive of .
kal integrity as we understand it. Gilman
be very clear about his reasons for this last-assumption;
buthis haZiness here was more thanoverbala:nced by his
dearness on other complex points. Professor Upham
especially liked his, demc)J1stratron of the kinship of
hisher mathematics to certain phaSeS of magical lore
ltapsniitted <lown the ages from all u1effableantiquity
- human orpre-hunlan - whose knowledge of the
C<>limo's and its laws was. greater thanciurs.
Around thefirs:tof April Gilman worried.consici.er-
ab.ly because his slow fever did Dot abate. He was <llso
.troubled by what some of his fellow-lodgers. said about
hiSsleep·iralking; It see-med that he was often absent
fro_m hisbed"and that the creaking of his floor at certain
IiOUTS. of the night was remarked by the man in tbe.
room below. Thisfcllow also spoke of hearing the tread
-Qfshod feet in the night; but Gilman Was sure he must
have beenmist.akenin this, since shoes as weiL1S other
apparel were always precisely in place in the morning.
WrrCHES' SABBATH WAS DR A WING N · A R
One could develop allsort.s of aural delusions in this
morbid old house - for did not Gilman himself, even
in daylight, now feel tertainthal noises other than rat-
came from the black voids beyond the slant-
wall and ab0ve theslantulg ceiling? His patliologi-
sensitive ears beg;tn to listen for faint foot falls in
sealed loft overhead, and sometimes
llusion .of suchthi:ngs wasagonisingly realisti<:.
However, he knew that he hadactuaUy become a
bulist; for twice at night his room had
found vacant, though with all hisdothing
place. Of this he had been assured by Frank
...... ~_v,~, theobe feU(jw-student whose pover-
forced hun to room in this squalid and
noiise. E1wo()d had been stUdying
the small hours and hadcoine up for help
n a differential equation, only to find Gilman
. It had been rather presumptuous of him
open ~he unlocked door after knocking had
to rouse a respons~, buthe had needed. the
. very badly and thought fba, his ho.stwould
mind a gentle proddiilg awake. On neither
occasion, though, had Gilman been there -and
when told of the matter he wondered where he
could have been wandering, barefoot and with
only his night-dotheson. He resolved to .investi-
the ITlatter if reports of his sleep-wa11dll g con-
. andthQilght of sprinkling flour on the floor
the corridor to see where his footsteps might lead.
door was the oIily concei'lable egress, for there was
no possible foothold outside the narrow window.
As April advanced Gilman's fever~sharpelicd ears
were disturbed by the whining prayers ofa superstitious
loomfixer riamed Joe Mazurewicz, who had a room on
the .ground floor. Mazurewiczhad told long, rambling
stories about ~eghostof old ,Keziah and the ~y;
sharp-fanged, nuzzling tbing, and had said he was so
badly haunted at times that only his silver,crlicifix -
givenhinl for the purpose by Father Iwanicki, of st.
Stanislaus'Church - could bring him relief. Now he
was praying because the Witches'Sabbath was drawing
near. May-Eve was Walpurgis-Night. when hell's black-
est evilroamed the earth and aHtheslaves ofSatangath-
ered for nameless rites.anddeeds. It wils always. avery
bad time in Afkham, eVen though the fine fo~up in
Mis~atOriic Avenue ancl High arid Salt.onstall Streets
pretend¢d to know nothing about it. Ther~ woriId be
bad doings - and 3. child or two would probably be
missing. Joe knew about such things, for hiS grand-
mother in the old country had heard tales from her
grandmother. It waswlse to pray andcoun.t one's beads
at this season. For three months Keziah and Brown
Jenkin. had not been near Joe's room, nor near Paul
Cho)'llski's room, nor any\vhete else - and it meant nQ
13
goodwhe.n theyheldofflike !haL They must be
to s()metning.
Gilman drol'p.e d in at a doctor's office on fhe 1
oCthe month, and was surprised to find his
ture was not ashjghash~ had feared. The uhvsj,cial
.qu(!stioneq him'sh.arply, andadV:is~d him to see a
sp¢cialist On reflection, h~ was. glad he had not
sulted the s.tiJl more inqui$itiv¢ :college doctor.
WaIdron, who had curtaile_d hisactiY.itiesbefore. WOJild
have made him take a rest - an i1llpossibLe tiling -now
that he was so dose to great results in his equations. He
wascertain'iyn(!(lr th~ boundary between the known
universe and the fottrthdiinegsi'on, and who could S<lY
how much farther hemighrgo?
But even a$ these thOughts came to him he won-
dered at the source ofhisstrange',;:onfi-dence. Didall,of
this perilous sense of iinmiilence.co_mefrom theformu-
lae ,.Oll the sheets. he- I'ov.er~d day by day? The soft,
steaIthy, imaginary footsteps jn the sealed loft above.
were unnerving. And Mw. too, thetewas agrbwing feel-
ing that somebody was Cdnstantly'petsuarung him to do
something terrible which he could not do. How about
the somnambulism?' Where did he go sometimes in the
night? And What was that faint suggestion of sound
lwhich once in a Whil€; s¢cmieg to trickle through tbe: the while the vague shrieking atid rQaring waxed loude.r
,m addening confusloriof identffiabk soun'ds even in
:broad daylight and full wakefulness? Its rhythm did not
correspond'to anytHing on earth, unlesS perhaps to the
cadence of one or two unmentionable Sabbat-chailts,
and sometimes he feared it corresponded to cel'tain
attributes .o f the vague shrie.king or roarmg In those
\vholly alien abysses of dream.
The dreams were meanwhile getting to be atrocious.
In the lighter preliminary .ph~l:.theevil old woman was
fiowoffieodish distiilc:;tn¢ss; an<i Gilrtlanknew she was
theorie wb.ohad frightened hitiiinthe slums. Her bent
back, long nose, and shrivelled chin wereUJ1mistakiible,
and her shapeless browngaririeilts were like those he
remembered. The expresSion on her face was one of hide-
ous malevolence and exultation, and when he awaked he
eQuid re~alIacroakingvoicethat persuaded and threat-
etied. He must meet, theal~ckMan>and'gowith them ail
throne .o f Azathothat the. "entre of l11timateChaos. tOWard him- theoldwoman and thellttlefurry thing~
was what she said. He m.ust sigiJ in hisQwri blood The crone strained .l!P ~oher knees and man~ged to
book of Azathothand take, a new secret name now
that his independent delvings had gone, so far. What kept
him from goir)gwithher and Brown Jenkiilandthe other
rO ..the tllrone of Chaos where the thin flutes pipe mind- Spurred by an impulse he did notoriginatei Gilman
lesslywasthe faq thath~ had seen thenaUle "Azathoth"
in the Nwc)Ilomicon, an.ci knew it stooQ fora primate\r.iJ
too horrible fo(descriptiQi'I.
The oJ~ woman always appear~<i :out of thin air . three steps he was hacR in the' twilight abysses.
·n earthe cornerwh~re_ the downward slant met the
inWard slant. She seemed, toctystaUise .at-a point clos-
14 THE 0 I. D W 0 MAN AND
to the ceiling than tp the fioor,and every night
. was a Httle nearer and more ·dtstinctbefore the
shifted. BrOWJl.Jenkin, too,wasalwaysa little
at the last, and its yellowish-white fangs .glis-
shockingl), i,n tb~t unearthl), vi.olct phospho-
1eS(:ence. Its shrill loaths.ome tittering stuck rrtot.e
more in Gilman~s head, and he could remember
the morning how it had pronounced the words
(LlUl'IlJIU" and"Nyartathotep/'
fri the deeper d.reamseverythirtgwas likewiseniQte
atid Gitman felt that' the .twilight abysses
of
around him were those the fourth dimension. Those
organic entities 'whose motions seemed least flagrantly
irrelevant and unmo,tivated were prQbabJy projections
of life'.. fotms from oilr own planet, including human
beir!gs, What the others were ij,. theiroW1l dimenSional
sphere or spheres hedareq not try to think. Two.ot!he
less irrelevantly moving things - a rather. la~ge · con~
geries of iridescent,prbiately spheroidal bubbles and a
very much smaller polyheqronofunknowncolours and
rapidly shifting surface angles-seemed to take notice
of him an.d follow himal?out ,~r float ahead as he
changed Pb~itiQn among the titan prism'S, .labyrinths,
cube-and-plane clu$!ers, alid quasi":buiJdings~ andaIJ
and·louder;.as ifapproaChiilg.some monstrous diniaxof
utterly unendurable intensity.
Dur'in~ the n'ightof April 19-2.0 theriewdevelop~
meIit occurred. Gilman was haIf-involuntarily niovi~g
<ll:loui in the twilight abysses with the bubbbmass and
the 'smaU polyhedron floating ahead, when he noticed
thepecoliady regular angles formed by the~dgesof
some gigantic neighpoutiilg prism-duster~, In another
second he was .out of the;abyss and standing tteJi1\llOUS-
ly ona roCky hillside bathed in intense, diffused green
light. -Re was barefooted and inhiSnight-clothes,imd
when he tried to walk discovered that he could scarcely
.lift his feet. A swirling vapour hid everything but the
immediate slopmgter:r:aln frOIU sight~and he shnmk
fromthetl;lCi>ught of the sOUn,dSthilt mightsurg~outof
that VClpOur.
Then be saw the' two shapes laboriously crawling
cross her arms in .asin~ar f~shion, while Bro\V11 Jenkin
pointed in a certain direction with a horribly anthro-
poid fore paw whiCh it raised with evident difficulty.
dragged hlmselfforward along a course determined by
the angle ()f the old woman's arms and the direction of
thesmaU monstt:0sity's p'aw, a:ndbefo.re he had shuffled
,GeometriCal shapes seethed;jround him, and he feU
T H " lIT T L . - I; U H R Y T H I N G
 -"-Tf; c ]'»)' <.? ., ii'\ ,.
dizzily andinterminably.At last he woke in his bed in
the crazily angled garret of the eldritch old house.
He was good for nothing that mo.riiing"aildstayed
away from all his classes. Some unknown attraCtion was
pulllnghiseyes ina seemingly irrelevant direction, for
be could not help staring at a certain vacant spot on the
tloor.Asthedayadvan13ed the fo<:u~of his unsedngeyes
changed position, and by noon he had conquered the
impUlse to Stare at vacancy. About two 0' dock he went
out for JUrich, and as he threaded the narrow Janes "of
the city he found himself turning always to the ,SOllth-
east. Only an effort halted hiin at a cafeteria in' Church
Street, and after the me.al he felt the unknown ptillstill
more strongly.
He would have to consult a nerve specialist after all
- perhilPs there was a connexion, with his somnambu-
lism-hutmeanwhile he might at lea~t try to break the
morbid speU him,self Unqoubtedly he could still man-
age to walk awayftom :the pull; so with great resolution
he headed against it and dragged, himself deliberately
northalongGarrison Street. By the time he had reached
the hridgeover the Miskatonic he was in a cold perspi-
ration, and he clutched at the iron railing as he gazed
Upstreaniat the ill-regarded island whose regular lines
oLa:ncient standing stones ,brooded .sullenly in the after-
noon sunlight.
The.n he.gave a start. For th¢re Was a clearly visible
living figure qn thaFdesolateislilDd, and a secQnd glance
told him it was certainly the strange old woman whose
sinister aspect had worked itself sodjsastrously into his
dreams. The tali grass near her was moving, too; as if
someolQer living thing Were crawling dose to the
ground. Wheil the old woman began to turn toward
him he fied precipitately off the bridge and into the
shelter of the town's labyrinthine waterfront aUeys.
Distant though the island was, he felt that a monstrous
and invincibleevU could flow fromthe·sardonic stare of
tharbent, ancient figure in brown. . prefaced his plunge into unknown abysses, and the
The southeastward pill I still held, andoruy With
tremendous resolution could Gilman drag himself into
the old house and~pthe rickety stairs .. For hours he~t
silent andaimJess, with his eyes shifting gradually west-
\Yard. About six o'clock his sharpened eaTS caught the
wbining prayers of Joe Mazmewicz two floors below,
and in desperation he seized his hat and walked out into
the sunset golden streets, letting the now directly south-
,ward pull carry hhn where it might. An hour later dark-
~~S found· him in the open fields beyond Hangrni!ll's
I3r()ok, with the glimmeringsprillg stars shining ahead.
The urge towaIk was' gradualJychanging .to an urge to
:leap mystiCally into space; and suddenly he realised just
where the source of thepulllar. .
It was in the sky, A·definite point ;among the staTS
had a claimon hiritandwascaliing hiin. Apparently it
HE WAS fi 00 DF 0 R NOT H IN G T HAT M {} R N [N G
House
was a. point somewhere between Hydra and Argo Navis,
and heknew that he had been urged toward it ever since
he had awaked soon after dawn. In the momirlg it had
been underfoot; afiernoqn foundjl rising in the south-
cast, an.d now it wEjs toughly"solith but whc:;c1ingtoward
the West. What was the meaniilgoftliis new thing? Was
he going mad? How long woUld it last? i\gainmustering
his resolution, Gilman turned and dragged hiriisdfback
to the sinister old bouse.
Mazurewi.ciwas w;iiting for him at the door; and
seemed both anxidusandre1uctant to whisper some
fresh bit of superstition. !twas about the witch light. Joe
had been out celebrating the night before ~ it was
Patriots' Dayin MassadlUsetts -and had come home
after midnight. Looking Up at the house from outside,
he had' thought at .first th.at Gilm<p1'S window was dark;
but then he had .seen the faint violet glow within, He
wanted to warn the .gentlemanabout that glow, for
everybody in Afkham knew it was ·Keziah's wuchlight
whiCh played near Brown Jenkin and the ghost of the
old crone herself. He had not mentioned this before but
now he must teliaboutitbecause it meant that K~iah
and her long toothed famili'!1r Were haunting the yo~g
gentleman. Sometimes he and Paul Choyns19and
Landlord Dombrowskithoughttheysawthat tight seep~
irig out of cracks iti thesealedJoft above the younggen.-'
tleman's room, bllt theyhad aU agreed not to talk about
that. However, it would be better for the gentleman to
take another room and get· a. crucifix from some good
priest lilxe Fatherlwankl<i.
As the man rambled on Gilman felt .a nameless
panic clutch athis throat. fie knew that Joe must have
been halfdrunk when he came horne the night he fore,
yet this 01 ention ofa violet light in the garr~t window
was of frightful import, rtwas a lambentg!owof this
sort which always playedabourtheold woman and the
small furry thing in those lighter, sharper dreams which
tho lIght that a wakeful second personcouJdsee the
dreamcluminanc~ was !1tterly b<;yond saneharbourage.
Yet where had the fellow got s!lch an odd notion? Had
he himself talked as well as walked around the house in
his sleep? No, Joe said, he hadnot-buthemusfchec.k
upon this. Perhaps Frank Elwood could tell him
thing, though he hated to ask,
Fever - wild dreams - somnambulism - .Wu-
sions of so.unds-a pull toward a point in iliesky-
and now a suspicion of insane . He must
stop st!Jdying, see a nerve specialist; and
in hand. When he climbed to the
pa!lsed at EJwood'sqoor but'saw that
was out. Reluctantly he .continued up
room and s.at down in the dark. His
still pulled to the .southwesl; bilt. he
 H . f. 1 (J 1/ eC r
found 'bimself listeningiritently for some sQund ,mthe
closed loft above, ·alldhalf im~gining that anevilvio-
Jet light seeped down thraugh a~ iJlfmitesimal crack in
the low, slllntingceiling.
That night as Gilman slept .the violet light broke
upon him with hejghtened intensity, and the old witch
and smalIfurry thing- getting closer than .ever befqre
-:- mocked him.With inhunian squeals and devilishg~.c
lures. He wasgl:idto sinkinto·th¢ vaguely roaring tWi-
Light abysses, tho.ugh the pursuit of that iridescent
bubblecongeries .!lnd that kaleidoscopic little pOlyhe-
dron was menacing and irritating. Then came the shift
as vas~ converging planes.·ofaslippery-looking sub-
stance loomed above and below Lri.p-J ----"- a shift :which-
-e ndedina flash of delirium and a blaze of unknown,
alien Light in which yellow, carmine, and indigo were
. madlyand inex.tricably blende.d.
He was halfIyihgo.n a high, fantastically balustra:d-
ed terrace above ;l boundless jungle af outlandish,
'incredibiepeaks1 .qalanced plan~, · domes,. minarets,
horizontal .discs poised on pinn~cles, and numberless
fornis of still sr~.:i.ter wildness - .s oine of sto.ne and
some of metal - which .glitteredgorgeOllsLy in the
mixed, almost blisteririgglare frorriapolychromati<: ski';
Looking upward he saw three stupendous discs .of
·fl~e, each of a. different hue, and ata different height
. above an. infinit¢lydistant cu_rving horizon of J'ow
lIlountains. aehiQ.d him tiers of higll¢r t¢ttac.es. tqwqed
aloft as far ashe .could see. The City below stret~hed
away to the limits of vision, and he hoped that no sound
would well up from it.
The pavement from which he easily raised himself
was · ofa· veined, _p olished stone beyond rus p.o wer to
identify; a~d the .t ilesweretut in bizaTre~angledshapes
whiCh struck him as less asymmetrical than based (>n
some uneafthLy symmetry whose laws he coul.dnot
comprehend. The balustrade was chest-high, delicate,
and fantastiCally wrought, while along the rail. were
ranged at short lntervals little f:'igures of grates_q ue
design and exquisite workm.anship; They; like the
.whoie balustrade, seemed to be made of some sort of
joing metal whose colour .could not be guessed in
chaos of mixed effulgences; and .their nature uttet-
defied conjecture. They represented some ridged;
reI-shaped objectwith thin horiZQnt~1 arr:ns radiat-
'jng spokHil<:e ftoma central ring; and with vert.ica:1
knobs or bulbs projecting from thehe(id<1nd bi\se of
the·barrel. Each of these knobs was the hub of systema
of five long; flat, ttiangwady tapering .a.rms .arranged
around it like the arms of astarnsh ---,: nearlyhorizon~
tal, but curying slightly away from the central barrel.
The base of the bottom knob was fused to the long
(itiling with so · deJica~e a point o.f contact th!\~ sever.ell
figures had been broken .o ffandwerc missing. The fig-
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1\ rt I 5 l;-hi Ii n\
tiieswerC! aboutfoui' arid a: 'half it:lchesinh~jght,while
the spiky arms gave them a maxiniumdiameter of
about two and a half inches~
Whe.ri Gilmanstocid 4pthetiles felthot~() his bare
feet; He was whollyaIone; and his first act was to w$ to
the balustrade and look dizzily doWn at: the endless,
Cyclopean dtyalmost two thousand feet below; AS hells-
tene4 he thought a: rhythmk con.6Jsion of faintcmQSical
pipings covering a widetonai range welled up from the
niirrow strt!etsben¢ath, and he wi~hedhemight disCertl
the denizens ufthe place. The sight turned him .giddy
after a while, so that he would have fallen t() the pavement
had he not dutche.d instinctively at the lustr:ous;
balustrade. His rig~t hand feUQn one of the projecting
figUreS, the tOl.ichs~¢~g tos~eadyhim slightly..It -was
too much, howeyer. 'fOf the eXotic delicacy qfthe me.W"
work, aridthdpiky figure snapped off underhls ,grasp.
Still half-dazed, he continued ' to clutcb it as his -other
hand s.eizeda vacant space on the·smooth railing;
Blit now hiS oversensitive eal's caught something
behind him, and he Jooked back across the level ·terrace.
Approaching him softly thaugh without apparent
furtiveness were five figures, two e>f whiCh were Jhesin-
isterold.\V()Olan andthefattgeq,furty li~le artitnal. The
other three. Were what Sent him unc;ons¢icius - for they
were living entities about eight feet high, shaped pre-
cisely like the spikyiroages on the balustrade, and pro-
pelting themselves J:,y ~ spider-like wriggling of their
lower set ~f starfjsh.~arms. . . .
Gilman awaked in his bed, drenched by a cold per-
spirati()n.and with a smarting sensation in hi~ face,
hands; and feet. Springing to thefl.()or,he wash~(l and
dressed·in frantic h;iste, as if it were Ilecessary fqr liimto
get out of the house as quiCkly as possible. He did not
know where he wished to go, but felt that once more he
would have to sacrifice his classes; Theodd.pull toward
thatspot:in the sky between Hydra and Argp ha~ abat-
ed, butanotber afeven greater strengtb: had .takenits
place; Now he felt .t hat be i1':llistgo\lorth - mfil:Litdy
dorth.He dreaded tocrosSthebddge thatgavea view of
tbedesolate· island in the Miskatonic, so went over the
'Peabody Avenue bridge. Very often he stumbled, for his
eYes(indears·.were chained t() an extremely lofty point
ill the blank blue $ky.
After about. ~n hour he got himself under better
control, and saw .t hat he was far from the city; All
aroUJ:Id billl*etched the bleak emptiness of salt
m;u~sheS,while .t~¢ ,narrow .r oad ~ead led to lilnsmouth
- that anCient, half-deserted town which Aikhaiil. peq-
pIe were so curiously (mwi.1.lfug . to Visit. Though · the
northward pull had not diminished, he resisted it as he
had resisted th.eoth.er pull, an4 finallyfoulld that he
couJd almo~t balance· the one against the other.
Plo(\ding.ba~k to tpwn and getting:some cpffeeata soda
LIGHT BROKE UPON HfM
 f~untain, he dragged himself into the public library and
l~r()wsed aimle~ly among the lighter magaiines~ Once
h:e ~et ~ome friends who remarked how, oddly sun'-
l):gme<ihelooked,but he did not teJlthetn of his wlllk,
At,three o'cloCk hetooksome h.lO.ch at it testa~l'nlnt, not-
mg: meanwhile tbatthe piJll had either le~senedor
4iyideditself. After that hekilled the timeat·a cheap cin-
e~!,show,seeingtbeinane pe.rformanCC'overano over
a~ain- \Vithout paying,any attention to it
About nine at.nighthedrifted homeward and stum-
bledinto the andent house. Joe, Maz.urewlcz waswhiJ1.-
~g; ®intelligi"le piaye~s;and Gilman hastened liP to
h~: oW,n g;liret ciiamb,er witbbutpa1lcSing to see if
BlWoodwas in. n,Vas ·w lienheturned onthe.feeble elec~
tric,light that the shock caille,Atoilcehesaw there was
something on the tablewhichdid not belong there.aild
.asecond look len no rOOlll for doubt. Lying on its
s~de''''':'' tor it couJd not stand upa10ne - was the. exot-
i~:~spiky figure whicb 'In' his m~:m~tFollS dt~am he had
btokeJioffthe fantaStic balustrade. No det~il wa~ miss-
,mg~,The ridged; baird -sha ped,eentte,.the thirt,radiating
al'mSj the knobs at each end, and the flat, slightly .out-
~ar4~curving starfish-arms spr.ea:ding from those
,~~l?~~all were ,there; In the electric li'ght the colour
's~med to be a kind of iridescent grey. veined. with
;.S!:eer1; and Gihnail could see amidst .his horror and
bewUderment that one of the knobs ended in a jagged
br~corr.esponding· toils former pbinr ofattachmcm
~9.,th¢ Qieam"railiilg, ,
Qrily his tendency toward a dazed stupor prevented
~im, from screaming aloud. TW$fusionofdream and
~~W was too much to beat. StilJ dazed,.hec1utchedat
"ili~ spiky thing and ~\aggered down~taits to Landlor.d
®.o mbrowsld'squarters."the whitiingprayers Mthe
'.~.i!perstitious loom6xer were sfiD sounding through the
ill1.~uldy h~, but Cilmandidnot mind them now. The
Jalidl()r~ Wa:S in"a:ndgreetediUm pleasantly; No, he had
n.~~en tbatthihg befo.re· and..did ,not know anything
fa1lout it But his ,wife bad said $he found a fiIhny tin
tliliig in Dne ,of the beds· when she fixed the rooms. at
npon,and maybe that was it. Dombrowski called her;
, -'and:sbe
,~ - waddled
. .. .
, - .. ".. in.
- Yes, that was
.the
' thing.Sbe had
- ',
f9~cI, it ih the younggentIemari's .beci - on the side
·~,the wall. It had looked very queer to h~r, but 9£
c.o'urse the young.gentleman h<lq, lots of queer ~hings jn
liis room - hooks and curios and pictures and mark-
~!n~on paper.,Shec;erlainly kneW nothing about it.
So Gilman ciimhed ,upstair:sagain in a m¢nlll] tllr-
mQil~ convincedthat he waseithet still dreaming or
ijtithis somnambulism ha<lrun to incredible extremes
l~ Jed him to depredations in unknown places.
Wb,er¢had he got · thisoutte thing? He did nor. recall
secing ii in any museum in Ad<.!1,arp. Irmust haye ,be~il
somewhere, tho~gh; and the sightofil" as he snatched
ROW 0 D D 1 Y 5 U N B II l~ NED if fLO 0 K f D
it in hissleepntusthavecaused the odd dream-picture
of the .b alustradedterrace. Next day be would make
some very guarded fuquiries . ~ and .perhaps see the ·
nerve speciaiist.;
Meanwhile he would try to keep track of his som-
nambulism. As he went upstahsandacrossthe ,~rret
hall he sprinkleq a.b out some flour which he haclbor-
rowed - with a frank admis~ion as 10 its purpose -
from the "titdlOl~d. He had stopped at Elwood's door Dn
the way, but, bad found in dark within. Enteriiigbis
room, he placed the spiky thing oil ,the table, and lay
down incomplete (llentaland physical exhaustion with-
O:l1t pausing to undress; From the¢losed loft above the
SlaritiJ;lg·ceiling h¢ thought he he.ard a faint s<tatcbins,:
and padding; b .1JI be waS too disorganiS~ even to mind
it Tbat ctyptkaI pilll froin the ,notth was getting very
strong again, though it seemed .now to come ft'oii\.a.
Jower place in tllesky:.
In the dazzling.·vioiet light ofdream the old woman
and the fanged, furry thirtgcame again and ""itha-
g~eater distinctness than on any former occasion. This
time they actually reached lilln, amI. he felt the,,crone's
\....itbere.d ,daws :clilt~hingat him,. fie iVas. pulled out. of
bed and irito.empty space, and for ~' momen~ be he~rd a
rhythmic roaring and saw thetwiJight amorphousness-
of the vague abysses seething aroundhiin. Btit that
momen~ was 'very brief; for presently he was inacrode"
windowle.sslittle .spa~.e with roug~ beams , and. pl.mks
.tising to a peak Just abovebis head, andw'ith a cJl.rious
slanting floor underfoot Propped lev¢lon that floor
were low casesfuJJ of books of every degreeofcintiqJli ..
~y anddjsintegration, and in the centre were a tahle and
bench, both apparently fa.s tenedin pl;l(:~, SmaU. opjects
QfuJiknown :shape and n~ture were ttanged on tlletops
of the .cases,ancl .in the flaming violet Light Gilman
thought he saw a cciunterpartofthespiky image which
hadpuzzledhiJ1.iso horribly. On the .left fhe '.floor £ell
abrllptlyaway, Jeaving a black triangular gulf out of
\"t)ich, afteras¢"cond's dry rattIlng; there presently
cliilibed the hateful littiefulTy tliing With the ye.liow
fangs and bearded human face;
The .eviUy.gtinning beldamcstill clutched him, .md
beyond the table stm>d a .figtlIe he I1ad .nev~t
befo'te -a tall dean man of dead biackcolouration '
without i:he slightest signor negroid features; wholl~
d~voidofeither hair 01: beard, and wearing as Wsonly
,gaqnent ~ashapeless robe of .s omehe,avy black fabric.
His feet were indisting\rish~hlel?ecauseofthetabJe and
bench, but he must have beenshod,sirice therie w~s a
clicking whenever he changed position. The man did
.not speak, and bore rio.t'race of expression on his small,
reguhtr f~atures. lie 1)1erely pointed to a hook of pro-
'digio t1 s slz(!whkh lay open on the table, while the bel-
.dame thrust a huge grey quiJIintoGilman's right hand.
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Over everything was a pall of intensely maddening fear.
and the dim ax was reached when the furry thing ran up
the dr¢an1er's "lothing to his shoulders and then .down
hjs.\cftarm, finally biting biro sbarplyin tbewrist just
below bis cuff... AS tbe blood spurted from this Wound
Gihrian lapsed into a faint.
Heawal<ed on the morning'of the 22ndwith a pain
in his left ....rrist,.andsaw that his cuff was hroWn.w'ith
dried blood. His recollectitms were veryc0nfused. but
the scene with the black man in the unknown space
stood out vividly. The .rats must have bitten him as he
slept, giving rise to thec;limax of tbat ftightful dream.
Opening the door, he saw that the flour onthc.corridor
floor was undisturbed except Jor the huge prints of the
loutish fellow who. roomed at the other end of the gar-
ret-So he had not bee.n sleepwalking this. time. But
something would have.lo.be done about those rats. He
woJlid ~peal< toth¢ I.andlord about them. Again he tried
to stop up the hole at the base oftheslantingwall, wedg:-
ing ina candlesticR which seemed of abdut the tight
size. His ears were ringinghorribly,.as if with theresid-
ual echoes of some horrible noise heard in dreams.
As he bathed and changed ciotheshe tried to recall
what he had dreamed after the scene in the violet.litten
$.pace; but nothingdeflnite· would crystallise in .his
mjnd; That sceneitseJfmust hav~ COi"tespondetl to the
se-rued loft overhead, which had be·gun to. attack his
imagination so violently, but later impressions were
(amt and hazy.: There were suggestions· of the vague, twi-
light-abysses, and of still vasler; blacker abysses beyond
them - ~bysst':s in which all .fixed suggestions ofform
were absent. He had been taken there by the bubble-
conge-ries and the little po-)yhedron whkhalways
doggedhinl;but they, Hke:himself, had Changed to wisps
of milky. barely lummous miSt m this farther void of
jj}timate blackness. Something else had gone on
ahead - a larger wJsP whiCh now and then conde)lst':d
into naIiie1~s (lpprmdmationsof torn1 -and he
thought that .their .progress had not been ina straight
line; but rather al~ng Ihe aliencurves·and spirals of
some ethereal vortex which obeyed laws unknown to
the physics and mathematics.' of any conc~ivable cos-
mos. Eventually there haQ. be~ a hln:t of vast, leaping.
shadows, of arnonstrous; half-acoustkpulsing,.andof
the thih;monotohous piping of an unseen tlufc- but
that was all. Gilman decided he had picked up that last
conception from what he had read in the NecrO/lOmicOl1
about the mindless' entity Azatboth, which rules all time
and spac~tTom.a ~uriouslyenvinjned bla<;k throne.at
the tentreof Chilos.
When fbe blood waswasheq ~way ~he :-'IriS! wound
ptoyep very slight, ~ndGilman puzzle<iover the loca-
tion of the two tiliy PWlctures.It occ.ur.r~~ to hlmthat
there was no blo.od on thebedsl'read where he hacLJain
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-which was very curious in 'view of the' amount on his
skin and cuff. Had he been sle~p.-waJkjng within his
room, and had the rat bitten him ashe sat in some chair
or paused in some lessratiooal posit~oti? He looked in
every comet for browrushdrops or stains, but di(i not
find any. He had better, he thou~ht,spriIikle flourwith~
in the room as well as outside the door- though after
aU no further proof ofchissleep-walkingwasneeded. He
kn.ew he did walk-and the thing to do now ~~s to.
st9P it. Heinustask Frank Elwood fothelp; Thismorn-
ing the strange pulJs frdm space seemed lessened,
though they were replaced by another ·sensationevetJ
more inexplicable; It was a vague; insistent impulse. to
flyaway from hlsprese.nt situation,bu! held' n()t a hint
of the specific d4-ection ill which he wished toBy. As M
picked up the stninge' spiky image o.n the table he'
thought ilie older ncn;thward puJlgrew a trifle stronger;
'but even so, it was wholly overnJledby the newer and
more bewildering .urge:!.
He took tn~ spiky image down to Elwood's room;
steeling him self against the whines of theloomflXer
which weUedup from tbeground tloQr. Elwood was in,
tharikheaven, and appeared to be stirring .$Ollt; Th~re
· was time fora littleconyersation before leaving for~
breakfast and college, so· Gilrrianhutdedly poured fortllf
an account o(his 'Cecent dreams and fears. His host was
very sympathetic, and agreed that something ought t~'
b~ dolle.He was sboc.kecl by his guesfsdrawn, haggard
aspeCt, arid notice.a the queer,. abnorniru-Iodkingsun-
burn whiCh others hadremarke:dduring the past week;
There was not much. though, that.hecould say. He
not se.en Gilman on anysleep-waIkiQg expedition, '.
had no idea what the curious image ,could be. He
though, heard the French-Ca,JiadiaJiwho lodged
under Gilman talking to Mazurewicz one evening.. ' .
were telling each other howbadJy they dreaded
coming of Walpurgis~Nigbt, now only a few: clays'
· and were exghangingpi,tyingc:omments about the
dO(lJne:d younggentlell1al1, Desrochers, the fellow'
Gihllan~s rob Ill; had spoken()f nocturnal footsteps.
· shod and unshod, and of the violet light hesawoile
night when he had stolen fearfully up to· peer ~ 'vu,.u,
Gilman;s keyhoie. He had not dared to pe~r; he
Mazurewi<.\z, after he had gllinpsed thatHght 1.1lr()lL1gg~
the cracks aroUnd the door. There had been soft: ··.LiUA'~''''..
too..- and.ashe began to describe: it his,vokehad
to an inaudible whisper;
Elwood could· not imagine what had senhese
stitious. creatures gossiping, but supposedthefrimagi~
nations had been" roused by Gilman's late hours ..
somn()lent walking-and talking on· the one .. _'._"._ .. '_''''''
the nearness of traditionally feared MayEveonthe .
hand. That Gilman talked in his sleep was plain,
was obviotlsly from DeSrochers' ke.Ybcile:!-Hskniitgs
WERE VER Y
 1) r 'c 1\ 1\ .r
the delusive notion of the violet,
dream-light had got abroad .. These
simple people \verequick to -imagine
they Had seen any odd thing, they had
heard abolit. As for a plan of acrion
- Gilman had better move down
to Elwood's room ~nd ' avoid
. sleeping alone. Elwood would,
if awake, roilse him whenever
he began to talk or risejn his sleep.
Very soon, too, he must see the special-
ist Meanwhile they would take the spiky image
around :to the various .museums and to ·certain ,profes-
$l>l'Sj~eking identiflcationand sta}ing dlat it had been'
fou~~ ilia public rubbi~h-('an. Also, Dombrows'kj must
at.t~ndto the poispriing of those rats in the walk
Braced up by Elwood;s companionship, Gilman
lItttnded classes that day. Strange urges still h,lgged at
~, buthectlUld.sidetrack thein withconsidera.ble·suc-
~; During a fr¢eperiod he shewedthe'queer image to
several professors; aU of whom wer,eintense]y inter-
:ested; though notie· ofthemcouldshed any light upon
its.nature or origih. That night he slept on a couch
,which Elwood had had the landlord bring to the sec-
ond~story room, and for the first timetn wee~ was
wholly freefromdisquietirig dreams. But the feverish-
:ne$S s.tiI1hung on,andthewbiriesof theloomfixerwere
an unnerving influence,
t:l~ng the [lext few days Gllman enjoyed an ~ost
t]e.rfc:ctinlrilUnity from morbid m;lOifestatic)Q's..He had,
ElWood said, shewed no tendency to talk (lr dse in his
lSleepj and meanwhile the landlord Wasputtin~ rat-poi-
·s neveryWhcre. The only' disturbing element was the
'talk among the superstitious fOleigners;whose im~gina~
lIons had become higbly excited. Mazurewkz was
~WllYS rrying to makeblm get a crucifix, and finally
-to®! one upon hill1whicb he said had been bl.essed by
Ilie-good Father IWanicki. Desro91ers, too, had 'solUe-
thingto-·say-.i n faCt; he ihsisted that cautious steps had
.so.unded itithe now vacanT room above him on the first
atid;,secon:d nights of Gilman~s absence from it. Paul
, Chomski thought he heard sounds in the balls!U1d on
tbelst;lirsat night, and claimed that his door had been
jfilY'tii~d, While Mrs. D()mbtowski vowed shehad seen.
ab!.Wn"J¢nkfu for thdirst time sinceAll-Hallo~s,But
{suCh n.ruve reports could me,!" y~ry little, and Gilman
Lettlle-'cheapmetal crucifixharigidly from a knob on his
host's dresser.
Fpt three ·days Gilman and Elwoodcanva,ssed the
l~aL mliseim1sin an effort to identify the strange spiky
ifi(age"
but always without SUccess. In every quartet,
however;· interest was ·intense; for the utter alienage of
~edhing was a ·tremendous challenge to scientific
~i9sitr.; One of the small radiating arms was bmken
A FRESH RAT-HOLE APPEARED
Qff and ~ubject~d t() chemical arialysis,and the result is·
still talked abou.t in college circles, Professor Ell~ry
foUnd platinum,irOI),and tellu:riumin the strcmge alloy;
but .mixed with these were at least three other apparent
elements of high :atomic weight which che'mistry was'
absolutely powerless to classify. Not only did they fail to
correspond with any known element, but they did not
eveh cfitthe .v acant pJllces reserVedtorptobable el~mehts
iIi theperiodk systein; The mystery remains unsolved to
this day, though the image ison exhibition at the muse~
urn o(Miskatonic University.
On the morning of April 27a fresh rat-h.o le
appeared in the room where Gilman was a guest. but
Dombrowski tinned it up during the day. The poison
Was not baving much effect,.for scratchingsand scurry-
ingSlnthe walls were virtuaIiy undiininished. Elwood
,vas out late thatllight; and Gilman waited up fOJ him.
He did not -Wish togo to sleep in a room alone - .espe-
dally since he thougbt hellad gJimpsedin .the evening
twilight the repellent old woman whose image had
bec9me so horribly transferred to his dreams. He won~
dered who she was, arid what had been near her ra,ttling
the tin can· in a rubbish-heap at the mouth of a sqllalid
co. urtyard~ ThecJOne had seemed to notice him and leer
evilly at him - though perhaps this was merdy his
imi:lgination.
The next day both youths felt very tired, and kneW:
they. would sleep like logs' when night came. In the
eveningtbeydrowsily discussed the mathematical stud-
ies which had so wmpletely and perhaps harmfully
engrossed Gilman; and speculated about th.e link;age
with an:cientmagic and folklore which seemed so dark~
ty probable. They spoke of old Keziah Mason, and'
Elwood agreed that Gilman had good scientific grounds
fQrthinkingshe might have stumbled .OD strange and
significant information. The hiddeilcults to which these
witches belonged otten guarded and handed down sur-
prisingsecretsfrom elder, forgotten aeons; and it was by-
no means impossible that Keziah bad actually mastered
the .a rt of pasSing through: dimensional gates; Tradition
emphasises the l1seI~snessof m.ateria:t barriers in balt e
inga \vitcb'smotions; .and who can say what undedie$'
the' old tales of broomstick rides through the night?
Wheth'er a modem student CiouIrl: ever gain ~lTTlIl"l'<
powers from matb¢ll1utical rese~.rch alone, was still·to
seen~ Suecess, Giln1anadded, might lead- to dangerous
arid unthinkable sitUations; for who could foretell the
conditions pervading anadjaceIit but nomlaUymaccessi-
bledimension? On the other hand, the picturesquepos~
sibilhieswere enormOllS, Time cQlli<:l not exist incertain
b¢lts Of spate; andbyenlering and.-.e.u:l<ii.ni:ug in sllcba
helt one might preserve one's life and age indefinitely;.
never suffedng . organic metabolism or deterioration
except forsfight amounts incur.redduring visits to one's
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ownorsinlilar planes, Oneluight, for example, pass into
a timeless dimension and emerge atsO.rne remote period
of theea:rth's history asyoiIng as before~ . on its face. broke the spelL Still toO.
Whether anybO.dy had ever managed to do this, one
could hardly conjecture with any degree of authority,
Old legends are hazy and ambiguous, and in historic
times. all attempts at crossing forbidden gaps seem
cDmplicated by str~nge and terrible alliances with
beings ,and messengers fn)m outside. Tllere was the
immemorial figure of the deputy or messenger of b'id-
den and terriblepow'ers - the "Black Man" of the
witch-cult; and the "Nyarlathotep:'of the Necro~
nomicon. There was, too, the baffljng problem of the
lesser messengers or intermediaries- the quasi-ani-
malsand queer hybrids which legend depicts as witch-
es' familiars, As Gilman. and EJwood retired, too sleepy
to argue further, they heard Joe Mazurewicz reel into'
the house half-drunk, and shuddered at the desperate
wildness of his whining prayers.
That night Gilman saw the violet light again. In his
dream he had heard astratching and gnawing in the
partitions, and thought that someone fumbled clumsily
at the latch. Then he saw the old woman and the small
furry thing advancing toward him over the carpeted
flO.or. The beldame's face was alight with inhuman
exultatiDn, and the little yellDw-tQothed niorbidity ti.t~
tered mockingly as it pointed at the heavily sleeping
form of ElwDQd on the.other couch across the rODm. A
paralysis of fear stifled all attempts to cry DUt. As once
~efore, the hideous crone seized Gihnan by the ShDul-
q,ers, yanlcing him Qut of bed and into empty space.
Again the· infinitude of the . shrieking twiUgh,t abysses
flashed past him, but in another second he thought he
wasina dark, 'muddy, unknown alley of foetidodours.
with the rottingwallsDf ancient hDuses towering upon
every hand.
Ahead was the robed black man he had seen in the
peaked space in the other dream, while from a lesser dis-
tance the DId woman was beckoning and grimacing
imperiously. Brown Jenkin was rubbing itself with a
kind of affectiQnate playfulness around the ankles Qf the
black man, which the deep mud largely.cQm:ealecl.
There was a dark open dODrway on. the right> to which
the black man silently pointed. IntD this the grimacing
, , '. . started; dragging Gilman after her by his pajama
sleeve. There Were evil~smelling staircases which
creaked ominQusly, and on which the old WDman
seemed to radiate a faint violet Ught; anrlfinallya door
leading DffaJanding. The crone fumbled with the latch
and pushed the dDQfO.pen, motioningtQ Gilman to wait
and disappearing inside the black aperture.
Tile YQuth'soversensitive ears caught a hideous
strangled cry, and presently the beldame came Dut of the
rQombearing a small, senseless form which she thrust at
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the dreamerl1s if ordering hUiltb carry
The sight of this form, and the.e:mression
to cry out, he plunged recklessly dO\vn t .
noisome staircase and into the mud ou
side; halting only when seized and
by the waiting black man. As "cc:mSIClOI
ness departed he heard the faint, shrill
tering of the fanged, ratlike abnormal!ty.
On the morning of the 29th
awaked into a maelstrQm Qf horror.
instant he opened his eyes he knew
thing was terribly wrongdor he was
in his old gimet room.withthe slanting :
sprawled an the now unmade bed. throat was
aching inexplicably, and ashe struggled tifa sitting PQS-
ture he saw with growing fright that his feet and paja-
ma-bottoms "'.ere brown with caked mud. For the
moment his, recollections were hDpeless']y haty. but be
knew .at le~st that he mu.st have been sleepWilW.ing.
ElwDod had been lost too. c;leeplyin slumber to hear and
stop him. On the floor were confused muddy prints, but
o.ddly .enough they did nQtextend aU the' way to. the
door. The more GilmanloDked at them, the mDrepecu.
liar they seemed; for in additiDn to tho.se he could
recognise as his there were Some smaller,almast round
m<\rkings - such as t.he legs Df a large~h~it or ta~le'
might make, except that most of them tended to be'
divided into. halves. There were also SQme curiQus,
muddy rat-tracks Jead.iilg out Qf a fresh ho.le and back'
into. it again. Utter bewilderment and the fear ·of mad-
ness racked Gilman as he staggered to. the door and saw
that there were no. muddy prints outside. The more h~;
remembered of his hideous dreain thernore terrified h~
felt, and it added to his desperation to. llearJoc
Maztlrewicz cbanting m()urnfully two floors belaw.
Descending to. ElwoDd's room he roused his still"
sleeping hQst and bega.n teUingof hQW he had found
himself, but Elwood could form no idea o.f what
really have happened. Where Gilman could have
how he got back. to his rQom witho.ut making tracks in
the haJJ, and how the muddy, furniture-like prmts cam~
tobemixed with his in the garret chamber. were wholly
beyond conjecture; Then th!;!re wer.e tllOse dar:k livid
marks on his th/.'Dat, as if he had tried to' Strangl: him;
self. He p'ut his han.ds up to' them, but found that theX
did nQt evell apprDximately fit. While they were taJkitg
Desrochers dropped in to say that he had heard a terril~
ic clattering overhead ill the dark small hQurs. No.. the[~
had been no. Qne on the stairs after midnight - thDugH
just before midnight he had heard faint foO.tfalls in the
garret, and cautiouslydesceuding steps he di.dnot lIk
It was, he added, a very bad time of )'e;ir for Arkh~
The young gentleman had better b.e sure to. wearth
(RONE SE IZED
 crucifix Joe Mazurewicz had given him.
EVen the daytime was not safe, for after
dawn there had been strange ~ounds in
the house - ~spedally a thin, childish
wail hastily choked off.
Gilman mechanicaUy attended class-
es that morning, but Was whoUy unable
to fix his mind on his studies. A mood of
apprehension and expectancy
seized him, and he seemed to be
''''Y'I'dlllll~ the fall of some annihilating
At noon he lunched at the
T... ;."~~,, ;.,, Spa, picking up a paper from
, he waited for dessert. But hene'i'er ate
that desse an item on the paper's first page left him
limp;wild-eye'd, and able only to pay his check and stag-
ger back to Elwood's room.
There had been a strange kidnapping the night
before in Orne's Gailgway, and the two-year-old ch.ild of
a ,cJod-like laundry worker named Anastas,ia Wole.fko
hadcornpletely vanished from sight. The mother, it
appeared, had feared the event for some tii"ne; but the
reasons she assigned for her fear were so grotesque that
no one took them seriously. She had, she said, ,seen
Brown Je~kin about the place now and tllen ever since
eai:ly in March" and knew from- its grimaces and titter-
mgs that little Ladislasmust be marked for sacrifice at
the awful Sabbat on Wal purgis- Nigh t She had asked her
neighbour Mary Czanek to sleep in the room and try to
pwtect the child, but Mary had not dared. She could not
t~1l the police~ for they never believed such things.
.Children had been taken that way ever), year eVer since
~b'e could remember. And her friend Pete Stowacki
would not help because he wa.n ted the child out of the
way anyhow.
But what threw Gilman into a cold perspiration was
th~ report of a pair of revellers who had bc.cn walking
past the mouth of the gangway just after midnight They
adinitted they had been drunk, butboth vowed they had
seen a crazily dressed trio furtively entering the dark
passageway. There had, they said, been a huse robed
negro, a liuJeol.d woman in rags, and a young white
man in his hight-clothes. The old woman had been
draggillg the youth, while around the feet of the negro a
tame ~t was rubbing and weaving in the brown mud.
Gilrnan sat ill a daze all the afternoon, and Elwood
-'- who had m¢anwhile seen the papers and formed ter-
rible~onject)lres from them - found himthus when he
came home. This time: neither could doubt but tbat
something hideously serious was dosing in around
them. Behveen the phantasms of nightmare and the
realities of the objective world a monstrous and
!I/ltbinkable relationship was crystallising, and oniy stu-
pend(}usvigilance could avert still more direful devel-
TH ' RE RANGE KIDNAPPING
opments. Gilman must see a specialist sooner or later,
but not just now, when all the papers were full of this
kidnapping business.
Just what had really happened was maddeningly
obscure, and for a moment both Gilman and Elwood
exchanged whisp.ered theories of the wildest kind. Had
Gilman unconsciously succeeded better than he knew in
his studies of space and its dimenSions? Had he ;lctualJy
sUpped outside our sphere to pointsunguessed and
unimaginable? Where - ifanywherc - had he been on
those nights of daemon!ac alienage? The roaring twi-
light abysses - the green hilJside - the blistering ter-
race - the puUs from the stars - the ultimate black
vortex - the black .man - the muddyalJey andtbe
stairs- the old witch and the fanged, furry horror -
the bubble-congeries and the little polyhedron - the
strange sunburn - the wrist wOW1d - the unexplained
image - the muddy feet - the throatcmar~ - the
tales and tears of the sliperstitious foreigners -what
did all this. mean?To what extent could the laws of san-
ityapply to such a case?
There was no sleep for either of them that night, but
next day they both c.u t dasses and drowsed. This was
April 30th, and with the dusk would come the hellish
Sabbat-time which all the foreigners and the supersti"
tious old folk feared. Mazurewicz carne home at six'
.o'clock and said people at the mill were whispering that
the Walpurgis-reyels would be held in the dar/< ravine
beyond Meadow. Hill where the old white s.t one stands
in .aplace queerly void of all plant~life. Some of them
had even told tbepolice and advised them to look there
for tbemissing Wolejko c11ild, but they did not believe
anything would be done. loeinsisted that the .p oor
young gentleman wear his nickel-chained crucifix, and
Gilman put it on and dropped it inside his shirt to
humour the fellow.
Late at night the two youtbssat drowsing in their
-chairs, lulled by the rhythmical praying of the loomfixer
on thetloor below. Gilman Listened as lIe nodded, his
preternaturally sharpened hearing seeming to strain for
some subtle, dreaded murmur beyond the noises in the
ancient house .. Unwholesome recollections of things in
the NecroniJmj(~o/1 and the Black BookweUed up; and he
found himself ~wayinglo infandolis rbythms saidto per
tain to the blackest ceremonies of theSabbat and to have
an origin outside the time and space we comprehend.
Presently he realised what he was Listening for - the
hellish chant ofthecelebranls in the distaritblack vCllley.
How did he know so much about what they expected?
How did he know the time when Nahaband her acolyte
were due to bear the brimming bowl which would f01·,
low the black co~k and the bla.ck goat? He saw that
Elwood had dropped asleep, and tried to calJ out and
wa.ken him. Something, however, dosed his throat. He
21
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was l!ot his own master. Had he signed the black-man's
book after- all?
Then his fevered, abnormal hearing caught the dis-
tant, windborne not~. Over miles of hill and fie1dand
alley they <;ame, b,ut he recognis:ed them none the less.
The fires.ri1ustbe lit, andilie oancers must be starting
in. How couldhe keep him sel ffroril going? What was it
that'had enmeshed him? Mathematics-folklore - the
house '''- old Keziah - Brown Jenkin .. ,.' and now he
saw thatthere was,a fresh rat~hole in the wali near his
couch. Above the distant chanting. and the nearer pray~
irig of Joe Mazurewicz came ariother sound .:..- a
stealthy, determined Scratching in ,the partitions. He
hoped the electric lights would no.t go out. Then he saw
the fanged, bearded liitle face in the rat~hole - the
accurse<ilittle face which heat .last realised bore such a
shocking; mocking resemblance to old Keziah's - .and
heard theraint fumbIingat the do.or.
The screaming twilight abysses 'flashed before him;
and. he. felt himseJfheJpless in the formless grasp of ~he
iridescent bubblecongeries. Ahead raced the small,
kaleidoscopiC polyhecli:on.andull through the chlirning
void there was a heightening and acceleration of the
vague to.nal pattern which seemed to fo.reshadow some
~nutterableand unendurable climax. He seemed to
,know wryat was coming - the Illonstro,llsburst of
Walpurgis~rhythm: in whose cosmic timbre would be
concentrated all the primal, ultimate spac,etime
seethings wliichJje behind the massed spheres of matter
and som(1tfmes break forth in measured reverberatiDns
that Penetrate faintly to every layer of entity and give
hideous significance throughout the worlds to certain
dreaded periDds.
But all this vanished in a sec()nd. He was again ,in the
ctamp~d, violet"JjtteD peal<ed space with the sla.nting
floor, the low cases of ancient bOOKS, the b.enchand
tabTe,.the .queer objects, and thetriarigular gulf atone
side. On the table lay a small white figure -an infant
boy, nndothedandunconscious - while on the other
side stood the mon~trous, leering old woman with a
gleaming, grotesque~haft.ed knife in her right hand, and
a qu.eer1y proportiohed pale metal boWl cDveredwith
chased designs and having delicate lateral
esin. her left. She wasrntoning SDme croaking tit-
ina language which Gilman could not understand,
but which seemed like something guardedly quoted in
the Necr:ollO,nlicon.
As the scene grew dear he saw the ancient crone bend
forward and extend the empty bowl acro.ss the table-
arid unable .tD control his own JUotio.ns, he re<l.ched far
forward andtoo.k it in both hands, noticing as he did s()
its c.omparative 1ightOess~ Atfuesainemomenttbe dis-
gUStin_g form Df Brown Jenkin scrambled up over the
brink of the triangular black gulf Dn his left. The crone
22 HE SAW THE FANGED,
r t ',<: l-;th /\ Y'I\
nowmotloned him to hol~ the bowl in a certainp9sition
while she raised the huge,grote_sque knif~above the small
white victirrias high as her right hand could reach:. The
fanged, furry thing began tittering a cOntinuation of the
unknDwn rimal, while the witch crDaked loathsDme
responses; Gilman felt a gnawing, pDignantabhorrence
shoot through his mental and emotional paralysis,and
the lightmetalbowlshook in his grasp. A seco.nd later the
downward ,n1QtionQf the knife broke the spell cOrripl¢te~
iy,and he dropped the bowl with a resoundiilg bell-:Like
clangour while his bands darted,outfranticallyto stop the
monstrous deed. '
In an instant he had edged up the slanting floor
around the end of tbe table and w-renchedfue ,knife
from the old woman's claws; sending it Clattering 'Dver
the brink ,of the narrow triangular gulf. In another
instant, however\ matters were reversed; fotth6se
murderous claws had locked themselves tightly around
hisowU throat; whilefue wririkled face was twisted with
insane fury. He felt the chain Df the cheap cruCifix
grinding into. his neck, and in his peril wondered how
the sight Df the object itself would affect the .evil crea~
ture._ HetStreilgtb Was a1togethersupt!rhuman,but as
she continued her choking he reache<! feebly in his shirt
and drew out the metal symbol,-snapping the chain and
pulling it free. ,-
At sjghtbf the device the witch ,seemed struck with
panic, arid her ;gr-iprelaxed, IDng eno.ugh to. give Gilman
a chance to. break it entirely. He pul1ed thesteel~like
claws from his neck. and w.ouldhavedragged the bel-
dame Qver the edge of the gulf had not th~ .claws
re~eived a fresh access of strength-aiid dosed in. again.
This time he resolved to reply in kind. and his own
handS reached out for tbe.creature~s throat. Before she
saw what he was doing he had the chain of the crucifix
twisted about her neck, and a ll10ment later he had
tightened it enDugh to cut off her' bre:ath. DUl'ingher
last struggle hefdt s<:>mething bite at his ankle, and saw
that Brown Jenkin had come toheniid. With One savage
kick he sent the inorbidity over the edge oHhe gtilf and
heard it whimper on someJevel far below.
Whether he had k.illed the ancient crone hedidn:ot'
knDW. bu't he let herrestori the floofwhereshehadfall- -
en. Then, as hemmed away, he saw on the table a sigbt
.which nearly snapped the last thread. of his reason.
.Brown Jenkin, wughofsinewand with four tiny hands~
of dael110niac dexterity, had b,een busy 'While the ':Vitch
was throttling hiI'll, and his- effortS had beeilih vam.
What he had prevented the knifefromdbingJothe vic"
tim's chest, the yellow'fangsof the furry blasphemy had'
done to a wrist-and the bowl so lately on the floor;
stood full beside the smaUJifeless body. .
In his dream~deliriUm -Gilnlan heard theheUisb,
alien-rhythmed chant Df the Sabbat coming frDm an
BEARDED IlTTlE
'infinitedistanee,.aridknew the Mack mannlUst be there. oil what ne·w form ,h is friend's sleep-walkiOgbad taken.
Confused memQc,ies mixed themselves with his mathe- Mazurewkz seemed half-dazed becaweof a "sign" he:
maties, and ,he believed his subconscious mind held the sai4 he had had in response to his prayers; artdhe
alfg~~hichheneeded toguidehimb;tck tothenormaI crossed himseif frantically when the squealing and
wotlq -;lIo,tIe ~dunaided for the ,first time. He felt whimpermg ora rat sounded from beyond theshmt- )
sQtehewas in the inunemoriallys,ealed loft above rusingpartition. ~ ....
own'room, but whether he could ever escape through When ,the dreamer was settled on his couch .-
the :slantirig floor or the long~stopt>edegress he doubt-inElwood:s room they sent for Dr. Malkowski
ecLgreacly.Besides, would not an escape from a dream- ~ aIoc,a! ' pri1~titionerwho wou1d repeat no tales ,
19fthring him merely into a dream-house- an abnor- where theyrilight proveembarrassi:ng ' '"- and he gave
1lJ;l1 pro}ectionof the act:ualplace' he sought? He was Gilman tWohypoderink injection~,which cailSed him to
W.liOUy bewildered as to tile relati<;)n ,hetwi)ttdream and relaxinsomethirigHke natural ruo'ivsiness. Durmg the
¢.aIity'inall h l s e x p e r i e n < ; e , s . d a y the patient regained consciousness at time's and
The passage through the'vagueabysses would whispered his newest dream disjointedly to. Elwood. It

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• 'b.e61gh.· tfi ..al
..U1. ,Jot. th.e W . . WOuld. b~
.....Pu.rgiSc.rhyt.h....m wasap~iriful process, and at its very start brougbtoui a
. 'vibrating, and at last he would have ,to hear fresh and disconcerting fact.
that hitherto veile.dcosmic pulsing which Gilman - whose ears had so lately possessed an
" h e so mortally dreaded. Even now he could abnormal sensitiveness - was now stone deaf; Dr.
-detect a'low, monstrous .shaking whose tempo Malkowski, summoned again in haste, tQldFJwood that
he~pectedaU too well. At Sabbat-tiineit always hQtbear.drums were ruptllred,as if by th~ impact of
m9.unt.ed and ,reached thrQugh to the worlds to som ¢ ~tupel1do!lssouJid intenseb¢yond all human eon-
5u'mm~n the initiate to. nameless rites, Half~ cepti~n Qr . endurance. How sucb a soUiid could have
th~ cbMtSofthe Sabbat werepattemeq on \. been heard in the last few :hourswitnoutarousing all the
this fai.titlyoVerhe~d. p.ulsing: Which ~o 'earthly • Miskatoriic Valley was more than the honest physiCian
eat.'. could endure m ltSurtvelled spatJal fulness. j _ could say.
Gilman wOhdered,too,whether~e CQuld trust his . ElwOQd wrote his part Of thecolioquy oripa"er; ~s.Q
instinct to take him hackto the rrght part of space.f,l0w that a fairly easycommuniCatiori was tnain-
C9.u1d. h~ besllre hewotild not land on that~een_lit~- . ) tained. Neither knew what to make. of the whole
,I~n hillsldeof ,a far planet, on the tessellated terrace chaotic business, and decided it would he bet-
~~o~~ , the c;ity pf t~I1~adl!d m?nsters som~~here c r ~~r if they thought .~sjittle as p~ssible about. it.
~}'Qnd the galaxy; or ill the spIra] black VO,rtlce.s of Roth, though,.agreed that tbey must :)¢;tve ;~his ancient
'thaftiltiinaie VQidof Cha:os ·\vherdn r¢ignsthe mindlessahd 3.cc.u rsed hou~e as so.o n as it could be~Hanged.
'daemon-sultan Azathoth? Evening papersspokeofapoiiceraid onsoJl'\e,curious
.jUst before he madeJhe pluIigeJhe violet light went revellers jri a ravine beyond Meadow Hill just before
fQ.\Itand left bini in utter blackness. Tbewitch - old dawn, and meritiQn:ed that the white stone there was
'ifeiiiili·'-Na:hab - that must have meant her death. an object of age-long superstitious regard. Nobody
Anti mixed with the distanH:hant of the Sa:bbat arid the had been . caught, but among tbe scattering fugjtives
whimp~rs Of Brown Jenkin in thegu1f below he thought had been glimpsed a huge negro. I.niiJ1other col umn it
he heard another and wilder whine from unknown wasst;tted that rio trace oftlie illissing .c hi1dLadishls
'~Pth~; Joe 'MazureWicz - th~ p~ayers against the Wcilejko had been found.
Ct.8.cw\.ing Chaos, now turning to il n inefqlli~abJy tri- Tll.ecrowning horror came tJ1.at very night Elwoo4
w.'I)pli;mt-~ek--wodds ofsardonii:actua1ityimping~ will neVer forget it, and was forced .to stay out ef coll~ge
'Ulg:'(itiVQrti<:e'so[febriledreain. -Ta! Shup Niggurathl the reSt of th.e t~rirt be.cause of the t¢swting nervoil$
ril~ Goat With a Thoilsand Young; breakdoWi'1. He had thought he heard nits in the parti-,
'Th¢.Y found Gilrilan.o.il th~ f1<!iqrof his queerly tions' all the .evening. but paid little attention to them;
" @gl~dold garrefroom longbefo:te dawn, faT the terri- Then, long after both he and Gilman had retired, the
ble~ cry. hadbrbught Desrochers .and Ch~yriskiahd .atrocious shrieking began. Elwood Jumped up, tUrned on
E!ombtowski and MazurewiCz at otice,. and had even the Lights, and rushed over to hiSSlJeses couch. The occu-
Wakened the soundly sleeping Elwood in his Chair. He pant waseniittingsoundsQf veritablyinhuman nature"as _
was'alive, and with open, staring eyes,but seemedlargec ,if racked by .some tQrment beyond des<;:ription. He. /
ly~n~onscious. On his throat wereth~ .marks of mur- was writhiTig i.Jnder the bedclothes. ;rnd .~ great red
~~W~'hiillds~and (jn hisleftankle wa~a distressing rat- stain wasbeginriing to appear 6n theblank.ets;
'f'I ~
bj~; :aiS clothing wash"\dly r~mpled, .and Jqe~sCi1ldfix . ~IWb9d ;~carcdy dar:d ~o touch .h im, butgr~du~ly .
w.~jjii~mg. El~ood trernbled,afrciideven to spc(';u\ate thcscteaining and wnthingsubsided. By thIS tIme

·t HE CROWNING
'.' .
HORROR CAME THA T VERY NIGHT 23
Dombrowski, Cboynski, Desrochers, M~zurewicii and
thetop"fioorlodger wei-eall crowding into the doorway,
and the landlord had sent his wife back to telephone for
Dr. Malkowski. Everybody shrieke,d when aiarge rat-like
form suddenly jumped out from ~eneath the ensan-
guined bedclothes and scuttled acrossilie floor to a
freSh;. open hol¢ .dose by. When th~ doCtor ar-rivedand
began'to pull down thosefrightftil cQversWalter Gilrrian
wa~d~ad.
l~ would be I?arba:ro~s to do mQte than suggest what
hadkilJed Gilinan. There had bee." 'vlrtuiillya funnel.
through his body - something had eaten his heart out.
Dombrowski, frantic .at the failure of his constant rat-
poisoning efforts, cast .asideall thought ofhi.s lease and
within a week had moved with all his.older lodgers to a,
dingy but lessandent house in Walnut Street. The wmst
thing fo!"C! whi]ewaskeeping Joe Mazurewicz quiet; for
tbe broQrunglQomfiXerwould never staysober,and was
constantly whining and muttering about ~pectraland
terdbJ!! things. .. .. . an.d broke through the floor beneath. The whole attic
It seems rbaton that last hideousriight Joe had
stoop.c d to look at the crimson rat~track; which led
from Gilman's couch to the nearby hole: On the carpet
theywere very indistinct, but:a piece ()f 'Qpen floqring.
~ulerVei1ed be.t ween.thecarpet's edge and the base~
~;oard. There Ma:zui'ewiCz had found something inon-
strous -Or thoughthe had, foruo·one else cotiId quite
agrecwith him despite tbe undeniable queerness of the
prints. The tracks on the .flooring werecertainlyvascly
unlike the average prints of a '~at,J)Ut even Choynskio,tnd
Desrochers wowd . not .admit thatth¢y ~ere like the
prints of foUr tiny human hands.
The house was never rented a:gain. As sopn as
Dombrowski le·ft it the p;tll ofitsfihal desolation began
t() descend, for people shunned itboth on a.c cotint of its
oJd reputation .arid because of the' new foetid odour.
Perhaps theex~landlord's rat-poison had worked after
all. for not long ·after his departure the plCfcebe~e a
neighbourhood nuisance. HealtllofficjaIs traced the
smell to the closed spaCes abovea,nd beside .th.~east¢ril
; g~u·tet room, and agreed that the number ofdead .rats
. be enormous; ·Theydecided, however. that it was
not worth theirwbileto hewopen and disinfect the long
. spaces; tor thefoetorwo~ldsoollhe over; and the
",.-alll v.· \\(as not ()ne which encouraged t'astidious stan-
'.datds. 1ndet':d, thet'e were always yagPe loeal tales of
unexplained stenches upstairs in JheWit.ch House just
afterMay~Eve and Hallowmass. The neighboursgrum-
bliogly acquiesced In themertia - but the foetor none
the tess formed an additionalcollntagamst the place.
Toward the I(lst thchous¢ was condemne(\, \1SiUlhahita-
tiotl by the bWldinginspector.
Gilinan!sdreams and their
.' .
attendant
. . ' '.
circumstances
" ..
have never been explained. Elwooq, wbos~ t!:\oughtsQn
24 GRADUALLY THE
theen.tire episode aresorhetitnes almost maddening,
came back to college the next autumn and graduated in
the following June. He found .the spectral go~ip of the
town muchdimlnished,;1nd.it isindeed~ fa~ that -
not:withstandingcertain reports of a ghostly tittedngin:
the .deserted house which iasted almost as long as that
edifice itself - no fresh appearances either of old
Keziah or of Brown Jenkin have been muttered of since
Gilman's death. It is rather fortunate that Elwood was
not in Arkhamin that laterye·ar ~hertcertaln events
abruptly renewed the local whi~p.ers about elder hor-
rors.OJ course he heard about the matter afterward and
suffered untold torments of black and b,eWildered spec-
ulation; but even that was not as bad as actual nearness
and several possiblesightswQuld have ~een.
Tn March, 1931, a gale wrecked the roof and great
chimney of the vacant Witch House, so that a chaos of
crumbling brkks;blackened; moss,;grown shingle~,and
rotting-planks and timbers crashed down·irito the 10ft
stos:y was choked :with debris frbm above, but no one
took thctrotiblc to touch the mess before the inevitable
razing of the decrepit structure. That uJ timate·step came
in the following December, and it 'Ya.~ wh~n Gilman's
old ro()mwas ~!e;rred out by rdo~ta:nt, apprehensive
W().rkm~ri thaflhegossip began.
Among the rubbish which had ~rashed throu.gh the
ancient slan6nglreiling were sevenil things whiChmad¢
. the workmen pause and call in fuepolice. Later the
police in turn called in the coroner and several profes-
sors from the university. There wcr~ bones - badly
crushed and splintered, b.u t clearly recognisable as:
human ~ whose manifestLympdem datecqilflicted
puzzlingly with the remote period at which their only
.possible lurking~place, the low, slantfloored loft over- ·
head, had supposedly been sealed from all human,
access. The coroner'i;· physician de.cided that some:
belonged toasmalJ child~ whilecert.ain others.-fc,und;
miXedWithsbre<:is of rotten brown ish.doth - belonged
toa r~ther undersized, bcnffemale of advailced years.
Careful sifting of debris.aLsodisdosed many tiny bones '
of rats caught in the collapse, as wt':ll as older ratbones,
gnawed ~ysmaHfangs ina fashion now and then higb-
ly productive of controversy and reflectiol1 .
Other objects fOWldinducled the mingled fragment§
Qf many books and papers, t()gether witba yello\l/ish du,5t
left fromthetotaldisintt':grationbf still older books arid
papers. All,. without e)(cepti()n" appeared .to deal with
blackmagic in its ri10st advahcedahd horribJe for:ms;and
theevideiltly recent datedf certainitemsisstUL a mystel]
as unsolved as·that of the modern human bones. An eV~R
greater mystery is the absolute hornogeneityof the:
crabbe4, atchaicwriting found on.a wide range of papcis·
whosecohditipns <indwatermarks.suggestage differences
SCREAMING . • . STlBSIDED
·of.aUeast 150 to 200 years; To some, though, the greatest In}~eQi'1pl\;~I1l ~S1~
ety :of utterly 1nexplic~ble :objects - obj("Cts who$e s·llap;eSj.!ID~t.W!{aI.l/)~
W(jr\qnan~l:lip, and purposes baffle aJl cOnjectllre - folltlg ,.~glt1;~~~
wreckage'inevidently.divetse st;ltes ofinjury. One of UI""" .'UUJ"~'::--'
«!:several Miskatonic professors profoluldiy ~ is.a
plainly resembl ingthe strange image which Gilman gave to U·te!(;olleg¢~i1
savetliatit is larger, wrought ofsorne peculiar .
posse5$ed oia singularly angled pedestaJwith I1d(!ci{:;helraO:le·hi@"JMj~~
,ArchaeologiSts and anthropologists .ate still trying to' " .....! ........... ,"""-w
,deSigns chasedon a crushed bowl oflight metaJ whose ini1ler: :sid4~1j(j'~;'onufi1Q1
~rowniSh stains when foun~i. Foreigners and credulous ,gz:iiD,cLifiiOJ Ii[e_t:S
m!!~l).yg~rrul()usabout the modern nkkelcrucifixwith,br()ReO:1lhll1tO p;~:tl~~
·~e r;obJjish and shiverjngly identified by Joe Mazurewi~.~
i~.n PQQr G.i lmanmanyyears betpre.Some believe tQiJs ;qJ~.g~
'~Ptb the~sea1ed loft by ~ts, whileolhers.think it must haj~eJ~!tl'{qfit
.iii sOme corner of Gibnan's oldrobmallthe time. Still o.tI'let~ililila.'~iij
melf, have theories too wild and fantastic foi sober credenGe.

WAS A VER .I TABLE

IS ARKH A ]"vl?
 H .~. 1 0 vee T /'1
Temperature varies more than rainfall. Early
October shows Arkham's trees in full autumn color. The
hills become fabulous carpets of reds, yellows, and
golds. Temperatures are brisk, with night-time lows in
the 40s and daytime highs in the 60s. By November, fall-
en leaves litter everywhere, and the trees are nearly bare.
Occasional light snow-showers occur as early as late
November, but the snow does not last, and Arkham
rarely enjoys a white Christmas. January and February
are cold, when low temperatures are normally 20°-30°F,
Anything lower than 10°F is considered remarkable.
On the first weekend of February the town now cel-
ebrates Winterfest, a recently-estabHshed commercial
festival. The merchants sponsor a parade, a snowman-
building contest, and an indoor pageant to select an
annual Winter Queen to rule over the festiva l.
Winter thaws in March, but cool t!!I11peratures <::an
last into early April. By the end of April, flowers begin to
bloom and the trees begin to leaf.
May and June bring the first 700 P days, and July the
first summer heat. In August, when the onshore breezes
fail, temperatures can sOar to .90°F and more. The air
hangs in the valley, humid and stagnant, creating
uncomfortably sticky days and nights. These periods are
usually short, however, and temperatures above 85°P are
'e~~ptionaL In general, the evenings cool off consider-
ably and, especially near the river, a Hght jaCket might be
considered. The Miskatonic is often too cool for com-
fortable swimming, though hearty souls andyoung men
showing off regularly make the plunge.
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In September, the weather cools, and the first Light
frost may fall at the end of the month. This time i5~
sunny and breezy, with scattered showers. Students
return to school, leaves turn, and the cyCle begins again.
GemT" fHoufY or!:>u5iNers
FrNANCIAL INSTITUTIONS generally aTe open to the
public from 10:00 AM .. to 3:00 P.M., Monday~Priday.
Governmental offices are open 8 A.M. to 5 P.M., but
closed at lunchtime. Mostrrierchants are open from
8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Some,especially hardware, depart-
mer.ltstores, and lumbery~rdsstay open for part or all of
Saturday, Sunday closures are nearly absolute.
Shops and stores that vary from these hours are
noted in their individual descriptions. Restallrantsusu-
ally maintain hours that suit their clientele; early-rising
Arkhamites frnd the notion of eating at 8:00 P.M. deca-
dently continental and conceivably un-Christian.
Commercial activity halts on Sunday. With certain
exceptions, it is against the law (and the law will be
enforced) to operate any bu~ine~ of any kind between the
hours of 6:00 A.M. and 11:00 A.M. on the Sabbath. Then
one hears the sound ·of m()ney only in collection plates.
l-lowever, on SWlday, with the express permission of
the selectmen, Western Union receives and delivers
wires, but does not transmit them; th.c telephone
exchange is open and operating', as is the B&M rail Line
and the lo<::al taxi service; restaurants, speakeasies; gift'
shops, or other luxurious enterprises, with a single
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exception, never open on Sunday. Sunday dinners are
family affairs, not commercial opportunities.
fi",i"'o~l\ce to Lve
INVESTIGATORS may wish to establ'
d.ence in Arkham. Hotels, apartment
iogs, and l:)Qarcling houses of varying
quality exist; those with rooms to let
8re.listed in the want-ad section of
the Arkham Advertiser.
The quality of an investigato
housing depends upon ann
income. An investigator can spend
up to 35% of total income for lodg-
ing, food, and utilities without living
I?tyond his or her means. An investigator
m~yspend more or less than this percent-
age, but significantly greater or lesser allot-
ments should reflect on Credit Rating, {Diplomacy
checks\. which alters the chance for personal or com-
mercial loans. Other ramifications of housing choice
will arise from time to time; in a smaU town, everyone
notices everything. Folks know the value of a dollar.
Boarding house prices usually include two meals a
day; housekeeping, and possibly laundry.
Residence costs for an apartment and a hotel room
vary proportionately for food, service, and utilities:
deduct, respectively, five and fifteen percentiles from the
percentage of income spendable.
c
Example: 1111 illl'lIsliga/or livilig in II hotel that costs
mare/han twent), perceTII o( his iI/come is cOllsidered to
be living above his rneal/5 (35ljir-J5%=20% spendable
'On rent). At the keeper's option, investigators living
above their means, al/d cOllseqacnrly lOwnspeo-
pie perccive his Credit Rating as IOlVer than it
is 'rcceives penalties to dip/OII/IlCY checks
with rowlI~pe()ple}.
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<:E "IFlo! "1<111t
MANY JOBOPPORTUNHIES
exist in Arkham. Skilled investigators
ight procure work. Journalists could
ce or get a job with either of the news-
papers; jobs exist in and around the University
from academic positions to janitorial services, though
competition for them may be keen. As the keeper wish-
·es, any shop, store, business, or service could hire an
investigator looking for work.
Though costs are low compared to Boston, no inves-
tigator is going to make n)uch money in Arkham, where
hourly rates and salaries remain fixed for decades.
A janitor earns $1 + 1D 100 cents per hour on a 48
hour week, for instance. A skilkd senior craftsman might
make up to $3.50 an hour. A cub reporter for either
newspaper makes $20-25.00 a week (the lesser amount if
from out of town, the rugher if known to the editor); a
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seasoned hand makes about $45.00 a week; not counting
an occasional bonus. Reporters always work more than
40 hours weekly, and keep hours appropriate to neWspa-
per deadlines. Anuntenured full-time university profes-
sor (academic load of fifteen or m.oreclassroom hours a
week) earns about $300;00 a month.
No one in Arkham gets paid vacations, there is no
social security, nor does recognizable hospital insurance
. exist. An· investigator can, of course, insure individually
against death or injury with any .inslirance agent; and
bnild up cash equity usable as savings in an emergency.
Emergency hospitalization does exist on a charity basis,
but payment arrangements must be made.
When getting new eIllployment, the investigator's
player should roll to establish the annual income of the '
job~Keepers might require annual re-rol\s for freelancer
income; to reflect the ups and downs of self-employ-
ment.Holding down any smaU-town Job will be impos-
sible if an investigator makes frequent journeys to solve
Mythos mysteries, since businesses and shops are small,
and every person has a vital job.
$1,001 to $4.000, ask repayment in two years or less;.-
for $4,001 and up, ask repayment inthree years or less~
Tailor large financial transactions, such as bond UV'"'~'-A_
individually.
In the 1920s, purchases of homes were arranged some-
what differently than noW. Middle and lower-income
homes might be paid for weekly, for adolJaror two, for
years; after sixty months, a large balloon payment became
due, amounting to most or the entire loan principle. The
weekly payments might satisfy only the interest on th'e
mortgage. Future Credit Rating rolls (Diplomacy checks}
would certainly be affected by eviction.
\'Y\proviN~ \NWSti~:-'\tor shiffs
YNarE: The ft,lhr'wing iTlfoMwtion is used only for BRP
Call of CtlmlllUgames. D20 CoC offers skill advan~
ment only when a chntact~r gains a fleW level.

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:!fHE FOLLOWING ARE GUIDELINES only, adjust
:£oncepts and parameters as needed and desired.
Credit is available to investjgators who wish to
purchase autos, airplanes, and other high-priced equip-
ment. Two banks (Arkham First Bank and Miskatonic
Valley Savings) serve Arkham, and at least one alternate
personal loan service {Arkham Loan Agency) exists.
Compute interest charges at 2+ lD30/0 per year.
Investigators could try each institution to shop for the
best deal.
Loan types are auto, personal, horileequity, and
commercial. All loans require collateral, and each type
·of loan has a maxunum limit on amount: auto, no more
than forty percent of the investigator's annual income;
personal, no m~re than twenty-five percent ofthe inves-
tigator's annual income; home equity, no more than
fifty percent of the home's assessed value; commercial,
no more than the lender thinks advisable, .or fifty per-
cent ofthe value of the coUateral.
Each lending institution has a different chance of
ing each type of loan; see their individual entri¢s
for terms.
Add the chance for the particular type of loan to the
borrower's Credit Rating, and then apply the following
modifiers to gain a total perce"lltage to roU against on
D1 00 {find the base DC for the specific Lender and loan
type, apply aU modifiers below,and attempt a successful
diplomacy check versus the result.]
Term of the loan depends on the amount: for
$1,000 or less, ask repayment in one year or less; for

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Cthulhu. keepers shp/,IJd fee/free to use the foll.owing sec- tain clubs. Let interested players offer specific propos-
tion tis a guide if he or she req/iires players. to filld (/ als to evaluate.
rf(lci,eT, and spend campaign time training). A course of study usually requires uninterrupted
attendance in order to grant improvement in a skill.
' B~IDESCOURSES from the University, small private
Breaking off study togo adventurLOg negates the chance
schools and individual instructors ()ffer ways to
of improvement.
ill~rease investigatorskiJls,as may participation incer-
Thoj.lghpreviousl.yadvqcated in Chaosium publica-
tions, four month periodS (the trimesteqysfernJ prove
to be anachronistic: in the 1920s, most of the United
States ....'asfirmly semester-bound;universityclevel sum-
met schools, ife.'<istingat all, werefitmly rellledial and
intended for freshmen and sophomores. A six-month
period is the standard in this book, appropriate toa
slower-paced time, (Nonetheless, keepers content with
the f6ur-monthsystem should not change; ad~pt the
statements herein instead.)
As a rule of thumb,. offer lD6. ski1lpercei:Jti1~
improvement for each semester's (or six months') study
of a particular topk. Improvement of a skill beyond fifty
percent should come from individual e}'''perielice insce-
narios, not from 'study. That teachers must be seventy-
five -per~ent or bettei:ina ..ski:U .in order to teac:;h it isa
useful guideline, butone which keepers shoUld not fbl-
Iqw slavishly ja d20 suggestion: offer +1 skillrank for sHe
I months of study (ilt keeper's discretion) under a t¢aclier
with at least 8 skill ranks in the skill}.
If they admit skill-teaching into their .campaigns,
keepers should limit the numb~r of studies an investiga~
tor unde~takes: if an investigator does not work, let him
or her take up to six classes without penalty.
I f an investigator works, allow one or two courses of
study per Semester ot six months, but attach penalties
for overwork, fatigue, inattention, etc., when more than
twq courses are undertaken. One possible scheme for
such additional cqurses is to li1,odify the skill increase
die roll: if it's ID6 for the first and second dasses. it's
1D6-1 for the third class; 1D6-2 forthe fourth, an<:L so
forth; Only the cru.elest keepers will make negative
charges against skills to simulate overwork.
Some keepers' may find that an automatic
one to three points per cla~s successfully completed
stifle debate and be simpler to administrate.
Be sure to remind youl'players that it's possible to
graduate from a class without having learned anything.
Fees (or instruction or tuition are up to the keeper;
Don't be afraid to announce an arbitrary amount and
then do some haggliJlg to reach anagn::ed-uponsum.
Balance' how muCh the investigator can reasonably
afford withth~ desirability of the coul'seof ~tudy or
training in your campaign.

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~Y\po~tANce cf1'J.jNo~rutAbk
BECAUS! CALL OFCTHULHU often is played as a
series of .globetrotting adventures, many games and
campaigns rarely u~eorihink .about Credit Rating
{Reputation and Diplomatic Relationsl except as a
momentary hindran'ce: "To ,get dYnamite, toll your
Credit Rating {DiplomaCy checkl and we'U .seeif you
strangetsimpress the storekeeper as upright citizens,"
But a campaign based in Arkham and pJayed out in
Arkhamand its surrounds means that many town char-
acters become neighbors, and thai investigator reputa-
tionsartd contacts accumulate from adventure to
adventure.G()ssipis a staple in Arkh:am:investigatbrs
sbouldfiod that most residents .quickly getall the news
not fit to print.'Nototious'in1plies that a resident will
know ofand)udge another by his or her reputation.
Investigator chok:esand actioriswiUcertainlyalter
investigators' credit Ratings. and to that end reputation.
changes should be part of scenario conclusions. should
be taken into account when participating in clubs and
activities, and should be at iss.ue wherever the keeper
finds the thelllepertinent. 'though an investigator's rep-
utation can be increased, it cali .be also be lost swiftly,
)nore swiftly perhaps than any attribute except Sanity.
since the loss depends merely on town opinion and is
,not derived from game statistics. Keepers should not be
;chary of dedaring reputation changes In Arkham, since
tongues are qukkand not.always charitable.
Keepers may want to note sizable losses orgains of
'Credit Ratihg fReputafionJ in Arkham-related inci-
dents, and .insist that investigator sheets illso r¢cord
notably good or bad deeds. Qbing so makes sense Of the
fact that thoseinvruuable Arkham connections mean
notmng to a yawning New York City police sergeant.
On the revers.eoftheir investigatoi.sheets, pJayers
muyalso want to note whom in Arkham their investiga-
.tors meet and get along with. A good reputation and
good connections can open all the resources of fhe
town. tAt the keepds discretion an investigator may
gain .bonuses or p~nalties to cha.risma based checks
againstlocals, depending entirely on his deeds.}
'NiN~ 1\ C~b
S~TTLED IN, an inves(igatOr might join .a club
or two; to get to know people. Various organizations
.exist and many bestow tangible benefits for member-
ship. A list follows, I10tingeach club~s address and entry
number in the "Guide t.oArkham."
MtrOJioinkaI.Societ:y: amateur asironomers meet weekly in
thewilrmer mouthsqfthe year for stargazing fiell;! trips.
Contact Dr. M(>rri.~ Billings"Depattrncntof Astronomy. at the
University; entry 60.9.
32 RE,PUTAfION,
f t I .,> j~ '\ It\
Athletic Club: a young male professionals' association formed
several years ago a5 a refuge fromProhibitioll and <incidental·
lyto playhandbaUand rugby (60.2 Crane Street. entry 60.4).
Chamber of Commerce: a businessnien~sorg<lnization active
civicaJly (520. Gedney Street, entry 1.26).
Al'kham Amateur Theaqe Company: headquartered at the
Ma.rtleyTheat're (670. Gedney Street •. entry 10.9).
Daughters of the American Revolution: aconservati~e
women's organization dedicated to community service and
patriotic Americanism (432 W SaltonstaU Street,.entry·S 10);
Eye' of Amara: a mystic society heal;!quarteted inamansiq~
(IJI E Saltonstall Street. entry 909).
Gun CI~b:ph¢asarit and paitridgeshooters meet at varioU$
private homes orin the fietei. Theowrier of Parrington's g\iJJ
shop (433 1/2 W Main Street, entry 414-8) ispri!side.rit aM
founder.
HistQrkaI Society: dedicated to the preservation of Arkbaiii's:
hiMricaL.sitesarici memorabilia (537 S.Garrison$treet,enttY;
9ql).
Masonic Lodge: a secretive men's 'Mystic Society' with
professional ties, frequently involved in civic affairs ..
Brown Str¢et. entry LOS) .. All informal. associate
women exists. TheCatholi.c Church forbids melmhi~r~~lin ~in~
this organization.
MiskatoniC Club:a-posh club for peoplcof good family
have money. (411 W High Street, entry 803).
Rotary: a service .organization devc:>ted to good deecls in
.community (650 N Garrison Street,entry206).
School Board: members mustbepopulariyeIected,.but .
positiQns ~-arry prestige (ToWn Hall, entry 211). .
~j5kl'\tONic y Nfversjt1
~QR TO the recent DunWich Horror, "n1r."rpnthi·.rli'l'
one at the university tobk.setiously the horrible
to be found in the Necronomicon and certain
books on university library shelves. Only a Visit ..
library by Wilbur Whateley alerts Armitage to the
gerous knowledge Within these awful tomes; Few
connected with the universityha.dever taken the·
scan these volumes, and of those few none
make serious study.
Students c0ns.ulted tbes.e books from time t()
and o.utsiders such as Wilbui Whatel¢yofDunwicll'
Ephraim Waite of lnrismouth werealIbwed free·
to the voh.unes. In j 922, the Necronomicon was
to doctors at theArkham Sanitarium who, in an.
to cure a victim of amn~sia,.alIowed their patient to
through it.
While certain holdings of the library· were
llized as rare and as contributing to the school's
tic reputation, it is notuntllOctober, 192~, .
JOINING
suspected some tomes to he any more than odd an'd
blasphemous, . five dollars total for !ihort messages• .Brainpowerat the
Since Armitage's experiences in O:unwiCh, the
Necrollomlconand certain dther volumes have been
p!ace4.on a':spedrurestrktedlise: No one may consult
themwi.thout the express permission (and usually in the
preseri~e) of Dr. Armitage. This is possibly contrary to
,tli¢universit}"s chatter, but' .Armitage's policy has not
been .challenged.
. Qfcourse , D;lanystuden:t libra ria nsdo not know this
(ole; aDdAimit~geofteilleavesJhelibrary.
, Armitage and V\1imarth know each .other and have
(ai$~s~¢d wllat their oddlY linked experiences might
,i)i~, Rke and Morgan, the companion$ of Armitage in
his2exc:.urs(on .to. Dunwichand witnesses to the death of
WilburWhateJey, also share in Mythos knowledge,
profes:so.is Dyer, Pabodie, and Lake, th:ree members
Of the.upcofuing University expedition to the Antarctic,
'\have been told by a concerned·Wilmarth of what might
Mea:head for them. Some of them have:gone as far as to
~inspertthe Necr.onomiconbut, despite this and despite
"theirrespecdor Wllmarth and Armitage, they're good
~e)jtist~,aridthey'lJ hav,e to expedence Mythoshorrors
firShbandbefore bemg convinced.
Pt9fes$or Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee; whose body
'wM (ji1~ possessed by. a Yi~hi<in,alsp h.assome kn.owl-
~e, Qf the Myrhos and is pre~ently laying plans to
accompany a fufureexpeditionto Australia:. Peaslee has
snared some of his information with his son, Prof.
Wi!lgate Peaslee. Although Prof. William Dyer will
~ert~,ualJy h~ad the Austnuianexpedi~on; the Pea·s1ees.
iii~y ;n9t haveshlired their Mytbos knowledge with the
btber'Seven professors. .
As evidetlcedln Lovecraft'sstories, lhesenineindj. .
:n.a~I~·. p6SS~S the only scraps of Cthulhu.Mythos at
ih:e utiiVetSity. Armitage apparently \m()ws',as much as
myo.ne ---..,how mUGh must be decided by the individual
~Per: the old librarian cou!d be conducting qiIiet
~c:hinto the matter, still not grasping the ramifica-
~Q.n~\;of the situ~ti(jn; at the otherext:J:eme; hIs alarm
IDjAht!?'e ~otal,and he' could have eSJ~blished a glob,al
lJI~()i'k of correspondents .-incl\idlllg some in the
federal government -have hired cIippin-gservices. aJld
'bi!J,acti~eh; scheming to stille the tetdblc threat to
~nd.
lJNI¥BRSITY FACILITIES
~ld~tbe library and mU~llni .(descri.beq sep<.Irately
.in the 'G.uide to Aikhani~l, the university offers i:>the:r
usefu1servkes.
'.~u.@:iareoft:en found written in strange languages.
'ROStgf3:duatestudentscanusuaUy bebired to make trans~
Iltio~ , from lcinguages unknown to investigators. The
UNIVERSITY
going rate isabant three dollar-s per thousand words; Of
university is ex!=ellent; these academi<::ians thrive on new
ideas .a nd Urlsettling events, Most of the profes~(jrs have
high value in at least one skill, and the younger faculty at
least still have inquiring minds; if they cannot answer an
investigator's question immediately; they know where the
answer might be or will continue to ponder the matter.
Any professor wiUoe intrigued by the strange problems
investigators bring in .
Timesperit researching or testing objects in univer-
sity labs will often bedonewithoutcharge to the inves-
tigators, though the faculty is honor-bound to ask pay-
men! for expensive chemicais,photographit plates, con-
struction of SPecial machines, and so Qrlwhich involve
replacemeillofmaterials by the university.
]rive~tigatQis with goocl uniyetSitycdntacts (perhaps
thro.ugh Armitage) can get big favdrsperformed.
Investigators kno-wn and trusted b.y faculty might be
given the loan of valuable scientiflcequipment, allowed
the: Qccasi()nal use of Miskatonic fa§ilities and vehicles,
or introcluc.ed into the .global fellowship' of first-rank
scholarship.
Keepers 'are cautioned that while: university .scie:ntif-
ic facilities areexccllent for the period, period eqtiip-
mentand organization is not that much bctter than one
mignt find ina decent high school thcscdays:acCllrate
bal-ances. glasswork, optical devices; preparations for a
variety of quantitative and qualitative analyses, speci-
mencoUectjons, and established technique. Perhaps
most importantly,. the university glassblowing facility
and its machine shoparc.~ ex:ceUent.
NEWSPAPER FILES
As part of its se(Vice to the communl~y, the universIty
library has kept systematic files of b()th the Arkham
Gazette and the Arkham Advertiser (along with its.two
predecessors) in bound volumes in its basement
archiyes.
Por~ionsof thiS collection were ruined during
flood of 1888. indudingtheGazette Jor the years
1845'-184$ andl864-18(j8. The Adllettiser's volumes
the years 1851-1863 are also missing, as ar.ethe Arkham
Bitlletil1'seditions for the years 1823-1&26, and the
Miskatonic ViIlley Gleaner's editions from the ye_ars
1830-1831,
Gomplete numbers for the Gazette and the
Advertiser ~Xistat their respective new~paperoffice.s,as
aI).yuniverSity li.bJariru~ will promptly say.
The ,tnissing Bulletin and Glemrer volumes .are not
known to ~st, but they Can be IO.cated in halldniade
wooderi stora~e boxes resting undisturbed, uncatalogued,
33
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and ,unknown in the crowded, dingy basement 'o f the
Arkh;1m Historical Sodety.
t:tbl\~ CovetN~eNf
tOWN HAll, ~n P¢ab.,9dy Avenue" holds the lown
offices. Arkhamhasan elected mayorand nine :cleCt~d
selectmen., all ;parMim¢ positions. Posts are held ' for
two years; ,elections occur every even-numheredyear
on the first Tuesday in November. lo~gdme Mayor
J()seph Pea~ody i~ " being se:riouslYl=h'alle:nged for
mayor by the Univer~itis e:ner;geticyqung president.
Dr.,Harvey Wainsco.tt.
Occasionally the may()t tail b:c f9und in his lown
}faU'offl(:e during th¢ we¢k;
Thecpuncil of selectmen meets i~ 'Ibwn HaH the
,first and thrTd Tuesdays of eacbmonth.
CeI\N{coV:T tt
T1:lE POLlCEFQ:RCE,inure.;itostud,enrantic.s;'are for~
giving: of some behavior ---,- harmless high jiliksare
expected. Though feat,of offendinganint1ueniial falli..
iy curtails fhe reach of law enfOrCell1ent into theql~pl.ls·
cQnlmu.nity, police are not SI) forgiv~ng\.;he11 dealing
With trarisie,uts.atid Imn;tigrants.
They are unsurprised to find wl1entheyfind profcs:..
sorial types snooping,around ,old' houses .•lOP ceilleter-
ies, especialLy if given excuses like "field trii?" . or·'histor~
icat research.~'
PiSthatginganreal'/11 in Atkha'm: is illegal .without
goodreasOi'l,as ispossessirigsignifica'htexplosivessueh
as dynamite or qynamite caps. Carrying a concealed
wcapon is ·Iegal •.t~ol,l.g):talm(}st suspicio.usly poin tlCs.s in AR,KHAM,d~pjtel(}lig acq,uijintaricewith straogeari4
this placid pla~.
Fast Talk, Persuade, and Lawsi<iUs\ Bl uff.,
Diplomacy, and Knowledge ,(Law)} are always valu(ibl,e
W.llen dealingwiili the .to'im coo!\tabulary, but ·a high
Credit Ratilig (Reputation} renders a person nearly
invulnerable,to quickarresL ·The .police 'ar.e .basically
honest, but they do 110t .move without good reason
againslmen and women whom they rightfuUy see as, "ilnd ·f ilthoftural ba9<Watf;rs.
th,ei [employers,
Erom, chief on down, the p()lice know th ll [ beer and ' passing"on of received truth, which should .be .
liquor, have lJeenentcring town despite Prohibition.
Since ev¢n the chief enjoys a glass cjfScotch in ~he
evening. the police ignoiesodalin:ftactions by private
dtizens as much as possible; Helpful officers often
escor.thome drunks; especially those :inebriates wi¢
h.ighCredit ~atings. Dru:nkswhoare rowdy anQ. ab:us.iv~
~isk beillgsu,pdued, ,ta.ken to th:est~tion, and booked.; ,
Judge Randall frequently hands out. ,sriffpemilties to
those who ;cannot handle -their liquor.
34 A RKHAl\'I (~O V E RNMlNT.
rt . r ./;ti " I~\
The speakeasy on the north sldeoftownis ap, unre-
m:<\rkable fact to 1110st;po1ice force;governmeht" .aug
Citizens look the othei way. ,toJ~i'atitig .its e.t.ist~nce,sinc'e
it creates no pfobl¢oo~ for .the town. Thougb .they've
lorig been aware ofgariglahd problems in the big d .ties·, .
theycoi'lsider Prohibition .to bet:he r~ponsibilityofilie ,
Coinmonwealth and federal agencies.,
Unf()rtunately. thehootleggeis have spawned addi~
tional crime. A lieutenant. asergearit.and a few patrol-
men routindy r.eceive weekly payoffs. As a whole; the
force is wei! p;udand satisfied, and rdativdy imml.lne.to
one-time bribes from iiwcstigators and th~4:iik. Th~
h1ot()rcyc1el'oJk~ assigned to· traffic duty ate the mos,t
yulnerable, often a:cceptirjg ,a few dollars in lieu of
speedingdtatioris.,
J.ustice C()UTt is held five, days ,0 wcck,stal'tirtg
Nomp,tJy at 8:30 A,M. ;uld lasting as [Orig liS court hllS!-
n¢SS provides. Judge ~eezitr. Randall likely presides, For
more inf6rrriationabollt him, seeentty 212 in the
"Guide to Arkharn." .
Mpst mis~h!meanorar'i"es.tsmean a:tleast a night in
jail, longer jfit'saweekcJ1d., M.isdemean9l'sand oilieJ
minor cdmescaU fbr warnings, fines, ,or short jail
terms. Major felonies involve murder, kidnappmg\
g~and larceny (theft of anythi~g valued in excess ~f
$100). and m:ijorqestr:uction .,of .property: such pr9~
ce(!dings a~e bound over for .triaiat th¢. Es~ex Coun~y;
Courthouse' inSalem.
Proceedings for some Commonwealth and aU feder-
al crinles are held.i n Boston, ,though arr¢~~s for .th'eJJj'
,,311 be" n:ia~,e any\vhere inth¢stat\!.
cri'¥l'\e Cl'l~¥l'\iNI\~ vif
I j I\N[Q;=
often unexplained events,vi¢ws itself as. a New England
tQwniso]ated from and superior to the'divjsiveprcib~
Jems and crude dangers of cities - an islaridof civilized
v:il:tue in the c.ountryside; carved out of the wildern~
hy energy. thrift, ,and probity, heldtogeth.er to thisd.ar
by respect, religion, and education, a place ,
hothto 'the mutant hive~like ~itiesa.nd to th¢i'giior'iUl~
Education is impoTtant in Arkham mostly as th~
unduly disPlIted, analyzed, Qr reinterpreted.
inquiry decen~ly ex.iSts'onLy in bUSiness dealiilgsaridJ.d
the obligatory tip of th.e hat to the 10rtg-agoProtes'tiuit
rebels in,far-Off Europe. .
Mur~ers. kidnapings, .burglaries,disappearan~
fISticuffs; and drunken an'ci'ind¢cerit behavior tradition-
ally occUr among the poor, especiaUy the iininigrant
poor; ·not among Arkham's res·pectabJe families; wlio
ignore or never iearnofsuch matters.
POLICE &
 the occas1onal burglary of a fine·home or an impor- that there thepoUce must be unn:ierdful. Ocdisiorially a
tan~ ~hop . reapsheadlin~~; the disappearance of the new, ambitious leader arises, but anO'Banriionthug
Stblkowski's youngest ,child doesnit raise an eyebrow. either hires him or has him beaten until he flees town.
Large fights between the two ,gangs have beehinfre-
quent lately; because territory' boundaries have been
'tJ®iAM AND ALCOHOL
observed~ That C3n easily change:
·&>lJIeof Arkham's placid character has ·changed since
'theJ8th Amendment, which barred the sale ,and use Of For the Irish, see entry 514; for the TtaJjans) seen6.
~~~ol for consumption on January 16, 19iO;
Like many places, Arkharh never' reaJly went Dry. THE EVIL COVEN
\11i~ibers,anhCipating, Jean yeats, hoarded beer, wine" This cruelandsec.ret group has phlguedArkham since
~d liq\ior. As those sources were exhausted,illegal the town's .beginning~; For a descrip.tion of them and an
limt.Q.r distributionoetworksevolved from Canada aDd irlstancing ofthec:enttal members,s¢e entry 1007.
~Y:lPpe. La~erstill, turf wars and .price competition led
gimillab.toset lip their own .distilleries.
~ack to the days ofthe rum trade"ciicohcilism in the·
INDEPENDENts
Qnited Stateswils .epid.emic, Hnked with innumenible The folloWing scoff-laws triay know of each other; but
t:iiiel(ie~aild bl11truities,but the $ystematk prohibition never work together. Investigators might encounter
:agamstalcoholic heverages crea~ed systematic crime, them. Some may have witnessed Mythos ,events and
~nceritrating fOttuiles in the handsofambi1iQuslhugs. may have Qeen inf1\lenced by what they saw. These law-
breakers: indude B~ttbolemew Apple}' rv .(entry 103);
In We early days ofth~ 'Eighteenth Amendment,
Larry Freen (entry 113), Gregilie MODster(entty 513),
I1lb~t; 9fthe aj,(,:oholcoming .into Arkham ,passed
Alex Hearne {entry 129}, Jonathan Shear (entry 814),
,tI1tough the hands of Joe (Giuseppe) Potrello, who still and Melissa Thorne (entry 304)...
:JiVes ,oii.ilieLower Southside (see ~ntry 911 ). .
PQrr:cllo handsomely profit¢d fromalco-
. _01; enough that an imp0I'tant source, a
BOston Irishmob, dedded to ann.ex Arkham.
~ked by ' mob money; DaIlllY Q'aannion
see'entry412) was sent in to buy out Pottello
., ~c!~ble~like"and become the local king-
pjn.. $s pffer refus~d, <YSannJon lured a
~
PotreIloheilchmanto
.... . _ Boston
. ' and there 11lur~
.' .
· a¢r¢'d'hiin~PotrelJothen qui~kly strli~k a deal,
jivilJg up the booze business in favor of .tilly
,o~ci1ions mgambling and'. prostitution;
~peiliOg tlieLu!:ky Clover cartag~ Co.,
~~aailJiion so.o n .expanded sales of illegal
ii1clo1f(jr ioArkhamand the entire Ntiskatoilk
V'a\l~.',O'Bannion was not satisfied with only
one: 'rac~et, and began running numbers
among fac~ory worke.rs; and in immigrant
COl1lnWilines.As O'Banuion squeezes,
J?Q~lor¢tr¢a~, knowing the game is lost.

~~GANG~
Mad'~ up of teenage boys who have little
Jit ~Qd ' lp,ts <if tune; .Arkham's ·two street
P.n.gs., :til~ R()cksand ' the 'Finns areethnk
n~ba\l " m4 Irish, respectively.
They 'incidentally lie, cheat, and steal, hut
,Il,I~tly:' i}tey garhertogether to swear,.boaSt,
~~gain, respect. They never cause troubli:! in
~Ii~, neighborhoods b~c.al1se they know

CRIMIN A LS & I v [I. 35

 C.ONSIDERABLY YOUNGER tOwn than neigbboring
Kingsport or Innsmouth, colonials settled the Arkhamarea
,:firstin the late seventeentbcentury, They were 'liberal thinkers'
eeiRg tl)e ;oppre~"ive Congregationalists of Salem and Boston. led by sucK
ll~t~~J:.tn'en@ J~r~mia:h Armitage, J~bel Whateley, Tristram Cunyen, and
.' 'et pg b.o:d}'. these earliest settlers laid out the first streets on theslopesdf
,wnat;~s nriw, kri'own as French HilL town meetings for "the Plalltation of,
.&~am~ ~ere,heldqnc~atnonth in asmalJ wooden hall .o n "the first wet c:laY
,0 'th~mQnth Whert ;aUare to appear th¢tc at the be.tt ofadrum."
NriQng:1i?,d east desirable of Arkhi,lm's first generation were Keziah MasO!)l
3rtq ,Goq4y Fowl~r, suspected witches who brought with them froinS.al~m a
a1:l~~ a,Q9 'hideo~ ¢uIt. Iil 1692, Mason waS apprehended by the King~s men
'm:sa!em;Fowlet :fled into the forests northwest oftown; Mason wasgaol~
but 00 Qly,sterio~~y !'$(aped, never to be seen again. when the New Engl;urd
. ~ - e,ended, ,<:i,ood}, Fowler qujetl}~ retllrned to Arkhamarid resettled in
I\e:. sAtttge Sduthw¢St:of town. Heteshe htdulgedw .eViI until, in. 1704, an
augrxm6..b;:di'agged her to a hill west of Arkham and there hanged her by
neGk.-Rer murderers were never arraigned orpunished. .
Wt the dark:cuIt remained active. One member is thougbt respOnsible
swUmoning or creating the unnamable· thing present in the attic of an
hap~e:Gn, NBoundary Street. This thing !;ater murdered LSpeople iila
~f);~g~.
~~aI)1. ,grew slowly through the earlyeighteentbcentury,o~ershadmy .
b~.!l~r'~y KingsP911'S .successes with fisheries and .trade. Arkham grew '
'qy,i~t''$.r.rW:!;lgcol11.illullity; when pri(:es were.good; a few fishing boats .
dd,wiI ta,tneSea.Forrnany years the only'wayto cross the Miskatonkwas.by
wa¥ ?,flWan's f~rry, just large enough for a coach and four. .
rn L7\~11,. FrcmCis Derby and Jeremiah Orne r.eturtied to Arkham lVJJIVYY.lJ..."
slUtcesSfU] ,careers' as Salem sea captains, They brought five ships between
THE FOUNDING OF
th.~in,determii1ed to turn Arkhari:l into another W~t
:Jif<iieS{trade port. They built docks and warehouses
!!lOJlS the north side of the river, in the area around Fish
.S1r¢~t,and for a few years Arkhamwas host to ships ply-
,igg th:e·triangulartrade, movingsla\'es to the Caribbean
~nCl tlie South, briliging molasses, .sugar, and rum to
'NeW England, and exporting skins and dried cod to
Ilglan~. . named Independence Square,
Atthe heightof thistrade the first permanent streets
o~ of the river were established~ and the first great
1IrlChammansions - the Derby and Orne homesallc1
thQ:~ ' Of their captains - rose in the area now called
~st~Jown.Ome and Derby btliltthe first bridge to span
'~JI.1lskatonic River, a wooden creation near the site of
th~pres~nt Peabody Avenue bridge.
J~remiah Orne died in 1765, leaving a library of 90.0.
'J,V(Jlum~s and a bequest that, administered by trustees
l!ta:ttcis,[)~rby an.d George Locksley,<WcIs used to found
t;fisRa(oruc Liberal College, The school was ho.used in a
-~'tw6-story building on the south side of College
<Slrt!j!t;overlooking the old Common.
*~large second-story housed the Orne library and a
-~U museum of oddities brought back from the West
n.dlf$ and beyond by Arkhamships. This collection
~ 'stiUbeseenat the MiskatOJiic University Exhibit
1\(usewn. John Adams Pickering, Harvard-educated
alld'oftheArkham Pickerings, wa·s chosen the coUege.'s
til:$ preSident
Willing the Revolutionary War, the Derbys and
(,I)rnes ;turned privat~er. OperatIng mainly out of
K!n~.rt, they sank or capt:ured 23 vessels under the
LEGAC\' or JEREMIAH ORNE
~ritish flag, turning halidsome profits. After the war, the
families subsidized the purchase and development of
the old Town Common previously used for pasturage
and m.ilitia training - and soon installed a now health-
ily endowed Miskatonic College on the new campus. A
new town square was lald out on the north side of the
river, near the center of town, and, after much debate,
The end of .the war marked the decline of Afkham's
sea trade. Salem, Boston, and New York rapidly consol-
idated most of the China trade; the local remnant went
to Kingsport In 1808, the Federal Customs Office in
Arkham was closed, and Arkham lost its status asa port
of entry,
Despite the loss of int~rhational trade, Arkhamgrew
rapidly in the first half of the nineteenth century, thanks
to the vision of such men as Eli Saltonstall. Saltonstall,
formerly a captain sailing for the Pickman family,fore-
saw the end of Arkham's short-lived sea trade, opening
in 1796 Arkham's first textile miU, on the south side of
the river at the foot of East Street. More mills opened
5.0011 after and, as NeW England farming declined,
Arkham grew industries,
The industrialists - the Salton stalls, Browns,and
Jenkins -laid out new streets south of the college cam-
pus along the top of South Hill, and there constructed
grand Geol:gian and Federalist mansions, financed by
iarge tex'tile profits.
fn this period, in 1806, thetown~s first newspaper,.the
Arkham Gazette, was. established, underwritten by the
Federalist Derbys. Republican industrialists were later to
help found the Arkham Bulletin. By this time the
FederaHst sea merchants were dwindling. Their last
building spree saw the construction of the mansions that
border the Common along Federal and Cunven Streets.
By 1820, milJs and supporting industries lined the
south bank of the river, from Peabody Avenue east.
Arkham became incr~asingly urbanized. By 1850, a tele-
graph line linked the town with Boston. Reputable
scholars, in part drawn by Miskatoruc College's already
famous library and by the 'proximity of the town to
Boston, began to join the staff. SouthweStern Arkhami
took on the feel of an Ivy League town.
Industry continued to expand. By 1850, brickyards,
leather shops, shoe factories, watchmakers and, later,
costume jewelry manufacturers lined the shores north
and south on the eastern side of town. A great string of
warehouses, eventually reaching West Street, were con-
structed along the south shore during this period.
In the American CiviJ War,Arkham~s finest formed a
company of the 23rd Massachusetts Volunteer
Regiment. Twenty-seven young men djed in the strug-
gle;a memorial in Christchurcb Cemetery commemo-
rates their sacrifi.ce~
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¥eJlJl1'~ntW<1~h}~ ~tr,lP1ge-pit1k pogie§ 1d9~the
(jlle.il~·tiv.ers.·

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@l~i inY:.estigatihn ~f str:aJJge'c0ndjti<mS' fu
IJItln~niQu~h ;

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lJor:t:61'§ in ~~tarGtiea'..
 H ,~, 10V t? C I' Art,s
After the Civil War, Miskatoruc College became a
full-fledged university. Gasstreet-Jighting was nearly
complete by 1870. Visitors were frequent enol,lgh that
a' .cab service existed, w.otking oU,t of the rail depot. In
1873, Arkham created a municipal police after mem-
bers ofa then-illegal fraternity got drunk at Doc
Howard's Bar and sparked a riot tllat damaged many
shops and stores.along Church Street. A law was soon
after passed limiting the proximity ·of taverns in the
campus area.
In 1882, a strange meteorite landed west of Arkham,
ona farm belonging to Nahum Gardnef. Professors
from the university investigated the meteorite but were
unable to. learn its true nature. In the end, the Gardner
familysuccUlubed tp a strange disease that ;ev:enntally
left the area barren and scorched.
Unprecedented spring rains in 1888, coupled with
offshore storms th~t drov~ the sea up the Miskatonic's
esluary,swelled the river far over its bankS. The'worst
flooding ever recorded in Arkham caused extensive
damage to the riverside miJIs.Southwestern Arkham, as
far as part of the University campus, was inundated,
damaging the basement archives of the .library and
destroyingirrepla~eableacquisltion~.
In the next y~ars, new concrete drains and levees
, e~seq the danger of a second killer flood. A little later,
trolley lines Were installed, and the ·first homes turned
from gas light to ~Iectricity. Telephone lines appeared.
Bef0fethe end of the century, a p\lblk sij.njtary water
system was completed.
As though to spite these efforts, in 1905 a terrible
typhoid epidemic swept Arkham, killing many· in the
sudden plague. Among the many 'ljCtims was Dr. AlJen
Halsey, then dean of the Miskcitonic School of Medicine
and a public benefactor loved by all. A statue to his
memory was erected on campus and presently over-
looks the town he loved.
Arkham~s textile mills never fully recovered from the
nood of 1888. New Ellgland had lost mueh of the trade
to the Squth; most pf Arkham's firms, underinsured
against the disaster, never reopened,
fntbe Great War, Arkham gave its share; a bronze
t:I.Il'''4",,~.at City Hall and.a Commons bronze doughboy
,'COmnJenlOr,alCS thqse whofcll.
40
1-;11 A l~\
The economic boom in the 1920s passed by n1.Ost
of New Englalld,whose ind,ustrial bas:ewas by noW in
rapid decline, but reached Arkham by way of the uri i-
versity. Town andsehool became inextricably linked,.
Many Arkham shopscatetgreatly:or exdusively to~)e
needs of the university .community. In 1928,the1
school is the heart of the town's economy; Its admin-
istrators and fac~lty form part of the n~west of
.Arkham's aristocracies.
~~J:~!~£J~~
d,clm,d *u
the Great War, local survey.shows that 83% Of Afkham
.homeowners possesselectrk frons, 77% have gaso,r
electric washing machine$,and 51% have or plan tq
purchase va.cuumcleaners.. Nearly 50% ·of Arkham
families own at least one automobile, and merchants
complitin of thOse who p~ktheir m~chinesin front of
shops all day.
The interurban trolleys that once linked Arkharii,
Ipswich, Kingsport, Bolton, and Salem have been aba!l-
doned with tb~ coming of tbeautomobile. A bus Iin:~
has recently re-established some of these routes.
Problems persistently arise be.tweentown. anq urii-
versity. At present, the cost of campus police protection
is being debated. Tbeuniversio/s young presidem,!)J;
Wainscott, has dar:~d to enter the controversy by rurF
ning for mayor. Even if the election in Ndvembergoesfo.
the university, the perennial struggie for power be~ee
town.and university will not :end.
Though there is 1)0 boom, thenewconstru<;tion' 0
apartment buildings, university buildings, and
stations attests to-general prosperity. However,
of this constructioil slowsonliesafter the stockma~,..
ket crash in 1929. Arkham feels the effects much
than other towns in the area, but it is hurt. Most
~kham1s indu.str,ies, employers of< the poorer'
layoff workers, and more tball .afew close their
forever. • •
ARKHAM
 · ~JgbJ)orhood maps may be subdivid~d into two. map a¢as o.<.iC~g QJ:l
~te pa~es. This does Dot affedthe :consecuriveness of the ptmied entries.
,EY.ery tOWI) entry in.the "Guide To Arkham" has been assigned a tb::tee~digif
number: ,the fiist digit indicates in which of the nine neighborhoods the·£'cfcr.-
~fecinbe· found. The succeeding digits are the index number (or.·tMP.~G­
~ building, busine,ss, residence, or location. Thus elitry ·re.fer~nce 02'
,(o.uno ·futbe Dciwntownarea, neighborhood 2,as the secOnd .entry !liS ed'lGi
that,neighborhood. Entries are ordered not by consecutivest:reet a4<ires.s, h
l!rilJf~a~bitrary entry number:
.1Jterall town entries, 3 tenthsectioo,Outskirts,numbered l60:J..':"'~615 diSr
. ~.pOint~ of ioterestbeyond the town.
No attemp~ has been made to populate the entire town; T.hougH ofra, 59t b
th~ whole an unexceptional: smaIl Pl:lk
ing n,t~~st to scholars, Arkham is on
'¢lSi~ lown,rightly regarcliDg itself as ordinary and as a cut above ave~e.
h'!.ooe,iQI' as a plac~ to ~isit, Arkham must be able to grow and tQ ' .~~...g.~~ .~~.
~~mpllign-Arkhams can or should be identical in details.

SYSTEM

even-nuinbered addresses occur to the right, and odd-
numbered addresses to the left.
Thus Albert N. Wilmarth's house at 118 W.
SaltonstaiI Avenue is found on .the north side of the
street, facing -south and near iliecornefof Garrison.
Addresses fbllowed by 110 Walnut, for example, may
indicate separate s~co'nd~f1oorapartments or .offices.
Some streets, such as Walnut.. which occur only in
one quadrant of town do not bear the mostly-ubiqui-
tous N/S/EfW prefiX.
Twists and turns sometimes th.row, the numbers
,awry; as will new structures or additions, Addresses
located on courts or alJeys can also make street number:s
?c-<:mfu.sing.
Alleys, with the exception of Orne's Gangway, are
not noted bnthemaps and are left to the k~eper's dis-
cretion. Typically alleys are numerous, twisting, badJy
lighted orpit~h-bla!=k, and uninviting.
NEIGHBORHOOD 1
he ground in thispartohown slopes up more or
less steadily from the river until cresting along
Derby Street.
Derby and Curwen Streets, particularly near the
intersection of Brown and Jenkin, boast a number of
large Georgian, Classical, and Victorian mansions. Most
have large yards, often enclosed by storie walls; and iron
gates; esiatesalong the nor~h~ideof Derby may have
e~'tensive grounds.
South ofCurweri Street begins a commercial and
financial area containing many professionaJoffices.
Landmarks indude the seven"story Tower Professional
Building,'theBoston & Maine rail station, and Arkham's
tW() newspapers,the Gazette and the Advertiser;
42
AlongHigh Lane, stretching north out of town, is,.a
small industrial strip horne to a few, small factories,bu
in part abandoned.
101
PUMP HOUSE AND WATERTOWER
560 WDerby Street
Thispurnpingstatioh pullswatet out of the lVlI:"\,,IlUI
fLlters it (thollghit. does hot purify it), ;md pwilps i.t to
a high storage tower nearby; The gravity feed from
toWer en~ures decent water pressure for the entire toWil.
Thi! pump house·is manned at alJ .t imes.
Over sixty feet high, the tower overlooks the
Iron rungs are attached to one of the Jegsand leadup'to
a narrow catwalk that encircles thestcirage tank. From
this vant~ge point the entire town of Arkham can ,
viewed. l1hetowerruso acts as an emergency rp<,prv,p " n
case the pumps break down.
Public health officials declare that purer water
needed, and engineers emphasize that the town has out;
stripped its present supplies. and that a reserve of Jess
than 100,000 gallons is dangerously insufficient. .
proposed reserVoir west cif .t own would solye AtKh·'l1TfS
water problems.
POTTER'S FIELD
945 IV Garrison Street
The lnditional resti-ng place of Indigents, tr"'n~ll;iit~1
and those without friends or next of kin. Herbert .
made .use of Potter's Field when conducting his
mation experiments. GhoulS inhabit the plate.
BARTHOLEMEW APPLEY IV
100 WDerby Street
Appley, 36, lives in a fancy house on West Derby .
where he throws huge partie;severy Saturday
Whell he is dry - a rare event - be
bangover and prepares for another binge.
NORTHSIDE:
 Norths,ide, Section A
Those who attend his parties eat ,the best food aild,
~t4e best Canaclian whiskeys, and always showup for
·tn'filre.. Police and neigbbors shake their heads but don't
"mtervene, since Appley so far has taken care ,of himself.
;Annoyingly, he habitually hops in a: cM whenever he
notices one with the keys left in, and drives it off with
e t1ity;iasm. (IUs neighbors all ,now know to take out
t1i~r keys and lock their car doors.) When he's done
• ;iborrowed car, he turns it 6ff and wanders away,
1iliJcks"from bis home or perhaps miles from 'town. His
'cbumscnowqU him Mr. Toad"after the character in The
W'w~aJ,ld the Willows.
. AppJey did no.talwaysdtink. His problem st,arred
16u.. yeats ago; aftei' his father died. He was paying his
iispectsanhefamily ,crypt when he heard strangescrab-
b~8;~oises from inside., He stepped inside and found a
. pa~ pf;ghouls 'fighting over his father's remains. A weak
Iliaii";;he ran home arid drank to forget.
llirtholemew Appley, Dilettante
iSlWB ' CON 09 SIZ 13 .!:NT 15 POW.09
f)~ 117 APP 12 EDU 18 SAN 14 HPII
~e 'BOnus: t ID4
~,s:nonc
SliIm: Anthropology 30%. Credit Rating 40%, Cthulhu
~Y.ili()S'3%,
DrNe Automobile 50/0; Fall DeMn Without
~;iliage 80%, History 60%; Latin 20%, Library Use50'Yo,
'SinSF3%.
.~:p'agc 2121
N0 3:.THSIDE: 103-104
104-
LABAN SHREWSBURY
49's (formerly 493) WCurwen Street
Home of Dr. laban Shrewsbury then6ted anthropolo-
gist Dr. Shrewsbury disappeared in 1915~ The house is
kept locked and the taxes .and . insurance paid from
Shrewsbury's estate by attorney E. E, Sa:Itonstall, who
also keeps the keys for tbe place .
Useful bookl; and manuscripts exist in Shrewsbury's
library: a s~cond hanclwtittencopyof the Celaeno
Fragments, identical. to the one deposited at the
Miskatonic University Library, copies of the
Manuscript, Zanthu Tablets, and the Eltdown SJiards .
well as copies of bis ownboo,ks, Ctllllflll/in
Necrononiiconand Ai/Ihvestigation into Myth Pi1t1'p'r:",~ " j"
Latter-Day Primitives with Especial Reference to
R'IyehText (see the MiskatoniC University-Library for
details).
Stashed in a locked desk drawer isa full translation
of the R'lyeh Text; transcribed ill code. Those lacking
experience in Cryptography cannot decipher it. .
Although he disappeared in 1915, Shrewsbury is
actually inCelaeno, studying the forbidden books and
manuscdpts contained in that gigantic library.
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 H .f· 1 () \1 ~ C r /\ t ' 5' 1~ i\ 11\
Shrewsbury is elder-
ly,. with bushy eyebrows
and longish white ha.ir.
He has a fum, almost 10f
prognathous jaw and a
Roman nose. He always
wears opaque black MASONIC LODGE
glasses equipped with 679 Brown Street
side shields. His eyes are
A practical 'mystic society' for mei1only,.more dedicat·
gon(!, Jeavingonlytbe
ed to rational thinking and prof~S$ional conmctsthaii
bliJ,ckened pits ..of the
airy qreams. Membership is $65 a year, by invitation
~ri1p.ty sockets. Seeing
only. A member may add a momentary 25 points to
the empty sockets may,
Credit Rating {a .. +5 circumstance bonus to
at the keeper's option, Laban. Shrewsbury
Diplomacy checks} when someone responds to
cost OJ-ID3 points SAN.
secret handshake. In Arkham; a professional .or buSi.
He is expert in extinct, prehuman languages, and has
nessman has a 25% cha,nce of beiug a Masori.
some knowledge of explosives.

Dr. Laban Shrewsbury

STR 13 CON 14 SIZ 13 INT20 POW2] loG
DEX 12 APP09 Elm 21 SAN44 HP 13
Pamage Bonus: + 1D4
Weapons: none
JENKIN PUBLIC SCH()OL
Spells: Brew Space-Mead, Perceive Text (new spcll,scesidc- 488 W Hyde Streel
bar);SummonJBind Byakhee
,'S@lIs:Anthropology85%,Archaeology 70%, Astronomy Grades 1...:8 meet here from the first Monday
34%, Bargain 65%, Botany 32%, ChelTlistryIS%, September till 'tbe last Pddayof May.
Cthulhu Mythos 320/0, Dodge 44%, Geology 21%, Hide
40%, History 43%, Library Use 90%, linguist 55%,
Listen 95%, Navigate 45%, Occult 80%, Persuade 45%,
Pharmacy 35%, Psychology 55%, Spot Hidden 75%, 101
Zoology 25%.
Languages: English 75%, French 91 %, Latin 92%.
1d20STATS: page 213} GUARDIAN APARTMENTS
622 Brown Street
Builtin 1925, it's' four stodes tall. Three-room
ments rent for $60 per month .and are spacious ..
comfortable. Maintenance is good. Each .
hot and cold running watel,"; a bathtub, a kitchen · .
icebox, and a four-bumer gas stove with oyen.
Professor .Shalad (611) of Miskat~nic's
Studies department resides here.

/08

ARKHAM GAZETTE
350 W Hyde Street
Arkham's first newspaper, the Gazette
1806 by Aaron Crane, its first editor and :pUOilli;nll~.tll
began daily publication in 1894; before then it
weekly. It is still owned by the crane family;

44 NORTHSlDE:
 Qrane,62 years old, is managmg editor,.though he does Skills: Bargain 65%;'C\st Trout Fly 40%, Credit Rating 65%,
'(I~lemore these days them ,read the mail and curSe his Drive Automobjle 45%, English 75%, Fast Talk 15.%;
rival p~llshet, Harvey Gedney. Library Use45%. Persuade 65%, 5%,
Psychology 55%, Spot }lidden 65%, Wear
TheG4Zette isp~blishedat 3 A.M. six mornings :a
1d20S'l'ATS: pagej131
week; Sunday papers are I'Un:$aturday .afternoon at
f~.M ..anddi$ttibuted that evening. Tho.ugb it has hap-
penedl flvetime:s since 1900, it takes ;a big event JOJ :a'
6auitespecial edition.
~ues currently cos.t 4 cents,since it's a bigger paper
thail the Advertiser, pUblishing about 20% more teXt
daily:than its Arkham rival. Sunday issiles .cost 7 cents. MANLEY THEATRE
Pf the two Arkhamnewspapers, the 'Gazette is the .i570 Gedney Street
Tiio,re 'conserVative, featuring tpwnandvalJeynews to
tb¢virtua:l ,exclusion of international eVents~ It: is eSpe-' The Manley shows Ii few
aaIly notable fot its large number of cQurityc6rresp6n~ and a bit ·of vaudeville,
dents ' who repott family visits and other crossroads prides itself 011
~nts; It has never missed an edition in 122 years of
legitimate.
:R~blishing~, Crane has been. more protective of area Arkham
Lb~inessmen, notabl~,and old families, and they have
Theatre pillyers
~td his concern with larger 'dispJayads and longer
a major porti~:m of t
i$.\i\>Sq"ipti9ns. rent (tb~ season
rehearsals in Febr,u ary
'Stored in the basement is acompktecollecti<ln of
lasts through August), as
5i~ttes-at the keeper's option, a smalJ portionmtght
Mrs. Turner's University Players
~·;niissing. This c(lJkcnon is pricel~, since no other
entry 615), who schedule performances throughout the
.eXiSts. Beginning in the [880s; issues were printed on schooLyear.
'acid,processed paper, and these later years have become
more'fragUe.Access to these archives is grudging.
·Gaz¢tte office ho.Ui'S are 8 A.M,:-5 P,M., Monday- ARKHAM AMATEUR
lliidar.artd BAJvl.-N'OON on Saturday. THEATRE COMPANY
The company rehearses and performs in the ManJey
WJLLARD PECK "'"
~IP ~ !f. TJteatre. Their last production was Eugene O'Neill's
,h'e (iazette~s .chief ''AnnaChristie;"·starcing Elizabeth Peabody.
,~Lt0tter; 4~ y~rs old. Investigators inclined to stiut the boards find it
lle.?k~s ~y is of long inexpensive to join .(a$20 initiation .fee and$lQ. annual
,standing in Arkhani,
and·Jlis:connections are
~.[, dues). HoUl'S can occasionaJJy be Jong. Cast parties at
the end ofa production are reputedlywtld.

~....
m;CjJent. He preserves .....:.
. ~

After the first year of membership, providing the

lIiS .~pntacts by Wise dis~ } investigator has performed on stage and isuridergoing
cr,eti9n.: he knows much '",. no other training~ he or she may add 106 percentiles
ore about Afkham ....~ ;., each to Persuade and to Fast'Talk skills. Further y~rly
. ~'biwo\,ddever <::on- jncre(ls,es can occur, bura player must roU D 100 equaJ ~~
l~r1lSingm published ~ ~~ his or her investigator's present skill o.r higher .toquali-
y. i
st(nfeS., He is nota '" Will.a rd Peck fy for them. {Investigators wishing to>trairtor jm .
.stooge for wrongdoers: . .. theirCharlSmatit skills as they gain a neW level may
lie 6bnestlyrespects the citizens of Arkham and will and perform with the cast.} .
~ect)he:ieastof them.. f.r om s,candal until his duty to Members whoperform stage crew work may choose
iI!~~nmry becomes dear: to raise either Mechanical Repair orE.leCtricall~epair
once yearly, in the same manner as the Persuade .or Fast
W,ptard'Pe4<, Gazette Reporter Talk. {Investigators who wish to study the mechanical,
$TIt U CON 12 SIZ.J3 !NT 14, POWlJ
and technic~1 aTt~,(basically,any Craft skill, and possi~
DR!1 APP 14 EDU 14 SAN 60 HP 12
bly basic DemoJition~/Pyrotechnks if the keeper per"
~:~nus:+O mits) ruayjointhe stage crew.}

No R r H SI DE: 108 - 10 9 45
 bors. 10 Germany, WVinch fell from a ladder and.sus-
taineda serious bead wound. Rel::oyering, he found lj~
110 ~Fr~======~~-~.had gained a taJeritas:~
medium.
Provided with a
the
JEDEDIAH MARSH & Assoc. ceased, he
622 Gedney Street to contact the
A liighly reputable firm with both Jegal a:rid accounting he fails in1D3 seSSlOIIS1
branches, specializing in: New EnglandgeilenJQgie~, to ·make the contact,
burials, cargo salvages, tax records, title searches, ·etc. is never able to. SessiOIISl
Theyareespeda1ly familiar with the MiskatonicVaUey, .arealways at leas~ .
including fnnsmli>uth, Aylesbury, and Newburyp-ort, week apart. .Normal
and are weU known in New England. is $20 per session.
Their fees are reasonable, but they delay outside Wvincl1'soccult '
work in favor of their retainer clients; They undertake Ge~"hardt Wyvinch brary is in some ~e"
ordiuaryhistorical qr legal researches for $S.OOhourJy, spects mOTe · lUI~l !,~
l l 'l ...

wlthan 800/0 chan<;eofsuccessful c(jmpletion. than Miskatoilic University's; Itc()ntains .acopy Of

Zantlw Tablets. InvestigatOl::s friendly with Wvinch,
the use of his Library.
$peciaIAbiJity: Contact The Dead 75%. IMedium, and
III Psychometry featsl .

ARKHAM LOAN AGENCY

621 NGarrisOIl Street
This tiny eStablishment specializes in higher-risk loans,
or other sorts of loans that the local banks will not
place; Accordingly, interest rates are higher. They are
qwck to repossess. Meetings are by appointmerttonLy,
Use the following base rates ~ofigl:1re the chance (or .<1
loan: auto 30%, persoriaI25%,c;ommetciaI25%,home
mortgage 20% {the following ate Base .DCs for various
loans: Personal 15; Auto 1.4; Commercial J 5; Home
Mortgage 16}.
IlL
'TERRACE BUILDING
61 JGedllcy Street
This four ..stoty b~~ing, only ten years old, offet:S
rooms for $45 a month. It is adeceIit place to live,
though not as welJ fitted ·as the Guardian Apartments,
for instance; Baths are shared. One tenant is a profes-
sional psychic and medium.
GERRHARDT WVINCH
AJJ.. yeat-old native of Germaily, Wvinch is taJJ; strong,
an~ wears his silver-blond hair long and brushed
straight back, a ril.atter of muCh conlment by ,the neigh.-
II}
THE.SPEAKEASY
721 N Garrison Street
This clandestine tavern: i.s for respectable-AIkhahl
dents; laborers and other rowdy types ate not . " .W IU"!""
and that and its quasi-respectable busiI1,ess
explains in great part why the communi.ty ·tol(!ratle$;·1f.!
The speakeasy pays a sma1lstipend to theregu1ar
patrolmen, but the policdcnow it exists; theyalso .
ate "it because it neverca:u~es them trouble.
Enter it down unmarked basement stairs. The
man opens a window in the door and deCides who .
enter.·
Sam always admits
strangersaccompan ied
by a regular patron.
Established regulars
come andgo as they please.
Expect to spend 25~75cents
adrink, depending on quality,
availability;andtbe presencc;lofa band.
Bl)siness hours are frorilnoonto: 9 RM.;
.cIpsed SUridays.
.(j'Bannion's Boston mob financiers
.own the place; local thugs can be found
there regularly.

46 NORTHSIDE:
i$.AM AND DAN because Freen knows so manyartti-
,A large man named Sam n jokes; Sometimes Freen employs a shill
~are 'of the dOQ!, while games, ~ possible job for an investigator.
ten~ bar. Neifhe~ Sam nor Freen usually wears a nondescript gray suit
lcarry guns; the moqis a gray fedora propped backon his forehead.
t9' provide prote.c tion, is tall, skinny, .and is always smiling the same
Dan keeps a . grin and chewing the same big stick of
&hind the bar. Small
sQmetimes enliven
(St. Looey) Freen
Saturday nights. Whores
oyl; sleazy cos.t omers CON 13SIZ lJ: !NT 14 pow 14
ngh,teously to "go to APP]4 EOU06 SAN 67 HP 12
N:liliaIil~sfor ciecent 1't:~~I1I~;." Bonus: +0
W~~pons:' FistJPunch SO%,dama:ge ID3
:S ,iiJnthepoorman
Credit R<lting 160/0,.f).odge 5p°ci>, Fast Talk (jO%,
~ 17 CON 18 SIZ 18 Persuade 20%. 'Pick Po'cket 40%, Sleight of Hand 800/0.
!NT 12 'POW 10 DEX 11 Spot Hidden 45%. Spot Mark 70%.
iAPp-~to EDU.09 SAN'45 STATS:page.i131
HP18
!DJmage Bonus: +106
W~p~ns: Fist/punch 75%,. damage Ill/-
.. . . 103-)-106 '
Head Butt70%; damage 104+ 1
Kick 55%,;dam~ge '\ D6't-ID6
G6ipple950/0. damag~ special ARi<HAM FuEL Be COAL CO.
Small Club 90%, damage 1D6+\06'. 562 HighLI11It!
Jd2nS1i\TS:page 2Hf
coal and fuel oil delivered or you haul it
DliitheBartender 8 A.M.-SP;M.,Monday-Friday.
:STR.\1~ CON 17 .SIZ 16
:00 13 POW 12. DEX 13
jIJIP l~ EDU 11 SAN 55 Ilf
liP 16
Damagt: Bonus: +1D4
'iWeijIPns: Fist/Punch60O/o, <him~ge 103+ 1D4 CONSTRUCTION SITE
GrilPple 55%, d~Diage special 570 N. West Street
W]tisky Bottle 75%, damage 104+11)4 (impale
,poSSible) and steam shovels grind around this iot. At
r~~ed-OffI2-Gauge 2,-Barreled Shotgun 60%. . perimeter of a large excavatieD, foundatioiis are
cLupage4D6JID6/0 at 5-yardsiSQOyardsJIO+ 'being poured for a new four-story apartment building.
r~:STATS: page 21 3\ Builders optimistically tout a May opening, but most
Ark~ainites are betting they'll be lucky to be ready for
the Uiliversitis fall semester.
~YFREEN
SaIDt'Looey Larry, as his Chums '
Wm,: is about 35\ a penny-ante
)YliO:S~ weapons art: hisnimbl~ ~fingers; II G
He spends most of his time
where he finds it easy to
1O-20doUars a day 'plaYing the HARDING HOUSE
three-card monte, and making 561 Brown S~reet
a variety of small wagers. He :is content
A middle-priced boarding bouse run by William and
t9 . winunspectaculatamounts, and
Grace Harding. Open respectable hours. Roornsgo for
knows enough funny stories to
$75 a month but the landJords are notoriously crabby.
the losses painless. O~Bannion likes

113-1l6 47
 H .f. L (1
and rule-bound. The nearby construction site is cur-
rently noisy.
GEORGE J II rmRIDGE
Thlsboarder is 28 years old and a top-notch surveyor.
Acquainted with early New England land records and
surveys; he can decipher ancient land plots,and approx-
imat~ the loc,ations of vanished structur~, graveyards,
and roads. He Will soon be quite busy With a contract by
the state of Massacbusetts~ He has been .abrup-tlyhlred
to leadthesutvey for the proposed reservoir west of
Aridlam. The former surveyor, a reputable Bostonian,
quit the assignment after a visit. to the area, known
locally as the Blasted Heath. Lillibridge has ilbt yet
beguli work there.
Special Skills: Locate Land Records 85%, Locate Forgotten
Site900f0 IRese~rch +1-4, Search +141.
111
TARANOWSKI'SBAKERY
511 Brown Street
'T he best in town. Taranowskiopened this first shop,on
the north side five years ago, shortly after coming to
Arkham. ."
He soon opened ,a se.tond shop near campus.
Delicious. Open 4:30 A.M. to 3P,M., Monday-Saturday;
closed Thursday.
118
TOWER PROFESSIONALBUlLDING
350 W Armitage Street
This seven-story office building is ori.e bfthe tallest
structures in town; It has two six-person elevators,
and backstairs, and two fireescapcs. It houses a
O......u...'''J-'L of different professional offices~ A watchman,
-year-old Sawyer Lyman, patrols it at night. There
are four suites per floor; 1D4+3 suites i,n the building
are unoccupied.
DR. EPHRAIM SPRAGUE, SUITE lA
This Arkham-born physician is 42 and owns a moder-
atelysuct:essful practice. For the last two years he has
also been Ess.ex County's medical examiner for
Arkham, taking up such responsibilities when .the
48
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County Coroner is unavailable. As one might guess,
1928 proves to be a banner year for this part hG of
incorne. Dr. Sprague purchased his practice fr9mth~
~state ()fanaging M.D- who die-dmysteriously during
a Jate-nightautopsy.
DR. G.R. FELDMAN,. DENTIST, SUITE IB
Besides perforniing fillings and extractions, heisa CO!1l"
petentoralsurgeon who does emetgency reco.I1structive
workwithout needing to refer to. a' Boston specialist. lie
uses thecontroversial-to-some gas anesthetics,alwaysin,
the company of a nurse; and keeps ample supplies of
nitrous oxide in his storeroom.
GEDNE¥& BROWN BROKERS, SUITE 2A
Sciorisofthesetw.o.longtime Arkhamfamilieshaveoper-
ated this brokerage for 12 years. The market has beero
strong for most of the decade, and buSiness is
They'vereilLvested most of the profits in the
unfortunately: when the t:rash comes nextye",r the
kerage is wiped out and Jan:tes Gedney; 38, ,cotnn1its
cidethenextdayby jumping from the Tower .
BUilding roof. Gordon Brown keeps his nerve and
holds an important command in WW'II.
MANTON & MANTON, REAL ESTATE,
Buying and selling property in rural New >4'15""',"
be a slow business. The university generates ",ViW;"""",,,,,
ity, but much of the Manton income derives from
done as property managers and factotwns. Their
reC,enl sale was of Crowninshield Manor to
Derby and hls bride, the former Asenath Waite.
STIGLEITZ& SON,SIDTE3A
Elliot Stigleitz, 48, and his son Micbael, 23, wilLbe"
to sell you lif(1, h9rne, a.uto, and commercialpropem,'
inslirance; They do not underwrite busin~ss yenlU!.
freight shipments, or sea. voyages.
EDWIN CASSIDY, ATTORNEY-AT
Be is' 28, a bright young Harvard graduate ,'.
inheritecla second-uncle's dediningpracticeand .
atteinptto iniptoveit for the next few years ,ii".'riit,i ' OO
indifference and downright hostility of his'
necked New England neighbors. He and crotchety
KeezarRandall orthe municipal court do notget
add 10 percentiles to the chance for failure if
,with Jlldg;e RandalJ[h.e suffers a -2 to aU "vU(u"""I'~
based skills}.
Spedalskills: Law 60%; LIbrary Use 65%, Persuade 68%
{Diplomacy +8, Knowledge (Law) +8; Researth +S}.
NORTHSID E :
DR. ALLEN TURNER,M;D., SUITE SA
Now 59 years 01d, arid sei1ii-retir(!d, Dr. Turner has
taken an interest in psychoanaIysis,a fashionable treat-
merit for neuroficdisorders,. an'dhas quietly begun an
experimentaJ practice in it ~ "quietly" because few
Arkhamites believe that anything having to do sexual
fil,Jltasy,idehtity, or perc.eption can b~ much above gut-
let talk He dependsentitely for paHents upon refer~
ences from a handful ofBQston~area physicians.
~pe9!l1 Skill: PsydlOlUlalysis. 35% lPsyC:hoanalysis T 71.
MISS CHRISTIAN'S
SCHOOL FOR MODERN WOMEN
5771enkil1 S(reet
lfeaches elocution to women only, and in ·effed func-
tions as a feminist assertiVeness school. Initial classes
rostsa mere $12 and last three hours a week for four
ij~~~aftl!rwhkh an investigator m~y add ID2 points
JtMit (L(!cture),Fast Talk,orPersu<ide, to a maximum
:Qf SQ.o/ci in the skill. This course is not repeatable.
Six-m(mth-long classes at $125 each raise the stu-
,aen.t·s choice of Art (Lectur~), Past Talk, or Pei'suadeby
J;]~f6 poii:its, to a maximutnof .50% per skill. Oratory
'ClasSes (teaches Art (Lecture)) available Tuesd~y
ev.enings,6:10 P,M. to9:eD P.M. Debate classes .(for Fast
TaI~ :Qr 'Per~uade) are available Thursday evenings, dur-
Northside, Section
118-121
ing the same ho).IIs. {d20 K~eper's. Option: +1 rank to
Diplomacy or to Performance (Oratory) per six months
toa ma.xirnum ·of 10 skill ranks!.
'LO
HARDWICKE;S STAMPS 'Be COINS
56} Jenkin StreeJ
Mr. Hardwicke isexpe(tin North American coin~aild
stanrps" and a sound historian of New England to boot.
He deals ·his ratitiesmostlYI>Y maiL He's always eaget
to buycollectioris. He belongs to the Arkham
HistoricaJSociety.
Special Skills: Appraise North American Stamp/Coin8S%;
Ne\v England History 70%IAppraise +8" Knowledge:
History +61 .
'L.J
J. J. ABBOTT, TAXIDERMIST
588/enki/, Street
Out of the · corners of his eyes, aro~d his wlre-rim
glasses, the mild-mannered AbbOttsurieptitiotisly
exammes his clients, iinagining them stripped and
a
49
 armatured'to pedestals.,Abbott enjoys his work;.whatev-
er he mounts.
Special skills:~Skin84%"Sew 87%. Stuff 78%
{Craft: Taxidermy +$},
12...2.
WORLDWIDE CLIPPING SERVICE
520 Jenkin :r;treet
Located between the Advertis.er and the Gazette. for
$1.50 a week Worldwide keeps an eye on the two 10caJ
papers and selected papers from Boston and New
York, clipping items c()ncerning a specified interest.
For$4,a week and up, they'll make national andiilter"
nationaJ searches. Each spel'ified topic requires sepa-
rate payment.
UPTOWNL\UNDRY
565 Gedney Street
The shop has laundry and dry~cleaning services; pants
can be pressed while you wait; srurlc;always return heav-
ily starched.
E. E. SALTONSTALL, AND ASSOC.
51 !Gedney Street
his sraff,this venerable lawyer occupies the
Silitonstall ancestral home on W. SaJtonstaU Street; he
.wearshigh stiff collars and bJack suits,<as befits a man of
substance. He has exceptional influence with Judge
" aU: .asSaltonstall wishes" add Or subtractiO per-
1II.'iC:nu,u::;from any DIOO.roll {investigators receive¢ither
-+2 or -2, ti) any charisma basedc;hecks} concerning
Saltonstalland RaridaU's cQurt.
S'aJtonstaJl accepts as clients only the most re-
spectable,and turns.down any man he feeisis a
·cad, 'no matter'wliat the fee.
Special skill: (SaltonstaU Sr;): Law
880/0 ,IKnowledge (Law) +17f.
50
RARE BOOKS AND MAPS
588 Gedney Street
This shop is too expensive for most 10caJs. like
Hardwicke.'sstamp and coin business, the majority cit:
Edwin Tillinghast's trade is done by mail Valuable
hooks and maps are not. 00,. display. Students rardy fre-
quentthis place,thoughpeoplelikeStuart Porlmanand
Edward Derby do. Original editions of Mather's works,
and holographs by Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton;;
and others are among the many gems of Tillinghast's
collection. He is strong in 15th-16th century Dutch"
Portuguese, Spanish, French,and English cl:iarts.,anclirt~
C()lonial·eracoast~ s.ailing guide!).
Those who ,express an intere.s t in esoterica ar:e'
offered a splendid edition of Caltes des Goules fora
mel'e $750.
Tillinghast belongs to theArkham Historical Society;
and has a livelyintetestin New England and Westl.!rtJ
European history.
Special skills: Appraise Books 859/0. ArkhamHistory 70%,
IJbrary Use 65% IAppralse +13, Knowledge: His-
tory H2, Research +121.
ARKHAM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
520 Gedney-Street
This business organization is dedicated to the prote,¢-
tion' and growth of town b)Jsiness, trade, and fina:I,l<~~
Membership costS.$SO ii year; and the niember must he
a propeity~ownet. Membership increasesCrerutRating
by ID6 percentiles la +1 moraJe bonus to any
Charisma-based checks made against locais}, and ha,s
no real requirements,exc:ept that the member runs a
10% rjsk~acb month of serving qn a charity or special:
project committee.
Eledio.n to the Chamb,er's .goverriingboard teqtiires~
minimum Credit Rating of 50%. fat least 10 ranks,i,h'
piplomacy}"anda conmiitmentof 16 ho.u.rs to th¢boar:a
each month. Membership on the board increases credit
Rating by IDIO+6 {additional +2 bonus to Charisma<
based skills}, after three months of successful service.
At present, thegovern:irig, board is split. Should it,
invite new industry to Arkham. or should the town be.
NORTHSIDE: 121-12
 I G u ,le t 0 l;th 1\ n\
,content to remain aqenter: for the university and the arrive in Ipswich at 10:15 J\.M. <Ion:d 2:15P.M~, wait 15
~urroundil1gC()W1tryside? minutes, and then arrive in Newburyport It:25 A.M.
and . 3:25P.M., respectively. Return trips to Arkham
depart Newburyport at i2NOON and 4:00 P.M,. stopping
at Ipswich at 12:55 and 4:55 P.M., ana reach Arkham at
12.'J 1:25 and 5:25p.M. This .is the company's newest line,
established only last month.

ARKHAM BALER COMPANY

523 W ArmitligeStreel
Founded in 1872, Arkham Baler presently flounders
near bank.ruptcy;111ecompanyc boomed during the
World War. they now employ tWelve pe()pJe, mostly
ll1anufacturing and shipping replacement parts. The BoiIDE~ AJtMS
488 W High Lalle
Illajority of the plant has already been sold. The compa-
ny disappears in J 930. A cheap hotel ·for transients, failut'Cs.and worSe: rooms
are 90 cents anight,.and the operators and ct.ientelealike
are often no better than they ought to be.
12-8
AlEX HEARNE
A slT.eet thug, he hangs out in back alleys waiting for
ARKHAMBUSUNE s9meon~towaJk by then he .strikes, leaping out of his
411 NWest Street hiding place; and knocking .o utand robbing his victim:.
He currently skulks jn poor parts of town where th~
CompClred t() th.e train, the ride is slower, bumpier, and,
police patrol less frequently.
in the wint¢r or rainy moriths occ.3sidnaLly hazardous,
j

but the bus can stop almost any\vhe:re. He basri~t killed anybody yet, but be might. AIds ·
methods are none too subtle; he maybe caugl1t sOOn by
SalemJB9ston: Monday through Saturday, except hali. .the Arkham police. .
days.Tbefareto Boston is $1.45, to Salem 35 cents. The
.¢pildlleaves Arkham at 7:1-5 and 9:3.0 A..~, and 12:30, Alex Hearne, Age 24
.4:30, and 7:30p.M., respectively. The bus arrives in .Salem STR 15 CON 15 SlZ ['6 INT09 POW 09
'15 minute's l<l~er, stops for five minutes, and thencon~ DEX 12 APP08 EDUO'1 SAN 37 HP l()
tinues on to Boston. Itan:ives.in Boston <lot 8:30 ·and Dama$e Bonus: +lD4 .
10:45 A.M., arid 1:45,,5:45., arid 8:45 P.M. Frpril Boston, Weapons: EistIPunch 65%,.damage LD3+lD4
daily departures for· Salem and Arkham otcurat 9:00 Prybar 600/0, 1D8+ 104
and 1l:15.A.:M., and at 2:15,6:15, and 9:15 P.~1. Knife 65%. ,ID4+2+104
Kingsport: Mond(iY throughSa"turday; except holidays. Skills: CaJi1oufiage300/0,.Dodge 35%; F;!stTalk 25%.
Fare is 25 cent.s Ont·~way. Jtd~parts Arkham at 9: 15 A.M. Hide 40%. Ji:1mp 30%.Psycholqgy 10%, Sneak 55%,
Swim 350/0, Tfuc)\\·.400/0, Track 15%.
,aild12:1S; 3:15, and7:15p.M:, respectively. The trip takes
;2'0 minutes. Departures from Kingspor~ occur at !d20STATS: page 2(3)
9:55 A.M" a.nd at 12::;:;; 3:55, 'and 7:55 P.M" respectively.
Dean's COrrtetsJAylesbUry: Monday, Wednesday,and
IFoday only;t10 holiday schedules. Dean's Comers costs r~o
'$3.50, and Aylesbury $3. 75, Departs Arkham at
) 0:30 A.M., attiving in Dean;s Corners at 1:15 P.M. After
~ ' fiv:¢-nunute stOpover, ,it arrives in Ayl<:sbury .at ARKHAM ADVERTISER
M5 P;M~ The return trip to Arkham begins at 2:00 P.M., 389 W Armj(age Street
reaches Dean's Comers at 2:00 P.M., · and returns to
Th~Arkham Btliletin, the forerunner Of the Advertiser,
Arkham at 5: 15 P,M.
was first published in 1821 . .In1828, the paper changed
!lpsWichJNewburyport: Monday-Friday, except holi- hands and was renamed the Miskatonic ValleyGleaner.
.dltys. Buses leave Arkham at 10:00 A,M. and 2:bO P.M. The Gleaner appeared for four years, then was sold,
Jps\ViCh cos.ts 75 and Newburyport 95 cents. Buses reappearing as the Arkhanl Adi'ertiser;

N.O R T H S I DE : 1 2 6 - 130 51
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The Advertiser is the more aggressive of the two
Arkham papers, even printing extras and what Gedney
calls "five-plvls~' for Arkham, when news dictates. The
Advertiser tends to print more features (especially about
technical and scientific wonders. which Gedney favors).
comics, and ethnically slanted international news tban
does the Gazette.
Regular office hours are 8' A.M. to 6 P.M .• M(inday-
Friday. Someone is usually in the office or the press-
room, even at midnight. but everything closes tight
fro111 10 P.M . Saturday t08 i'.M. Sunday: The regular
morning edition runs off at 3 A.M. If news warrants,
revised editions - extras - run at 8 A.M., or 11:30 A.M .•
or 4:30 P.M. These later editions are in small quantity, for
local street-sale distribution only. A story is rarely big
enough to warrant four editions in one day. Only one
.edition each appears Saturday and Sunday. The Sunday
edition is run and distributed Saturday night. Daily edi-
tions cost 3 cents; the Sunday paper costs 7 cents.
Special editions are printed for the Fourth of July,
Armistice Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter,
with a~ many display ads as Gedney call selJ to local
businesses.
The publisher and managing editor is 42-yearold
:Harvey Gedney, whose family has owned the paper
'slnce 1832. He employs two full-time reporter/editors, a
Secretary, a Linotypist, a caseman, two pressnlen, a cir-
cuJation manager, an advertising manager. and part-
time help and correspondents as needed.
Along two walls behind the secretary's desk isa
near-complete bound collection of the Advertiser since
it began publication. Richard Gedney, who first bought
the paper, foolishly discarded the Bulletin and Gleaner
years. Some issues can be located at the university's
library. Few people are interested in old newspapers,
and the staff is always flattered when anyone wants to
take a look. Though they would be justi.fiably furious if
someone mutilated a back issue, no one thinks the col-
lection of rnuch value.
ROBERTA HENRY • •
Though Gedney has a
stable of stringers in the
Miskatonic Valley,
reporter Roberta Henry,
just 23 years old, is one
of only two full-time
reporter/editors 00
staff. She has worked
there for two years.
Gedney likes her
assertive style and the ~i§~~~~~~~~~~
way she charm.s nearly I!J
everyone, but to her Roberta Henry
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frustration insists on rewriting her stories which
may step on too many toes. With his backing,
though, she's presently gathering information on
bootlegging operations in and around Arkham;
The stories hint (if police corruption.
Roberta Henry, Advertiser Reporter
STR 10 CON 1.4 SIZ 10 !NT 16
DEX 15 APP 15 EDU 13 SAN 61 HP II
Damage Bonus: +0
Weapons: none
Skills: Bargain 350/0, Climb 550/0, Credit Ratiilg 25%, Dodge.
45%, Dress Appropriately 55%;Drive Auto.mobile ~O%l
Fast Talk 60%, flatter Dowager 75%. Flirt 70%, Libr3r)\
Use 35%, Listen 40%, Persuade 45%, Photography 151\ti,
Psychology 25%, Spot Hidden 45%, Type 25%.
{d20 STATS: page 213)
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DESOIATE HIGHWAY CAFE
387 W Armitage Streer
University intellectuals, emigres, the smart set, :
bohemians with money like the tasty French
style cooking. The .owners, Reid Vandervelden arid
partner Jo~h, occasionally sponsor exhibits or rt:illJ1JJ~iI!o l
but the attraction here is conversation, f/V""..Ull'f;,·.cu.'" ,
flirting. Criminals will be bored.
Years ago Edward Der!:>y often read his poetry
acquaintances here, and Derby's friend Justin
once delivered '~People ofthe Monolith" to a t"hl,p,,·t·he..
teners following his return from Hungary,
before he went mad.
There is a chessboard available, though none 'tiuf
immigrants play the game; The wide selection of CUI'"
rent newspapers is of more interest. A few ....p,n'u'nt~'"
have access to opium. Customers kno .....l1 to the
ment can have wine served surreptitiously with
meals. Open 11:30 A.M. to 1:30 P.M., and from 4:30 t~
9:30 P.M., Tuesday-Saturday.
B&M TRAIN STATION
298 W High Lane
Passenger trai.ns from Newburyport and points north
arrive at 9:00 A.M ., noon, and 5 .P.M. for Boston, d~part~
ing ten minutes after the hour. Trains from ,,,,,:mn,,·,,,,,n.1
NORTHSIDE
 points south arrive at 7:30 'and
11:30 A.M., and 5:40 PeM. for the
north, departing ten minutes later.
Fare for Boston i$ $2.20, and for
Newburyport $1.40. Freight
trains ar~ frequent.
Western Union Offi<:e: fora fraction
of the cost of a 10ng djsta:nc~ telephone
caU, Western Union can get a telegram to
almostanywh~e in a matter of hours.
Incoming telegrams are delivered by
young bicycle messengers, the best of
whom is 14-year-old Bobby Ashbourne,
who knows ;every shortculand (!very
dead-end.
COMMERCIAL HOUSE
297 W Armitage Street
Ol1cea tavern popJJ1ar with students and residents. the
present owner has turned it into a dance hall with live
jazibands.As often as possible, the dub books the East-
town Five, a black band, or settles for the Arkham
)Swingtime Band, a student band from the univerSity. If
you don't like to dan~e, don't come. Admission is $.1.50
pl!r couple, refreshments extra; As recently ruled by the
poliCe; single men and women are not admitted; fre-
;q~ei1t1y they meet outside and form temporary couples
to evade the restriction. Open Friday"Saturday only, 7
PM. to midnight, when the police make sure they close.
It's a rare Saturday night .at the Commercial House
,tliatpolice don't arrestsorneone for disorderly conduct,
throwing rocks, mopery, or worse. . Ed Dunlap, Evil Agent for mterstellar Aliens
A,UNTLUCY'S
237 W Armitage Street
:~~ooisline the long,curvingcqunter ohhe diner where
,friedcrucken or boiled beef; gravy, limp green beans,
l;uid mDunds of mashed potatoes are slopped onto. heavy
,whitecrockery.1t's the fas~f(jod of the epoch. Tables line
,one wall, but there·is service only at thecoll.nter. Lunch,
WithDut pie, costs 35 cents, Open 5 A.M. to .6 P.M.,
Monday- Friday. .
NORTH SID E: 132 - 13 5
TILDEN ARMS HOTEL
179W Armitage Street
A decent hotel charging $2.25 a night
and up for room and bath, handy to the
train station. It is four stories high. To
conserve heat in the winter and preserve
,order in the summer, the Iilanager has
locked aU the fire escapes. Qops.
ED DUNLAP
lrihisearLy thll-ties, six feet tall, sandy-haired
and heal'thy looking, Dunlap cJaims to be a
-vacuum ·deaner salesman from Philadelphia.
In truth, Dunlap is an agent of the mi.-go .and
has come to Afkham to keep an eye on Prof.
Albert Wilmarth of the university.
Dunlap~s luggage holds not vacuum cle;an.e r
samples but so.me of the equjpment used in reriloving
and storing living human brains.
Dunlap parks bjsStudebaker sedan behind the
'h otd. In theafterooon hes'o rne6mes drives north out of
town, no.t returning until well after sunset. He may be
meeting mi-go on .these jaunts. HeaJso wishes to con-
sult the university's copy of the Necronomiconand o.t her
rare volumes. At the library he poses as a visitingschol-
ar, Adrian Hennepeck, to gain Armitage~s permission .to.
wn:;ult the bo.o.ks. The fungi wish to. learn how much
Wilmarth and ArMitage have learnedabo.ut the Mythos;
bur do. not want to. tip off the scholars.
STR J3 CON 14 SIZ 12 INT 17 POW 15
DEX]4 APP13 muzo SAN 0 HP 13
Damage Bonus: + 1D4-
Weapons: Fist/Punch 60%, damage tD3+ 104
Kick .65%, damage L06+ ID4
Fighting Knife 75%, damage 104+2+ ID4
.38 Revolver (shoulder holster).65%, damage 10 10
Skills: Arabic 55%, Bargain 40%,qhnl)m
Mythos22%, Orive Automobile 50%,
Electrical Repnir85%, Fast Talk 95%,
Greek 58%,latin 65%, Library U~e iso/c),
.O,cult 35%; Psychology 45%, Spot
Hidden 50%.
(d20·STATS.: page 2141
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NEWSSTAND
SW ~oriler, Armitage and Garrison
Though it's a legitimate newsstand, with papers, maga~
zine$, candy, and tobaceo, Er:nie also peddles under-
world information to sh'a dytypes and the police, and
under-the-counter publications of "the ki11d men like"
to more r~pectable~ustomers.
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SANDER'S WAX MUSEUM
443 N Garrisoll Street
It contains all the slalldard scenes and figures, Caesar
and Cleopatra to Lucky Lindy, It sports as well a small
chamber of horrors - a guillotining, an irol1 .maiden
with piteous occupant, a witch in flanies. as well as ten
~~g Bibli~al brutalities.
TIle exhibits are poorly lit, but impressively life-like
and detailed. The museum is regularly open on
SatUrday and h()lidays, 1-5 P.M., and for the entire
month of August, whell Boston folkencampupan.d
down the valley and cast about for something - any-
thing- to do. Admission is 10 cents.
Pete Sander is more hobbyist than businessman, and
earns most of his money asa portrait photographer and
sign-painter. At thekeeper;s option, Sander may have
surprismg techniques for modeling his figures.
GRAFTON DINER
J06 W High Lane
Ac:ljacent to the tram station, this place does a geod
business with its 35 cent funch. Having tried .t he food;
though, local ~ustomers teDdto go to Lucy's. The
Graftoli opens .at 5 A.M., doses at 7 P.M., seven days a
week (except holidays).
The Gnifton is· the orily eating place in town open
Sundays; It mostly serves transients or those witho~t
fllcilities to cook. Sunday mornings can be crowded.
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RAILROAD PROPERTIES
The area astride the tracks and alollgthenver is crowd-
ed with sidings, small warehouses, storage sheds, anolq
water tower, and sided freight cats. Hoboes occasionally
put up for a night in the yard, daring railroad guardS
who are notoriously violent.
NEIGHBORHOOD. 2
1)
0wntown is hillier than the Northside.
. Although the ground rises steadily north from
. . . the river, there are dips and ridges as itdjmb$;
The town 'square is the most level part of Downtown;
North of Curwen Street this thickly built neighbor~
hood is mostly residential, and mostly lower class. The
houses bordering the common (the town square) on t4~
north and east sides.are stately mansions, butthe homes
behind them, toppedwith gables and gambrel roofs and .
built around 1820, are commoner and more crowded
together. ArkhamSanitarium was originally a hiige
Georgian double home ·built by the Pickering brothcts,
PauJand Tho.mas JL, in 1822.
Most of Afkham's civic services are located on the
west and sollth sides ef the common (.lndependen<;e
Square as .it is formally known). Therinclude townhaU.
the courthouse, the police station, and the lite hall. Most;
of th.ese buildings Were constructed in the mid-eigh-
teenth century in a classical style With large piIJars arrd
pediments; some have wings added later. rownhaU i$ a"
four-story bui.lding of late Georgian or Federalisl'
Revivill design. Professionals, partirularly lawyers al!.~'
bail bondsmen, are found here, as are Arkham'shvp
major banks.
. The Common is surrounded on its other sides~·
large and in1pressive Federalist homes built in the earl'
nine.teenthcentury. Many have been divided into aparf-
ments orboardirig houses.
A small area along Garrison Street features good
restaurants and a variety of family elltertcijilmeilt,
This area may b.e busy on weekend evenings, unusual
in Arkham.
NORTHSIDE: 136-139
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'Peabody Avenue, Fish Street, and Federat Street are

lined withsmaU shops and industries, constituting one
of Arkham's dirtier, smellier areas. A few local markets
aI)d dinersalsoapp~r there. Several abandoned mills
decay at~e water's edge.

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ARKHAM SANITARIUM
225 E Derby Street

This institution; supported partly byComni.onwealth

fundS, is at the edge of town. For paying patients, who
the great nlajority of the sanitarium's trade, the
is 4S%per year. Indigents, while receiving
care, get little therapy; the yearly chance of a
. a pauper is 20%. Nom]alin-p~tient treatment
$}10· a month. With fifty beds, Arkham
is the largest such institution between
Boston and Portland, Maine.
Dr. E.ric Hardstrom; a hard working if Unin-
spired man, headsthefacility; .and shares duties
wiili two other physicians. A staff ' of twelve
ntirses and orderlies. a groundskeeper, and a
maintenance man work under them. There are
'also small pathological and :cllnical laborato-
ries; A number of the county's doctors have
staff stattisat the sanitarium.
The Arkham -Sanitariu,m employs
modem psychiatric treatments. Though
thcgrounds are fenced and the sanitarium
wind.ows barred, restraiilts and strait jack-
ets are rarely used. Sleep-producihgand -
alleviating drugs, dietetics, physical cul-
ture, hydrotherapy, and electric shock are
oftenpres<,:ribed.
Among the indigents housed in the base-
ment ward is oneal' yet unidentified. The
young man was . fot;tndwandering the. streets
of Kingsport around Christmas of 1922 (see
the Lovecraft story, "Tb~ Festival") in an
amnesiac state. Various treatments were
attempted. The university library's valuable
copy of the Necronomu:on Was even borrowed
when the patient referred to tbjs book in his
ravings. Alas, allowing him to peruse the ter-
riblevolume did nothing to r,estorehis mind
or memory,
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Downtown
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adventure. Althougb the doctor refuses to compro-

mise his patient c.onfidentiality. he might be a:ble to
supply some information. If burglary is not ruled out,.
LOL his files contain the· facts.
Special skill: Psychoan;tlysis 70% IPsychoanaly:sfs +9}.

FLEETWOOD DINER
7 J5 Dyer Street
A ~orkil).gma[l's diner with s(!ven counter stools and six
tvooden bo()ths. Breakfasts ;trenotable, andinen may be
lin.e d up for theirs. Open 4 AM. to 2 I':&t, Monday-
Saturday. KENNETH HEATH,
PRrvATE~TIGATOR
1361:" Curwen Street
Heath is 34 years old, a veteran detective .of the New
York City police. He rents. this storefront office along
with the upstairs aparti1;lent
Three years ago Heath, whilchaltinga bank r.obbery.
INNSMOtITH nUS
lost the four fingers of his left hand to a shotgun blast.
705 Dyer Street
He was subsequentl.y pensi.oned by the force. He an.d his.
There's no waiting room Or office, just an ancielit sign. wife, Madeline, inoved to Ar~ham, her hometiJwn,
The dirty·gray bllS travels between AJ;kham,Jnnsmouth; where Heathopenedthis ..office.
and Newburyport. The filicftom Arkham to lJinsrnbuth Heath is unexpect-
is 40 cents, departing at 8 fuM. and 9 P.M., and leaving edly slight of build and
Innsmouth for Arkham at 7 A.M. and 8 P.M. The trip' wears wire~framed
takes half an hour. glasses. Not at all the
The fare betWeen Lonsmouth and Newburyport is Sam Spade type, Heath
60 cents. From Innsmouth, the bus departs for isa scientillc criminolo-
Newburyport at 9 A.M. and 6 p.M;,leav~g Newburyport gist and an. intellectual.
for Innsll10uth at 10 A,M.. and 7 P:M~ The trip fakes 35 He d.o.dges spouse-
minutes. watching jobs, if. he cail
foe Sargent drives the bus. Ear;Jy loss of hair,sriiaJ]- aff.ord it, preferring to
ish ears, partially webbed fingers and wide, splayed feet concentrate on more
mark Sargent as one with the whispered 'Innsmouth intriguing problems.
taint.' In particular, he has
Kenneth Heath been working . .on one
case since 1926. The
b.ody of a Miskatonic student was found fioatingin the
river a few days after Halloween.' The evidences~emsto
link it to a similar murder he investigated years ago in
the Red Hook section 9f Brooklyn. In the Miskatonk
DR. HEINRJCHT. MUEiOIG case,th.e police Were baffled and qondllcled th.atthestu-
,]57 E Clinvill Street dent had drunkenly faJkn info the riv.erand .droWned.
The student's parents knew their son for a teetotaler;
Muelhig studied with Freud and then with lung before and did not accept this explanati'on. Heath so far has
immigrating to the Uilited States. after the World War.
been able to. link theyowig man to a local, verysecretlve
Among those who know his skill, his reputation is out- cult. about which he has beenabJe toleam little. Hei$
standing;· however. his office is unmarked and he ac~pts patient, and the statute of linlltations bas years to go
no patient who has not been referred to bim bya befbreit runs0.ut.
licensed physician. sinc.epsychoanaJysis has no ·medical
Heath is familiar with the Lucky Cloyer bootlegging
standing in Mas.~<\chusetts.
operation but. as no aneels~seeros to care, Heath does
Muelhig bas accumulated a number of Mythos- not either. In fact, in a desk drawer he has a bottle .of
related facts about the Arkham area that could inter- bonded whiskey which 130bby Sills just .gave him..
est investigators or prove valuable in a particular

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 / Gil; rfe t 0 1-;ti i, 'r)\
Hea.thcan b~ bire4 for $10 ac:iay plus ~)(penses. 1;ie from Boston. Sinderwald fe~sthis criminal activity but
O\vtI.s his ownc;!r, a sporty Chevrolet roadster: feels that he has no choice. .

~eth lIeath, Private Eye Special skills: Gamille 25%, Facial Surgery 7:5%
(Heal +6, Disguise +5, Knowledge (Medicine) +6,
STRl2 CON 13 SIZ 11 !NT 17 POW J5
Knowlcdge(Gambling). +2}.
t?.BX 14 APP 14 EDU 14 SAN 68 HP12
Damage Bonus: +0
\fe:Iipons.: J3lackjacJ(* 65%,damagesp¢daJ
..3~ Revolver (shOlilder holster) 75%, damage 1DIO L08
~iioe..t only km/Ck;ollt damage . . .
_ ::f\ccowiting20%. B3.llistics20%. 13~rs~iri 65%, Che~s
4,O~,Climb45%, . Credit Rating.35%,Ci'imillology 65%. ASBuRY M. E. CHURCH
C~ulhu Mythos~%,Do(jge 400/0, Drive Automobile ' 640 Marsh Street
',45%. Fast T~Jk. 46%, First Aid 35%, Forensic Me4,icme
1·5%;·History 30%, Jump 4Q%,Law 25%,.Library Use "M. E ~" stands for Methodist-Episcopal. Founded by
35%.Linguist'2Ci%. Listen 45%.fersuade 45%, 'Bishop' Asbury (along with hundreds·ofothersarourid
'PhotQgraphy 300/0,PolkeMethods 55%, Psychology 50%, thesllrrie time), in 1789, The original.wood-
S.potHidden 55%. St<ike"Out 65%. en struCture burned in 1815, replaced
iIi9 ~'f:S: page 2141 th~ following year by the present
brick building. Archives there-
fore contain re(:ords :only
2.oG bac.k Ilntil1815.
Dr.. Ezekiel Wall(l~e, the. pas-
tor, has warned from the pulpit
i\gainst joining any In!ismouth
ROTARY CLUB
chur.ch.
650 N Garrison Street
Special skill: lnnsmouth Lore 35%
WtiiS'serVice orgariiiation is devoted to .good deeds. for [Knowledge (Loca}:Jnnsmouth) +31.
·\lieCQllllriunity. It's <t' more active group than the
IChamber of Commerce, .and its members tend to be
~ungerand to have less money. To join, a sponsor must
,(ound. MemberslUp is $20 a year,. raising Credit
~~~g. once by lD6 percenti1e~ 1+1 to diplomacy
Gh«ks}. Membership requires a commitment of 12
;,hOljrsa month for meetings and service activity. DIAMOND CREDIT AGENCY
682 Marsh Street
Three brass balls above the frolltdoor of this establish-
2..01 meli.t est;l.blish its function. An item pawncdtotheshop
mtist.be claimed within 60tiays;iii:dudinga 20% profit
to' Diamond Credit. Ifundaimed, it is.put up for sale at
DR. SINDER.WALD three or more times the amount for which it was
C()SME"rICSuRGEON pawned. Randle Wade,owner and s,okemployee,some-
568 Marsh Street times fences items (or thieves known to him.

~1icensed physician and a. wdi-J:egarded :practitioner,

~tison Sinderw;U<i Can undertake reconstructive sur-
'~l¥ S.~olildan investigator have the need. Small faCial 2./0
«a.rs' ~epart for $50; major work runs.into the thou-
.:.a's Mdollars.
,S~de:rwaldoweslat:-ge .gamblingdebts to shc'!dy· peoe BEE'S DINER
1J'1f~~Q c:iemand {avorsin retUrn: treatmeillof injuries 332 E CurwenSti'eet
tillitthe mob doeS 1'1!Jt wailt reported, for instance, and
Gets lots of office 'Workers at lunchtime. Thees~.ab­
_ntIythe alteration of the. face of a gangland friend
lishment off¢rs a superior illapleice during sugaring

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season, and excellent chowders the year round. Open
6 A.M. to 2 P.M., Mont;lay- Friday.
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ARKHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY
630 Marsh Street
Supported mostly by private donations, the Arkham
Public Library was founded in 1845 by philanthropic
citizens concerned for the betterment of the communi-
ty. Hours are 11 A.M. to 7 P.M., Monday-Friday,.and
10 A.M .. to 2 P:M. Saturday. This good circulating library
of 18,000 volumes is overshadowed by the massive col-
lections of the university.
On its shelves are Shrewsbury's Cthulhu in the
Necrol'lomicon and An Investigation into the Myth
Patterns a/Latter Day Primitives with Especial Reference
to the R'lyeh Text (see entry 623 for details). Misplaced
behind other works is the Rev. War.d Phillips'
Thaumaturgical Prodigies in the New England Canaan,
find able with a successful Library Use roll IResearch
Skill. check (DC 15)/.
A copy of Edward Derby's· controversial Azathoth
and Others is kept behind the librarian's desk. Although
avaiJable on request, librarian Ellen Whitmarsh, 57 and
a spinster, narrows her eyes at anyone who asks for that
collection of poetry.
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COURTHOUSE & JAIL
666 N Peabody Avenue
This building, constructed of stone in 1910, contains
two .courtrcioms (one the regular court of Municipal
Judge Keezar Randall), court records since the early
nineteenth century (earlier records are with the Arkham
Historical Society), court offices, and the town jail.
All public records can be examined by any citizen
from 8 A.M. to noon, and 1-5 P.M., Monday-Friday. The
municipal court handJes an array of misdemeanors,
civil actions, and minor felonies, but major felonies. as
well as civiLactions involving more than $500 are bound
over to Salem's county or circuit courts.
The Salem COUTts also adjudicate and record wills,
name changes, adoptions, andannuJments. Adoption
records are sealed by the court and not allowed to be
opened, even by the adoptee.
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Investigators wishing court orders for exhumations,
subpoenas for personal files, bank accounts, busin~.5
records, or police files, or to get injunctions or relief
must start with Judge Randall; who mayor may not paSs
them along toa county or state court for final dispensa·
tion, and who mayor may not be overruled by appeat
(Appealers are not popular with Judge Randall.)
Arrested investigators may appear before Judge
Randall. He is white-haired, nearly 80, and he dispenses
justice much as bachelors eat -as he sees fit. Major
matters are bound over for trial in Salem, but Randall is
supreme in smaller affairs, and makes most of his deci:
sionsintuitively. He favors housewives who haven't be·
trayed their traditional role, college students who ~~
respectful and well dres-
sed, and anyone with an
old Arkham family
name. He hates long~
haired intellectuals and
shorthaired flappers,
and can be particuJarly
insulting to immigrants
arid minorities. When
he's in a bad mood, no
one can placate him,
though certain lawyers
have. a lot of influence
with him, notably
Judf3eRandal1
E. E. Saltonstall, Sr.
Depending on the charge, Randall can sentence.'tlP
to 60 days and fine up to $500.
A man from Aylesbury, Attorney Lee E. Craig, rep~'
sents the town's legal interests. Craig, 41, a Harvar<Lman
with roots in Tennessee, functions much like a
attorney, offering advice, handling the prosecution
small crimes, and defending Arkham against rare law,
suits. He and Randall have clashed repeatedly, ana
Craig - motivated by unusually strongethics - is cbn·
templating a formal complaint to the Bar. If upheJa,
Randall will retire. Investigators in tight legal situatio))S
may find Craig a valuable ally.
Defense attorneys for the indigent or incapacitated
are appointed from a rotating pool of the county'$'
lawyers. Since the appointments are without fee, RandaD
hi\s lately glee in appointing brash ~O:Wl8
Atto .,~
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TELENEWS CINEMA
552 N GarrisoTl Street
.~ large blue world globe marks Arkham's newest the-
·'ater. The manager prefers vers"ions of the classics, docu-
·mentaries,aild other vehi¢l~s that conform to the
Illmni over the entrance, "Instruct and Entertain:~
Newsreels are u.pdated continually;Cthulhoid clues can
pop up in an otherwise innocuous film about New
Guinea primitives. Always two cartoons Friday-
Saturday. Admission is 15 cents for adults, 6 cents for
dlildren. Open .6-11 P.M. Monday-Friday, NOON-) 1 P.M.
onSaturday, and 1-5 P.M. Sundays. Special show for the
kiqs.on Saturday afternoon.
ARKHAM FIRST BANK
150 E Hyde SI reel
Rooted in the community for generations, it's not
unllsual for this bank to grant generous extensions to
customers,prov'ided the debtor is of good character .a nd
m~king hO.nest efforts at repayment: they never dispos-
s!!Ss a friend or neighbor. This admirable policy results
in the closing ofthe bank in 1933.
'Saving and checking account·s are available. Hours
ar¢ 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. Monday-Thursday; extended to 5
PJ;1. on Friday.
Use the foUowing base .rates to figure chances for
I()an: aUto 20%, personal 20%, commercial 30%, home
mortgage 30% {base DCs for Various loans: Auto 16;
·personal. 16; Home Mortgage 14; Commercial 14}.
BERTRAND CHAMBERS,
ATTNY.
589lvJarsh Street
2 13 -216
<! t () j ';-ti; n
the police suspect a connection with O'Bannion's boys.
Chambers is a not-too-scrupulous fellow who defends
some local criminals with unusual vigor and ingenuity.
He has no compunction aboutover-chargingdients not
comiccted With the bootleggers.
FEDERAL BOND AGENCY
589 16 Marsh Street, lIpstairs
This small office is a branch of a larger firm headquar-
tered in Boston. The agency cari provide bail for an
investigator but the person must put up 10% of the bail
in cash or other securities - a property deed, an auto-
mobile title, and so forth. After the triai, the bondsman
collects interest upon the tolalloan, at the rate of 20%
per year.
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MASSACHUSETTS GUARD ARMORY
560 Marsh Street
The National Guard is equipped and trained identically
to the U.S. Army but is under the command of the indi-
vidual state governors. Most members. of Arkham's
Infantry Company B are residents of Essex County.
B-'Cornpany is in the 1st Battalion of the old
Massachusetts 23rd Volunteer Regiment. reconstituted
since the Great War.
Once a month these members put on uniforms and
a report to the armory for compulsory drill. Most train
every summer at the state National Guard camp.
The company is far under-strength; only 56 guards-
men currently use the facpity. Commanding is 55-year-
old Colonel William Hathorne. His executive officer is
1t. Colonel Aubrey Bridgeton, 4S. Major Charles Hart is.
responsible for the weaponry stored iothe armory
well as the motor pool. Additionally, there are usualJy·
two or three lieutenants present.
Sergeant Groat is directl), responsible for the motor
pool and keeps the keys for the unit's two large trucks.
This unit will not be fully motorized until after wwn.
Securely locked in a STR 80 reinforced concrete
VQult, [Hordncss 8, HP 540, DC SO to breakfare 120
greased and packed .30-06 bolt-action rifles and 12,000
rounds of ammunition, LSO bayonets, ten .45 caliber
automatiC pistols (greased and packed) and 500 rounds
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of ammUnitIOn, 24 MIlAl fragmentation grenades
with Bouchon igniters, one Browning M19i 7 water-
c<;>oled tripod-mounted .50 caliber machine gun
(greased and packed) with S,OOQrounds of armor-
pi¢rcing ammunitipn, two~-inch Stokes. mortars
(greased and packed) witb 24 pr;lctice rounds each, four
field telephOiles with 6,000 yards of wire, .~lid 20 trench
helmets, sizes 7 and 71/8 only.
Tents, a fieldkitcben ina smaUwagon,h()spital sup-
plies, etc., are stored in the armory, but not in the
weapons vault.
toWN HALL
55.1 NPeabody Avellue
This large brick building, built in 1901, houses the town's
administrative 9fflceS.
Hours are 8 A..M. to noon
and l-5 P.M., Monday-
Friday.
M~yor's Office; since
toe pbst is apart-time
job, the mayor is here
one hour a day (a roU Of
1 ana 1D 12 to catch
him in). KnQckfirst,
tben try thedoQr, He
has n<;> secretary; but
messages can be tell .~.~~~~~~~~~~
with Jailet Larkin. Mayor peabody
PUblic Room: themayor,51-Year-oldlosepb Peabody,
lTieetsin open.sessians twice a montb ontbe second and
f0urth Wednesday with the Seledmeil. Here policy in·
argued out and decided upon in public. (The topic of
zoning is being hodydebated. Until now most
American cities. had no zoning laws - a factory could
. be plunked down in the midst at a residen-
Manager'S Office: after selectmen and mayor
~x:postul:'a:te, th.e .t own manager gets to make sense' of
't heir freqllently bizarre decisions a,nd to remember .all
the things that they forgot. D(irrell Slocum, ~7, is the
'effective head of rnuilicipalgovemment,andi~ paid
nemy $5000 a year in the full-time position. He does
not know that his wife is a member of the.evil coven.
Clerk's Office: As:the manager ~reates .effective policy,
the town clerk createS .cffective ways of implementirtg
and recording it. Janet Larkin, 38, holds the post.
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The following re.cords are ope'n to the public: deedsi
deed transfers. loea:l census records, business licenses,
loqal biJ1h/death/marriage certificates, military draft,
records 1917-1919, .assessment and taxretords; town
budgets and expenditures, dating back to thebegiluiliig
ofth,e nineteenth century, and other recorgs at .the. keep~
er's option.
Autoregistra~o~ is a (:ommim\-vealth tnatt¢r, tIre
iflfomiation heJd'inBostoil.
Engineer's Office: variously maintains, inspects. judg~
or rec.o rds (I) buUding permits i:ln~ designs since
' . .
18~~.
. .~
(2) Arkham's .waterandsewer systelTlS, (2) gas Jjnes,,(~J
electric lines, (S}streels,cutbs, bridges, andtJj~
Miskatonic embankments, (6) parks, (7) schoolatlQ
.office buildirigsand other town propertY. rre<J.uen.tIy;
.records are not metbodical, but the staff will 'gbtoalot
of.effort to help o.u ta citizen.
Assessor's Office: establishes property tax rates, a~~
es property, colJeqs taxes, and disburses money. asJh~
selectmen authorize.Allmoiletary transactions are mat-
ters ·of publicrecorcl
. School Board: mee.ts once a month. Most people in
Arkbam agree on what schQoling's Jor and' ~m~ir~.
needs doing about it - poliCY questions fa:ll to si.tcli
pointless levels as whether or not Easter~egg huilts -. _
lascivious andalit:i~Christian.
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INDEPENPENCE SQUARE
(THE COMMON)
Officially opened in 1797; Independence Square is ·ayastr:.
expanse 'of open green. nearly eight acres in size, .
by the citizell:s of Arkham. It replaced the 01d . ..
training ground south of the river, which was ceded t
Miskatoni,c College.
. The square is surrounded by an iron fence, four feet
higb. The officia:l¢ntrance,a massive arch thougll.t to
have been designed by Salem architect
McIntyre, is found on the Peabody Avenue side;
Town Ha:lJ. The (;ommon (as .everyo.lle
a picnkground and gathering. site. There· is a
bandstand as well asa baseball diamond on
grounds. This is the site of Winterfest, Fourth .
Thanksgiving, Forefathers' Day (weather np,.,.,..ittiniiI,
and other celebrations,. observances, and gatlnef.ln~
and of the annual Slimmer Founclees Day Festival.
DOWNTOWN:
 CRAWFORD'S RESTAURANT
NE c(}riler of Garris(}N antfAi'fnltage
;$p~~jalizirtg in· gigantkold-style eight~and ten-c.ourse
~lS, Crawford~s isth,e mest .ex1'ensive restaurant in
J9Wn~ A mail .can·pay as muchas$S;OO for supper here,
;t}ioughfew Aikhainites wouldthinkthata wodhything
~~ .
.Crawford's basbe.en ill the Same locatioll since the
€ivil War, the menu changing,little in all that time. For
history buffs,abron7.e plaque memorializes the table at
which General Sheridan once sat. Open 5-8:30 P.M.
tuesday through Saturday. .
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ART'S BILLIARDS
139 E Armitage Street
~issclUnmy Northside poolroom is a hangout for lot.~
df i)l'¢n, including street puriks.A few rliertlbers of the
l!htiVersity football team can be "found here despite the
fuctthat Art's is off-limits to students. In the past, fights
'3.ndscuffles between the Rocks and the' Finns have bro-
.~en .o uthere. Local mobsters frequently kill time here.
Open' nocm {() 9 P.M., Mo~day..:Saturday;
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DEMOLITION SITE
NWc.Orller of Marsh and Armitage
.Ailcoldthree-story building; gtitted by nre last
;suimner; is being slowly dismantled by. a
:.work-crew. The owners of the prop~rty have
!lo Hnrnediate plans to . There is no Sunday service. Depending on
~~~uild, ~ffering the
-keeper the "hai1~e to cre-
a.!eSQnjethingsignificanthere.
llO\'VNTOWN: 219.,224
ARKHAM GAS COMp.ANY
2J5 Armitage Street.
It sells . natural gas f()r heating needs and industry, as
wcJl as gas stoves, ranges, and equipment convefting
coa'! -burriingfumaces to safe, efficient"naturalgas. The
company's not considered a publiclltility in Arkham,
.
and company records are riot .open .to. the public .
ARKHAMBELL T£LEPHONE
345E Ar,i/ittige Strl!f!t
Arrang~ .for serviceJ pay bills, and mterviewopera-
tors - there's no dialing in Arkham, and an operator
rilartuallyswitches phlgS fot every call that's Iliad~. With
asuc¢essfulFasl Talk lBluffl an inves~jgll:torniight scrg-
tinize a suspect's.phone bill or gleanwormafion frQm
an: operator .comingoff duty.
ARKHAM TROLLEYS
404 E Armitag~ Street
Trolleys are electrical trains thatrun on rails set in the
streets. ·They draw electriC power frQrnspedal .over-
head wire.s.
Tbe ride costs 5 cents plus a. penny for transfers
(necessary to change from one line tq .anotherl.
T)1lDsfersate most e~sily riladeaUhemaIDstatioil.
by thea&M dep'ot;or in the m.ercharit .
. The trolleys operate ·from: 5:30 A.M. until 7
weekdays and until 9 P.M. •
time ofday, .a trolley passes
every 5-15 minutes.
Interurban lines, which
once connected Arkham with Boston and
the rest of~e east coast~ wereaban40ned several years
ago. However, the i"<lilsandswj~chesstillexistand would
oper:ate .givenpower and intact cabl~.
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AMHERST THEATER
480 N Garrisol/ Street.
Much newerthan the Manley; the· Amherst is dedicated
to featun: talking films. a profitable deci:;ionj it ·no
longer :booksvaudeville acts.
The theatre is open 1-1 ] P.M. daily; c\osed on
Christmas, New Year's Eve, and Easter.
Big films this year were .The Circus (Charlie
Chaplin), A Girl in Every Port (Victor McLagleh), and
Our Dancing Datighters (JoanCrawford)~ [n 1929, bits
include Coconuts (Marx Brothers), Blackmail (AJfr~d
Hitchcock), BlIlldC?g Drummond (Ronald Coleman),
The Iron Mask (D()uglas FaltJ?anks Sr.}, and Tbe
Virginiim{Gary Cooper).
DENNISON'S ICE CREAM EMPORIUM
J48 E ArmitageStreet
Dennison's is dean and decorated ill a wilted
'French cafe~ style. A favorite with anyollewho has
5 cents for adoublescoop,3 cents for a single. Open
11 A.M. to 7 P.M., from E<lst!)r af~ernoon to whenever .it
cools off for the winter. Closed Sundays, like alldecenf
. establishments, but OPen holidays.
, which the Chief takes home) and two motorcyd~
N"ORtHSIl)E MARKET
467 Matsh Str¢et
and produce are shoddier than Benson;s,and
expensive. On the ot,her hand, this storeisopen.till
9 P;M. six days a week. Owner RobertCzyenck is it mem-
ber of the ·secret ~yiJ coven, OpenS A,M. to 9 P.M.
Monday-Saturday.
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ARKl:IAM POLICE STATION
~02 E Aim;tage.5treet
Always open. Arkhamhas a nominal force consistiIJ8
of a chief, a r;;aptaiu, and thr~e: detecti.ves with ;thl=
nominal rank of lieutenant, three sergeants, artij
15-20 patrolmen. Finances rarely allow Nidwl$ · ~
luxury of a full complement. There is also a little-
known police reserve,consisting .mostly of retired
patrolmen and military men, who can join the rariks
during emergencies.
Dependingonthe part 0£town, patrol-
men walk their beats singly or in pairs~
They check in with the station at regu-
lar intervals by telephone from
locked police call boxes, installed
systematicaUyacto~s town. Police
<,:ars are not driVen on patrol, but officers
aUhe station have several with whi.chto m6ve quick-
ly when trouble arises.
As a genetalrllle, o:illy <:t.. duty officer at theStati~n
is awake and available between midilight and 6 A.M.,\
except Friday and Saturday nights, when several meJl
stay on to rilakesure that rowdy aCtivity ceases afa
decent hour. ..
'Sergeants effectiyelycommand hour-by"
hour po\icedispositions,ahd ratelyappear
on the street except at the scene ofa crime(
The department possesses three cars (one of
Nei~her cars nor motorcycles h~veradios.
Armed officers carry department-issued ;4;5
revolvers; specified by Chief Nichols as the srriall~
handgun H\,<elyto stop anangr.ym~. Departmentrfot
guns, rifles, and .two submachilleguns (purchaS"eJ'
during the Great Red S$:'eof 19,) 9-20} are kept 'in
lacked cabinets.
A holding cell each for men and for womellstM.4
j!¢adyiri the rear Of the building; but the six"cell jill
;lctually is in the basemenrof the courthouse. ill
a successful suit concerning the death ofa prisoner
forces the town to build a
new combined jail and
police station.
Arkham h;1SM policy concerning conc.ealed
weapons, since any adult citizeii has that right. Over the
years, though, NiChols basaccuumJated a lot of coiifiS.
cated weapons. These he keeps in his office; inat~!!~
now fiJJed to the brim. Once In a while he opens Ih~
DOWNTOWN:
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~runk (lnd smiles, con- DETECTIVE HARRIGAN

sidering ho,w many cri- An affable, sympathetkyoung man, 'he's the star of the
m'inrus do riot have local a'mate.u rrugby team and a,s honest <)sthe day is,
these weapons. long.
MiCkey HarrigilD,·age 32, GOQdCop
CHIEF STR 16 CON 17 SIZ 17 nIT 14 poW 14
ASANICHOLS
DEXL4 APP 13 EDUll .SAN '65 HPJ7
He is 61-Yearsold,mar-
Oamat\e' Bonus: + 106
ded, and Jives on High
Weapons: Fist/Punch 60%, .damage 103+ 106
Street with Ius wire,
Kick4S%, damage I D6+ 1D6
Orrette. He is a good- Nightstick 65 0/0, damage 1D6+ LD6
natured man from Grapple 600/0,damagcspec,iaL
another era, not fully .4l5 Revolver 65%, damage 11)10+2
Chief Ntcllols
aware of the cilangesin Skills: Bargain 550/0, Climb55%,CrecHtRating.40%; Dodge
Arkham since the war. HewouJd be shocked to ,krtow l55%, Drive Automo-
the:extent oforganized crime inArkham and Of the cor- bile 55%, FastTalk
'ruption within his owridepadment. Nichols belongs to 45%, First Aid 350io,
theGim Club, Rotary, and Masons~ l{andc~ffSlIspett
5l5.%, Hjd_e I l5%,Jump
55%, Law 30%1 Li-
CAPTAIN WILLIAM KEATS brary TJse 25%, Listen
In line to be chief upon NiChols' retirement, this 49~ye.ar 50%, Maul-Ruck-
old, is executive ()fficer a,nd admiriistrator, lie has (In Scrum 78%, Persuade
'iiikliiig oforgalli zed crime in Arkhambutk-nows Of no· 430/0; Photography
pdlkt!invo]).rement. However, Keats is not fundamental- 22%. Psychology 45%,
ly honest after he has Sneak 150/0, Spot Hid-
d~n 55%, Track 2,0%.
assured himself of his
own safety, he may fcUo STATS: pal;1e:214}
decide to get in on the
action. DETECTIVE
STUCKEY
CHIEF DETECTIVE ACew years seniot to Harrigan;Sruc~ey works with the
LUTHER HARDEN O'Bannitm mob on a salary; but a is , competentpoJiCe~
He's 44, single, bard- man in non-Mob matters.
boiled, irascible; and Ray Stuckey, Copon-the~Take
presel1r on the scene of ~TR 15 CON 15 SIZ 15 INT 15 pow 1t
almost every notewor-
DEX 15; APP 12 EQU 09 ·SAN 415 ·HP15
thy
, crime in Arkham for
Detective Harden 23 years.
Damage Bonus: +104
Weapons:
"LUther Harden, Tough and Honest FiSt/Punch 65%,
,STR 14 CON 14 SlZJ4 INT 15 pOw 16 damage lD3+ 1D4
()Ix 12 APP lOEDUI4, SAN 60 Nightstic,k SO%,
HP14
_damage 106+104
PamageBonus: +lD4 Grapple 550/0,
Weapons: Fist/Punch 7l5%; damage 103+ IDd damage sp-ecial
'Head Butt 25%, damage IP4+LD4 ;45 Re'{olver 55%,
Kick3l50/0,damagC! 1D6+104 damage lD! 0+2
Grapple 55%, damage special
Skills: Dodge 65%, Drive Automobile l50%, Fa,st Talk
6l5%, First Ai<J l55%, Hide 70%, Law 35%, Library
Use 25%, Lisle.n 65%, Pei':made 45%, P$ychology
65%; Sneak 45%, Spot Hidden 55%.
,ldioSTATS: page 2141

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Skills: Bargain 450/0, Climb 60%, Credit Rating 35%, Dodge
54%, Drive Automobile 45%, Fast Talk 55%, First Aid
30%, Handcuff Suspect 45%. Hi!1e 29%, Jump 35%, Law
25%, Library Use 35°10, Listen 50%, Per~uade 40%,
Photography 12'Yd •. Play 5"Card Stud 490/0., Psychology
60%, Seize Personal Advantage 40%, Sn~ 2.0%,Spot
Hidden 50%,Track 15%. FIRE DEPARTMENT
(d20 STATS: page 2141 418 E A.rmitage .Street
Typicil Sergeant Downstairs holds five fire trucks (one hook~and~laddetl
.STR 16 C;ON 15 SlZ 17 INT 12 POW 15 one pumper, two hose engines, one chemica:l t:JlgiJJ~).
DEX: 13 APP .12 £OUS SAN 65 HPI6 Nine firemen usually sleep upstairs. Arkham has regip·
Damage·Bonus:+ 106
meal fire:fighting agreements with Salem and ()thcr a:t:e3!
towns. The fire cbiefis62-year~oId Benijah Adams.
Weapons: FistIPunch.750/0, damage ID3+1D6
I-Iead Butt 70 o./C), damage lD4tlD6
Grappie '75%, damage special
AS. Revqlver 65%,damage 1010+2
Nightstick 85%, damage 1D(j+l D6
Skills: Dodge 33%, Drive Automobile 45%, First Aid 50%.
Hide 25%, law 30%,Listen 45%. Motorcyde65%;
FIRST NATIONAL GROCERY STORE
Persuade 40%, Psychology 55%, Sneak J 5%. Spot Hidden
422 N Garrison Street
55%.
{cUOSTATS: page 214} This large store is partofa national chain. Themanag.
er is 37-year~0Id' Arthur Anderson. formerly "o
Typical Patrolman Philadelphia. The company transferred Arthurb~e
.~ 15 CON 15 SlZ 15 INT 11 POW 13 abou.t a year ago and 'he and his family like liYingjn
brooo APP 12 EDU 10 SAN 60 HP 15 Arkham.' Besides the Arkhamstore,Andersonas diSfri~
[)amageB()nos: + ID4 manager is also responsible for stores in Kingsport and
in shunned innsmolith. He visits both stores at least
Weapons: EistiPunch65O/o, damage 103+ LD4
Head Butt 40%, damage LD4+ 1D4 once amonth and is well awareofInnsmouth~sodd!ti
Grapple 45%, damage special
.45 Revolver45%, damage IDI0+i
Nightstick 550/0., d@lage LD6+.lD4
SkillS: Dodge 29% .• Drive Automobile 60%,FirstAid 40%;
Hide 15%; Law f5%, Listen 35%, Motorcycle 35'¥o,
Persuade 25%; Psychology 35%, Sneak 5oio,Spotliidden
30%.
BALLARD'S AUTO LOT
NW corner oIHighLane and Peabody
{d20STATS: page 2I5}
Harvey.Ballard always has 2D6used cars on the lot, (6r.
sale or rent, price depending upori auto and condition.
Rental rates rarige from
2..2..9 a
$L5() a day for i".ilsting
ModeIT to $5 dally for a
gleaming Packard.
U.S. POST OFFICE Ballard has connec-
487 N Peabody Avenue tions with Boston auto
only p()int of federal p()werin Arkham. The dealers. At no ~ost to
the customer, he'll han-
Postmaster is Eli Whittaker, 61. Postmen heginto q.se
dle dealer arrangements
their mail at 4 A:M.,and have begun .theirrounds by
anq deliver your new
6 A.M. There are no Saturday delivcries\.but mail to post
car to your front door.
office boxes is cased that day.Postalwin.dows are open
He is paid a com mis-
9 A.M .. t04 p.M., Monday-Friday, dosed for Easter, sion by those dealers;
Fourth ofJuly; Christmas, and New Year's Day. Access to
pOsta} boxes is always availab\e,

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Ballard or his assistant is usuaUyonthe' lot from
'.9AM. to 4 P.M. A sign on thefront.door of the tiny office
giv~sBaUard's home phone number.
In 1928. a new Chevrolet or ·Ford Model A (both
with 25 hpengine$} could be had £or$400"700. Six-
cylinder I)odg~, Hudsons,.or BukkscQuld run close to
$2000; the higChryslcr lmperiaJ 80 Went f(}r $35QO.
Eight-Cylinder 'CadillacsandPackatds c.o st .as mm:has
$6000, while"Lincolns run $460Ch7400.· The Packards,
with a 39·;2> hpengine,werethe fastest of the lot until the
newestStudebakers. ,Vith a toppric:;e of $2500, started
appearirig With a 43 hpengirie poweripg the car to a
~peedof nearly 100 mph.
For the well-heeled investigator; the new Dusenberg
isav;UJable December 1. Sportinga. 256 hpengirie, thi$
hugecai' has a top speed of 111 mph and matchless
acceleration. The price of the chassis alone is $8500;
;cQac:;hworkgqes for $2500 and up.
Ballard also gives driVing Jessons. An irivestigator
whose Drive AotomobiIe skill is less than 50% can gain
ID6 percentiles (but not more than. that totals 50) atthe
end. of Harvey's two"week"course. The student .mustroU
'higher ~ha:ri hispreserit Dl'i~ Automobile skill togairi
.any benefit. The course is not repeatable. It costs $10 {at
keeper's option, investigator may add. + I rank to Drive
(Autpmobile) skill, to a maximum of fo ranks, for
atteildingthec.ourse}.
ARKHAMEDISON
470 Marsh Street
J~ere aCcQunts can be .opened and bills paid. Records are
ppt..availilbk to ,t he public.
MISKATONIC VALLEY SAVINGS BANK
420 MarsllStreet
A Massachusetts bank, which opened in Arkham in
' 1924. To thrifty customers, they .offer a quarter-percent
liigherpassbook interest than Arkham FirstJ but tend to
b:equic~¢'r to close on unpaid l()ans. ~nd defalliteci lJlort-
,gages. Hours are 10 A.M; to J ·":~t; Monday~Fi'iday, open
tiU5:30ori Friday.
Base thancefdr investigator loans are auto 25%, per-
:sonal 5%, commercial 40%, and h.ome mortgage 40%
'DOW N TOW N: 2 3 2 - 2 3 6
t () f:;th 1\ \1\
fbase DCs for vatiousloans: Personal 20; Auto '15;
CDmmerciall2; Home Mortgage 121.
PHILLIPS 66 STATiON
NW cOrner of Hig/dane and Peabody
Gas is the sameprke asatthe competing Essodealet but
the owher.Abel Sykes, is friendlier: He has a slow and
cautious way .of talking. Help is deari. polite, andeffi-
cient. Open 7 A.M. to 6 P.M" Monday-Saturciay.
SpedalsldlJs: Whittle Emergency Part 7()O/o. Mechanica I
Repair 80% ICraft (Car.pentry') +7. Repair +8}.
'ARKHAM CAB GO.
433 N Peabody Avenlle
Dep~nding on demand, up to fqur c:abs are on tire
streets from 6 A.M. until 10 P.M. seven days a week. Tli~
company has asked to provide 24-hour service, but the
selectmen hesitate, believing that thls might promote
crim:e and loose behavior.
Two cab stands exist, one iri front of the cab compa-
ny and one by the newsstand at .Garrison and Mahl. At
the latter, arurect phDne line links the stand with the !:ab.
office. At the keeper's wish. other direct lines exist at st.
Mary's Hospital, Hold Miskatonic, and 'so forth.
Cab 'o~derscari be taken by phone irithe grungy
second floor office, and cabs sent directly from the
starid olltside. No cab has a radio; two-way radios are
too large, too expensive, ami too .delicate until the era
·of the ttansistor.
Trips .a round town are flat-rate: 25 cents' in-town as:
:Iong as no bridg~iscrossed,25cen:ts each time abridge
is crossed, 25 cents for each mile oli.t Qf town, and.
cents an hour to wait.Acaban'ddriver can be hired
eighthoursata cost of $4 and the promise .of a tip
more th~n ~ dollar.
GREGORY DAHLBERG
Themaliager works the day shift six days a week and
(with the exception of the .owner) is the .only one with
the. authority to aUowinvestigatoIs to search cab trip
records or employment files, Dahltonis$urlyand unre~
spOllsive to any persuasion save money.or the presence
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Of pDlice. Any tiineinvestigators want to. see the waybill Pin Liou, Stranger in a Strange Lind
files, Dahltondemands a dollar. On a second visit, the STR 10 CON 11 SIZ 10 INT 18 POW 20
'fee doubles. DEX 1& APP 12 EDU22 SAN 55 HPlO
Drivers, while desiring tips, are !l1ore willing to talk, 'Damage Bonus: +0
Dn the standodn the cab. Weapons: FlstlPunch 750/0, damage ID3
Head Butt 75%,darnage 104
Kick 75%, damage ID6
Grapple 7S.%,drunagespeclal
Spells: Contact Deep Ones; Curse of A7,athoth
Skills:Cthulhu M .y thcis) 7.0/0; Dodse7S%;GnmbJc 90%,
.Hide 80%;-Jump 8S%;Li~~n 70%; Martiru Arts 75%,
BuNDEN'$ BINDERY Otc:u1t 65%; Persuade37%,Pharrr!acy65°~; Psychology
420N Peabody Avenue 65%; Spot Hiddeil75%;.Fout Needle Tattoos 65%, .
Seven"Coior Tauoos8.50/0, TreatP~ison45%. .
Tbis~mallbllsiness's mainclistomer is Miskatonic
Languages: C::Cln.tonese 350/0, Hakka:n 40%, Japanese.45%,
Univ!!rsity Pr~Ss, which publishes riumerousscholarly
Korean 40% •.Mandarin<;:hinese 75%.
mon()gniplis. Malco.lm Bunden alSo. o.perates a small
{dloSTATS: page 2151
ulle-press.business,.whkh publishes three Dr four hand-
set and hand~bDund limited editiDns yearly, fDr sub-
scribers only; .

SHEElfAN CONTRACTOR SUPPLY

4J I Fish Street
TAtTOOS Features a wide assortment of plumbing,el¢ctri~JlI,
44.1 Fish Street and roofingsupplies; .fer a wider s,fock, a nian woUld
have to. drive tq Bost()ii .. Trade dis.cQuilts t6 reputable
This~~ablishm:entocci,lpiesa: cramped dingy stDrefront
contractors. Sorile equ:ipment, sucbas jackhammers
of qUestiDllabl¢. sanitatiori. Arty irivestigator receiving a
and compressors, may be fDr rent, Dr . Sheehan' will
successful Pharmacy or Chemistry roU 1Knowledge .
have an idea where the item bulldDzer,.crane, scaffolq.
(Medicine) or KnDwleqg{(Chemistry), DC 1!?)J no.tices
lng, etc. can be fo.und. Open 7:15 A.M. to 3 I>;~
that, among many odDrs,. a faint scent o.fopium lingers
Mo.nday-Saturday.
here. Tile ~idd Ie-aged prQprietor, Pin Lio.u, live.s alohe
in tbe building's back
room. Many tattoo · de-
sign~, mostly in Chinese
and Japanese styles, ·deC-
orate Liou's waUs. A
sharp"eyed investigat()l" •
PENNY ARCADE
spots an. oc:casional
NE corner of High Lane and Garrison
Elder Sign woven into. a
·de~ign. If the keeper Hal'ldcrank mDvies,claw machines, mechanical bOx.:
.wi~hes, Pin Lioucan ers - -play. tbem all for Dne centapjece. A few univer-
knowledge .and sity stu.d entswho dare to bechiidish visithere,~"
• directly useful to the cuslOmt:rs mostly are loutish locals. The 'Finns
'investigatDrs. frequently meet here. Open 4 \'.1'4. (after the grade.
The door is never schoo.'! kids have gotten home) to lQp;~;.
Pin Liotl MDnday-Saturday:
locked; Mr: Pin seems
present day and night. When the signs are inauspicious,
he may not leave his establishment for weeks.
Sometimes a WDman (or is she?). who is
pDssibly his Wife (and possiblY ,not)
arrives. from Boston, bringing
strange bo(ik~ and artifacts.

66 [)OWNTOWN
 RAILROAD PROPERTIES
Si.~gs, empty freight cars, equipment sheds, and the
~ rig~t-of-wayfilllhisblock.

ADAMS LUMBER YARD

315 E Water Street

and retail lumber. Stocks, some hardwood

nIlU'I"""J<;

, well as construction lumber. Large orders can

.~UDl to ;l week toassembie. Open :s ,A.M. to 4 P.M?

SLAUGHTERHOUSE
400 E \iVa tel' Street
~ere are some independent <;attle- and hog7
'l9Wn, this feedlot and hanging-house sup-
ef the towil's meats.

!northe:m"l)art of East-town; above Whateley Street,

lIIIlIIl5i11lany , ' fine old homes of pure Georgian design.
fusj:nCcSweJje built by Derbys, ames, Pickmans,
""" " ' ''''I 'JWl'.;> - the sea merchants who made up
b8iI:lrsl~irsfarh;to(:ra,y. Most of tbesehomes; unfor-
into neglect; asa whole, East-town
I!lY!,~i\11"'~elcaYing, some of it beyond repair. Of the
NI~' ,nU";JiljUII familiesstiU residing here, riiost teeter
I>illik,of riilii.
~~e' of brick, 40 feet wide, ari.din some need
:P.l!.·OlIYltee ro,ois have so buckled and raised the
r sitlewll!ks, that walking in the streets is more
East-Town
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South of Whateley Street, the ground slopes sh;trply
to the river. The homes .ate modest and tightly spaced,
a:ndthestreets are narrow. Those few riegroes(asin the
19205 many prefer to be called) in Arkhamlive here,
clustered together as every group in Arkham is except
the old.:line Wasp majorlty. Some make a good living;
and some are popular, wel1~respectedcitiz~ns who can
trace their Arkham .ancestry to before 1788; when the
Commonwealth outlawed 1he slave· trade. As a group;
thQugh, they are poor arid feel looked at and lo.oked
downupori.
A number of small btlsinesses exist along Armlt\lge
arid River streets. Freight frains pass through day and
.night. Arkham's last operating textile inill,stearn-p_ow-
ered,tan be found here. . 1d20STATS: page 215}
~Ol
THE PRISONER OF THE ATTIC
7$~ Noyes S(;'eet
This l~rge, decaying house is home to Mrs. Ellen
'~rawford, who has lived here since the death of her hus-
,band 23 years ago; Mrs. Crawford has kept her mad sister,
tB,eairice Allen, iocked in theatric for decades, unwilling
.to send her to an institution and unwi1ling to publicly
reveal what she considers to be a shameful illness. . around the devcloping con.t inent Of Austraiia, Qiie
Mrs. Crawford dec1aredthat Beatrice was dead of a
fever in Europe. Her coffin in the Allen mausoleum at
Christchurch Cemetery ISempty.
BeatriceesC:iped just pnce, in J919,and Mrs.
.Crawford believes she was responsible for a horrible
mutilation murder that took place during that six-day
period. (The victim was a student at Mlskatonic (Jni"
versity, and the crime
was ,neVer $.olved.) Two
daysaftl:f the murder,'
lleatriCeRirned .up .at
the back door in the
middle of the night;
-Mrs. Crawford has
kept her securely
away.
BEATRICE ALLEN
.She is 55 yeatS . old and
horrible tolook upon. ~~~~~~~~~~
Her hair is a mass of Bea tric-eAllen
diitygray tangles. Her
eyes bum .wildly. Her fac:e is a hideous hlassof scars and.
fresher wounds - in het dar~er moments Beatri¢e Claws
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.at her own face and h~s to be regUlarly treated with.anti,
septi'I::s. Her attiC room is cramped and filthy aildher
clothing rarely changed. As possible, Mrs. Crawford keeps
her sister chained to the wail by the wrists.
Beatrice Allen, Madwoman
STR 16 CON 13 SIZII. INT 14 POWQJ
DEX 12 APP 6 EDt] 14 SAN 0 liP 12
.Damage Bonus: +ID4
Weapons: Fist/PunCh/Claw 7S%.dill11age ID3+ ID4
Kick 55%, ID6+\ D4
Grapple 45%, damage special
SAN: BeatriCe .looks horrible -and costs l/fD4 points Sanity
points to see,
PICKERING HOUSE
698 Fed~ral Street
This mansion was built in 1828. by Captain Thomjl.S
Piekering,a sea trader then operating ships out of.
_Kingsport harbor. Although rumored to be a pIiy~teg~
_Pickering also ti'adecj heavily along the c:oast of
S9utheast Asia and spent .corisiderable time iii l\n,d
room of the house is, iri fact; devotedexclusively..to
Australian aboriginal artifacts, ·including a stone 'axe
that bears the traces of an Elder Sign carved initsl:r!;l~
The house was furnished by the captain's wife,·Eth'Cli
presently the finest collection of Early American furni•
ture in town. A comprehensive collection of New
England hand blown glflssiso~ display.· . . r>
The Pickering House is operated by the Ark1iam
Historical Society and. open to the publk !-J Po¥.
Thursday and Sat~day. There is no admissi<>!1 f~
thoughdonating a donator more is agoodwaytosttille
up a conversation witl:lth¢ v¢lunteer attendant, :wbr ,
may prove to be of consequence in town.
FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH
OFARKHAM
656 Fedeml Street
The church and its records date back to 1778 bur
pre~ent brick building was constructed in l875~
Willet Spencer is the ministetand presides oYer
EAST-TOWN: 301-3
I(,hurch's large library. Among several rare volum~s kept shutoff power and darken this part of town. An
loc.kedaway is a copy of the B.oqkof J)zya;l. Electrical R¢pair ron result of 00 gives 8D6electriC<il
damage to the investigator la result of Ion this check
causes 8d6 HP ofEiectiicaldamagej.

~oG
MELISSA THORNE
'Since she oms her business out of her'own house and has
MARTIN PUBLICSCHOOL.
a select-arid genteel dientele,Mts. Thorne considers her-
51 J Noyes Street
self more a companion With ·whom grateful men leave
gifts than a· prostitute. I!.~:::===:;::~~:;~~ Grades 1'-8 rne.et .here from theftrst Monday in
Her neighbors, a few of 'tji Septernb'ei' till the last Friday of May;
cwhomknow the truth,
find her quiet, reliable,.
a,bd consjderate,and
make no trouble. She'
,numbers a selectman
and- a police offichu
am()ng her beaus. TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH
Her husband gam,.. 571 Halsey Street
bled away their saVings The black churchinArkham. A rousiDgserviCe begins .a t
and then died, leaving 9:30 Sunday morning.
~erwith a hOllseandUt-
'tJ¢: els~. As a woman
Mrs. Thorne
~fSf:<l to pampering, she
Ii:egan to horrow, Little by little the loans became gifts.
In 1935. a favorite client names a new Arkham street
after her, a great source of pride to her in later Years;
ANDERSON'S CHEMICAL SUPPLY
Melissa Thorne, Courtesan,Age 32
650 Armitage Street
S]1U2 CON 13 SlZ09. INT J6 pow 15
DEX 14 APP 16 EDU09 SAN 64 HP II The company stocks. a large variety of liquid and pow-
Pamage Bonus: +0 deredchemicals,induding.adds. A fire here\vouldgen-
Weapons: Slap 60%, damage 102-1 .erate expLosions and corrosive; nausea~gfumes. Open
Halpin 40%, damage 104-1 .8 A;M. to 5 P.M., Monday-Friday.
S\dlls: Appraise Value 30%, ran Darice 450/0.; .Fast
. Talk 55%. Flatter 50%. Flirt 65%.;
PsyChology 40%,.Seduce 70%iShimmy
550/0; Sing 50%.
ld20sTATS.: page 215)

agementahd anti-
NORTHSIDE TRANSFORMER STATION .quated equipment
·606 H'hateleyStreet this dying
'This.station controls the electrical power to town north employs a few
.oOhe river. UrimanJied, it's dangerous. and enclosed by .Southside Immigrarits,
!ahigb fente. Oncee:ntered, the investigator needs a suc-
,cessful Electrical Repair roll {Repair check (DC20) I, to

EAST-TOWN: 303-309 69
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}IO
ICEHouse
600 E Water Stree1
As ownership ofelectric refrigerators widens, this. busi~
ness~lowlydies. Two hoi'Se~dtawnw~gons now serve aU
ofi\rkham.
NEIGHBORHOOD 4
This .oarrow two"bloCik stretch lies on low, level ground
near the river. Perhaps 75 Pip of Arkham's stores and
shops can. b.e found here: Church Street is the. most
important artery, and Main is of secdndary impol'tance.
People ordinarily call .sucb an area downtown; here they
say instead "Go in' to Merchant" since Downtown is a
part of town north of the river.
The old East Church and West Church are found
here, and several rows of early eighteenth century
Georgiamstyle warehouses line the river. These latter
mostly stand unused, thoughdlie s~rves surreptitiously
as·a bdotlegger depot.
The heart of the diStrict is the IO:lig bl9tk b()rdered
by Main, Garrisdn,. Church, and West Streets, where
stand two- ·to fOuf"story early nineteenth.century brick
row buildings~
Church Street, from M;!in to West, is cobblestoned;
originally laid down in 1173. Occasional;illeys, barely
wide enough for skilled truck drivers to get in and out
of, give access to the service co.urts in the rear of the
shops. These:dingy courts are more often than not dut-
wed with crates, pac~gmaterials,and ma(hiriesthar
,doli't work but are too good to ha.Ul away.
River Street was once heavjlytraf'ficked by steve-
moving goods between docks and warehouses •.
but the stretch betw.e enGarrison and West Streets is
now abandoned to decades·of Iitter,requiring skill for a
driver to negotiate.
The two blocks of warehouses east of Garrison,
mostly made of wood•.were long ago converted to tene~
mentsand settJement houses. Here the street is dearer,
the result of a volunteer effort in 1926.
The two shopping blocks east of Garrison and south
of Main are composed of ~hops housed in buildings
70 EAST-TOWN: 310-MERCHANT
Y 1\ (' t 1\, j';tt /\ \1\
older and less impressive than those along Churc:;h
Street. Many are tighdy crowded converted resideQces.
The tall Georgian st~eple of Christ Churc;h dominaf¢5
the skyline.
This neighborhood's west~n I!dge is of older r~i­
dences, growing very old n~ar Boundary Street.,
Boundary north of Church Street is unlit; north of
Main the street is sparSely populated.
4- 01
THE UNVISITED ISLAND
Visible from the Garrison street Bridge, this small, unin'-
habited Island is almost neyer visi:ted. It is loW ~d
swampy, and cover.ecl with thick undergrowth. On :its'
~tern tip,visibie from the bridge, are a series. of gray
standing stones, covered with green moss. An altar, of
sinlilar substance, rests in the center of the smaller stone$;
The stont:sare said to be older than ~e Indians.
Superstitious peasants occasionally claim to ; s~e
the witch, Keziah Mason, and herfamiliar, .Btown
Jenkin, foam the island. Th.e secret Gult that meetsiri
the dark val.e beyond Meadow Hill may also have ties
to;thiS place.
There are charges pending .against a group of
Miskatonic student's accused of the un-Christian ritual
slaying.of domestiC animals on the isla ltd. The dogs and
cats were dbtained from the local pet shop and w~t:e
allegedly killed inabjzarre fraternityiniriation·stunt. The'
namel; ofthe accused are being withheld by police.
THE UNNAMABLE HOUSE
188 N Boundary Street
A she of bizarre psychic emanatidDs. Something borri L
bleonce lived and died in the attic of thi.s hOllsejth¢
product of;! s~veriteenthcentury wizard, a member:of
Arkham's secret cult. The thing seems to be brought
back to life by thinking or speaking of it. TheskuBoft~
monster, interred by .R andolph Carter along with tb~
rest of its skeleton int() an Ull111arked, sla:te-slab-c0ver~.d
tomb in the old Wood~d .grav~yard, was s.emi human.b.ut
bflre four-inch horns.
This creature was last brought back to eXistence oy
Carter and his friend, Joel Manton, (entry 407), while
they sat in the graveyard discussing tbe story of 'th~
DISTRICT: 402
 Merchant District

mo:nster. It pu:rs~edandattacked tbe paj.r 3c;ross,
Ml<hain. They were finaUyfound, after dawn, wander-
,in~ aimlessly in the vkiIlftyofMeadow Bill.
Although neither of them ,could remember .much
:about. their assailant, Mantononcede.s cribedit ·as
ji~veryWhere - a gelatin - a slime - yet ,ir ha<i
IfsQm$Qw i;alled forth, the beirig causes alQss of
2/2D6+2 SAN and automatically causes temporary-
insanity, during which time the thing pursues its mad"
dened victims, slashing with its horns for 104 po41ts pf
~mage andstr,ijti,ng with it,sho0Yes for lD2 1'oints. It
r~r¢lykilJs, its victims but may inflict permanent scars.

(shapes, a thousaildshapes of horror beyond .all mem-

ofy:There were eyes and a blemish. It was the pit-
;tne maelstrom - ,t he ultimatea\)omination. Cartt;.r; it
w.as the unnamablef'
The man who owned the house was bl:lried in 1710
.ii~T the uninarkedslate slab in the Old Wooded ARKHAM PAIRY
.Gmveyard; The house was·left deserted, the attic door still 559 W River Street
Il~d. Despite strange noises and ru.stlings comingJrom
1t;s .providedArkham with .safe, fre$b dairy product's for
'~~pla;ce,none dar¢dertter; AshQrt tlrne later; everybody
'some filly yeilrS.A. dqzen _delivery men hit the slIeets at
manearby parsoriage\.;·ashorribly murdered.
4:30 A.~I.j milkmeri dUibe handy witnesses lostrange
]n l793 a boy, looking fQr evidence of the thing, was.
goings-ori.
'fuiveninexplicably mad afterenterfng the bouse atone.
In 1922 Randolph Carter and Jocl Manton accidentally
~¢ash~dtbe thin.g .ag<\in. . . .
This 'unnamable' beil1g is. mentioned in _Cotton 4- 0 4-
Matner'sdemonic sixth book as "the thing with the
blemished .eye, .more than beast, but less than a man."
'rhis thing, before the death of itske(!pe)", wa$ rumored HANGMA~SHILL
tQProw!at _rught, .peeking iil wind()wsand oncea. post The highest point oftheOI~iWooc;led GraveyarQ, it was
Jid.ersaw it being pursued over Meadow Hill by an upon this hill that Arkham dtizenshung the suspected
uiiknown man. .' . witch, Goody Fowler, in 1704. Legend maintains that
Thishousenasremained vacant since 1710. and is in spending the night alone on the hill on May Eve or
~emaikablygoodshape for its 200+ years of neglect. Hallowmassguaraotees a visit iJy Goody's ghost.
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ME R C HAN T DIS T RIC T: 402 -4 04 71
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vee r " t ' )
Some claim to have attempted the vigil and to have
seen nothing. Others swear they have ' seen Coody's
ghost. A few claim to have talked with her. Some have
fled in terronn<l refused to speak of whafhappen~d.A
few have disappeared without trace; other than odd
hp",f-shap,¢,d tracks found the next morning. ELijah; the
old stonecutter (see entry 406),isthe onJyliving witness
to these events.
An investigator attemptin'g this vigil mostcertairuy
nl.eets thegho~t of thelong~dead witch. Seeing her costs
O\'lD6 SAN. The inveStigator s.t dckeriwith temporary
insanity must stand panliYledby fear while the ghostly
hag slowly strangles his or her lif'eaway.
GOODY FOWLER'S
GHOST
She always . condenses
from a. white fog .o nthe
summit of Hangman's
HiJJ, the highest point in
the Old WoodedCem~­
tery.Goody h:l~an evil,
wrinkled face.and a body
veiled by a burial shroud.
To attack, she extends
;f..I~~~~~~~~~~. ooe.hand around the vic-
Goody Fowler's tim;s throat, to hold him
Ghost or her, and skcw<;r's the
victim's heart with ectoplasmic f!~ensions . from the ·fin.
gers. of her other hand, holdingherseIf so that the resuJt 7
ing spray of blood paSses through the upper portion of
her shape.
Gooclyappearsonly.to single individuals._Tales that
she talks or reveals secrets are lies; she is Sin~le-minded­
Iy viCious and only attacks;
Unusually, her attack is physical; she 'drinks the vic-
tim's blood, repreSented here by th(! loss of I:onstitution
ever.y rom'ld.Having drained thevidim of CON.
Goody's ghost tosses the corpse to the ever-waitiqg
ghouls and then dematerializes.
ThiS JllurderQuswr;tithisincorporea1 and thus ,is
unaffected lJy mundane weapoos and attacks. Weapons
'. be enchanted {+lor better} to inflict damage on
. materialized form. Spclls affecting POW or INT Cor
conceivably certain defensive speUs) may, .at the keeper's
option, be effective against her {unless the speHs utilize
Force effects, the attack is 50% likely t.O pass harmlessly
through her:. F()rce effectsinfljc~ damage normally}.
Without such magical iiltervention •. Goody~s hold arid
attack cannot be broken unless the investigator can jump
'the old iron fence at the border of the cemetery.
For every round thatshetakes damage, Goody's ghost
has a 50% chance of dematerializing. She reappears on
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the following Hallowmassor May Eve and continues her
predations.lfsh e takes ~mag¢. but doesnot,demateri~
ize, she recoils from the target for a round before renew.
ing her attack.
. Goody may pUrsU~ a target that fights back Of
retreats, but shedematerialiiesup.on reaching theiroll
fence at the edge ofthe cemetery.
Sh()u1d an in~estigator s,ucceed in deinaterializi~~:O~
destroying ber,he or shestHlmust face the iD6+ii'
ghouls who lurk behind nearby headstones - bcin~
who have no compunction about attficking humans o'l
Hangman's Hill.
Goody Fowler's .Ghost
'INT 14 POW.l7 ilPn Move 10·
Weapon: Siphon Blood 1000/0, damage 1):)3 CON
Armor: none, butimpervious to aU non-magicaiattad,s
Spells: none' now, though she once commaIlded powerful
magicks
Sanity loss: l/lD6:SAN.
ld2()STATs: page 2151
OLD WOODED GRAVEYARD
Th¢$e grounds have no.tbeen used for generations. The
newest tombstone is dated 1818. A number·of the tombs
bear seventeenth century inscriptions; It was In.'Clm:·JJF
these that Randolph Carter plated the Qone:s
found in the attic of the Ullo~cupied UnnaJnatil~),
house. The oldest legible stone is that of .
Armitage, dated 1694.
The whole graveyard is surrounded by a OJJiiplIJiUC:jl1
ironJence thre.e and a half feet high.
The gra~eyardis ddminiltedby ari ancient'
tree whQ:>ehugt!', twistiilg trunk has nearly . II!UIIC(]I' ilIIJ
illegible slate tombstone. This portion of Boundary
Aylesbury is without street lamps. At night the
yard lies in darkness. Ghouls infest it.
4c OG
ELIJAH THE STONECUTTER
113 S Boundary Street
Tn his eighties; Elijah Potts has cut headstones
Aikham's dead for 60. years. He llvesand , .
decaying seventeenth century house 00 Hill
MERCHANT DISTRICT:
 aCl1!SS from th~ cemetery. When he was younger, he past friend of the now-missing Randolph Carter, it wa.s
carved capitals for the columns 6fsome of the universi- Manton who sat with Carter in the old wooded grave-
!fsormlte buildings. yard when they were attacked by thel.1nnamable thing
Elijahis well aWare of the ghoulsthatinfesnhe place from the house at 188 N Boundary Street (entry 402).
~er nightfall. He doesn't bother tbemand they don't Manton can tell littleahout his experience, unless hyp-
bother him~ He has also, .onoccasion, seen the 'ghost of notized. His home is at 180 W Lieb Street.
IGoody Fowler appear on Hangman->s Hill on May Eve
and Hallowmass. Once, in 1901, he witnessed the mur-
d~r ofa man who intended to spend the night alone
'atop the hin.
4-08
Sitting atop the hill the stranger from Boston waited
for the ghost. He didn't notice the dark forms slinking
HUBBARD GRADE SCHOOL
~~een the tombston~, silently circling the hill. When
622 W Church Street
{4eghostofGoodyFowlerappeared, the stranger was
t*~n by fright and Grades 1-8 meet here from the first Monday in
attempted tnflee.But September to. the last Friday in May.
Goody's ghost seized
the,man and strangled
lilinwith her claw-like
~ands. Aft.erdrinking
~ blood she tossed the
~y to the ghpws who
iUsmembered it horri- THE WEST CHURCH
Bly; then dragged if to 561 W MainStreet
tlieir burrows for a
This woodenchurcll was built in 1801, abandoned ·~
feast: 1878 when moaniQgsollnds came from the c;offin A'i:ff
Elijah watched this ~.~~~~~~~~~ Trisham Goddard. Goddard, an early co-founder of the
whUle thing from his Elijah Potts church, had died in 1810 and his body had been interred
wiiidow,afrruq to move. beneath the building, Despite his active church mem-
He has never spoken to anyone about it. Police, looking bership, many r:umors held him to be a sorcerer; when
for the stranger, found traces ()f blood atop the hili and stirring sounds wered~tectedfrom within the stone cof-
'questioned,along with other~, the old st()necutter. Elijah fin four generations later, the already-failing cOn grega-
eJaiJned to have seen nothing. tion hurriedly vpted to. merge with a nearby church, and
The old man is friendly and reasonably talkative the building has be~s.ealedoff since.
iiibout most subjects but only the direst ofcircumstances
C9uld. induce him to l1lentibn the ghouls or Goody
fov/ler's ghost. His present SAN is only 32 but he is
iininuneto further losses provoked by seeing ghouls.
S.p.eclal skills: C.thuihu Mythos70/0; 'occult 10%; Stories
about Old Arkham Families 750/0 (Cthulhu Mythos +2;
-Knowledge (Occult) +2, Knowledge (Local) +9\

PUBLICSCHOOLS BUILDING
601 W. Main Street
A sma!! building, mostly given over to .maintenance
equipment and shops. loel M1ll1ton, 42, is presently
s~perintendent of Ar~ham's schools, mostly responsible
'for preparing the yearly budget and mediating between
principals, the school board, and the assessor's office, A
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THE DOCKS
The waterfront. Long dark and rotting, only bootleggers
use these docks. The street between them and the \Vare-
houses is crowded and unlit at night and, smffed with
junk .and litter; it more resembl~ a fo.rbidding alley
than astreet.Hobbes make temporary homes here.

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Frornherethe boozeisdisbursed to volume retailers

su.c h as the Northside speakeasy and the Arkham
G.eneral Store, whQ in turn maysuppJy smaller dealers..
4- 11 Helped by p,ayoffs to a few police officers, the rou-
tine w()rks admlra\:lly; ~rkham has b~come the distribu-
(gr. nea,rby c()ntmJl1lities,induditJ8;
THEOLP WAREHOUsEs Ipsw~h, Newburyport,a:nd (ininor~
Northside of Maill Street, from West to Garrison .
. C!.lllstrticted in the early nineteenth century, these great
brick Georgian~~tyled warehpuses hayestood next to
the river for a century. Most are unused, although a: few
local businesses use one or two for temporary storage
trom time to time. Lucky dover Gartagehas receritiy
leased a larger unit.
Watermarks five feet above ground can be seen 011
the sides of these buildings, from the nOodcif 1688.

LUCKY CLOVER C~TAGECO.

200 W Mail! Street
~~cky <::lover wiu truck y()ur freight where you need it
or lease. Y0U a truck for $5 a day so you can do it your-
self Lucky Clover is als.Oa front for the
bootlegglngoperations iii Aikham,
whichO'Ballnion grabbed from Joe
PotreHo.The front part of the warehouse
is offices, leavtng .the rear (or storage, a
truck iof,andmai,ntenance. Bootlegged
liquor is loaded from boats .at the river
and stored here;
Potrello trucked in booze from
Boston. O' Bartnion's increased volume of
.saIe has called for a new approacb. Now
whiskeys and scotches are lo<ided on.to
smaH motor Jaimches from· a ship
anchored off l<ingspo-rt, beyond the
twelve-mile limit. Inthe dead of rught the
Da.nnyO' Bannion
·motor boats return to the Miskatonicestuary north of
ill
Kingsport and the-dark, ruuningHghts off, maketheir
way upriver to.Arkhain.
Outside town. theboats kill their motors and wait at Danny O'Bannion, Local Kingpin
anChor for the next s_cheduled. freight train to pass STR 15 CON lsSIZ 16 INT 15 POW L4'
througliArkham,When a train.apprea<:hes Arkham; the APP 15 EDU 12 .SAN 21 HPI5
boats head upriver, the passing freight dimming their Damage BOJ:lus: + 1.D4
noise~ If timed right. the boa~s reach ~he wharfs while
the noisy freight still rumbles through. The craft tie up
and are quickly unloadedbya waiting crew, which
stashes. the booze in the rear of the Lucky Clover
Cartage Co. warehouse.

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Weapons: FistlPunch 550Ai,dam<!ge 1D3+ lD4 Weapons: Fist/Punch 700/0; damage 103+1D6
Head Butt 40%, damage 104+1 D4 Head B.utt 80%, damage 104+ ill6
Kick 65%.darnage1D6+ LD4 KiCK 55%, ifamagc· lD6tl06
Grapple 350/0,.damage sp~aL Grapple 75%; damage special
Blackjack" 550/0, !:lamagel 0.8+ 104 Blackjack' .900/0, damage LD8+ 1D6
.38 AutQma~c PistoI40%,,jamage ID1O ' Knife 80%, damagl'I 04+ 2+ 1D.6
·doeso@'Ykllock-qlltddmage A5Revolver 40%,dill1l~ge lDIO+2
,SkiIlS:Accounriilg 15~kBargain 4S:%:Crtta!,t Rating 50%: .. does ollly kMck~·Olit dainage.
Dodg~ 65%, Talk 75%, Skills: Credit .Rating 20%,Dodgc 55%, Drive Autemobile
Listen 35%. ~ UJi~65'ro.,JIf$.XjCIl.OIOJli~.~J.'ro,);n,eal< 40%. Hide 30%, Listen '10%, Psychology iO%,Sneak
Spg.t 'Hidde a~%. 300/0,SPOl Hidden >S%.
1c!20 }ts: II <s'J, jdlUSTATS: page ~161

MEYER GOLDITZ
An actouhtimt, keeps the books for the liquor, loan,
and other rackets run byO'Bannioo. as well as for the
legal commercial entity of Lucky Clover Cart~ge. He's
a nervous man,and fussywithdetails.Hehasim office
al the trucking Company, and to.o ms al Miss Clark's
boarding bouse.
Since he ~rat,ksalr tbempn~y, G.oJditz knows ·hpw
much ·these criminals steal from each. other as welJas
ftomtheir victims; their dealings sho.w him that whatev-
erhe can getaway with, he shoUld,.and that any lo.yaltyhe
showed t() thetn would be mjsplaceg. He currently
dreams of steilirig$tQO,OOO from O'8arinionand staft~
inga new life in Califbrniaasan acc6untantat Goldwyn
1Z.1J wrl~ POW 14 or Universal -some place with lots of starlets.
WUO~: SAlil22.t HPI3
D.a:mage; BoDliS: +ID4 MeYe!: Golditz, Who Knows Too Much
Weapons-: Fist/Punth,55~o, damag~ tI).3+.'iiD'4 STR ro CON 11 SIZ 10 INT 16 POW 11
Head Butt 20%; oamage 104+ f.l}!I DIDe II APP 11 EDl:J 14 SAN 14 HP io
Kick55%; darilage ID6+ I 04 Damage Bonus: +0
, Grapple 35%. damage special Weapons: ..32 Revolver 20%, .d amage 1 D8
Blackjack· 45%. damage ID8+! 04 Skills: Accounting8i%.Bargain 25%. Credit · R~ting 30%,
Fighting Knife 55%, damage 104+2+ ID4 Drive Autom.obile 30%., taw15%.p~y¢horogy 35%,
;38SOllb-NoseRevolvcr50%, damage 1010
Snea~ 45%,.Swini 30%,
~doesonly. knock-ollt damage.
IdlO STiITS: page 2161
SIillls:Credit Ratlng40%, Bargain 45%,Doclge 55%, Drive
Automobi.le 50%, Fast Talk 5·5%; Hide 70%, ,Listen 65%,.
PiCkPocket 35%. Psychology 55%, Sneak 600/0. 5po( FIVE TOUGH MUGGS
H1dde.n 450/0;. Eiloughemploy¢esof Lucky Clover come fr6mBQst6n
1i!20 STATS: page 2.16) to suggest that an outside force is moving into.
Valley, All the employees are criminals, or of
IIDDIELEERY bent ..More c.a ndrive out from Basto!) in an 11our.

~ LuCky Clovertartage officer; this huge, violent man FiveTou~h Mugg~

k~ps drivers, and hirelings in line, bre3ki.ng fingers, STR tON SIZ DEX POW sAN HP
~. and legs as the boss tellshim to. He also o\(ersees #1 14 1.4 12 ~2 11 35 13
mgbt~ti.medeliv~ies . fIQmbeyond the twelve-mUe limit.
#2 13 11 13 11 12 28 12
Eadie Leery; Enforter #3 . 16 12 14 10 10 .33 15
STR.I8 CON 17 SlZ11 INT 11 POW LO #4. 13 IJ 13 15 II 34 13
P.BX 12 APP 11 EJ.).l1()6 SAN 33 HPI? #5 , 14 L6 12 12 9 27 14
Damage BOD us: + 106. Damage Bonus: +104·
MERfHANT DISTRI CT : 412 75
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Weapons: FilitlPuncb 75%, damage lD3+ lD4
Head Burt 55%;,damage 1D4+ 1D4
I<ick 45%, damage lD6+ IP4
Grapple,700/0, d all1age spe~[al
Blackjack- 75%, ,d~~age lD8+] D4
fighting Knife 65%, damage lD4+ 2+ I D4
.3~ Revolyer .75%, damage 1D1O,
't does only kl/(jck-iM damage.
skills: Climb 550/0, bodge 55%, DdveAutomobile 55%, Fast
Ta1k~45%,Hide 55%, Pkk Pocket 25%, Sneak 55%,Spor
Hidden 55%.
{dlOSTATS: page 216}
GAllERY OF ART
45,1 W Maill Street
Andreas ver HQvencpmes from New YQrk and was edu-
cated in Frante. He diSpJayswh<l~ever be feds has merit.
He is a student ofcontemporary Am,e rican art and owns
one of the late Pickman's ,ghoulish works. VerHoven has
,~, g90d level of sales because he persistently hustles his
[glllections In Boston,
Also an appraiser llnd art historian, he writes occa-
sionally for th~Gazett.e. He frequently does restorations
and, thQugh tha±craft is not much a~hiaitced in his
rather too~dedsive ' hands, has sever;tltiines perceptively
removed an tndifferent painting to ,reveal a minor mas-
terpiece beneath.
Special skills: Art History 55%, Oils Restoration 65%,
lKnowledge(Art) +6, Craft (Painting) +7, Repair
(Art) +7)
ACE ALARMS & LOCK';SAFES
4.33W Main Street
The company ct.istom~ installs electrical burglar .cil.a rm
sYstems in businesses and homes, for $50 and up.
FQr $J an hour Richard Henry Ac.e Can scrape up.a
trustworthy watchman to patrol a business .or the ·
grounds:ofa house,but the men are'of indifferent qucil-
ity; On l.~ss thanshQ[t notice, Ace can hire an off-duty
officer (romtheArl4l~n policc, for $2 anheUI.
Acec~rriesa variety of fireproo'f files and saf~s,an<.i
can ins.tallfireproof (up to 2000° F) . safes of up to 180
.c ubic feet, with doors of up to STR 130 {Break DC 40}.
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Ace is the omy lod{smith iii town who Will cQme'.!'9\
your house on short notiee.or at rii:ght.
s
E. PARRlNGTON, GUNSMITH
433 //,.
-', W Main Street
.
EdwardParrington i's ,a skilled gunsnllth who cainep~r
or custom~tool many sorts.of firearms-He .reloads h.' .
lets to order, and may joke about the time "some'nyt
came itt and ordered 20 solid-silverbu1lets,thenll,~~r
picked them up" (keeper's choice as to caliber); He
stocks a variety of handguns., shotguns; and rifl'ej;
though neVer exotic weapons such as elephant
Unusual weapons reqliestsare .referredto i'biercrQtri~ij~~
,A
& Fitch in Boston.
Parringt6nkriows ways to get access ' to illegal auto:-
matic and heavy weapo~s, but would only iDdUlge 'in
such risky behav.iorforan()ther Gun Club me mOO: who
hilda problem. such as Communist agitatol's:ata f;!qIM
ry, which calls for force ..
Sp~dal skill: Ma~hiJle TooJs4~% {Craft (Mllchinery) f6}.
ARKHAMGUN CLUB
Parringtonis presid~nt pfthe lJPp~r-crust Arkham G.un
Clu~ (dues are $50 ycarly,by invitationonlyl, whiCh
often meets at his shop. Asa Nichols, the chief Of .
is the tr~surerthis year.
Members have urilimited lise ,of a shooting
northeast of Meadow iiiilandinvitationsto a picnil:
the sllJIl1iler,and sit-down giun~dinner in the falt~
month's interval spe.n t ori the range with a ...,r'hm;,I'""',
caliber or gauge of rifle, pistol, or shotgun grants
investigat(}r a I 06 percentileincr~e in skill,toll.lJl&J."
imum of 50% {keeper maygtant +l to hit with a Rat::
ticular pistol, rifle; or shotgmi to a maxiinumoflO}.
ANDERSON'S FURNITURE AND CARPET$.
353 W Main Street
Fine furniture, rugs and draperies, eStablished in U!.~9.
Ben Anderson is interested byandbas'apersoncil .
tion of furniture stich as writing desks whIch f~ture
hidden compartments.
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Sp~alskill: PirtdS¢<r~t D()or 73%1 Search +9. Disable The p()lice were notified; the suspects suspended,
pevice +71, aodCunninghamis suing three ofthe families involved
for civil damages under an obscure prov.ision of
M~ssachusetts drayage lilwintendecl to prote-cthorses
~IG from mistreatment~ Two of the defendant families,
unnamed by police, are .local and influential within the
community. The incident has been husbed:tip s6 far.
ARTHuR. MURRAYSCaOOL OF DANCE Cunningham has been gently wamed that he should not
-. .. - ..

333 WMllin Street btoac:b theoffehders' names in public - at l~astnot

until after the trial- aIldhowhehandles .this matter in
,Learn all the latest steps, An cight-week course 'costs large part determines whether or not Ire succeeds or fails
:$20; attheerid of that lime the ijjvestigator gains Art
mAckharn.
{BaDroom Dancing) 15% {+ 1 ,rank to Performance
i~B.aiItoom Dancing)}. Additional improvement ,~m:es Specialsk:ill: Zot:ilogY40 Q/o
'o))iy frOInexperieoc:e. - {Animal Empathy+3, Knowle~g~ (,Z9Qlogy) +4,Han~le
Animals+~J

PET SHOP
32J WMain Street
:Purebred puppi~.parrots and canaries, and tropical
fish are for sale, as weUas supplies. This new enterprise
is run by an outsider, Albert Cunri:in~ham.
Re~e.ndyC,unningham sold sever,,1 domestic aili-
it]als before discovering that they were beitig used as
$lcrifi~ ina fraternity initiation. The rituals were held
,O,rt:,Ute Unvisited,Island in the ,center of the river.
MANELLI'S MUSIC STORE
32 J 16 W Main.Street
KeepIng his prices low because ora favorable le( _
Marielli does a bri~.klradein shcc.t i:llusi<;, phonO'grap1);
records. pianos, violins, and Clarinets. Ukuleles are·
falling from favor; even in,Arkham, Alberto Manclli.also
gives vocallessons, .still popUlar among thosewitb aris-
tocratic fantasIes.

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MERCHANT DISTRICT: 41S-417B 77
 Popular songs in 1928 include"J Can't Give You
Anything but Love" ():Jid (~Makin~ Whoopee"; in 1929
look for "StarDust," "Happy Days Are Here Again;' and
"Tiptoe Through the Tulips."
Hewas tfainedas a baritolie iii Italy, but forfeited his
funire when a tragic love affair forced him to ·flee the
Old COuntry; He settled with relatives in Arkham,
Flamboyant and demanding ()f his students,
ManelH ydlsand scream:s, breaks furniture, tears put
his hair, or cries with joy when he kaches. Twice-a-
week lessons costa dollar an hour; for every six
months that an investigator trains with Manelli, he or
she may add ID6 points to Art (Sing),. to a maximum
of 50% t+ I rank toPerfonnance (Sing) toa maxi-
mutnof +1O}.
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CURIOS & ANTIQUES
261 IV Main Street
Run by George TillinglHist,younger brother of Edwin,
the booksener. Although brothers, and both members of
1the Arkham Historical SoCiety and the Rotary, they have
~ot spoken to each other since disputing a division of
property ·in their father's will.
Tillinghast's .store collection includes. several fine
antiques;
Special skill: Al'praiseQJd. Furniture 75% IAppraise +10 I
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OPTOMETRIST
237 \V Main Street
EVails performs eye examinations
'~ndprescribes eyeglasses. He ordinarily uses
an optkalservicein Boston. but he can cus-
"grind lenses ifinvestigators need and
they c~nsuppiy the glass bl~nks.
-Special skills: OptiCs 35%, Applied Optics
65%, Soothe Patient 55% {Knowledge
(Optics) +8, Craft (Optics) t (4,
Oiplomac;y t6}.
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MALLO~S 'fIMEPlECES
205 W Ma;n Street
He stocks and repairs all types of CIO(:J(!l\l,I.
and watches. John Malloy. 55, has o~·
atedthis shop since] 911 and is ana~
cQUector Of rare and antiquetimepie~
In his home is an odd coffin-shap(a
floot doek marked with strange hie.r~o§.ll.
glyphs and bearing four hands.
obtained the clock from a private
lection broken up for auction . .
twdveyears hehastried toleamsQme::.
thing about tbe timepiece, .to no aV\iffi
THE RADIO CENTER
20516 "'U\I[(I;II Street
Owned by Robert Valentia, 29. He seIls radios, ph6niJi.
graphs, and records. In the back room he repairs
services A.M. radios. He owns a iargeshoJ"twa-ve .1';1. ;
and transmitter. He's an enthusias.tic hobbyi:Stwh~
never stops learning:
Special skills: BlectricaI Repair -,soio, Make RadIo Thbc 1800
jRepair +7, Craft (Radio) +5J.
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FENNER AVERY, TOBAGCQNlST
185 W Main Stri.?et
Deaisinimported Wbaccos like fine
Sobranje ali well as domestic brands, and
and cigars. For protection from I'owdy yO\mgsW~l
the traditional wooden Indian standsjusf .
the front door.
ANT DI ST RICT:
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WALnRS'OPTICS AND .FANCY T()YS E.WAITE,GOLDSMITH
185/6 W Main Street' 478W Church Street
'(ifimothyWalters; 42 years old, sells fine cameras, micro- He retails silver.and,gold jeweJry,oftenset with precious
s~pes, binoculars, and telescopes. as well a~scale-mode\ stones, He can cast personal settings~ He and the jew-
1tains and ships, and superbly-painted toy soldiers. eller, Lazlo Caselius,do a lateral business together, with
.", Walters is an active Waite purchasing gerns from Caselilis aDd Caselius
4Ji" '"
iii! amateur astronomer, a
I ordering settings from Waite.
good frien.d of Prof.
Waite moved here from lnnsmouth in 1918,.
....;.
--JIf
Billings at the Univer-
Caselius loaning Waite some oEthe money that started
sity. His older brother,
,1f'.'~ him up, and acceptings()me Innsmouth jewelry Waite
Harvey Walters, the cel-
bro.ught with him .as collateral.
•1 ebrated New York mys-
tic and scholar, occa- Waite is st.ilI trying to pay the debt and recoUecttbe
sionaUy visits Arkham, pieces. He is nervous. and fearful that someone from
staying With Timothy tn lnnsmouth might discover that he has broken his trust
II the latter's. apanment. and shown the pieces.to strangers. Waite mayor may
... One of Walters' tele- not carry the rnnsmouth. tajnt: be is 34, and his hair is
I
j~
Ci9:
!!!II
~
scopes is of an· odd quite thin.
-
desigI) (suc<:essfu] Phys-
'TiIilothy Waltets

1
iC's or Astronomy roll to
DOtiCe). Walters bought it cheaply at an auction. The
accompanying rilanuscript(written in German) claims
that the lenses were abnormal, but when he tested the
.Jf--l
4- 2
iilstrument Walters found nothing unusual .(he didri't
't()Qkin the right spots). Still, he considers it a colleqor's HATTIE'S BOUTIQUE
jt~mand he will not part with it for less than $50. 388 W Cilurch Streel
Also an accomplished commercial photographer, This store was opened in 1926 by the refined (though
Walters has evolved some dry-ice techniques of great
illborn) Hattie O'Brian of Bo.ston. Miss O'Brian is 42.
'~ue to astronomers, and might'beable to help investi-
She stocks the store with the latest fashions. She has
gators tei photograph :\Vhat's usually unphotographa)jle.
enough of a knack at quiet flattery to meet broad
ISpecial skills: Observational Astronomy 45%, Optics 55%, approval in Arkbam, andise."qJert wltha needle.
Photography 75% {Knowledge .(Asirollomy) +6,
Knowleqge (Oprics) +7; (Phbtog;aphy) +91.

CASELIUS'S FINE JEWELERS

388'6 WCh.urch Street
KROGER'S
SW corner ofMain and Garrisoll, Good~quaJity to expensjV¢ jewelry using reaqy or cus-

'Brand-name cann~d and packaged goods at low prices.
'One of the firstcbain markets.
tom settings. Although he does little of it these days,
Lazlo CaseJius is a trained .stonecutter. He is familiar
with American arid European antique jewelry styles.
In hjs displays are a few pieces of Innsmouth gold
Casel.iushas on deposit from the goldsmith; Waite.
Special skill: Appraise Gemstpne 15% IAppraise +91.

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PIKE'S HABERDASHERY UNIVERSITY SHOE STORE

338 W Church Street 268W Church Street
Clothing for mej]. All suits are individually tailored. -Shoes for men and women. Repairs in the back.
Also has ~lothes for shooting and riding.

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GLEASON'S DEPARTMENT STORE
j[O W Church Street
Four floors .ofclothing, appliances, furniture r books,
toYs, tools, beddlng,etc. Gleason's offers prit;:¢_s some-
what Jower than other Arkham m.e rdlants in ~xchange
for less personal service.. The company owns a large
_delivery truckand a smaller van.
GILMAN'S OFFlCESUPPLIES
298 W CIJUI:chStrc.et
Stationery, fountain pens; pendls, office furn iture, ledgers,
adding machil)f'.!!.typewriters, and othersuppHes.
IHo-l
JAYwIL'S BOOK STORE
224 W ChtlrchStreet
A large ~t()redevo.ted to DeW editions and .t~tboiQj,
Jaywil'saJso has an active -personaJorder
Nearly 7,000 titles on .a wide range ofsubje~ .
stock. Regular shipmentsarrivefT9m Britainan~
Cqntinent. The mllj()rity of their business is,
..
Miskatoilic's facuJty and student body. Malvina
56, is the crusty, intelligent owner. Open 8:30 ..
5:30 p,M.,induding lunch hour, Monday-Friday.
The year 1928 saw the publication of Aldous
Poil1.t Counterpoint and Lawren!;e~s. Lady "l-.n' U'U:'fI~
Lover (the latter's widespread ban indilded . ;n",nrt~-tinil
into the United States). In 1929, Jaywil'swill
Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner's 7'/;.,-"I;;'1" iio
andtlie Rury, and Wolfe's.Look H"rneward,AilgeL

THE UNIVERSITY SHOP

MISS JENNY'S 224 11.z WC/wrch St~eer.
BEAUTY PARLOR Everything for the male Misk.atoruc U. student-
288 'WChurch Stre.et nants,. sweaters, blazers, boaters; banners, school
Run'byheadstrong]enny beer steins, emboss_fd stationery, e.tc.
Aberstrom. PopuJa~ with
yo:unger women. They
dress and Cttt ladieS'hait.
The town's .' harpers, all
licensed (and male),
oIice unsuccessfully filed
.suit to staunch her com- MARSH'S CONFECTIONERY
petition. 172WChurch St'r:eel
Fresh candy by the pound or piece can be eolten,DeII
there isa soda fountain.

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 Watermarks five feet above ground can be seen on
the sides 0f these bUildings, from the flood of IBBa.

SEARS.,ROEBUCKCATALOG STORE
168 VVC/mrch Street
EASTERLY WAREHOUSES
'Miss fIenriettiJ, Barrison, 41, manages this small store- North of River Street. friJl11 Garrisoii to Peabody
front. Thirigsnot findable in Nkham can be ordered
These old wood warehouses aresUnilar to their brothers
~om Sears. Allow UJ6days fordeHvery ofsmall itenls,
westof here. Years ago t\ley werecofiverted to ten~ments
'~d lD2.weeks for large items,
urid aJmshotises; arid remain so today, Twistirig;U1eys
and lanes: run beiween the. stnictures. Some are bl.lilt
upon an old wharf Once used to unload raw wool and
cotton for the milIs.

WOOLWORTH'S 5 & 10
110 W Chl/rch Street
Nothing in this store·~osts lPore than a dime, jn~luding
household goods; books, candy, orders from the soda NEWSSTAND
(oWltam,thread,needles"canopeners, andso on. SE corner, Main atGarrlson
Although the two newsstands in town have much the
same fare, the one nearer the campus is larger and car-
ries more out-of-state ,newspapers. It also stocks a large
number ofconfessipn, pillp adventure, <;lnd crossword
puzzle magazines, all very popillar. Open 6:30 A.M.; to
5:30 P.M .• Monday.;...Saturday.
ESSQ SERVICE STATION'
NE comer; Mail) alld G(ln·iso/l.
;'fllle:gas is.the same price as at the Phillips 66 across the
Mi$katoniC, but the service is ruder and the station dirt-
:i~: D¢spite this, the ll1echanicis slightly better. Open
7 A.M. to. 6 P.M., Monday-Saturday.
B'ELLCAFE
:Speciiilskills: Mechanical .Repair 820(0, Electrical Repair 80% 132 .E Ma itl Street
. {Repair +12}. \ ..
A clean, friendly lunchroom f¢aturing .Q¢tter-than-aver-
age cooking: breakfast 25-45 cents; lunch 5Q-{)Ocents.
Comfortable bootbs line the back waJIa:nd front win-
dow, and there is a cQunter. Open 6 A.M. to :3 P.M.,
M01ldaY-Friday.

THE OLD WAREHOUSES

Nortb side of Main Street~ from Peabody 10. West
tonstructed in the early nineteenth cemury, theSe great
brick Georgian~styled warehouses have stood next to
the river (or a terilluy.lvIos.t. are unus¢d, although local MARKWIL'STHEATRICALSUPPLY
biIsiIiesses rent one or hVo. for temporaty storage from
148 E Main Street
time to time.Lucky Clover Cartage bas recently leased a Rent or buy costumes and purchase stage makeup,
rlarge.one. phony beards, moustaches, wigs, etc. B.en Woodward;
c·
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who owns 'and operates· foe store; does regplar b.usiness Sheila TOTsten. a bulky 2i-year-old woman. workS
with the many loc~i a:mateurprodu!,Iions.i-:Iis supplies here.. Unknown to family. or co-worJ<etsi she b.elongs:to
for stage effects inciudes£Iasnpowder, cherriicalfog;.and the Evil Coven (see (!ntry loon
rubber spider webs.

ARKHAM GIFf SHOP

CHRISTCHURCH EPISCOPAL
150 S Parso1lage Street
This church was· founded in 1792. The present stone
structure hashou~ed the worshipers since iB24.Father
Archibald Bishop heaclnprosperous and satisfied (ev¢n
perhaps smug) congregation.
195 E Chrlrell Street
Knick-knacks, ceramics. fancystationery,mah}oogse.~.
Owned and operated by elderly,kfudly Mrs. Eciit~.
Winkler who lives above (he shop. A charming woni@,
Mrs. Winkler isadinired by her friends .forber cout.ig~
in carrying on after Mr. WInkler ran off with 3'
Southside floozie twenty ye,ars ago.
When Mrs.Wmkler passes 00, the new ownerofthe.
property dIscovers the bodies.of a mananda woman;v'~.
tinlS of cyanide poisoning, buried in thebasemeot.

CHURCH ST. CAFETERIA

NEcomer of Church alld Garrisoll
"I'he cheapest place to eat"south of the river. A meal of
sorts can be had for as little as 15 cents. Open 5 A.M. to CALEB MARI<HAM,LOCKSMITH
2 J:>.M., MOIiday:.c.Sii~urdIlY' 206 E Main Stm~t

An Arkham na~ve,48, Markham makes keys, rekexs

BRYANT'S APOTHECARY
] 35 E Churcli Street
. Mather Bryant, 61, has t1,ln this store forneady fom' yeats.
Competition with the newish Walgreen's could leave busi-
ness lean, but Bryanfsold customers are loyal.
.Special ~kills:Diagnose Poison 550/0; Pharmacy SO%;Tn!3t
Poison75% IHeal + I 0. Kriowle~ge (PI1CilTnacology) +10~
Poison Use -fSI,
TARANQWS:Kl"S BAKEln'
1351~ E Church Sti·eel
Thesecpnd Taran()wski's, and just as good. Baked goods
ahd coffee_ Opeh 5 A.M. to 2 P.M., Monday-Saturday,
closed Wednesday;,
locks, sells arid i.nstalls l()oo and other closures, inclu4iJ1g'
small wall safes. He'll come to your house. but "meb~
not for three-four d.1YS." He is an honest man, and never
performsimpmper or Illegal actions. He's expert at open-
ing old chests and cabinets without damaging them.
Markham hasa feroci<)us temper. The sbopisopen ~A.~
to noon, and 1-5 P.~vt, Monday~Friday.
Special skill: Pick Lock 820/0 r.Open Lock +12)
EMPLOYMENTOPPORTONITY
Markham wants an apprentiCe. An irivestigatorwlio
helps out Markham for six months incidentally learris·
the folldwillg skills: A~cdunting lD6%,Pick .~~
2D6%, and Mechanical Repair 1D6%. Addition~ !~"
montbstiTits increase each skill qy thesameaniount.(~ ·
a maximwn of 50% in a par.ticular skill. IInvestigatbrs
can train between le~els to il1crease the folJowing skills:,
~Jl.owledge (accounting) +1 pink, OpenLo<;k +2 ran~
Qr Rep;iir +1 rank.)
Markham. expects so hours a week from .l!m
~ppr~tice, for which he gladly pays $25 a week.:Miu
more than a few days of work, and he fires,.!u)
apprentiee.

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HARDEN'S USED BOOKS STEWART'S CARAVAN

226 E Mqin Street 2J1 E ivtainStreet

A~babby store with a pedestriim selection of used tex1- Owned and operated by 32-year-old Gerald Stewart,
books, cheap novels, and aCentu):"y's-wortb of r.eligions this store caters to' campers and bikers, activities much
tfacts. Herbert Harden enjoysrearung, but has .n.o taste. in vogue as motorcar ownership widens, .Indudes tents
Th~re is a 50/0 chance per half~daysearch that an inves- packed into small trailers.
tigator finds.a volume of interest. For 90%. of the time;
ii's a boo.k of vaLue~uch as the signed Dickens firstedi-
ti~>na luck)' student Walked olltWith last week for 25
Cellts; for 100/0 of the tune, dxe fmd i:> a minor Mythos
tOme the investigator desires or at least doesnothave~
K~den will not know what he isselling.and lets it go for
JDIOO+ Wcents. ' . F&M tRAINS AND TOYS
233 E Church Street
A fairly recent addition to the area, F&M opened last fall
featuring a Hne of electric trains,square-dgged ships,
paper biplanes, chessboards, dolls,. wooden and metal
toys, and so forth·. Owned and operated by D~
Martelle of QuebecandCleU Flint, Scotland.
B. F. JONES, HARDWARE
244·£ Main Street
Nuts, eyebolts, tools, [(:>pe, flashlights, magnets, cable,
'hooks; pipe, bolt-cutters, in one convenient location. 4-7 0
]i>Ii~S selJ~dynamite and caps to regular customers, but
·ri"Ot to "strange foreign types up t() nogpod:')
'CHELSEA HO USE APARTMENTS
267 E Church Street
Thisapattmeilt building is three stories high and offers
clean fouHoom apartments with private paths for $.65
a month. Bobby Sills. henchman to Danny O'Bannion,
Iives .o n the second floor. .
BENSON'S MARKET
276 E Maill Street
NEIGHBORHOOD 5
tliis long~timeestablishment still. does a good business,
~Mt 61-yearc old Jasper Benson finds himself bard-
pressed Jo keep up with a new competitor, the Kroger l\ive, OWN
store, on cannedgoodspric\!S.

This section of tc;>Wn lies partially on the north face of

4-4-1 French Hill, which slopes steeply toward the Miskatonic
Riverbefore tlatteningat River Street.
Tnhabitarits south orR:iv~rStreet tend to be French-
BARGAIN HOUSE CLOTHIERS Canadian or East European, the populaHon becoming
390 E Mtlill'Street more and more Irish as the hill ascends.
A-s.~cond~handdoth.ing store. For the destitute investi- This is· the old trade district of Arkham. Longtime
gator :or£or the wise resident who appreciates>a dollar. outlets such as the Arkham General Store remain ·here.

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Many ofArkham'sskilled tradesmen, native and migrant, when a souvenir . cannonball from the siege ..
here combine homes and shops. The hQuses,are modest, Petl1rsburg biew away Eliot Olney's mantelpiece, chiin,
old, and builttightlyalong thestree,ts. Most are sited with ney, ancl bedroQm wall. The store is open 6 AJvL to 6 P.M:;
their enqs to the street, the front doors opening onto Monday-,Saturday.
s.mall courts or lanes that lead to the streets.

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ARKHAMPRINTING
ARLErSBOAT~ BAIT 106 N Powder Mill Street
Foot of French Hill Street
Specializes in flyers, stationery, business
Bert.Arleywill rent you a rowboat or canoe for $1 a day, Quick serVice.
and throw ina canofw:orms toboqt. The current on the
Miskatonic is l,Isuallyslow, especially when the tide is in,
and a relaxing row up ~.F,;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;===~~
'and 'down the nVe.r may
be just the thing. Don't
get too neat the desert-
edishmd and don't GREGOR WEILDER, GLASSBLOWElt
Unger too long around 191 N French Hill Street
the old warehouse
He brought this trade with him from Europe. He is
leased by Luc!<y Clover
nearly sixty, s.tout and powerful,and speaks with a thi~~
\(::.a rtage.
middle-EurOPean accent,He ismarri.ed and Uvesiij the
Arley occasionally I
rear portion of tbe building that serves as his.shop.
rents,boats tQ the bo~t­
jcgg¢rs. Living in his Special skill: Blow Class 85% jCraft (Glass)-+!}I.
shack on th¢ d.ock, Ile's
well aware of their
Bert Arley
activity.
A-short time back he rented boats to college students
traveling to the Urivisitedlsland. He didn't know any-
thing about .theanimal sacrifices, but he's been dragged
BEACON OF HOPE. SETTLEMENT HOUSE,
into the police investigation.
608 E f1iver Street
A Baptist charity for the destitute; a person can shelter,
here until finding work. One room is 'for men,. and;
fOL
. another jsJor wOmen. Prayers, supper, a blanket, and a
cot are provided. This makes a good it un <lppea1ing:
hideout, though the police oc(;asionally ,inspecthe~eti;J'
AIU.<Hi\.M GENEML STORE learn who's neW;
421 E Main Street
Besides thegeneralrun ofm~rchandise, the General Store
js a major outlet. Jor liquor supplied; by LuCky Clover
Cartage. Some local home"brewers supply a limited
amount Of keg beer (much less profitable than whiskey,
and heavy to handle), of .whlch the General Store sells it
THE:EAST CHURCH
good many barrels to University fraternities.
444 E Main Street
The proprietor, Rider Adams, also sells firearms,
ammunition; and dynamite. There are no regulations This brick structure, built in 1.842, is owned ~y
concerning purchase, though storage of explosives with- Miskatonic Un'iversity and serves as the lJniversity>
in dty limits is regulated by ordinance dating to 1866, Chapel. Nondenominational Prot~stant serVices '; a~
held bere on Sundays for thest!Jdent body.

84 RIVER TOWN:
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ELEANQRPEABODY CHARITY HOME
S Powder Mill Street
rni~ is a charity honie for the destitlJteelderiy, funded
:brthe.late Eleanor Peabody's. estate.
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AIU<HAM EAST PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL.
550 E Main Street
Act<ham's first highsl::hool. Prmcipal Eld()J) Jenkin, 55,
keeps strktdisdplineover tile ethriicaDy"diverse stu-
,dent body. The high school leamilame is the
"Musketeers." Arkham's second high school, East was
established in 1902 and maintains a heated rivalry with
th~ QlOreShohbishArkham Public (603). Jpel Manton,
who accepted the post of SupetintendentofSchools in
;1~26; was .the former principal.
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G..SCHMIDT, GLAzIER
137 N Sentinel Street
Gunther Schmidternigrated to Ari:;:ha'm shortly after the
endofthe Great War: He openiteshisshop .o ut of the
lower floor of this building while he and his family
occupy the second;
Schmidt isa skilled craftsman trained iii stitined
glass work and has done extensiverestbtatibn work in
three differentArkham churches.
Two yeats ago, following a suggestion frOlll the niiri-
ister ofthe First Baptist Church, he inspectedthecrum-
bling mansion of AlijahBillington and chanced to gaze
through the strange, prismatic window in the second
floor study; He was .shaken by the event {he saw some-
thing moving).and although he does nouhink bew()uJd
return for .asecond look, be is fascinat~d by the exis:!
t~n(;e()f the window. lfinvestigatorsraise the subject; he
may be wiUtng to speak about it.
Special.skiJl: Deploy GiassAttistically Soolo
(Craft (Glass) +9\ .

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BLACKSMITH
SW corner of East and River
ThQugh he dQesn't shoe as many hQrsesas he used to.;
semi-retired Jacob Asker still dQ.esa lot of trailer hitch-
eS'and other ironwork to order. PeQple knowth<lf they
"can get quick service from him, and that his hasps and
gates and. tQngues either last or get fixed for·free.
InapaddQck he keeps four saddlen6rses, which he
rentSQut from time to time.
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HIRAM THE}UNKMAN
21 J N East Street
'Hiram, about 60, makes daily the rounds Qf Afkham in
'Jrls wagQn .. His hOI"se, Nessie, wears a hat with holes cut
• for herea:rs~ As they plod alQng alleys and back streets,
he is ever-vigilant fCirsellables; he also hauls trasb to the
dump for a small fee.
In the 40-Qdd-years he!s ridden the b}ways Qf the
town, he has witnessed many strange things, andfound
even $trang~r things in certain people's trash, which he
may r~member fQr a small fe¢. H¢ .alsO knows sonie
details of the local bOQtleggingQperatiQn, and hisregu-
lar inspection of folks' garbage tells him who the best
customers are.
The junkmallj while friendly; always posesasa dQlt.
Whether qr not investigators can get anything out of
hinlclepends on their skillful persuasion. Be has aspe-
dal fbndness for peach brandy and friendly .cQmpany;
perhaps an evening with him CQuld be well spent.
DUNHAM)SBRICKYARD
500 EArmiiagc Street
Closed since 1912,.theyard was once secQnd only tathe
University as the major Arkham employer. The brick"
yard's buildin.gs are .boarded upat1.d decaying. One
shack has an intact roof.
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The 'Finns: the name's derived from Sean Finn, a ref~!",
ence mostly lo.st Dn present members of the group,. wh
even spell it fins.) They foliQW O'Bannion's operatio
with great interest; the talented and the obedient eM
look forward. to jQbs ftomliinia~tb.ey mature.
Gang members indulge in petty thievery and .~
occasional.burglary, ~ut thete!s not much to .buy in
Arkham, and there's no fence here who']. trust ki -
Mos~ly they gather on corners and in vacantlots, ·ail·
talk and posture.
The Irishgangfee}s safest in most of the French HID.
district, while the ltaliansfavortlie lower Southsic:ie ~iIS~
of GaJ;'risonand SQuth 'of PiCkman,
The: 'Finns have recently made a hea.dquarters~i!ll
.abandoned sha9k in Duriham!sbricl<yard. Th¢~9¢Rs
o.ften cQngregate<l\Qund the Southside GYIn; fQr · the'
moment regarded by both gangs as neutralterritotydlor
the Italian gang, see entry 716.
street PuD.k:Typical ~Finn-Boy
STR 11 CON 14 SIZ 119 !NT 12 POWll
DEX 14 APPlI EDU07 SAN 65 HP 12
Damage Bonus:~O
:S~: OlimbSO%, Dodge 40%, FasfTalk 20%, Hide)O%j:.
LieCreatively.20%.Sn~k 25%, Spot Hi(!den 35%,
Strut 40%, Throw 4S%.
Weapons: Fist/Punch 55%, damage 103
Throw Rock= Throw skill %. damage 104
Kick 300/0, damage ID6
Grapple 3S%, damagespedal
Small Club 35%,.damage 1D6
Small Knife 30%, damage 1D4
{d20STATS: page 216)
THE SHORE
Rivertowl1
Between River Street and the Misl<atQnic stand
long-abandoned mills. A few()f Arkham's PQQrest .
among the crumbling structures,.shariil,g space- .
hoboes and an occasiOnal petty crimin(l1.With its
ingdark alJeys and foreboding doorways; even'
police venture incautiously.
GREG THE MONSTER
No one knows Greg's real name, Qr where
He frequentS the riverbanks and wherMer he
edible garbage, fmmensely overweight, the ... ft" ..l,.\..·.}~
know Qf him wQnder how he manages to stay so
T.ime spent investigating the loss Qf family pets.
RIVER TOWN:
flirlll animajs. and the Qccasionaj mjssing child might NE.IGHBORHOOD 6
yield insight into that m:ass;
Tbeman is very quiet, never speaking unless spoken
10. All conversations are short and grudging. He lives in
a cUlvert which once emptied into the river but was
blOcked off by later construction. Bony remnants from
his meals lie at the bottom of the river. The campus area is an Arkham sh()wplace. Landscaped
In attacks, if he manages either to knock his victim and kept ilhrriaqt[atelyclean, the university grounds are
u:ncoi1S~ious or killhirn, he then drags th¢ body into his. a cool and .shady place for a summer walk. Almost all of
lair and immediately begins his victory meal. th~ u:niversity's buildings are found here, including the
hospital arid the field house.
·Gr~g the M()Dster,Age 29
CON 12 19 Like the merchant district, ·the cap1p~s is on low
;stR14 SIZ INT09 POW 13
ground, which noticeably climbs only south ofCollege
oPEX 12. APP 06 EDU05 SAN 13 HP 15
Street.
i)amage Bonus:+lD6.
North of Crane Street and w~t of West Street is a
We~pons:Grapple800/0, damage special
block of substantial residential home$. designed iri the
FiStJPunch,60%,damage 1D3+ 1D6
Sit· 40%, damage 1D6+ I D6
Georgian/Federalist style. Many of these large homes
'Greg's target mllstfirst be knocked dowl/for this attack. are no longer residences, but are main~aine<l asoffkes
After life jirsfrolmdofSit, damage is.iluto/'lIatiC'eaciJ by the university or other orgailiZations. This block is as
r(lu·nd.u"less t1.ie victim gets a slIcceSs/III oppositioll of weUgroomedas any part of the campus.
iris/her STRClgtiilrsl Greg's SIZ 01/ the Resistallce Table. College Street contains, besides campus buildings,
;:$~s: Dodge 45%, Listen 65%; Sneak 50%, .51'ot Hidden many old tillnily homes that have been converted to
40%, Track 20%. apartmehtsa:nd boarding bouses; where live most of the
.11120 STili: page 216} junior and senior men who do belong to fraternities.,

Campus

RIV E R Tow N: 513 87

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West ofijoimdary Street are blocks of older, .more
modest residences. Hill Street is .an unlit dirt road
underlain by a foundation of ancient rotting tii.nbers;
poking up through the road in places. Residents here
laeksewers, and draw water froiri one of three public
wells alo'ng the street. This very rustic section of town
cOlltains many seventeenth-century homes, and the
families of the inhabitants have lived in them for ten
generations and more, datable to the first settlement of
Afkham.
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MISKATONICVALLEY VETERANS' HOME,
224 S Boulldary Streef
Supported by community and church funds, this home
houses the w()rst ofArkham's war casualties. Tripleand
quadruple amputees abound; faces ruined by shrapnel
gaze piteouSly; bodies rotted bY ,polson gas sometim~s
driftghostIike across windows and disappear.
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SOUTHWEST TRANSFORMERSTATION
322 S Boundary Street
This trahsformer station controls power to alJ ,parts of
Arkham south of the river and -west of G,a rrison St.
Unmanned, iesdangerous, and enclosed by a high
fence. Once entered, an investigator needs a successful
Electric~ Repair roU{Repair check (DC lOl, tosQut off
power and darken this part of town. An EleclrkaJ
Repair roll result of 00 gives 8D6 electrical ~airiage to
the investigator {a 1 on this check resuJts in 8d6 HPof
Electrical daniage} .
ARKHAMPUBLICHIGH SCHOOL
665 W Church Street
Grades 9-12 meet her/! from thl! first Monday in
September till the second Friday of June.
The student body,contaills more 0113 Arkham family
names than tb~mqre diverse East High. The school's
team name is the "Commanders."
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ANITA ·PIERCE
Named principal here after Manton becanie superlii'.
tendent, she's Widely respected by her students and th¢
moieopen-minded portion of the community. O'n eof
()Iily a handful of New England women to hold s~~lta.
post; Pierce stillexperiem::es oppositiOhtO herappoint~
ment and must often defend het polidesat scho'Ol
board meetings.
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MISKATONIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
602 Crane Street
Thismen~s dub was formed in 1~20 as a Sohltion tQi
Prohibition,aod rnembership is by invi~ation only. '0 ;
the 80 or so members, most are businessmen,.profes-
sionals, or t!!n.ured professors from the university. Th~
sniall mansion is open from} A.M. to to
P.M. six nights
a week.
Social drinking, cards, bjlliatds, andconversanon
are the major activities; drunkenness is cause for cl<pU!r
si6n. A member adds ID6 percentiles tohisCi'e~t
Rating by belonging {a +1 bonus toCharisma~ba5¢d
skill c;hecks against Arkham locals.l
Cost of joining is $200 plus monthly dues of" SIUj
drinks at the bar are 2S cents.
NATHANIEL AND WINGATE PEASLEE
588 (formerly 27) Crane, Street
A fine home with large; well~kept grounds, theresidence
of Professor Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee and his SOft,
professor Wingate Peaslee.
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WHITECHAPELMORTUARY
581 WClJuTcil Street
It offers most services, though no ' facilities for crel1,1.a-
tion .e xist.Embalmment hasbecol1lea requiremen~.fQr'
burial in Arkham,afier much controvetsy andm~~ ~o
the discomfort of religiOlls groups bllcking variousJlie-
oriesof pbysical resurre.ction.
CAMPUS: 601-606

JONATHAN EDWARDS HALL
(LL8cABUILPING).
27.0 S West Street
i~nstI'Uction continues on thisimposinghrick building;
~int~i:)ded to house the new S~ho(jlof language,
UtCtature, and the Arts. Foundation, frame, and roofare
"Coinpleted,and work now concentrates on the interior;
FUrnishings will be supplied in late spring, and the facil-
:iw,opensto instruction (or the (all J 929 semester.
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AXTON FIELD HOUSE
378 S West Street
~Named for past great football coach Peter "Dump"
Mton, this field house was constructed in 1920, two
~~rsafter Axton's untimely death at the wheel of a_car.
,COa.ci1 from 1908-191.8; Axton brought threech~mpi­
'Qllships tothe university, and WilS ,very active mArkham
~iVi.t ptojects. A saddened alun:lnus quickly raised the
'lUnos and named the structure ill his honor.
The field house is open 'from 7. A,M. to 6 P.M.,
iMonday.,..Friday, andbyarrahgeme-nt other times; All
:ihecoaroes and staff have-keys. Facilities are techliicatIy
closed to the public, but no one much cares who uses
~emunJess they become rowdy or interrupt classes.
Facilities include classrooms; offkes, a pool, squash
J!Il.dhandball courts, a baske,tballcourt, mats, and gym
leg~ipmen:t. Adjacento,u tdoor fa;<:iliti,es includ~ a, quar-
-er:tnile track with a practice (ie~d inside, and tWQ well-
'l'i}S.~d day tennis courts .. The baseball >team uses the
Aikliaffi High School field or the Commons field. The
,main athletic field, mcluding the football field and
blea9Ier~, is a mile and morewest of town.
,An iilvestigator who receives track or gyriinastics
:,triililing for a semester increases by ID6 percentiles any
on~ _o f the following ,skills: Clinlb, Dodge, Jump,or
rblow,to a lTiaXlmumof50O;o t+ I rank toappi"opriate
,~~tpmax.()f 10 ranlsl.
An investigator who receives sWlm training iucreas-
~,~ or her SWim skillby ID~percentiles, to ct m~i­
:rtiUID',of 50% {+ L rankto Swim;to m<ix.of 10 ranks}.
Similar programs for boxing (increase EistJP.unch
by 1'D6), fencing (increas¢ Saber, Rapier, or Foil by
607-609
(06), wrestling (increase Grapple by 106), shooting
(increase RiflebylD6), and other skms of the keeper's
choice exist, all trainable to a maximum of 50% {+ 1
rank to appropriate skills to max. of 10 ranks}.
Instruction may be indiVidual or asa class member.
Fees should vary, and be somewhat arbitrary.
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Tbishealthily-erid6wed department is beaded by Mr.
Don.ald Kanum; the director. On the staff are football
coach Flip Parkinson, basketball coach Adam Hopkins;
gyrnnastics and fencing coach Henry Cartwrjght, and
Douglas Arthur for track and field. As the seasons
.progress and one sporteclipsesanotner, heild j;Qa¢bes in
one sport becQme assistant coaches in another.
.DEPARTMENT OF FACILITIES AND
GROUNDS
In a' corner of t,heField Bouse is the maintenance divi-
sion' of the liIiivetsity, headed by Rob¢,rt (Bob ) Bnidbury;
56, a fQtnlerdvil eQgineer. Bradbury is an easy~going,
bardheaded man wiilia sfaffof nearly twenty, who clean,
paint, CliPi hammer, and oil the university's physicaJ
assets. Bradbury alSo. manages the university's ;.garag:~,;
entry 709, and. the athletic field, entry 1004.
SCIENCE HALL
Miska~onic ' C:amplls
'Constructed in 1859, then rebuilt in 1899; Science Hall
stands three stories . high; with. hot and stuffy offices
an<;>ther floor higher; pushed into. tbegarret. The first
fiootand basement are occupied by large le<;ture halls
and the School of Biology. Tbe SChools of the Physical
and the Natural SCien.ces and the department of
Mathematics share floors two and three, and they all
share portions of Tyner Annex, together with the new
SchQol of Applied Sciences.
ASTOR DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
So ·called after receiving a long series of contdbutioos
and endowments from Benjamin and Athena Astor.
Dr. Hfra:rrtUphain: chairsthedepartment,whkhalso
supports tbree associate professors, four graduate assis"
tants, and a secretary, in a sumptuous style envied by
every otherfacultymember on campus; The department
is not lat:geenoug~ to be a school but, since its nmding
is independent, it has equival_e nt fIeedom mid prestige.
89
 GeOl~

~o!'Y,
Ik!Nfariiit Ftn,..•..\..~._,.,,~.:;::..,.'OL
 The departniehti~ pleased to provide tna.thelnati~ active Opposition to the proposed reservoir project.
~caI liiiison with other departments, but its creative Angley uses the argunlehts of altered ecologiesartd
,inlpulsescurve toward topology and extradirriensional endangered species, although those concepts: lack the
'explorations; . supporting evidence available later in the century. He
Upham teaches advanced mathematicsandnum:.. may take some of bis students on a weekend field trip to
:be[s:' among his students the brilliant Walter Gilnian. the area of the Blasted Heath.
'Upham bas noticed the young genius's recent nervous Assistant Professor Alex Warden presses. radicaJ
:}i'robleOls (inainlyacquired since moving intotheWitch proposalssucb as mass parapsyChological screening,
a ouse) and ha,s suggested the young man take some muCh. to the faculty's amusement and aggravation.
itiIneoff to relax and recuperate. Warden, unknown .toanyonc; belongs to the Eye of
~s;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~. Amara Sodety.
!£eHOOL OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES Wingate Peaslee, son
:&sentiaUy thedepaitJllents of chemistry and physics,
of economist Nathaniel
Wingate Peaslee, was
airhingto giVe every undergraduate a sound education;
the only member qf the
upper division and graduate classes explode in many
elder Peasle.e's family to
.~!>ns, from the implications of quantum theory to
not deSert the man after
,tIi~:synthesisof exciting new hydrocarbon compounds.
his strange psychologi-
The Dean of the .School of Physical Science is Dr.W. cal attacks. His father's
~, Cameron, 48. Dr. ArChibald Greely, 62, takesspeciaJ problems led young
,p,t~sure in guiding ~~;::;;;::;;;::;;;::;;;::;;;::;;~~. Wingate, in his early
.~lir5e$ such ~. qu~ti:.. thirties, into (,sycholo c
~~~Vf! and qualitative ~~~~~~~~~~. gy. Peasl.ee is.sChed).1ied
'a,J)~ysis whiCh are .often
PrOfessor Peaslee to a'ccompany tbe
igearedto premed stu- University expediti()i1 to
illents. Dr. Harold Shear Australia and, among other things is a skilled airplane
.Iie,ads theChern:istry pilot. He owns hlsown plane and keeps it stored in the
ci.epartment ilanga:r of A:rkham Airfield.
'Professor Donald
~tWood,a physicist- Wingate Peaslee,
~u,rned-meteorologist STR15 CQN16 SIZ15 INTI? PQW16
:~ho r~ally sbo,uld be jn DliX 15 APP IS, EDU 19 SAN 79 HP15
eSchool of Natural Damage Bonus: + m4
'. ~¢iences, has. recently Pr()fessor Atwood Weapons; FistfPun~b 65%, damage 1D3+1D4
Il¢enchoseri to· partiCi- Grapple 55%, damage special
,~te in. the uptOlping Miskatonic ~l'edition to the Skills: Cthulhu Mythos 2%, Drive Autol11obile60o/q, First Aid
·Mtarctic. Wilmarth and Armitage persuade ruin to read 55%, Library Use 750/0, Occult 15%, Photography 65%,
Jl9rtlonsof the Necronomicon' before theexpedirion PilotAircraft 800/(1, PsychoIogy80o/q, Spot Hidden 55%.
l~ve$. {d20STATS: page 2171

SCHOOL OF BIOLOGY SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCES

li),/1954, this large department transforms into the
JSC!iool' of Life Sciences. Areas of emphasis include
aii,alomy, general biology,. some biocherrustry, botany,
~lpgy;animal6ebavior, and human psych0logy, The
~~d()fthe school is Dr. C(jnrad MiUer,5Syears ()ld.
Among the· staff is 31~year'"0Id Professor Percy Lake
: ~o is slated for the forthcoming .expeditionto the
A'n~arctic. Wilm.arth and Armitage, trusting him, have,
for·will) confide their fears te> L~e. Lake, becausf!of
ih~; r:eadsthe Necrohdmic9f1.
The botanists operate a smallgreenhouseattache4
to .;thf! south side of the building. One, 29-year-old
i~f~or Robert Angley, has raised eyebrows with his
Headquartered in the new Charles Tyner Laboratory
Annex, the Dean is Dr. Lawrence Abbott, an engineer by
training. The ,school represents his ambitious dream
a science fulJy interactive with mQdern society,
Dominant among the disciplines are engineering;
electrical engineering, civil engineering; and metallurgy.
Metallurgist Dr. Dewart Ellery will test and fail to i4en-
tify the m¢tal in a statuette brought (() him by mathe-
watks student Walter Gilmari. This mysterious piece
eventually findsits way into the Miskatonic UniversitY
Exhibit Museum. '
In engineering, the rising star is Frank H. Pabodie,
who is presently runnin~ final tests ona powerful new

609 91
 H ,f. 1 () \I C C r /\ r{- '5 l;th /\ n\
drill of his .ownradical Arkham Astronomical Society; featuring field trips ,aS
design. The drill will nature allows and occasional lectures. For every six,
take geological core months of active membership, an investigator mayra~
samples during the his or her Astronomy score by 1D6% percentiles,
upcoming AntarctiC maximum of 50% lthe keeper may allow the _..ft" "''"'' ''
expedition. He has also tor to gain +1 [(ink in Knowledge (Astronomy) pt:r ,~w,~.
designed fuel-warniing months of study, to a maxiinum of 10 ranks}.
and quick.:start devices
for the airplanes to be
CAMPUS PHYSICIAN
used by the explorers.
Pabodie, 32, is one of Dr. Cecil Waldron is 69 years old, originally LLV'U""O.',,,UO.
the members of this He runs the campus infirmary, a Job suitable fora
retired man, anl3 has an infirmary and office in thi> ,h~"OA
expedition conta~tedby ~.~~~~~~~~~~
Wilmarth and Armitage Profes s or Pa bod ie ment of Science Hall.
in regards to what Doc Waldronadminis-
might be found at the bottom of the world. Pabodie tersaspirin, and takes
reads parts of the Necronomicon.at their urging; care of sprains, cuts,
minor skin rashes, and
Faculty~inember PrOf. Woodbridge, 36, has spent
other matterS unsuitable
time with Robert Goddard, the 1iquid~fuel-rocket pro-
for St. Mary~s Hospital
ponent. Woodbridge occasionally launches experimen-
receiving (emergency)
tal rockets from a field south of town.
room;
Electrical engineer Dt.. Hamlin Hayes, a young man
He has twice treated
despite his thin white hair,is presently developing spe-
Waiter Gilman, t.aking
cial storage batteries better resistant to the intense cold
note of the student's
,Qfthe Antarctic.
nervous behavior and
recommending that the
:SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES young man take a break
Anexpcrinicntalgrouping of disCiplines like geology, from his studies.
paleogeology, paleontology; astronomy, ethnography, Special skills: Medicine 75%; Pharmacy 65%; Tell Poiritless'
oceanography, .and meteorology. $ome, such as Stories 45% jHeal +8; Knowledge (Pharril:acoI6gy) 4.7;
Geology, are full-fledged disciplines; others, like l\nowledge(Folklore) +6}.
oceanography, are the • •
mere:stshadows ofwha:t
they will become; The
GIO
head of the school is Dr.
William Dyer, fifty years
old; also the leader of
the upcoming Antarctic CHARLES TYNER SCIENCE ANNEX
expedition. He late.r Miskatoniccampus
leads the university
The building houses the School of Applied
expedition to western
along with advanced experimental labs for ph)'51CSIl'3.lld
Australia. Dyer; who.h'as
chemistry. The science annex was
:had discussions with
years ago and named after Mlskatoruc ~dU\ld""_~li!!>
Wilmarth and Armi-
Charles. Tyner, who, working for a succ~ion'<if .
has read the Dr. Dyer corporations, made significant discoveries.
An auxiliary powerhouse within .the annex
Dr. Morris BilJmgs, 2S, is the University's token
the largeelect:ricalJoadscalled for by some'''VT'''...... ''.,n
astronomer, teaching two observational 'and two theo-
retical astronomical courses each semester, and helping
out the Physical Sciences people with a course in ballis"
~cs. Th~ department owns a WeU-m:ounted eight-inch
reflector that is kept intlle athletic field house, and
Billings is keen to get a five-inch refractor for planetary
and lunar observation. He founded and leads the

92 CAMPUS
 J G. u i l~ {" u /;-rh I\ li\

Shalad is a taciturn.
privale man, fifty years
old. He has acquired
GIl some Mythos knowl-
edge and IS familiar
with the Necronomicon
LIBERALARTSBUlLDING and its history, .aridhas
Miskatotlic campus aided other faculty
members in their study
~nstt:ucted iIi. 1861, four stories high, this is the last
of that terrifying book.
yeai' the old building hous.es the School of Languages,
He has several times
!Literature, and the Arts. It will be renoyatedin f929-
consultt;:d the Miska,..
'1930, turned into new dormitory space renamed Herber
.~~~~~~~~~~. tonic Librarfs copy. Dr.
~all. With the Depression, it stands half-empty for
Dr; Shalad Armitage suspects the
imany years.
man's motives.
Dr. ShaJad is presently teaching a special course in
SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, medieval metaphysics, with cmphasison the diffiCLutks
LITERATURE, AND THE ARTS of translation from Arabic originals, that nUD1bers
'Fhefirst ·floor is occupied by offices and classrooms Asenath Waite among its most interested students.
ae~icated to the massive English Department; other MoamarShalad,.SCholar
-:departmerits fit in on upper floors as. they may. Dr. STR 12 CON 14 SIZn INT 15 POW 15
~t~rCrownin, a former professor of English, is Dean DEX 14 APPI4 EDU21 SAN 52 HP 13
()f the Scho.ol.
Damage Bonus: + lD4.
Weapons: FirstlPunch 6.0% •. d.amage 103+1D4
PEPARTMENT OF Saber 45%,. d.anlage l 08+ 104
MODERN LANGUAGES Skills: Anthropology 25%, Archaeology 20%; Astronomy
.IO%,.Cthulhu Mythos 1c20/0, Hist~ry 35%,l.ihrary Use
€b~fred by Dr. Allen Peabody, aneJqJert in Romance
75%, Occult 15%,
languages. EXtensive coursework in French and GermCU)
Languages: ArabiC 85%, Persian 70%, Sanskrit 60%, Urdu
:ls~avaihible, with some classes in Spanish, Ita1i~n,and
45%.
Russian. One~year introductions to tongues such as
jd20STATS:page 2171
Japanese or Mandarin Chinese are sometimes offered.

DEPARTMENT OF
CLASSICAL LANGUAGES
,Offers Courses in classical Gree~ das.sital and medieval
Utin, and all introduction to Hebrew pr Ai'ainaicon
'alternate semesters,
Professor Warren Rice,witness to Wilbtir Whateley's
death as well as the Dunwich Horror itself, is acting
cbililllan while Dr. Aaron Chase recuperates from a
mearfattack. Rice is 48, lias an iron-gray beard and hair,
aDdis stockily built.
Special skill: Cthulbu Mytbos 15% {Ctbulbu Mytb<)s +3},
DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL STUDIES.
!A new department created by Miskatonic's young pres-
''dent, Dr. Wainscott, Ihis tiny departmentactu,ally COI1-
·cems what we would now caJJ the Middk East. The
;~h;!Jiman,.Dr. Shalad, is.eJqJertin Arabic, Persian, lJrd ll,
..aild sanskrit,and occasionaUy offers courses inMiddl~
!£aStern history. philosophy, art, and culture.
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
The aging Dr. Eastman is interim chairman; already
there is talk of his retirement and the name of Albert N.
Wilmarth, senior professor in the department, has been
mentionedashi!i replacement.
Thougn there area handful Of historicaJly-or,iented
literature classes al the graduate level, most readings. are
done in conjunction with the extensive compositiol).
classes which seek to enliven and perfect student eJqJres-
'sion and style. There are also some descriptive linguis-
tics courses analyzing or codifying (depending on .
instructor~s bent) the grammar, structure, ahd transfor-
mations of English, and a .soLitary theoretical course
seeks to discover the underlying principles of all lan-
guage, taught by Dr, Stanley Whitman, 49.
The department also guides Miskatonic UniVersity
Press and the publishing and printing of books is now a
substantial activity. Dr. Swanson Ames, 51, oversees the
work. Ames is also responsible for publication of the
student newspaper, the Miskatonic UniVersity Crier. He

CAMPUS: 611 93
 H .f. .L 0 vee , 1\ ( f ' \' /;hb/\ n\
reads every line of copy,arfd wi.d dsan'otorio.usly capri- aseries .ofpoWerful dreams cOllceniing cyclOpean
cio~s.blue pencil He hMesthe student editor, Howard tures, sunken cities, and the dreaming dead.
Penobscott. attempts to workoff ·the dreams through palnt1JnINld'd~
sculpture were to no avail; although he produced
ALBERT N. WILMARTH most po\Ver-fu! wc;>rks, the s.tr~in forced him to .
His recent discoveries ill Vermont have left him shaken. medical leave of absence ..5ince his .return he has h<id no
He has developed aclose relationship with Dr. Amiit.age further problems.
and the' two of them •
.spend' a great deal of
UNIVERSiTY MARCIDNG BAND
time together research-
ing their separateexpe- An .unofficial volunteergrollP llnconnected With <in:d ill
deuces in Ounwich and fact despised by FirieArtspeople because of their propen.
Vermont. This diversion sity forpublk drunkenness and mwdybehavior.
of Wilmarth's energies
may undq his chance
for the chairmanship.
UNIVERSITY PLAYERS
Aside from his Though there' are no drama el(isses or other such k@~
knowiedge of language school intrusions at the univerSIty, the
and :letters, Wilmarth is 'maintains a reSident director of theater; Mrs. AUie
.al,so a le,a·rh~d Ne~ "furne(, whose t~ is to yeady present six worthy
England hiSt6rian and a Pr'ofessor Wilmarth plays for the edification of the cori:nTlunity,begiilllii:lg,n
member of the Arkham November of therear. Cast and crew are vOlunteer.s; an4
Historical Society. Harvard-educated, he was born and receive tio academic credit· for their work. All iriusf
raised in Arkham and is presently master of the family university students, faculty, s~aff, or their relatives.
llome at 118Saltonstall Srreet. .
Presentations must include {(one play from the d.
J\lbert N. W'Ilmarth,'sch<)lar skal Greek~heater, two works from :the r¢ign
iSTRll CON 11 SlZ.ll lNT. I? POW 13 Elizabeth, one stage play wrinen by an American
DEX to APP 13 EDU 19 SAN 51 HP II. .or dead, one work written bnEuropean living. '. .'
DiunageBon~s: +0 arid one hew play written by a member of the uriivers~
Weapons: none ty community, whichmaybe;l faree:'
Skills: C~edit ~at'ing650/0,CthuUtuMythos 120/0,iocal
History 50o/~., Libl<\ry, Use 750/0, Psychology 35%,
PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT
Languages: Fi:ench 65%:German 600J0, Latiri 40% ; Classical
Greek 45%. A one~man ;lffair; nearly o~tof toUch with ther~
{d20 STATS: page 217} the universe: 61 -year-old Dr. George Kilbraith'
as if Henri Bergson was the only philosopher
DEPART~ OF'FIN:EARTS Thomas AqUinas. Kilbraith .ClJs90ffersa hope1~
muddled class in fonnallogic.
Headed by Dr:Art'hurGoddard, the departrrientbasa few
practice and 'theory coUises,as well as classes in bistorical
styles of European art and architecture modeled from SCHOOL OF HISTORY
Ruskin. Much of the departmenes efforts are devoted to & TJIE SOCIALStIENCES
the qeation of cultural events for the university.
Tl1is SChObloc\,upiespbrtions of the Liberal Arts b~~
In music it fields an enthusiastic string quartet, a
ing.Its dean is Dr. Harvey Wilcox, a historian.
small orchestra, and several choruses and choirs; Mllchof
thIs activity occurs without grant of academic credit.
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE Dr. MartirtFen, 53, heads the department He;s an
David Rosen, .an academk but:technicaUy accomplished c},:pert in. European history ~inceN~poleon,
oil painter 'and. sculptor executes university commis- lar:ge .in quantiryof course,riluch of the deljar:tmf:tlt1iliS',
sions as they arise. He has worked here most of the
decade. In Marchand April ·of .1925, Rosen was be.set by
given over to required courses in
United States history;

94 CAMPUS
 DEPARTMENT OF ANCIENT .H ISTORY Skills: Abcnak.i Artifacts .4S%, Anthropology 15%,
Archaeology 75%,Climb60%,Cthulliu Mythos 14%,
Though presently without a chairman; specialist Oodg~45%, Drive Automobile 55%, Egyptology 60%,
Perdiiiand C. Ashley, 36, is expected to accompany the First.Aid 45%, Hide 200/0, Jump 40%, Listen 35%,
upcoming expedition to Australia. . Navigate 10%. Operate Heavy Machine 25%, Pilot
Aircraft 45%, Ride 4S0f0,.Sneak15%, Spot Hidden 65%,
Swim 45(Yo, Throw 45%, Track 10%; treat Poison 15%.
DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY
4ln~ages: Arabic 400/0,
Assyrian CuneifoT0l3S%, Egyptian
D~itechairmanAbtam Bethri~ll'seX1ensive education Hieroglyphics 70%, Hebrew 35%,.Swahili 65%, Spanish
rail.d familiarity With the tewlve originalvQiJ.uues of The 4:;%.
Golden BiJughand the rather ingenuous works of {iUO STATS: pagc .217)
'Margaret Murray, he has nonhe sl..ightest inkling that
theCthulhu Mythosexists~ .
DEPARtMENT OF ECONOMICS '
The yo,u ngest member of the department is i\ND SOCIOMETRICS
'Ph>fessor Tyler M. Freeborn, scheduled to accompany
,the;p,lanned Miskatonic expedition to Austra.lia. This department teaches economics asa theoretical sci;.
ence rather than a . business course, but do~s' emphasize
as it can the friction of reality. Great reliance is placed
DEPARTMENT OF .upOn governmental ~tatisti.csarid independ~ntly-devel­
ARCHAEOLOGY oped information and methods. Harvey Cox has been
Archaeplogy is ayciung active in gathering.global statistics whiCh might be used
science arid still too by investigators to, trace world-wide. patterns of ]atge~
headline-hungry to have scale MytilO.sactivities. .
a good academic reputa- Dr. Anthony Westgate is department chairman, bllt
tion. The youngisb Dr. he still defers to Dr. Nathaniel Wmgate Peaslee who, .
Fr<lncisMorga,nis,chair- llntil1908,wa,s department head. .
man ;md the ' only fuJl- Peaslee, who resides at 59.0 (form.etly 27) Ctane Sf,.l$
,tirrie member of the on indefinite medical leave from the University.. but stili
department; he dreams acts as an advisor and
of establishing rigorous maintains an office in
Dr, Morg{l-Jl methods and standards the building. His' work is
, for aU , archaeological now deY6t~d to wide~
di~,so that the past is not irrevocably lost. ranging research ina
Morgan was ' one or the three people who actually nuniberofsubjects.
¥i'ewed the corpse of WLI.bur Wbateley. Soon after, he In August ,of 19.08,
ac:companied Prof, Rice and Dr: Armitage to the village ",hile teathinga dass in
~(b.unwich,where he experienced the true Horror. He political econ~>niy,Peas­
a
is athletic, skilled with firearins, and veteran of expe- leewasstri'cken by. a
ditions to prirnitiYe locations. He is currently taking£ly- strange amnesia that
Uig'Jessons at the Arkham Airfield· and is a mem:berof lasted until 1913. He
the ArkhamGun Club. retumedto work fora
short time In 1914 but
. ~cis Morgan, Scientist and Adventurer
retired sbOnafter,com-
S,TR16' CON 16 SlZ\.6 INT 17 POW 1'6
plainingpf an rn;1b~lity to concelltrate. Puringth.is
DEX 15 APP14 EDll 20 SAN 69 HP 16 he was, ofcourse, possessed byoneof the Gt.eat Race
D,amage BODUS:+ ID4 yith who usedPeas!ee's body for research and to ..
. WeapODs:FistlPunch 75%, damage 101+-1 D4 travels across the globe.
Head Butt 35%, damage ID4·H D4 Peasle~, through dreams, has come to recall some of
IQck25%, damage lD6+ [04
this. Due to these dreams, and despite his niedic:aJ his-
qr~ppl¢75%, <;Iamagespedal
tory and advanced age of nearly siXty, he has askedtd
.45 Revolver 55%, damage 10\0.+2
:30Semi-Automatk Rifle 80%, damage 2P6~3
accom pany a Miskaton ic- backed expedition to Australia
20SGauge Pump Shotgun 750/0, damage 2D61 J D6/103 planned in the next few years.
Special skilkCthulhu Mythos 6% {Cthulhu Mythos:+ II.

CAMPVS 611 95
 H -f - J~ (J vee Y 1\ rt I 5 1;ti, 1\. \}\

the monies accepted then

named after her.
Female scholars must li~e here until age 30,·'
GIL their families, or with their husbarids. The U.\.UAUUJI>,' ''
neat, clean, and cheap.

COPLEY MEMORIAL BELL TOWER

Miskatoniccampus
GIG
Standing eight stories high, thisrteo-Gothicstone tower
was built in the memory of three sons who perish~4.in
the CiviL War. The tower is the tallest structure In FACULTY/GRADUATE RESIDENCE
Arkhamsouth of the river. Miskato 11 ie campus
III 1910 the building was converted to its present
a residence for bachelor fatulty,gTa.duate studentS;3.ila
G/~ visiting scholars. A ponercontTols access to the buildinJl
twenty-four hours a day.

STATUE OF DEAN HALSEY

Miskatonic campus
GI1
Commissioned in 1906 undetected two years later, the
grateful citizens of Arkham subscnbed to and paid for
this statue, honoring the beneficent doctor's contribu- THE PRESIDENT'S HOUSE
tions; a.nd his fmal sacrifice during the plague of 1905. Miskatoniccampus
The statue is nine feet high· and stands upon a carved
A hideous neo-classic residence built in 1892;Wairisoolt
Carrara marble pedestal seven feet tall, gazing benignly
has begun to mutter about buildingsomethingDeft~
upon Church Street. A small garden surrounds it, com-
but has .no funds for the ·task. For more~!>o.ul
plete with benches .artd pigeons.
Wainsc.ott, ·s.eeentry 625,

GIl/- GI8

LOCKSLEY HALL THE WEST DORMITORY

Miskatoniccampus
A graceful red-briekGe.oigian stmcture, built in 1779,
it's the oldest building on campus. Along with the pres~
ent 250-seat auditorillU1; lotksley Hall also contains
bfficesand conference rooms.
Miskatol1iccatnpus
The West Dorm was built in 1888 and while far
luxurious; it is heaven compared to nearby .
Dorm - Hell East, as many .say.lt is. c:culoif~dt)vulom~",I.
classmen.a.T).da few sophomores.

DQROTllYl}PMANHALL. THE EAST DORMITORY

Miskatonic. campus
Constructed ·in 1879, this is the women's dorm. Dorothy
Grace Upham, near the end of her life in 1875, offered
the· trustees anorable beq).1est should· wom~n, for the
first tilB.e; be admitted to Miskato.nitUniversity. Part of
Miskatollie campus
Built in 1863, ~veryone cali.s it Hell East, hI'''.~Il"'~\or.
l1oise,commotion,a faliltyheating plant,. drafty .
and windows, and inadequate plumbing. Fre!;hmiUl
men m.ust live here, unless living at home mArkhaml

96 CAMPUS:

GLO
UNIVERSITY liBRARY
Miskatonic camplls
The gem of the' universitY. a repositoryfor :over 400,000
~efully chosen books and painphlets. Thistruee-sto:ry
Gothic structure was built of native granite in 1878,
~~pladhg a smaller wooden building. .
A1th'Oughthe marble halls are cold and drafty; the
li~rary isweU iit by tall, arched windows th abill ow rnax-
mn,l!1llight to penetrate an 'Otherwise dreary sttilcture.
The Jibrary is 'Open 8 A.M. to 9 p.l\1;.Monday-Friday; 10
A:M. to6.l>,M~'OnSaturday; 1-6 P.M. Sunday the reference
@Jljis'Open.
The mastiff chained near the fr'Ontsteps s.till stands
guard at night. and Armitagehasc'Onvinced the board of
J:wstees that more security is needed. The uniVersity has
'askeci Dick Ace t'O install an expensive .~~~.~~~~~~~~ Afkham Gazette and the Arkharn Adver-
eleqric burglar.alarmsystelTL
Tb,e . director 'Of the library 'is, of
course, Dr. Henry Armitage, A.IvL, Mis-
'' • . Ph' . D
-1''''.0
;I\!I': me; .., p; T :t·t· D
rmce t on; L.l •••
Cam-
bJidge. Armitage is 73, white-bearded,
(Mdlives with his wife, Eleanor, in their
~onie at 348 W High: Street. He' ha~ .
,directed the library since 1906 arid knows .
Jtssecrets better than any'One.
Although loi1gits:~aretakej!, Armitage
did not realize the significance of the
Necrol1.ot1}icol1 until after he met Wilbur
Whateley, the strange young man fronl Dr. Arrrii tage
Qtipwich.:After Whatdeywas killed by the
[brary's watchdog·w.hHe atten1pting to steal the
Necrol1onlicon, Amtitage was kd to discoverit~ secrets. MYTHOS HOLDINGS IN THEUBRARY
Accompanied by Prof. Ri.ce an.d Dr. Morgan. also 9f the
_university, he traveled to DunwiChand there met and,
~~th the aid of strange magicks; defeated Wilbur
WhateJey'~ terdble twin.
The aged Armitage's health has been damClged by his
_~erienc:es in DunwidL He ispre$ently under the 'dos e
;qu:eQfhis physician andtakirlg medication for aw¢aken-
1ngheart.
ar~ Henry Armitage, age 65, Man of Letters
lS'fltll
CON 08 SJZ 12 INT 18 ' POW 16
HP11
DEX 10
APP 13 EDU24 SAN 55.
~e BQnuS! +.0
~eal'0ns:none
:~: Powder ofJbn Ghazi. Banish Son ofYog-Sothotb.
C-A M PUS 620
Magic Items: Armitage,has a satchelful- four working
Elder Signs, left to him by .Laban ShrewsbUry when the
eccentric scholar vanished in 1915. In expedencmgthe
DunWicb Horror, Armitage learns the vaiueof the. signs.
and ·has one mounted on the imler vaultdpor to the
Restricted CoUection.
Skills: Accounting 40%; Art tLiteratlin;) 750/0; Cryptography
750/0. Cthulhu Mythos 180/0. History 65%. LibritryUse
95%, Occult 250/0. Persuade.7S%, Psychology 48%
Languages: EngliSh 99%. French 80%. Germa n 70%, Greek
68%; Latin 75%.
{d20 StAT5: page 217}
WILFRED LLANFE~
Armitage's assistant director. He .is professional and
competent but knows nothing about the CthiJlhu
Mythes. Armitage may take him into his confidence;
GENERAL HOLDINGS
B'Oundperiodica.ls ahd university re¢qr{J!\·i;!.rest'Otedin the
basement-The library has near-c'Ornplete collections of the
riser (and the latter's predecessors), tho.ugh
the disastrous Miskatonic flood of 1888
destroyed portions of this collection,iI;I-
.eluding' the Arkham •.Gaze.tte-. 1845- . 185.'8
and 1864-1868; the Arkham Advertiser-for
thel'ears 1851-1863; the Arkham8ulletil1
1823-1826;. and .the Miskatonic. Valley
GIt'Q/1erforthe years 183Q:,-1831. There are
also bound volumes of the Aylesbury
Transcript (I 844-present), the lnnsmouth
Cou.rier 0.833-1846), and the New-
• buryport Correspondellt (l~39-pr~ent).
The major book holdiogsare con-
t~ed on the upper floors of the building.
Armltage has shared his secrets with only a. few but is.
actively pursuing knowledge about the Mythos.He has
restrictedaccesslQ the Necronomicol1 (as well as othet:
books) an(i is concerned aboutthespedal course in
medievalmetaphysiq; presently being taught by Dr.
.Shalad. Having compared his experiences with those
Albert W1lmarth,hejlistifiablyfearsstr;mgers who ·
to. see/th isb'Ook.
In the anthropology .s.e ction is the complete origi-
nal twelve-volume edition of Frazer's Tlte Golden
Bough and also Witch-Cilltsin .we~tert1£IIi:ope. Justin
G~offT<;Y's People of the M0l101ithand Edward Derby's
Aza,thqth aIJd Others can be found with other
American poets.
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The catalog lists, ThauindtUrgical Prodigies ill the New tot railedagamst tbe well-known rumblings in the
-Engla/ld Cal1aal1, but the copy has been misplaced and ground, claiming them to be the work of tbe devil
'Cannot be located. Wilmarth is tryingtotrack it down (Reverend Hoadley disappeared soon after
·and, if he finds it, will have Armitage place it in the delivering the sermon). ~. I' ~
Il!pstairs vault and add iuothe res,tricted list. An J 882 report made by Miskaton1c....- .t !Iff.....
Other Mythos, titles ruscovered by Armitage have prOfessors regarding the meteorite that fell ,.
ibeen pulled from the shelves and are presently in the on the Gardner farm that year draws, no condusio,ns but
~ult. He has systematically gleaned the library in search lists alarming evidence.
oJ these items and bas placed most of them on the In 1902 the University conducted a ground
wttict~d list. "Restricted" means that Armitage must .~i'E survey in the Dunwicharea, attempting to
l¥rsonally approye the reader 'Ybo,is tO~1:udy or handle -.' ~ explain the strange ground rumblings that have
':th¢listed book,ahdtbat the book must be read under been heard in tbe area for centuries.
'the watchful eye of a trustworthy staff-member. Recenf and ,C,urrent copies .of the ]iJurruil of the
Priorto the Dunwich Horror the library alreadypos- ~ American Psychological Societyconta,in .articles
@sedoneOf the five known copies of tlle Necrotwlrticol1 ~... written by Professor 'Peaslee of the Economics
, latin translation, as wcll as a fabulously rare original . I department, written in regard to bisstrange
,eQition of the Vnaussprechlichen Kulten and a slightly ,amnesia and the odd dreams that he subsequently suf-
Worn copy of the Book of Eibon. With permission of ~fered. .
;~~teleyfami1y, h~irs, Arn~tage took possession otjl1 , . Finally; Armjtage. has forg.otten theCelaeno
Wqp~J Whateley s library. It ~cluded a ragged John De~ Fragments, a manuscript deposited by Dr. Laban
tr-a~latiQn ,of the Necron(1Imcon, a .copy of the Pl1akotlc Shrewsbury shortly before his mysteriousdisappearanc;e
Manuscripts. and the Latin Liber Ivo,l1is, :md an,~ber ofi~ Septe~ber of 1915;
"Qth~rvolumes.Wtlbur Whatdey sdlary, WhlCD
~itage on.cevowed t? b~rn;is still in h...is pos- ~,./"
stsStonand kept locked mrus desk drawer,alon&~~
~'lithhis decoding notes and translations. " . GLI
~ough he continues to work ~n the translation of the., al,,, ___________________

ilra.ry, he alJows no one to ,read hiS notes. ~

At a high price; Aimitagehas acquired a copy of the SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
", Ultes des ·Ooules and is curren tly bargaining with a 676 W College Street
;s,iim.g.
. "' . . ..,.e c.or.respondent
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ne 'abroad to retrieve the book). ~,. cen 0 an.· connec wild·.d"daryd eha . .' .
" , . ,... ..... .. - Several wings have heena e, an te structure now
Alsor~stncted arebot~ of Dr. Laba~ .. :spl'awls over most of the block. It is a short walk to
$h~wsl)Ury s books, .. Cthulhu .III the Necrono/1'11col1. intern quartets on Pickman Street.
\n~ :~~ I/lves~gatiol1i~to the Myth Patterns; of Latte~-Pay Over tbeyears the Schoot of "Merucineand the hos-
~~.'tl1/es. WIth E.specud Refer.en,ce. ,to the. R /yel7 Text~ pi.t,al have. jntertwined: for in. s.tance, the head of the
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rea .An e t own la~ s, a questlon- IStrator .lOr SL. ... ary S osplt .
" ofstrangemarkings found on' ~ Fa~ilities i~clu?e pharmacy and p~thol~gy labs, an
, sar'·d d" d;
h s Iscovere tn ouem s 'th. En~l.and.
i5 ,,_. \""'\ extensive
.. m.ed.lcal
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.. , dissection/auto.
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bed in 1913 has also been restricted.' labs. The Essex County Coroner and Arkham sown med-
,. ... ical examiner ,often make use oftlle autopsy room
morgue; they're the best this side ofBoSton.
Misftled somewhere in the Jj~rary. ate some ~riy
'Armitage has not identified some parllphlets and reports notes of student Herbert West, While not granting any
~mnent to the Mythos. Cthulhu Mythosknowledge, they may dearly ,cost the
ThereJs a copy Of theyeryrare Eli Davenport mono- reader who learns about.Wesfs eadyexperiments with
graph Of 1839, a 'collection of old folk and Inruan leg- animalsegmellts and parts.
, " the activities of the 'fungi in New As' most medical ~ools continue,to be, the School of
Medicine's philosopby of mental disorders is rigidly psy-
A transcript exists ofasermon preached in chiatrkand interested only in serious illnesses, Students
iDUIlWich in 1747 by the Rev. Abijah Hoadley; The pas- train at Arkham Sanitarium.

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DR. CHESTERARMWRIGHT
DEAN OF THESCHOOL
A graduate of Miskatonic University" 53 years ,old, he
was acquainted with Herbert West in niedical school,
just after the turn of the century. Armwright is an avid
hunter andamember of\he Arkilam Gun Club;
UNIVERSiTY EXHIBIT MUSEUM
Dr. Chester Armwright, M.D. 687 W College Street:
STR 12 ,CON 14 SlZ 15 INT 17 POW 16
Constructed in 1902, this building is open tq the publf~
DEX 13 APP 15 EDU 24 SAN ,88 HP 14 10 A.M. t06 P.M .• Tuesday-:Saturday. Amongtbeexhibi~
Damage Bonus: +1D4 lsa large natural history sectioninduding.a motiritelh
Weapons: 045 Revolver 55%, damage 1DlO+ 2 "brontosaur" skeleton and many other. smaller fossils. 'ft.,
, .3().;06 Rifle 700/0, damage 2D6+3 series of halls contain geological samples; stuffed ani·
20~Gaugc Pump ShotgWl75%, damage 2D61LD611D3
mals, anddramatk dioramas concerning primiti~~
Skills: Chemistry 35.%" Credit Rating 75%, Flrst Ai080%, man .. (Fraternity legend holds .that a date's intet:est in_
LalinI5%, UbraTyUse 5()%. Medicine 70%. Pharm~£y these latter. somewhat underclotbedsccnes betrayi;lier
40%,Treat Poisorl 45%. enjoyment" of other prilnitiwe behavior.)
'{d20STATS: page 217J
E}{ainples of Innsmouth jewelry can i:>e found in ~~
Folk Arts section. According to the story~'Drean:(s inlM
Witch House:' this year the museum also gains a sm311
metal miniature of an Elder Thing, broken by Walter
Gilman from the balcony railing of a prehuman city~
After the collapse of the Witcth House in 1931, and
LAUNDRY AND STEAM PLANT aside from books and papers turned over to the libratXi
611 W C.ollege Street the museum acquires an oddly-fashionedsaqifiqaI
bowl and \q)ife, a small statue-of an Elder- Th~gm;ld,~ _
fndustrial capacity; does linens, etc., for the university froin im odd blue stone. and the misshapen skeletondf
donus, med school, and hospital. Some odd things, Brown Jenkin.
bundled in sh,e(!ts, might turn up here. Theste,amplant
supplies heat and emergencyelectritity for much of the
university, especially the hospital. '

HOYT ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

333W College Street

.sT. MARY'S TEACHING HOSPITAL
450 S West Street
This is Arkham's onlyhospital. It has 165 beds and oper-
ates a 24-hour receivingroom. The School of Medicine
'providesall the residents and interns; doctors with pri-
vatepracti(;e$ in the area are associated staff. A doctor
wh()is expeUed from hospital association has effectively
had his Arkham career ended.
An establishment rock-ribbed in its Protestantism.
the hospital changed its name at the behest of the last
will and testament of Mrs. Mary Elliot Whatton,an
This three-story structure, built in 1912, overiooks<1l1!lgli
of the campus. TheJiist floor is used mostly for inforrila.
tion. registration. and counseling (and contains the offiCieS
of the student newspaper)· while the second fioofbo!ds
the bulkofadministeringstaff. The third floorconta~
the offices of the president, vice~-president,.ahdstaff,. apq
some class or confer.ence rooms. The building is open a
A.M~ to noah, and 1-5 P.M .• Monday-Friday.
A semester's tuition at Miskatonic costs$125a,~m~
ter. A dormitory room costs $91 a semesler. Threem¢ais
daily at a dortnitory cafeteria cost $87.25 per semeSter.:,
Miskatonic University has welcomed 3'certaln-nwn;
... . . ... . ..
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Episcopalian, who left the trustees $150,000 for a new
wingjn 1892.
The campus physician is Doc Waldron; his infir-
mary and office are in the basement of Science Hall. See
entry 609, subhead "Campus Physician."
bet of women since 1879, and small numbers of churdi-
sponsored students :fromChina. Africa, and PolyneSia,
but '95% of the student body are white Anglo-SaXon
Protestant males, usually linked wifuwell-to-do,: ~o~
local families.

100 CAM PUS: 6 2 1 - 6 2'5

 The universitY takes seriously its in loco parentis
duties; prescribing.student hours and' bebaviorin detail.
Curfevvs at 1.0 P.M., strict segregation of the sexes, and
enforcement ofscho~l traditionsarenormai to the time,
Jijit perhaps fartetthed tothos~ Who must fel1d for th~m.;
selves in· looser eraS. StudentS :wbo fail to rise w~en' their
fuStructor enters the dassro.om may be e.xpelled; for
inStance. When not in classroom or. library, an unruly
student may be confined to his or her room, and a system
of resident assistants sees that this is done. . MISS RUTHELLEN
Faculty and staff must not be merely competent, bitt
'\)lust be of sound morals and reputation. Those who
,~c9meentangledln ' bizarre situations or become the
~1¥ctof gossip may not last logg at Miskatonic.
Though the university offetsonlytwenty full-tUition
scholarships each semester, various J;'riva:techarltiesand
;~ts also offer.full or partialsc;;holarsilips. Those win-
J)jng them must still work for or otherwise pay :for
.I'9~om,
board;aJi(lpocket money. This is not ane.asy
tifuein which to be poor; Fall semester runs from
September to mid~January, with atmee-week break in
December. Spring semester bcgiriscithet the fifth
Monday of January or the first Monday.ofFebruary and
:(j)ncludes the secend Filday hI June. A few tutorial
'classes or introd)J~ory classes required for graduation
Me offeredtluring$ummer vac~tion,bilt never special-
:izedupper-divisionorgraduate-level in~truction.
QR. HARVE\y WAINSCOTT
Now 48 years old and formerly a dean at Dartmouth,
Harvey Wain$(:on was hired three years ago by the
trUstees, and has pre~ided ever the ong<;)ing reorgan~~
tiooof th!" university
infO its present Scboois ~·~;;:;;;;:;;;;:;;=;;:;;;;:;;=~rn
and departments. He
has made faculty ene-
,Juies in doing this,
tbough the trustees
applaud his attempts to~
QlQve the llliiversity to
closer junction with the
modem world. They
pride themselves upon
the extent and depth of
i)leirscientific c~ricula.
Th~re will not be, how- ~.~~~~~~~~~~
:ev¢r, a depaitQ1ent of Dr. Wainscott
blI$itieSsildministtation
until 1948, when federal menles begin first to trickle and
then to flood.
Wainscott has also stirred up thetoWti by actively
VICE-PRESIDENT DAVID EDMUND
Now 55 years old, he also was vi~e-president under Dr.
Addleson, the previous president, and W$cijsappo.inted
robe denied :piOniOtiOll.Ail excel1entadminisWitorbut
an uninspiring leader, he functions admirably as the
president's second-in-command. He is unenthusiastic
abqut some of Wainscott'sacadelJlic reforms.
WlnTBY,
REGISTRAR
Now just 37 years old
.and in the flower of her
emotionala.nd intellec-
tual life, Miss Whitby is
ascomp~ten t,i<een,
and as prescient abollt
university records as
Dr. Armitage is about
the contents of his be-
Miss Wh.j :tby loved library.
THE MISKATONICUNIVERSITY CRIER
Its enemies .call it the Sniveler. The weeklystudenl
newspaper's managing editor is Howard Penobscotl
He~s a Henry Luce fan and an annoying young trouble-
maker.Skinny, tiabitually winking through his wire-rim
glass~s, Penebsc9tt ·prefers editgrialhingto journalism,
ilndglories in tweaking the .scheol administration.
Clashes with his fact.Uty adviSor and censor, Swanson
Ames, are ongoing. Penobscott enjoys nothin:~ mOre
than slipping something controversial by Ames, ail
oblique ' and distracted man. Even the fait-minded
President Wainscott finds it impossible to I1ke
P¢nobscott, though h~ admits that his young nem~is is
ingenious.
HOTELMISKATONIC
200blockofW Coll~geStreet
Offering the finest and most expensive lodging in .
Arkham, itstan.ds five stories talland enjoys beautiful
prospects across the Miskatonic campus. Rates begin
at $5 ' a day for ' tbe worst .room; one top-floor suite
commands $SO .a night .during h()me~oming and
.CommejH~erileln.

running for mayor of Ar'kha.m - apatt-tirrie job -

.againSt .longtime incilmbent·Peabody. The dose election
WiU be held on Novertiber6 •.

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ARKHAMSPCA
111 W College Stn~i:1
TIlls new organi~ation is dedicated to the prevention of
cruelty to animals; it is well-funded by some of
Arkharii's most prosperous citizens., The president, 62-
year-old Wilma Peabody (sister of the mayor)" has filed
suit agair!st the students. who apparently sacrificed ,dogs
and cats in some ritual. She has hired Edwin Cassidy to
represent the Society, and hopes to get rullngs which
eventuallywillrcmovc domcsti¢ animals from the status
of absolute chattels andirito a new c1asswh~re death or
injury may be promoted only (or very resrrictt!d,.speci-
fled causes.
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HARRIET BOtSFORD
HOTEL FOR WOMEN
122 W Pickman Street,
Partially supported by a trust left by Harriet Botsford,
tbis hotel 'provides large, welt-furnished. rooms for
single working women at the bargain rate of $16 pet
month. Strict rules apply, however. Only lobby, tele~
phones areallClwed. Men may enter only the front
lobby (very nice, flIeplace, piano). 'Overnight femaie
guests must be registered and are limited toaone~
week visit. The front door is locked at 9 P.M. and no
admittances are made after that hour without special
arrangement. Residents have n9 lobby keys; residents
and visitors alike must be personally admitted by
manager Abigail Flint. Any s(;,rious violation of the
rules is grounds for eviction, alid eViction's are quick
~nArkh~m.
NEIGHBORHOOl) 7
rench Hill, surmounted by the dark ~p.ire of
Bayfriar's Church, includes some of Airkham's
oldest bomes. Still populated predominantly by
, brkk row houses, gambrel. roofs, and occasional
102 CA.MPUS:
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decayed Georgian houses of impressive'
the hill. Some houses perch here precariously,
crazily ov¢r the narrOW s~reets. Many of the lanes
alleys are no more than flights ·of stairs that
upward to end at dark doorways.
The niore prosperous Irish live oli the east
.Ihe hilI and down across East Street in newer, .
expensive homes with small front and back yards/ Fhe
north slope of the hill .ispcip\llated~y the
Irish, a few Poles; and many of Ar~am's
Canadians. The western slope is· mostly poor Irish
aJew Poles. ...
The Polish district, an ar.caof clustered "'alJ'.........-,
and gable· roofed houses; is roughly the six blOCKS
in College, Peabody, High, .<tnd Garrison, on the
west fool of the hill.
101
WALGREEN'S DRUGS
Sf corner of Garrisol/ and ChI/rei!.
Part ofariational chain. Prescriptions. nptions,
ic;s, film developing, etc.
102-
CAMPUS BICYCLE SHOP
146 W Chllrdl Strcet
Buy abike ($24); renla bike (75ceritsa day), or
repaired. Stocks lots of tires.tubesJ and 1',....JU",>l.
ALMEN'S FLOWERS
259 S Garr.ison SI,reet
Dr. HomerWmside, formerly of Miskatoruc
,run~ the shop. Winside was a professorat the
and partiti'pateq in many expeditionsto th~ .
retired a few years ago and opetied tillS shop,
botanical expert, speciaJizing in plants pOlsono.U$,~~
nivor(}us. andotherwise ·exotic Years ago he!itu!!le4't
Blasted Heath, with incpnciusive findings.
Special skill: Botany880/0 IKnow.ledge (Botany) +.1(i~
627-fRENCH HILL:
 French Hili

COLLEGE BARBERSHOP OLD ARKHAM GRAVEYARD

259'6 S Garrison Street
_ .....~u .l.,v. v~ haiicutsand nonstop gossip: Many uruver-
aild faculty go here.
250 E C}mri:!t Street
A remnant from Arkham's fOllndil1g .. ~his cemetery con-
tcHris some of the oldest gra,ves in the town. Many sev-
enteenthcentury headstones exjst;Jhe newest is dated
1743; some are weathered beyond legibility. Ghouls
have plundered the place. ..

MEHLER'S FUNERAl PARLOR 10G

] 71 Lidi Street

~!!!lI!:I',sdients are well-to-do. For an extra fee"the cof-

.... ,:-,'_..~. ... to the cemetery bya pair of matched white
mares ra~her than carried within a motoriZed
few Arkhaniites desire such ostentation.
,l~imatioll, though riot advertised, is available, with
SUirage available in Mehler's· private mausoleunior iIi.
1leID~es.: crypt in Christchurch Cemetery.
SOUTHSIDEBATHHO:USE
209 S Peabody Avenue
Though modern plumbing is siowlyerodU1g this btiSi-'
ness, warmaild comfortable baths are still a.t, a premium'
in some partS ohown. This establishment offers a chance
to ,get clean for only 20 cents. Mornings are reserved for

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women; afternoons are for men. Open 7 .A.M. to 7 P.M.
Tuesday-Sa turday.

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BAYFR!AR'S ·CHURCH FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ARKHAM

540 E Cllurc11 Street 214 Licli Street

This boarded-up, s6ot~darkeTled brick church, ·b~t in
the mid-nineteenth century, sits ominously atop Fj'ench
Hill. Ithas beensAAled for generations; no one seems to
remember why. Arriong,the rotting books lining a base-
ment shelf is a c~pyof the Cthaat Aquadingen; .
108
UNIVERSITY SPA
311 S Garris.oll Street
A s.tu:denH>riented lunchtoomwithdecent food. Lunch
.costs 35-45 cents. Open 6 AJvi. to 3:30 P.M., Monday'-
$.aturday.
Arkbam'soldeslsuryivingchurth was b.uilt in 1743;
the towering steeple 'domiliaJes the skylinC1. The:.
Reverend Charles Noyes leadsthecongregadort
Among its charities, the church funds a shelter ,on
River ~treet for the poor.
In the lateeightecnth and early nineteerith cen.~~
the church was headed by the Reverend Ward Phillipsf
scholar,.mystic,and author 0fThaumaturgicai Prodikit§
;;1 the New England Canaan. A copy of this work can"&
(oundin the church archives, ' along V.1th bundles or
PhillLps' letters, s~rmons,.and unpubHshed ' es~ -
Records of births, deaths. and marriages Within: ~
church areaJso here:

SCIIOQLOF POSitIVE THINKING

497 E College Street
As given by Dr. Delbert Ch.anson «(\vhy,a doctorate:ijj
Mernoryology, niyJa(1"), this six~Iti()nthcourse .
MISKATONICUNIVER$ITY GARAGE lught a week¢ostS $50. ftgt'ailtsa }06 p~. ~~~1 c
o e

334 5 Parsonage Street increase either in Bargain or Pe~Uade (player's

A storage and r:epair facility {or university vehiCles, to a maxiinum of 500;& in that skill {grants +1
Bluff or Diplomacy to a maxiinum of 10 ranks f·.
under the general direction of Bob Bradbury of
Facilities and Grounds. Fora doUara week, the opera~
tors will store any private automobile, Herb Gordon is
the part-time mechanic;.Open 7:30A.M. t06 P.M~ Closed
SUndays.
'Special skilI:Automobile R.epair 52% {Repair +71.
SMITH'S.
BOARDING HOUSE
288Lich Street
110 This weJl-regarded
boai'ding house is oper-
ated by Mr.. Phineas
LEWISTON HOUSE Smith and his wife,
is I E College Street Harriet, both in their
mid-fiftles. A second
This smalL hotel rents mqdest, clean rooms for $.1.75 a
floor room with board
day. 'Ch¢aper rates are ;Lvailable by the week or m.o nth.
costs $49 Per IDoinh.
Renters are carefullyscrutiilized; young' men who keep TheSttlitbs area stuffy
irregular bours wiU be evicted.

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p.air,and though the rooms are spacious and weil-ven-
tilated;md thef90disgood, they are nosey about their
bq~4ers. Aten~rit lat,e for diniler also Hnds that the
;@.~has been. promptly put away or disposed of; the
'Smiths never offer a snack. There ate four other
boarders, including Alain Couzon and Mr. Elisha
Waite, the goldsmith.
J.,IIfanabout fourty years old, Co~on learned the art of
IiYRn6tisIll in Quebec, He makes a tiny income from
I inosis; treating people whO wish to give up habits or
lOse abnormal fears, and occasionally teaching the skill
tupayiug pupil. Heaiso writes freelance.contributions
fw,magaziues, in English and in French.
:For$200 in advance, .Couzon will teach hypnosis
OVtr'a period or six months, At the end ofthat time; the
stu,dent possesses Hyprmsis ID20+ 10 percentiles to a
ma#htum of50%,but oruyifhe ()r she has aPQW of
L4!i>,rbetter. Tho.se with lesser PQWs was,te theirmolley
~never pick up the skill ,{lD4+2 ranks in Hypnosis
att~r 6 months, ,u p to 10 ranks, WISof 14 ot better
-, riiroo} ..
'~ SkilJs:Hypn6sis 85%, French 75% IHypnosis +9,
~peakoth~ La'1g(French) +S}.
ST. MICHAEVSCATHOLlC CHURCH
432 Lieh Street
in 1854 after purchase Of an old Presbyteoan
and consecrating it as St.Michae!'s. Fathe'r Paul
Slleerie ~resently presides over the flock.
'He feels uneasy about accepting healthy cash dona-
'li®iftdm Danny O'Bannion,butJUstheology is up to the
iilc:liofdiStiuguiShiilg man from money; Father Sheene
uia1themoney for a boys~ath1etk program to help keep
~ of the kids off the streets. A sentimental man,
treBlmnion regularly confesses to Fath~ Sheenebut, .a
Ci!Wl<ed Jjia.nas weU, he lies ,Whenever converuei1t.
,EBENS. DRAPER PUBLIC SCHOOL
573 S Powder Mill Street
1-8i meet here from the first Monday in
W
S'¢iitemioo' till the last Friday of May,
H 11 L: 7 1 3 - 7 1 6
t () j~ I\ ll,
11G
SOUTHSIDE GYM
.348 S SimtinelSt reet
A sweaty, smelly plac:efrequented by amateur boxe,rs and
a handful of semj ~ professionals. The gym is gwned by
Luca Marl.1izo, who's also the trainer.
For $20, he'll train a male lnvestigator in ~oxing for six
months, increasing the Fist/Punch skill by lD6 per-
centiles wamcOOn:iumof 65% {if.the lnvestiga,tor h3$ the
feat slots available, and meets any prerequisites; he may
Ieci.rn any of the following: Power Attack, Dodge, Mobility,
orSpriilg Attack}. Over that time,.the student boxer has a
20% chance to get a decorativebtoken nose.
Maruzzo refuses,to train feniales. In this place, they're
just cause for whistles. .
'tHE ROCKS
l4ade up of (tali an-descent teertagcrs and narti~d ~fter
their traditional w~apon, they often congregate around
the .Southside Gym, ,for the moment regarded by both,
gangs as neutral territory.
. the Rocl<s ,were once uoqer the wing of Joe pot,J:ello,
but noW (;lperate without a patron. The Rocks ha:,t ethe
'finns aslrish interlopers, ironically unaware that two
distinct waves.ofIrish immigrants havepassed through
Arkham ai:ready,tf?e first more than sixty years earlier"
long before broad Italian immigratiOn.
They steal a liitle and cheat a little, but there's not
much to buy in Arkham and no fence will trust kids.
The Rocks meet in theatternoons,sauntering and swag-
gering as they go nowhere.
The lrishgang fee\ssafer around' French Hill; while
the Italians favor ,t he lower Southside east of Garrison
and south of Pickman. For the Irish gang, see entry 51~.
Street Punk: TypicaiRock-Head
STR II CON 14 SIZ 1;0. INTI1 POWll
DEX 14 APPP Rim 0.7 SAN 65 HI> Ii
Damage B.o nus: +0
Weapons: FistIPimch 55%.damageID3
Throw Rock = Throw skill %,damage ID4
I<iq<3o.%; dary1llge IDp
Grapple 35%, damagespe"ial
Small Club 35%, da:mage 1D6
Small Knife 30.%. damage 1D4
Skills: Climb 50.%, Dodge 40.%, Fast Talk 200/0, Hide 30.%,
Lie qeativ~l}' 20%, Sneak. 25%.,Spot Hidden 35%,
'Strut 4Q%, Throw 45%.
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KEENAN'S LAUNDRY WITCH HOUSE

.152E College Street 197 EPickmanStTeet

Starch to order. Older gentlemen prefer this laundry's An unpopular rooming house, inhabited by thep.Qo
trcatIncnt of wmgcd collars. and by students Walt.erGilman and Frank Elw.oo~l
The building is lea.sed to Mr: and Mrs. D()mbI'o.W~~,
who in t:urnrent rooms for $25 mOllthlyand fuilCtiQIt
as landlords.
118 Now nearly ~3j
yC<i.rs olp, tbisstru¢ti!(e
may be the oldest.bUild-
NEW ENGLAND ing in Arkham. It ,Was
SCHOOL OF BOOKKEEPING once occupied byKeZiaII
103 E Pickman Street Mason who, after beUtW
captured by Salem :a~
The semester':long introductory course costs $40; upon thorities, escapeddle:
c6mpletioil, the inveStigatorma'y add 1D6percentiles to gaol anddisappw_~
his or her Accounting skill. Additional cOurses may be Keziah had signed iii
taken, with the same rate and terms, to a maxim:utn of blood the great Book Q[
5.0%. in Accounting .{grants +1 rank in Knowledge ~~~~~~~~~~. Azathoth possessed Hi
t~ccounting) per course up to to ranks.!. Keziah Mason the Black Man (one of

111e Witch House

UN,\lAMED
TENANT

106 FREN C H HILL:

' ,r1athotep's many forms) (lnd le<\.rned to travel Walter Gilman, Mathematician
lliroughspace and fiine~ STR 13 CON II siz 14 INT 17 POW 14
$nc:e then, Mason apparently has revisited at least DEXI2 APP lil EnU 19 .SAN2ZHP12
tYJic:ean.nually the cramped, walled-in space above the Damage ~onus: + W4
third-floor attiC room, and here conducted ,chiJd,sacri- Weapon~: none
ficCs.Acrevieebetween the outer and ,inirer waUs holds skiJ)s: Cthulhu Mythos 26%. Library Use 65 oio;Listlm90%,
fhe~innumerable bones of these viCtims, A violet glow Mathematics .85.%; Occult.35%.
is present when she occupies the se,cret space_. and it 1d20STATS:pagc Zi81
¢8n~ometimesbe
, ... . . detected
- - .-.around the. outside
. window
_.
or evencorriihg from~nder the dO,o rof Walter Frank Elwood, Student
Gilmari·sroom. ST~ Iz CON 1Z SIZ 14 lNT15 POW ·12
Walter Gilman.,a brilHant mathema~q ~tudent anhe DEX13 APP 10 EDUl7 SAN 77HP 13
uni~ersity, is aware ()f the hyperphysics ' that may have Damage ~onus; t lD4
~;US¢dbythe so~calledwitcliesbf centuiies Mo. He is Weapons: Fist/PUnch 55%; 1D3+ LD4
p~ntly rooJ:ningm the Witch Holi$e arid bas. bychoke, Skills: Library Use:35%, MathematicS 50%.
~ the thii'dfloor attic room - the one with the odd, rd20STATS: page 2181
\Y'aILandceilirig -in the hope that he, might learli what
the ,old woman knew. He is beginning to experience a, Keiiah Mason, Immortal Witch
6Wirreseries ofullsettlingdrealns. .STR 14 CON IS _SIZ 10 JNT 21 POW 23
lo.CaI rumors have for centuries persisted about DEX14 APPo8 "EDU Z5SAN'O HP12
KeZiah Mason. accompanied by her familiar, Brown Damage.Bonus: + LD4
~,roaming the streets in search of sacrifices., These Weapons: HutcJ\er Knife 650/0, damage lD6.+,104
tJIIllO,r sare true. She conducts private rites on the
Sp¢Ils: COri.t act Nyarhtthotep*, Dread Curse of ;\zqth6th.
, vi#red I,s \andin the Miskatonic and~ with other mem- Enchant PipeS, ShrivelLing,SUmmon/Bind Hunting
tier:s:oftbeEyil Coven, ,in the barren vale beyond Me,adow Horror, SummonfBind Servitor of the Outer Gods,
I!Illl. .$ighting Brown Jenkin at May Eve or Hallowmass VoonshSig~,W(jr.nis (see "I1JeColldellliied') ·
~ds the iriuriment kidnapping of a s-maU child.- She I/(/s a specitllgraspo!Gates,.and seems to be,able.to
Although often referred toby the unediJca~ed and dragvktims -Illloother spaces/times against their will ([tlil a
s~~~titiousas "th¢ Wjt~h-House)~ ,- its sordidpa.st is POW against POW roll on the Resistance Table).
unremenibered by mQstAtkhamites; Investigators apply- • This special relatio;lship,is seemingly at will and with-
Uig'·fur, theavailablerooin next to Walter Gilman's are alit expendiiUre of magic points; the fonn coniactCd.is that
'o/tlle BI(Jik /vftltl. .
Ii~ikely to recognize the ,place for what it is unless they
~'lifelong Arkham residents and canm_a kea successful
skills: Astronomy 35%; Cthulhu Mythos81%, Estimate Gate
'80%, East Talk 700J0. ,Hide 65%, History 40 0/o.l<idnap
~. roll of EDU x3 or less lKnowledge (Local), DC
65%. Occult 65%, Oratory 85%; Organize Cult 80%,
1:;). Resear.ch at the persu.ade70% Pharmacy70%, I.'$YchologySQ%,.Sneak
Arkham llistoric.u 30%, Treat Poi.son 70%.
Sodety (successful SAN: first sight of her costs 1/1Di Sanity !'oints.
Library Use (Research
ld20STATS: page, 218]
roll. Dell}), brings its
true history to light Brown Jenkin, Rat Familiar
STR04 CON 05 SIZ 03- INT 14 POW 12
WALTER GILMAN DEX 18 EDU 03 SAN 0 MQV09 HP04

Gilman is a sensitive Damage Bonus: ·ID6

genius. His.delvingsinto Weapon: Bite 80%, damage 1D2
the Necrotlotnicon. Book Skills: Gnaw6~%, Hide 85%, Listen 70%
ofEibon, and the VlIaus- SAN: costsO/I D4 to see the first time.
sprechlichen Kul/ell; en- {d20STATS: page 218j
courage histheodes
abouthyper~physics but
:}(~v.~ also upset hts emotional balanee. He may remain
in the hQuse, or perhaps his frielid Elwood persuades
timi..to .n10veout,leaving a room vacant for an unsus-
p&tin~ investigator.

HILL: 719 107

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12.0
Y.M.C.A.
477 Powder Mill Street
ThisJacility off(!rsyoung mena locker and a cot to sleep
on for 35 cei:ltsa night. There is no Y.W.CA. in Arkham,
though one could be founded.
ORNES GANGWAY
Next to 780 S French Hill Street
This narrow, dark alley leads toa swall courtyard
behind several buildings. Dirty. filthy with trash, it's
unremarkable except that Keziah Mason and Brown
Jenkin are frequently sighted here.
FRENCH HILL TRANSFORMERSTATION
471 S French Hill Street
This placecontrolselegii<:~servke for the town soutb
of the river and east of Garrison Stre¢t. Unmarined,it's
dangerous •..and enclosed by .ahigh fence. Having
entered, the mvestigator needs a successful Electrical
Repair roll {Repair check (DC 20)} to shut off power
and darken this part of town. An Electrical Repair roll
result :of 00 gives 8D6eledrica 1da mage to ..the investiga-
tor {a result of 1 on this check intlicts8d6 HPof electri-
.cal damagel.
NEIGHBORHOOD 8
U fOWN
ostof this neighborhood is well-off, but
SaltoJlstaIl and High Streets deserve the
.most attention. Perched terrace-like atop
Hill, overlooking campus and the river, these two
streets are a full sixty feet wide andUned with fine
FR[NCH
1\ t 'I" 1;11 l\ Yl\
shade trees .. M3.)1,sions of GeotgianlFederalist · t1~:lCm~_
once mill-owrterhomes. line both sides of both
from Boundary to Garrison.The houses are pla,cedsidt.
by side, uniforlnly twelve feet back from the
walk. A small 'green easement' four feet
between the sidewalk and the street.
There is little ~space between the houses,
few sport small gardens :on the :side. '~~."~nA.,nt.,
the original families still PWIl a few homes;uniiver:$WlI
folk now own many of the houses. A few'
been purchased byorgallizations. Some;ll'e .
hpusesor apartments. No coritmercial bul1C1JnR~;,· ~~~1
in this a rea.
Police patrols herear~frequent; loitering, .
larly after d;lT~ is not permitted.
Houses along narrower Pi"ckrnanStreet Orl:'.P]
earlier; more modest vintage. Here are
and three-story gam.breI-roofed houses;, .
wood, and many have bee.n divided into ap~frUji~
Sbmeare hidden behind other houses; reachable
narrow alleys.
Sev:eraI older Georgian mansions stand out.
here include poorer faculty and older u' niverSltY-!ltuClentl
These buildings are generally well maintained.
A Jew Geor,gian homes occur on
Washington Streets but much of this area: was
in the later nineteenth cerilury,and consists .
Victorians owned by middbdass property owners
professionals. Some old Arkham families thrive'h~re;
Hill Street is unlit and little lived-on. nouse:s·\UCI
are. ancient, tottering affairs, sagging under mo,SS';I!1OW
gambrel and gable roofs. Some stand ·vacant;
without e1ect-rieity; gas; Or town water; The
underlam by timbers laId dbwnlifetimesago.
Old, disused farm buildings can be seen,
and overgrown; hidden among luxurious tr~
high-standing grasses are long-abandoned Ral:d~~~
the remains.pf old family plOts. This area has.
incorporated. Resident~ get water from w¢Us
along the street.
801
THE FRANKLIN
PLACE
587 W Pick/nail
Street
A first-floor room
with board here is
.available for $95 a
HILL:
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well worth the price.. Mr, and Mrs. F~ank,lin, In HelcimeTowns copies of the Book of Dzyarz, elllres
la~e fifties, are a friendly couple and hired help des Goules; and the G'ha.rne Fragments. He is presently in
place spotless: Their cook prepares breakfast semi-retirement, attempting to ,augment a Sanity too
shaky for Jieldwork. . .
Dante Helcimer, Myth()s Sch91ar
STR 11 CON 12 SIZ 10 [NT 13 POW 13
.!@ante Helcimer,another boarder, isa 43-year-old DEXll APP 13 EOU 15 ,SAN 19 HP 11
. '6;omFrance .Whohastrack~dciWn Mytlios clues. DaJ11ag~Bonus: +0
~iIOddJlt1es across the globe. Long., before moving to
Weapons: Fist/Punch 52%, damage ID3
.........., .. 11\; visited MiskatoniC's Hbrary to consult the Sword Cane 35%, damage 106
~in(jn~iCtJln. Hekliner maywisb to consult itagain; but .32 Revolver 55%. damage IDS
~13l.~.e is unlikely to remember him and, with the pres- SpeUs: Coi1ta~ Ghoul, Dr~dCurse· ' Of Azathoth. Elder, Sign,
lIIt,d<itP·". ,,·t. ·affairs, may now suspect the man's intentions. S\ullmoniBind NightgaWlt.

Upt.own

801 109
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Skills: Climb 55%, Cthulhu Mythos 360/0,bodge 55%,
English· 70%, French 80%, Fast Talk 700/0, FirslAid 35%,
Hide 30%, History 200/0dump450/0i Library Use 50%, .
listen 40%, MecharucalRepair 35%, Occult 30%, ' DC 16, Id4 temporary Wisdom damage, then
Persuade 15%. Photography 40 0A>. Pick Pocket 15%. Polo
20%, PSychoanalysis 20%, Psychology 25%, Ride Camel .
i5%,.Ride Horse4S'%;$neak 750/0, Spot Hidden 50%.
rdlO STATS:page,219l,
802...
DANIEL SHAY PUBLIC SCHOOL
602 W High Street
Grades 1-8 m'e et here from the first M0nday in
September till the last Friday of May.
8 ·01
MISKATONIC CLUB
4// WHig11 Street
' ~sexdl:lsi:vemen's dub oWrts its own Georgian man-
sion. It is always· open to members, and a poiter is
always on duty. AnJenitie~ indudea library, a billiarps
room,a commons. rOOIll' a bar, and a small dining
room,. Three bedrooms .are: avaiJable. Nowom¢n ate
allowed past the porier'sbooth. Membership isbyinvi-
tat ion 0nly. .lnitiation costs $300, as do annual dues.
Drinks, tood,and rooms are extra.
Members include the, president of ArkhamFirst
Bank, Judge RandaU, and financier/developer Robert
Beckworth! own~rofJhe 1:bwerProfessional Building
and the Hotel Miskatgiljc. An investigator able tq Join
this club i01n1¢dilltely rai~eshis Credit RatiiIg hy. 10
percen'tiJes {gains a +2 to any Diplomacy Checks
made against Arkhan1.i.tesJ and becomes a 'f riend of
Judge Randall.
STEWART PORTMAN
299 W Pickman Street
A handsome, s0phistkated dilettante; Portman possesses
the finest collection of rare books in Arkham,includlng
Tillinghast's. Manyrare andlirst editi.0Ds grace his shelves;
He has a finesel . of .
110
Art ',S" j;ti .'\ 11\
Vnknown tq most, Ste\Vatt,43,.and a lifelong bacth~
lor, isa perverted brute. Should a female whom .
desires visit Stewart, he drugs her (POT 14) {'iilgest~
Fort save to resist falling unc0nscious for 1<13 .
and, as thechemicalstake effe.c:t, has his way with
,1 cover story,hedou~her dothe,swith whiskey.
Any female investigator Wh0 presses charges
impJacablebias from JU,d ge Randall, who
length that nO decent woman would ever visit a
lor's homealon~. Portman $ays blandly that S' [ lc·c:ame'w;
see hjs etchings, and that honor prevents hiin fiom~'!iavoJ
ingmore.
Since [he Portman
family iS0f longstand.itlg
in Arkham, the victim's
Credit Rating thereafter
drops to zero against
Arkhamites{sodal b0-
nuses tocharisma'::based
skills are completely
negatedagainsr Ark~
hamites) and she is sub-
ject to many minor cru-
elties and injustkes.
.P0rtman has a spt!dal
gallery of books .locked in
glass cas~s. This, .tbe largest :coUectiOQ Of pornograpJiY; iii
Massachusetts, would scandalize the citizenry of Arkhall'll
starting rumors ·about it would in some measure turn tfIe
town against the cad, but unfortunately' not rest()~e-tI)e
Feputation of the unfortun~te victim. .
Among the foul works is a copy of the RellelaIIOIIS'6f.i
Glaah A Spot Hidde)1[Spot check (DC IS)}
uncovers this volume among the hundreds of
homages crowding the she.lves.
Also to be found here is .a' copy of the L' ekertiOi'I.
written ina dialect .of ItaHan. This Mythos torn,!~,.W;L¥.
hand-transcribed in 163.0 by Pietro M0ra, a .'
leader, and noW is ptopably the only copy. Its
has. not been rep01~ted since 1744. In 16:31, "n",.." .""
inostofhis coveriwere arrest¢darid exec.uted Dv,;auU10r-,
hies fdraLleged complicity in the spread of
Sallity .ioss1D211D8+2; Cthulhll Mythos +12 Derl,entlirtf:
average 8 weeks tostw/y otldcomprehemL ~'IPeJJiS:: .11i!)~:
but keeper's ch0ice of twospeUs jf desired
Cthulhu Mythos: +2 ranks},
The binding, boards. and pages of the 7pk'PTI,,~rij~~
treated with a contact poison absorbable
skin; whoever handles the book mustres!st a
poison, which takes effect in about 30 :miout~;
the reader's hanels f~ numb and cold, then .
spreads. Faihlte to resis.t the poison leads to U",,'UnIYIWIIIJ
12 hours \makea :Fort save, C0ntact poison, DC
UPTOW'N:
 Con drain initiaily, secondary damage cos.ts the
victim 1 point of Constitution per hour.
Setoni:iaryDamage occurs every hour until
subject .has heen su~essfully treated .or
dies}. Gloves negate the danger.
Portman knows about the pOison
but l1evertellsanyone, seeing the poi-
son as a .d electable curiosity, and as
right~ous punish~ent of thieves.
Special skills: B.oo.k Lore 830/0, Credit
RatitJg900/0j Slip a MitkeyFinn 93%,
Ignore Guilt 88% (Wealth Fe<lt (x4),
Resear¢h +9; i(now]cdge(local) + I0, Sleight
of Hand + 12, Bluff + 10, lntimidate + 12,
Performance (Qrator)') +81.
80}
TIMBLETON ARMS
1/1 W Pickman Street
'!I1his five,stbry building has lw..:llryapart-
mentS to rent, starting at $83.a month. The·
1!ri~~,indudes laundry, maid serviCe,.and a
t\!Il-time doorman. The penthouse apart-
mMts, go for $120 a month. Gangster
.8aJfuy,Q'Bann ion lIVes in one.
80G
,MAY LADIES BEAUTY SALON
122 WHlghStreet
P(tronized by Arkham's female gentry, it's the most
. .nsive salon in town.
801
JOOEL>uPTON, CONSULTING ARCHITECT
662 W Saltal/stan Street
W~QP is ilJ. his late forties, married, and the father of
:.ooeson. Thlssikce!>sful man's home is a showplace of
.GtOriWin architecture. Upton graduated from Harvard
n;elongs to the Arkham Historical Society. He is
Yeise<f;in New England architecture.
804-810
Upton is a dose friend ohhepoet Edward Pickman
Derby and has met Derbis bride, Asenath Waite. He is
worried for Derby"who has told him some unnerving
things. Upton possesseS several small objects of strange
;geometric character given to him by Derby.
SpeciliJ skills: Nc\v England Architecture 90%; Arkham
H,istory 65% ·ICraft (Architecture.) + W; Knowledge
(Architecture) + 10, (Local History) +8\.
808
WHITECHAPEL NlJRSINGHOMl!
602 W Saltol1$tall Street
This nursing honie'<.:6sts '$1'00 montllly; including meals
and medicale-are. In-home nursiQg care, 24 hours daily,
cost5$10 a day.
805)
HORTON WILSON, M.D.
522 W Saltonstall Street
Now 74 years old, and semHeti:red. Dr.
Wilson was and is the personal physician
of Professor Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee; he
treated the man during and after his stran.ge
atfackCifamnesia in 1913. He ma:yhave learned
things from Peaslee usefuJ to investigators.
810
DAUG1:ITERS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
432 W Sali'onstaU Street
Open to women only, applicants .must be 18 or older;,
demonstratelineaJ descent from sOmeone who
aided iIi the cause of the AIite~ican Revolutionary War;
and be personally acceptable. Membership in apartlcu-
Jar chapter is by invitation only. Arkham dues .a re$SO
annually. · .
These blue bloods. defend American culture against
immigrants, anarchists, corrtinunists, and unionists.
Th~y are the core of Arkham's gentry. Meinbership by
an investigator raises her Credit Rating by 10 per-
centUes 1+2 to Diplomacychecksl.
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CLARK'S RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATIONS HAROLD SHEAR

276 W S(Jltollsta/l Street
The ancestral home of Miss Eliza"bethClark,.49;she' is
the lastofthis branch of the Clarks. This is a splendid
Georgian mansion~ B.entershelp pay the property taxes,
and rather more. .
The house is the besJ boarding estabfishment in
Arkham. Rooms are by the monthonly,anqinclude
two rriealsada:y, breakfast at? AJvl. .and supper at 6:30
P.M. Miss Clark rents only to the select few with whom
she can feel personal affinity, presently including a
male professional and a female professional deter"
mined by the keeper, a businesswoman (Miss Hattie
O'Brian, own,er :of Ha~ie~sBoutiqlle), and accountant
Meyer Golditz. Mr. Golditz's linkwjthorganized
crime is,ofco·urS.e., .u nknown to Miss Clark. Sbe
presently has oIieroom available, with private bath, at
$105 per month.
81L
680 W Mi,skat'/?tlic AVenue
A well-kept Georgian home, with severely PI:~
grounds, lfs home t~ this professor of chemisrryar rJrtl.l
University, a:i;ld his family,
JONATHAN SHEAR
The son of Harold Shear, 'Ion is 12 years old and the
pride of hisparc:;nts. He is also a· developing arsQni~
Jonathan started a year ago by lightingsmaU, contrqUea
fires in the woods, s9tnetim¢s roasting small w(j(jdi~!t.
animals to enj~y what they w()uJddo. After a ti~e~·~
slarted to ignite the contentsofgarhagecatts.
A week ago he siphonedgasoQtof his father~s .qlti
planning to incinerate a heap of ·packing casesbehm:a
Gleason;s Department Store. Unknown to him a '~QI1<i
sLept within; the man leaped flaming andscreamiil&
into the river, never to surface. Jonathan committed~
murder that night and is petrified that someone may-
Bndout it was him. Gradually his. feaTsWillsub,s'i~~
hiJweyer, and he wilJ strike again, each Dew fire mote
daring and c:ruekr.

Jonathan Shear, Fir¢bug

ALBERTN~ WILMARTH
SfR 09 CON 12Siz 10 tNT 14 POWlJ
118. W Silltol1stall Street
.DEX 13 APP Ll EDU 08 SAN 43 HPl1
Afin~ c:;eorgianmailsion, the Wilmarth ancestral JlOrtle Damage BonUs: +0
is. presently the tesidenceof Dr. Albert N. Wilrharth, Weapons: FistlPuncb 30%, damage lD3
PrOfessor of En,glishat the 'University. Kkk 300/0, damage tD6 .
Skills: Act Like Favorite Movk Hero 40%, Climb 60.%.~.
Talk 4S0/0,Hide 40%, Ignite Trash 60%, Sileak40%,
Throw 30%.
{d'i oSTATS: page 2191

Fffi$T PREsBYTERIAN CHURCH

657 W Salrcmstall Street 81}
Founded in 1801, the old church was sold In 1
new brick building opened thats.a111e year.
Sutton leads thecortgregation. MORTON HARTWELL, M.D.
50? WMiskatoll;c Avenue
He;s Armitage's personal physician. Heis nearly
maintaining: only a practice of Jong-time'patienJs.
Specialskill: Medicine 75%, Pharmacy 75%/Heal +9,.
Knowledge ' . +8}

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DR. AND MRS. HENRY ARMITAGE ARKHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY

417 WMiskatonic Avenue 5375 Garrison Street
':!thls fine Edwardian home is property of the university The headquarters of this privately supported group are
Jibrarys director, hous.ed in a resto~ed Georgian mansion set back from
the street. The building is open to the public 10 A.M. to
5" P.M>, Monday-Friday, at no charge,
Several downstairs rooms .aredecoratedincolonial
811 and federalist styles and ~.~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~~
numerous Arkham arti-
facts, such as the com-
ARKHAM RESERVED munity's first pump
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH handle, are .on display.
657 W VVashingtot/ Street Paintings of famous past
Atkhamites line the
Mben the oldchurc,h burned in I Q09, a new and
walls and include Bish-
:grander on¢ wos built in 0 more prosperous port Of ops, Armitages, What-
fown. A high steeple ---, that is, higher than any other eleys,and others.
:<;~urch in town - wasn()tpart of the design and many
The upstairs of the
#ll)tributors are still upset. Rev. Wharton Armbruster
house contains the soci-
presides,·imperturbable. ety's vast library and
colleCted records. Thau~
maturgical Prodigies in
the New EnglandCanaall can be found .on thf! shelves;
NEIGHBORHOOD 9
obscure records, not found elsewhere, can sometimes be
located he"re.
ower Sout 51° e Stored in the basement, in musty boxes, are ~he
missing issues of the Arl<hamBu.lletin (1823-1826) and
the Miskatollic Valley Glearler (1830-1831). The society
acquires new materials as they can be purchased or as.

H
ly Italian:
ere are narrow, twisting lanes andc:rowded
tenements. Some Irish and Poles live here,
. but from High Street south the area is most-
. \
The Southside is located on low marshy ground in a
granted in bequests by Arkham natives;
Mr. E. Lapham Peabody, 61, bas been the Society's
curator for over 30 years. He is expert ill local genealogy.
He has also a working knowledge of most of the church
and town records, library holdings, historical sotieties,
and graveyards found in the Miskatonic Valley regioI\.
,FO-cket between French Hill and South Hill. The air is
l\1uggyin the summer, cold and damp in the wintet While perhaps not knowing the cosmic proportions of
the Myt'hos, he is certainly aWare of lnnsmouth .
iMostof the wood buildings .showsigns of decay. A few
n,mwich, and the strange folk who reside there.. p "':\rlnclv~
single homes still exist. On Powder Mill Street, south of
is a Valuable ally in research, one quite likely to be willing
$.altonstall,stand severalg()()d examples of late eigh-
to heIpso!ve a compJicated genealogical puzzle.
t~~l1th century wooden roW houses.
Badly lit, always the subject of calls for reform R Lapham Peabody, Curator
·\»)rt never 4:;hanging, the neighborhood is overcrowd- Sm09· CON 07 SIZ lO !NT 17 POW IS.
ed, noisy, and inhabited by some of Arkham's poor- DEX 11 APPIS. EDU 28 SAN 63 HP08
:~t .citizens. Tiny shops, markets, and restaurants Damage Bonus: +0
can be found here, often unmarked and known only Weapons: non~
19 neighbors, pressed in betw.een t:enementsand
'apartments.

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L o v (!cr"
Lower Southside
Skills: Accouh~ing 15%, Credit Rating 70%, Cihulhu Mythos
.150/0, Arkham GeneaJ()gy88%~ Local History 85%,
Library Use 1\2%. Navigate 15%. Occult 15%. Persuade
25%. Photograph Documents 45%.
IdlO STATS: page 218 f
Anlnves.tigatorcan jOlo the ArWiam Historical Society
for $20 a year, entitling him or her to acc~s!itoS6Ciety
buildings, records; and libraries. Belonging to the
SocietY js .considered a good iliing in Arkham, though
most men will think twice about donating a week's
wages or more to do it. Investigators can rub elbows
with most of the important Arkhamitesat the aIlnu~1
,, '~O'CleltY mel!ting, usuallyheld in April.
LARKIN INSTITUTE
766 E P;ckmal/ Street:
A gigantic Victorian mansion converted to. a private
psychiatric hospital in 1919 by. Dr. Parker Larkin,a
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skilled practitioner and author. Larkin's p~rs9nal
Psychology skill is 8iilfo/Knowledge CPsych(jlQ,gy)
+ 10, Psychoanalysis +8}; tbecure rate,of the institUte
is 50%.
Hospitalization here costs $220 a month. Patients
have private rooms. Tbete are six beds. The t:woresident
physiCians workihg under Larkin are excellent;
A current patient ()f interest is Dr. Nathiliiid
Corey, who treated Dr. Amos Piper, 'formerly of~e
anthropology department at the university, aftettlre
latterstumbI.eci upon th,e existence of the Great Rac~;
The Yitbians were attempting tp possess Piper b~~
Piper escaped Arkham and , dis~p\)l!ared.Corey: ~~s.
left to pen amanuscriptreveaHng all he knew bef6'r~
he himseLf was driven. insane by the Great Race.,M~r
Corey's admit:tance tc> thi! Insti~ute,his wife dis~()y~
ered the manuscript in his desk. She gave the manu-
script to Dr. Larkin, who saw it at first as the ravmgt
of a madman. Ove,r tillie, however, Larkin: came to
believe that there was truth in the ravings of lili,
patient. How much either man may, now knowab'oJl
the Mythos is upJo the keeper.
LOWE R Sou T H SID E :
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MISS ANDREW'S SOCIAL PARLOUR
709 E High Street
ApJac~ ill whkholdel'Arkham women of genteel <;har-
acter can socialize, and play cards and mahjong. Miss
rAnclrews,p2, als05uppliessmaJJ glasses of frui~ or dan-
·aeJion wine upon request.
ST. STANISLAUS CHURCH
522 Walnut Street
'EStablished ill 1878, this CathdlicChurch occupies. a
~9rmcr Baptist church that could be bought cheaply.
The congregation is mostly Polish.
Father Casimir Iwanicki: over the years Father Casimir
~~ 'been told many stories about an old witch woman
10amed Keziah Mason and a thing that accompanies her,
BrownJenk:in. The witch woman has been accused of
,kidnapping numerous children over the years; lately, the
6) 'year-old priest has Jound reason to believe the 5tO-
'fiefs, accumulating infonriatioiiequivalent to 45%
jlolowledge of Keziah Mason's earthly manifestations,
.ahdofthe evil coven.
'§pedal skill: ethulhu Myilios 7% {Ctbulhu Mythos+ I,
Knowledge (Local Cults) +5}.
SZYMANSKeS BOARDING HOUSE
574 Walnllt Street
Widow Szymanski Owns and operates this cramped,
Jilig~tly dingy house. A second floor room is available
.t6t$75 a month. R;o.onls are kept clean; the food, while
simple and inexpensive, is well prepared and tasty. Mrs.
:Siymanski speaks wi.tha thick polish accent and the
~ajority of her boarders are Polish. Father Casimir is a
.~quent guest elt her supper t.able.
LOWER SOUTHSIDE: 903-908
t (> l;th I, \1'
DR. STANLEYMALKOWSKl
The kindly doctor has boarded here for t¢nyearsi he has
it foomon the fitstt1()or.Dr. Malkowski is a59-year-old
native Of Poland who works mostly in kkham's poorer
neighborhoods; He performs services for free. Dr.
Malkowski is protective of his community and may fail
to report certain injuries to the police if not in the best
interests of his patients. Jt.isaJsorumored that he has on
occ.asion performed aportiQns, a ctiminaLoffense.
Special skills: Medicine750/0, Pharmacy 25.%1 Heal +8,
KnoWledge (Pharmacology) +4},
TARANHALL
552 S Powder lv/ill Street
Taran HaIl isa public banquet haIl available for rent for
$10 ;lday, $15 with chairs and tables; It can seat tIP to
250 peopie. If this.hallis busy, investigators 1ll1ght try
renting a hall From achurc.h 01' school.
SACRED HEART CHURCH
554 S French Hill Street
Our Lady Of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church was
established in 1891, leasing for a nominal sum a
Unitarian building. Father Anthony Morency, 54, pre-
sides avera mostly Italilin congregation.
At a recent meeting with ranki.i1g chUrch officials, he
received permission to seal over a portion of the cata-
combs and the crypts they contain. Unnerving bl.lrrow-
ing sounds have been heard ruongthesouth wall: keep-
er'schoiceastothe ori-
gin ofthe sounds.
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ELEAZAR'S
FUNERAL HOME
549 S French: Hill Str¢el
This. place is owned by
~~~~~~~~~~. Jaspar Eleazar, an un-
Jaspar Eleazar
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scrupulous man who overcharges the poor whenever on the membership proceeds. hitriguingly, Gaspard has,
he can. He will, for a price, overlook certain oddities absorbed much of the Mythos, but haS never learned·ar
about corpses; and (for substantial fees) has twice single spell.
embalmed corpses lacking death certificates.
Jason Gaspard, Occultist
An old rumor has him selling pauper corpses to the
STR13 CON 14 SIZ14 INT 17 POW IS
univershy for dissection,
_DEX 14 APP 1.3 £.DU 15 SAN4D HP 14
.Damage Bonus: +1D4
Weapons: Stiletto 45%, damage J D4+ JD4
Fencing Foil 55%, damage ID6+!D4
Skills: Anthropology 2S%;Archaeology 15%; Observation.al-
Astronomy 450/0, Bargain75o/<>, Chemistry 15%,Credil _
EYE OF AMARA SOCIETY Rating 3%, CthuLhu Myth,os45%, Fast Talk 850/0, Freri9t.:
.13 r E SaltonstaH Street 80%, History 10%, Latin 600/0, Library Use 450/0, Occult
75%, Persuade60%,Pharnlacy 15%, PsyChology 65%,
Eye of Amaraisa. smalJ, (jpenlyoccult society making Spot Hidden 65%.
perfu,nctorygestures pf respect to Christiart bdief to
{d20 sTAl's: page 218f
paCify the neighbors. Its members tend to beililethint~,
writers, artists, alldother outlandish sorts who crave to
harness themagicks that they intuitively believe exist.
Membership is by invitation only and costs $30,
plus annual dues of $25; Members must attend a min-
imum of ten of the monthly meetings.(some he.ldon
nights such as HalIowrnassand May Eve) and a mem- SIMPSON APARTMENTS
bercan be expelled at any time by majority vote. 64B Walnut Street
~embership .in other mystic societies,. such as the
<--M asons, is strictly forbidden. Small, drafty apartriJents in a poor neigbborhoCid ..For
$30, a second-floor room is available, next door Ito
An investigator who belongs to this society would
Madame Du1a~i, the astrologer.
be expected to tell of his Cthulhoid discoveries a.s
they happened; withhqlding information is grounds
for expulsion. MADAME· DULAGI
MeetingsaremQstly discussions. Few of the members For $1, she casts a horoscope. What the investigato)'
believe enough in mate- learns is up to the keeper; hin:tsaboutfuture·adventure;
Tial magic to try to within the planned campaign area good idea. t ,
achieveanythin:g except woman is less than· five feet tall,:at least seventy; and v~q:
the same charismatic wrinkled.
influehce over others
that their leader, Jason Special skills: Astrology 60%,Occult 25%, Polish 65%
IKnowledge (Astrology) +9, Knowledge (Occult) +4,
Gaspard, holds over
Speak other Lang (Polish) +81~ .
them. lllegalitiesarerare; •
even alcohbl.is barred
fromt1J:e meetings.
A benefit of mem-
is access to the
;' V" • .,...lfJ

f'''"ri"tu.'< occult library.

includes copies of Jason Gaspard THE CLUB

Liber jvonis, Sussex
Manuscript, Po nape Scriptures, Eltdown Shards, The
Golden BOl/gIl, and The Witch-Cult In Western Europe.
For every year of membership, the investigator may
increase his or her Occult .skill by ID6 percentiles.
Althougb most ·of the Society's twenty-odd members
.are employed, the leader of the group, Jason Gaspard, is
not. Gaspard is .an intensC!, charismatic figure who lives
620 S Frellch· Hill Street
UlliqlleJtal;allo is Qn the window. Astorefrontfr~t~fi) _
organization for ltalianson1y, this one spotts J.
Potrello. asa member. Here he drinks coffee and Winl;'
plotting impossible revenges against O'Bannionand'Jiis
gang. NUlT:lber~ and race-betting operations, bothra~R­
etsof theO'Bannion gang, operate here; an.d st~I~!f
items (though not items stolen from Italians) <®I Sf

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Qaught here. The manager is Virgilio; who sports "Big Skills: Dodge 45%. Fast Talk 75%, Listen 55%, ltalian4SOIo,
'Red" as a nickname. Rumor has it that Q'Bannion backs Sneak 45%, Spot Hidden 8S%.
tbe.place, andtakes the profits. 1d20 STATS: page '2 L9)
,
Lou Benito, Henchman
STR l4 CON 14 SIZ l4 INTil POWl1
1i~'S a sorry sitM tbeseda'ys. His power is ruined, his DEX IS APP ii EDU 08 SAN44 HP14
~.tience is gone, 3.nd he has oire loyal henchman left. Damage Borius: + LD4
N.6teven the ltaJilin youth-gang; the Rocks,respectsliim.
Weapons: ~;ist/Punch 7S%, damag¢ LD3+ ID4 .
He knd\Ysthe O'Bannion mobl1as hiin marked for Head Butt 5S%, damage 1D4+ 1D4
4~tb. He al$d knows that pollce are on O'Banruon's Kick 45%, damage 1D6+ 1D4
')1.(yrolland fearsthcit they might set him up (not true, Grapple 6S%, damage spei:ial
lAtkham's police are not yet that corrupt). Stiletto 8S%,dam;lge ID4+ 2+lD4
·Pi>treHo Came to the l)nited 'St~tes . iri 1900. atthe age AS Revolver 75%, damage I Dl 0+2
,9f Jwel~e, · sent here by ~.~=======~~. Skills: Dodge 75%, F~st Talk45%. Hide 70%, Listeil 65%.
fils widow,er father to SayYes 88%, Sueak7S%.
liv.e with relativ:es in [diOSTATS: page 2191
'l\IKham. He grew up .in
J\rkham's poor:est Jtal- '
'Wt section)w()rking in
'.tn1l1s_h~re and inn,earby
~JtQn. By age eighteen
lie' led a handful of
toughs specializing in ANTON'S 'RESTAURANT
muggings and shop- 689 S Powder Mili Street
~keip~r ext()rtion. Dis-
The.best Italian fbOd in Arkham; A modest, clean plac~i
missed from the Army
supper can be hud for 50-65 cents; Antori's is,frequent-
'8ft~nl few weeks when
Joe PotI'ellb ed by some members of O' Bannion's gang as wcll as by
ih~ Armistice was
Joe PotreU~.
ls'gned, Potrello established ari ingenious illegal nuli'l-
Jtei'srgame modeled on rackets popular in New York.
'Jlb:~ ' tume<;i a .good profit. When Prohi~ition
!. PotreUohad the capitaJ'.and conta~ts to locally
" UI~'!"IU!-lle profitable !;Iooze from overseas..
'Potrello comports himself modestly, and dresses in
~IQ!Ilon working~dass dothes. Most rta1ian-sp~akers TENEMENT
'Olr.n,n'...·.~f him; many admire him .. Heisagood cOIHribu-
.6 '5 S French HillStreet
Churcb, though professing a belief that his
. . .' Those he has wronged know him as By no means thepnly tenement on the block, this ·1840s
. opponent, and fear to 'speitk to .the police. The browostone has a third fl<)or walk-up available for .$14a
fear him liS a cool, shadowy figure who may month, The building is cramped; dirty, noisy, and the
1~:s;o,me4:1ay become respectable enough that the Itciliims water arid heatare .unreliable. Windows are drafty and
'MIl elect him to the Town Council. an investigator heaTS crying babies, fistfights II;} the
streets, and children wnru,ngup and down the hills.
J~'l!otrello,
.. Gangster The nex.t-dooi'~neighborisari occasional
CON 12' SIZ14 INT 15 POW IS Moila) whO also performs petty theft when shecari.
AP·p Ii EDU 09 SAN 35 HP13

.iIAGAN WILSON, ARTIST

,:\WeIDOJlIS:' FistlPurich85%, damage 103+1D4
"l'1t;aU-jlun 6s%"damage 104+104 He lives above the vacant apartment. WilsonisJ2, a
l,G¢k '65%,d<llT\age I D6+ [04 d~r\lnged mastetofwatercolorsa.n dpen and ink.
,gr~j:iple 75%, damage special Sever/il years ago he seemed destined for fame and bad
,;g~I~tto 95%, .damage 104+2+ lD4 sevetaJ shows in Boston and New Vork.
~8'Revolver 75%, QaJ1lllge lD10 But about that same time WilSon discovered, in
issues 6f it pulp. magazine called Weird'.Tales, the works

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of a reclusive New England horror author. He became

obsessed by the author's visions. Wtlson'spaintmgs took
on a darker and more foreboding tone. He hinted to
friends that he had done some other paintings that he 91G
dared show to no one.
From late February until early April of 1925 a series
of shocking dreams left him, fora time, an inmate at PETRUCCI'S BARBERSHOP
ArkhamSanitarium. Upon release he burned his collec~ 708 FI.·ench Hill Street
tionof strange stories;ilong with many of his This b;trhershop is pften frequented l?)"
paintings, but he remained obsessed by the the Italian ' cr.iminaleJement. A1.4.~
tbemes. and to this day continues to produce Petrucci knows most of them::
Ctliulhojd~styledcanvasses -nightmare
but is loyal and would M.t
scenes released from his unconscious mind speak a word of what 11~
by the bizarre dreams, hears. Investigators noSing;
His professional career is ruined but he continues to around here are immediately reported.jor
occupy his one-foom drafty garret churning out piece P9trello as potenti,il assassins from.
after piece. foregoing food and sleep to satisfy his mad- .O~BallliioD,
ness. He is a member of the Eye of Amara Society but is
due tp be expelled for .unpaid clues. .

Hagan Wilson, Artist

STR 11 CON 07 SIZ 12 INT 17 POW 15
DEX15 APP06 EDU 13 SAN 21 HP09
Damage Bonus: +0 CHRISTCHURCH ·..........'......... L

Weapons: none
SlijUs: Draw 88%.Cth.uJhu Mythos:z2%, Occult 15%,
Christchurch is the newest cemetery
Paintillgs 90%, Waterco.lors'83%.
Arkham; rich and poor find burial here.
,{diOSTATS: pa&e 219}
spite the inevitable reference to .
Episcopal, these plots are nondenual.ulll11UrJI
a!. TheCongregatiollal church is handiest
this location.
The cemetery is surrounded by ~n .
fopt-high ston~ waU) topped with iron
VETERINARIAN Entrance is through the main gate only;
184 E Sa/tiJl/stdll Street eclat the foot of Peabody Avenue, The
open 7 A.M. to6p.M. dally. A watChman
Old Dot Pinter, 69. works out of his home. Bill Pinter near the gate;
has been Arkham's favorite vet for years and is familiar
Climbing the wall is possible but reg
with livestockand pets!rf need be. he performs his·serv- a ladder, a successful Climb roll, ora
ices free of charge. help. Once atop the wall the character
~pecialskills: Diagnose Animal Disease .85%; Treat have to make a DEX x5 roU or less
. Animal Disease 90% {Animal Empathy +4. Handle check, DC 8} to avoid injuring hi
Animal +5. Heai+6}. on tbe rusty iron spikes set in tbe
These cause 1D3 pointS of U<1J~l<11;'l
pius a 10% chance of infection
tetanus if treatment is neglected.

HALSEY PUBLIC SCHOOl.

391 E M i.sklltoilic ·A l'eflllt:

Grades 1-8 meet here from the first Monday in

September6L/ the last Friday of May.

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'B£-YOND ALL NEIGHBORHOODS
1001
BILLINGTON'S WOODS
Northwest of tow,.,
This dark looming forest,. much of it untouched by a.xe
or 'saw, hasbeen in the BHlington family since colonial
tjines;the present owner isa member ()f tbe English
Bi~nch of the family. No one has lived on the property
'since 182l.
With some.effbrt, a carriageway can be traced leading
Off the Pike and through the woods to end at the house.
The house is remarkahle for the four pilasters ,on the
facade.The most interesting part of the house is the
Billin~ton's
1001
two.- story study, where a huge circular window of
"inany-colouredglass" dominates the western wall. Tall,
dust-coated bookshelves line the other walls.
BOOKS IN THE STUDY
A search of the shelves turns up copies of the Liber
Ivan is. De Vermiis Mysteriis. Cuites des Goules, and
Thatitnaturgicai Prodigies.
A small holographic manuscript headed "Of Evil
Sorceries clone in New England of Daemons . in no
Humane Shape" is present, at the keepers option. The
essay is fragmentary; what's present concerns sorceries
only iil early New England. The author is unknown.
With a successful English roll, Sanity loss: I/1D4;
Cthulh.u MytllOs +2 perc~ntiles; mi e1'Cjge .l wecek t(l study
and comprehend. Spells: none {DC 15; Cthtilhu Mythos
+1; contains no spelJsl. .
Tbe most important hookhere is AI-AziJ-Ye Booke
ofye Arab, a translation or interpretation of part of the
Necronomicol1, written in crabbed and meiilldedng
provincial English in the sixteenthc~ntury. Within this
book can be found a spell, Call. the Lurker at the
Threshold. With a successful English roll, Sanit), loss:.
Woods
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~DJllJ)6; Cthulll/,l Mytltos +8 percentiles; average 4

~ to Studyand comprehend.SpeU: Call the Lurkera~
the·Threshold. IDC 20; CthWhu Mythos +2; contains ,
ofie'speD:'Call the Lurker at the Thresholdl.

;e<in~i)trkcirdes; split by rays emanating from the

&hter to the perimeter, grow darl\er toward th¢ center
,<iT the glass. the center is a single round pane of clear
,i)ass,llke the pupil ofaneye. Thls win.dow looks west-
W¥rl,across trees ,and asmarI marsh, directly at a stone
tQw,~l'a fewhundted yards a~ay.
Quing through this window for an extended time
.Iin'QJ:I(e~visions (jfhazy, nebulous Mythoss~enes with a
~tYCost of IllD3 points for each exposure;
iAt night, if the tower is stared at through the win-
dpW, ~ll¢ sp'irit oflong~gone ' wiz,ard AJijah Billington
~f~tt~mpt to po~se!lst!iecharacter atth¢window. To ' DOWN5TAI~5
STUDY
aefeat the attack, the character must receive a successful
resistance table roll pitting his or her POW against
BJII'iJigton's POW 20 ,1a Will save, DC 2SI.
{f>sutcesSful, Billington possesses the character for
~ own purposes. the possession is not strong, howev~
~;moving the possessed character from the house for
~20 clays breaksJhe subjugation.

.-.
The:\lower seen from the window stands in ' a low spot
~n'1heproperty, atop a small island in the bedofa dead
tn.\~!lif:Y stream. Adrcle.of rough-shaped but carefully
·pla.¢¢d ston¢s surround it. THIRDSTORY/ATnC
(UNFINISHED)
Ji is huilt of stpnes fiAeen in~hcs thiCk. It stands
iW'enty feet high, and is tWelve feetin .diametefpt Jhe
base"Acorucal reiof surmounts .the tower.. A single
aiclied doorway iilthe base provides entry.
The intericir is, hollow. A narro,'" llight of crude stone
~ ,curlup the :iot¢tior waIl. Chiseled into the wall
Mongthestairwayis aprimitive but iinpressive bas-relief,
aTa~8nih.at repeatsitself all the way to the top.
Afthe end .ofthe stairs is a small platform that one
tiancrouch upon. An opening in the tower's roof; facing
~t toward the house, has been sealed offby a large
bl~k ,Qflimestonethat b~rs SOIlle type of.Elder SIgn. If
~ ~tQne is pried ioose, the platform can be stood
jIpoD,-,pladng the investigator's he,a d above the Peak of
dl.e,rOofind leaVing Illest of him exposed.
With thestoile removed, ri~es andincant,ations can
~Iperfontied here; To call the Lurk.er at the Threshpld,
ail Ihcantation must be made thrice and certain dia-
grams drawn in sand while standing within the circle of
stQ..n~: Tne'Lurkermanifests through fheoperung in
_th~ tOWer's roof and, filling the tower, pours out Billinf3ton's Mansion

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through the ar~hed opening; demanding its sacrifice. N~ither maintained nor lived in, the roof hassin~
Pointing toward a nearby v·illage suffices. colJapsed into the rest of the house.

DESCRlPtION OF THE LURKER

A .dark formless mass, huge and slug-like but moving 1004-
rapidly <l~ross and through the earth. It is not·complete-
ly material Ilis possibly an aspect ·0£ Yog-Sothoth.

The Lurker at.the Threshold 'UNIVERSITY AtliLETIC FIELD

STR44 CON 44SlZ 32' IN'rio POW 40 West O!tOlVl1
J)EX 22 Move] 4 HP38
This facility is located approximately 1.5 miles wei;hOf
Damage Bonus: +4D6.
Arkharn ori the Aylesbury Pike~ Herei$ a Jootball ·!feRI
WeapOns: pS~l1d6pod 99%,dafuage 2D I 0 .
wit}, stands,anonre.gulation base.baJl diamond, and '
Armor: the Lurker is·not completelpnaterial; weapons
which can impale do only minimum damage. quarter-niilecinder track. Anyone is free to. usetheii~
SAN COs.t: 1Q 10/40 10. except dllrjn~ pr<l<:tkcs.
{dlO.STATS: p~ge 220) Some equiprnentand additional disassemb~
.bleadier stands are storeq in two large sheds at LUe·. euw~·.
oflhe.property;
10Q2- The Astronorily Department stores its .p ,'aht",n-'ft"

lelescope here.

SNAKE'S DEN CAVE

Southwest (If town
100f
-T,l;1e <;ave appears in the south face ofElm Mountain, in
the qiUk wO(jqs j~stnbrth of the old Garter mansion.
Local folk keep shy of tbe cave, feating adders. (as .~
TOWN DUMP
poisonous snakes are known here}oi: worse, but
NOr/hof to 11'11
Randolph Carfer played here as a child.
At the rear ofthe cave is a fiSSure which i if an iOves, MiJst Of Arkham's trash and garbage endilp .n,iiih,Wi'!CI
~gator .c ansqiJeeze through (SIZ B or less {Medium of Meadow Hill, in a big excavated pit. At night the
size or less onJrl) leads to a rarely visited iiuier cave. is infested with raccoons, skunks. opossums,
. This second awe contains a pylon of roughly shaped
()c<:asional black bear.
stone. On th¢ hack wall can beseeo. the faint tracesofa
carved atQl and what looks like a gigantic hand. This is
a Gate through which Carter; with the aid of a strange
silver key; passed out ·6filiis·world. looG

IO'O~· CHAPMAN FARMHOUSE

THE OLD CARTERMANSION
So(rthwest of town
Located 310M the road from Bost~m, the old Carter
place He~ halfWay up Elrn Mountain on a knoll cleared
of trees. The mansion has been jn the Carter filmily
since shortly after thefo.u nding of Arkham.
Christopher Carter, great-uncle ofRandolph, hlstJived
in it. Christopher Carter died shortLy after the turn of
the century,
North of tCH1'11
An Qlcl farm Qear Meadow Hill, it waS given upJat~~
century.andt~efields left fallow. The fanUlr
the house. hi 1904, Herbhf Wes.tacciMntally
to the ground~and. with it his papers and e·~mlR~
The farm was then abandoned f6r two decades.Jn
last few years, the Arkham Gun CliJb has P~ld
arrears and uses a field a ha1f:..nille from the.
(or skeet. shOoting. The groll.Q<l here is litter¢d. .
shards of countless day pigeons.

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MEADOW lIILL
North OjtOIVIL
mus~diu'k hiJI can be made out from high points in
town. Beyond it is.a dark yale wherein stands a single
~!IJ.I.lllt:~~9IJ,c:, .illl
um:arven monolith thought to be older
Incliahs. In fhisv:alJ~y nothing eyer grows and
'''''"'''~CU·'~' . lO barren andcompaeted.
. here and conduct unholy ritu31s. Last .May the
tMkhanipolice,.alongwith ESsexCouilty deputies, raid,.
meeting and scattered. it, arresting two mere
They were released wh~n nocrimirlal
could be found at the scene.
Iili!1~e
criminalityi.s a group secr¢:tly present in
since the town'sbeginnirigs. Still headed by
Mason (along with Nyarlathotep in the avatarof
Ii!Cl~k Man), the c;:oven's .other members have
over the generations;
If possible, ,a child is.sacrificed at each meeting; some
who have disappeared fi'omArkham over
!~,~Itunes . were victims of this horrible cult. More
.th(>ugh;youngslaves were offered up beyond
Hill or filthy Urchins were seized or bought in
bf Boston, and fetched there to be murdered.
The membeisJake care not to associate except on
business. The number of central members is
thirt~e.n,inc1uding' K¢zia'h, 'though. their actual
varies.All have sigo(!d. their names in the Book
fDttJl'diltltoth in the presence of Nyarlathotep;
Members often cultivate a fringe follower o:rtwo .to
riSky deeds like child stealing or poisoning.
JtfiI!l'·"'lembers prefer to commit their own eviJ deeds.
!IIOO:I{S'atlCl cu:ltitemsare keptin a secret~Ued~offpor­
Of the attic .in Keziah Mason's house. The other
secret cult has no connection with the
fi\!SI~t9IQic. students currently charged with~acrificing
riot do other 19Wn personalities such as
have" links with thein, nor do folk who
practice ·white .magkor .the Old Religion of the
. ~entralmembers folloW.
1007
t (J i;ti; l\ 11\
JOE,AMBROSE, CULT NAME JERGAT
He works at Arkham Worsted MilJs as a maintenance
man; and has a high Mechanical Repair. Ambrose is asio-
. gle man; roomiilg ata boarding house on French Hill.
HAROLD BEEMJS,CULT NAME BALAZAR
A tramp. Beerills .bas wandered ands]ept in the Arkham
area for .the last eight years. He gru.dgingly does odd
jobs, bu~ p ...efers to beg or steal. His great personal
power gives him friendly relations with most of
Ar;kham's police~ Beemis is al)olit forty, dr¢ssesin ragged
cIothes,. and is usually unshaven and smelly. He was
already kn:owledgeable in Occult before .coming to
Arkham. He usually sleeps in Rivertown .
ROBERT CZYENCK, CUll' NAME REGNEH
Czyenck is 4l yearS old, 6'4" taU, and weighs 275
pounds. He own~ the Northside Market.
WJ.lL1AM DANVERS JOHNSTON,.
CULT NAME AHMALA
Johnston is'S4 years old and vice-president at Arkham:
Na.tional Bank. A. central member of the coven f,Qi\
over .twenty ye·ars, Mason keeps him- second-in-com-
nland du~ .torus inteIligenc~and. infl.ueoce~ . He
belongs to the Miskatonk Club j 3.s well as a number of
other civic organizations.
ABIGAiL LARUE, CuLT NAME TAMA
A 71-yea.r-Qld Cr¢ole Woman who spent mue;h of her
life'in New Odeans, she is steeped in v-oodootraditions
and hasa high Occult skilL She works as a maid for the
Neeley family, residing inthe Neeleys' spaciouS home on
weSt Miskatonic Avenue.
KEZIAH ,MASON,GULTNAMENAHAB
Sbe is an ·original Arkhamsettler, alive today b.ecause.Of
nermastery of Gates which allow her t.O pass:tbrough
and space at will. Mason is the undisputed lea:d~r ·of .
coven. See entry 7) 9 for her and her familiar's stars.
EDWIN WHITE PERKINS m,
CULT NAME JABAL
Perkins 'is a dilettante residing in the fam'ily's Arkham
malls~, He is 34 years old. At the urging of the cOVen, he
joined the Eye of Amara Society to learn how muchihey
knew of the Myth.Os. His answer Was "very little."
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MARLA SLOCUM, CULT NAME SHANA
She works as a saleslady at Hattie's Boutique, and lives
in a nice borne with ber unsuspecting husband, DaHel.1.
Sh\! is 32 years ()ld. . child ·sacrifice usually offered. The other dates . m;lYQ~
ELLEN WHIPPLE SMITH, CULTNAME CAMLAS
Mrs. Smith is 55 years old; 3 sweet-acting nurse at St..
Mary's-hospital and a lifelong resident o(Arkham. She
isaw.idowand a psychopathic killer. beathsat the hos-
pital regUlarly could be attributed .to her once someone
became suspicious.
DANIEL SWAlN, CULT NAME S{JGGA
Swain is 4.1 years old, a teacher at Arkham.High School.
He is married and has. two children.
JENNIFER TILSTROM, CULT NAME YULA
At 18, she is the' youngest central member. The .lascivi-
ous Swain recruited h~r; the coven inducts her during
BeJtane r:ite~ in 1928. She lives with her parents. . around the Blasted Heath, c'<lme t() be used, the Village
S:HEILA TOR,STEN, CULT NAME BELAG
:;fust22 years old, she works at thecampushranch of
faran's Bakery. Sb.e lives with her parents.
JAMES ALLEN WHITE, GULT NAME KATAL
He's a baby-faced lawyer at E.E. Saltonstall& Associates;
White is 28 years old and married, without chilcfren.
The coven is ruthlessly protective. At any hint of dis-
covery, they move swiftly and decisively to destroy their
enemies. Careless investig~tors qUiCkly w.ind up in
Christchurch Cemetery. Every centralmemb~r knows
dangerous spells; the most accomplished ones al'ewalk-
ing nightmares of magic.
Kniah beta'mes physically involved only in the
direstcircumstailces. If she does .appear, Nyarlathot~p
may accompany hershoeldthe keeper wish. .
The following dates are ~acred to the coven:
Febntary 2 (Candlemas)
Marcil 20 (vern 1:1 I e'lllillvx)
May l(Be/tane)
Ju.ne21 (silnllner sCJlstice)
AUgttSt I (La m mas)
September 23 (au.tumnalequinox)
November 1 (Samhaiti).
I)eL'eltiber 22 (wjilter spistice)
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Be1tane and Samhain aiece1ebrated on their eves,WiIii
a full gatheiingof the coven at the white stone in !lie
vale beyond Meadow fijll; rites are celebrated and~a
may not be observed indiVidually; and involve rio
human sacrifices.
1008
CLARK'S CORNERS
West of town
Thishamlethas existed for at !¢ast 150 years; and wi ' •
in the last 40 was the center df a thriving commuhl~
Potter's General ,Store was often visited by local farn:t~
such as AmmiPietce; However, the village was I~~at.ed
along the .old mad running west out of Ar~ham ~
after the meteor fell on Nahum Gardends farm".tlic
TOad fell into disuse. Onc:e a new road,runningsou
e~on()myc() Ua psed.
Now remaining are scattered,rotting buildings at ~
overgrown spot along the ghost of a ~oad. c:1~rk'~
Corners will be in.undcited by the planned reServoir;
100.9
GOODY FOWLER COTTAGE
Soiltliwes/ of town
This gray saltbox cottage has stood here since the mtw
1680s. ltwas the hOlne of Goody Fowler, the repute<!
witch. Townsfolk swear ~hat not alivingsouJ nasenteroo
theht)use since 1704, when Goodywas carried o\ltby,~
angry mob and han~ed.
Amazingly, the stOrles are true; Everything is' ~ it
Was the day of Goody's murde.r more than200 ~
before. A half-skein of yarn rests on the spindle; f®d
cfries in the cooki~ pot; a successful Idea or KnowiolL
suggests that potent magicks eddy here still.
The grilnoi:re:atthe edge of the fin!piacehearth. hiCld
beneatb .a loose stone, is Goody Fowler'sgrimoire/WiiJj
a successful English roll, 'Sanity loss: lD~/l D6;Cth,I/hu
Myth6~ +5 pertenf;i.h!siaverage 13 weeks to stu.4Y:'WUl
comprehend. SpeUs:Elder Sign,SllIDllionlBind Hunting;
Horror. {DC 15; Cthulhu Mythos: + 1. Contains th~.fol:
.lowing speUs: Summon Hunting Horror,~ Binq
Hun~illg Hon:or, Elder'Sign}.
THE OUTSK[RTS:
 I Gu il <:
'I'heBlas1:~d
lhereis a curse upon the grimoire~ faUingupon any-
olje; who tak~s Ih\,! bookfro:m its resting place. The
.e11'lover permanently loses one point of APP
(~liarismal for every day he or she possesses the book,
~oWing older and more wicked looking. There is no
~. to avoid or reverse this curse, which contunies i.n
e(ect until the book -is replaced or the Tnvestigator has
~P 1 {zero Charisl11al~so horrid that his or her mere
R~J1ceinduces vomiting in viewers. AC0pyof the
,l5Qoktakes three days to make successfulJy'
1010
THE BLASTED HEATH
WestoI tOW'1
Afew miles from Arkham, the Blasted Heath is on the
~~;qftlie former Nahum Gardner farm, bordering a
nQ,W' lll1used road.
Jp_1882, a strange tt1eteoritelanded on this property
~r.:ilieGardners'wen. Within the year, the familywas
'gai!1g'to tuinand the farm falling to pieces. The Iive-
slo:~k soon dii!40r, ran off; crops swelled grotesquely
1009-1010
t () /;hh 1\ H\
Heath
and then died. Gardner's neighbors spoke of .astrange
glow round the farm at Qigbtand began to shun the
place. After a while, only Ammi Pierce, one ofNahUrit's
oldest neighbors, dared VIsit.
Professors from Miskatonic visited the farm soon
after the meteor landed, but their test results made no
sense. The meteor soon shrank awayand disappeared; a
year later the Gardners were alJ dead.
Allvegetaticmdied in afive~acr(! patch Clf ground
centered on the fu~I;Jl's well, which crossed the old. road
atitssouthern eXtremity. Arkhamites soon abandoned
this road, which ran on throllgh Clark~s Comers, and
chose<a new one·to the south that av:oidedthe area.
Within a few years, most of the bId-timers had sold'
their fa nTis; thosedoser to the Gard1.ler (arm
sooner to leave. A succession of Ftench"Canadians;
Italians, and Poles tried their hands, but none could
stand up t9the dark foreboding aura that seemed to
poison the area for miles abmit.Eventually all the farms
were deserted, except for that of A.m:Ini Pierce. Clark's
Corners ceased to exist.
A fLne gray powder now covers acres of the original
Gardner farm, and nothing has grown in the desolation
fpr mpre than forty Years, The ruins of the Gardner
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farm buildfugs still can be made OUt. Reports concern-
ing the meteorite and its effects must be filed some-
whereat the university, butthey seem to have been mlS-
.pJaced---' perhaps by Armitage. the .remaining eyeWit-
ness to the events is 3..D old, nearly illiterate Yankee,
Ainmi Pierce. Pierce firmly believes that one of the
strange entities. from the meteor s.till li~es in theweU.
Plans areafootto flood most of this.area, including
the Bl~sted Heath, t(l C[(late .a res.ervoir and a secure
'AlateI:' suppiy forthet6Wn. of!\:rkham.
COLOUR out OF SPACE
If unfamiliar with the species; keepers are urged to read
Lovecraft's tale, "A Colour Out of Space'~ and, if possi-
ble, William A. Barton?s ''A Killer Out ofSpace!; scenario
in Cthulhu.Now. Thenotcs andstatistit;5 herewith derive
from·J3arton's work ..
A colo.UT appears asa shifting,insubstantialpatchof
c()lor of an unearthly hue - the being is truly com-
posed of cblor, and is not a gas. If to,uched bra col()ur,
.an investigator {eels as though enveloped by an
unhealthy, slimy v a p o r . ' . fused with the strange colors of its ;l$ck~r andbe f~1s<a
Origillally q.rriedto Earth ina small cyst-lik~
:g~ol>uk within the meteor which landed on the
'Gardner farm, a. colo.ur grows by feeding on Jiving
organisms. The first colour; by devouring the life force
·.of tlleentire Gardner family along with most of their
livestock, was able to mature to the point where it
could leave the planet. ThiS second colour has been
left nothing for ·nourishm.ent but scrub grass alld tbe
few small trees thatc;nce stood in the now-blighted
aiea. It shuns the daylight. which dih.1l:es itl; power.
and .keeps itself hidden iIi the well. If the proposed
reservoir is construCted, the co]durwi1l have agreatly
increased feeding area.
Though it is also vulnerable toceitainspells and can
be imprisoned by astr()rtg magnetic field; a colour is
uniquely vulnerable to an Elder Sign. If touched by an
Elder Sign, there is .apercentage Chance equal to the
PQW points invested in the Sign that the .colour 'is
Jiimmedlately destroyed I thecolom O1l1stsucceed in a
F()rt sav~\ DC lSor be destroyed}. Whe.theror Dot an
Sign destJ:oysa colour,the$igri disintegrates when
oc,v.uw.o;;u by a coloUT, and the .coloilr is always f()rced to
,oraw.back for a short time.
A Colour Out of Space
STRoS SIZ 15 !NT 16 POW IS
DEX 21 Move 20/20 flying HP none
Damage Bonus: +0
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Weapons: £e.ed 85%, damage 1D6 + characteriStjcs.loss
Mental Attack ~OO%, damage ID6 MP + ]D~ SAN
Disintegrate JOO%,automatic destruction
Grasp 8?%. damage special
Arlilor: none;. but no materi~lattack,even flame ora magi;
\veappn, harms itltis vwnerable to magic attacks y;ihidi
deStrciyorconsume POW,.to the Eldet.Sign, or fostrQl'!g
lUagDeticfiel~s: one,sufficientlystrong(keeper~s esti-·
mate) can imprison it;
Spells: 110tle
Skills: none
Sanity Loss: seeing aColo).1r costs O\lD4;seeminga victlln
cosL~ J\lDS SAN.
Feoo:matth the Colo.ur's POW against thetatgefscurren.t
magic points:for every 10 points by which the C<~lour
exceeds in th¢ m:atching, it drainS J pointeachfrolIlt&
vi.dim's STR, CON; POW, DEX, and APR and inaqd.iti
capses I D6 hit points of damage; For each POWpoijlt
drained, add one point to theColour's POW and to i~'
SIZ (and add ID6STR when POW Teaches 20; 30; efci)
If the Colour's POW isiesS than the rarget's,ilcarillol
feedori that character.
.WhlIe being fe(!upOb. the victim's flesh be<:ollle.ss~
strange sucking aild a sensatiO/'i·of burning cold. Mt~r
the attack, tHe victim appears withered and gray; in
severe cases, the flesh is left cracked and wrinkled.
Mental A~a~k: this attack \yeak¢ns theresistim~ of hi go.
POW targets. For each day a: chatacterspe.nds in the
vicinity of the Colour's lair, he or she mustsuccessiUiiy:
matchlNT against the Colour's POW on the resistance.
table or Jose 1D6 magic.pointsand ID6 SAN . Magic
points lost tllis way cannot De regaineduntil.the victim
has left the area. Any victim wishingto)eavethevicirot~
ofthe Colour's influence must receive a successfulro~~
INTx50r Jess c:>r be.unabJe to leave; thefll pass.iv~ly
resist efforts to. ma\<e tbem move away. A Cha.l'acter':!rmMI
insane by .the Colpll[ may violently resist
relocation.
Disintegrate: It takesonerilinl1te and I 0'6 magicpoiri~itcr
theo>lolrr .t9Jdisintegrate a.C:ubic foot ofmeta1•. ac:u~
yard of COn'l;:~~~).>,o r several cubkyards afwood. Th¢
subs~~;~;~;n.tegrated appear partially charred or
melted bJ}J ne' 9tisigenerated by the process;
Grasp:;ith,~t~olotir~ , !tilllijjfy part of itself to use itS. SIR
~l:Q.QiS:TR forjtsev~ m~OW.or fraction ther~of)'.It
c.~Mnanipul.a(t?-~,pjec'ts ·(jr grap' victim pr victims to
drag them. i Q~ fs> ' ii:;
,ldt!)i$TA'fS: p.llge.;2gQI
THE OUTSKIRTS
 lifelong Arkham resi-
dent. His .wife;.
Asenath, hails from
1011 lnnsmouth and carries
in her the tainted [nns~
mouth blood.
'AMMIPIERCE She is a graduate of
West o/town Kingsport's HaU School,
:a and attends classes at
qUeer' old bird, Pierce Mishtonit UniverSity.
·UY.es on a ramshackle Derby would prefer
Iarmoff the disused t.O Hvein the Derby
road that leads to the family house on W.
Saltonstall Street, va~ Asenath/Ephraim
Blasted Heath. Pierce is
, 8(~, the only one who cant since the recent
~members (or is will- death of his father, but A.senatb prefe(s the Crownin-
'~gto talk about). the shield ll1anor, which they have justpurchased with her
.~t:hmge days after the ~.~~~~~~~~~~ money..
meteorite call1ein.lune, Ammi Pierce They keep three InnsmoJ.lth~bomservaIlts, the aged
1882~ He knew Nahum couple Moses and Abigail SClrgent and a young, fishy
'G}rdner and his family weU and witnessed their slow smdlingwench,EunkeBabson. ..
d~Iine .and destruction. ASenath's body is inhabited by her father, Ephraim
Waite, who murderedAsenath after forcing her mind into

Crowninshield Manor Grounds

lOLL

.CROWNINSHIELD
MANOR
Eastern elld a/High Street
T~is is presently the home of
Edward. Pickma'n Derby and
Ills wife, Asenath Waite Derby;
Edward, .nowin bis late thit-
':es,is the author of the poetry
G,o llenioil Azathoth a~d
0.tliers, a l'aststlldent at
MiskatonicUniversityi and a'

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his own aging carcass. Ephraim/Asenath prefers a male
body and thinks Edward Derby's would do Just fine..
-Ephraim is a memberofa sefretcult that meets 1n some
Underground place in Maine. His cu1tnatne js Kamog.
EphraimlAsenathalreadyeffects temporary person;.
ality displacement, otten using Edward's body to drive
their poWerfulPClckard up to Maine. toattendgrotesqu~
cult ceremonies. Derby has been I¢ft shaken <indpara;..
rioid by these episodes and now rarely ventures from
the house. Ephraim/Asenath intends a permanent,.
transfer; he'll ~hen kill Derby while trapped in the
Asellath body. Derbysuspects plots and mayor maynoi
nave confided his suspiCions to his friend, Darii~
~-
\]pton,- the architect.
Asenathand Derby have many occ.ult and Mytho:s,
boOks. Mythos tomes include Azathoth anI:lOt1Jers,
ASENATIf5 People oitlle Monolitft, De VCmtiis My$teriis, it Bridew~'
BEDROOM ....._ _....._ ........ Namele~sCu.lts, and the Book ofDzj'a11.

Edward Pickman Derby

STR I I CON 10SIZ 12 !NT 16 POW OS:,
I!>EX II .APP 11 EDU 16 SAN 15 HPlI
Damage Bonus: +0
WeapQns: none
Skills: Credit Rating 75%; Cthulhu Mythos 33; Drive
Automobile 32%; Library Use 65%; Occult650/0;
Persuade 75%.
/dlOSTATS: page 2201

Ephraim/ AsenathWaite~ Evil Sorcerer

STR] 2 CON 14 SIZ lO. INT 18 POW IS
DEXJ3 APP 13 EDU 23 SAN 0 HPli
AITiC 5PACE
Damage Bonus: i:"0
TfirRD FLOOR Weapons: FistlPWICh 60%, damage lD3
~(1"OWER5)~ Head Butt 50%, damage iD4
KicldJ5%, damage 106
Grapple 35%. damage special
Dagger 45%,c4unage lD4+ 2
Spells: CUTse of Azathoth,Mind Exchange, Mists ofR~lyeh,
Wither Limb. and any six Call and Contact spells.
SldlJs(CthulliuM.Ythos 52%, Drive Automobile 10%; p~
Talk 80%,Occulr55%, Swim 8$%.
[dio sTA-rs: page 220}

Moses Sargent, Servant of Darkness

FURNACE STRI7 CON 16 SlZ 14 .INT14 POW 1-2
DEX 13 APP 09 EDD 08 SAN. 0 HPIS'
Damage Bonus: + 1D4
STORAGE
ROOf,) Weapons: Fisi/Purich 8S oAl.d;unage 1D3+1D4
Head Butt 70%, <Iamilg~ 1D4+ 104
Kick 45%, damag~ LD6+ 1.04
Grapple 750/6, .d amage special
38 Revolver 45%, damagelDlO.
SkilJs: Cthulhu)vtylhos 2S%j$erve Basely 70%; Sw_iJ~r9g%.
Crowninshi~ld Manor 1<120 STATS: page 220 I

THE OUTSKIRTS 1 0 i '2

4bigail Sargent, Servant of Darkness
.m IS CON 15 SIZ.12 TNT 14 POW 13
rpEX13 APP09 EDU 07 SAN 0 HP 13
DarnageBonus: +104 ~
W~ons: Fist/Punch 55%, damage 1D3+JD4
Scratch and Claw 65%, damage lD2+ 1D4
Kick 55%, damage ID6+ ID4
Skills: Cthulbu Mythos 19%, Sweat67%,Swiin 95%;
~i120STATS: page 220 I

EuJiice Babson, Saucy Servant of Darkne-ss

siR 13 CON 13 SIZ 11 INT II POW 12
DEX14 APP 13 ROU 08 SAN 0 HP 12
Damage Bonus: +0
iW¢apons: Dagger 45%, damage 1D4+2
SkiIIs:,ethulhu Mythos 19%; Swim 92%, Wink Lew·dJy 59%,
fd20,SJATS: page 221}

ARKHAM AIRFIELD
East oftowl1
The new flying field. is owned by ex-ace Stanley
Harrington. A Boston native, Harrington downed six
e~rrnan aircraft in the war before being shot down him-
,~I(. He s1Jf vived the crash but severely ~.~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~ sLx months, to a maximum of 50, for $65
b~rne~ his right leg; he was retired from
tlleArlllyand sent home.
After spending a few years barn-
s~~rming,a second near-fatal crashcpn-
iiJ~d hUll:to settle down,openmg
&kham Airfield - a short OOt runway,
f.l hangar with doors at either end, two
planes, a small office beside the hangar,
-and a windsock.
The-planes are, respectively, a two-seat
aniia three-seat biplane. Harrington will
~t aneto a licensed pilot or to someone •
who has Pilot Aircraft-of at least 300/0 Stanley Harrington high-winged monoplane of radical
~pjgt licenses are quite new, provoked
P;!_rtiallyby barnstorming excesses in other states,adevel-
~pmentcifwhich Harrington disapproves).
:R;"imting a plane requires a $50 deposit and
iJi{ar~ngton's approval of the applicant's character.
J:lQ..u dycharges are $2 and $3, respectively, for the two-
~tei' and the three-seater. Renters pay for gasoline and
.any damage. Day rates can be negotiated.
);or $2 more an hour, and. Without the cash deposit,
Ha!1.cln.gron Will do the flying. Stanley Harrington is a
l!Iualified tUght instructor who will teach Pilot Aircraft
to people he approves of, but they mus~ h_ave at least
DEX l3. The price for three hours a week is $7.50; and!
the course lasts six months. At the end of that time the.
student knows 4D6+ iOO/O Pilot Aircraft Additional les:..
sons raise the student's ability by ID6 percentiles every
per six months {D20 option: 1,d4+2 ranks
in Pilot Airplane for first 6-month
course; +1 rank for additiona16-month
course; up to 10 ranks}.
Stor<igespace for investigator planes,
as well as skilled maintenance, can be
negotiated.
Harrington charges25 cents pertake-
off PT landing.
Only Prof. Wingate Peaslee of the
university currently rents bangarspace.
He keeps here a five-seat dosed-cockpit
design, one which Harrington and
mechanic adore. A prototype of the Caproni lOJ (with
out military fixings), this eJl:peosive tri-motor has Alfa
Romeo engines,amaximum of 120mph speed,aceiling
of 20;000 feet, and an effective range of 600 miles.
STANLEY HARRINGTON
He turned thirty this year and. despite a Severe limp he
hasn't lost his sense of adventure. Carefully greased and
hidden away in the bangar is a .30 machine gun of

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 H .f· L vt er r f l .> ;(;11 . '1 n,

Worl<i War vintagethafcanbe fitt¢d to either of his two

planes, and. 5000 rounds of ammunition to go with it.
S_tanley Harrington, Adventurer 1014-
STR 15 CON 16SIZ 14. INT 13 POW 15
DEX 16* APP IS EDU 11 SAN 75 HP 15
''Jf Harrington hlisto rim, j11rnp. or climb, treatas 8. KINGSPORT HEAD
Damilgeaonus: I D4 + East of lawn
Weapons: Flst/Punch60%, dain;!ge 1D3+ 104
Grapple 65%, damage speci;!l _ This high isolated headland, atop cliffs towering·hun-
.45 Revofver4S%;damage J D 10+2 dreds of feet above Kingsport. is more easily ~eadied .
.30 Machine Gun 650/0,damage 2D6+3 .(burst fire) from Arkham .than the town it overlooks. Soon to
Skills: Camouflage J 5%, Drive Automobile 05%. Elec.trkaJ constructed here ~a powerful shortwave wireIeSssta-
Repair 45%. First Aid 35%,J1ti;nch 30.%_. Navigate 20%. .tion tei .be jointly Qwned and operated by Miskatonk
Mechanical Repair 25%, Pilot Aircraft 83%, Spot Hidden Urrivl!rsity and Jhe Arkham Advertiser.
350/0. - The Strange High Hous.e in the Mist, also fouild on
jdlO STATS: page 221\ the Head, is on thes<:lUthern tip; overlooking Kingsport
hundreds offeet below. There are shuttered windows Oil
BUCKY the sides-Cifthe bouse but the only door faces 0\11 direct"
Iy Over the precipice of the head. into empty air. Only,
HEINGRAPPER
birds can reach it The house is a mystkaJgatetot~
Harrington's mechanic
DreamJands, a fact discoverable onlybysleepii1gin the.
is short, ' fat;-. and greasy.
town of Kingspon.
Bucky is never seen
witho.ut a huge wad of
<chewing gum in ills
m()Utb. H¢'s a little stu- 101}
pid, but is also a superb
·intuitive aiechank,· the
best in Arkham. Once FENNER'S ROAD HOUSE
the investigators learn 011 the highway toward Newb/lr)'port
this, they may ask Bucky Bucky Heingrapper
for auto repairs. After Arkharil'ssedatespeakeasy closes.• those craving ~
living drive out to Mel Fennds,a large three-story house.
Special ski!1s:Airplane Repair 87%. Automobile Repair 89%
isolated in the country. Though Fen:ner'soffers vari~
{Repair + 121.
opportunities for sleazy behavior and is therefore atr.u~
alternative to Bolton, Fe~er'smain ' dO'Hristairs room is
the onJy meeting place near Arkham which may be open
after midnight; this grants the place a·certain acceptance
and cachet even among young women. Closing tin:r~
depends mostly on. how Fenner feels that night, and
whether or not the right <;ount}' qeputy is onpatr()l,
Definitely dosed Sundays . • •

130 IHl: OUTSKIRTS

 HIS. SCENARIO IS WRITTEN FOR NEW pLAYERS Qf·
Cthulhu. It assumes the players have little or noknowl~<fg~af
Lovecraft or of the Cthulhu Mythos. if the players are ·eX]~eri~QC!~li.aJ!C1 .i
ban,d s,thenthe keepershould.modify this scenario accordingly. Al.lreJ,!~~~~Y;
1I?~ers can .rolJ up newnovice characters for ~h.is adventure.. ". c·,VCI'W' J.OOISC
:are: left in C:llse the keeper wishes to exp<irid upon 6rotherWi'S.e ',con'tifiue the
~aY.~litute.
One of these is the abundance of Cthulhu MythQS to,tileii. Tp¢. ~~y'e~
.siJou.ld ~viewtheirsignifical1<;:e and quantity, and adjust to sukliiiUsBfor';li'er-
~hhe number-of tOm.es Uncle Silas has to bring irito.play. ThatchokeSh~uld
be; eflectedin Uncle Si1<is'letter to hisriieceo'r nephew (Silas Papers 5[.1
No special knowledge or skills ate required for the sllcc~.s$ftil~(>IidijSiQ <:if
:this,,~enario, nor is.this a raceagaiilsttime. Events moveaccordirig~:to \the ce
'Qf tb,ep!ilyers. If irivestigatorsreq uire time to perform research, ,tllatl time ,JS
~ble. But they should be dtscouraged ftom Lounging aroun·a ·totHons ,
ihere is a psychotic relative-out there, one wi,h an axe to grind.
Jlhis scenario is set in Arkham, Massachusetts, in the late 1920's. TH~p'ar'tic­
~'~ate is left to the keeper~ One player character must be an orphan apptGM-
rria.teJy JJyears old; he or she receiv~a surpriseinheritancefi-oIl1;a~ un · ~~
mative. This investigator soon learns that he or she is the l;tst 'Hving menibeq~f
,an W,lusual family, and thatin accepting the legacy has becomeme.:Sl.!ardi~-
1 . ' . .

lpeih~ps the.lastguardian -of forbidden knowl~dge, Cail th¢ P!li-ye.flSl'i;it;lU(er

.~ OUt this da\.U1tmg task, or will his or her sanity be corrupte(i?

\Ke,ep'er Background
iPor huiidreds ofyears a branch of the McCrindle family ha5~P9ssesscd!~od -Qt
artandmowledge and sorcery. These tomes wer.e kept hiddeJ;l £rqn;1 the 'WQrld,
~ , family legend basitthat the magical knowledge within tJl'eJr l';ages ~wd
doow mankind. Ho.w these hooks came into the family's p6ss\?$iQii ,is n.a~
BACKGROUND
 H .R. 1 0 \I I? C
r 1\ t , ,~,
l<nown, nor is it t:~membered why the Jamily r~solved to
become the protectors of what the books hold. Since the
books were not destroyed; -perhaps there is a special llilre-
solved destiny for the books, as there has been for the
MCCrindles. None now knowswbether the family legend
is in mos,tseo:se.s "true'" b~t the 'books ,have be~nguarded
by McCrindlessince thesixteehth cenhl.ry.
At the oeginningof the twentieth q:ntury; the
McCrlndles lived in Wisconsin. ,OWen McCrindle was
the guardian of the books. :His elder brother Darcus
wanted the books f6rhimself,and challenged Owen for
their possession. Owen wop, but Darcus was vengeful,
an<i late one night he' slaughtered every fa:ll1ily member
he co,uM find. Orily UnCile $ijas (Owell's brother) and
one child (the player-chal'a~er kgatee)esGlPed.
Tbesurviv~gchild was secretly glven, to n: f()st¢r
family.Silasfiecl ,with the books, ending !lp! in ,A rkham
Where he became a recluse until his death. D:arcus was
captured hours after the McCrindle massacre, and was
sentenced for life in the Wisconsin State Hospital for the
Criwinally Insane.
Not long before this adventure starts. Darc-use!icapes
· · ·..
the 'institution. and tracks Silas and the tomes to Arkham.
StatistiCs ~dMtes about him are found later.,
5
I ; ilas was aging, cursed with ill health and increas-
mgseniIity. Foolishly, he decided to take one of
the bo"aks. Monstres and 'Their Kynde, to Jefferson
. arstei's, aBostohbibJlophil~ and rarebo9k dealer. Th~
moldy volume had been falling apart fot decades.
McCnndle wanted suggestions for its preservation and
.repair. He was not getting any younger - all the books
w()uldb~ passed on soon, and he wanted things' to bein
.prop¢rorder for the next glJa.rdjan.
When he took the book from McCrindle; Marsters
was stunned to find himselfholciing s.uch a fabulou~rar­
ity•.even ifamoldy,tat-gna~edone. This version did nor
match the description of me volume stolen from the
British Musewn thirty years before, whiCh was thought
.tobethe only copy of Monstres.inexistence.On the spot.
offered a large sum for this holographic copy.
McCrindle demurred. Marsters pressed. McCrirtdle
more strongLy; and began to realize that his
~,HJ\IUU'Y bad been a mistake, in Judgment. Marsters
m:creased the offer, to no avail. AS they argued, Marsters
came to believe that McCiindk possessed other books
of interest. perhaps many more of them. Reluctantly. he
handed .back the book and made a few suggestions for
i~sdeilning an,drepair. When McCrindle. .departed.
Marsters disqeedy followed ~he old man to.the rail s~a­
tiOn. They bbth took the ao.ston Be Maine back to
Arkham. There Marsters cautiously stalked .t he old man
to his bome on the Aylesbury .Pike ..
136
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1;th . , H\
Marsters' soul was inflamed. Without hesitation,i he
r.e nteda car. and lurked in it until his quarrysrroUedfnto,
t9wil to the Jllarket The coas.t clecu. Mlrs.ters almps
sprinledacross .theroadtQ McCrindle~s house.
'[he two-story hontewas shabby and in.poor repllII:~
Within minutes, MarSters was able to force thefrQn~
door and tiptoe in. The rooms wereunimaginablyflltlir,;
Betauseofth~ garbage and dutter, he needed n:iore~,
to :find the book thim he imagined. When MtCtindle1
returned home unexpectedly, there was a scuffle on ill
stairs. and the old man tunl,bled down and broke~
neck.Pan'icked and lltterlydismayed, Marsters4~
without the hook. McCrindl~~s body was fOWid b.y the'
posiirianthe ·next morniifg, wh() wasdeuvering, -3',
Wisconsin newspaper SiJassubscribed to•.. and whet
noticed that the front doorwasajar.
Player Information
Play startswl1.e n the inheriting player cbaracter·ge . a;
telephone call fI'()m Peter NidlOls. a lawyer· With me
Arkham legal firm of E. E. SaltonstaU,
He informs the player character of the death of:an1
uncle, Silas McCrindIe. This-person ' is~o~ to i~ .
investigator. who un til now has Lillderstood that h~ :~
she was an orphan. The player charader is the sole
eficiaryto Silas McCrindle's .estate, Nichols says,
there is 110 ntistake. The legatee should come to ArklWil
to sort out the details andpQcket the inheritan.ce,;
Ni<;hols reminds the player character to bring ~.~e.
proof of idenfjty.such as mail a:ddressed to him ot- ~~
lettel's bf reference from prominent dtizens;or.~
photos of the people hy whom the legatee was r;used.:
Nichols reaffirms thathisresea.rchhas beenim~.
cable. and that there is no mis.take. The player I'.harn.Gter
is the inheritor. Nichols' firm will make trav¢1 ill'niii'~
ments against the value of the estate, if the inherito
wishes. London or Los AiIgeles, it doesn't matter'ft6Ih
where the player.charac'ter comes. A trip may ~ake .
several weeks by ship from 'Britain to Bost~n _ ~, ' .1._,._
player characters will have t() pay their own ,~.IrPC'·:..-....
which ariloun tto. $120 or in(jre first class.
los Angeles by rail is about $30 plus mealS; fW~
Cbicago it 'i sabQut$H.
~A»,\
Arkhamis located in Essex,Cowlty, M.lssacntlSetts,~(m
Miskatonic River a few miles from .
the Atlantic Ocean. Free thinkers who felt the CllI;:~,;)J',~,.. •
ing religipuscommunities too strict found~d l\flWiiIll"I~ 1
the latesevente.e nthcentury. From its huillblle,il.gticJiltiU.'it:
beginnings the town grew andprospeted
PLA1ER
 iWitcili"hunts ofthe 16905, Arkham was discovered tohar-
b'6r'several witches who were hunted down and executed.
i!h~rthe next hundred years Ar1iliamprospered wlth,the
~ction oEa, seap()rt and a college - whic;h in 18~n
' ~Ille Miskatoruc University, a pHvate urtivci'sityofhigh
'~PlJtatil)J1.
. A's they chugintoArkham aboarf."l the"eoll1ll'iutertrain
~m Bostqn"th~ Jl1vestigators ' ni,')~ce the smoky factories
~t:' p~esent1y It,;nd ,thet9Wn its major emplo,yment and
~~liiie.Acrossthe rivet tbey see the spireS and rooftops
ofiMisklltonic University,a few blocks away., ~::>
The char-attersarrive late in tbe day.,Tbeskyis overcast
:-d'it lopk.s asiliougn ram Will pelt d9Wil soori. The
Qfifces of ,E.E. Salton stall are <iukkly fourid by asking a
, er or anyone paSsmg by: The ,f irm is within three
I)lotks ofthe railstatlon, at 511 Gedney, near the corner of
'W~tage Street.
:Since night is coming .on,llie ,plaYer ,ehliracters need,
IO:«lgiiigs~ TheTilden Anns at 179 W Armitage Street is less
thah'ablock from theSaltonstalloffices; it offers clean and
tfecent lodging for $2.25 per ,room per night., bownthe
~ at Aunt LucY~s Diner (237 WArmitage), dinner is
Sila,s Papers 1
IN ARKlfAM
$1.25" breakfast isAS cents:(with coffee), and .lunch is SO
cents (witb c.offeean<i pie). If Auntl.li.cy's,is cl(js~d, lh~
D~olare Highway 0ife 'is two blocks further west" ahd
usuaUy open eveningS till nine.
(E. (E. 5/\ ItO.N.s't/\ff./\.N[k50ciAtes J
. NtQ rlJfeY-At1.AIN
The offices a:te'riortb.ofthe MjSkatoniC River, not far:from
Independence SquateandCity Hall. The old red brick
Georgian buildingwas the Saltonstall family lrom~acen­
tury agp. Then i~ was converted into tile (")ffi~ . fQr the
expandingfir01.Gilt letters spelling out, thdirm's name
arch across a lowefwmdow. A yoUng twenty-something
r~ceptioriist looks · up from her typing when the player
chat1icters enter.
After the legat¢e,identifies hims~0r h~rse1f;th~ recep,.
ti6nist informsMt. Nichols thrbugh'aniritercom. Nichols
shortly enters the reception area and afterintmd\lctions
ushers everyone down ahall and into .hlsoffice~ lie is in his
late thirties oreaily forties,asrnallwea~l-faced man with
beady eyeS, a long thin nose, and pointY ears. After srllall
talk and some coffee served, Nichols gets down to busi--
ness. He e.'GUlljnes theidentifiqltion anA referen<;es thi
legatee has. brought, 'finds them all ·in ()rder, and recordS,.
their salient details. That done, he quidUy reads the will~.
Nicholsadds/'Thete is<an older house, about twelve
acres of land, and household furnishings as part of the
bequest In aU, cASh and prope(ty are presently valued at
. about $22,000:'
Nichols gives :llie new ptopertyownetthe-originaIof
me will (Silas ;Papers 1). AcoupIe-ofdeeds must be trans"
ferred~ and tranSfer payments to iheCcmnty of--Es:sexwiU
be owed - t9 ~~ 3Il1ountof$25.00. These trans(ersand
payments.must be performed inSa}em; but will not hike
Jong. ,EverYthing can be concluded tomorrowiftheinves-
tigator chooses. Peter Nichols then g1Vesthelegat~e the key
to,the house and volunteers to.drive thegtoupthereiftheY,
desire~ By now it is raining quite heavily.
(EVeNt5JN htt;A~ .' . '.
Over the next weekor so these are a: fewthtngs th~ keep~
.er may Wish to thrQw in to add .s,o meintrigueand myse
teryto the dailyroutme of reading theSIil~-ti:l\vn neWs-
papers. The list is by no rhems coinplete,so ,the keeper
is free to tbrow in more news reports and occurrences to
astound,haffle,.and mislead the players, Gerta:in events
aJ;etargetei!speciijcally at the inyestigatorsand are pte~
sented first If the keeper prcsentsan event, he or she
m~st be prepared to ad lib an 'outcome ,(f ,the player
Plarac~ers decide to investiga,te.
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Day One
Day one comprises the reading ofthe will and (perhaps) a
cursory check of the house ,anjil itscontents~ Wherever the
player characters sleep on this rught, the follOWing, hap-
pens. A storm begins to brew at 8~M. and continues for
most 6f the night, gaining in intensity around 3 A.M.
About then the pJayercharacterS are rudely left awake with
ablindingflashand a god-alrn:ightycrack of thunder from
directly over head. The wind haS jarred open the ~1orm
shutters in a random character's room; theydatter and
bang until refastened. As the character wrestles them
closed again hiS player mu,st succeed with a DiOO roU
equal to or lesS than DEX X5 /Dexcheck, DCto} ot oth~
e.rWise the shutters are wrenched away; and the charaQ'er is
soaked with rain. If this happens, ilie character also needs
a successful Luck roU {Retlex save,DC IS} or the shutter
whips back upon itselforuy tostrlke his or her head,
inflicting ID3 damage.
Youc:ould a1s0ch~ck t() see
if it is a knockout blow by
matching the damage
against the investigator's CA.IRO VA.NCOUVER
current hit points on the
z
Resistance Table {Fort ~ve; :;
DC 10\. If knocked out, the lZI...
a
'5" / ;ti I I 1'\
On this day the inheritor may conclude dealin~
with Peter Nichols, after which the relative may wish to
knpw m6r(,!abbut Unde Si1a.s and how he died. T~
cbaractercan also go to the local police statio:O,mal¢
inquiries, and speak to the investigating officer ruido~
the county coroner. The police are polite and helpful
They say that Silas McCrindle took a tnmble at theto~
of the stairs and broke his neck in the fall. He died
installuy. No evidence was fO)lnd to suggest foul play,
SuccessfuJ Psychology roUs {Sense Motive, DC 14J
determine that police and coroner alike are telling th,e
truth as far as they know it.
The coroner;soffice qr the Arkham police return SU~,
persona:i effects: keys, alellilier Wallet cOritaining lQiO,
dollars and IDl 00 cents,awatch,spectacles,an uno~etI
carton of cigarettes,and a teIegnun (Silas Papers 2J
Nothing occurs on this night.
HON,OLUlU MEX,ICO CITY LONDON MElBOURNE

(diaracter remairi.s so untj]

mornirig. Characters in
Silas McCrindle's house
wake to find the floors
flooded with pools of
",ater that dripped or
poure9 through the leaky
toof overnight.
SAN FRANCISCO HOME OFFICE: NEW YORK CHICACO

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I
Sometime today some- \ t.v U'I\! " 'l" t:1J 'I~ I, .....• 1•• '_!. ' !.,\" .V:".~lr"·.i If((or '"If
('I)

:-' . H~ ' 01 ( .. II..!

body Will tour the

grounds around Uncle Silas Papers 2
Silas' house; 0r just step
i:'mtsideit for some fteshair. Looking arou:nd, he or she Other Ev~nts
receives a Spot Hidden roU {Spot check, DC 15 h there
A Mem()rial ServiCe: If the inheriting charaderwislt~
is a tramp Jurking in the bushes; He is watchingtbe
a memorial servicefor Uncle Silas may he held i.n what-
house intently. If it seems that he has been spotted, or jf
ever church the investigator wants,atmodes.t cost-Yew
attempts are made to attract his attention, or to appre-
had much connection with SHal>, as the keeper·,can
hend him, he flees into the bushes. (This is the first
establish, but the four policem(!n and the amb~lanEe
appearance of Uncle Dar:cus~)
driver whogealt \vith the body will all show upfgd~
Darcus may later reappear to renew his vigil. For sandwiches; as will it representative from E. E, S;Ut9ii~
now he does nothing but watch and vanish if sighted. & Associates. The keeper may .create 6ther ,atteride:eSi~$
Those trying to follow his footprints Jose hil> trail after desired. A short graveside service at Christchurchi·a:pJo~
thirty or forty yards, regardl~s of meirTrack skills, an organist, and refreshments for ftfty at ChristchurCh
{W"uderJiessLore} . Episcopal Hall costs $Z();34; plus casket.
Statistics for Uncle Darcus and notes concerning A successful Spot Hidden ISpot check, DC 101
him oCcur after the following Arkham Events. notices someone ludung beside an ornamental he<lge,

138 AMONG HIS Ef I; FCTS, A

ibut:hy the time. the character walks .out to investigate,
~¢ ·dim figure is gone. Keepers, this is Uncle Darcus,
se~dforanioment by sentiment.
.d,
,. . '
~;,Monste.r Washed Up: A strange three ton, twenty-
flir~mattedcreature has washed up Qn a sand:...
~knearthemouthof the Misl}ato"nicRiver.it was dis-
~y,ei'ed by two local boys who had .skipped school. The
8iSgUsting mass was trucked up to Arkham Universfty
fO{'furtherstudy.Experts are. baffled; as are sea':faring
fiS~ermen with decades of experience. The creature,
~~i91 resembles a cross between a giant squid and a
wairus,costs 1/lD2 Sanity points to see.
~Workers Find Bloated Corpse: The body, which
lI'DSunclothedand in an .unidentifiable state, was appar"'
!!lIJ;shotanddumped inti:teGarrisqn Street sewer. The
l!!a)'e!r chanictets .can view the body at the County
@"tQiier'soffice;ifany oftheni can Offer a plausi))le .reason
ilt.[keing it. If any player cim make a successful Cthulhu
~()s roll ICthulhli Mythos. check, DC 151 he or she
idebtifies the corpse of that of a hybrid deep/one. With.a
~&~ful Medicine roU, IKnowledg~ ~§iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~~. + BekiUs a small animaJ (a rabbit or
lSfe(;liclne); DC 131, the character notices
~"aL abnormalities consistent to, an
Uli~$i1al degree. D.u~ primarily to its
i(iyijirec!. putrefaction, viewing the corpse
($tsJ/lD6.Sanity points.
$Ilaft~ ()f Light; At night, one's gaze is
dfuwn to the moon and the stran.ge
Sliaftsof light seemingly projecting from
it,nihls unnatural phenomenon is unex-
liinableby science. Successful skill rolls
torr.M~eorology, Astronomy, Physi~,or
~~ii~ {ap~ropriate Knowledge} yield •
1\91informatJoll.
~"'Foot Serpent Seen in Miskatonic River: .A
report and accompanYlogphotograph
that .thethirty~foo.tsnake was seen for approx-
twelve minutes: bY stores of people .01)
·A~'.l~" _"_ West Street bridge. Then th.e serpent sub-
and was nol seen again. The player characters
lucky enough to see this creature if they are in
at the' time; Astonishingly; its markings
ilas an enormous python.
iWlwe,De";!iCCJ:ation: This event can happen when conven-
~ti Darcusis suddenly riveted with fear. Might Sila<; have
·the:precious books buried with him? He sets·off.to
;1J!!.1j., iI.I'/.VI'..··M;C. It's unlike!y thatDarC:llS.1ills inth~ soiland
afterwards. Maybe a player'charaqer finds
11Ii:e:iRFli've in this state, bilt he's sure to be told by the
jgfilUii(lsk(~p(!r. The police may be informed also. Viewing
\111I~, ,'U7~"".. has begun to decompose, costs \lID4 Sanity
o FUN C LED A R (' II S
NC e1:)I\TCU5
Uncle Darcus has one obsession: to recover the books,
learn from them, and use their power fo:r whatever end
he desires. To achieve his aims he will destroy anything
in his way. J~fst what or whom he "targe:ts is left to the
keeper. Remember; the man is pennanently .insane. Use
dramatic license and have as many vaiiedevents as you
want. Here follow a few ideas;
+He walchesSilas' house or folJoW'sa player ch;u'acter
intently. When he'snoticed,he mysteriously vanishes,
leaving no trace.
+ He breaks into the player characters' residenc¢i:Uld
goes through their belongings, stealin.g what he
believes to be'of value. He'Ucertainly take any books
left lying around.
+ He scrawls threats and other messages on the waJIs in
dlalk, blood, orlead paint.
goose, for instance) and leaves it in the
bedofa character. The shock and disgust
in discovering this costs 1/1D3 Sanity
points.
+ He summons a star vampire.
+ Armed with an axe or dub,. Darcus
ambushes anurisuspectirig playercharac-
ter: This may be an attempUoabduct the
solitary character and force hiin to reveaJ
where the books are. Perhaps an attempt
10 murder the character follows,. or per-
• haps be or she will be i)l1prisoned for a
iJncle Darcus longtime.
If.a captive, the playeU.haracter is takeri toa
woodland clearing riot far from the Blasted Heath.
Darcus found the shack; killed the owner,.and then
ate part of him. The remainder of the former owner
is strung up in the smoke ho.useto cure. On the din-
ing table resL".a shank of partially devoured human
meat, "on the bone". A Know roll {Knowled
(Medicine), DC lO)identifies.th¢ cut as the .
and thigh. The sanity point loss for understanding
this is I/ID4+lSAN.
The character is bound and gagged, and .
secured to the pot-bellied stove so thatescapei5 not
possible.lfthe character refuses to answer his ques-
lions, Darctls soon thinks up new persuasions to
force ariswers. Tortures may involve sanity point loss
and phYSIcal wounds and, injuries. The captive will be
kept alive for sevenlldays. During.this.time the keep-
er should aJlow the abducteeone or two chances of
breaking free and escape, to return home and tell of
.139
 the experience. This may so. enrage the player chara~~
tei'S that they lay in wait for Darcus to.return, for.a
final confrontation.
• If Darcus is constantly outwihedarid becomes exas-
perated, he'll force a showdown himself. When he
does, he'll tty to even the odds a little first. He wants
to lute player charactersJo their, deaths before mov-
ing on to his nephew/niece - whom he'll torture
mercilessly until he gets hiS precious books.
• DarCus won't last long if he melees against three or
four investigators. If outnumbered he'll try to escape
and try other tactics. He'll use his attack spell to
good effeCt, especially jf captured and held for .later
interrogation ..
DarcusMcCdndle, age 50,
Madman Putsuer·of.Knowledge.
STR 14 CON 10 SIZ .09 INT14 POW 17
DEXI4 APP 10 EDU19 SAN 0 HPIO
Damage Bonus: +0.
WeaponS: Pist/Piln~h 70 oAl,.damage lD3
Knife 6S%,damage LD4+2
Club SO%,d am agelD6
Kick50%, damage lD6
Head Butt 40%, damage lD4
Spells: Create Elder Sign, Contact Yog-Sothoth,Contact
Azathoth,:Summon I Bind Star Vampire. Voorish-Sign,
.and keeper;s choice between Fist of Yog"Sothothand
Grasp of Cthulhu.
Skills:AJ1thropology2i %, Bargain 3S%, Clirrib 55%, Con-
ceal 350/0,Ctbulhu MythoslS%, Dodge 3S%. Fast
Talk SS%, first Aid SO%, Hide 3S%; Jump3S%,
Law 1S%; Library Use 35%, Listeri 45%.l;ocksriiith 27%,
Medicine 75%; Persuade 49%, P~ychology 3:4%,
Snea.k5S%. Spot Hidden 45%.
Languages: Arabic 02%, Amharic 03%~ Classical
Chinese 02% •. Coptic 03%, Eltglish 92%. Latin 02%.
Tamil 03%, Xhosa 02% .. ,
td20 SfATS: page .22'11
1\5' House
The house is IOCilted in a.lightly wooded area, atop a hill
at the edge M town. where the Aylesbury Pike st<lrts
toward Dui1wich. The house needs cleaning and sub-
stantial repairs. The brickwork is cracking and crum-
bling. Wind()wsare broken .and boarded up.
Disl:oIor(itiollS reveal potential propien)s with wat~r.
Inside, there is a full basement, but one mostly
empty exceptforafurnace, a pile of coaJ,and.some lum-
bel' and pipe. Stairs lead up.
140 UNCLE SILAS'
On the ground floor there is a kitchen and
the basemelit,a bath, a living room, anel two'
smaller tooms. Stairs opposite the front door
upstairs to three uncomfortably damp bedrooms.
On the ground floor; mismatched C:C<lrpets '
parts .ofthe- floor. Other places are bar¢,with
more than·tufts of carpet,carpet tacks. and an occaSlblll-,
al rat dropping. flaking painfpee}sfromthe l.,"IJUUIi"CIlIlt
paper .hangs loose from the walls. Dirty, uITlVas:heil
crockery is piled in the kitchen sink. Empty cans
used butcher w~ap ()verflow .agarbage can. CU1:>bo;an!t1
are ctalllJDedfrom floor to ceiling with jam jars
with nuts,. bolts, screws, keys- grimy keys forlocl.<s
no longer exist -shoe!aces,.and usefu1~seemirig ..
bolts and springs.
Several do.wnstairs rooms are jan1.n1ed
wardrobes, beds. tables, and chairs.
The attic is filled with rusty tools; empty
and severaidead ~utomob,ile batteries.
There is no·telephone ..
The single toilet is foul. A D100 roUof CON
less {Fort save, DClS}is needed to stay in here for,aD):
prolonged time; ona failed roll the character gags,ana
heaves· from the overpowering .stench. The
holed and tom, and shows the rotten 1-1."'.".''nn~'TIIl'l
beneath. The bath.tub is filled with bricks and pie(C!S~~
WDodand thecobwCbs showitnasil't be.ell used in.'remJ
The Window is coated with yellowish grime. A chara~ef
can dash in to open the window and air out the room;·
requiring·a successful Resistance1'able match againSt
SIRS {Str check, DCS] to break the gooey hold. D.~
flies cover the sill.
Beside the bath isa pile of newspapers perhaps
intended as toilet paper. They arealf issues of, -
Greenwood (Wise.) Gazefte,ci£ recent date;
Cold pipes rattle, clank, and barig as the furilare:ifi
the basement forces hot water through them. At n@it
as the house shrinks from the day's warmth, the wood-
en Joists eerily creak and groan.
Once the player-charac:terowner has mspecte9 .t1!~
house from basement 10 roof, and knows what he or slie
wants to keep, sell, or throwaway, the keeper should
mention holding an estate sale., to turn usable ,but
unwanted items into cash. The Arkhamareais large
enough to have a few people who are experiencep~
scheduling, cleaning up for, and holding such sales. S_(JA~
householdsaJesClTeusuaJly held after .1 death in lhefaIit·
ily. or when (more rardy) a family moves to an()th~
part of the state or the nation.
HOlISE & THE ESTATE SALE
 lnArkham, everyone says that Elizabeth West is the • lfthe keeper has detennined to use fewer than four
~ at these sales. She lives right in town. If the player
iJlaracter bires her, sbe and a few belpersexpertly clean
ihe'houseand haul off the garbage for $25. She'll adver-
'tise:3nd conduct the sale as well for fifteen percent of the~
il;~...
~e). 'She baslNT 14 and Bargain 75% {lnt 14( +2),
a<i' +81 ""d ,h,'sa, hon,s< ., the d.y is long. .
. Though 80% of the house's contents is. junk, the
felllailling 20%. comprises paintings, books, pans, crock-
e.9'.' silverware, a sideboard and other furniture, tools,
WPe and lumber in the basem¢nt,and so forth, There is
, ~ein tbesegoods,if cleaned, priced, and set out prop-
erly. Miss West also discovers and sets aside for the lega-
~ a family Bible, phcttos, letters, and other family doc-
uments (see the subsection "Researching the Player
Character's Past" a little further .on in the adventure).
'Eor purposes of the plot. the inveStigators do not 110tice
tile special books for what they are. For now they are
"siltJply set Qut with the other .books. All will be sold on
the morn ing dfthe sale to!e!fi{rson Marsters, either by.a
player charader or by Miss West herself.
'OVer the course of the day, several hundred bargain-
lI!!!1ters drift in and look through what's available.
Dickering (bargaining) is allowed. When it is late in the
~,:and obvious that nothing more is going to be sold,
@ 'Elizabeth West's Bargain 75% {Diplomacy +B] or
liay,e' the house's new 0wner roll his or her Bargain
Iniplomacy} skill. A successful roll results in 2D100
tlQ'.o dollars worth of sales {DC 15 or better}, and an
iiljpaleadds half again more to the take (DC 20 or bet-
t t. Otherwise it's just 1D6 +75. dollars.
Pox the firSt time in deCades, the inside Of the hOuse
iSloareand relatively dean.
T1ie:aay after thesale,.Peter Nichols parks in frOl1t oEtlie
HQuse. He is full.of apologies. "This isan embarrassingc
tnQ lnostunprofessional error, but r have a letter" -
(5t1as;Papers 5) - "that should have been delivered to
mtla'tthe time of the reading of the will. Instead it was
n$,c~~lyplacedin .an()ther client's file. We discovered
hllihlfan hour agoP Nichols hands ovetthe unsealed let-
tet ' and again apologizes before leaving to attend to
t.\er affairs.
.~~epers, scribble the recipient's name on the outside
of the letter, and date it a appropriately before the
present.
!,}II U N PROF F. S S ION ALE l{ R0 R
Cthulhu Mythos tomes in this adveriture,then he or
she should modify this letter.
~
'.'
el'el'e. e1>00
.
ks ?
The player characters nodoubtfoHow up on Silas' letter.
Is it too late to find the books? Were they sold? The attic
is bare, and there's nothing to find A search of the
remaining .unsold books and a Spot Hidden ISpot
check, DCB! check confirm that the books are gone.
If the Player Character Ran the Estate Sale
If the players tan the sakthemselves, olie of them reGalls
that some books were sold. Unfortunately, it was· very
busy ji.lst then, and he or she has forgotten the details.
With a successful Idea roll lInt check, DC JO} the play-
er character remembers that the purchaser said he W<1sa
Boston book dealer who. mentio.ned his love of books.
He paid $41.41 forthearrnfuL
If Elizabeth West Ran the Sale
A few phone calls qui(':kiy loc:ates Elizabeth West. Yes, sll.~
deady remembers selling some books. She sold them to~ •
her cousin, Jefferson Marst¢rs,who runS a bookshop'in
Boston. If the player characters ask her to describe the
books, she leaves ihe phone for a minute and returns
with her receipts. Completely .aboveboard, she details
items and prices: .
• Two American first edition novels by H. G. Wells (Tol1o-
Bungayand The War of the WQrlds) for $1.20.
• An autographed set of U. S. Grant's two volume
Memoirs for 90 cents.
• A rat-gnawed old. maIluSi::ript ingieen leather for·'$18.
(She would havcgone lower because of the rats, but
Jefferson .said that the book probably was valuable and
insisted on paying top dollar.) (Mdl1stres & Their
• Six issues of NeiglJb()r Conklin's Arkham Almanac
series 1923-1928 for 96 cents. Paperbound, but aU
excellent condition.
• A first edition ofEmersonsEssays, for $2.45.
• An old book. full of kids' writing, for 20 cents. (The
Untitled Book)
• A firSt edition of the Rand McNally Atlos ofthe Great
War for $1.10. .
• A textbook stamped by the Arkham Public Library,
Basic Alchelily,ror JO cents. .
141
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tor all tile years since !l0l/ wel:e a eliild I irm)e protected !lOll frolll tile trlltli. but tile time. 11 liS coirle
t/w/oilly the trlltl, el/ll protect yo II.
.A gellcratioll lIgo, u tragedyocCIlrred ill our laJtlily: (Ollf fllmily lVas fire 111cC9rilldies of &Jreemvood.
W;sconsii1.) Ytwr {at/IeI' Owen was /HI extraordinar!J perSOIl, lIlId he Ivas the rigl'lufldgllardiali o{ the
iJooks. Hisp6SiiioHdia 1I0t 90 1/)1cirallullged, {or ilis hrotlter (Darcus - at! evil, WiJe{u/ IIWII· - wanted
ti,e hooks for lrillJself.
(j)arclIs had been corrlLptad by disei:isedteadlhlfJs. In his re/elitless p'lrsllitof pOlVer, Jrl' betrayed ym!r
fathpr's t/'lls/,alld IllIm/ered YOllr {amily. He IlIollld IwP(' destroyed yow as IlC'did HJeIll, /rad r not beell
able to sr.lld !IOII far away . Iellfnded YOIl .to a foster family wholll [knew would raise you as t/ieir OWl!.
'13,dit WaSIl '1. )fall a/olle 1 had to protect - it lL'as. also the books. I too/Uhem arid SOl~9htobscl/l"it!ljlere
i1l fh·kllOltI. JIIS! {mother crll:ZY Oidllltlll llillllder'iilg arolll.ld t/remis,katolJic ctimpwt.
For IUtJ1dredsof years 0111' {alliilii has gllariled tltis forbidden lore. Tile lEgend is that die .bonks of
arcane knowledge (Hut power.call be tire lIilcloiug of 11U/ll1~il1d ill tllelvreJII9 lumds. V/ol1eo{ ItS bLtt q)arciis
Il£Is ever dared study tiJese 1~)llIlIleS, r keep tire III I,iddell iut/Ie aiticrolder {ill ludialltllrolL' rug with Il CO/·
lectiof! of nt/wI' old boob, l beg tilat IPI,ell yo II find them - do Hot read tllel1l. no
aile Imows wiry tire
buuhs were 1101 drstl'Oyed - per/lCIj1s tlzere is a spl!c'ialllllresolved destiny {or tliclir, as tJrere lJas beell for
OI(r falllily. Altlrough tI,eiJOohslwt'e the power to do great elJil, tlley also luwe tire Jey to destroying elli/'
Iny Undel'stHildillg of tllefjreat Booke is allaL'!! bhll! book,clotl,·lJolmciill 9n1bby CO lIc/it ion. lts litle is
stallipedollthe cover. The tOllle colllprises s~l!emllilll1drl!cls of pages.
'mollstres &- Their 1{ynde hilS its title stamped ill small Raking gold letters all (I greell leatlrer spi.ne, 'lire
book has slIstallled siglllfi.callt IUcar.. mottleel disc%ratiolls altestto water daulCtye. Siguificanf portiolls o{
the spine (fl1d /lages are /'lIt·~lllawed. (Iud tile glue wul binding Ill/lie deteriOl'ilted enough so tlldt tile hook's
loose sigl'latlire~ arebmldled together with string. /il~e a parcel.
The (S'tJuwL Aquadinuell hy EdlVill Fisher (' 1783). Tllis book !lias /l£mdliJI1tten ill all El~abrl:/lIll'!·style
cursive. It's ill IlII accountant's led[,er, TIle boo/l's title and mlttlOr are inscribed 011 dJe {Iyslleet inside the
pOOH COIiCI'.
'The Untitled Bool?isa nlystel'y. [tloo isitalldwritten. but ill all unreadable langllage. Faillily trac/itioll
sII9geststilCtt tlw tOtl911e is JllIk!Joum 011 part/I. fts frcu;zied scrawls and /wlfletters have aiways beel! CI
IlIystery.'Tlie Il(mh call he seclIred rlosed l!Jitlt i'I hl'Oj~edasp alld lod? 7lwl'e iSlio key for tIle loch;
!'Darells said that he i,ad [mwd Ii //,·lIy.to read it. bathe was a great liar as well aS~l1nlrderer,
11010 yolt are tile guardial1. l1euer /,elical tliat !lOll Inivc til esc books. 0111' drarge .is sillljJle:. presenje tire
books. 0111' llilimolvit enlimy is by rdl tire tules a f()I'IHid~ble olle wlto Hever reslsand never relents. TIe 011
COllstallt guard. 13:e J./ltdislJU/!/pcI. Fi-olllbeYQl1d thewar:e, r heg YOII tlrat tile bllrden of 'I'11c@rilldles be
takerl lip, (md carried forward.
Utlc/e Silas
V. 8. !'Darcusis interred ill tlw Btute Hospital for d,e lJrsalleill Wisconsin. 1-[e wonld be about (ilty
MOIl:;([)() rIOt cOlltact kill/. StlOltici he ('PCI' escape. do 1I0t IHldereslillwlu Ililll.n1y best advice lvoulel. be to
hide tile hOlJks (lIId Ici /'im. suardl as Ire will. rr YOII cqlltmdict .I,illl, he tuniS ullu-derOl/s.

THE MISPlACEIl
.. ~ navy bIu.e book in grubpy conditioncaUed My
Ufldetstanding of the Greqt Booke;for $4.50.
'*'~ h}U1d-written Iedgerfn an old-stYle English cursive.
Ii'he.f1ysheetinside the front Cover bears the book~s
'title anclauthOl:. Again Marsters insisted on paying
.top.doUar for it. The expurgated Cthaat Aquadingt!n
by;Edwin Fisher, 1783, $12.
Ifwa . g~neralareas of investigation present themselves.
~e~soncerns the new evidence that has opened up con-
!~mg the legatee charactet's.unknown family. The
(),¢~r .c<;mcerns the books mentioned by Uncle Silas and
i!p~[ently sold to a Boston b()ok dealer. Both areas are
inlportantandshouldbeinvestigated, but either maybe
clfoSen first.
hall, or about the McCrindle massacre by researching a
library which coUects out-of-state newspapers, such as
the Boston Public or Harvard's Widener (one Library
Use roll {Research check, DC 13} for each).
Genealogical r~search can takeda)'s or weeks
depending on the information the researcher wants to
find. For the McCrindles, it necessitates a' trip to
Wisconsin. If the player characters make the trip, the
keeper should move the action there and continue as
normal because Uncle Darcus will follow. Alternately
the investigators can pay $2(}-$SO to a pnvateinvestiga-
lorin Wiscbnsin.to do theresea.rch for them and to send
the results to Mkhain by post or wire.
Information can also be gleaned by inspecting the
personal effects which Elizabeth West (or the inheriting
player character) carefully put asidem the course of the
c\-eaning up the hoU!;e - there is a photo album, a fam-
ily bible, letters, deeds (what happened to the family
farrruand?) , and so on~

~~p.rcbiNg lb~
-, ~:p.e"\"1eT C/\r/\cter'5 ,f/\st
Silas Papers 4- (seep. 144-)

'Illi~ irivestigltors may perform genealogical researchto

discoyer more about the identity of their friend. This
~n h~ started by following evidence from silas' Ie.tter-
rQ~!example, "the McCrindles of Greenwood, Wiscon-
~"' ~(1~fthe information on page 144. lriformationalso
might.be found about Silas bygoing to Arkham's dty
,,~

144-)

fAMIL)' H1 STOR)'! ]43

 If looking at the phot()s, call for Spot Hidden rolls
ISpot roe<:l<,DC wI. Observant plilYt!t Characters 110tice
~ fami1!ar 'fa.(;e,albe~t ·a mu¢h Y0ungerone; The face
~longs to a mali they've seen watching the house -
;Parcus; accordiIlgtothe.i:nked notationsoD the back of
certain prints.
'. A 'f or t~<'DeAI
Listedt! a .. ong the dead were -
Owen McCrindJe (player .c harader's father)
Emily McC.rindle(player character's mother}
St(!wart McGrindle (player charactei'sinfant brother)
' Penelope McCrindle (player character's grandmother)
Joshua McCrinQIe(pJayer character's grRhdfather) .
Silas McCrindle (player character's unc1~;
no body found)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ McCrindle (player character;
no body found)
.Dal'(ll5 M.cCrin4lewas comtilitted to the Wisconsin
State Hpspitaljoi' the ~riminally Insane.
~:e~r50N001\ r5ter5
~zabeth W~gladly gives hercou~in'sBostori shop
a.4dress. FaiUng that, every book dealer in Boston or.
~am knowi;or knows of Jefferson Marsters,and
&:sa good idea of where he does business. The Boston
telephone book lists a "Jefferson Marsters Rare
,lbriks," though not a home telephone. No s.ecr~tyis
possible about Marster's .business location, and there
are.only five or six $ignificant rare book meri to inter-
lIi~w Iii Boston.
;Marster'sshop is>in Bost()n's Beacon.Hili neighbor-
ood,J~t across the street from an old gray $tone
,,,hurch andav eVen old~ tell,leterY that is somewhat
·QYergrowIl. Time has so wemand stained the thin lime-
:§tOi1¢markersthat any uriiformityhas long been lost-
foMby one they tilt, lift, or have fallen over. As ihoughin
;sympathy,the once-smooth green and gold paint on the
Window frames and sign - Jefferson Marsters Rare
8OQk,s- has chipped and faded. The c1assicsmall.Sql,Jare
icolQpial windows .are dirty and stained. .
Jnside, the dim shop is .cavernollS, but there is a
'Sina\ler, cozier office'at the back. On the way to the baCk,
tlie'player characters see dusty s.belves stacked high with
(d,usty ~qoksof all kinds. More afe in heaps .on the bare
floorboards or prqteCted in chipboard boxes. 'S ome
dio.usimds of vol urnes are availabJeiIi inventory.
The shop assistant has ailolherc.ustomer; who
~om~a iittleagitated when the investigators .enter.
THE RARE BOOKS SHOP
The assistant takes something from beneath the counter
wrapped in a brown paper bag. The customer pays and.
the bag is shoved ih.t o an inSide pocket of his overcoat.
He hurries out. A successful PsycllologyroUnotic¢s the
customer's furtiveness; a success6.U Idea roll can suggest
that he was buying pornography (use Sense Motive, DC
14 fOJ both effects]. A character who ·k eeps up witb
BO$toIi's :affairs could identify the customer as Clifton
Cartwr.i~ht; a local aldennan.
The ·~.sistant is in his fifties and with his white hair
slicked back isstilJ handsome in a roguish way. He is
dean-shaven and wears thin gold-rin1med spectacles
a:tfad'led to a chain around his neck.Th~ · rest of his attire
seems to fit with the overall appearance of th.e shop -
brown and drab. He records the !Tansacti()n, then ~ns
to the player characters andasks how be can be of help
~othem.
Jeffersonivlarsters is not in. He seidbrnis. He's only
here when meeting clients or conducting other business.
The jnv¢stigators.quickly realize that though the as.Sis-
rant is ea~..:going and friendly, there is no chance he will
diVulge where Marsters uVCs. Thcycan write or tele-
phone to make ail appointment with Marster.s later in
the week. The assistant will see that Marsters gets the
message. Attempts to Persuade, Bargain, or Fast Talk
.I use of Diplomacy} Jll$ttnake the .3ssistantsuspicious,.ii$.
will any bt%es offered. "I'm sprry, be stepped out hoUrs
~Siii==;:===:::::;~l~. ago on errands. He
triightbe baCk soon, or
maybe not. If he .isn't
back by closing time,'"
the assistant smiles, ''I'll
just Jock up as normal
and go home:'
Another Way In
The investigators might
reasonably believe that
by ~A-plaining to Mar-
stersth;it the books were
Mr. MaJ:'sters
sold by mistake and re-
turning his money, all can be s¢t right. That will not
prove to be the case, but theydont1mow that yet. .
they no ]onger.seesweet reason as a s'uccessful course
action, they mighttry the following.
Breaking into the shop is quite easy .at night,
although fOrcing:thedoor will set off a burglar alarm,
causing a nearby patrolman to arrive in 2D6 +3 min-
utes. Successfully finding and disarming the alarJ!l can
be accomplished with a Spot Hidden foll{~pot Check,
DC 151 followed by an Electricalor M.eChanical Repair
roll {Disable Devic;e, DC 16}. The small panes of glass
offer an.o ther e:asy way in if they are broken (that's noisy,
though) oJ' scored and knocked free {that takes some
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advanced thought. and preparation). The ba~k door is
eV'en b~tter, because ~here's no street lamp in the alley,
and the alarm ·there is faulty (unbeknownst to
Marsters). The beat patrolman often stumbled over the
many missing cobblestones back there, and noW: he
doesn't go through th~ alley unless he must.
In the shop proper. itean take several hours of care-
ful searching to realize than he shelves holdnothingper-
tinent .t o .the investigators. The smail office, however;
holdsthe leather-bound book filled with the·cjpher-like
language.It's in plain s~ght upon a worktable. The other
books cannot be found. Other items that may b.e of
intetestare the receipts and account ledgers. The last
numbered cash receipt was fora mint condition
"Seduced on the Elevated Railway," circa 1880.. (,
If anyone is interested iu looking for cash he or she
i'hight look in the'floorsafe whose door is, surprising-
ly, open and ajar. The cash register drawer is there
(with its petty cash still in it). It contains $16.35 in
bills anq coins.
Marsters AtHQme
Without compun'c tion, and completely biding any
sq,rrow at the uncalled-for death of SiJas McCrindle,
Marsters bought the books he wanted at the estate
sale, returned to Boston, anq stopped by the shopHl)
leave off his 'new acquisitions. He then had lunm,
returned ' to the shop, picked up all but one of lHe
books, and went borne to pore over them - some-
might say to gloat over them.
There he decided to stay for the next few daY,$l
secluded in his library, seldom going out except fOl:din-
nero Although horrified at what he read in the hO(iks~. h~
Was also morbidly fuscinated, and could not bear tps.t!:!p
reading, even though his eyes became red and sore.
His home, also in B.eacon Hill, dates to the ~ily
nineteenth century. It h~s recently been fitted withl!e-
to-date electricity, modern iridocir plumbing, arid a
coal-fired hot-air furnace and ducts. The house is in
excellent condition,althcugh the interior is little differ-
ent than that of his book shop -drab unddusty, Ill)d
filled with books - ther¢ is plenty of comf()rtlibl~(Ut­
niture as weil. Shelved walls are packed high with book's.
of all kinds, and more .a re beaped along the walls or
unpacked in boxes. Several bedrooms are devote'd to
books, as is the dining Toomand part of the parlor.11lie,
. game Toom, however" is for biUiards, a favorite with
Marsters, and he has stocked it with twO. fine slate tapl~
for those rare everiingswhen he e:ntertains bookman
friends. The dining room is for eating, although his din-
ner parties have become a rarity. .
Getting His Attention
Knocking cn the door and ringing the bell draw' no.
response. fefferson Marsters sitstninsfixed in his librar.y,
reading the spidery cursive of Monstres, compl~ely,
ignoring the player chara.cters' efforts to' catch his atten-
tien. If they persist and refuse to. go away,l\1atSt~
vexed at the noise, stuffs some cotton wool in his eatS
arid resumes his reading. .
AlmostaiJ the windows can be looked througb,except
for one small windo~·tooneside of the house. This the is
window to Marsters' library. All doors are locked. There
appears to be only one way to get in, and thaCs.by br~.k­
ing in. Because Marsters has plugged his.ears, he is obaV'~
ioustowhat the player chara:cters do. Do auyaf the play-
er characters have a decent Locksmith skill?
looking up from his bQok, Marsters will beasl90-
ished and fllriollsat tbe intn:lsion. He herds theii1Y~ti­
gators back .out inlo the hall and toward the foyer.
Taking out his earpJugs,he demands to. know what the~
are doing in his house. Then he tells tllem that theym_~t
leave or he'U caU the police, and he picks up his tel¢-
phcne anq jigglestheco.ul1ecticn for Central.
Marsters will not relinquish his new books for an)\
price. Even though he is unccmfortably aware that h~
acquired the books ;It the cost of a life, be also know~
that no one else knows that. (Anyone with a Psychole$Y
] N Jt I TR E A SlIRE ...
clteck impale {Sense Motive, DC IS} senses only that
Marsters is unsettled in some way.} He piays the honest
o~traged ¢itizen tothe hilt, and will not hesitate to bring
c1iaJS<is againsnhe player charact¢rs.

TheStarVampire
1Jhe heated argument continues, but no violence occurs.
Suddenly. the window.at the back of the haJl shatters
inward with a pronounced crack! of sound. [fa player
suc.ceeds with a Know roll {Spot check, DC 12l, hisqr.
~er fZharacternotked that window was a iarge stained'
'~assportrait o.f~t. George and the Dtag9n.
The force that broke and shattered the glass also.
.Jiipp~d and billowed the flanking draperies. They
s!o~vlysubside. Adoud of tinyfragmentsofglass,;lsfine
ad~··<;I'ystals; mistS out over the .stairs, falling with a
fWitmusicality.
As the airl?orne halo o.f glas.$drifts to the flo.Of,
ev~y.one looks around for confirmation or-:for an expla-
Jll{tiO.il. Srimned,Matsters whispets,"Now what.?"
After some ·seconds more, .something 'stranger hap.-
Itns. Afl ernphatic taffeta~likerustHng moves over the
siI.ence of the stairs. So.me mo.ments later yet, an
unearthly tittering begins. It gets nearer and nearer;
With a sugden breeze· from the broken window, there
nowt9J)les the faint scent of rotten meat.
T)le player characters have one game round to act
ind~endently.
An ,invisible force knocks the investigator nearest the
a~molished window half way across the hall. He or she is
Jeft'fa!!e down on tilefioor,iosing 1D4-l hit points to the
ow: Mer a few moments; .Jefferson Marsters rises into
We"eUr Wjthoutcause or visible aid, and dangles there
aBsurdly and amazed. His squinns and squeals are heart:"
relidiiig; but not pathetic enough to affect the situation.
Th!:re is aloudertiHer.Marsters beginS to. scream, A
snaIl .fountain of blood sprays across the fine carpet.
MlIrsters .slumps. Parts, of hini visibly flatten as he is
<Ir~ed of blood, This continues for haifa dozen game
J'9un(l~, his bJooddripping, his healthy skin turtling
pay, h.js haunting death-scream.s dwfuciling t'6croaks
a.;):aWes, .then finally silence. His lifeless, blood-
stained,gray- pink, desiccated carcass drops to the floor;
~~g the corpse,its sudden demise, and its ultimate
<loudition costs 1/194+ 1 Sanity loss.

AsrMarsters di¢s, a hideous airborne apparition begins

10 ,take··shape. "Red and ddpping; an immensity of.puls-
ing; mo.vingjel/y: a scarlet b'iobwith myriad tentacular
JTllJI/.:sthatwave am'/quiver. There are suckers on the tips
9ffltPi/lPpendagcs, and these areopenillgand dosing with
GETS HIS JUST REWARD
 H.~. 1
ghoulish lust." Somehow suspended in the ~ itself,cit·
holds Mars~ers as it feeds upon him. Hisrehlaining life~
tifue is measurable in seconds. Beholdfug this costs a
further IJ.lDIOSaiiit)' points.

Some Possibilities
Assuming that Jefferson Marste:rsdies from the stat
vampir;e attack; that creature depart's via the broken
window, arid soon vanishes into its home dimension; its.
task accomplishecL
Lf the investigators act quickly, they have some
chance of chasing off the thing, Normally it would be
foolhardy to tackle such aneritity without a plan W,9
some heavy firepower, but Darcu:s has bound thetlll~g
to attack onLy Marsters, waritingto makesur.e of hiS
death. If it loses tenor more hit points during the attackl
it breaks offand retreats out the window; to ~etumwhen
fewer defenders are present,or when DarcusaUows itto
.attack any annoying humans.
Anyone who is familiar with the Mythos O1<iY realize
.what tl~ecreatureis. Those investigators receiving a sue;
ce~sful Occult or CthulhuMythos rolllKnQwl~gjl
(Occult) or Cthulhu Mythos check; DC 1.3} r~i~e ilia}
stories of such attacks usually require the nearby pres~
en'c eof a mage or caster. Iftrlle; then perhaps the sum-
moner ·of this monster might be one' olltside nearby. A
halved Spot Ridden check rSpot che<;k~ DC 2Ql a11QW~
e~gle~eyed investig\ltors to spot DarclIs across the road.
Let the players .decide what rodo,quickly. If thex
t~ke too long, hav~ the neighbors or police kilOck, tiy
which time Dartus .wiIJ have gone.
A Star Vampire
SIR 26 CON 12 SIZ 26 INT09 POW 10
DRX' [5 MOV6f9 flying HP 19
Damage Bonus: +iD6.
Weapons: Bite 80%, damage ID6STR blooddrain/round
Taloned Tentacles .400/0, damage 1D6+2D6
Armor:4--point alien hide; BulJers do only half d;unjlgc wIPe
extra-terrene integument of the star vampire, but physi~'
attacks such as knives and dubs'do normal damage,
indudingdamage bonuses. WhileiDvisible, bow~ver. half
the normal chances for sucnattacks to hit;
Spells: thoughmagi(;al attack is unusual. aD! 00 roll of IN1
x3 or· less gives I D3 spells of the keeper~s choosing to tl(c
star vampire;
SilnityLoSs:llI DIO Sanity points to see a star vampire or to
experience its (ittack.
NoteS! during combat, 1D4 tcntacies can grasp a targeratany
one time, and once grabbed the'victim may begin to be
drained of blood. The victim can also be dragged to its
moutb for a satisfyingly crunchy.bite. Usually the victim
is drained of blood in six rouncls. Death is riigh for. the
viCtim. but while heor she lives. the victiin may break

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 free frpmtheVampire's du~cb by successfuJlyniatching
.STR vS. STR on the Resistance Table.
A&ainst thenormaUy invisible slar vampire, halve the
. chance to hit, even ifit is tittering. After feeding, the vam-
pire·remain.s visible for Six game rowlcls before becomin$
itivisibleagainas it metabolizes the bl.ood it drained dur-
,ing itsaltatk into the transparentequ.i\;alent. W1uie it can
be seen, it ca:ri be physitallyatticked atthe normal chance
tohlt.
iWo'sTArS: p•.184 of the core rulesbookl
What Do the Neighbors Think?
We house is situated OIl a fairly busy street Passersby
treconlInon~ The playercharactersrurt the risk that dis:"
Nroance.s in Marsters' home are noticed and called in by
t&'. n:eighbo~s, and.q).lickly investigated by the police. To
a\'Qi(J'det~c:tibnandpossible time sp¢ntexpl~inirtg what
' PI)'elu~d loa suspicious policeman, .the keeper should
is!( who"in the party bas the lowest Luck. llowestWtl
savel·attempt that ron '{DC il}. Success indicates that
no~.h!ng was ,seen or heard. failing the· roll brings the '.
~1l~~ 2D.6T4.rOUllds later. ~ ----P .
'~r the next. morning, the. b. Od.Y has p robab..lY. be~.nn.
. n9) and stones a1:>o.ut the ghastly de.ath appear tn the
lfiisson.gailjes.
';reswnin,g that the player characters survive the
figIlt and .that no one calls the police, they are free to
'Sea~ ,tl)~re:inainder 9f the ho.use. ~ aJreildyde.scribed,
die liQ),rse is unremarkable. There is. nothing here to
Iilfc!r.estthe investigator - other than Marsters' person-
l1ibrary.The player characters will already have fbund
die boo,kor bookstheyseekon his desk.
'fA search ofthe house. turns up Verne's original man-
IiS<iipt ill French for 20,000 Leagues Under .tire Sea. A
~~~jplSp'otHidden [Spot cbeck, DC 141 roll finds
tiioQ·:doUars in a coffee can in the kit.chen.
iloesA.ny(me Enter the Cellar?
~·door iti the ball Qpens on the cellar stairs. Hangingjust
~jMift"ll~hp:..tln('riS apull-cbain that switcbes ona solitary
at the b(mom of thestaits. Creaky wooden
maJlI'&;JII!3 . PO\Yn.
' .a One step is loose and r()tten. Anyinves-
14 or greater needs a sUcC~sfu1 Luck roll
·1-Rli:Uex:sav·'f·!·" DC 10\ not to step on the .riser and f.illpar-
~tiillYnl:tr()l:IJth. If the character does, he or she slllitains
l~~;411!llalge as the rougb splintere9 plank shaves skin
~1M1'n'lIihl'l<r",j :tr,nm the shin and a (ong needle-like$hard
the side of theJegjust below the knee. For
ne.xt .tbre¢ weeks the character suffers from a limp
M1Udfredtllccs. hiS or her maximum movement.to Mo.V 6.
llinited to 20 ft. per round}.
Boxes contain ornaments, tools and decorating
TO DO W"JTll THI: BOOKS?
supplies,ol<itarpets,and sQon.One feature does pro-
voke their interest; though. At the far end, once the
investigators wind their way round the maze of boxes
and packing crates, they find a hole knocked through
the back wall,one large enough to crawlthrbugh.
A sledgehammer and a pile of broken bricks testi-
fies WS()Ji1eone's recent a~tivity here.: The room
b.eyotid is dark and requires illumin.atioti.. Tbestone
walls beyond appear to be carved but whatever they
depicted has been long since obliterated. But from sur-
viving remn.a nts found hereaud there, it appears that
the stone ·relief Was modeled Upon Aztec masonry
work - a sj,itc.essful Aniliropoiogyor Archaeology
roll {Knowledge (Anthropology) or Knowledge
(Archaeology), DC 15fconfIrms this. A nkhe in the far
wall c;:ontains the small, long since de.a d,emaciated
c:otpseof a c:at,wtappedin SWaddling. Wba:tev~r the
meaning of this, it is lost upon the player characters
(thoqgh this :is a.great place for keeper creativity).
J.. ~ee C""ONC lUYJON
This adv~ntureends in ()neof tw~W~ys: Darcus iskiU~!i
or captu.r¢d and handed over to the authorities, odi:~
escapes with the books in his possession.
if Darcu$ escapes, he goes into hiding Wltil he has
read and absorbed the books. He will be much more
powerful. When ready; he'll use the Mind Transferor
Consume L1kene~s spell to walk fre~. He will then be free
to spread terror and fell.rwherev~r he gQes. N6Wand
then, the keeper can bring ba.c k Darcus for appearances
in new scenarios~
~strO"1iNR t~e boo ks
In ordertd pre'Jent these books from falling into the
wrong hands, fheplayers may want to destroy them.
Being direq, the investigators c;an simpJy toss them on a.
fire·; Being paper, they're sure to go up pretty easy -
however, due to the magics and ' power jnstilled
imbued iri them; they hillowcopious amounts ot· smOl<~~~
and exPlode jn .a fiery 'flash. Flames surge and ".~.~~ . ~
engulfing the surrounding area. Painful
howls and twitters are distinctly h~arcl, . as are galloping
horses. Withjn therlish andthunderol.ls roar; ilnearthiy
ghostly images and apparitions appear arid disappear In
fire. The tongues o.f flame change from blues to greens,
blacks and colors unseen on earth. Vap.orous electriCal
energies tw~$tand corkscrew into the sloes with shriek-
ingg1ee. HaS something ghastly unWittingly been: ~et'
free? Was that a wise decision? The Sanity loss for wit"
nessing thjsis l/ lD4+ 1.
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.. .Anybo,dystandingt~od0se ~atc~g--rb; r:,OOk5
runs the r.iSk of
fire, or bemg temporanlypossessed by-a spectral ent.1JY,
but these specifics are left to the keeper. . CTHAAT AQUADINGEN-in EngJisli translation ren·
SIINiti-f'°iNtll.twIlTlG
• If Darcus escapes with the books: -1 D6. Sanity points.
• For slaying the StarVampire: +1 D 10 Sanity points.
• For each book r~gained for safe keeping: +1DJ Sanity
points.
• For killing Dareus: +ID3Sanity points.
• If the books are destroyed: + ID4 Sanity points each.
For returning Darcus to the asylum: + ID4+2 Sanity
points.
( {" ~ 1-;1i 11\
brU kSiC\5
. '
NC
dered by Edwin Fis/1er and dated 1783. About 250 ledger-
sized pages, bound within a soiled and undecorated
dark-brown cover. Thisharid-wti.tten version is slightly
different in.content from the Middle English version
held by the British Museum. "Aqua" is Latin for water,
C'dingen"German for things. The tome is a study of;
inteUigent underwater life. It includes specific references
to the undersea deep one cities near Ponape and
lnnsmouth, off the Alaskan coast, in Britain's North Sea,
in the Indian Ocean, and in many other places woM--
wide..Father Dagon and Mother Hydra are describeda,s.
the leaders of the deep ones. Human cults linked to
those sea-creatures - particularly in the vicinity of'
Ponape -are studied as well. Great Ctbulbuand hjs
star-spawn are discussed in detail, as well .as the human!
 · t~eDragon-Klngs, a lirieot'cannibalistic warlords ". 'h''''·~'·'''''''' ~i~~~.:c
:nrPI"i~ti'ri"tiDies. Becauseohhe incompleteness of the rnalii1 ;t~t.itli§l~tilWl&~~
1DL<',:Ve~aon is lessened Sanify [oss.1D3ILD6;Cthlllhu MJ!th,;s :.::I-'~;p'tltciJ"fiJ~
40 weeks to study and comprehimd{DC 22; Sanity osi;; :ld.4' iiDitltali;id~UiCJ
completion; Ohulhu Mythos + 1 rank}. SpeUs: Comnjand .tia(~.I~$)'I~.U~
Nigbtgaunt),Command Ice Demon m.r'n·fIIKI"'rl1'·~:WIIr,f1f'p.
~.l'Qanld.lnvisible Servant (SummonlBind Star Vampire)', . .~II1Y'rrat1!~
on/BindHunting Horror), CpmmandStaI;
~~;~uid Dill1ensiotlal Shambler); Enchant Altar, Enchant
tlll"'''"vluukeeper's choice of Consume Likeness or Mirid n:ansfe~):,

BOOKS
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:~~~~UtJifJje~1t to deYf)t~ tktJH.feiYt:! ftJ.Jcitxc~fir t(,

,, . , TL.Vt~L" n.dtrj({J'fi~}{j' iKttr'YtXi'g'

his adventUre presumes a party of three or more investigators; f~r

t1lah that almost surely wil1dieout-of-hand. rnvestigators might. lie
;eJQ?~riencedcombatants, but more usefully they'll be students of
~t~!!i"~U\~~~: \yli.11e playing times vary, most keepers should expect the ~,.
~filii'l(!i,~~~c,Olli.ab.ld~ masingle evenmg.
'tcTh~~sR~¢~wiid;' is Te<:onun~nded for a party of 3-~ .mvestigators 'Q£
-m6iles.t·~eiien¢e {approxiIriate lev.el4-6J.

STREAK ACROSS THE SKY

 A man of quick wits., Armitage si<etches the body's
,l'P.~ntpathagainsta few bright fixed stars, then hur-
ilteS up Garrison Street to the facu:lty/graduate resi-
ienceson the university g·rourtds. There he wakens a
C!lIrSing porter who swnmonsthe sle.epy Dr. Morris
'BiJ\.logli. youthful he<}d (and in fact, "Sole member) of
MiS~foi1ic's Depart:Jnent of Astronomy, Billings has a
'hotorlo.u sentbusiasm for comets and meteorites.
NOiiteof the astronomical event given and l1is intdlec-
tOaI(duty done, Arinitage walks batktohis home and to
1i~'E1t"d~or, who sits patiently kttining.
And, ofcourse. the investigators can see the fireball
OQ.'i"ttbekeeper Wishes.
Worl9ng. with coUeaguesat other universities in tb(!
reglQn" BillingsmountsacoordinatecI searthof a wide
5W;Iihe QfeasternNew England and sou them Cai1.ada, If
th"efuvestigatots wish to participate in this adventure,
tJj must volunteer to help the astronomers.
!In·:lbeir section of the supposed ellipse of impact.
ilfeinvestigators accidentally recruit a psychopathic
klll,er as a helper. His is one of those "religions that
~rt<;" eVen·his d(!ath does.· not discomfit the wooden
iild.1:tMfwaitspatiently in the bog beyond.
'lJ!o~gh thiss.c enario begins in a center of coin-
merc~.reas()n.and enlightenment. it relocates the inves-
!ilatorsto lonely places; an out-of~the-way place, and a
Ibrgottenplace; keepers should pay .a~.ention to t(mes
ana.silences. as the inv~tigat9rs penetrate the wilds
~!1C1 Dunwkh,
-~~atisticsfor the Stone family.and th~ idol are found ·
a.t the:ei1d of this ady¢nture;

Forblnately for Dr. Billings, trustworthysightingsfrom

.astronomer frienqs in Newburyport, Bolton,
other localities confirm the accurat::y of Dr.
,AIrilitage's observation;, combihingandextrapolating
during a sleepl~ss n'ight gi'Ves him
triangulation data to cakulate a rough ellipseof
. 's course, fie does not know and cannot
wherealOhg it the fireball fell. except that no
.of it have been received from points further.
- Montpelier, tb.e sboresof4ke Champl;tin, or
~'metr,opolis of Montreal
~y 5 A;M .• coffee cup in hand, .Billings types out in
best' two-finger fashion a s.b ort feature Story for the
Ai'l/haln Adv¢rtiser, reprinted nearby (Hill$ Papers 1).
tater that morning. ArkbarJ) buzze.s with talk of the
'.!II!f~lJllg:eveur. Though few actuaily saw it pass,claimmg
.,!"'li~Y.ll,lK:.t:CI the bolide instantly grants such status that
dozens .of conflicting tales construe monstrous
flittiugpast inaU directions of the compass. Rills Papers 1
SIGHTED OVER ARKHAM 153
 Mos.tinvestigators_should be glad of such a spectac-
ularway to start an adventure, and should require little
prodding;
If prodding' is needed, word is out around town that
the university is so keen to nnd the meteorite that a cash
reward will be p()st~d soon. (The rumor is false; only
archaeologists J:isk the falsification ofsdentificevidence
inherent in offering ,cash rewards.)
Or perhaps the investigators saw the great meteor
fall and.:iecideto mount their oWn search, disquieted (as
wasDt; Armitage) by th4igs new-dropped from the sky.
Experienced inve~igll.tors loath to volunteer who
nonetheless ()wn autoltwbiles might be wheedle~linto
the trip byfriends - ,oT m~ybe by ali attractive someqile
who longs to gofireballiugin the wilderness.
pro Billings' Dre8J)l
Though the fall semester is only fairly started, Billings
swivels the fuU force of hiS considerable energies toward
recQvering s,omepor~h)n ,o f _the l>ol:ide. Coincidentally;
his recent doctoral thesis ("Solvent Extraction of
Organic Compounds in Trans-PlutoruanCarbonaceolis
Chondrites") laid out, in an appendi.x, a set of "vell-
thought-out search procedures for just such an ,event.
East night's bolide represents not only a chance for new
scientificdllta, l)ut for Billings' advancement to
spokesman for and organizer of other suc~ h!.lnts
around the world - trav~ls perhaps underwritten l>Y
the National Geographi~ Spciety ()r some ()ther presti-
gious organii.atioih
When the mvestigators arrive at Billings' office,a
neatly lettered signgreets,them:
fWllJlOtie IS neeMII; we-.eJObs
ro1- aU.
D rtfbJlMqnCe'f1lfCefhe¥r.tlm.I1fg
SesslD1I :dalt's.
More than ninety people fill fhe .boxy, mahogany~
lin'ed amphitheater. CO-!lv(!r~ations buzzwit1~ i.nterest
and exp:i!:cta:tipn. BiUings a:pp'e arsin .a few minutes, 1-i~'s
a short, thin, nervous young man with wire-rimmed
glasses; he wears a neat conservative suit cut in the latesf
Camoridge fashion. Straightening his tie, wondering in
154
the back of his mind what hisfeUows at nearby univ.er-
sities are up to, he begins. Though his voice iscomicaDt
high, his enthusiasm carries his listeners with him.
Tn a matter of mlnutes BilJings:expla:ins to hisli~teil­
ers. what a fireball is, why it is more likely that meteors
fall after midnight, why the fueball'sorbital characteris-
tics seem to tul~ ou.t Qrigin in the well-known Draconid
or Orionid meteor showers, Why some observers saW,tM
fireball wobble (s'inuousmotion in bolides seemst(), ~,
caused by fragments falling away from the niairiQQ{l~
and thereby alteringt1ight stability), and that fll'e\ialli
are hard to find because their fires ordinarilyar
damped 'by thickening atmosphere 10-15 miles ab'ove
the earth - only .t he '~s=====iiiiii!J'
very largest flaine aU the
way toinipac:t;
Dr. Billings holds
aloft three sam pie mete-
orites, each little more
thitn an inchacT()ss,
sbowingthetypes (iron,
stony iron, arid stone).
"Pick tbemup if you
find .them, ,and record
your location so you can
lead me to where a par~
ticPlar stoile was, fourid. Dr. Billings
I should add that pften
it's difficult torecogrute a meteorite when you .s@ iL
One sure clue that a particular stone is a meteorite'.i$
'fusion crust: a thin, black, glassy coating producei:\ \if
the meteorite's :fall through the atmosphere;"
On a map of New England, he traces the apparent
path of the bolide, and indicates ilO area south and west
of Nashua, New Hamp~bjre, as the most likelyar~
impact and, .on tbe basis of who has access to il,,1JlUU:IU.... ',
hiles, begins pasSing .O.ut gepgra"hicilssignmen~. ,
group, it turns out, Ol.u st attempt to c()ver more ~
twenty squarell1iles of;ground.
''I know that rule~OlH searches. 011
astronom~r states, "hlit the <1ttempt must be UJa''-''' •.J'''''ll!!!'.~
ilifon.nation will narrow your searches - reJjlelIlller~~W,
someone saw the fireball and there was no 'exll!Qli(Ollt>'!t,'
probably didn't land anywhere near."
The investigators dr.a wan .area not far ""',''' "i~''
Dunwich. The adventure. presumes that one or ..
investigators have autolllobiles, or can acquite- .
either through diplomacy or by less legal meail$.
Investigators with a good Credit Rating can bOlJow.alI
auto for the trip. If one or more'
least Astronomy or Physics of at least 25% .{five
in Knowledge (AstrononiY or Physi(;s)l, .
Iy weko.mes_theparty aildsuppJ
trajectorycakulations, his residence phone
ORGA.NIZ .I NG THE
 "naSks sotto voc~ ~'How did I do?" Qodding at the
exiling crowd.
Having acqu.ited :aplotofth~ir' search area, and with
tfiedreani:ofcontributirig to lh,e common bo(ly of sci-
~ce, the investigators can set out.
Lettheril make asdaborate orassimple plans as they
wiSh; including all the equipment they can r.easonably
~ in tht':ir ·auto or truck. Ii they start preparations
~tr Billings' briefing, they can't leave before dark, cmd
prob~blywait for morning.
~o adeq\late road maPS exist which the inves~ig;itors
' J#ewith them. Each county keepsthere<:ords Mall
•..eys,so 'plot and division notes (if not maps) exist,
htittli.e (orrosare I\otreproducible unless a researcher is
ilrilling.to sit down cuid spend several clays drawing and
uiin'g. thein. A few companies offer touri'ng maps,
t!Jfdud!nggoodautoassociationmaps, btitthescaJes are
~~and ' theintentiongeneral-none show eyeryhme
agal~uil.dingin the manner of British Ordinance Survey
i$psof th-e perioci.
~),nart investigators take along eXtra copies of today's
~ertiSer, to prove their story and to ·offeras minor
The few cOlll1try-dweUers whosu\:>scribe to news-
do so by mail, and have not yet received news of
fih!bal1; no rural telephone lines exist, except along
Wer-town trunk lines; radio station signals barely reach
IliInwich; and not beyond.
Fqllowing his own iristtuctionsBillings busily coor-
i!inates the meteorite search; and declines to join the
. ~ugators or any other party of searchers: His reward
~l$lat¢r,when he pUblishes (he hopes) impeccable
pafof li{eforms adrift in interplanetary space.
." ,-· .....,,'-"""5 iN tb~5
H~ie:jsa .. to describe Lovecraft country, in aU its
1IOOeliliessand ~erieb¢auty. On .th¢outski'rts of Ark ham
~ farms are well kept and even prosperous; as the
1nves~gatorsdrive further, the slate roofs are repli:\ced
WiJIt· ~arped S;hingiesand sagging- thatch~ the stout
·~~~washed walls become uneven rock or crude log;
~,proiJd neatiarmhol:1s¢S become ramshackle cottages
tli[h'uts,the healthy herds dwindle to scattered flocks of
ilDkempt beasts/and the well~t.ei1ded fields give \'iay to
~lands, bruSh, briar, and bra tnb1c. The rOjld tnms-
form~'into a pair of deep ruts, which must be traveled
s.I!lwiy and with many bounces and floundedngs;
ooi8ges:give way to stcmY fords and sandbanksofuncer-
tmtlstrength;perbaps rains and winds makethc,explo-
l1ijjmmore difficult.
'Jih:ey pass farmsteads abandoned before the Civil
war, their owners long moved west, the stony fields now
~9~. Here and there white granite foundation stpnes
lInilike rows of teeth. The whole countryside devolves
JOURNFY THROlJGH LOVECRAfT
as the ilwestigators head toward and then pass by
DunWich.
The tone Of those theyquestibn also changes. The
first farmhouses at which they stop are full of cheerful
people who offer them coffee and cake/and discuSs the
fireball hunt with great interest. But westWard and
notthward the folk are mori;' reserved, and further west
and nortb, sullen. [n the hilJs, the summits of which
Lovecraftnoted "are too rounded and symmetrical to
give a sense of comfortartd nattiralness:'beating as they
db "the queer cirCles of tall stone pillarswithwhich most
of them aTe crowned'~ ·the rustics are downright hostile
arid abruptly refuse to respond .
The keeper determines how many farTilers, farmers'
wives,farm hands; recluses, hermits; circuit-riders, and
travelirigsa.\esmen the investigators query. Some resi-
dents fearfully refuse to speak of the strange event;:oth"
ers gleefully lie if they think it will hring them favor or
send these well-to-doautomohile owners oli gO'ose
chases.
One tadturn fellow takes the investigators to an out-
lying: barn, and throws open the heavy dear to reve'<ll in
.the darlmess within a mewllng newborn calf with two
heads, He says tbat this was boi'nlast night, and that the
investigatoTshad bes!, leave such things alone.
Two farmers actually saw the fireball pass and will
. talk about it, both reporting a dim finger of orange-rea
fire sliddenly winking qutinto.a.smokey trail half way
across the sky. '(Ayep," one says, "and it made a thun-
der-in' crack, like twenty ·cannon mebhe:"
Night nears. The:! investigators can beg shelter with a
farmer, wbo gives it grudgiriglYcind \vl:iodisplays intense
suspjcion concerning the investigators' behavior
towards his son (if most of theiilvestigators atefemale)
at daughter (if most ·of them are male). Keepersintro-
duce traveling salesman jokes at their peril. If the inves-
tigatorscamp along a road, no onecarcs.
The Second Day
Now well within their search area, the party patiently
takes every track and trail; knocking on every .
Again, the kl;!eper deterll1in.es the number and kind
encounters best suited fQrrus or her group.
AtsoOle poirlts limbs have fallen acn;>ss the
used wagol) tracks (a failed Spot Hidden {Spot check,
DC 101, makes a gulJibleinvestigatoi' suspect they have
been cut). The strain of travdhas worn their ailtom0~
blle;sclutch, making it difficult f6rthe driver to shift up
from first gear. A successful Mechanical Repair {Repair
Check, DC IS.}! fixes it in nnhour, but in fixing it the
investigator sees that the linkag~ is no longer reuilble.
Aslhe afternoon wears on, call for a Track or Spot
Hidden roIJ {SpOt Check, DC 151. A slIccessnotices that
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 H.~.
one road does not end where it seems to. Though not
obvious at firstglance, theg\<lSSY surface continues. north,
only lightly ()vergrQwn,sJ<jrting the bases of now-tower"
ing hills. If the investigators take the rOlite, then in haifa
mile they come across a patch of cleared ground on which
a well-maintained log cabin nestles. not far from the
shadow of dark and brooding hills. A large, happy,
healthy, bearded man strides out to greet them heartily.
If the rolls fail, the investigators take shelter in a
crumbling ruin at that intersection of tracks; the wind
whispers between the creaking boards and nightbirds
cry with almost b\lll1an alarm. In the morning. in b.etter
light, everyone notices the overgrown track and voteS to
take it. leading to the same result.
This is where o.ur scenario really begins.
mJ~~: ~12::';::,. e~'nd,a
The He
friendly paw to each male investigator and nods affably
to the females. In hlsearly thirties; Stone is bluff, hale,.
and hearty, a bearded; friendiy, smiling bear. He radiates
g99d humor. His
-~tfitudej after a
~ay am(mg $ll.dy
and uncommu-
niCative farmers
and woodsmen,
is astounding -
like the . sun
bursting through
the douds On all
overcast day,·. like
cool drink to a
parched throat.
He asks what
brings theni to ,Levi Stone
this neck of the
woods; When they mention the firebalL he becomes
excited. He heard a loud boom and then a hiss of
passing on the night of the fireball; he'd
. ught then that It was late in the year fora thunder-
.. Now that he. knows What it might be, heimmedi-
volunteers to help<in the search - "The crops ate
all iil and we live weII from the bounty of our Lord?'He
invites them into meet the family and to stay in his
house while they search, requesting that the investiga-
tors wait outside a few moments while he lets Hannah
and Z~k1e Imo:w.
In a few minutes, the cabin door opens and Levi
beckons them in. The cabin is a one, room affair about
twenty feet square, with spaces for cooking, eating. and
156
for Zekle to sJeep. A large cellar, for food storage, is
enterable bya trapdoor and ladder from the cabin O)\py
a second door from the outside, A .narrow ladder I~d$
steeply to the loft, where Levi and Hannabsleep.
An addition, a .large woodshed fillec!with many.
cords of hard:wood and asmaUshop, attaches to the ~
holding the firepla~, and can be entered from the m:ain
Cabin or from outside.
As the investigators enter, a pale wOman of Levi'sa~
stands by th~ stove, smiling tentiltively.She is introdu«4,
as Levi~s wife, Hannah. She quietly says hello, A b()y,.of
twelVe sits at the table, carvillg a piece of wood; hei.s
Zekle (short for Ezekiel), and Levi tousles his haidond·,
Iy. Zekle appraises the newcomers, quick eyes noting
weapons or other intriguing gear.
Having deCided that everyone knows everyone,Uvi
bellows for coffee· and food. and the investigators start-.tO.
enjoy the hospitality of the Stones.
The farnily is nearly self-subsistent. Levi and.~
hunt for most ofthe·ir meat. Hannah spends hertim~
near the bouse;Zekle is mostly with Levi. Goats and cit,
tIe range around the house,.giving milk and meat. A~'
pen andsmaU .barn is not far away. Chickens provi
eggs. There isa large vegetable garden . .someo(ifje:
Hanna Stone
apple; pear, and Cherty trees .a:re old enough now toS-Us"
tam. decent yields. Hannah and Zekle fetch water"daily
from the nearby freshwater stream. Every few mojltHS
Levi makes a trip to town with his pack mlile,harte~
or spending looted money Jor things such as ke~95~
which he CaD.f\otgrow: or manufacture. WhenhetraK~~
be leaves Zekle in charge ofHanriah~
Zekle .doesnot yet have the strength to fanl).~d
hunt, but he Can fe~d the Uvestockand Water th~ ~
dens, andwiU do so while Levi helps the inv¢stigatotS'Jt)
their search.
The investigators can bed down in One of the wamli
roomy comers of the cilbin,. or they may prefer tQ~t:.up
tellts outside.
A fRIENDLY OfFER OF HELP
 As they sharea. meal, the Stones are the picture of
lilGOrnestJC· harmony - Levi chattering ina cheerful.blus-
~1m',taslUon, Hannah quietly serving dish after dish; anp
Zekle sullenJy carving away; Levi expJains this as
but in reality ZeIde doesn't see much point in
to dead peopJe.

may . the most qaligerouspJate the investigators

,nav.· ...~v.·. · eotered. Beaming Levi is a piranha, a snilling
. Psychopathka word not big enough for hiS evil;
not allow for his curining, his malicious iest for
l:IiS'i,CflilS;e·,. his ste.a!l}' torturing hand, nor his subtle
. ~~gation·· in the. slo», kiU ..
is victim, prisoner, and witness to all his
IotPUIQ"J"C;vi needs this audience. A wild card, Zekle is a
ali umiaturaJ upbringing who pubescently
~tween worship of and D\lmbing fear of his

~y.i ,was the youngest son in <l family of brotbers.

;uo'~!lU.'.U!:l died at his birth. Sons of aJying, vindictive
IIWc:r,'t:,al:o brother preyed on the next; Levi, at the bot-
the heap, took everyone's abuse. But Levi grew

.-~-
---
and big; when he began to revenge himself on
!.lSjf.lr(j,thlets, the fun Was gone for them .and it was time
. to leave.
Was the awkward middle daughter ofahuge
UliUY'·,"lJ , · lJ
,wet and Withdrawn that she seemed like.a ,
I
I
I'rVlIlnr ..,,,..n asa child. Tiring of buying her ~J()thes,and I

IKIWlna,·,rn:u unassertive Hannah would never snag :a

~th money or prospects, her father cast about
hl.lsband for her; he found Levi.
"1IrnIOr~lnt_ . penniless, and guileless, Hannah acqui-
much as a dog or a sheep WQuld. Levi feltchQsen
~l\[aS; c~gc!r to. establish his own clan. The newlyweds
~''<I~'''''''· ''U'''''' horse, an axe, ,a saw, some seed"a few
UIIJII:us,ana arQlling, ravine-laden patch Qf.Iand in the
.. families· ignored them thereafter. Levi p~tl1ed
!,",~?_'d.llU built a cabin; their first year they Iiv.ed o.n
"~"';o('(.lOm plantS; small birds and game, and wild
' tAFT
~J\atner,ea in the bog. .
l~rHlescent was gradual. He was goo.dto Hannah at
. But he so.on feit thf!legacy of the StQnes in his
Even tho~gh she had no. place togo; Hannah tried
. . ,when thPJgs went wrong. he swore at her and
escape when the killings started. Levi fetched her home'
!IIL1Il'r!t" !ll\l~"(1 cutoff, and alone, Hannah came tbagree
quickly and efficiently. The painful lessons she learned
it.stile'ru:IIISl'd their everymisfoitune"and thatshe·often
choice but to. punish her, and that Levi was then stay \Vith her. Now, ,an atcompllcein many mur-
, and magnanimous to. her, even when she fo.rced ders, she dares not betray h~r husband to. any o.f therr
nto";[)utllsh her. when Ezekiel came, Levi had a new unfortunate guests.
t.~chand to subdue. Levi dreamt o.f many sons; The killings started when Levi met something in the
p¢rMpS in unconscious T~bel1iQn, miscarried wo.o.ds. He had wounded a deer, and followed it intothe
~tumel;. art.er Ezekiel.lihe had the chance, Levi might bog, into a dark island ofcroo.ked trees; Crash.ing after
~Jaceher witba more fertiJe ·feniale. it, hecame,faceto titce with an idol of jagged wood and

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 infinite evil. Hisquarry,thedeer.1ay at. its base, dead at
thesi~ht 6f it.
It was older than the woods;rilder than the shaman
who had, hewn the foul image, 'andeveninore terrible
than Levi's father; the hUilterfeUwhirnperin_gto hiskrleeS
in an ecstasy 0ffear, while with afaint bubbiing and hiss-
mgthe coarse wood absorbed the deds blood.
The. idol began to conie to him in dreams. Terrified,
moved with a potent dark love, Levi visited it dayifter
day. :By and by, the w()od of the thing became pale and
dry,.and the dreams be<;al11e wOrse. Levi killed many ani-
mals for it.Then Levi met a tratilpOn the road who was
hungry and looking for work. That night, for. the first
time in centuries, the statue drank itsprefererice. The
conquest filled Levi with a 'blind, wild power that sent
him reeling with glory through tbe woods.
Now he lives to. feed his wooden god. Any who
comes hisway accidentally or who can behrred in secret
becomes the chosen chalice for Levi's blood .religion.
Qn<;eor twice a y~ar iseJ)ough. The pal1ern (S the same:
he befriends, he disarms, he betrays, he strikes.
Sometimes he arranges a disabI iilg accident; sometimes
a swift blow Tn the night suffices. The method of acqui-
,sition is unimportant, but the last bubbling gasp, the life
b lood, must be spilt directly onto ,the idol in the bog,
Hannah 'sees no way out. Victim by victim, feeling
'drains from_her and she grows duller and less horrified.
Zek1e is at:tracted by the P9wer of his father and repelled
by the man's brutality. 'Neither have see~ their father's
maSter; the idol in the bog. Hannah would coUapse iil
sheer catatonic terroI at the sight ofit,recogpizing in its
features black glimmers of her husband. Zekle would
crave its powerenopgh tQ: slavishly devote himself to his
fatlier,orperhaps en01.tgh to kill Levi to gain aU of the
statUe's regard for himself, beginning the cyde anew.
However itaffei:ts them, the Stones arc open for .ne~v
bUSinesS.
TbeThirdDay
Levi encourages the meteoritel:lUntwhile he studies his
preyallddecides how and wlien to make his move. He
,was not lying When hecJaimeq to. have heard thut:!der:
blast wol\e them all, and Levi thought then that it
ighthave to do with his god. Now he knows that his
god can call down siars, and he finds that gratifying;. As
he can, after he has sacrificed thesecmess_engers, he plans
to find the stones they sought, and bri.ng those pebbles
for his idol's pleas-I,lfe;
It is possible to "omb the hills for weeks or months
without tetracing·ope's steps, as Levi knows weJL He will
steer 'them away from the park grove where the idol
waits; the bogisgeDuinelydaugerous,and Dot to be tra-
versed lightly.
158 AN EN E R GET [C
Walking iri a sqltteredlin~;stooping and rising, the
searchers face a daunting task - miles of dark' trees;
jurilblesofboulders, crags, and watercourses; steep cliffs
with tumbling waterfalls; foul swampy patches; high
outlooks; fieldsofbra~en;. ,jeep black caves. They
encount~rundergrowth, conife,rs, hardwoods, thorns,
slid~ mosses, bubbling streams, ferns, game trails, and
rO.tten logs, but never a road or track or path;
They hope tq see freshly brokenlinibs Or churned
gro,urid,oreventbe remnants ofa .srn<lll Ji:ire cal)s¢d
when some fraction of the bolide came to earth.
The ItilJs in ,their search ar¢a are alLwest of the house.
Their a1lotfedsedionwill take several days to adequately
examine. AU the while Levi isthaUing,helping them over
difficult parts, splitting them up and tdling them whereto
meet again (so as to cover more ground, but in reality to
get thernused to. bcing apart), telling folk ta1esabou~:the
area; and otherwise being the perfect guide .and host.
With a successful Psychology ron {Knowkdge
(Psychology) check, DC 101, an investigator.ga.ins the'
impression of being watched. A rocks.lide high up a'
ravine may denote a watcher;.a half-glimpsed shadow
may be man or beast; a gutted animal may, be the for~
gotten food of a predator, or agriin warning. Levi· can;,
not fully enjoy his upcoming kills without handingout
tiny warnings to prove his omnipotence and their
inconseql!~n¢e~ Even a total psychopath l¢avessollle
trail. But Levi has not prompted every indderi.t:oth~rs
-may be the jnvestigators~ irtiagmatioris;"pthers yef..may
be the ghosts of the· slain attempting warnings.
Subtle and manipulative keepers build on tbefriend-
ship between Levi and the players;Cytiical players may
suppose that Levi is being played up as "the nice NFe
whois there to showbow the m(;mster wor1<sand is 'then'
eaten." They may not guess tbat Levi is thc;:monster.
Levi'.S' frepi\l'l)tiON.S'
IDftially, Lev:iJan~ the trost. of the investigators. He
knows who arc suspiCious of him and consciouslycoutts
those individuals; showing courtesies and inakingsriiall
thotlghtfuJ ;gestures.In revenge, of course; it is just they
\~hom he intends to torture most viciously before sacri-
fiCing them;
He also wants the invesrigatois accustomed.to being,
alone with him. Perhaps he provokes arguments among
theinvestigators by being overly gallant, by uncovering
faJlibiJities, qr by telling seeniingly'inn()Ce.nt t,ales abQu:t
Olle to another; Perhaps he sh0Ws one.(but l10t anothe.r)
shOrtcuts aro.uncl obstacles.
He walks them tirelessly up and <lown the hifIs <ill
da)' (he i.s in great shape himsclf,and i.s always primed
just before a kill), and investigators whose .sIZes arc
greater than their CONs. are worndowrt and weakened,
G U ID E , 1'1 0 S I U'S r: F lJ L
 ~
/YI~fJNTAIN
Area Around the Stone
and flop into bed .at the end of the day {make a
Constitution check (DCJ.6) at the end of each day, fuil-
ure cau~~s the investigator to be fatigued, (~1 strength,
and dexterity,crult run or charge), until they've had at
least eight hours of rest).
When becan" he attempts to incapacitate the
strorigest"seeming of the investigators, to give himself
better odds.
Some sugge*dtactics follow.
• Arock tumbles down a cliff for 2D6 .damage, halved
:ifaJurtiproll succeeds Ihalfdamage with as.uccess-
ful reflex save; DC IO}.
• He causes an investigator to walk into a wolf trap for
ill8. dairiage (:a successful Spot Hidden {Spot check,
DC 121, reveals it before itis too late) while he stoops
to look at a worthless rock; to make himself look
innocent.
+Heinstructs Hannah to spill scalding water 011 some-
One by tripping over an item an investigator has left
lyIng around, bo4ing the target for i{)4 d3JTIage (a
sutcessful Dodge roll halves qamage Ireflex save, DC
15, for half damage}.
• He make'$ a great show of killlnga timber fattier
inside the cabin on the investigators' first .day there
C'they like it-warm, you know") so that later he can
secret one in a bed. That .timber rattler has a 75%
ACCIDENTS C A N H AP P E N, E PE C IALLY W
R~sidence
chance to hit; nitting,it ii1jects a largeamo~nt of
pOT 10 poison which takes quick effect {Fort savio! VS.
poison, DC 151.
• He leaves a, sharp axe concealed bladtup by the kin-
dlingpiJe, Camouflaged for someone t~ st~p on for
1D8 damage (asuccessfiil Spot Hidden notes it
before disaster jSpot check, DC IS}),
As theaq:idents mount, Levi says, "Tisk, tisk. 'Tis almost
asif this rock were tellin' usitclon't want.,findin':'
cl\tc~jN~HJ~'1\ C!!)ut
The man is c\(refuland cunning, and not to be caught
oUt easily. Other than the perception that he is studYing
the investigators, a few clues ¢Xist.
, ZekJe, whose f~tberseems sozestful,isincred
withdrawn. A successful Psychology roll {Sense Motive,
DC 20}, concerning Zekle suggests that he is ovetborne
by his father, but fails to fmd a traceofc;ompensating
achievement, su rliness, or deliberate ,misbehavior.
A successful PsyChology roll {Sense Motive;'DC 201,
for Hannah shows her curiously indifferent to her
apparegtly w~maerful husband. Is she siCk? A successful
MedicinerolllHeal check, DC lSI, indic.ates no s:ymp~
tpms. She is too withdrawn to have fear left to show;
Levi's beanung public face i~ 1l1oredismaying to her
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than his uSl.lal snarls, for it shoWS her how happy th~y
might have been.
Hannah limps sligbtly. Her trailing skirts always
coyer her legs. If an investigator somehow manages to
slightly lift her skirts, he or she sees that she has dirtY
bandages around her ankles, covering the manacle sores.
Levi hobbles a random ankle when he is away or in a
savage mood, chaining ner to the iron cook-stove. She
h",s 15 feet'of ql1atter~inch towing chain ~opull around
in the G1bin. The' floorboards aro.unrl th~stove are
scraped andscr<itci1ed, detectable by a Spot Hidden
{Spot check. DC 10\ directed at the floor. Levi keeps
chain. manacle, and lock wrapped in a greasy rag in the
toolsbed whennoi inu~e. . . .
The outhouse js a flimsy wOddeil struCture over a
pit. \<\llien the pit ' is full; Levi simply digs another, picks '
up the whole toiJetand pJa~es it overthen~w hole, and
'fills in the old one~ Itis near the: house. However, With .a
sllccessful Idea roll {lnteUigencecheck, DC 12}, tile
investigators realize that no one eller sees Levi· go off to
the.toilet. Odd. .
Once' a day, L~vi vis.irs the idol; prostratingbimseLf
before its terrible glare; muttering to. it, singing to it in
an oddctacke:d fashion. He marks the perimeter of the
island with his body waste. Though he uses different
,excuses, he tends to disappear from the house· at the
same times, and he follows roughly the same r(}ute each
time, so that a path of s.o rts .cao be detected with ~ Sll<;'-
' . ' .. ' I
cessfulTrackroU IS~ch,[)C lOJ. Sometimes he IS able
to bring back a rabbit or grouse from a snare to show
that he has been hunting..' ..
Theb~ k~~~~" :'~~~~~'boU'
three-eightbsofa niiIeacross, with a circular wOQded
island in itsi;;enter. On~a$ualghUjce, a geologist would
say that this was a lake not too many centuries before.
Having prepared acarefuJ analysis, that geologist would
~ome to the surprising conclusion ·that the entire lake
was an impactcraterfo~med sinCi:e the latest glaCiation.
hours .of ~urvey ,and ' a successful GeologyroU
. lecige (GeoJogy) ~b:e~, PC lS},bringsan,jnvesti-
gator to the samecondusion.
Toward ·the: dawn ()f at sunset, the rippling .crie~ of
thousands of frogsc:an be hear,,!. They stop when
intruders neat, an infallibk.alarm'system.
Though slowly fiJlingwith mud and vegetable ,rot,
hiding its past, the bog is. ~tiU <iangerous. Noxious g!lses
bul>blealid pop, arid evenilie firmer ground isslip,pery
and uneven (Ifthemvestigators attempt to move Jaster
than a normal walk iheymust make a successful DEXxS
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orfall {Reflex save; DC lOhIncautious investigators who.
fail a Spot Hidden ISpotdH!ck, DC rot, step into evil
black muck that is deep enough to force a Swim roll
ISwimcheck, DC lSI.WhlJethc! mosq~itoes<ltemosdy
finished for the year, the fat bloated leeches won't mind
oJ:te more snack
Levi has traps placed along the islandapproaCi:hes to
his shrine, .which he sets only when a likely c,andldate
arrives .atthe cabin ..
As the investigators approach the ·shrine (and depart.
if applicable), each m\,lst receive a successfulLucl< roll
{'Reflex save, DC 151 or encounter either a snare or ii
bear trap. Roll1D6: on 1-3 the trap is a dead-fall snare;
on 4-6 the trap is a steel bear frap.
The dead-fall snare: whips thevktim llpfrom · the
ground and le:aveshjril Qr herdang1lngin the air, (C!et up.
Thetarget can free himself or herselfif (1) he or she: has
a Dexterity Of 10 or moreartd (2) carries a knife.·
Alternately; the haplessinvesfigator can attempt to break
the rope by overcoming the ropeSTR 20 with his or her
own STR{Strength check. DC 25 (includes a +2 penal-
tysince inycstlgator haslimite:d Leverage)}.
A bear trap: chomps for lOlD damage and pins thttvi c-
tim with sm 15 force""':" successful opposition totbis
<;>11 the resistance tclhk frees the vi<:tim, but the target
.getS only one tty per houi. Two peopJecan combine
Strengthsfbrthis roU. TWs steel hap is Chained to the.
ground and prohibits movement. {Disable Device, DC
20; or a strength check, DC lS}.
HaVing pendratedth.e line Of traps (some of the
investigators no doubtstained, smelly, hitten.and cold),
they _pass through a stand of dark trees .with black
gnarled stumps and twjsted clawed I>nmches. Tht: dim
.foliage blots o.ut much <>fthe light and shields the inner
'<;I~rii1gofroh1 view.
As the trees part toward the center oftheisland. the
ground turns muddy; from it, only partly submerge~!
rise corpses apdskeIetbns of ievi's previous victinis-
tossed aside, tom,. <lecpmpos~, worm-riddled, skeletal.
Here a bloated green leg protrudes; there a rib cage, over-
thereis .afresbly-rotting face with milky eyes. The cost to.
view Levi:sgarden is 1/1D8 SAN. Investigators who flee,
now are spared the sight of the idol.beyond.
Thewestem Abenak.i Iridians, in whos¢ ;uident l;lnd~
levi'~ shririe·exis:ts, said that the first humanswete made
out ·of stone by Tabaldak(i'the Owner"). Tabaldak did
not like the resu:lt, and destroyed his .p rototypes. then
carving a second man and woman out of wood. These
LEVI'S SPECIAL PLACE . . .
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he approved of, and let them go fOrth as th~ father and
mother ·of Indians.
Amongthe shamans of the. Abenaki, therefore, wood
was a primal substance thoughtespeciallyap:propriate
to man. 'Dhe powerful tnahdawlillilo (shaman) of tbe
Abenald who carved and drummed Levi's god into exis~
tencechose rus site of power weJ], a crater imbued with
the stuff of stars. The image hacked from the great log
was revealed with such insane inspiration and savagery
that it perfectly captured the llndean essence of its sub-
ject. Comingoirt of histTarice; the ptehistodc seer com-
prehended what he had brought to the earth and triedto
dismember it with his bare hands. He died in agony as
the thing's first victim.
The face is of shocking foulness, a sneering visage of
basest evil, a crudercproduction of an abominable dark
god from beyond space and time. Over long centuries, the
pine wood has darkened .to an ebony blackness from the
fcml waters of the bog.. ~~ood has longs.tainedit. Itwru~
p;1tientiy for the final 4roplets itciaves. The vision inspired
the deranged Levi Stolle to homicide, and stillinsj:>ires ter-
ror in the sane viewer: Sanity Cost to sec it is ID3/1DIO.
Complete statistics for the gqaskoi; literaU)' the <\~hite
pine man," are found at the end of tbisadventure. '
The6rstsuccessfulphy"Sical attack which does more
than 10 P()intsof damitgelothe goaskoi causes.the face to
lisfsevercly and then sink into the rIlud, apparently gOlie
for good. The investi~ators get rio SAN for the deed.
BUfl1ing the face with oil orgaso1in~ leaves omya
charred. unrecognizable lump. Choking acrid smoke
drives away the arsonists. They get no SAN for the deed.
If ,myone trunks to. it's possible to dig down into the
mud and see thatthe wood baseofwhaUheyhurnt g(jes
down, and down. and down.
Neither Hannah nor Zekle have ever seen the goaskoi
though Hannah has heard Levi speak of the thing in the
bog, which he calls Master.

Levi can. be prompted to attack in tbree ways.

• While the search for the bolide occupies most of their
attention, he nlallages to separate the investigators
aild attacksfhemmdividually.
• [f he can see that some will not trust him, Levi attacks
immediately; wieldinga' double-bladed aXe in each
hand like a berserk Vikin~.

• Zekle has seen his father at work, but Levi never has
taken on such a large. possibly competent group: this
tirlle Levi may die. Zekleruns away rather than see the

162 TH ' "W R 1 T EP I N f. .M A N ,j

 pl~ying-out .of hi$ wn:or oranSwerecl prayer. When
Levi :realites what has happened, he assumes that if an
investigator finds Zekle,.the boywill talk. Le\~ organiz-
eS a ~arch,splitSlip the investigaforsamong dif(erent
areas; and begifisattackingihdividuals.
Meanwhile Zekle,thinking that the One place he was
told never to go is the best place to bide,wadesar:;ross
.the bog ancls.t umbles into thelairof th~ goaskoi. He'll
be found huddled in catatonic shock not far from the
corpse-garden.
When Levi is ready to attack, he gathers up weapons
and totqs, and disappears into .the Wdods.Hisyanityhas
lleverallowed him to purchase a ~. for that would
somehow lessen his¢lementalpower.
Jihe can, he stalks the Investiga.t ors one by one. He'll
first murdertbose :tnoslsuspidousof him or; failing
that, the weakest. As a keeper. it's important not to let
the players know what bits them. Levi is a mastetof
stealth ..
[f possible,liter;lUy separate your players by. sending
all \)Ut one our of the room you're playing in, Only let
them communicate If their investigators are together.
This. maylleigbten the sense of menace.
r(>[ individual :attacks, Leyi Strikes to knock olri: the
investigators, use the knock.,outrule {subduaJ damage}
unless the investigator gives him ~oo much trouble, in
which case he will attempt t.o finish him off as fast as pos-
sible. Levi wantsJhiillg sacrifices whose throatS can.beslit
over the idol. Vjct~riolls, he hinds and gags bisvicti.Jns,
stashingthefoonebyone t<rbe claimed.later.
H~ continues until he has them. all, or until the sur-
vivors have banded together. li1 the latter case; he
retreats to theislanc;l in the bqg, .to w:i,it for them to come
to him; He .c ounts on the demoraliiingeffect of that ter-
rible place to aid him, and may profferho~tages to get
the otLi(~r investigators tP. disa~. He'll wiUinglyuse
Hanmih as bilit,and Zekle ;if he absolutely must (this act
irrevocably tll.r ns hi.s son against him).
If the keeper wishes, after each attack allow a rau-
clornLuckr(jl1 to. bring t()g~ther two inveS.tigators,
When the inv.estigators. unders:tandthat they are
being picked offon:e' by one, .survivors may gather at the
cabin. Hannah knows what'sg$>ing on. Her eyes are
bright with ~~rror. .lfa: female investigator a.cts syrnpa-
thetically and draws her out, or if male investigators
receive successful Fast Talk or Persuade roUs lDip-
lomacy chec.k, DC .18} she babl:!les her' awful story,
cincluding the locatiQnaiJd significance ofthe idol in the
bog. She mentions that whatever Levi has found on the
island gets its power from blood.
LEVI PREPARES THE l;EAST
The First Fight
Nonvitnstanding his cunning, pJannirig, brute strength,
and raw muscle, Levi has never before been in this.kind
offight. His s.ense of omnipoten<:e, which keeps his con-
fidencein such good ste:ad,lets him be methodical now,
If the temaiIiirig iriVestigators pariicand flee, he has a
day of blood-vanity he'll remember forever. Once .<U1
in~estigator is dowf), Levi m.oveson to the neXt, not
worrying whether arnot the wop.nd is fatal, rather hop-
ingin fact th;at the vir:;'tim stays alive Until .he can drag
hiin or her tathe island in the bog. Butdeep-bitingdou-
hIe-bladed axessometlmesst(ck,and there is. no onet()
guard Levi's back. [nvestigatQrs who ke~p their heads
probably get the i>estof him, almosfcertainly if they
have guns.
Weaponless. investigators find Uiemselves in horrible
melee .. With weightot numbers and sheer desperation,
and perhaps with the suddenhdp of Zekle; theymay pull
him -down. He is a raging,roaringpowerhol.ise of inad~
d.ened meatjto stop bim, they'll have to demolish hIm.
Whenever anj nvestigator is mde.e COIU ba ~ wi th !.eYi,
illow hiirioT her .t oreceiveaLuck roll; failure has no
effeCt {Spot check, DC 16b Success causes him or her to
reach backal1.dgraspa heavy rock. which can addtoth~
uwestigator's a.ttacks fa small bluc:lgeoningweap6p, 10:4:
damage}. At the keeper's option, or by.means of a ran,,·
dom die roll, ohe of these convenient rocks isa still~
warm shiny black stone with a rippling surface,.of good
shClpe forsn:iking with. Thi$heavy stone isa smaIl
bludgeoning we.apon. ID4+2 damage; base chance as
Fist/Punch. A meteoritic remnant of tbefireball, this is
the evidence that Billings craves. If theinves(igator sur-
vives .tilefight,allow an Id~ [QIlIJntelligencecheck; DC
l6) to examine the object ·should the player not make
the connecti'on.:Onlyone meteorite exists.
As$uming that levi finally falls; the change in him is
astounding and in its .o wnway horrifying; He drops, a
great bloody mewlingruin,crawlingtoward the face--or
where the face Was, if already burnt or strucl<. It isobvi-
ous that Levj isdyirigj he should be dead
Blubbering, he slides slowly across the slick,
mud.The only way.to stophim istohackbim ... .J<L&c.'.,."'"
his head, ()rblow him apart with a shptgun.
The Second Eight
The .goaskoi waits patiently for the blood it craveS. It
.hopes·for the killing q( the killer; Who has. safar betrayed
it.by holding back himself. If he makes it to thegoaskoi,
the circle is dosed and a new power unleashed.
If the invesrigat9rs do stop,him, and he doesn't make
it to the statue before he dies. thegoaskoi screams in
frustration, then detonates deep und~rground. The blast
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deafens everyone for a few minutes,and.ea¢h survivor il1vestigator I D2 SAN for hiwilig forestalled such .a
takes lD4 damagefrom shock and incidental debris~ hideous situation.
If teviisallowed tocbniplete his last crawl, he hugs If the idol walks,the investigators gain lD8+2 SAN
the idol, and dies With a gurgle before its cruel gaze, his· each for stoppfug it. No mean feat, that.
lifeblood the last elixir the thiitgneeds. The statue If they dori't stop the idol, and it clumps away
drinks fully, grins hideously, and then stands up. towards greater destruction, charge .each lDI0+2 SAN.
Slippery black yards of it unfurl as the waking night- The keeper must determine the course of the thing, and
mare stands, rising up and up, towering above the feeble when, where and if it hits civilization:
trees. Iqtands thirty feet tall As the mud drips off tnat
{f the investigators stoph after it has. destroyed other
dreadful form, it isapparenOhat the originaJ carver plit
lives and property, each gets only 1D6 SAN.
as muchworkinto the body as thehead.Sailitycost to see
{fone of them brings back the meteorite, it is the
the full gOaSkoiis ID6/1D20, but don't call for new SAN
rolls except for those who ,;:ome upon the thing now or only fragment ofthe bolide ever to be found. Billings is
later - the investi'gators have eno1lghtrouble as ills. somewhat dismayed ifLevi'sbJood is on it, quthecheet-
fully accepts it anyway, noting that the blood can hardly
Any previous destruction of its face-was avery limit-
have penetratedaJready to the center, which is where to
ed victory. It still walks, except that,headless,it';' only 25
feet taU. . look for any uncontaminated organic compounds. the
finder gets his nanw OIl a c:ard b.esjde theeXhibit~dpor­
'~he)aughingmonstrosityhas no arms, but it does
tion of the meteorite, butna. SAN. It isupto the keeper,
have legs which staillp mercilessly. The thing wades.
of course, whether or not sangllIneous penetration has
after the .investigators, crunching and smashing and
ocqurre<l, and wh.etheror not anyinterplanetaryforc¢s
obliterating all in its path. Hannah. snlpdied by the
have been stirred intoactioil because·oLit.
apparition, is lost .unlesssomeone thinks to grab her
and start her running.
Thegoaskoiinitially cbases .individual investigators,
hiltSOt'lD wanders toWard the cabin, perhaps drawn by
LEVI STONE, Psychotic Murderer
the rising smoke froin thechi:mtley. Investigators who.
ran that way see this engine of destruction bear down<a STR 18 CON 18S)Z 18 !NT 15 POWl1
few minutes after they arrive. DEX14 APP 13 EDU 07SANO. HP18
Here they can grab kerosene (three gallons in the Damage Bonus: + LD6
woodshed) and siphon gasoline from the car, and then Weapons: Fist/PUnch 60%,.damage 103+ lD6
set fire to the goaskoi ~ perhaps tlingi I1 gi.tont() the Kick 400/0, damage 1D6+1D6
thing,O[ leaving a puddle in its path and offering the.m- Grapple 45%. damage special
selves as bait. Once the flames start, the thing burns 'Club 40% , damage ID6+lD6
readily. Ifthey don't destroy it now; it wrecks the cabin, Wood Axe 4()%,damage ]])S+i+lD6
their car, anyone in its path, and then'strollse(istward, SkiUs:camouf1<:lge 30%, Climb 45%. Dodge 35%, Past Talk
toward :Newburyport or Arkham,. 60%, First Aid 40%, Hide.<50%, Jump 50%. Listen 55%,.
Psychology 15%, Set Trap700/0, Sneak 75%, Spot Hidden
70%, Throw 40%; Track 45%.
Picking Up The Pieces {<I205TATS: page 22l!
Investigators surviving the slaughter get 1D3 SAN for
l.<illingLevi. For captu.ring him and taking him ro jus- HANNAHSTONE,.Victim
tice, each investigator gains 11)4+ I SAN. STR 10 CON 15 SIZ 11 INT 11 POW 10
In addition, award 1 SAN each to those who rescued OEX 12 APP 11 EOU 07 SAN 15 HP13
and another SAN point for rescuingHannah. Do Damage Bonus: +0
'not perialize SAN for failing to Fescue them. Weapons: Kitchen Knife 30%, damage 1D6
If the statue never walks, but the investigators Hatchet 500/0, damage ID6+l
destroy it anyway; they .gain' no Sanity increase at that Skills: Dodge 55%, First Aid 65%. Hicie 4S%,.Listeri 60%.
time~However, the next time one of them reads a 1<120 STATS:page2211
Mythos tome, he or she encounters a reference to Titans
Potens. a medievalism for wooden or stone idols which ZEKLE STONE, Adolescent
(having.been fed sufficient blood) come aliVe and stalk STR9 CON 9 SIZll INT 13 POW 15
the land, destroying. With a successfUl Idea roll lINT DEX 16 APP 12 EOUOS SAN 20 HPLO
check; DC IS}, to make the connection; grant each Damage Bonus: +0

164 THE LAUGHING MONSTROSITY

W~p()liS: Sniall (3Iub30%"damage 10,6
WoodAxe 30%~damage IDS+2
Hatchet 45010; damage 1D6+ I
Skills: 'Climb 65o/ri, Dodge 6o.°iP, Hide 55°/6, listen 40%, Set
Track 15%.
Id20 STATS:page221 }

THE GOASI<OI; levi's God

STR 4,o .CONSOi SIZ 40. INT 15 POW20
DEX 10 HP,60 Move 6,
DamageBonus:+4j)6
Weapons: Bite"4S%.damage 2D6+2
Trample 45%, damage 4D6+4D6
ArmoI:: 6 points; no weapon impales; magical attacks succeed,UJlJ1ioalfie"it·
S~ <:ost: 2/1D8+2
'tn(zrurafly it gets no Biteattacl( if hcad'ess.
GoaskoiDescriptlon: after remoyi,ngilie bark, it\'/lIs,' carve:d fi9!'i.i aj'~IJiil:c1ii~H()j
,abeiuf 35 feet'inlength and about three fe¢t thick. onl~iIl ' iiill~(S:iio~\iij:;!!ie:~@
darkened \he .wood to near-black. The car,ver. coveredrilost of1t1i~:s,o,i~~e~f\tI~~
With fain~ non-EuclidianpMterns; som~Df whlchare nOWinviSi~)Je.ttQ'1t.1l«;!~~~~,
Toe 'face has very laige:, madly-staring eyes and a large, p;trt!y-open::Dt6.uQi:!in<Wbi -
individual teeth 2-3 in'c heslongcan ,be seen. The neck alid ,trullk ,~¢'~~ ~tiD.­
guished, and,.th~reare no ,arms. A, set, ~f cO,DlP;lrativelysm,al1.>appar~~)t.~~
tal malegemta1la mark the apex of the legs. The legs themselvesareali'O~~ :~
long; condudinginslightly-widetst!Jrilps for feet,
Thegoaskoi is c1umsyin .lTloyement, given the disproportio,n .
lack Qf arms,and thei'nflexibil-ity of its spine, but crosses opc~h:l~oi.iruiLaitial;Sh8if; .j~"
lower waters steadily and tirelessly.
Note; such humariajd :constr~<;t;S al'l:~omrnon to ni~ ny magical tnl:ditiion.~r.t~:lij~
Sanity ~pst to s~ethisone is due to the hyperdimensiona/ v,.isj(JIfl'1.vhiich'1aflli~!~'·~~~

BRP CTHUIHU GAME DAl A

 his adventure can be essayed by any number of investigators of moder-
'a):e-:t,o ~}(t¢nsive experience and, if that is pqssibk.,who possess unusu-
i'auy' steady nerves. Thoilghkeepers may present "The Conde'mned" in
~:~laii«t1('ol;·w;avs. hem she may easily extend the proceedings to at least twopJay
·~sesSiQ1fis;:lUl·(d·· Fossibly more.

:jsh@!' w~keSunday morning and managed to find his way to town where
pg1ke.cQPi~i4y took hiIn to. the hospital. Whi1.e atSt, M<1ry's,Bishopwa~ briefly
{~uesii.QJied but was unable to respond intelligently, only mumbling of "the
~E!:~t fl~~h. of light" Last night Bishop finally regained his complete faculties.
~ ~iitinwng to Tamble incoherently and feigning amnesia Bishop bides his
tlinie; W :ruting.fur a chance to escape.
fRI.:.r:, AT LAST
 C ()
He plans to systematically murder the seven Arkh,uil
descendants of the seven men who sealed himawilyin.
1752.
The kee8errmls Bishop as he wishes( choosing vic-
tims from the ranks of toWnsfolk and the investigators
(wbo alsoniay be descendants), varying attacks as he
desires. Bishopoispotent.Play him fairly but only give him
full leash after the investigators fuUy comprehend Wliat
tbey'reup agai~st, or he'll wip~. out every one;
The names of Bishop's original persecutors are on a
list found at the Arkham Historical Society. The seveil
descendants are named and describe.din the section
"Murder Scenes~" If the keeper desires. one or more of
th.e senames can heallered to be the names of the inves-
tigators. GenealogiCal files in the Nkham Historical
S6dety could reveal one or more investigators marked
for Bishop;sveng~nce.
Bishop also plans to relocate the Testament of
Carnamagos, which can quickly reestablish his for-
mer immortality in 'his new, attractive, well~func­
tionmg body.
INFORM ~TION
N
Investigator Information
Last Thursday inorning; two good friends and fellow
university botany students Richard Cardigan and Henry
Atwatersti-olled west from Arkham to camp along the
Miskatonic River. They expected to .r eturn on S.aturday
but failed to do so.
Early Sunday morning, Atwater was fOUAd wand~r­
.ingalong west River $treet,ma disturbed state of rilind.
PoLice took him to St. Mary's Hospital, wher.e be was
questioned and .sedated.
Atwater's nearly rncoherent rlimblingsled police to
slirmise that the campers had bt;elt struck by ligtltning
on Friday eveniilg while they slept.
That same morning the police traveled up the
Miskatonic and located the students' campsite. No
trace of Richard Cardigan Was fOWld !?i.it the police
cliddiscover, not far from the camp.a· smaIL shovel
smeared with bl()od. No burn or scorch marks were
found on the students~equipment nor were there
othersigris of a lightning strike apparent in theimme-
diate area.
 H .f. 10 v" C r t 1'. /I '5" f;1i /I YI\
Hurried by a sudden downpour, the gear and plant
specimens of the two were gathered up and brought
back to Arkham. AdditiOrial dll~S. thatthe .eqilipment llrdVe~~ ,stnlte I MIIJIbi
~ight have yielded were destroyed icnmoViilg them, On &dlptng U,lp
and the ground has been too dislui"bedto HOW yield
useful tracks.
Early Sunday afternoon the still-ravirig Atwater, bav-
,i ng shown little shock or other physical symptoms, was
transferred by ainp~an<;:e t(j Arkham S(initarium. The
first stories of the tragedy appear today, in Monday's
newspapers. Since his transfer to thesanitatiuin, no one
ha$peenallowed to see or to interview Henry Atwater.

.~::~~~ Qn~~:~~e<"PS.M.'
more uwestigatorsare friends ofthe students. Perhaps the
uwestigatorscan be hired by the father of the still-nUssing
student, Richard C,ardigan. Herbert Gardigan is a wealthy
Bastori banker: Perhaps Atwater's friends hire them to
proteCt Henry's name by resolving .the affair. Perhaps the
police Informally ask tbegroup for help; Perh~ps~he
Inv~stigat9rs altruistically want to help. Keep~s will think
ot'additional ways througb which theiririvestig~tors can
eritei" this scenario;
Now the in~estigators canducttheir own investiga-
tion. foUowing whatever leads they can find. A good. first
possibility is· to interview Atwater himself, hopefully
s.oon. Another good choice is to visit the students' camp~
site. They might'clJS~choose to interview professors and
schoolmates Of the twostudeilts.
Sometime late Mondayafterno.on Bishop ~capes
the sanitarium and disappears; committing his first.
Arkham murder on Tuesday night.

~i5~Of'$ ~.veny?JJf5
From th bospal, Bishoptled to his old house on Hill
Street,in his time . edBad Water Road. Finding the place
- . and aban40ned,he quietlymovedin.He gathered
i"....",ril~,rI· newspapers and magaiines along the way. Their
were mostly meariingless to. him, except that: their
style was bewilderingly staccato and their wordings unusu-
allyh11:Ult. No mention of the Crown, Crown holdings, its
agents. or even ofi~ maney is an~th~ puzzle.
. He read with consuming interest an article about the
Ar1<ham Historical Society. There, on Tuesday morning,
with the aid of E. Lapham Peabody. he tracked down the
seven .closest descendants of the seven men who
entombed him. Tbe request was mteresting to Peabody,
ana he rememb~rs Arwaterclearly.
C'ondemned Papers I
That night Bishop committed his first murder,
leaving thcsituatioI') described in "Murder S¢ene
One." The following day he used, money stolen from
his victim's house to purchase food from Benson's
Market and a .38 revolver with bullets from the
Arkham General Store. The latter's counterman
remembers Atwater/Bishop even if n'a t shown a
photo, because of the straight-faced way tht: man said
"1 be- wanting balls, flints, arid a horn afpowder
besides," and was orily with difficulty persuaded to
substitute a box of 100 bullets.

168 WnAT HAPPENED TO HENRY?

 Having acquired a pistolandde~ermined its opera-
tloo,Bisbop's succeeding actions ciepend partially upon ..· out HeNl'l\.:f kWl\fer
,whilt t'heinvestigators do as the,stenario unwinds.
The Miskatonic Libraryhas coJies of the last three uni-
ftf' c . v e r s i t y a n n u a l s , in each of which Atwater appearS. The
ATtd'}All'\_)ANi{l\l'i"u»,\ a.linu~alsIn:dudehis photos, and the entries fordubsand
ButwhileMondayafternoon lasts, the investigators stiU organiiations inClude membership liSts. The university
have a chariceto intervlew Atwater. Dr. Hilidstrom, head registrar caD,. with adequate reason or persuasio.n;
of the sanitarium,. mustgratit hisgrudg- ~.~;:::;;;:::;;;:::;;;:::;;iiliil~iil~ .exhibit his grade lists and admissions
illg perinission.· papers. Keepers who are intetested can
l1ardstrom fears that too much dis- quickly provide friend~, coUei.lgues, and
turbailce may overtliX his patient; and profes~()rswhokn()w the mail.
sees no reason why the investigators can't According ·tomatiy sources, Atwater
wait till later in the week, when the poor was a foundlirigwho grew up in a Bosto.u
fellow has grown stronger. He allows no orphanage . .A brilliant student, be ,was
mterView u~less the investigators receive awarded · the James Fitzhugh memorial
a succ;essful . Persuade roll [Diplomacy scholarsh.ip upon high school gradua-
check,DC 2i}, o runless (}ne is a practic- tion, and was accepted by Miskatoni!C
iIlg physi§ian. He has contempt for p s y - V n i v e r s i t y ;
choaO;llysis. Anyone attempting to .sway Like his friend Richard Cardigan,
.his opinion by using their skill with • • Atwater majored in botany. He also beida
Psychoanalysis suffers a permanent halv,. At water Pose S5 ed part-time job at a locaLflonst's ~hop,
ing of thei,r effective Fas.t Talk and Almen's Flowers.
. . by. Bi_hop
Persuade skill valuesiu ,future dealings The gist of the information makes it
With Dr. Hardstrom 1-10 penalty t9 any obv.ious that Henry Atwater is normal, weU~liked., har~­
cbariSrria~based skillS}.
working, and a credit to the community. Hisemplo}te~
If theroll fails, Hardstrom suggests they return that and professors have nothing but good things to say.
afternoon .Or evenlng, If the investigators re.turn in th.e abo1Jt the young man. .
aft~rnoon, tbeyme¢t the patient. If they return ,in the
If any of the investigators think ~oask, howev~r,
evening, they learn that the s.Wdent has escaped, some- everyone who.knows Atwater says th.at he has no accent
how Slipping out of the'hospital unobserved. at all.
If the investigators get to see the patient, HardstrOlll
~l'lains that Atwater has remained incoherent, or .very
ne(lrly so, since arriving yesterday afternoon. He also
N
.eW5.F FA er
f.iks
mentions that they have suspended sedation for a time The Gazette~ th~Advertiser; and the (;rier¢ontairi no sto-
see
to if the man responds. ries a'bout Henry At\~ater, with a small exception: his
De.te:ctive Ray Stuckey has been talking to Atwater. name regularly appears in published lists of stUdents
The investigators must wait; when Stuckey passes withperfect academic scores foriliesemester.
through, they have an opportunity to make hisacquain- _,
tance.StUckey's stati.stics appear with the wr:iteupofthe~ C'" "t
Arkh~m Pol.i~e StationYZ8). . . ' . . - .J~e . A}f5Je. . .. . .' .
. Blshop,m Atwater s body,.Is In bed, biseyes closed The stud.e nts ,CampsIte was on the s.o uthern shore .
asif asleep. He does not respond to·questioning except 'the Miskaton ic, .and can be reached most easily
to mumble and roll his head sliglJtlyftom side to side. . the end of Cabot Road, which branches ncmh
He speaks indisjointoo fraiments,"lighthing" bej'n g from the Aylesbury Pike about three D1il~s out .
the most recognizable word. He cannily refuses to utter Arkham.Follow the Toad until it reaches the .tiver~ ,.
any ¢.oherent story; but call Jor English, Htstory,or from there <l bal f-miJe hike along au OYergrownriver-
EPU x3 rolls [an lntdligeilcecbeck, DC l5]. Whoever bank trail leads to th~sa:ndystrip w.here AtWater and
succeeds notices an archaiC burr to his words totally Cardigan were camped.
inconsistentwith Henry Atwater's birth audeducation If the investigators visit t.h isarea ou Mondaymorn-
in mDdern Massachusetts. iug they find. a half-dozen policemen and a handful of
On Monday evening Bishop (still w'eariqg Atwater's citizen volunt~¢rs searching the surrounding woods..
bod)i)·escapes. The police are not looking in .t he right pla~e. Both
Cardigan's corpse and the living Henry Atw,a ter trapped

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 H .f' 1 0 \i C C r t'\ (t I > / ;ti, . ~ '11\
The corpse is that of Richard Cardlgan, crueilymllf-
dered by Senl)On Bishop; Trapped beneath it and uns~en
as yetis the living Hemy Atwater; his .:m ind imprison~d
in the blackened, ruined, undying body of Sermon
Bishop; .
Atwater will not b.e f0uncl UrilessCardigan's body is -
uncovered ot moved. Atwater's new body is too far gone
for him to move it vety much, but shifting Cardigan's·
corpse frees At\vater's left hand; with which he grabs·at
an investigator and screams insanely. ThiS new shock
costs everyone J/lD6+2 SAN.
r£the investigators back away fi'omthe livirig corpse
..
... .
YW even for a -s hort distance, one of the .greedy crows
.-.-- -----
._-
"""'u.J","",~ swoops down and plucks off one of Atwater's fingers,

.- - m<iking off with its prize while tne undying man shrieks
even more hideously and the rest of the crows drde
enviously just overhead. This incident costs an additioll'
al 011D3 SAN. . . . ..
Atwatet, Io~~d in Bishop's body> is totally unrecog-
~~i,"+'.!'~.
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l!:'~.. . . ..~ !;.: .....•• : ... : •••.•:·~I :;.... \· :~·. '~ !l··:·~·:··J ·. I.; . . .
nizable - gaunt, feeble, .bJacke..ned trOnl the lightning
df.~~ r..~~~:~g~t~~plt~~~~~; bolt, n·e arlybald, humpbacked, with only sCraps .9f
~'~iI:
.~~.~~ tRtNE.N1;:~~fm: - ~f~'~'~e~ antique cloth clinging to him. Nonetheless; he is the best
.e" • ~.¥..:. \AlOA~ ~"<'fItt"'. ··¥.Oi."".r•.
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.. rr .~.;.? '1'~.j:,..~. VV....'t'Y- "lR~./(!;(~~# due the investigators will fihd.Fortunatdy, nothing they
': . 'rb~~e ~t:.'t!f:.If!;l'/; .~;
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can do wilLactuaUyklll him, since he has Inherited
BishOp's immortality. At le.a st have the young man
screech out his name,"Henry - Henry Atwater!" before
he collapses ahdhis immobile body offers no mpre
in the wizard's ruined body are buried in the sandbank.
immediate Jbreat.
The poLice hav.e given this open spot only cursory
inspection, concentrating their efforts On the woods. Atwater is in constant pain and t~mporarilyiJlSan~.
The0ffidal search last$another day, · but every time it ,It is possible, though, for the investigato(s to carry the
rains the searCher:s retreat to their .carsaild the investi- emaciated body back to their transport, and thence to
gatbrsfind themselves .alone; the receiving room at .St. Mary'sJoremergehcycare.
In the second hour of the ii1vestigators~ presence, Once sedated, AtWater may be able to answer a few
none can ignore the large number of crows congi'egat~ :questibns- he was fully awake and a witness to .
ing on the .sandbank, pecking and squabblingnoisiJy at Cardigan~s murder, aildthesubsequent budal.ofhimse1f

something protruding from the sand - keeper's and the coq>se. Perhaps I3ishop boasted of his plans for
choice whether or not the official search party is revenge while he was l:>uryingthe two students in the ·
aroQnd at the time. . sand, though Atwater may n()t remember this until ;in
If the investigators approach, the birds remain opportime moment. The key will be Bishop's name:
where they are, not abandoning their meal ·until the once the investigators can identify who it is they co.n-
front, the mystery can be unraveled.
last second. With a th~nderous rush they then all fly up
:a lonce, reveaUngin th~ sand a rotting and now par- The young botanist's q>ndition is so bad Iha.! he can
cOrpse. understand and answer bnly o~~asionally, and ~henoil1y
The corpse lies face down; e>':1'osed from the waist a question or two al a time. Dodors may .g uardaccesst6.
,.up. The exhaustedI3ishop dug his grave too close to the him, and police may deny access to thIS iinportimtwit~
ness to murder. The investigators, unless they have good
river, and the rising waters from the rains have partially
uncovered his d(!ed. relations with the police and the attending physiciaJ:l,
should not be able to waltz into Atwater's f00m when-
. The birds have eaten portions of the corpse's left
ever they ,choose. Evenafter they gain reasollable ac(:~,
shoulder and I~ft ear. Clouds ofmes settle upon these
several viiiits -maybe ileede.d before the stuoeritcanteU
wounds.1:hestench is pervasive, and the body has bloat-
them all that BishQP t<J.lkedof.
ed. Se¢ipgthis costs 1/1D4+ ~ SAN, unless .the investiga-
-t or has formal medical training which has left him Of This AtWater shpws . rtoresenl~hUlceto: the HeJ:U)'
hedamiliarwith cadavers. Atwater piCtured in the school annuals, nor do his
friends recognize him.The Boston orphanage where he

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grew 'up has footprint records of him as an infant; these
prints db not match the' whorls of h.ispresenr feet.
His doctor says fhat tbepatienf suffers from delu-
sions (that he .is Henry Atwater),. shock, malnutritipn,
exposure, exhaustion, and a severely defg.rm~d spin·c.
Since· the body is .still immortaJ, and wi1Jg et stronger
wiiligooq. tare~ Atwater i~ likely to become sttonger and
dear~t-head~d in a few days. Stnmgely though, . his
spinal deformity disappears over the next feww~eks and
never returns.
Whether or not Atwater is ever restored to. his right-
ful body, his life has changed irrevocably; perhaps an
astute player adopts him as an investigato~.
Qn~e the investigators or the police understand that
a body 5witm hasoccurted. publkation of Atwater's
.picture immediately puts Blshop on the defensive, and
he is unalJleto move except (ltntght, and riskse>"-poSure
with every en co.un ter with another human being.
' e~· Ul'£l'$r:,(!~iN
,fnke:epiri with his oath, BiShop pla~to systematically
murderthe 'even eldest Ilvingdescendants of the seve~
men who buried him a]jve~
The first murder scene in particular contiinsspecif-'
:ic dues the investigators need, but Bishop shollld com-
IDirall of the. murders'in their listed order. The tinllJJgof
tb.e murders is leftt<;> the keeper, who is also free to
ch,mge the styles of the nltiiders. The police will be in it
!jz2y as the mUrdersprogress,ahd their relations with
the investigators should be monitored and used as the
keeper needs.
AdjUst Bishop's actions to tbepace: of investigator
progress. .Bishop may sometime engineer an attack
~gainst the investigators. Meanwhile, the investigat9rs
may be able to learn the identities of the intended vic-
'rims, and mount guard, which 'can lead tl,) a direct
encounter with the m.ad wiujrd.
the murder sites ,are desctibe~ a~ theyappeari\fter
Sjshop bas made hisvlsit It is also possibk. that th~
i!lvestigators r¢a¢h targets 2-7 before BiShop does, and
So the, two possibilities are distinguished in separate T. his ~i~ingt .' es pJa<::e on TUesday. :venih.·g, t~e· . . ,
subheads.
to
hwe,stigators may ~ry talk these victims into mov-
iog awayfbr a time, an effective tactic for a while, The
investigators <::a'n be persuasive enough, with separate,
successive Persuade rolls {Diplomacy checks; DC 20}, as
,the minimum requirement.
Ultimately though. Bishop is insane ,and hemereJy
decides to attack Arkhamites with sim:ilar nalh es , Once
lIe.llDderstands the genius of the telephone and the tele"
THE MURD £ ~S BEGIN
N {~ 1,,\ Nf!. l
phone directory; be has an eaSy time of it The effe<::t is
the same:lbe investigators wiD nOlbeable to move the
whole towil into Boston hetelS'.
If the investigators Dog down, keepers should intro-
duce addi~ional dues into the murder scenes;
Witriessesll1ay see Atwater's body'f1eeing, ot even have
talked toa fellow recognizable as Atwater on ,t he street
before or after the killjngs.Bishop might shoot a wi~­
ness; leavi.Qg him to die on the sidewalk, l?utthe wit-
ness does not die. Even .Bishop's 'interid.ed victims
might live justlollg .e nough to say iI. f¢w last words.
Enjoying the newspap¢r coverage. Bishoprriight even
begin sending letters to the newspapers, the pollee, or
the investigators; taunting them with hints about bls
next move. Someone might even catch .Bishop stealing
the morning Advertiser from the doorstep, theensuirig
chaseeventtiallycomering t h.e wizard.
e£tiny
1. Nina Williams Hope,age 81,
house at 374 w; Cu:rwen Street.
2. Jeffery Noy~s, age 55,
hOl1~e' at 11~E. Curwen Street.
~.Ben~on Crant~, agen, ,
house at 132 E. High street.
4. Humphr.eyWhite, age 47;
apartmeritat 2,33 Parsonage Street.
5. Alexander Pierce, age 62,
house at 648 Federal Street.
6. Retribution "Grampa" Phillips, age 100,
hoilse oriSuftonRoadoff the Aylesbury
-Pike.
7. Enod Ames, age 44;
nOlls.e at 406 W. Miskatonic Aventie~
.
• . , r
I rye.p.JT)t~Ul'del'
after BIShop ~spes from the hospItal. ThevlctJm IS'
8J -ye~r-01d Nina\V.illiarils Hope, the eloest living,
descendant of Ethan Williams. Mrs. Hope Jives alone
in a fine old house at 374 W;Curwen Street~ betwee.n
Jenkin and Brown.
After breaking in at 5 A.M . through the outside cellar
door. Bishop bJudgeoned her to death with a fireplace
poket:, which he left on the floor: He then carved the
numeral' 1; into ,her forehead. ' ,'
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He took some cash and Jewels, and ransacked the
library; searching for The Testament (JfCamamagos.
The maid, Georgia Smith, appeared at 6 A.M. as
usual, to prepare bath and breakfast for her feeble
employer. She positively identifies a pictUJ,'e of Atwater
as the man who sprinted past her out the front door.and
turning south down Brown Street.
Later in the day, Mrs; Smith testifies that two of Mr.
Hope's old suits have also disappeared.
The upstairs libtaiyisih a shambles, with books
scattered everywhere. One hour of searCh adequately
comprehends the room, and at the last the investigators
come across Mrs. Hope's Jiotebbokinwhich she carefi.tI-
Condemned Papers 2
172 SEA R CHI N G
rt I ,<; f~ ,'\ n\
ly lists every volume 'in her library through 1917. Most
of the books are bound sets of encyclopedias or standard
19th century authors like Sir Walter Scott or Charles
Dickens, and there isa considerablecoHection of vol-
U1lles on the American Civil War, in which Mrs. Hope's
husband served valiantly, as framed medals and a long
letter from Secr:etary Stantonmake c1ear.Thereare some
older boo~s, though, ,and on'e is freshly stained with
blobdwhere BishophandJed it andthen tossed ifaside.
It is a diary a century old, -tal'n and mangled pages
hanging out, tossed into a corner. An endpaper identl-
fie~it as "The Booke of Thoughts pfEthan WilJiams,[or
the Year of Our Lord 1814," As .the uwestigators may
Condemned Papers 3
T H EU PST AIR.s 1 I BRA R Y
Come to understand, Williams was ()neof the seven nl.en
wh()en;tombed Bishop in 17S2,
Reading the diary of Ethan Williams requires six.
~hours .a nd a s~rcccssful English .check (the ilntique
English tp.1" is cliffic.u1t enough to understand that it
requires a successful INT X3 roll {InteUigence check, bC
12l). Williain's complete book of thoughtswouJd have
been invalu~ble, but only th.is last volume has been pre-
'served as aCllri9sity,and the last entry (the one entry for
.!hlsyearofvallie to the jnvestigators) was made the day
Ofhisdeath (Condemned Papers 2).
ListedinMts; Hope's catalog is a corivenient copy of
Thmimatllrgicai Prodigies in the New England Canaan,
.written by the Reverend.Ward Phillips ofArkham. Since
itis a history of witchcraft in New England witbempha-
sis upon the Miskatonic Valley area, investigators may
'\vant to look lIpSerinon Bishop in it (excerpted in
COndemnedPapers3). Reading this second book: e..,,-ami-
nation period of 1D4 weeks. Sanity Loss 103/ ID6;
Cthulhu Mythos+4 percentiles; average 8 ~eeks to study ~~
.andr;onlprehelld. Spells: 1/one {DC 21, ID3 sanity initial-
'1y, a~ld 1D6 $AN upon completion; tOl/wil1s no spells; ~, Con~Ser.tu~iE. ~~
incr:wseCthullw Mythos by +2 ranks}.
Tbis new .e videnc.e gives investigators the important
dues of (l) the name Sermon Bishop, (2) Bishop's prob-
able year of entombment, (3) the name of the bridge in
which he was entombed, (4) the Afkham street upori
which he once lived, (5). the street upon which a partner
incriine once lived, and (6) the name of a book which
eooiains information inim:ical to Bishop.
Immediate points for investigatorresearch follow.

Arl4tam Newspaper Files

Thoroughly searching the backisslies of the three news-
papers is a big job. Theinve&tigators would do better to
bring tbequestibn to the Arkham Historical Society,
where the identical information can be found in an
hour - in five minutes, in fact. if they talk to Peabody.
The search takes a week for all three new$papers, and
none were published iil BiSh<>p's era.
The chance to locate the two stories is oIleLuck roll
daily, or automatic discovery on dayfive l$earchcheck,
DC 20; one checkat .the enddfeach day, DC decreases
.brhvo after every failed cbeck}. To~elher the' two stories
form Condemned Papers 4.

The Ruined Bridge

The remains of the .o ldbridgeare found at the end of
'Bowen Road, runningnortb from the Aylesbury Pike a
little less than four miles westof Arkham. Bowen ·r9adis
now an unus~d dirt track disappearing into a ragged
forest of hardwoods arid eV'ergreens. Condemned Papel's 4
DIGGlNG FOR BA KGORUND 173
 A little over a mile into the woods ,a faded A single Swim roll {Swim '<,:heck, DC 18J brings th~
"Danger - Road Ends Abruptlf'sign is nailed to a tree; investigator to shore. Ke,epers who want to revivify
warning travelers of the hazard drop-off ahead. A light drowned investigators can arrange to have them swept
wooden barrier bloc;;ks the bridge approach. downstreamaftet losing consciousness. and hang up on
If the driver or his front-seat passenger makes a suc- the same sandbar as Bishop did.
cessful SpotHidden,rolliSpQtCheck,DC J 4], top:~ce:ive
the sign, the driver slowsdoWrib'efore sudderilyfiicing the
'barriCade and the river beyond. Failure to spot the sign
requires the driv~attempta. $uccessfnlDriveAutomobiJe
roll {Drivecheck,DC 16}oreise 'thecar smasbes th1."o\lgb
the barrier and plunges into the dver.
1f the car plunges over the ed,ge, occupants need luck
rolls of POWX5 or less to avoid ID6 pomts damage. A
,succzessfoJ DEXxSroll is ne,cessary to escape any sihk-
ingautoJllobile :whiCh is closed (has,a roof); a DEX rolJ
may bea:ttempted every round by a trapped investigator;
but with the second DEX roll attempted also deinand
Sil!n of Bar.zai(re-,a s sembled)
'tllat CON roUs b,e made to deterinine,if the investigator
sllstains,drowningdamage (see the Call ofCthulhuoore
rulesbook) {lD6 points damage from the impact,refl~x The Mi:;k,ltOilicis 'na,rrow at this point, no more'
save (DC 12) for half damage; escape the sinking auto- than 100 feetacrossand fast moving. The remruJisof the
mobile With asuccesSfuJ Dex checl< (.PC 10). Trapp~d .bridge approach on this side juts out over the river near.-
investigators can retry the Dex check every round lintil Iy twelve feet above the water,
they free themselves, but after a number ohounds equal Little remains of thes.torie central piUar ftfty feet
li1:o the trapped inv~stigator'~ Con'stitution·:a· the investi- away; A pair of binoculars ora telescope reveal dark
g'atorbegins to drown. (See drowning rule, Page 85 CaC scorch marks and traces ·of melted stone, indicative of a
:rulebook)l. . . recent Hgbtningstrike. No sign or sigil can be seen -
the stone has been blown away by the powerful bolt,
To swim to the center support requires a succeSsful'
Swim roU ,{Swim check, DC 201. The latest lightning
strike was within a few days ago. More interestinglY,lhe
Tbe»ridqe Site investigator finds that portions of the stone and con-
.crete mix within the pillar had molded tothesbape of:il
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human body, now missing .

A.small mudba~ flanks the pillar. There th.e inves.or
gator findsmQreencasing- fragmeilts,aswelJas portions
ofthe st()lle slab whi.ch bc)re thernagkal bindingsyrti"
bol. Three fractions of the slab are 'missing. and must be
dived for in twenty feet of water.ln· the stron'gGurrerit
recovery requires a Swim rolland a Luck roll for each
ISwimcheck. (DC 20) and a :Spot check. (DC 26) to
locate each fragment}. .
Shotud aU the missing piecies bdound, theinvestiga-
tors can reassemble tlie Sign of Barzai and accurately
copy it.

---
w_"_ ... Arkham Historical Societ}'
The Society's headquarters are in a bealitiflIl twocstory
"_ v .
... ."!
Georgianmansi-on knoWn a:sthe Pingree-Baldwin House;
The bouse was builtin 1161 for Captain James Pingree, a
successful ship-owner and trader. George BaldWin was.a
later boarder in the house, between the years uib~l84:4,

174 HE RUJNED BRIDGE

 CO N
and an amateur historian and jomnalist. His diaries and
papers now reside in the Society's archives. The house was
willed to the Society in 1906 by one of the Society's own
co-founders, Mrs. Ethel Pi.Qgree.
The Pingree-Ba.1dwin House is open to the public
M-F, 10 A.M. [05 P.M. There is no .admission fee.
In society records, .among other clues, investigators
may come upon a list of Bishop's persecutors. After the
first murder, and with increasillg lik¢lihood, any Idea
roU brings up the posSibility that the names of the peo-
ple being murdered are related to Bishop's entombers.
Investigators may save time and effort by enlisting
Sbciety .staff in theicsearch. This can be .d one eitherby
force of Credit Rating of 700/0+IDiplomacy, DC 16} ~
theirs or an important patron or associate who .is an
Arkham native - getting .automatic help, or in con-
junction with the police, who have the power to request
and to automatically get full staff cooperation.
Otherwise, the investigators are pretty much on their
own. The staff can offer suggestions, but have their own
projects and refuse to contribute more than basic assis-
. lance. They cannot be Fast Talked Or Persuaded into
headlongpartidpation.
The Hall: stepping into the wide front hall, visitors Revolution. She is friendly and very happy to answer
;meet the S0ciety's receptionist, 41-year-old Janice questions about the first-floor exhibits. If the investi~
·Putnanl, a ten-year employee of the society and a gators look nervous or suspicious, sh~ keeps a clo:se
-member of the Daughters of the American watch on the groUp and followsthem .aboutthehouse;

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H A T THE HrSTORI C TV 175

ThiS hallway is de~orated with numerous portraits of curator has (orgbttenjust what theywere - genealogiCal
past Arkb.am·ites. records about a variety of Arkham families. If asked
sp~cifically, he confirms that theWilliams fanji Iy was one. .
The Parlor: it;s furnished, . like the rest of the ground
floor, with mid-eighteenth century antiques. many of Peabody adds that young Atwater showedasurpns-
them original .t o the house arid part of the bequest oftbe ing amount of knowledge about mjd-eighteen~h centu- .
late Mrs. Pirign~e. Several portraits of eminent Pingrees ry Afkham, and that he even pointed out two .errors in
· grace these walls, as do framed land .g rants, title deeds, the records. Peabody has not seen the man since.
and period maps. Aglass display case holds such things· If the il.1vestigators 'ask Mr. Peabody about Sermon
·as Arkham's first iron pump handle andaseventeenth~ Bishop, he refers them to his article on Bishop
cent my girl's needlework sampler. (Condemne4 P"pers4).
the Common Room: this room displays souvenirs from The John Halden Library: this library contains over
Arkham'sSouth Seas trade days including carved tusks, 1500 books pertaitUng to Arkhamand the Miskatonic
·s;;:r.imshawed nautical scenes, ()tJlate cbess sets, and Valley area, as welJas thousands of archived manu-
inlaid wooden b()xes.Tbe society holdsbi'-weeklymeet-
scripts, journals; maps, and other·documents. Thesoa-
ings here .. Paintings of Arkh;.l)Jl merchant ships and their
ety charges 50 centsper visit to all but bona fide schol-
captains are prominent.
ars! who are not charged. Members te<:¢iv¢ free,unJ.un-
tbe Kitchen: itwas heavily· remodeled .a ndmodernized itea use ofthe library.
.i,n the late ni.nete~tb century and iscurrelltly not open The1ibrarian,a scowling 37 year old dark-haired and
to the public. It is usedmaillly .to s.t ore folding chairs. be;ltded Lester Ropes, sits atadesk in the readingroom,
and as access to the basement. . facing the door. He is always bent over the desk; hard at
·The Basement: here are storeq man}' as yetuncata- is
workdoingsomething. It Lester who coUects the library
logueditems, inCluding the missing issues M the fees and who will explain therlilesto firsHhile visitors.
.Arkham Bulletin and Miskatonic Valley Gleaner which The· reading room of the U.q rarycontains tables and
.exist nowhere else. .chairs .situated near the large windows; and .anumber of
'1'h·e~ Dining RO~)Iil: displays ·fiue imported china; linens. large, mahogany, glass-dooredbookcases. These cases
and many pieces of locallycrafled pewter and 'silv.envare, contain al1nost exclusively books concerned withi\rkham
some bearing the stamp of Paul Revere. · A portrait of and the Miskat()niC Valley, Th~s~ books·are prqfessionaUy
EtheIPingree,a.long.w ith a small plaque commemorating ptiblished, mostly in Boston and New York
her and her generostty, can be found in this room.
Condemned pf;ip·e rs 5
AStorageRoom: dosed to the public. it serves as an area
for cataloguing items, repair and restoration. and for
temporar.y storage. FilesliStfngth~ societisholdingsare
kC!pt in.wooden cabinets along .one wall Thc;:stairway to
theatric is lo<:at~d in this r00m!
The Attic: here are stored certain catalogued items, par"
tkularly fragile thingssu~h as china and glassware.
Office of the Curator: E. Lapham Peabody_ Lf anyone
thiriks to ask him, and he agrees to, Peabody can uncov-
·er by himself most orilll of the clues within society
holdings. See the Arkham His~Orjcal Society entry (901 )
mote information about Mr. Peabody.
If shown a picture of Henry Atwater, . Peabody
remembers himlmmccliarcly from Tuesday m()tning. He
describes the young man's rapt inte.Iest in the genealogi~s
of certain IOt.<\1 ·f.unjJjesand Will also mention that the
YOUJ18' !'nan had an archaic Scots-like accent, "Not heard
hereab()uts for two hii.ndred years, I reCkon!' The stu-
derit's clothing was rumpled and .slightly soiled, but
Peabody put that down to academi.c neglect. .
P~bodyhelped the marl locate materials, and the stu-
dent seemed to eventually ·find all that he wanted; the

176 R I:: SEA R C HAT T}{ E HIS TOR I C A I. SO ClET Y

 A numper(}f family historiesand' bjograpbi~ were'
written and publiShed by merribersof the various fami-
lies involved. These, private,noD"colnmerdal printings
were usually small, rarely more than 150 copies, and
were intended as heirlooms .. Despite frequent inaccura~
~ies and tedious attempts at humor, these boo~Qften
.contain' data fin9able nowhere else;
Ignoring library-cataloging methods, the holdings
are dividcd into f!iajor topics.
History: a thoro.ugh search of thelarg~ History section
:requires two days. A successful Library Use roll
{Research check, DC lSI turns up Gonde",,,ed Pa.persS
in the book, A History of the Arkham Township and Its
Neighbors, in 'four volumes, 1903.
BiOgraphy: a thorough check of this s.ection tilkesone
dil-rand yieJds nothing of interest.
Genealogy: mostly hand-:written pages by Mr. Peabody,
who, has been researciling Arkham family trees.for forty:
years, filling folder after folder with information gar-
nered ·f rorrifamilyBibles,<:hurch . reqmls, cemeteries,
and interviews. These folde:rscan he 9£ great USe in
tracking down the oldest living descendants of
the
,markedseven,but it takes time to sort through the unas-
siinilateddata. ' The second photo shows the center bridge supp'orl
One day spent researching the genealogicalfiJes, ..cClu-
pled with a successful Library UseroU IResearch check.
DC 16l , yi~Jds the ranciom name of one of Bishop's future
victiri1s: liMr. Peabody aids in the searth,an inv~tigat()r
,can trace a descendant in about four boiirs with no
Library UseroU IResearch check} required. Peabody also
knows Retribution Phillips <mdcan teI! the investigators
the location of his house on Sutton ~oad (even thuugh
the old man has' nophohe, the postmaster, police, ett.,
could also refer the investigators);
Architecture 8( Ftirnisbings: this se!:tion can be perused
in about half-day; butnothins pertaining to the ca.se at
hand is to be found. .' .
Folkcraff:a half"dayspent bere teach.es an investigator
a.bo\Jtquilting, woodcarving, etc., but nothing about
SermOJ~Bishop.
Ships&- Sailing: this section contains 'numerous books
about New Bngl<md sailing ill general alldArkham in
particuJat.Searching this section IS worth a day's time
l>ul contains 'n o clues.
In4ian~:'nadveAmerican' is a term adopted much later.
Th is,smail section contains.much inforl11ationabout the
tribeswh.o irihabited tile aTea. Ittllkc!\ a half-daytesur-
ver this section; nothing of intereshvill be folind.
Natural History: b.ooks here perta:in to JocaJgeplo.gy
and dimateas well as .to plantsand.aniinills; Tliis section
RE SEA R C fI AT THE HIS TOR I CAL SO CI E T Y
takes a h.aJf~day to check out and holds nothing of inter-
est to the case.
New Englapd Oddities: This sma:llsection takes a half~
day to peruse. it contains books filledwhhstorics .about
oa.tinted hous.es •. wit~hcraft,aI!dother myths and. leg-
ends pertaining to th¢Massa<:husetts ilOrtb:shore area.A
search through this sectionrev~s, With asucce;SsfuJ
library Use~roll /Researchcheck, DC IS}, a short ch<lp~
ter in al,>ook called Strange Legends ofNew England. by
Wheeler Jenckes, 1916. This book can also be found on
the shelves of the Miskatonic University library, but
there it is coded under "Literary Works by
M~sach1.!sertsAuih()rs.~'
One story, "Miska ton ie's Wftch Bridge," draws the
eye. The' entry positivclyidentifies the bridge as the one
ca:ned Bi~hpps' Dridg~and is accompanied by a pair of
pho.tographs, one Of wlikhQffers a full v.iew of the
bridge before it collapsed.
ThearticieciaiJlls that in 1}52 a loca:l wizard was
entombed in the cenltal pilJar Of the bridge. The stone
facing was then decorated withamagica:lsjgn ·supp6s~
edJy keeping the wizard from returning from the dead.
:Before be dieq; th.e wizard placed a curse upon his per-
secutors .andtheir descendants.
from th~south side. The magical sign decoratingilie
stone can just be seen. The photograph is taken from
.t he riverba:nk,ofcourse, andtheread¢r requires the aid
of a magnifying glass to make a good c:qpypf the' m:agic
symbol. '
Because of the weakne~ of the photo image, a:
chance eXists to mak¢·asriiall hlistakewhencopyirtg the
sign. The mistake cannot be .d etected until SO'meohe
attempts' to. use t-he sign against Bishop. Then the player
who!ie investigator 'actually copied the 'sign from the
book mustm~ke a Spot Hidden {Spot check, DC 201 to
:se.e ifhis·chatacter'seyesight was sharp enQugh :tocatch
all the details. If the roll failS. Bisho.p cackl~sat the use-
less, incorrectly made sign.;.artct continues ,as hew.ilI.
A copy of Tllallmatllrgical Prodigie$ isa:vaiiable ti:om
the librarian .upon .request (see Condemned'Papers 3).
the Society Archives: this materi.alis fully '-<1LCUL1,,"U"U
on file cards cabinetedin tbt; Reading~()om. .
among th¢ aging~nd valuable ,documents store.d
are old.church records; salvagedfroni.cl.osed andfQrgoh
ten churches; drawings and paintings with no place to
be hung, carefully Wrapped and shelved in vertical racks;
.andold civil records (lawsuits, ma~riag~ licenses. deed
transfers, etc.) and court proceeding§; many of them
dating £raID lJefort the Revelution" '
A large collectipn of c.u stom records dates from
when Ark~am was a, thriving port ,of entry, 1761 (still
British customs) until 1808 when·the po.rt wasoffldally
177

dosed as a port of entry by the United States federal
government.
A nurnberOf ratebQoks(all undated) and personal
diaries and journals also rest in the archives. Ha.d the
Society been in existence earlier,uudoubtedly it would
now hold aU of Ethan WilIhtms·diaries.
Fin illy, the archives· hold a sizablec9i1ectionof maps
dating bad to 1~94. . A scrap of paper on the night table has the numeral
Impress upon the investigators that notonly.are the
archives large, but that theenthnsiastic catalogers¢spe~
ci<illy of the past decade have done theirwor.k:well: little
nlorethan ten hours of work may bring to light. three
documents of ~reat value to the investigators. .
Testimony~~a:rdingthe Disappearance ·ofSermon
Bishop: thekngthy document 1S mostly useless,dealing
as it does in times, places; and accusations. With a suc-
cessful library Use roll {R~searGhcheck, DC to}' h.ow-
ever,. investigators notice that seven men .offer most of
the testimony. Their names are Peter Ames, feremiilh
Crane, Jebel Noyes, Elihu Phillips, James Pierce, Alien
W1)ite,and Eth,an Wiliiams.
Location of Sermon Bishop's House: search ofa plot
(map dated 1742 and badly stained, reveals\"ith a. su~­
C!¢ssftI1Spot H.dden rolllSpot Check, DC 18 h a smaIJ
'p lot ofland on Bad Water Road south 'of Chur:ch·Street.
inscribed with the name S. Bishop. All the sodety ·staff
know that the street .i snowcalledHill Street.
Location ofRichard Russel'~Property: Sermon's co-con-
spirator,as Tlamed in TluwnzatllrgicaIProdigies,. can also
pe found. Oil this map, but requires a successful English
roUtodedphe r the so-ipt {lritelligchce" check. DC 121·
Ifthis second area is che~edin person. however. the
investiga:to[sflnd the block now filled withli1any hOus-----rf-- ~
es of iruddle . to late eighteenth century co.nstru. cti . .
o n
Names of a,ll the owners, past ~nd pre,sent,of all the dtf-
ferent hOUSeS in that .generalar.ea must beche<;ked
again·sttheland tTan~{er re.C~rds found in the sodety'san aparfment :it 233 Parsonage. ·White's wife is out of
archivesan:d (for later .activity) the county records held
in Salem.· . Before the Murder: Bish()p talks his way into White's
lclenfifyingthe right house as Russel's takes 15 hours
and~ in tracing its multiple sales, inh.eritances, and
seizures, three successful Library Use roUs {Research
ctiecks, DC 12}.
. 5ecoN{0Qurle'1 .
The vj.c tim this ~e is Ieffrey Noyes, .at ] 15 E Curwen
Stf.ee.t.
Before the Murder: Bishop enterS .the house just after
midDii# through an unlatched window; he slays the
sleeping 55-year-old bachelor with a MaggotspeJl..
178
(I ' .~ f~ ." 11\
After the Murder: a milkman spots what's left of the
man as he strolls by the fir~Hloor bedroom window.
When the investigators arrive, the house is filled With·
thousands Mflies. 'A few :maggots .still drop from the
partialLy-ckvoured corpse;.seeiflg it costsl /lD4+ 1 SAN.
Th.isincidentally ends therriilkman's interest in glancing
through customer windows.
2 scrawled up·o nit. The library, just off the formal par-
lor, has been ransacked. . .
No. other dues .eicist;.w.iththe possible exception of
Atwater-Bishot>'s fingerprints.
I~; I~jr:[(Yau-rd':t
Benson Cran\ 32-year~old descendant . of Jeremiah
Crahe,is the victim. HeJived at 132 E High Street.
BeforetheM~der:watchingthe victi.t.ll thro.ugh the win-
db~',Bishop .seeS hini sit -in an overstuffed chair about
9:30p;M. WhileCrane~s wifeanii baby are upstairs. Bishop
casts his Death Spell .fOeath by Flames speUjat the man.
Hiswifedisc;:overs the corpse about 4?miniltes later..
After the Murder: crane's charred and blistered corpse
still sits in the now~blackened, smoky chair, A huge
numeral 3 has been drawn on the ca:tpet,with ash from
Crane's body.Crane~s feW books a:re scatteied across the
parlor floor:
The wife isat St. Mary's.l,lnderseqation ..Oth.er fam-
ily m~mbers (·are fOJ·the baQY;
That night a cabdriver. Mike McNeely, sees a you.ng
man skulking near the north end of Hill Street. If
shown a picture of Henry Atwater, he says. positively
"That's him!"
.
r~e f· OUl't~ ~.. ur~
. ..
The vktimis 47-ar-old HuniphreyWhite;who lives in
town, aftendingto a siCk auritin :Boston.
apartmeilt;asking questioiisc:oncerning .a non~exlstent
person in the building. Assured of privacy, he casts his
Worms.speU on him. .
After tht! Murder: on the wall, drawn in crayon, is the
numeral 4.
When thecorpse,gead by means ofsUffocatiou, is
examined by the investigators, asiX-inch-long black
roundworm .c rawlSout of the victim's mouth and
sqtiirmsacross the floor (I/1D3 ~ANloss). It is easily
killed, but the investigators may want to c.a pture it Jor
examination. A su~~ssfulZOologyTC)1l {Knowledge
(Zoology), DC 16J reveals that it t~einblesno known
THE MURDERS CONTINUE
 c ()]V C 1'1-\ N e{
roundworm. A~uccessful Biology roll IKnowkdge
(BiolQgy),PC 22} or a check with experts at Miskatonic
identifies the wor.mas identical toa microorganism
common to the digestive system of human beings, but
enlarged severa'! tholl.')and times.
White apparently had tio books. Several boxes have
been pulled from adoset and emptied.

~.~~U"£T
Alekander'Pie~, a descendant of Captain James Pierce,
is, 62 and Jives at 648 Federal Street.
Before the Muider:,ascholady man and antiquari~
:an. Pierce has a fine library. Ina prominent position
is a large book bound in green leather, with hinges
and daspcarved 'from human bone,as'a successful
8iology roll {Knowledge (Biolqgy), DC 15lshows. It is
writt~n in Greek, On parchment, in a dark brown ink
now much faded. This is the Te$tamentojCariwmagos, a
Piei'c,e family heirloom supposedly purchased by an
,ancestor in England (actually the book was stokn from
Sermon Bishop. Ethan Williams gave it to James Pierce
once Bishop had been sealed away, Williams declaring
that he could not abide such evil in his house).
Bishop enters through the, unlocked back door at
about 2 A.M" binds and gags Pierce, then methodically
dismembers his victim, striving with the Mesmerize
spell H-Iypnotism} to keep the man alive as long as pos-
sible, that he suffers the more. Intriguingly, Pierce fami-
ly tradition' warned against opening tlle tweJ'\ty or so of
the TestametLt's pages sealed together with wax.
111e boo.kcontains the spells Create Sign of Barzai
and IJact of QuachiL Uttalls. The pag(!in the Testament
containing the diagram of the intritate sign is badly
damaged and incomplete. To create a useful Sign, inves-
tigators must copy the symbol from "Strange Legends of
New England"(found in the Arkham Historical Society
library),.or dive at Bishop;s Bridgefor the five fragments
of the lightning"shatteredsign .. ,
The pages that contain the Forbidden Words
"Exklopios Quachil Uttaus" are sealed together with
'wax - Sermon Bishop's precaution. This wax must be
removed in order for anyone to read the dozen-plus
sealed p~ges.
If tht: wurds art: ullt:rt:d in the. presence of Sermon
Bishop orany contractor; QlIachil Uttaus appears and
takes that person, known to him. [[contacted with no
contractor pres~[it, the Great Old One takes whoever
h~uttered,thewords. fn hothcaseshe leaves onlya pile
of ash,
TOlttter the Forbidden Words cQsts 10 magic points
and lb6 SAN, and theresultingappearanceofQuachil
Uttaus costslD6/lD2Q SAN {IO Wisdom damage and

BISHOP MAKES HIS FIND 179

1D6. SAN, the resulting appearance of Quachil Uttaus~ 5jx.t~ ~Ul'ir
costs 10611D20 San}. ' ,
' . fior t h e,'G rea t O'ld
•Statlstics ' Q'
, 0 ne U' tt
';' ua chil ,'aus are ;Retribution .P' . ',l'lips,
. age. 100 ye, ars. is, the,' next
'. victim .
'd d h
provi e :at teen 0 d fth· , .
1S scenano.
Grampa PhIllips lives
' , . . , '. .In a small seventeenth
" . century
. hous,e along Sutton Road off the Aylesbury Pike, where
After the Murder: bits and pieces of Pierce are scattered his forebears have dwelled for over 200 years.
and hidden about the house, and all cannot immediate-
Before the Murder: if tbe investigators visit Retribution
ly be .found, rhoughall eventliallyare. uWestigators
before Bishop does; they find the friendly old man at
stumbling on thescenel~selI1D4+l San forvie.wing
the carnage. home. He knows most of the Sermon Bishop story
including the names of the seven persecutors. and who
Pi,eree'!;, intt!litineshave, been artfully draped into a
kept the book after the deedwas ,don,e. He ,descends
large numeral 5~
from Elihu Phillips. and is the great-grandson of
The Large library is only partially ransacked - Reverend Ward Phillips; author of Tizallti1aturgical
Ul~lesstheinvestigatots have foiled him. Bishop has at
Prodigies. A moldering copy of that book acts as a
last found theb.ook he's been looking .for arid it now doorstop for Grampas bedroom door. Grampa Phillips
resides in his underground lair. has a severe heating impairment, giving him a 50%
c11ance o( not h(:!aring or of mishearing queries and
statements {-to to all Listen checks/.
Qne quiet night Bishop hypnotizes Retribution and
then skills him alive. theshockofwhiGh kiUs the man
over an agonizing half-hoUr.
After the Murder: sedl1g Retribution's remains cost
] /I D6 SAN, c,ien for doctors. A large munber 6 is carved
into the outside of the naH-studded-wood front door. If
the investigators do notcome, no one disCOVers the body
fora week.

,!E~V:::~i~~t'~'_.ld
handyman Enod /\fues, lives tn
bOtiS< pruDte, .nd
a 'small house at406 W
Miskatonic.
Before ,t heMurdet: Bishop silently breaks into the cellar
and releases and ignites nearly 20gaUons of gasoline,
which Ames unwisely keep's there. The ensuing blast
singes Bishop, who 'is unaware of the explosive power of
'gasoline vapor, and 'sends him reeling down the street.
After the Murder: as the house explodes and burns,
Bishop's numeral 7 can be seen painted on the sidewalk
in front of the house. Seve nil neighboririg houses are
damaged and several people injured.

The Sermon Bishop House

.Standing much as it was when built, thellishop hpuse
is hidden from street view by anotl1er house, built
around 1800. hwestigators must look behind this
house to find the Bishop place, located another twen~

T H E fIN A L MURD E R
 7lL~/~ck-
MAIN Sr.
ty feet back and obscured byover~rown trees .and
scrub. Again, the address is off Hill Street, near
Church.
• may take an Idea r:oll{lntelligencecheck,DC 1O.} for
Abandoned for decades, the gable roof sags under
accumulated layers of 1eaves and moss. The small,dia-
mond"paneci, windows are mostly broken. The front
door sags limply.
Mer his escape Bishop came here, and was
relieved to find this bouse empty. Evidence of his new
occupation is e.verywhere: openecleans of food, old
newspapers, and a single-escaped .38revolv:ercar-
tridge attest to someone's presence.
Bishop will not be prescnt when the investigators
enter thehOlise thefitst lime; he is in the under-
ground chambers below, remaining there for several
hours. A wood pand next to the fireplace is a secret
door, opened by pulling on a small iron ring set high
within the fireplace_
Tugging on the ririg causes the door to pop open
with a soft click; giving entrance to a narrow circular
stairway made of brick and stone- (see "Underground;'
below).
If the investigators stake the house out,. they wait
104 hours before anything happens. Then they notice
someone or some thing moving around on the first
floor of the house- Bishop - although. the investl-
gaNrs may wonder how he got intO the house while
TH E B ISH 0 PAN D R 1 SSLL tt 0 0 $ L S
they were watching it so carefuiJy (he; of course, came'
up from underground throug~ the secret doorway: It
dull invcstigatorslop.erceive the point}.
If the investigators rush the house, Bishop ducks
underground, closing the seCn~t door behind him. Any
investigator receiving a VEX x3 or less roll {Initiative
checks against Bishop} gets to the housequickJy
enough to see the secret door close; though he or she
does Hot see how to open tbe door. Now, however, an
axewilJ do the job in 106+6 rounds.
Bishop races down the stairs and into the tunnel
below, there he sets an ancient deadfall trap which may
ca~ch the two froIlI investigators in the party when
enter the tunnel: if the lead investigator fails a
roU,he or she takes ID 10+6 points damage from
pre-planned cave-in, and the following im'estigator<
takes 1D6+3 points damage Ithe lead investigator fail
ing, Qr not att¢mpting,aSearcb check (DC 25) suffers
IDl 0+6 pointscl"ushin:gdamage; Reflex save (DCl8)
for the following investigator for half damage}. The
cave-in takes forty man-hours to clear.
If the investigators bring light· into thecirc:ular
stairs, they notice an ancient letter (Condemned
Papers 6) crumpled into the back edge of a step.
Reading the hasty scrawl requires a successful English
roll IIntelligence check, DC 141.
181
 The Old Russel House
This old house stands on the south side of the 600 block
of W Main Street. clustered arhongsimilar gambrel-
roofed Georgian houses. The structure is the home of
Mr. Richard Merton, age 48, Merton and his wife·arethe
sole residents, unlikely to let strangers wander their
home without good reason.
There is nothing of interest in theh(lUse save anoth-
er entrance to Bishop'S tunnel, an entrance made simi-
larlywithan iron ring high up the draft of the fireplace:
The Mertons, who have lived here foOO year-s, have 110
idea that the secret.doot exists..
If the investigators visit this house the day or later
after Bishop collapses the tunnel, they find the Mertons
murdered and tbeirdecaying corpses. stashed in an
upstairs bedroom. Bishop killed them in order to U5.c!
this house as an entrance to his underground lair.

~~h£~&~d~~~!to~ ent~ B~hop's

C.ondemned papers 6 (crumpled)
retreat, they do so by means of an identical unlit, pitch-
black, circular brick stairway. Cold, damp air. wafts up,
stagnant but breathable. The stairs make (our complete
revolutions before reaching bottom, about forty feet
down. After the third complete revolution, faint light is
seen coming from below.
The tunnel is of construction similar to the staircase
- red and orange brick with a vaulted ceiling seven feet
high at the center. The tunnels are narrow; no more
than four feet wide, lit by smalJ copper sconces which
burn dimly but unceasingly, without fueL
THE STUDY: this chamber. made of brick, stone, and
heavy timbers. is 22x25 feet and served as Bishop~s and
Russel's study and laboratory. Crumbling wooden fur-
nitureincludes a large table and several chairs. Wooden
bookshelves,riow empty, line one VV.alJ. A barted arcb-
way leads toasmalJ ch:amber where th.e wizards kept
experiments. Alarge book bound in green leather with
bones hinges and c\aspsmay fest on the table. It is the
Testament of Carnamagos, A note (Condemned
Papers 7) .on foolscap has failen.onto the floor beneath
the table. Understanding the note requires a successfi.il
English roll {InteUigence check, DC 10) and sevenu
minutes t.o understand.
An investigator who has read or who can get access
to the Plwkotic Manuscripts knows that the resident is
therein idelitified as a shoggoth.
SMALL CHAMBER: thissrnill room h~ldthe Wizards'
.curreht experiments involVing the resurrection {)f the
dead. The barred door is securely locked; the key to it

182 BEN EA TH THE BISHOP HOUSE

 mouth, begins to wail hideously. Price to witness this is
til D8+ 1 SAN.
The monstrosity has only 14 HP and, once dead,
ceases to regenerate. Killing it grants 1D4SANaS a
mercy reward.
The Trap: this 20-foot stretch was b!lilt with a ~ollapsi­
, ble ceiling comToJJed by e1thero( two levers set into
1
..,1.- -- _ .... -- -_. slots in the wall at either end of the collapsing ceiling .
Built specifically to foil pursuit, the fustinvestigator
(w. ~u~il
sr.)
-- - - - - --- caught in the area when Bishop pulls the lever suffers
1DIO+6 points of damage from the collapsing brick
ceiling. The investigator right behind hiin suffers
1D6+3pointsof damage. InveStigators Cililevade dam-
age :if the leading investigator receives a successful·L uck
roll {Reflex Save, DC 20}- then the centuries' old rope
tripping the tni.pwas longagognawedthrough by rats.
The Trap still activates but the investigators can retreat
to safety near the lab.
Excavation of the passage requires forty man-hours
of work.
The LcvCrs: the two iron levers, semi·concealed .in :ver-
tical slots in the wall, can be pulled down, collapsing the
ceiling in the marked area. .
.
longiost. The eight-foot-square chamber has a low ceil- The Cavern: this large; natural Limeston¢c.avern is
ing and is so dark that its end cannot be seen without approximately 30x60 feet and was used by the two men
more illumination.
mside, still horribly alive, is Bishop's and Russel's
iastexperiment. Attempting to resurrect the body ofa
riianfrom his essential salts, the two used an incorr.ect
versio.n of thespeUand,in furthermiscakulation, min-
gled two. salts, The ,monstrosity bro.ught forth had no.
intelligence and; though it could die, regenerat~d it.s tis-
sues while living.
The primary formreserribles ~a normal man, but a
s~c6nd h~an form grows out of the first's shoulders
~rid up 'from its back. The larger thing could do little but
stumble and grope mindlessly,m'oaningsoftly, while the
smaller, less complete body sprouting from its back
.w;tiled piteously.
Russel's musket ball pierced the skull ·of the larger
monster, and it feU to the floor ·as though dead.
However, the bullet only paraiY-Led the main body.
The smaller body stllilives. Unable to move about, it has
o¢Cupied itself for the last 175 years with eating the
slowly tegeneratingflesh of its brother-thing. .
Ifan investigator looks into the cell he sees the hor-
ribly-ugly smaller head just as it tears loose a piece (If
m.eat from the shotilder to which it is .attaChed.
Although seemingly blind, the living head notice$ the
new light and, dropping the raw piece of meat from its Condemned Papers 7 (onfoolscap)

BISHOP'S UNDERGROUND LA IR 183

184 THE HORRIBLE EXP ; R l i'fENT
in performing summonings andm smuggling certain
items to their underground labqratory.
Remains of magical circles painted on the floor c,a n
still be seen. The qlvern itself is smooth~walled and
lacks stalactites and stalagmites. Dal'k water laps at the
far eng of the area, where broad stairs built of crum-
bling bricks lead down to the water's edge;
spot and to approach. Thou~h the entrance is mostly
blocked, two successful Swim rolls {Swim che(k,
DC 141 locate ,a nd P(jss through a narrow entrance deep
underwater.
Excavation of the entrance above waler isa consid-
erable project, ID 100+25 man-hours to dear.

Cor NeriN'R., ~is~op

1n examining the IDagkal circles; the investigators
kick or otherwise notice a dozen speritcartridges fora
.38 revolver. Here Bishop fired hjsgun enough times to Although the ih'vestigator! might kill or subdue Bishop
be certain of its operation. in the streets, the tunnel is the likeLy site for the show-
down. Bishop always retreats to this lair.
Omiered, Bishop may shoot at the investigators, but
he is a bad shot. He has fired enough times under-
This flooded natural cave winds beneath the townJora
mile 'b efore finally meeting the Miskatonic River near ground that he is comfortable with the weapon, though.
Parson's Point. It can be negotintedby small boat or by Not counting bullets he may have fired in defense ~r
swimming,requiring' three succ~ssfu1 Swim rolls anger ioother parts of this scenario, he currently carrie~
ISwim check, DC 101 to pass from end to end. The
Miskatonic end is blocked by a cave-in engineered long.
ago by Russel. Since that time, the current has cut a nar-
row, twisting passage which is large enough to swim
through if the illvesti~ator gains twosuccessfu) Swim
rolls (Swim check, D(: lO); if either roll fails, the inves-
tigator mus,t retreat for a later try.
The cave is the home of the 'Resident to which
Russel's Jetter refers. Each swimmer' or boat has a 10%
chance to ro~se the Resident's appetite.
The Resident: a dreamiIlg sl'10ggoth, oneofa number
specially trained in ages past to respond to certain
telepathiccall s after thespedes began to show signs of
rebellion. Though this shoggoth ' sleeps, perhaps for
millennia or eons more, it detects and responds to
food and potential food. Tue shoggoth that sLeeps in
the depths of the tunnel awakens with the telepathic
command TstUee-ee. The Resident, once roused,
proves as intractable as anyothershoggoth and may
dev6u.r the one \vho has called it. Find its statistics at
the end of this adventure.

RI\YSON' S foiNt ,
Readl Parson's Point by taking River Street northwest
from Arkham. Blair Road, off the Aylesbury Pike, also
leads there. Parson's Point is afa"orite,picnic area with a
fine prospecr c;>f the river and the gentle hills beyond.
Holidays often ·find a hundred citizerishere, enjoying the
fresh air and sunshine. and frolicking in the river.
Investigators visiting Parson's Point specifically
looking for th~ tuntleJ¢ritran(e locate it only with a suc-
cessful GeoIogyor ,Spot Hidden Toll (so skillfully hid-
den that each searcher suffers a skill penalty of -10 per-
centiles) {Spot check, bC 251. The tunnel's hidden posi-
tion, 200 yards downriver from the Point, is difficult to

WA1 S INTO THE UNDERGROUND t 185

 87 rounds - 12 ·fired in practice and one ~.~========~. The ·shoggoth responds in I D6 rounds;
left behind on thet100r of his old house. rising up from the still waters ina churn-
Spell casting is his best tactic. One ing froth of bubbling protoplasm.
·successful Shriveling; for instance, gives Momentarily towering high above the
any group of investigators pause. If the wharf, it then crashes down upon the
police are involved, though, Bishop may nearest human, attempting tawipe out
be quickly overwhehned by numbers. If everyone in the turinels ..
Bishpp hasn't been able. to regain the Allow everyone Dodge rolls to
Testamellto!Carnamagos and hence his .escape (Reflex save, DC 18}, Sishop,if
imniortality, he'Ufind it downright dis- alive, attempts to shoot the investigators
tracting to be shot. Investjgators bearing while trying to escape. The shoggoth
the Sign of Barzai may seek to Grapple pursuesfJeeing investigators to either set
with Bishop, hoping in some way to ~~~~~~~~~~~. of stairs before returning to its place of
restore Atwatds body to its rightful i3isho:p POses·sed dreams beneath the water. .
oWner. by Atwater Once immortal again Bishop Can be
If Bishop has possessed the Testament destroyed only by uttering the Forbidden
for more than 72 hours, he has been able to renew his Words written in the Testament of Carnamagos, Bishop is
immortality, and is no longer bothered bybu\lets,shog~ then instantly transfixed by the shaft 0f gray light that
goths, and the like, th9ugh h.e finds their existence precedes Quachil Uttaus' coming. Done quickly, Bishop
inconvenient now and then. has no time to focus ).11'00 and pl'qject the command that
If Bishop becomes. desperate, he may call upon the activates the Resident. Investigators who approach with
Resident telepathicaliy, with the command Tqllee-ee. bookand Forbiddeh Words a.t the ready are likely to beat
Bishop to the punch. If Bishop manages to call the
Resident and then Quachil Uttausappears, that Great
Old One vaporizes the shoggoth with a wave of his wiz-
ened hand.
At the keeper's option, Quachil Uttaus may take the
copy of the Testament with him when he slowly disap-
pears! forestalling further troublewith immortal wizards~

CbNClusioN
For destroying Bishop, award each investigator lD20
SAN, and your sincere congratulations.
For Binding him and sealing him away again some-
where,award IDI0 Sanity.points to eachinvestigaior.
If the investigators make a deal with Bishop whkh
returns Atwater into his proper body, award each inves-
tigatoran additionallD3 SAN.
If the investigators have cooperated h0nestly and
assiduously with the police,and their actions have been
brave andmetitorious, award each investigator lD4:
Credit Rating points. If tbey manage to bring Bishop to
justice in his own body, increase the Credit Rating
award to ID6 each.
rf Bishop is sentenced to death and does not die, and
if the investigators then litter the Forbidden Words
which claim him, allow n0 further Credit Rating
increase but have Chief Nichols promise them that as
long as he's chief, they'll have the cooperation of the
Arkham police.
If the shoggoth was not called, yet the investigators
are foolish enough to rouse it :in its lair, they succeed
only in driving the ITlQnster into. the Miskatonic\vht!r~'

B A T L E 11 N D ERG R 0 lJ N D
it creates havoc (tidal surge? tornado?), devours a few Apart from vengeance, Bishop wants to r~turn to his
luckless bystanders, and disappears into the Atlantic hyperdimensional researches and to reestablish contact
Ocean. 'Since this disaster was due to theil: meddli l1 g, with fellow wiziuds whom he assumes have also sur-
(thargeeach investigator 1D6+ 1 $AN. vived the long interval.
He craves the Testament pf Carrtamagos; which cau
grant him new immortality, and which also contains the
words which threaten to extinguish him permanently.
As he terroriz.es Arkham, Bishop avoids directcon-
frontations, preferring .sneak attacks and devious tricks.
While in Atwater's body, he is fully mortal.
Bishop, in Henry Atwate.r's b6dy;is a young, vigor-
ous s.cholar. A successfuJ Psychology roll {Sense Motive,
Henry Atwater (in Bishop's Body) DC 161 may, at the keeper's option, detect madness
:sn: II ~ CON .09* ,SIZ 11" JNT 17 POW 15 glintipg in his eyes.
DEX II APP 08 EDU 15 SAN 35 HP 10* As the scenario progresses, the influence ·of Bishop's
'l-nowfixed onto BishQP's body by·Quachil Uttaus, .these pact with Quachil Uttaus manifests itself: over a period
numbers never decrease unless the Great Old One of days. Bishopis new spine twists and bends until he is
desires. iI youngerversioti of the man he was.

~~ never faUsbelow 1; restores.normaJlyto to maximum.

Damage Bonus +0
'Weapons: non:e
Skills.: Bargain 20%, Botany 35%, Chemistry. 1O%,Climb
45%, Credit Rating 25%, Dodge 30%, Drive Automobile
25%, Fast Talk 10%, First Aid 35%, History 25%, Tump
35%, Latin 15%, Library Use 40%, MediCine 10%,
Pharmacy 15%, Persuade 20%, Photography 20%,.
Psychology 25%, Spot Hidden 35%. Zoology 10%.
Note: though Atwater remains physically immortal in this
condition, he is vulnerable tomllgkspells which attack
INT, POW. DEX. or SAN. Should Atwater die from a
magical attack; Bishop's physicaJ body (ontinues to eXist.
(d20.STATS: page 222J
The ResiclentShoggoth
STR 78' CON 50 SIZ 98 INT08 POW 12
PEX4 MOV 10 lIP 74
Damage Bonus + 1OD6
Weapon: Crush 80%'... .damage 9D6 \
'while asleep; awake it has a 100% chalice. Armor: fire alld
electrical weapolls do half damage; allph),sical weapollsdo
1point of damage. Shoggoihs regeJlerate at tIle ratcof2 lIit
poillt$perrollnd.
~nity: ID6/1 020 to see.
(d20 STATS: see the core Callo! Cthllihu rules book. page 1811
$ennQil Bishop
BiShop has beenmsane for nearly 200 Ye-afs. Be is dedi-
'(:ated to vengeance against the descendants of those who
:entombed him. He even has fantasized disinterring the
essential salts of every man who entombed him, and of
resurrecting and torturing them over the many ·ce::n-
t~des tp c;ome~
Sermon Bishop (in Atwater's body)
STR 13 CON 14 SIZ 12 IN'T 19 POW 20*
DEX .13 APP8 EDU 16 HP13
SAN 0
> lIow:ftxed by Qllachil Uttaus; this nllmber never decreases
uilless the Great Old Olle desires,
Damage Bonus +0
Weapons: Dirk35; damage 1D4+2
:3.8 Revolver il.damage 1D10
Spells: Death Spell, Dread CUIse of AZathoth, Maggots,
Mesmerize, Mind Transfer, Pact of Quachil Uttalis,
Shrivelling, Summon/Bind Hunting Horror, and Worms.
Magic Item:death's head silver ring ondght middle finger
accuinulates 1 MP daily as .subtracted from the wearer's
total, torus or her maximum of POW, then returns into
\vearer again to maximum of POW when a word known
only to Bishop is spoken aloud. Keepers are strongly
urged never to let the knowledge -Of the Hem pass to
investigators; the keyjng worp hitS never been written
down.
Skills: Cthulhu Mythos 41 %; Dodge 55%; Greek ·80%: Hide
60%; Latin 900/0: Occult 62%: Sneak 300/0; Spot Hidden
55%; Swim 35%.
Note: though Bishop~s spirit isJully defended, until he
renews his immortality he is vulnerable in aU o.ther
respects. If killed while in morlal state, the soft light of
his spirit collects over his body, then gradually dims and
dis~;ipates. As events Wlfold in Arkham over th~ next
months or years. Bishop's death and lingeringspirit
might be a good way to add a new wraith to the local
landmarks.
(d20STATS: page 22i-2231
Quachil Uttaus
Quachil Uttaus, The Treader of the bust, is unmen-
tioned in Mythos to.mes save the exceedingly rare

Do THE Y R 0 US E THE S HOG GOT n ? 187

 mtl~~ifirta,na~'lOs. QuachilUtiausisinterested in, ahunedto, or possi-
~~~wi~';P~Ile, death, is
and decay, It unknown ifhds worshiped by

BhiiH'i~~ius'apipears as an aged, desiCcated mummystandirig foUr and a

.~.r.l:''''Clu. is shriveled and hairless, barely supported by a thin,
,~.·"""'-.'''''' '~rIllS s~pporting bony,.dawed:hands are frozen' in ,a:
~~(liA§J[J.tIg.:;I~Q~iip;Pln. Quachil Uttaus;s twol(!gs are.drawn tightlytog¢th-;.·

~e:a(1E:r- of the Dust is called, a shaft of gray light appear~ from

:racOU·'· JLlflC

'I§~q::~p'~Qll#l~~hil Uttaus;intended victb:n,be ita new contractor or the'

.....'....,....,......""" .. Uttauswill destroy.. There is lloestape from this light. ,
silently deScends on the shaft of light; ~ec1ching:
f;\'Q]~ta~lijjj~¥_i(:tiEg., i\tJ:)uacblil Uttaus~sapproach, :objects near bim· rapidly age,'
~r.bl1iP.iJ~tihlt:illi~g;;aw.ay. as he passes,
ll~~l1~ro;~~'-!~;ijto grant imm()rtcl1ity, Qua!'hillJt:t<111S' tou(;hcausesnear-
orc~Jl«~UI1,lleavm!~a pile of dust for a corpse. Quathil Uttaus then
W"ay-,he·tame, often leaving small footpriritsftortt his two para,
m\fl1e remains of a victim .
• ~iil?IrH8ILlSj)~Gr~at Old One
SIZ6 IJIITI9 POW3S
Move: special

'"WAiJfijl~!f!iijfelhl';~~mjnl;ati<;su<;<;ess, dainageis instantan.eous .death.

. known magical attacks; upon attack weaponsinstantiy age to

costs LD6/1 D20 SAN.

THE TREAD E R I N TR E D US T
Keeper Information
Newspapers tell ofthe discovery of a bumanskdeton, brici<ec:i'.:up in~alb~mertt
:wall ()fa partially demolished mansion. The investigators are hired b¥,'ll ll~
law firm of the keeper's choice, acting on behalf ofadis.taiI~~u:nllMed!
'Cheddey heir,
Eventually the .investigators should identify the skeleton as oeI6ngmg-ra'IlD
aged voodoo priestess and pin the :Uurder on the deceased Jasolltliec)ij~y. In
.·the process, they may unCover the existence of the horriblelindea4 '~iillal
;children whom Checkley kept concealed in the mansion's basement;
A mysterious black man, a Dr. Marquis from New OrieanS:~ hpyer&, ~[aurid
the scen~; Hisult1m.ate aiin is ·to reCOver jewelry now in the possession of',·
police.
The Cheekley mansion 'is lo<:ated at 633 NoyesinEast-tqwtl~
BACKG.ROUND TOTHETALE: in 1905, ·1ason Check1.ey lost ~his-three: 4rll!
.dren in the span of four short days when the terrible <:hoiera;epid¢mic:: 'stt.U<tK,
Arkham. Already a widower, he was the last to carry the once~intIjJ~nijaI f!ffii.;..
:Iy name..The loss Of biMjffsptirig left him devastateg.
In desperation he .contacted Marsella, the agedhousekeeper oj, a~~~Jl'd~ Who·
reputedly could work magic. Marsella waS originally from Haiti, and,Shlq)fOi;tl-
ised bring his children, back from the dead .... for a fee.

,A S K ~ LET 0 N l S F 0 U N D
 H . f. L () v " c )' /\ ( t ' ." j~ n\ /I

Paying the money, Cheekley bon:owedthe domestk Investigator Information

from his friend and, after disniissing his own .staff. had The investigatorsruieady know of theskcleton~s discov-
Marsella perform the terrible rites. ery; relevant data is adequately summarized in the neai"by
As promised, the children. again live.d - Rosemary, Advertiser·articJe (Dead Papers 1). WIthin a day or two, a
15 and already womanly; Adam, a robust boy nearly 13; local attorney of the keeper's choice contacts the investi-
and blonde Tessica. 9. But the shambling, vacant-eyed gators,on behalf' of a distant, unnamed Checldey heir
things Marsella evoked wete only the forms ofhischil- who fantasizes that a hidden fortune or other treaswe
dren. The things were speechless. though cunning, and
hungering with hugellJ1d awful appetites.
Fleeing the small basement room where the rites had 'SlteietQP ~oURd »t
been performed. CheekIey locked in the children-things Cl\eCiley Maile~
and then"enraged, turned on the voodoo priestess and
strangled her.
Panicked and horrified, he nonetheless acted quick-
ly. He c::alled his friend, WillardCrossmau, Marsella's
employer, and lied that, in a rage, he had killed the old
.woman aftertatching her looting his .dead wife's jewelry
box. crossman had already come to distrust the old
woman (his other servants whispered agaillst her) and
advised the distraughtCheckleyagaiilst calling the
police. If her body were disposed of, no one would be
thewis.er and, really, riO one would care.
The two of them spread the story that Marsella, hav-
.mg. been caught stealing. had fled and had not been seen
:~gain. Neither man mentioned the murder again.
The next day Cheekley placed the woman's body and
her hideous magic items in a basement alcove, and
bricked up the opeIifug. He terminated his few remairi-
ins: servants and began a lifelong qpest to cure hischil-
dren of their terrible condition.
Until his death a we.e kago. Jason Checkley searched
fruit:lessly every avenue oCthe occult and for a short time
even operated a'~psychic study and research center"
sponsored by a generOUS sympathizer. He fed arid cared
for the mindless thing~ kept hidden away in the base-
ment, concealing the' doorwa}' to their room with a
removable wooden panel.
At his death, he was nearimpoverishmenl and had
.already sold the family estate to the Beckworth
·JPVPI01nm,pnr Co. Almost before his body was cool the

moved in and •.despite a tentative offer to pur-

'chase the manor by the Arkham Historical Society; its fur-
nishingswere auctioned offand its demolition begun. The
wrecking crews were at work within days of his death.
Before the secret room could be found. the childreo-
things, starved and maddened, clawed through the rotted
brick of the basement wall arid turineled their way to free-
dom.Wandedng in different directions, each manag~d to
tlnda separate dark, siknt lair. EXisting on garbage and
small animals. each now craves richer fare. Dead Papers 1
190 KEEPER'S BACKGROUND
 ·may exist. The keeper's choke of reputable or sleazy
attorney merely reveals. howquid.<ly or how Likely the
, inves~gatorsaretogain the offered feeoE fiftydoUars per
da.y, forth¢ group.
All Arkhamites recognize the Checkleys as once
among ~e local~rist()cracy, and know that Jas'Qn was
the last of tbeline . .A successful ~owroU {KnoWledge
(Lotal) , PC 5\, or casual .conversation esfablishesthathe
WaS' an ei:centr~c man, a student of the occult. whose
personal life eooduded with the tragic loss of wife and
;chiJdren~ • from or interfere with police Study of the site .
.A second successful Know roll {Knowledge (Loca1)~
DC10l, identifies .Crossman asa local financier of con-
siderable means, DOW retired.
Information on both menean De found in back
eissues oftheJotal newspapers, starting with Checkleys
obituary.last week '
~::~~~:Qv2:n~:!:£nd
dut;f Fe'-
sona! propertyofJason Ch¢c~leystil1 exists in fhe ,nib-
ble ofCheckley'Manorand, ifitdoes, to learn whether
or not it has cash value.
Willard Ctossm~.as exe'cutor,has already disposed
of Jason CheekIey's personal estate, ,as provided in
CheekIey's,will. The investigators are to learn ifany new
discoveries could .be legitimately cla'imed as un1isted
portions of that estate, and~enc¢ $.Jlbject to recovery by
hishdrs.
The investigators, have a number of ;avenues to
~lore, they wili certainly visit the r¢mnantsof the
m:ansion, with Or without the permissiQti of the police
and the B.e ckwprth Developol.e nt Co. The jewelry dis-
CQvered in the basement may be of value, and may be
Claimed a'S personal property. Willard Crossman may
. h'ave informationdf use to. the 'heirs. Newspaper files
may contain germane information. Each line of evi-
:(len~e occupies its own ' section" and each can .be
,approached in any order.
c~ectk~ ' ~
' . . I\NOl'
. The manor iJ nmore; the BeckWorth crews. knocked
~()W.i1 (Iud hauled ''Yay the roof, £loofs, and walls of the
.crumbling building ina few days. Only the foundations
ate left, and those have been partiaUy .flattened; a por~
lion of the basement area already has been filled. The
'basement is merely a long rectangle,.fiUed with rub.bleat
;.o neend !Uld With a. toped-off alcove at the ather end.
It is common knowledge that Beckworth plans to,
build. a small apartment bu'i lding. This never
DEMOLITION AT THE CHECKLEY MANOR
happens - .Beckworth nutsin~o t;inancial tr,ollble:s in
tbe spring of 1929,;mdthen dissolves a few months after
the Crash.
Since: discovery of the skeleton, a police officer has
guardedilie scene arid Will do so WitH the authorities
decide nothing Dlore eanbe learned there. The cO.n sta-
ble watches only d~ring d~yJight holJIs, though; inv~sti­
gators Who. come :early or hiter , ~eeQnlyafew stakes arid
symbolic rope fence surrounding the alcove area. A tag
..0n the rope requests politely that no one take anything
The constable amiably agrees that the investigators.
can wanger the entire area,except for tberopeg-off
alcov~. There arl;!l1ofurthercluesinthe alcOve where the
skeleton was found.
If the investigator~decid¢.l.o study any area apart
trom .theakove,call for aSpotHidden roll {Spot check"
DC IS}. With a success, they find in the dirt a claw or
long, horny fingernail., Asuccessfl,l.l Biology roll
(Knowledge (BioJogy) or Krimvledge (Anatomy) check,
DelO} positiVely identifies the item as freshly from a
human foot. Physicians Qln attempt a I<now rol) to
make this identification I Doct(lrS can attempt an
InteHigencecheck, Dc: 12\.
Asuc;cessful1i:ackrolllW.ildern.ess Lore check, ric
101 for .t his area identifies human footprints. unusual:m
that they are small (child-sized). barefoot. and that the
heels of the feet have been planted first. Indentations
seem toassodate more of the same long, c1aw':like toe-
nails ·\vith these tracks. hut the evidence is uncertain.
The tracks are relatively fresh.
FolloWing· the footpdnts'directionoftravel .leads
away from the basement area into nibble left by the
demolition crew, and there variishes.Followed back-
ward, the tracks lead to a point near the eodofthe base-
ment'opposite to th~alcov¢. The trackssUdden1.yend in
acluli1pofearth.
As~ <the playt"fsiftheir investigators want to dig iOta
the earth.
If they agree, and not all will given . such. a haldL
proposition,aUowthem to .poke around a bit
deClare that earth has suddenly fallen, revealing
mouth of a narr(jw,hand~d~g tunnd~ The- stench
humane~qe1l1eht comes.from it.
If the investiga~ors decide tpelCcavatetheUinnel, only
investigat()rsofSIZ 11 or less (Medium siZe oriess) Can
negotiate it Without spending several hours widening it.
Excavated or negotiated. the claustrophobic t.liimel
leads toasmalI,stomach~turriing room as yet undiscov-
ered beneath the rubble; A strong metal door opens to
the basement from this room, but it is lpckedand the
rubble beyond bloc~ifas weU. If deared,the illvestiga-
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to.rs see that onth~baseroent side a removable wooden
panel hid the door from view,
Thefioor of the secret room is .covered with human
waste. Deep gashes and claw marks mar the door and
wCllJs. Whatever Was kept msidefinaUy tore its way
through the brick foundations and dug its way to the
surface and freedom,
Faint traces of a large'design i.nwhitecnamcl paint
can also be seen on ' the floor. A successful O~Ult r()ll
{Knowledge (Occult) or Spellcraft. DC: lSI identifies it
.. 3 vQodoosyrnbol related to necromanqy. A successful
Hidden {Spo~ cheCk, DC 10 I; e).:-posesa small patch
pluegingham fabric, filthy <J,ndrotting. torn from
.some pieceofclo.thing.
If the investigators fail to find the secret ro.o m. the
authoritiesallQw the.demolition work togo forward two
days later, .arid workmen almQstitninediate]y; find it
upon theirreturn. The police are called in again. and the
newspapersbave the whole Story (except for the matter
of the long toe-claws) the next day: After the investiga-
tors first c()me to the site. visits after dark risk .a ~S%
chcUiceofencounteriilg one oithe undead children:
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CoNCEALED
DOOR
\ .~
J~~fo~ce
Arkharn's finest have assigned 32-year-old Defective
Mickey Harrigan to the case. He's also liaison with the
County Coroner. Harrigan isajaunty,fi-fendly man with
dark curly hair. He loves. the game of rugby.
Almost immediately he decided that it wasn't
muehof a case. Inspection of the skeletonandofthe
m~rtar used i:n 'c oncealing the iJodyconfirms that:
death o<:curred twenty or more years before; a verdict
of homicide will be presented at the inquest. based
largely<upon the concealment of the body arid upon
neck vertebrae crushed .ina manner consistent with·a
blow or strangulation.
The deceased was a female Of advanceclage. judging
by th.e worn teeth and calcium deposits on the bones..
Also found in the alcove wasjewelry.several complete
se.ts of chicken bones. and bones which makeup two.
additional human hands severeda.t the wrists.
Possible suspects haveJong ago .scattered or are dead.
An interview with Willard Crossman yielded no informa-
tion, and Mrs. Esthertdge ()Jene{actress .of record to the
short-lived Cheddey Institute). professed absoh.ltely no
knowledge of who couJdhave committed suth ~ deed:
E X P LOR I NG THE D EM 0 LIT I ON SITE
 Lacking new information, Harrigan is at a dead
end, and already believes that trusfile wiUnev¢r be
marked SOLVED,
If the investigators do not have good relations with
the p9lice, Harrigan diScloses nothing; telling them to
wait the few days until the inquest. . th~openingof'an in'stitUtefc:iedicafe'd to the
If the investigators think t'oaskilbout it; Harrigan
quickly shoWs them the jewelry found with the skeleton.
hoping that they may recognize it. If tbey stupidly ignore
the jewelry clue. a picture of the finds appears in tom,or-
row's paper, as Harrigan tries (or a lead.
A successful Occult rollfKnowledge (Occult), DC
151 i.ndicates that the silver necklace is of a sort often
wom by those conneCted with Haitian voodoo.
Though the newspaper photo docs not include
them,.there also are two silver bracelets. Each is a band
9f silver links from which are suspended matching
halves.ofa large silver medallion. The assembled medal-
lion depicts a three-lobed eye wreathed by flames.
Around the edge of the medallion humans and heasts
commit various unnatural acts - the re<ison that the
newspaper photos do not show the bracelets. A success·
fu1 Arlthr<>pology roll fKnowledge (Anthropology),
DC 14} reveals the medallion to have connection with
theAfrican :god Ahtu. ASllccessfulCthulhu Mythos roll
{DC 101 indicates that Ahtll is one ofthe many forms of
Nyarlathotep;
Harrigan cannot iinagine that Checkley ever ·o wned
this sort of jewelry.
NeW5f.'''p<r file,
Keepers shcluld require at least one hou.r per Library
Use roll {Research check, DC 15} to find the following
items. The locaL papers. have · a 11umber of stories
(including those in Dead Papers2) and obituaries relat-
ing totheCheckleys.
OnApriI 19,1903, Mrs. Jason (Rose) Cheekley died ofa
wasting illness.
.On August 4-5,. 1905, Adam (age 13), Rosemary (age
J5),and Jessica Checkley(age 9) dkd. The year 1905 was
aplague yc;:ar and theobituar:ies then are numerous and
brief - the large numbers of dead are obvious; a suc-
cessful Know or Idea roll {Knowledge (Local) or
InteUigem::echeck, DC 10}recaUsthecholexa· plague
which devastated the towil.
. There is.a re.c ent obituary for Jason Ch/!ckley; dated a
week ago, It iso.f no lnterest.
All obituaries indicate interment in th¢ Checkky
family mausoleum in Christchl,lTd1 Cemetery.
By the way, the Brown Street address of the Institute
for Psycruc Research is now oc;cupied by a firm attempt"
INV ES TIGATTNG BACKGROUND
Dire.etor .J ason rCliecld~ tOday, lUU1~lmGed
study of spiri~!it RheJf9men~~ th~
Ch~~kl~-:lt$titute ,for ;l?sYChic: ~bi
HQusedon the second "floor/of 623 .ili'OwlJ,
". ·S~~ the: cent¢r contaiJ:}sFCQi ;SOOQ-V,QIUnie.
Ub~P,v
• --.~, '- ~.-, ·and a small iecture
stWi!y-~",!'!IIo"~i ~-;. . hail• ' ~, .
Guest.;~.opJtls,. as,,¥~t up.~.~p.le~t 'Qf.~r~
liVtr)g 'qUarten for ViSitfug' stud'en~ an(l ~ec..
f;Ut"ers. ..
- Arltham MV'erti$er, Aug. Di 1917
The 'CheckIey.lilStitute ,for PsYchiC. Resear¢h
today closed its dOOT$ at .()~3·Brq~ Stre.¢t.
C9-0i~tt~ ~l'S.. AndreW lEStherid$.e
casti$ated theinereaSingly. athelstr~ ,t~ntP¢.i'
ofthetlmeS While annaimoo.g that some
,fqmi$hin~ w0ul'4 ~. a.~ctj'onej:U~·paYlxmd­
ing Institute. debts.
TIie: ·foun(ler· of ~~:, l~~,. Qgec.t:Qr
Jaso.~tbe¢k1ey, wm:retaih ~ ~rqons
of the IDstituteli'b.raty.
-ArldJ4ln Ad1i1.ertiSer~ Nov. 23. f9'20!
Dead Papers 2
ing to perfect the new·science of mass-mail adv.ertising.
There are no clues at that address.
bee kwort~'Il.ve Fop"\eNt C0"\P1\Nj
Headquartered in the ToJer Profe~si9n·alB~ilding, the
Beckworth offices are lushly prosperous, with fule
elegant furruture, and wood-panelled .offices.
Bob Beckworth; Jr. ("Little Boo") is in charge of the
project. He~s a slick haired, cbubby man in his early 30s;
he wears excellent Bos.ton-tailored suits which diminish
his standing to Arkhamites, since "thatsQrt of swank
doesn't go among decent, hard-working people."
If the .investigators have already found the second
secret room, he'll be interested in kn·o wing about it,
because police.examination of it will further delay dem~
alition. If the police do not know of the second rOOin,
193
 H·f·lovc .c)'!'I(t'l"
he'll smoothly offer a bribe<to the investigators; to pre-
vent further j~terference.
If the investigatotsaSk p.e rmissionto examine the
site, lie brusquely rt%ses, declaring that the executor of
Clieckley'spersonal property has already declared him-
self satisfied, that the police must be considered, and
that possession pf propertyasa,consequenceof nnuder
.ls a. matter to beadjudkated in court with any potegtial
heirs, However, B.e~wot.th Ir, cali also be bribed: ;u'I
.offer of $50.00 gains .t be ihvestigatorsfulJaccess to the
site, providedthepolkealJowit.
Beckworth can add that all · of Checkiey's personal
effe$;induding his library, weredispdsedofby Willard
Crossman, the executor. He does know that Ed
TiI1il1ghast(abo.okselier on Gedney Street) purchased
the library, and can direct the iilVestigaiors to him.
Billinger's, on the 500 bldckof Garrison, nin the
estate audion, and -are· handling the sale of Cheekley's
furrtiture~ . money. Crossman is a complete materialistand ho1.~no ,
He sWears that 13eckWotth Devel.oprilei1tbough~ only
the furniture; house,and,wounds.
,; ytffI\T{CT055»\.I\N J 'ExecutoT
Cr.osSrpan, n.o,w nearly seventy, was for most of their
li-ves Jason Che¢kley's best friend. While his .friend was
born to moriey, Crossman Started poor and made a
decent fortune througbhis own efforts in irtsuran\Oe and
~~======.=~~ commercial transac-
tions.
Over the years,. he's
.s moothed his ways arid.
become sopiaUy adept,
but rough demeanor
and combativeness can
showup any tiine.
Nonetheless; the tWo
were close.
.Grayed and portly;
Crossnlanis presently in
Sf. -MaiYs HO$pital, suf-
fering a variety of seri-
ouscomplaints. W~ak,
that he is probably dying, Crossman still displays
activ~ rillndand an assertive nat).li'e. Against doctor's
<>rdel's he cpntinues.to sJ1ioke-eighttoten Havana cigars
daily.
.Crossman says that ¢heck1eyleft to'rum ~tille eb()ny
and :ivory let-tel' .oPener-as a token of friendship, but that
the rest ()fhis proper toy o.o.t previously sold to Betkwprth
wasdispbsed oLto Billinger's {the . auCtion house) or
Tillingbasfs (the bo.okSeJJer)~ ahd that nothing else
exi'sted.
194 ,\ SIr R P R I r.; E FOR r H f.
Asked about the body and the j~welry in the base-
ment, his expression doeso()t change. He .knowsnoth-
ing ()fit,hedeclares; ,Che<k!eywas rtotthe sortpf mali
tOcollnnifmutder. Very likdyaser.varit performed the
evil deed. It is unlikely that Crossn1an will ever sully his
dea.d.friend's reputation by revealing this secret.
He knows nothing Of the second secret room. If told
of it, a'successful Psychology roU IPsychoanalysis check,
DC is} registers unusual surprise in his reaction: he
imagined he knew everything about the situation, and
now suddenly understands that he didn't. If the ,inv~-­
gators ca:n offer firm ev.iclence 6f what attuCllly ~;tsm
that room, such as acirawirig or photographoforie of itS
inhabitants, Crossman recognizes the child iiI <horror,
and tells them everythm~ he knows.
rf .asked, he dedar¢s thaI he believes M.(:i. Andrew
(Mildred) Estheridge iichiu:latan, who used Cheekler's
personal tragedies as a way to get her hands on his
belief in the occ~tor an afterlife.Checkleyhad <.t natu~
ral ioteres.t ill these m~tte:rs . afterthe. d¢athQf his family;
he an(i CheekIey debated th!:! issue a nurIil;ier of times.
With a successnllCredit Rating r()JJ {'opp()se4
DipiolllacycheekJ Cro~miinsays that JaSQD bad money
tr.oubles for .man:y years, though he was a proud man
who ·refused ilideveri from his closest ffiends.
' ~.i5klltONic UNivmit'1 LbTIITj
einvestigatorsmay wish, to resJarch voodoo in the
LjJj ary. Four hours search c.ombined with a 'successful
Library Use roll lResearch check, bC LZ'j turns up:a
bO,?k, Voodoo Rites and ReligiOllS, by A.M. Asher; pup-
Hshed. iii 1902. It takes eighthQUfs to read this b()ok. It
concerns zombies; *oodoo rituals; possessions, and
related topks. Withil successful English skill roUto
underStand theawkwarci.. densely. written pr.ose; the ·
reader may add lD3 poInts to hisorher Occult skill at
thecnd .of the :adventure !Intelligence check, DC 18;
gains a t¢mporary + 1 bon u.s to Knowledge (Occult)}.
tn a chapter titled "The PraQition.e rs;' investigators
find a drawing labeled v09doo>nec~/i1ce thatls a:rtlazing-
ly similar to the one <iiscovered beside the skeleton; A
few pages furtherjs apboto; dated 1892, showing New
Orleans policemen with th.ree heavily chained prison-
ers. The prisoners are black - two male, one female;
- arrested the ~apti.on notes, for murder and blasphe"
m.ousceremony.
The female prisoner is short, of advanced middle age.
A successfulSpot Hidden \$pot check, bC 10\ sh()ws that
she weatsthe ~me brac.~ets .and necklace-i'ound with ~h~
\.uiidentified skeletol) it) Checklefsbasemeot.
A paragraph in the Jacing text identifies the woman
only as Marcella. Before the trio '(;ould .I:;e tried, Mi\tt.eUa
E X E C 1:.1 TOR OF THE EST ATE
mysteriou'sly escaped and was not recaptured. Her Mrs. Estheriqge poured quite a lot of her own money
accomplices were found dead in their cdls. of undeter- into the Institute venture, far mOre than the ne;lr~9esti­
mined causes. tute Cheekley ·'ever cQ!ild. Pertinent papers are still on
file with the bankniptcy court in Salem; slle bclieves. (A

~
.... 1'5. CE5t~eTjJ;e
..·ty~three, a w!dow .\A~ heiress. to a mill-own~r,she
hv: ·10 thespaclOus family mansion at 288W High St.
She was a friend to Jason
Checkley as well .3s a
benefactress arid the c():-
direct tess of the
Institute. She strongly
believes iIi spiritualism,
.and has a vigorous mind
and a strongtongue~
Slie will answer
politely 'a limited num-
ber ofinvestigatorques-
tions, but the inyestlga-
trip there confinns that 'the majorfinandal risk in the
Venture washers, .and that she lost heavily.)
She knowsuothirtg of the secrets in the m.anor base-
ment. She thougbt it odd that be chose to live by himself
in thilt big old hOllSe and she knows that he .neyet enter-
tained. She entered it only one time after his wife's
de.ath: it was dusty and chittered, but not in any way
M~~ · ..
Mrs. Mildred Estheridge
STRIO' CON 10 SIZ9 INrI? POW 1.4
DBX 10 AFPn EDll 19. SAN 45 HP 10
DamllgeBonus +0
Skills: Anthropology i5%, Archaeology 10%. Gennan 5 5%,
Library .Us~ 350/0, Occult 75%.
[d20STATS: page 2231

. ~h-s . Estheride •
. .. . . . .!l;
. ~inquiries;
~~~~~~ ma~~clea~~~
sheanswers
·5 f:'m "t"tl... .
.J ~e 1\ e vepo)"! · lJox.
nothing qeyon~ their purVieW unless one or more receive Within t e box be pages from CheckIey's diarYI and a
succeSsful Credit Rating rolls {opposed: Diplomacy testament. Combined, they form Dead Papers i
check}, or kriow her, or have mutual acquaintances or
family in town. Dead Papers 3A
Asked about additional items perhaps pertaining to (Check ley' s 1'estameht)
his personal estate; Mrs. Estlieridge staies ·thatseveral
years ago Jason Checkleygave her a key to '3 safe-deposit
box at the ArkhamFirst National Bank (150 E Hyde).
She also has a letter fromCheckley permittirig her :o rher
ilgent to open the box upon his death. Atfust grieving
for her dead friend and then learning that his eXecutor
wasiwspitalized,she has. left the box unexamined. "We
havealwayHound Mr. Crossman,"shesa·ys. (~to be a man
of callow mind, dulled by intransigent digestion of red
meae' She knows not if Grossman is aware of this
deposit boX:. (he is not).
She knowsCheckleykept a diary; she imagines dues J$;r. "f?v4n~/M~lf. #Wtll(a IKI th.ftrk ''//ll~~,J. ,;(P.J,I,<"
might exist there of 'any other of his material. holdings.
She speculates that the bound diari~s were probably sold 1/0- , / - tlUtl,Lnlll
:mJJ!(I,bJl.AJ}no-l 'f!' ;t(i",!/j&~r(tlJ<i.
., l. P/W.4(}(ii'~ /~di
..
~. ~ 'I g .,., 1. ~~!!~~,; ?~~ , // ;Jo

\vith the rest of his library.

If the investigators gain her confidence, she broadens
her topics; For instancel Jason tel:t profound lo~s ~t the '4iI"~ :1Q.t~ f¥,illiftl!#"Jhlj.tAf?iJl,:tfa11J ~/1.1L1{()'lIf~Q
death of his three chilciren. She and Checl<ley altender:!
many seances, but he never managed to, ~ontact thespir- .~~~ro~ J,'WI#~r4e ~a~Q '~«~ .~ ~
its of hisd)ildren or wife. Mildred says he seerried con-
vinced that they would never be succesSful, despite his
evident beliefinspitittialism as,a whole.
Checkley himSelf was most interested in prinlitive
magicks, in particular the raising of the dead. To
Mil.dred~s mind th~ focus oh .the ephemeral clay 6f life
was another sign of the man's irrational grief.

WELL. TH E R E IS A SAFE-D E POSIT BOX 195

.r.o--......... --------------.....iiii.-1t'"' t:>,oot~e(t)'
C! '! .
~/ A ic90/i.· tJl¥.iI'&tr/h" hD,j ' (fl:r~t.' ,J,wJli/it lll ~plt~ll. Tlie investigators may find here Jason
Checkley's diary or more arcane tomes.
~f6(}Q<f,c ;J¢li tJlid 1i.~M, (jll/'Nli'lb{IHiJ.-Y;ntftU- ~h(ii4() ~/;'!W"'I!1f
Cheekley's books; purchased as a smgle lot
1idItIled4,jJd'~/I,·/j}.(tlM,(. '1/1e. ·~Jt.{#Aa;;, t/f:iNl/illJlli7liki(1w..//U::iU:~A from executor Willard Crossman, still rest in
packing crates in the hasementof Edwin
,jt!ll<,'(II!f.h,;UJII(f'·$A(~l1t;I/~rt~IIt'l·~l,,{(N1 ' r"i?ne ~j.?1~IIW;lftlfflJ., TiJJinghast~ Book~eller.
All these iteIPs now legally belong .to
~.: ;~. A(..V~. ~~i(Il',Q/'IJ.!lt/?f4l'{J}J(;'" t!i'~~«lfi#l(l1 TiUinghast; the investigators IlluSt cenvince
him to let .them examine all the books to
#,'rI/?k/IMI!(J ",f'1Mt: It'I m¥:/UJ 1(({I4; r'f?~. J?"(~(;l!}jd'-}"Il(%$' locate what they desire. This may be the
o;m{,,"(lIiN Jlt!J'h Cl'l'I,d {/I'I'U4Wi it /iAc (mil- .r I/urt,'t!hfeA(mJ. fJ)II/;/t ;:1' second tiine: that they have asked to uncrate
the volumes.
J'f1.dh(i# 1If!. ~ilJiiJ~, .Jfi't-"wJ i/iitd, "~M·:lrti1'...J:(t&,I./{ &.(,,'n~, (}! I' It tak~s one investigator a full eighthou(s
to search the crates; since Checkley kept a
d)iJlki$l't ~, A#. diary for nearly fOrtY years, the volumes are
easy to notice once encountered; any other
-£fW·:,9. .fc90§.: ~, ~PtJ ,/Ve,t: bilt'I'J't!dtq«<!f: till ();l>J! :1I1tl'lk work requires a Spot Hidden {Spot check,
DC 181intbe low, ceilinged,.il1-Ht basement.
~-r(NI1. ;'!!iJ;. m(l;~yN/;Q(lIif Ih(fJe-rl"!f}Jftl'Hi< f(i.k#llejr~J/'~(A f If the diary is found, Tillinghast chuck-
les. and asks $100 for the set - "irreplace-
able historicaJ records of turn-of-the-cen-
tury life in the quaint New England town of
Arkham, Massachussetts," be says. Even
subjeq to negptiation(Fast Talk o.r
I ~j' 10. /90;).· t~~',~fI*,iI& q~/r~"it'llf/bild.. $f~~~'1,1
Persuade [Bluff or Diplomacy}) he won't
'o/flbllJ'ltlK.a,lh<J,oI""f!'·Iu<di;P'lItJ ¥ tW"''? Itkff"'/IlQII.m JiMLlJ,t.i!lM'!lfle. take less 'thail ten dollars.
n:: I ( .., m The 43-volume diary has shott individ-
.J'tW¥1 't:/'«!I'J...r~'Ir 1'1'1101: 1411)/1(. uaJ entries .. Each bOQI< contains onlyabOlit
65,000 word~,and CheckleYhasa legible
~, i.~".J'/fi&§ij. .t //it{~ iiJul.tikrt 14.L:....tftj'-i!tt'l~1J i1f1,lf4 ft(li/lhIYJi script: a book takes three hours to methodi-

i'&m~~c'lhdJi.:&/i,?lql';VM' ~.#bkICi a~~ I1«/«/.j,il Ih~ ~nu"'t;

calJy read. The entire set therefore takes
i'£- ?/ about 130 man~bours ' to inspect.
~/!,.«It!«~@iP?!.IJb~~~/?ii''tfr;:.l ~(qo. ~le')i4t. 7!t!!ii!l/;'U( (Mil l' Most·ofit is mundane until the children
die in 1905. Mysteriously the next several
"k~ ~1I!'illl ii({.'(}JcIf'!/4 ,11Ji1i 1(Ae ¢l,tf(j;d~ '@ ·~tti ~tiA.u;mll!:l':o entries have been tom out, from Au.gust 7
through August r3, 1905. These missing
.9J?y;'./~' .L.rk&a..(lJ;!~((;;:~'JII.it,./~ '~4'P#~~h" ~ pages con~itute Dead Pap~rs 3.
After the missing pages, Checkley often
dip"lkd~~ r.fl-'tHJ,~(ut Ir~,,,,/hdlut:l!U!,tQI!l>bt!Alt~uU ;#l./VLM iM~ I refers to "the pr.obiem"or'''IJ1Y problem.;fHe
spends greait,lmeand energy trying to find a
&; ~I.~ rJut- i.£!Jljt,i~¢?'i!i/'Ij:i/;~l~-:film .i1li-8itfflco/lf: t4e rCloin. .F solution. See Dead Papers 4 as an importailt
lhi:ilt'kfi;'c J/iJ, tr.&:(hli~Jl/hW'}tllu2/d:,tV;,li'UltJ. ex~mple.
Latt:r n:ferences Tegarding new events
.~ >t¢'3. 19.&&·; ~~'pjim.;,1m.'iJl!I.ai)'e,x.ri~Il~\ ,~11mrd include:. the operiingand c1osingofthe
Psychic lrt~titute; He frequently mentions
t'd4.«f'~~Ot~'lJ ,'IJ,~(?i~A;;'I(;;m-'<I/.' 4,i'!:!uJ. ,Yr'!liLill(!:(?le l/iii ;?!ftf/ Mrs. EStheridge,al\Vays wirhrespect.
the Codex and the Chants are in
~!Wl# 1l'-Jtlllt/~1' 14t!1l..1;- ~/; !lIAS lIitf,; ()ib,;F~(lt.~;J,iCo 1Iw:d,f/ Tjllil1ghast;s basement, thejr spines and
I/,.em h I/. t!lio,f)qlfR. board~ tmtitled. If the investigators hav¢
b¢en Ipoking for Checkley's diary; they've
seen the books. and passed them by already.
Dead Papers 5B (Checkley's diary) A single investigator now only needs four

196 SEEKING THE DIARY

 hours and tw'osuccess-
ful Spot Hidden rolls
~~¢' ~~fo»I..IJ;7iMm .~iWM-kd: F I
{tWo Search checks, DC ?

20} to locate the vol- AWi'~lIIlWkHlI!t'll,'li'ltN'..~~/A-(;1f - ~. /FillIYo

umes in thenlbble, in
~I(>~~ _nHII':f"A'M +~ ~fIIl(olt6l~
that: case; If the search is
fresh, it takes one. hour umttJ 1I1I7I'1!Ni~/~ tAtI Iti'i{~ ~ i~ ~ hi
to locate the books. '/frtiln ~I .~61Jj,4t!fblJ11II2 /io-"t.!~
I fthe investigators
have nol yet bought the (j,tc. ~.$'I" ~ 'l);ilJN/aliJf()~~nftrtll/f{II"
diary, Tillinghast · w.antS
~1t1IiII'" ~"'tla.l'/k~!i'.'/to_­
$45 for The NylJargo
.~~~~~~~~~.~. Co.dex and $25. for the IM&;KtJII"_~ ~, ~, ~~ ~

Edwin '1'i 11 in~h.ast Dhol Chants. Tillinghast iifiii6~~~~.r/H{,.liiNt'~K

greedily doubles the
prices jf the investigators make a second trip t9 the shop.
~w.i ?f6~~~.~tllJ,~~.Yt.Ifi
~.o'~ Jf.IN;IId'4'ii4.~ tiIa4. tNt M~~~III.'fI1I ~

C~1'j)'tc~tfrc~ c~eterl\.f ~. ~~~'#i(i

Made of fine Vermont marble, the CheekIer mausoleum
3lLf&JtiJ,.~~~N tf{(!J . (/.f
is ·f ound in a secluded section of the c~metery. A heavy
chain and lock secure the double doors. ~_~~ ~~:&'n~~~~f!lf
If the investigators handle the lock and chain, the ~
lock falls apart ~ someone hashroken ·it and then care-
fully replaced it .00 the chain. Pulling the chain back, the
investiglltors enter the mausoleum without difficuJty. Dead Papers 4- (Che.ck1el'" s Diary)

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Inside. interment chambers 'filled with centuries of
Checkiey ~arcophagi line tbe walls three high. Each
openingis sealed with a flat stone bearing the name of
the tenant.
The niarbleis fixed with mortar; If the characters
even glance at Jason Checkley's marker. they see that the
sealing cement has been broken away; If the investigators
oPen the chamber, they find tbe coffin broken into. If
they open the coffin. they find the body of Jason
CheckIey .minus his hands; which have been skillfuJJy
removed (lose III D3+ 1 SAN). The hands were stolen by
the mysterious Or. Marqws.
The other crypts are intact. Opening any other crypt
takes twenty minutes of noisy work with hammer and
chisel. The coffins of Jason's three children are filled
with sandbags, to approximate each child's weight.
Outside of the mausoleum, a successful Track r.o ll
'{Wilciemess Lore; DC IS} finds a set of lessica's chlJd-
sized footprints. If the investigators successfully atteinpt
two successful Trac;k rolls {another Wilderness Lore
check, DC IS}, the footprints can be followed back to
Jessica's lair on the so.u th side of the cemetery. There,
with a successful Luck roll {Spot check, DC 12}, the
investigator finds a rotten swatch of blue gingham cloth,
a piece fallen from Jessica's rotting dress. This material is
id,entical to that which might have been found in the
mansion's secondsecre.t room.
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1\,\
c:EveNt5
Events independent .6£ investigator actions take place
during this scenario, They are listed below. They intro-
duce new locations and dues. Event 1 is simply a
description, but the rest are itl the .form of player hand-
.0\:1ts. Although some events must occur in sequence
(explained below), most can be used by the keeper when
he or she sees fit.
The mysterious man from New Orleans, alias Dr.
Marquis, is :t voodoo priest come here to retrieve tbe
bracelets found on MarseUa's corpse. When rebuffed by
the police heattempts,a robbery which fails. Finally, he
steals the hands from Jason Checkley!s corpse and uses
them to summon a veerltrto steal the bracelets for him.
The stricken police offker is an innocent Victim,
attacked by the veerla when it entered the police station.
Events I, 3, 7, and 8 are connected with Marquis, and
must occur .in that relative order.
The police know of these events before they appear
in the Ilewspapers. If the investigators have befriended
Detective Harrigan. he telephones the group - they
may investigate the sites sooner. Investigating sites
involving the zombies can reveal tracks, swatches of
cloth, or other clues the keeper wishes to introdUCe.
If the investigators interview the stricken police offi-
cerand receive a. successful Psych.oanalysis roll
FILLED WITH' SAND
{PsychoanaJysis che<:k, DC 20}, he becomes lucid long
eriough to describe his encounter with the veeda.
Investigating the hoteJrool1l after Dr. Marquis
has fled provides little information, though the
investigators lose 011 D2 SAN if the h.a nds are still
there. (The mediCal examiner, Dr. Sprague, removes
the hands as soon ·as the police finish their initial
sem::h for cllies.)
OTH E R EVENTS
The keeper should feel free to add more events, sim-
iJar to those shown above, as he (>r she Sees fit.
Other events relate to the activrues of the Checkler
.zombies. .
The ftrst ·event occurs at the police station be fb reor after
(keeper's choice) the Investigators' first visit.
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A taU black man, wearing spectacles, appears one
night to· claim the remains and effects of the co.rpse
found in the mansiDn basement. He identifies himself as
Dr. Marquis, fro.m New ()rleans. There is SDme questio.n
about the papers he shows the police; they in any case
must refuse his request at least wltilthe inqu¢st. He
leaves. an address where he c.an be cOntacted, but if is
false.
The investigators learn of this incident if they are
friendly ~ith Detective Harrigan, in charge of the tase.
Dead Papers 5 (event 2)
e~oYl'\bie c~iF~eN
Jason Ch~cy'schiidren have not changed since the
day they were brclUght back from. the qeacL
They have nol aged and their skin still holds the pal-
for of death. Adam and Rosemary were dead lQnger
resurrection: their skin is blo.tched and discolored,
. in Adam's case,. the signs of bloat and decay can be
detected. Little Jessica's skin is smoo.th and clear.
It is po.ssible to destroy the children by physical
meansbutlliagic is effective and safer.
When theseco.rpse-children dug free ofthcir prison,
they wandered aimlessly in different directions,
Adam traveled north along highway lA, eventually
fmding his way to. Harper~s Woo.ds. He laitsin a dark
culvert beneath the road.
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Rosemary found refuge iIi a deserted waterfront
wareholise in Arkham. She hides during daylight,seclire
ina sec~md-f1oDr hiding place.
Jessica stumbled south to. Christchurch Ce]]letery,
and nDW i.nhabits a crumblingtorilbin the old6tpart of
the graveyard. .
The keeperlll3.y play these child-mollsters in what-
ever way seems mo.st effective. They canno.t run Dr
speak, and their intelligence is narrowed to. the acquisi-
tion·of fODd, preferably fresh raw meat. They are cun-
ning and single-mindecL
Keepers ShDUld c~l fDr sanity checks onJy when the
zombie children are seen clo.se up. Sightingsat a dis-
tance reveal no.thing unusual but nudity, and do. not
require checks. Sho.uld an investigato.r encounter two. Dr
all three zo.mbies, reduce pdssible Sanity IbSS for the sec-
o.nd enco.tInter,.o.r do. no.t call fo.r it at all.
Hungry Dr co.rnered, the zDmbies always attack,
chDosinga singleinvestigato.rand shambling directly at
the target. It co.ntinues to. bite and claw until destroyed.
A zqmbie can· be destJ'oyed hypersistent physical a~ack,
but it il111y Jilll one or· more mortals in the: process.
Once in a zbmbie's clutches, investigatbrand mon-
ster rolland sway, making llttacks bro.ther investigato.rs
mo.re difficult. If encounters in town demand gunfire,
the shots attract a lot o.f attention. Using magic is the
best way to. eliminate the things.
f~~
Highway lA follo.ws Federal Street nDrth out of to.wn.
Harper'~ Woods rises less than a mile further on,cover-
ing about fo.rty hilly acres with dark, densegrDwth<
undisturbed for more thana hundred years.
]n the heart of the wDodsan old stone bridge cro.ss"
es Harper's BroDk. A new two-fo.o.t-in"diameter culvert
parallels the bridge's fo.undationsat either end, handling
waters which o.ncethreatened to. undermine thefineo.l~!
bridge. III daylight, Adam d.weUs within the north cul~
vert; at night he forag~.thro.ugh the woods.
Adam is the source of theghbst story that appeared
in the newspaper. His pale, dead skin shows up welJ at
night. The encoUllters wer~ accidental; Adam gets
enough foo.d .fromthe birds and animals he catches and
eats. He is, ho.wever, interested in killing a human
sho.uld theoppoTtunity appear. Once winter begins; his
interest in humans will increase.
Harper's Woods can be thoroughly explored byfouf
investigato.rs in two days.CaU· for one Track roll,
{Wilderness LDre check, DC 1S} each day o.f explo."
ration; allow: the players to choose who. gets the roll. A
success Ends Adam's fDotprints: these bear the same
exaggerat¢d to.enails or.c\aws as the tracks (it the
CheekIey mansion.
THE CHILDREN S TILL . . . LIV£

Robbery Attempted at Pollee Station
An unidentified man last .ni!:;h! farc~d his l'Jay past the duty
sergeant and attempted to. enter the property ~oom at the rear
of the Arkhampolice'statian,
Anather officer ent~ring the building tried to. detain the
man, but the culprit fled to the street. The malefactor is
described as ,a Negro.slellder, bald, and abaut six feet iii
height.
Chief Nichcils.asks dtizenswhi> see this man anvho know
of his whereabouts to conlact the po.!iceimmediateJy.
- Arkham Advertiser
TRANSIENT lNJUlUID IN ATTACK
Amanidcntified anly as "Joe" was.admitted early this mom·
ing to St. Mary's. sufferinglaceratians afthe face and neck. At
~:571\.rvL; pallce found the man running dawn River Street
neat Garris.on,.screamingfor help. No pursuer was seeo..He
wasquii:kly rush~ to emergency treatment.
j()e daimed to havelleen attacked by a pale yaung:girl who
first tried .to kiss him and then·bit him on the throat.
The man could give no. address. Police surmise that the
indigent, while sleeping it off in an alley, was attacked bya
wharf rator.stray dog;
Mvstery Incident at Police Station
Constable R()bert E. Logan, a constable of exemplary·record
and oflong ser\'ice to. Arkham s.palice, was faundthis morn·
ing:at SA.M. in asemi-coher~t state;lllhestation.
Police also report that the property room had been
entered, but they are unsu[eifanythin~is missing,
COll,Stable Lagan was on duty at the time. Forthemorrient,
police are treating the incident as an .intenial matter, but no
one has anything but praise far Lpgan.ReadCrs may recaU:that
.last year be valiantlyrescued two foalish yaun~ menJrom the
depths afthe Miskatonk
The stricken officer is presently in 51. Marys Hospital
undergaing tests.
VANDALS DEFILE CEMETERY
Last night one or more . person~ unknown .entered Christ-
dlurchCemeterv and uneartheda. recently buried coffin.
When discovered thls morning. the coffin was fully exposed.
the dIrt heaped up around the outside of the grave.
The casket seals were damaged in several places but
apparently frustrated the attempi to ~pen the coffin.
Groundskeepersassure the public that the belaved in
question.has been safeJyandsetu~e1y replaced in peace.
P.olic.e have no suspects. Tbeynoted that fraternity high
jinksl(aditiona!ly occur in the faU.
- ArkhamGazeNe
Warehouse MUrder
Labarers arrivillgon the job disca,vereda man!s body near. the
Lucky Claver'Cartage Ca. early this morning.
TIle coroner indiCates that the man was a victim ot vio.-
lence. plilcing prabable:,cailsc of death either from shock or
lossofbla()d.Tllough unconfirmed,wciunds on thevictim~s
face and throat were rumored to be so se\'ere as t() obscure
most features.
Polk~' investigation continues:
-Arkham Advertiser
Atrocity at the Bord.e n Arms
Police were summaned to the Bon:ien Arms Hotel this' OI()rn-
ing when housemaidRtiby Rankowiiz found vile andblasphc-
Illous remains in a third-floar room.
Shockingly. officers found a pair af severed human hands
wrapped in a piece of cloth. Dr. Sprallue indicated that the
hands had been severed from an undetermined corpse about
a week old.
lnvestigaiion was prompted ~y ihc remains ofa dismem'-
bered goat ·strewn about the room; walls arid ceiling were
painted .Ivith undecipherable symbols.
Poiice beJieve the renter of the rOOrn, a Dr; Marquis, has
fled Arkhanl.
The renter isdescribedas .3 tall. distinguished"looking
N'egro: The man is said to.speak with;! French accent, and is
apparently well-educated. .
-Arkham Adl'ertisel'
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~02 ADAM
 Additi0nally. each day of search ask fora Luck roU
(ollowed bya Spot Hiddenr.oll (Spot, DC is}, the rust
investigator to succeed at both finps the locl<et, .a:nd
chain; foreach jnvestigator. Theflrstinvestigatortosuc-
,¢¢ed in the check finds a late Victorian gold locket and
$iCiken chain. The .outsideof the 10cket is engraved
;~C." Inside are tiny blurred photos of a man and
·woman ---' with a successful Know ro}1 {Intelligen~e
;¢heck, DC lO},an investigator recognizes the asa man
Ql~l;h younger JasonCheckley.
If the investigators choose to stake out the woods .at
Jiight,a SQ% ch<lllce each night exists that Ad;i1i1 p;iSses
,astake~ouLAddjtional observation points get addition-
at Spot Hidden or Listen rolls: (Spot or usten checks,
.pC I2l to notice him. Sightings~lways occur at. some
4istance.Adam mayflee,hide, .orhidCwat:tack a.nd eat
.pursuing investigators.
to pursue Adam~investigators need 1D3 successful
·Spot Hidden rolls /ld3 Spotchec!<s, DC 10 ~ch} to
:k~ep hin1 insight, If a roIJ faUs, they easily foilow Adam's
ttack the next:rilorning (alitomatic success). Adam
aIwaysflees to his culvert.
ShQllld the ilivestigatorsassault him or eliter bis lair
(on handsandkilees, as it is quite narrow) he always
attacks.
ADAM, Age 13
STR 1.7 (:{)N 18~IZ to DEX .08 PQWIH
Move 07 MPH
Qilinage Bonus +ID4
Weapons: Bite 85%, damage 1D4+ \04
Claw7S%;dama&e 104+ 1D4"
'Jiavj,is $ucceS$jiilly bittcn, .AdariJ /ioTds 011 Ivith.hisfeetlt
tii.rd liscs'both handito Claw..
Armor: none. but physical weapons do haJf damage; i.o1pal-
ingphysical weapollsdo only 1 point ofdamage to.hit
points, and all ofthers do half rolled damage.
Skills: }{ide 55%. Stalk 60%.
SanityCost: llLDS ·Sanity points to see a zombie.
Notes: When hitpoill~al'C broaghtto ·zero, thezonlbiedisinlec
grates. As the k.eeper {Iuds appropriate; mtlny ~'PeUs /Jal'eno
effect. Damageto.zombiescau be describe4 asexpTodillg
heads. severed arms, Iroles throllgh to/'sos, alld so on.
bilt
thellndead thillg}eeps ollcomi;,g IIlItil Wreaches. zero.
Splattery resulti;smearing investigator !acesmay callfor
iulditiollal Sanity1osses. . rarely check .oh evety ·li1:tle sound..
lci2() S~S:page2231
He is five feet, five inches taU, and very strong. His body
is the m<?st decayed of the three; .his face is sunken and
blackened. During his existence itt the woods, he has
t,otll.o ff tWo fingers. Some of his ribs can be seen where
the flesh has bee.n abraded away. Deep scratches that
Dever bleed mar his body. His eyes show 0l1lythe whites;
A YO.UNG E R JASON CH E CKL
his tongue has wit~eredand dried to a stub; m~ggots
and beetlespr<;>wl his d.ead flesh .. No d .othes .are left to
him ..
~$~"r~
Gre.at brick Jrarehou$es, built itt the early nineteenth
centUry; stand riJostlytinused in Arkham. Some have
·rtot been .entered by their Qwnerssince·before the World
War. Trash and abandoned automobiles choke the nar-
row alleys as well as River Street beyondi This is where
Rosemary keeps herself; preying' on rats. stray cats and
dogs\ drunks, and luckless transients.
All the vacant warehouse doors are chained and
locked but hoboes frequently search out weak p<;>iI1ts t(j
gain dry places to sleep. Gigantic wharf rats .can be seen
iriand around the buildings .
The plainest of doors and heavy shutters ~dom th.ese
buildings and.the interiors are siiIiilarly Spartjin,Heavy
w0od~nfldors sep!1rate the levels. Hoists moved g<>odsto
and from the s.ecbnd and third ·floors. With the eXception
of .t bc four bUildings leased by Anderson's, Gleason's, and
lucky Clover, none have heat or electiicity.
Vacant warehouses caribe entered at little risk; but
investigators will .rieed to carefully identify, itt the dark-
ness, buildings leased by Anderson's Furniture and
Gleason's Dept. Store. At night the rears of thes~d~
and gl~oJllY bJIil<;lings a~eU1diStinguisha1>le from IpIIg"-
vacant buildings. theM rear .deors. chamed .and locked
similarly. Small signs, on the Main Street side, identify
them~ These three buildings are protected by electric
burglar alarms. Tampering with doors or shutters sets
.off ioud bells that incidentally alert Ace .Se~urirY, right
a<;ros.sthestreet.
Lucky Clover Cartage represents adifferentprob-
lern. One. to four employees are there nightly. They
us.ually advertise their presenc.e., leaving the d(jori)pen, .
lights burning, talking loudly while playing cards-
hi.lt inveStigators. snouldbe wary. These people; for
good reason; are . erlrernelysuspicious of strangers ·
creeping around their building, particularly at
They .certainly won't mtuderaninvestigator the
time he gets· caught, but that investigator will
r:ememberj!d. On the 9ther hanQ. the gangsters
us~d to hoboes stumbling around in the da·rka
Roseniary, .Cbeckley's QldeSt ~ia:ughter, wasd.il!=e the
(amity beauty. anciihecldigbtof her parents; Now her
pale sunken face lind bhUlk,staririgwhite eyes make her
unkempt blackhrur hldeous. · .
She inhabits QneM the de:cayittgbrick warehouses
linitlg Arkham~s 'riverfront; As with all the warehouses,
the doors are chained and 10ckecL However, the shutter
scaling theeastem window on the south ·~all of this
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 • wareho).lse is. not barted i\ndcan easily be swung out-
ward. This is Rosemary's entry point.
Tirlng of rats, .Rosemary now prefers vagrants .and
hobos. She has committed most of the Che:ckleyzom-
bies' violerit crimes.
Other than drawing her outwitb magic, the investi~
gators must stake out the .area around her lair. Each
observation site bas.an .800/0 thanceofsigbtirigherafter
midnight. Once spotted, she will attempt to. hide and·
thenarribush pursUing investigators. If her attack fails,
she flees. Survivors easily followber to ber warehouse.
There she again attempts to hide and ambush herpur~
sUt!rs.
She is five feet, three inches tall, and very strong. Her
body is somewhat de- .
cayed, but those ravages !'
cannot be seen at inter-
DowN ---'> III I I I mediate distance. Sbe is
physically inti\ct. Deep
scratches mar her belly
and thighs. Her eyes
show only the whites;
her tongue has withered
and dried toastub;yel-
low and brown ribbon.
worms prowl her dead
flesh .and occasionally
emerge unexpectedly. Rosemary
Nodothesare left to her.
On her right wrist is a gold bracdet bearing an inscrip"
tion: Rosemary, our beloved daughter.
~
IIIIII
J ROSEMARY, Age 15
STR16 CON 18 SIZTO DEX06 POW 01
UP~ IIIIII
MOV07 HP14
.Damage Bonus +1D4
Weapons: Bite BO%,damage 104+ ID4"
Claw BO%, damage JD4+ ID4
r - --I
• I
• having succdsflilly bitten, Rosemary holds on witll IIer
L._.I teeth .an~i lises b(Jt/l hani:ls tc! Claw.
Armor: none, but physical weapons do halfdamage; impal'
ing pbrsical weapons do only I point of damage to bit
points.
SkiUs: Hide 55%, Stalk 60%.
Saility Cost: 1/ 1D8Sanity to see.
Notes: Whell /lit poi/lts (Ire bro/lght to zero, the zombie di~illte­
grates. As appropriate to tile keeper, mallnpellshave rIo
effect. Damage to zorrMescanbe described as exploding
heads, se.veredamis, /roles through torsos; .and so on, .but
the 1I11dead thing keeps 0)1 coming imti/ HP reaclleszero.
Spl(llteryresu/ls sII,earirigini/eStiga/or faces may ~/I j'or
additiol/al Sallity·/osscs.
1d20 STATS: page 223-224.)

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THE fAMILY Bf:AUTY
 f'/IISkNT9NIL.
RIVS:;rc:.,.

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can easily be pursued back to her lair. There she crouch-

'le55'lc/\ es in the dark,.waiting to attack. The Jessica-thing often
ctfe'; lair is a overgrown visits the Checkiey mausoleum, sensing the relatively
old tomb located near .~.~~~~~~~~~~ fresh corpse within. If an investigator states. that he or
the Qld Burial Ground she is watching that area, Jessica ba~ an 85% chance of
portion: of Christchurch appearing.
Cem¢tery. Headstones Asuccessful Lu4roll {Spotcheck, DC 141 discloses
·here date back to the - a smallswatcb of bhlegingha:m cloth in or near the
late 18th century, long
Checkiey mausoleum.
before Christchurch
Jessica is four feet, eight inches taU, and very strong
acquired the area. In the
for her size. Her body is littie decayed, not noticeable
Carter family plot a
until face-to-fate. Her left big toe is missing.Li~bt
small well-traveled tniil
scratches cpv~r her oack, buftocks, and legs. Her eyes
·Ieads into the woo.ds.
shoW only the whites; her tongue has withered and dried
. Twenty yards into the
loa stub; orange earthworms tunnel ber flesh, emerging
forest is · a crumbling
from her nostrils and ears.. Rotting fragments ofa
brkk tomb with a cor- J es sica
gingham ·dress cover her neck and shoulders; no
roding iron door, built
.garments clothe her.
into the side of the hill. Jessica can be. seen entering this
tomb early in themorn.irig, arid leaving at sunset. JESSICA"Age 9
purinS.daylight hours,this is her hiding place. STR [2 CON 14 SIZ08 DEX06 POW 01
Jessica's appetite is not as large as her brother's .o r sis- Move 07 HPli
ter's;squirrelsand other small animals keep her ruled. Damage Bonus: none
At least once she attehlpts to unearth a fresh corpse Weapons: Bite 60%, damage ID4
wh~n she fa.ils to catch moving fbod. Claw 50%, damage tD4"
Staking out the graveyard yields a 3S% ·chance to .. hewing sJictessfullybitten, Jessica holds 011 with her teeth
spot Jessica flitting from tombstone to tombstone; she (/lid uses both h4luis to Claw.

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 ~~pons do: halfdiUllagei ililpaling physical \,,ieap9ns do
tu\i"''I\~"f:'''I'''''''i<i''.. to hit points.
11e~15.!);l)~Jtitlk S()OA.

\bj~miilfrrts a:re brQlIglrt to zero, tire :zoJlib;~ disjntegrati:$. As appropriate 10

~R'P.i'.ma," JX 1p~lIshav~ ilOeffect. Dali1age io, z~/I1bies ca"bedescribedilse:~plo.d­
~~~v~~~:jaWIS; /roles through tofsos; alld 50 Oil, bllt the undead thing keeps ,
zero; Splam~red results sil1eat'ing investigatorfaces ,;jay
losses.

feS6'Klrt01[1,S musrfail the intention of the assignment - no additional

~): :ti:~fuslilre:Si, e'xist with which to enrich Checkley'sheirs.
'I&.....;.ii'1".;"".;1',,';Ot{th,;i~i>',distant heirs pa.y for such valueless neWs is up to the
m~~~:leli-~nel:n sum involved is likely to ,exceed '$200. CoUectionshould
m~:ijlt:iif ilfelllcifSdo not Jive in Massachusetts. though the investigators
mJ~Ilf@.n ~!l1y, fo1' the future in the lawyer who ,hired them, who alsQ goes'

.~test~[toj,:s ,who. deddeto hunt down MarquiS involve the keeperfu a new,
WllflUji'!<wJfUGoheOi'she must design; delay the transition until theinvestiga-
~i.~~~~iplosi1tive word from out-of~town sources. Anne Rice's books fre~
OrJeans gothic alld dec~dent. offering powerful ide~ and
ite1i(fetii·I.,Jrtv,estigators might also catCih !,!pto ,Marquis ab0'al'da traili
statistics. magical potency, and possible connection
. 0de~ Cthulhucult must be det,etmiiled by the keeper wh.o
bI)fS"l~ ch'aueli~e,
~J!r!p.~~i1>.!~ ~i.tlV¢stigat6:rs njay liave' made a uS¢fulfiiend:iIi Detective:
· ~l1iI1i~~.,nd"Q~lC;e probablyehcounteredseveraJ imp6ililntArkhaiUites. If the
'Pi:PC:[·_Il.eJ:lie.ye:s !~lla·''[investigator adions and results have been impressive over-
au, aIlew them ;klD4 percentiles Credit Rating (but see below). [f tbekeeper
~ (Ij~~h; bymeans of Credit Rating awards between worthy and ignoble
~" ,.,.,.,._.thls()pportunity, rewarding some investigators but not others.
"'FtiliillMl blatant murder of children is not something Arkham wishes to
:"pft)Jn(j~~,' the ' coroner'sexa1lli.nalion of their bodies reveals profound and
;C;}:~~~"lti~g "!l~W.~";;' in their tissue chemistry; rendering seakd testimony thCit
nriiaentifill!Jle ,chiilru;en were inhuman, perhaps demonic. The inquestcilds
!l1!~~~'.\ttle iJ"Jrwe:Stl!gatorS for haVing performed their Christl all duty. arid
~""'W;';JiF"~dl~g~ system are sa(is6ea.

~9yfllg, :(or'~apturil1g),one or more of the zombie-lOhiJdren is worth

,anttv",ea'c;n to ~hosein the fights. Capturing the undead children brings
with the bonus,of no inqu¢stint~rfering with Credit Rating

DONE THEIR "CHRISTIAN DUTY"

develop an investigator's history and improve .the role-piaying:e~perf~'c~:
Backgrounds must be selected during character creation. Ea$"' D:'aG~~O: ' -- ~
must be "bought"\\>iththecharactds starting skiUpoints; see,listfo,r ~l@.. P...9mt.o.
costs.
rnvestigatorscan only take two backgrounds, and no l)ackgrQunll' am ~
taken more than once unless stated In the description.

encouraged to create unique bacl<grolJlldstorrheircampalgn ,u~ing {h:,e$e ­

'guides.

Skill Points: 6

Endurance; 'roughness, Track, or Weapon Proficiency.

ADVENTURER
 H. f. 1 0 vee r
Skill Points: 6
An author spends his life wrapped in his latest book. or
working on a new masterpiece. Successful authors sur-
vive off ,the sales of ~heir books, ' sometimes for years.
Authors receive royalties fromtheit past- books every
evenly numbered level. This royalty money is equal to
halfof the author's 's tarting money.
Skill Poinr.s:6 (Crimil1a/pr essiorlsmlly)
You gruna +2 competence bonus to the following sk'jJJs:
Climb, Hide, Jump. Listen"and Move Silently.
Skill,Points: 1} (Detect;; and. Police orlly)
.T rained to evaluate crimina] behavior, and clues.aCSI is
'a proverbial Sherlock Holmes. A CSlcan attempt a
Sense Motive, check w.ith a DC of 15 to get a "hunc~;
.regarding his investigation (normally such a h~uichhas
a DCof2Q);
InvestigatOrs gain two af the following skillS as class
skills: ForensiCs, Gatber Information, Knowledge
, (Psychology), Knowkdge (Streetwise), Search. Sense
M().tive" Spot. The investigator gains a +3 competency
bonus in the :two skills selected.
. CU .~ SUl'ViVOl'
Skill Points: 3
Even cultists have families and connections to the ()llt-
world. The rarechaiader who is exposed to. cult
activity early in life, and eS~ilpes, is forever affected by
the experience. Tending towards secrecy and with~
drawn, ¢ult survivors are pften quiet thinkers, I)eyer-
fully explaining their thoughts or actions; Cl.1lt survivors
may be escapees from Mythos cults, or more "conven-
tional" religious cults.
Cult survivors gain the following bonuses due to
their .u nusuat ba4ground:anyoneattemprlng tOlJSe
Sense Motive against a cuJt surVivor suffer's a -3 penalty
208
1\ ( t I \" 1~ /\ n\
to their check. Due to the secretive nature of rults the
,survivor also gains a +2 bonus to Innuendo.
Cult survivors suffer a minor penalty: all
cult sur-
vivors have a -4 to th,e ir maXimum sanity score; Even
without a single rank of Ctbulhu Mythos" a cultsur-
vivorhasa maXiliiu:rrl sa:ri1ty Si:or,e of95;
Skill Poil/ts: '10, 8 for Professors and Dociors, mu,st have
an intelligence of 16+ aHd be over 26 years old.
You have eamed .9 Ph.D:, or .a similar level of advanced
expertise in an academiC field. Your exhaustive training
has granted you several bonuses.
Your advanced training entitles you to claim bonus
class skills. You can select twocross~class skiJls to
become bonus ciassskills for purpOSeS of determining
ran'k cost and maximum allowed ranks. AdditionaDy
you may seleCt one specific Knowledge skill you possess.
The maximum number of ranks you may invest in that
skill equalsyol;lr current maximum allowed ranks plus
your character level. Fot eXilmple, a. 5th \evcl ·cl;ieniis.t
with a doctorate iilchemjstry could have 13 ranks in
Knowledge (Chemistry), instead of the normal eight.
Nonnallythemaximum ranks youmaypurcbase for
a class skill equals your current level +3.
For everypoirit Of Intelligence modifier you posSess
you may, if you wish, subtract I year from the minimum
age required to take this background.
The open road calls to. you. You've wandered halfway
around the world and . the experience has fortified :yo~
~gainst tbedangers of nature. When subjeqed to starva-
tion, thirst, or extreme beat or cold, drifters gruna +2
bonus to his or her Constitution check and Fortitude
saving throw.
AUTHOR-FREE SPIR1T
 Since the free spirit is so openan~ carefree, it's diffi-
cult for him or h.er to lie, Fr~e spirits suffer a -1 penalty
.to the skills Bluff and Intimidate.
Note· that a character can trot take the Skeptic back-
grotm4 and,theFree Spirit backgro:und together. Skill Points: 4
You surround yourself with .the indelible wordS of tlle
past. Information can't hide from you. Whether in a
computer database or encoded in an ancient scroll you
can un~arththese~n~t ypu s.eek. rfa tome isn't available
Skilll'oints: 10 locally yoP have a rietworkof associateS around the
world thateitber have it; or havektiowledge Mit. As
Mastel's of the sciences and research, the Gifted Scientist
long as a method of communication (phone, e-mail,
gains a +1 aptitude bonus to all science-based
snail-mail) and a decent amount of time is available, a
Knowledge skills. Scientifk knowledge skills include,
librarian can attempt a character leve1check{<t simple
but are not limited to: Anthropology, Archeology,
d20roll usingthecJ1antQer's level as the check modifi-
AStronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Electronics. Engin-
er), to locate a reliable contact with knowl~dg~ of the
eering, GeologY.; Mathematks, Medicine, Meteorology,
subject you require. The DC is set by tile keepetbased
PhysiCs; and Psychology.
on the raritv()f
, the. information.

Skill Points: 10
Haclcers travel througb cyberspace exploring forgotten Militari~thr()ug~but t e ages have karned to wield~he'
archives, and cra.fting fiendishly oTlginalprograms to weapons of their age~ Militia members gain the Weapon
satisfy the .hacker's desires. When designing or breaking Proficiency feat for free.
into a. secured computer system a hacker can add his
level to hisComputer Use checK.
•
Additionally, hackerscanc.o ml'lete Computer Use
checks faster than normal computer users. Redu¢ethe
15'5'1 ON AT
time required to manipulate a system:: 'hours become lily)
minutes, minutes become full rounds, full rounds
Missionaries tra I to distant lands to convert native
become staudara rounds, .etc. However. even hackers
populations. A missionaryc~ sometimes 'o btainshelter
can't break into a computer system m
less than a stan-
from the natives he or she has.befriended. More impor-
dard action.
tantly; a missionary can contact the patron church or
sect for aid and support. As long as a missionary is,
working to spread ' the faith he or she will receive a
stipend to continue theeffQrt.
For even-numbered level the missionary receives a
stipend .e qual to half his or her starting money. Th.e
, Your reputation and integrity are beyond reproach. You missionary is expected to spend ALL qf this money in
could honestly tell a shei·iffabout the monster you've the furtherance of~he fai~h. MissionarieS who misallo-
b~eo running from without him thinking you were catefunds will no doubt he reported to their
insane (at least not at first) ,.Yo,ugain a +3 competence eventually.
bonus to all Bluff, Diplomacy, and Gather Information
checks against anyone who knows y()u; or has h.eard of
your exploits. .
However; if you're ever caught in a decep~ion your
reputatiiJn bonuses will be negated, and you will not
regain your reputation unt'U you've gained at least oue
level. The level of "penance" a lying charader must
undertake is up to the GM, but shoiIld be based on the
severity of the deception.

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first level, a noble re.ceives a s.um equal to his starting
money; This allowance can be spent in any manner the
noble wishes. Keepers may allow noblecharacersto call
on their families for more substantial amounts of
money in rar~circurristan(;es, if their rele~ant family
fortunes permit.
Skill Points: 5
You can fly anything with wings; (and a fewtbings with-
out wings), Even if you've never trained witha particu-
lartype ofyehii:le your instinctive feel for aerial verucles.
aUowsyouto fly <lnyain:raft as if you had .one rank in
that particular craft. The rank granted by the pilot back-
ground overlaps (does not stack) with skill ranks
bought normally.
-I' J\ ( { I s f;hi _'\ 'li\
Skill PO;lIts:6; " for Arche%gists,and Crimillq/s
The idea of recovering treasuresofthe past just to hand
themqver tqa museum seems criminalto you - you'd
much rather swipe the relic and sell it for a ludicrous
price to some rich coUecto!". Over the years you've estab-
lished underworld contaCts arid black market dealers for
almost any type ofillegal goods. With a successful char-
acter level ~h'eck (a simple d20 roll using; the char<icter's
level as th'echeck modifier), you can locate a buyer for
any artifact Or tome you happen the "find." The :DC is
based on the value, and legality, of the itern you are try-
ing to sell.

A successful investigator has to be able to follow his

instincts and hunches. A RI. can attempt a Sense Motive
check with a Deof 15 to get a "hunch" regarding his
investigation (normally a hunch bas Cl DC: of 20).

RTO~550NAf 5tUieNt
SbJ/ POI!1tS: 4

Some stud~nts never leaveschool,.either through short-

age ofint¢llc¢t Or because they simply prefer the aca-
demic Lifestyle. Professional stildentsusually have
eXtensive sodaland/oradministrativecoimections
throughout their "home:' university. There's a 5%
chance per level that the professional student knows a
particuiarinstru~tor or administrator on a first name
basis (usually with some colorful story to e>.-plain there.
association). There's <l 10% chancep¢r level that any Skill Points: 5
given student will know the professional student by You tnily have a silver tongue and a keen mind to guide
name and reputation. The professional student has an
it. Once.per dayyouemvestigatorcanperforman amaz.-
unusual effect on people: depending on his or her past
ing act of salesmanship. ObViously this background isn't
aaionsthe student gains eithera +2 .or-2toany charis-
restricted only to actual salesmen - the ability to charm
m~ based skill ·check against a colleague. If generally a
joker or friendly person, he or she gams a +2 to checks. a target could be useful to a number.of professions. With
rfa ilotorious scoundrelaround campus, 1:eacliers.might a short conversation, the investigator gains a temporary
dislike him or her enough to warrant a -2 penalty to any insight bonus toa single Charisma-based skill check
skill check i1lVolving them.lJltimately this bonus is set against thattarget. The bonus is equal to half the investi-
by the keeper. The character just knows he or she caus- gator's level (roundup),itapplies.to only one check and
es astrqng reaction in colleagues. retries, if permitted, do not gain this bonus.

210 NOBILITy-SALESMAN
 IE Fe Ii ,1V I: J 1V
Skill Points: 6
Grifting's in yout blood - you can smell a deal and
know when you're being hustled. Scam ariistsgain a +2
competencebontis to the following skills: Appraise,
forgery, Performance, and Sense Moti:ve.
.'
lCl/\N
Stage magicians are maste s of deception and guile.
Magicians gain a +3 aptitude bonus to Hypnosis and
Sleight of Hand checks.
SkillPoi11ls: 3
you'verrainedateiilieranes.t.ablished universilY o[(:on-
ducted.an inteilsiveapprenticeship to improve your aca-
demic skills. You gain a +1 aptitude bonus to four sepa-
rateskilk These four skills should relate toea"h other:
Characters 'Wi~h .exceptional intelligence or intensive
tutormgmayattain this leVel ·of ¢ducation . privately,
without the aiel of an ()tganized university.
SCAM ART1ST-VIGIlANT £
r S" t i ;) /\ t () T ~ A C kQ r 0 U N [S
Thugs are talehte9 intimidators and enforcers. A thug
automatically gains Intimidate as a plass skill, and
receives a +2 competence bonus to thaJsame skill.
Skill Po;rits:5
A tribal character originated from a society With strong
familial bonds. Several historical possibilities are: Native
AmericciD Tribe:s, African tribeS, Arctlc Inuit tribes, etc.
Atribalchilrader gains a +2 insight bODJJS to aTiydipl9-
macychecksinvolvinganotherti:ibal society; thj~ bonus
rises ,to +4 when it involves the charactet's own·tribe; In.
addition a tribal character can request asSistance from
his or her tribe; Typically free assistance is limited to a
place .tosleep, supplies,.and one oJ..ltsider perl~vel of the
tribal charaqet.
More valuable help; (hiding you from enemies, the
loan .of a vehiCle or w~pon, . eic,) would require .;a"
Qiplomacy check.
Sometimes the law can't deliver thejustice promised (or
expected). When that happens, a vigilante is born.
Vigiiantesnel!d a keen sense for the motives anq goals of
their targets as well as the ability to hunt .their quarry.
Vigilantes gain a +2 bonustb,Sense Motive in regardslQ
any criminal t]jey'vestudied tknowing the identity,
crime, and background of the target is enough). ]n
addition, even without the feat Track, a vigilante can
tracka target as long as the Wilderness Lore cbeck DC is:
less than 20(no~mallyacharacler lacking the Track feat'
c(ln'! foUowa .trail with a DC ()ver 10)..
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here as a pJace of intrigJ.1e, horror, and

nrp,.p-n,tpn

ane."{cellent i'b()Jlle base", for your Call of

L..L"'ULII'" campaign. Ther~ are ampleresourc:es tbroughput the

ic University is anmcubator for new investigators.

1llie';follbWing characters wetecreated using the Defense bonus variant rule. When
a cli'a"ra~'has Speak Language for his or ber native language, it's treated as a 13th
,,11:11 ,. ' ,
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Butholemew Appley, Dilettante (103)

31,d-Uv l])c(el1seOptien; n h'p.;Inlt -2; AC l{); Spd 30 ft.;Atk Meke +2, Ranged -1;
$V lt91;t +4.~f+l> Will +1; St M: Str 13, PeX7,C!)n 9,1111, 15,Wis LJ, eha 9. ,5001 14~
~&i~~:Eiiglish.Latin (+4) ,
~. B.Bll¥tce +2 ~ B[uff+4, phulhu MYlhos + I ~.Diplomacy +3, Drive +4, Gather
l nfOrmation +3,'lnnuendo +4. Intimidate +4, Knowledge (Anthropology) +8,
IH'iist r:y) +6; Performance ,(Sing) + I, Research +3, Ride +2. Speak other Language
€Utiii) +4iTumble +2,
feat~ ~~~<?rthy, Persuasive, Wealth (x3)
W~Ifoiis: N:()D¢

ApPLEY
·Dr. Laban Shrewsbury,
· Anthropologist and Linguist (104)
· 9th-Level Defense Option; 42 h.p.; Init + 1; AC 11 (.+ 1 Dex);
spd 30 ft:; Atk Melee +S.Ranged -S;SV Port +8. Ref +4.
Will +9; Sz M; Str13, Dex 12, Con :14, Int 21,Wis 16,.Cha 18;
San 34.
Languages: Englisb, French (+ 13), Latin (+17), Ger~
1,llan (+8). Chinese. (+8), Russian (+6). tcho-Tcho(+6),
Serpent People (+6).
SkiUs:B1uff +iO,ConcentratioD +.8, Craft (Cartography) +5;
Cthulhu Mythos +9•• Decipher Text + 12, De~olitions +6,
Diplol1tBCY + J5, Drive +3, Gather lilforrnlltioll + 12,
Hide H.lnriuendo +6. Intimidat¢ +5. Kn:owledge' (An-
thropology) + 22, (Arc!teology) + I 0, (Astrollomy) + 12,
(Botany) +6, (Chemistry) +6, (Geology). +8, (Histo-
ry) +11; (Occult) +l6,(Psychology).+S, (Zoology) +6.
P~rf()rrtlance(Oratory) +S; Research +18, Sense
Motive + 12, Sean:h + IO,SpelJcraft + l4.Spot +7.
FeatS: Innate Linguist, ResearchPrenzy; Skill Emphasis:
(Research), Sharp-eyed,Wealth
Bac~gr()unds: Doctorate '(Anthropology).
Weapons: None
Spells: Brhv Space-Me.ad,Per,,~ive Text (new spell),
Summo'n fBind 13yakhee.
Willard Peck, GazeUeReportet (.I 08)
3rd-Level Defense QptioJi;16 b.p.; [nit +(); A;C 10; Spd 30 ft.;
AtkMe1ee +1., Ranged H;SV Fort +2, 'Ref +3, Will +4; Sz M;
Str II, Dex 11, CoO: t2; Itit 14, Wis 13,Cha 14. San 60.
Lan~ages: English
Skills: Bluff +7. Diplomacy +8. prive +2,Ga~her
information +10, Hide +2, Innuendo +6, lntinlidate +3.
Kriowledge (Photography) +5. (Streerwise) +'6, Listen +8,
Performa~ce (Oratory) +5, Read Lips +3, Research +~,
Search +.7., Sense Motive +S. Spot +9.
Feats: Alertness, Sharp-eyed. Trustwor~y.
Backgrounds: IronJnteg~it)'
Weapons: None
Sam the Doorman (113)
2nd-level Offense Option; IS h ip.; loit +O;AC 10; Spd 36ft.;
Atk Melee +6, Rang~d+2.; SV FortH. Ref +3. WiIJ +O;.Sz M;
Str 17, De:< 1'1. Con lS"bH 12, Wi.s,I I , Cha 9. San 45.
LangUages:.Ehglish
skills: BaJance +2, Bluff:+3. Climb +4, Drive +3; Ini1u.e ndo
+4, Intimidate +5, Jump +3; Listen +4, Ride +2, Sear.ch
~, Sens~ Motive +4. Spot 1'4, $\vim +3, 'tumble +3:
PeatS: Martial Artist (Boxing),WP Focus: Unarmed Strike
BaCkgrounds: Thug
Weilpons:Club, Fists, Fee[,.Head Blitt,Grapple.
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Dan the Bartender ,( 113)
2nd-Level Offense Option; ISh.p.; lni! +1: AC II (+1 Dex);
Spd 30ft;;Atk Me1e¢ +5, Ranged +3; SV Fort +3, Ref +4,
Will +0; SzM;Str 16, Dex.J 3, Con l7. lot 13, Wis JO, Cfta 11.
5an 55.
Languages: English
Skills: Appra'ise +2, B.luff +3, Craft (Mixed Drlnks) +5.
Gatber information +3, Hide +3,ilinuendo +2,
Knowledge (Local: Afkham) +4, (Streetwise) +5. liSten
+4. Repaii +3,Sen:se Motive+4,.Sleight ()f Hand +2,
Rear;! Lip$ +4; Spot +2
Feats: Quick Draw (Sh()tgun);WeaponProfidency.: Shotgun
Weapons: Bottle, Shotgun ( 12 gauge, 2 barI:el)
Larry (St. Looey) freen (113)
3rd-Level Defense Option; lSh;p;; l1~i t +3; AC 13 (+3
Dex); Spd 30, ft:; AtkMclee +2; Ra(tged +4;SVFort +4, Ref
+6,WiII +~; Sz ]V[;Str 13,Dex ) 7, Con 13, Int 14,Wis 1O!
Cha 10, San 67.
Languages: English
Skills: Appraise +3, Bluff+S. Escape Artist +6, Gather
Information +3, Hidt: 1"4, Innuendo 1"2. Intimidate +S,
Knowledge (Griffing) +4, Knowledge (Streetwise) +3;
Listen +4, Move Silently +6, Performance (Story-
telling) +4; Search· +4,Sense Motive +4, Sleight of
Hand: +14, Spot +5. Tumble -~4
Feats: Nirribl e• Persuasive, Skill Emphasis (Sleight of Hand)
Weapons: None
Alex Hearne, Street Thug (Criminal) (129)
2nd~Level Offense Option; 12 h.p;,Init +1; AC U. (+l Dcx);
Spd 30 ft;;. Atk Melee +4,Ranged +3; SV for'! +5,Re.f +1,
Will -I ;Sz M; Str IS. Dex 12;Cdit 15,Int 9, Wis 9, Cha 8.
San 37.
.LanguJlges: English
Skills: Bluff +2.Hide +7, rnnuen~o +2,intimidate +3,]ump
+5, Kiiowledge (stre~twise) + I, Listen;. 3, Move Silently
+~. , Open Lock +2, Seilse Motive +2, Spot + 1, Tumble + 2
Feats: Power.Attack; Si~a1thy
Weap()lts: Prybar (Qub), Knife~
Jloberta Henry, Advertiser Reporter (.130)
4lh-Levd Defense Optiofl,20 h,p.; Init +2; AC 12 (+2 Dex);
Spd 30 ft;; At)< Melee +2, Ranged +4; SV Port +3; Ref+6,
Will +6; Sz M;. Str 10'Dex is, Con 14, Irit 16, Wis 14,Cha 16.,
San 6\.
Languages: English
Skills: Bluff +10, Cl.imb +3, Craft (Writing) +9; Diplo-
macy +'12, Drive +6, Gather lriformation -l:11,Hide +4,
Innuendo +7, Intimidate +6, Knowledge (Pho.togra-
phy) +4.• Knowl~dge (Psychology) +5; listen +7, Move
Sj\~Jltly +3. Performal'ice . (Or~tory) +6, Read Lips +4,
i{esearch +6, Sense Motive +S, Spot +9, Tumble +3
Feats: Persuasive, Sharp Eyed, Trustworthy.
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Backgrounds: S~lesnian
Weapons: None
Ed Dunlap,
EviLAgent for Interstellar Aliens (135)
7th-Level Offense Option; 4Sh.p;; Init +2.; ACI2. (+2Dex);
Spd30 ft.;Atk Me1ee+7/+2,Rariged +S/+3; SV FortH,
Ref +4,\0\'"11.1 +6,Sz M;$tr 1:3; Dex 14,Coil14, Int 17,Wis 1.3,
eha IS. San O.
Languag~: English, ArabiC (+5), Greek (+4), Latin (.+4).
SkiiIs: ·BJuff +lO,Cthulhu Mythos +S, Disguise +6,
DiplOInacy + 14, Drive.+5, Gather Information +1i, Hide
It-4, Innuendo.+5, Intimidate +.6,KnO\\rledge (Occult) +5,
(Psychology) +5, Listen + 7, Perforinance (Oratory) +S,
Read Lips +4, Repair +.9, Research +6,Searcb +7, Sense
Motive +5; Spellcraft +4; Spot +6.
.Feats: Point Blank Shot, Rapid Shot, TrustWorthy, Weapon
Profic;iency (Pistols).
. Weapons:.3ILRevolver (shoulder holster), Combat Knife.
Kenneth Heath, Private Eye (205)
4t!1-LeyeIOffenseOption;38\1.p.; IIjit +2; AC 12(+2 Dex}:
Spd 30 ft.;At~ Mele~ +6"Rang\!~ +7;SV Fort H,Ref +7,
W.ill +4; Sz M;Str 12, Dex 14, Con 13; lnt IS, Wis 14,Cha 14.
SaJl68 ..
, i:anguages: English
Skills: Bluff +S,Climb +5, Cthlllhu Mythos. +1, Disguise +3,
Diplomacy + a, DriVe +6. Gather Information +12, Heal
+3, innuendo +7, Intimida.te +4, lump +3, Knowledge
(Ballistics) +'5. eChess) +4.(Criminology) +7, (Forensics)
+9, (History) +6,·(Law) +5, (OccUlt) +6, (Police
Methods) +7, (Psychology) flO; (StteetWise) +6,Listen
+9, Performance (Oratory) +5, Research +5, Search +8,
Sense Motive + iO,.Spot + 10, Tumble +4~
Feats: Alertness; Sharp-£yed,Trustworthy, Weapon
Proficiency (Pistols).
Backgrounds: Ci-ime Scene investigator (Psychology, and
ForensiCs).
Weapons: } ,8. Revolver (shoulder holster),Blackjack*
*Blac~iack dnlydoes siibdllal damage
Harden, Tough .and HonestCop (228)
Offense Option; 49 h.p.; Init +]; AC 11 (+1 Dex);
30 ft.; AtkMeJee +8/+3, Ranged +7/+2; SV Fort +4,Ref
+7, Will +S; SzM; Str 14, Dex 12,.CoD 14, Int 16, Wis 16, Cha
13. San60~
Languages: EngJ ish
.Skills: Bluff +12, Diplomacy +14, Drive+S, Gather
Information +13. Helli +5, Innucndo+7, Intimidate +6,
Knowledge (Cdminology) +5, (Law) +6, (Police
Methods) + 10, (Psychology) +9, LiSten + 7, Move Silently
+4, Research +5\ Search +9. Sense Motivc+9, Spot +10,
Tumble +4.
2.14 DUN I A P, H EAr H I H A R D.F N,
j;hh II 1I\
Feats: Sharp~Eyed, Toughness, Trilstwqrthy, WC':apon
ProficienCy: (Pistols).
B~ckground: Iron Integrity
Weapons: .-3& Revolver (shoulder holster)
Mickey Hartigan, Good Cop (228).
6th-LevelOffense Option; 49 b.p.; Init +2; At 12 (+2 Dex);
Spd30 ft.; Atk Melee +8;·Ranged +7;SV Fort +5, Ref +7,
Will +4; Sz M:Stt 16, Dex-14, Con 17, Int 14, Wis 14, Cha'. 14:~
san 65.
Languages: English
Skills: Bluff +10; Cliinb +9; Diplomacy +14, Ddve +5.
Gather Information H2. Heal +3, Innuendo +7,
Intimidate +5, Jump +8,I\nowledge (Law) +4, (Police
Methods) +6, (psychology) +3. Listen +5, Move Silently
+3, Research +4, Search +Z,Sense Mo~ve +7, Spott7,
Tumble 4-8,l]se RoP!! +3.
Feat~: Athletic, P()int.BlankShot, Trustworthy,Weapon
ProficieilCy (Pistols)
Rllckgrounds: Iron Jnt~grir)'
Weapons:.38.R:evolver(shoulder holster}, Nightstid<
Ray Stuckey, Cop-on-the-Take (228)
7th-Level Offense Option; 50 h.p.; lriit +2;AC 12 (+2 Dex:);
Spd30ft.; Atk Melee:+81+3. Ranged +8/+3; SV Fort +7,
Ref+4, WilJ +3;SzM; Str 15,Dex IS,C:on 15,fnt 15, Wis 12,
Cba lO. San 45.
Languages: En~h
Skills: Bluff HO, Climb + 4; Diplomacy +6, Drive +5,Gather
Information + iO, Hide +5; Innuendo+7.Intimidatc +9,
Knowledge (Card Games) +4,(Law) +3., (Police
MClllods)+ 10, (Psychology) +4, Listen +7, Move Siiently
+4,Search +1l,.Sense Motiv¢ +9, Spot +8, Tunible+4.
Feats: Sharp"Ey'~d, Toughness, T~ck, Weapon Proficiency
(Pistols).
Wcapons: .38 Revolver (shoulder holster), Nightstick.
Typical Sergeant(228)
3rd-lcvelOffenseOptiou; 16.h.p.;Init +1; At 11(+1 Dexl;
Spd30 ft.; AtkMelee ·t-6, Ranged +4; SV Fort +3, Ref +4,
Will +2;Sz M;'Str ]6, Dex13, Y," 15; In.t 12,VVis 12, Cha 14.
San 65.
Languages: English
Skills: Bluff +3,Climb.+4, Diplomacy +7,Drive+3,Gather
Information + 10. HeaJ +2, Hide +3, Innuendo +4,
Intimidate +6, Knowledge (Law)+2 t (Police Methods)
+4, Listen +6,.Move Silently +3, Search +6, Sense MotiVe
+4,Spot +S,Turubl¢ +2
Feats: Run, Trustworthy, Weapon .Proficiency (Pistols),
Weapons: .38 i~evolver (shoulder bolster), Nigl:itstick.
1I A R RIG AN, S rue KE Y
'Typicai Pa~olm~ (228)
1st-Level Offense Option; Sh.p.; 1n1t +0; AC IOj Spd 30 ft.;
Atk Melee +3, Ranged H; SV Fo~t +4, Ref to, Will +0; Sz Mj
Sir 15, Dex W,Con is, lnt I1.Wis 1], thaa San 60.
Languages: Engl.ish
Skills: Climb +3. Diplomacy +2. Drive +3, Gather
hif6rmation +2, Heal +I.Hide+2 •.Intimidate +3.
Knowledge (Law) +2. (Police Methods) +2. Listen +3.
Move ·Silently +2. Search +4. Sense Motive +2. Spot +4;
TUmble +2.
Feats: Run.Weapon Proficiency (PistolS).
Weapons: .38 Rcvolver(shoulder hoister).NigHtstick.
Pm Liou, Stranger in a Strange land (238)
8th-Level Defense Qption;33 h.p.;.Init +8; ·At 14 (+4 Dex)j
Spd 3.0 ft;; Atk Melee +4, Ranged +8'; $V Fort +6; Ref +8.
Will, +5;Sz M; Str 10; De:~ 18. Con II,Jllt 20. Wis 17; Gila 17.
San 55,.
Languages: Mandarin Chinese, English (+ 12) •.Cantonese
(+8). Japanese (+ 10), Korean ( +9).
Skills: Astrology + 12; Bluff +S, Concentration +] O. Craft
. (T(lttpo) +21;Oh 1J lhu Mythos +3. Diplomacy +8,Gather
Informatidn+ '1'; He:al +10, Hi.d e+S, Hypnosis + 12,
U;in.uendo +9;Kno~ledge (Astrology) +9. (Chemistry)
+10, (Gambling) ·t-8,(Occult) +12. (Psychology) +8,
Lis~,en +9, Sense Motive +6; Search t7.S1eight of Hand
+8; Spellcraft +S. Spot +8.
Feats: Improved Initiative, Martial Artist,.Skill Em~hasis
(Tiltto~), Weapon .Finesse (Needles)
Backgrounds: Stage.MagiCian
We~pons: Needles
.Spells: Contact Deep Ones, Dread Curse of .'\zathoth
Beatrice Allen, Madwoman (30 1)
2nd-LevelOfferise Option; 10 h.p.; luit +ljAC 11 (+1. HeX);
Spd 30 ft.;Atk MeI¢e +5, Ranged +3;SV Fort H,Ref+4,
Will -4; SZ M; $tI"16, Dex 12, Con 12, Inl 14, Wis3, Cha 1.
San O.
Languages: English
Skills: Hide +8, listen +1, MoveSiJently +S, Spot +1
Feais: Run. Stealthy
Weapons: .Hands
Spells: None
Sanity Loss: IlLP4 (no! Supernatural, her scarred face is a
nightmarish vi~ge.)
Melissa thorne, Courtesan, Age 32 (304)
3rd-Level Defense Option; 14 h.p.;fnit +2; AC 12 (+2 Dex);
Spd 30 ft.; Atk Melee +2; Ranged +3;SV For! +4, Ref +5,
will +3j.Sz M; Str 12, Dex 14, Con 13, Int 16, Wis .14, Cha 17:
San 64.
Languages: English
LIon, ALLEN, THORNE, fOWLER,
Skills: Appraise +9, Bluff +5, Conc¢ntr:ation +7', Diplomacy
+9,lnnuendo +S,Knmvledge (GamlJllhg) +4,
(Psycholqgy~ +9, Performance (Fan Darice)+9, (Flitt)+9,
(Seduce)+9; (Sing)+S •.Sense MotiVc+8, Spot +4
Feats: Athldic, .J':ndurall~
Weapons: Hatpin
Spells: None
Goody Fowler'.s Ghost, Medium-Size Undead
(Lesser Independent Race} (404)
.5th-LeveIOffense Option;,45 h.p.; lnit +4 (improved
lnitiative);AC io when ethereal:(+O De,,). 14 when m~anifest­
irig(HCha); ,Spd 30 ft.; Atk Melee +6; SV Fort N/A. Ref + I,
Will +9 (rmmune 10 anything requirins.a Fort save);Sz.M;
Str 14, Pex 10, Con -.Int 14.WisI7, Cha 19. San 0,
Damage: All her ilttil~)tS ar(! .touch ntta.cks ihnt ignore annar,
including natural armor (Dexterity arid 4eflection b6nus-
esstillapply) ~ lD3+ I against ethereal targets, 103 CON
drain vs. materialtargets,
Special A,ttac,ks: Manifestatio l1 , C<itrupting Gaze, .Cor,rupting
Touch, Grasp .of c:thulhu, Telekinesis (PC lS)
.S~cial QuaJitics: DarkviSion. incorporeal, undcad,.ghost
imm~nities(immuneto pOlson, mind-affecting spells,
paraly~is; stunning, disease,criticaI hits, subdual.damage,
ability drain or damage, or death fr(lmmassive damage),
reju\'ell~tion (reforms.at thepeiikofHangman'sHilI [01-
(owingI-!alJowmass or May.eve after beigg destroy~d).
Languages: English
Skills: Bluff +6"Hide + 16, Intimidate H2, Knowledge
(History) + 10, (Occult) +7; Listen +l9, .Move Silently
(automatic success), Psychic Pocus +9, Search + 17, Sense
Motive +:9. Spellcraft+S, Spot + I~; Wilderj'je~s t6r~ +7
Feats: Improved Initiative, Iron' Will, Sensitive
Weapous: NOllc
~peUs:
None now, but in Life she commanded po.werful
magicks.
CR:7
ClimatelTerrairi: Hanginan'sHill;Old Wooded. Cemetery.
Sanity Loss: 11106
Danny O'Banmon,Loca! Kingpin (412)
7th-Level Offense option; 45 h;p.; Init +2;AC 11 (+ 1 Dex);
Spd 30 ft.; Atk Melee +Sl+3, Ranged +71+2; :SV Fort +7, .
Ref +3,WiIl +3; Sz M; Str 15, Dex: 1.3, Con IS,Int L5, Wis]4.
eha l6. San 21.
languageS: English, It(llian (+4)
Skills: Appraise + lO,.-Sluff + 10, Diplomacy +10, Drive +4,
Gather lhformation +8, Hide +5; fnnuendo +S,
Intimidate +10, KiJ.owledge (Gambling) +S,{Psychology)
t6, .(Streetwise) + 10, Listen +S;Move Silently +4, Sense
Motive +hSpo( +9, Thmble +~.
Feats: Toughness, Wealth (Xl), Weapon PrC)ficiency ~Pistols).
Weapons: .38 Automatic Pistol,Blackjack".
• B/(lckjack does onl)"slIbtiual damage
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Bobby Sills, Henchman (4121 Five Tough Muggs (412)
Stb-Level Offense Option; 30 h.p.;, Init +2; AC 12 (+2 Dex); 1st Level (Offense Option)
Spd30ft.i Atk Melee +6, Ranged +6; SV Fort +6, Ref +3, #1 #2 #3 #4 #$
Will -1-2; Sz M;StI 14,Dcx 15, C(>n 14, Int 14. WIS 13,Cha 15. Strength: 14. 13 16 13 12
San 22. De~erity: 12 II 10 IS 12
Languages: English- Constitution: 14 II 12 13 16
skills: Balance +3, Bluff +8, DemoHtipns +3. Diplomacy + 3. Intelligence: 10 9 12 12 11
Drive" +6, Hide +5, Innuendo +6, Intimidate +10, Wisdom: io 9 10 10 9
Knowledge (Gambli1lg) +6. ,(~treet\v:ise) +7,Lisle.n + 7. Charisma: 12 10 11 13. 10
Move Silently +9, Open Lock +6, Operate Heavy Sanity: 30 19 38 40 24
'Machinery +4" Sense Motive fa, Spot ~6, Tumble +~, .Use Hit Points: 8 6 7 7 12 (Toughl'!e.ss feal)
Rope +6 BaSe Auack Bonus: Melee + 1, Ranged + 1.
Feats: Point BlankShot. Precise Sbot,Weapon Proficiency Base Saves: Port +2,.Ref +O,Will +0
(Pistols).
Skills: Bluff +3. Drive +4, Hide +4,Innuendo+3, rntinlidate
Weapons: .38 Snub-Nose Revolver, Knife, Blackjack". +4, Knowledge (Streetwise) +3, Moye Silently +},Spot
"Blackjack does·olllyslIbdaaldamage + 3, Tumble +3

Eddie Leery; Enforcer (412) Street Punk: Typical 'Finn-Boy (512)

ind-Level Offerise Optiort;J Sh.p.; filit +2; AC 12 (+2 Dex);
4th-Level Offense Option; 27 h.p;; lnit + 1; AC 11(+1 Dex);
Spd 30 ft.; Atk Melee +2, Ranged +4; SV Fort +4, Ref +2,
Spd30 ft.;.AtkMelee +7, Ranged -+'4; SV F(jrt +7, Ref H,
Will +(); SZM; Str 11, Dex 1'1, Con 14,Int 12, Wis Il,Cha n.
~i,1J +1; SzM; Str 18,Dex 12. Con 11. Int 11. WislO. Cha 11.
Sao 65.
San 33. Uinguages: English
Ltinguages:English
.SkiUs: Bal~n!;;e +6, Bluff +5, Hide +6, lnnuendo+3,
Skills: Balance +6, Bluff+3. Drive +5, Hide +4. Intimidate Intinlidate +4, Knowledge (Streetwise) +3, Move Silently
+4. Knowledge (Streetwisc) +4. Listen +3, Moye Silently +7, Sense Motive +3, Spot +5, Tumble +7.
+5, Open Lock +4, Operate Heavy Macbinery +2, Repair Feats: Toughness; Weapon ProfiCiency: (Thrown Weapons)
+3, Sense Motive +5, Spot '1-1; Tumble +5. Weapons: Throvvri Rocks, Oub,Ppcket Kojfe ..
Feats: Point Blank Shot, Martial Artist (Brute Force), Weapon
Proficiency (Pistols).
Greg the Monster, Age 29 (513)
Weapons: AS Revolver, Knife, Blackjack'" 3rd-LevelOffense Option; 16 h.p.;lnit +1; AC 14 (+2 Dex,
* Blackjack does only subdrmldamage +2 Natural~immensesize); Spd20 ft;; Atk Melee +5, Ran$ed
+4; SV Fort +6,'B# +2,Will +O;SzM;Str 14,Dex 12, O>n
12; 1m 9, Wis9; Cba6.San 13.
Meyer Golditz,
Languages: English
Accountant Who Knows Too Much (412)
SkiJJs: Hide+7. Intimidate +3,Listen +5, Move Silently +6.
3rd-LevelDifense Qptio J1 ; 12 h.p.; lliit +0; AC 10; Spd 30 ft.;
Search +4, Spot +4; Tumble +6.
•~, .•. " .• ~~ +1, Ranged +~; SV Fort+l,Ref +3; Will +3;Sz M;
mts: c;reat Fortitude, Martial Al1ist (Sumo style "crush"
II), Dex n, C911 11, IriH6,Wis 11, Cha 10. San 14. attack), Power Attac~
Languages: English Weapons: Bare Fists
Skills: Appraise +9, 131uff +5, Diplomacy +S,Drive +4, Hide
+5, Knowledge (Accounting) +12, (Psychology) +4,
Wingate Peaslee (609)
Listen+6, Move Silently +4,Research +6, Search +U.
Sth;Level Defense Option; 32 h,p;; hut +2;AC 12 (+2 Dex);
Sense Motive +8~ Spot +6
Spd 30 ft.;Atk Melee +4, Ranged +4; SV Fort +4, Ref +6,
Feats: Skill Emphasis CKilowledge(Atcountirig)),.Sharp-Eyed, Will +9; 5z M; Str 15, De:>: 15, Con 16; Tnt 17, Wis 14, Cha
Wealth (stplenfrom O'Bannion:) 16. Sail 79.
Weapons:.32 Revolver. Languages: English

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.skills: Concentration +4, Cthulhu Mythos + I, Diplomacy
+7, Drive +3, Gather Infonnation +7, Heai +7, H}lPnosis
+6, Kn0wledge (Biol(lgy) +5, (Occult) +6,.(Photography)
+4,CP$ychology) +15,.Listert+9,Pilot (Small Aircraft)
+[0, Psychoanaly~is +13, ReacJ Lips +5, Research +8,
SenSe Motive +i 1, Spot +7.
Feats: Skill Einphasis(piiot),Skill Emphasis (Psychology),
[ron Will
Iia~kgrounds: Doctorate (Psychc)logy)
Weapons: ?:-Jone
Moamar Shahid,SCholar (611)
4th-Level Defense Option; 24 h.p.; Init+2; AC 12 (+2 Dex):
Spd30ft.;AtkMelee+3,Ranged +4;SV Fort +6, Ref +3, .
Will +6; Sz M;Str 12, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 16; Wis 15,Cha 14.
:San52.
.l.aJiguages:EngUsh\ Mabie +1'1. Persian + to; Sanskrit +6,
Urdu +6
Skills: Bluff+7, Crat! (Writing) +5,Cthu~u Myth()s +2,
Decipber Text +7, Diplomagr+4, Gath~r Information +5,
Kriowl~ge (AnthrC)po!()gyJ +~,(Archa~ology) +9,
(Astronomy) +5, (History) +7, (O"cu1t) +6; (Philosophy)
+6, Listen +6, Re,search +8;SpeUcraft+6, Spot +4.
Feats: Skill Emphasis (Arabk), Innate Linguist, Weapon
Proficiency (Melee)
Backgrounds: Doctorate (Archeolo~)·
Weapons: Saber
Albert N. Wilm~th,Scholar(6U)
3rd-LeveIDefenseOption; U h..p.: Init +0: AC 10; Spd 30 ft.;
AtkMelee +1. Ranged H;SVFort +1, Ref +3, Will +5: Sz.M;
Str 11, Dex 10, Con 11, Int 17, Wis.l4, Cha 13. San 51.
Langua$eS: English, French +9, German +9; Latin +8~
Classical.Greek +8,
~kilIs: Craft (Wl'iting) +5, Cthulhll Mythos +2, Dlpl(lma(:},
+4, Priv~ -t,2,.Gather rnfonnati0t1 +4,Kri9wledge
(HIstory) + 12, {l.ocaJ: Arkham) +7, (Psychology) +7,
(Occult) +6. pSychoanalysi~ +4, Research +6, Listen +5,
Spot +5:
F~ts: Education: Innate Linguist~ Skill. Emphasis (HiStory);
Wealth
BackgroUnds: Doctorate (History).
Weapons: None·
Franci~ Morgan, Scientist and Adv~nturei" (611)
7th-Level Offense Option; 46 h.p.: lnit +2; AC 12 (+2 pex);
spd 30ft.; Atk Melee +9/+4, Ranged +8/+3; SV Fort +5, Ref
+7, Will +5;Sz. M: str 16, Dex 15, Con 16, Lnt 17" Wis 16, Cha
H. San 69.
Langua~~: English, Mabic +5, Assyrian Cuneiform +4.
Egyptian Hieroglyphics + lb, Hebrew +6, Swahili +4-.
Spanish +5
S HAL AD,· W] L MAR T H, 1\'1 0 'R G AN, ARM 1 TAG E ,A R M W RIG H T
Skills: Climb +6, C.thulhu Mythos +3, Craft (Ca:rt(;')gr~phy)
+4, Diplomacy +5, Ddve +5, Gather Information +6,
Heal +5, Hide +4, Knowled!?e (Abenaki Artifacts) +6,
(Anthropolqgy) + 10, .(Archaeology) +16, (Egyptology,)
+10, (GeQgraphy) +5, (History) +9, jump +6, Listen +6;
M9ve Silently +4j.Operate Heavy Machinery +4, PiloN3,
Ride +4; Spot + 10, Search +9; Sense Motive +6, Swim +5.
Feats:.AthJetic, Skill Eml?hasis (AnUu"opology);Weapon
Proficiency (Pistol), Weapon Pronciency (Ilifle), Weapon
Proficiency (Shotgun)
Background: Adventurer, Doctorate (Archeo!ow)
Weapons: .45R,evoiver, .3ilSemi-AutomaticRifle, lO-Gauge
Pump Shotgun
Dr. Henry Armitage, Man of Letters,
and Archetypal Investigator (620)
7th-Level Defense Option; 17 h,p.;Init +0; AC 10: Spd 30ft.;
Atk Melee +61+l, Ranged +6/+1;SVFort H,Ref+2, WIll
HO;Sz M; Str 11, Dex 10, Con 8,Int2I. Wis 16;Cha 13.San
50.
Languages: English, Arabic + 11" French +10, German +7,
Gree~ +7, Latin +10
Skills: Appraise+ II, Bluff +13, Cthulhu Mythos +23,
Concentration +~, Diplomacy +9, Galh¢r Information
+ 12, Innuenqo. +8, Intimidate -t-8,.Knowkdge
(Anthi-ojmlogy) +16; (COmpaC<ltive Religions) HI,
(Geography)+7, (History) +16, (Literature) +l6; (Local)
+7, (Occult) +8, (Philosophy) +ll,Listen+7, Research
+19, Spot HO,Searcb +9;~eilseMotivcHU
Feats: Innate Linguist, lronWill. 'Persuasive,Re:s~rch Frenzy,
Sharpeyed,Skill Ernphasis (Research)
Ba¢kgroun4s: Doctorate (Literature),.Llbtatian
Weapons: None
Dr. Chester Armwright, M.D. (621)
5th-Level Defense Option: 26 h.p.; lnit +0; AC IO;Spd 30 ft.;
Atk Melee +3, Ranged. +3; SV For.t ;t3., Ref +5, Will +7; Sz M;.
Sti' 12, Dex. B,.Con 14,lnt 17, WiS 16;Cha 16. Sao 88.
Languages: English, latin +6
skills: Appraise +6; Concentration + 10,.Diplomacy +5;
Gather Information +6, Heal + 14, ~9wledge
(Chemistry) + 10, (History) +4; (Local: Ai'l¢am) +6,
(Medicine) +14, (Pharmacology) +10, Listen.+.6,
Performance: (StoryteOing) +4: Psychoanalysis +5,
Research + 10; Spot +9, Search, +8
Feats: Skill Emphasis: (Heal), Surgeon, Wealth. Weapon
Proficiency (Rille)
Background: Doctorate (Medicif}e)
Weapons: .45 Revolver, .30-06 Rifle, 20~Gauge Pump
Shotgun.
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Street Punk: Typical Rock-Head (716)
2nd-Level Offense Optien; 12 h.p~; Init+2; Ac 12 (+2 Dex);
Spd 30ft.; Atk Melee +2, Ranged +4; SV Port +4, Ref
+2,WiII +0; 5z M; Str 11, Dex 14, Con 14, lnt 12, Wis II, Cila
11. San 65.
Languages: English, Italian +3
Skills: Balance +5, Bluff +4, Climb +5, Hide +5, Innuendo
+4,Intimidate ~,Knowle(\ge (Stteetwise) +3, Movc.
Silently +4,SenseMotiv'e+2;Sleightof Hand +.7, Spot +5
Feats: Weapon Profidehcy (Thrown),WeapenProfidency
(Melee)
Weapons: club; Peck~t Knife, Small Rocks.
Walter .Gilman, Mathematician (719)
2nd"Levei DefenseOption; 10 h~p;; lttit +1; AC U (+1 Dex);
Spd 30 ft.; Atk Melee +2, Ranged +2;SV Fort +0, Ref +4,
Will +5;SzM; StrH, Dex 12, Con II, Int 17,Wis 14, Cha 14;
San 22.
Languag~: English, Arabic +5, German +4
.Skills: Concentration +4,Cthulhu Mythos +5, Diplomacy
+6, KnOWledge (Lecal) +5, (Architecture): +6,
(Mathematics) +11, (Occult) +6, (Physics)+ 10, Listen +5,
PSYc:hlc Fecus +3, Research +7,Spellcraft +4, Spot +5.
Jieats: Skill Emphasis (Mathematics). Sensitive
Backgrounds: Gifted.scicntist, Student
Weap.ons: None.
Frank Elwood, Student (719)
Ist-L(!\rel DeferiseOption;7 h.p.; Init +l;.AC 11 (+1 Dex);
$pd 30 .ft.; Atk Melee +1, Ranged +1; SV Fort + I. Ref +3,
Will +3; S7. M;Str 12. Dex13, Cen 12, rnt is, Wis 12, Gha 10.
San 7'7.
Languages: English
SkillS: Concentration +4, Diplomacy +4, Drive+3,Gathet
Inforrriatien +5, Heal +3; Knewledge (History) +6,
(Lecal: Afkham) +5, (Mathematics) +6, (Occult) +4,
LiSten +S, Res¢arch +5 •. Sens.e Meti",e +4, Swim +2
Skill Eniphasis (M,atIlCinatic:,s), TrustWorthy
Student
K.~ziah Mason, lnunortal Cult Le~der (719)
12th-Leve1Cult Sorceress ,(Qffense Opti()n); 60 iJ.p,; Init +(5
(Improved Initiative); AC 12.(+2 DexhSpd 30 ft.;.Atk Melee
+.111+6, Ranged + 1l1+6;SVF()rt +6, Ref +6;WiIl + 14, Sz M;
StrI4,D~ 14, Con 15,lllt 23,Wis 18, Cha 8.. :San O.
Languag¢s:Englisb
218 Roc K - H E AD, G] L MAN,
'I' 1"1 ( t ') 1~ i\ n'\
Skills: Appraise+S; Bluff +.10, CthulhuMythos+28,
Concentration +17; Diplomacy +4, .Gather Infonnation
+4. fIeal +.S, !-lide +S;1ritimidate +9, Kuewledge
(Astroriemy) + 16, (Geometry) t 18., (History) + 12"
(Local) +9. (Occult) +1 8;. (Pharrriacolegy) +S;
(Psy¢holegy) +S.• Listen +9, Move Silently +6,
P~rfennahce (Oratory) +-7, PsychitFec:us + 10, Res!!litch
+9, Repe JIse +6,Spellcraft +21, Spot H2, Search + 10,
Serise Metive +10
Feats: Alertness,Cembat Casting, 1mproved InitiatiVe, Iron
Will, Skill Emphasis: (Spelkraft)
Psychic F,eats: Mind Probe,. MindRe~ding, Remete Viewing;.
Sensitive, Telepathy
~. Keziah Milson CQlH1litomatically viCWllliyroominthe
Witch House (197 E PiCkman Street) with this power.
Backgrounds: Doctorate (Occult)
Weapons: N6nc
Spells: Centad Nyarlatliotep"'\ Create Gale, CreateScrying
Win dew, Dread Curse of Azatheth, Enchant Pipes;
Shriveling, SummonlBihd· Hunting Herror,Sum-
menlBindServitor ofthe QuterGeds, Veorish Sign
HThi~specill! relatiQuship. isseeminglyatWiH ilnd with-
olll ally drain ofabililypoints; Ihe formcOIlfac,eq _is tha.t of
the Black Man,
JJnique Sorceress Abilities: Adept Psychic, MadmaD~s
Intuition, Enhanced Pineal Gland; Geemetric Gateway*"*'
She has a special grasp of Gates. and seems to be able to
drag victims into other spacesltimesagainst their wilL
ViCtiins In list sticceedaJ a Will Save (DC 25) orbedrawlI
into the gate•
........ Geometric Gateway::KeZiaWs advanced geometric
knowledge/els her pull victims through the gates she creates.'
Victims mllst make a l¥ill Save. (Be 21), or be forCibly
dragged throllgh ih'egate to Keziah's lot:tltio",
SAN: first sight of her costs III D2 Saniry poiilts~
Brown Jenkin, Rat Familiar (719)
Tiny Magical Beas!; 4 h.p.;lnit +8 (+4 D.el', +4 Improved
Initiaiiv¢);AC 16 (+2 size, +4 Dex); Spd 40 ft., clunb 40 ft.;
Atk Melee +7; SV fort +2, Ref +6; Will f I, Sz T; Str 4;;D~
IS, Con 6, Int ]4, Wis 12. Gha~. Sail 14.
Special Attacks: Jaw leck
Special Qualities: Scent (can de teet foeswiiliin3()ft. by
smell akme), lew-light visi()n, datkYisicm60 ft.
Skills: Balance +1Z,Climb + 12, Escape NtisH 12, Hide + U,
Listen +7, Move Silently +11; Spelkraft +5~
Fea~s: ImpJ"eve~llIlitiative, Weapen Finesse (bite)
Weapons: Bite (l damage)
Jaw Lock: ente BrolYTlJeukin hassLiecesS(ulJy a~tacked, he
autonuitically deals 1 peiritofdamage ellcb r.oundas he
sWallewsdelleps .of neshalellg with freSh blood, Trearing-
hUn loosecaLlSeS anadditlonal. Id3 points of damage,
Spells: Bring Pestilence, Censume Likeness, Nightmare,
Power Drain.
Sanity. Loss: 0/1.d6
E L WOO D, MAS 0 N, JEN KIN
Dante Heldmel', Mythos Scholar (80l)
lith-Level pefense Option; 29 h.p;; Init +0; AC 10; Spd 30. ft.;
Atk Mel~+3, Ranged +3;SV Fort +3, Ref +.7, Will +7; Sz M;
Sull, Dex 11, Con 12, lnt 14,Wis 14, Cha 13, San 19.
L,wgua~es: French,.English +6
Skills: Bluff +3.Cthulhu Mythos +9, Concentration +4,
Decipher Te~.t +6. Diplomacy +9. Gather Information
+lO,HeaL +3, Hide +2·, Jump +2, Knowledge
(Cryptology) +5; (HiStory) +10, (Occult) + 10,
(Photography) +4, (Psychology) +6, Listen +6, Move
Silently ·+4,.Repair +4-, Research +8, Ride +3;Spclkraft
+7~ Spot +4,Searcli +7., Sense Motiv.e +7, TUrilble +3
Feats: Clyptic Mind, Lightning Reflexes. Sharp-eyed.
TrustWorthy . ..
"B ackgrounds: Doctorate (Occult)
Weapons: Sword Cane; .32 Revolver
Spells: S\1Jl1mon/Bind Nishtgaunt, Dread CUrse of Azathoth,
Elder Sign; Contact GhouL .
Jonathan Shear, Firebug (814)
lst"Level·Offerise OptiO!l; 5 h.p,; Init +S;AC 11(+ 1 De~);
Spd 30 ft.; Atk Melee"+O, Ranged +2,$V Fort +1, Ref +3,
Will 0; SZ M; Str 9. Dex 13, Con 12, 1m 14, Wis II ,Cha 1 L
San 43.
Languages: ,English
Skills:·Bluff +4, Climb +3; Demoli.tions (lneendiaries) +5,
Diplomacy +2; Disable Device +5. Hide +5, Knowledge
(Cei:!jbustibleS) +6, listen +4; MoveSilently +5
.PerforOiilnee (Teniper Tantrum) +4, Spot +.j., Sense
Motive -1:4
Feats: cautious, Improved Initiative
Weapons:' None.
E.lapham Peabody, Curator (901)
3rd-Level Deferise Optionj8h.p.j Init +0; ACIO; Spd 30 ft.;
Atk tvlclee +0, Ranged 1: I; SV Fort + L Ref + LWill +6; Sz M;
Str9,Pex 11, Con 7, Int 17, WiSiS,Cha 15.$an63,
Langu!l~es: English
Skills: B!uff+3,0raft(CartQgraphr) +5, .C:thulhti Nlythos +4,
Coricclltrati()n +4 •.DeCipher Te~ +7. Diplomacy +6,
Forgery +4, Gather Information +8.Jnnucndo +3.
Knowledge (Accounting) +4; (Genealogy) + 10. (History)
+9. (toGal:.Arkham) + 12, (Occult) +5; (Photography) +4,
listen +3, Research. +8; Sense Moti.ve +2; Swim + 1
F~ts: Skill Emphasis (History), Skill Emphasis (Loeal);
Weal .th "
BackgroUndS: Doctorate (History), Librarian
WeaponS: None.
Jason Gaspard, OCqutist (909)
~tlH.eveI Qffense Qption; 22 h.p.; Init +.2; AC U' (+2 Dex);
Spd 30 ft.jAtk: Melee +3:. Rangeci H;.SV Fort +3. Ref +6.
Will +6; S7. M, Str 13, Dex 14, Con 14, rnt 17, Wi:; 15. Cha 18.
San 40.
HELCIMER, SHEAR, P E ABODY, G ASPARD, POTRELLO, BENITO. WILSON
Lan:guag~s: English; French +7. Latin, +6
Skills: Bluff + 14. Cthulhu Mythos + 1. Concentration.+4,
Demolitions +4. DIplomacy +12, Gath~ Information
+10, Hide +3.1imuendo+S. Intimidate +.10, Knowledge
(Anthropology) +5, (Astrology) +6, (Astronomy) + 10,
(History) +6. (Occult) -Hl,(Psychology) +6;
Performance (Oratory) +8. Research +7, Sense Motive
+6. Sleight of Hand +5, SpeUcraft + 11. Spot +6
FeatS: Mesmerism.l>ersuasive. Trustworthy, SkiUEmphasis
(Bluff)
Weapons: Stiletto.. PendngFOil.
Joe Potrello, Gangster (911)
6th-Le.vel Offense Option; 29h.p.; IJiit +5; AC11 (+ 1 Hex),
Spd 30 ft.; AtkMeiee+7, Ranged +6,$V Fort +3.R!if+6,
Will +3;$z M;Str IS, Dex l2. Con 12. I:nt IS, Wis 15. Cha 15.
San 35. . .
tanguages: ltali<ln; English +8
Skills: Bluff +9; Diplomacy +6, Drive·+4, Gather Information
+9. Hide +.6. Innuendo +6, I.ntimidate +9: Knowledge
(Gambllng)+ 10. GStreetwise) +8. Listen +6, Move
Silently +5. Performance (Oratory) +6, Sense Motive +8,.
Spot +7. ·t:unible +5
Feats: Alertness, Skill Emphasis. (Gambling). Wealth, Weapon
Proficiency (Pistols).
Weapons: Stiletto•. 38 Rcvolv¢r.
Lou Benito, Henchman (9U)
<lth-LeveIOffense Option, 24h.p.; lnit +2; ACI2' (+2.Dcx)j .
Spd 30 flo; Atk Melee +5, Ranged +5;SV Fort t3, Ref +6,
Will +l;.5z lv(;·Str 14, De...: 15\ :Con 14.1nt 12;Wis II. Chal2.
San 44.
Languages: English. Italian +8
Skills: Hide +9.1iltimidate +12. Knowledge (Streetwise) +8.
Listen +8. Move Silently +9. Spot +9, Tillilble +8
Peats: Alertness. Skill Emphasis (Intimidate)i Weapon
ProfiCienCy (Pislols)
Back~ounds:Thug
Weapons: Stiletto; .45 Revolver.
Hagan Wilson, Artist (913)
3rd-Lcvel befensebption; 7h.p.; Init +2; AC 12 (+ZDex);
Spd 30 ft.; Atk Melee + l, Ranged +3; BV FOrt -1, Ref +5,
Will +4, 5z M,Str 11; Dex IS,Con7 •.lnt 17. Wis 12; Cha 15;
San 2 .1.
Languages: "En~ljsb
Skills: (:oncentratio.n H,CthuJhu Mythos +4.Craft:
.(Drawings) +12. (Waten:olors)+ 12, Fdrg~ry +9,
Innuendo.+7, Knowledge (Occultl +5, Listen +6; Move
Silently +3. Psychic Focus +4, Se;lrch+6; :Sp~t+7
Feats: Skill Emphai;iii (Drdwing), :S,-ill Emphasis
(Watercolors).Sensitive.Seeond Sight
Backgrounds: Free Spirit
Weapons: Non·e.
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The Lurker at the Threshold (1001)
LargeOutside~; sds + 17 (37 h.p.); lnit +6 (Dex);lS (-1 Size,
+6 Dex);.4Dft (can move through arty substance at fuJI
speed);Atk Melee. +22 Pseudopod (2DIo. +17); SV Fort +20.,
LW +9, Will +10; Sz M; Str 44, Dex 22, Con «,Int 20.,
Wis 36, eha 40.
Face/Reach: 5ftJS ft/ID ft
Special Qualities: Darkvision,Blirtdsight, Iminunities (criti-
cal hits, coup de'grace,death ·from massive damage, poi-
son), DrunageReduction 10.; Resistance to piercing dam-
age (20).
SkilJs:.C:limb + 20., Hide +30.
Feats: Power Attack; Weapon Focus (Pseudopod)
ChallengeRating:S
Sariity loss: lD1D/4DlD.
~dark formless mass, huge anClslug"likehut moVing rapidly
across and through the earth. It is not completely mat(!ri-
al. It is thought to be a (orm ofYog-Sothoth.
Colour Ou.t of Space (1010)
Medium-Sized Outsider (Greater Independent Race); lo.dS
(4Sh.p.); fnit +4 (Dex); AC 14 (+4 Dex);Spd Fly 75 ft. (per-
. ed); Ark Melee + 14/+9 touch attack (envelop 1d6+ability
Hirain); SV Fort -, Ref + 11, Will-; Sz M;Str IS, Dex IS,
"<::on -, Int 12, Wis - i Cha -,
'Face/Reach: Sft!5 ft/S.ft
Special Attacks: Ability drain, disiritigtate, spell-like abilities
SpeciaJQualities: Incorporeal; vulnerable to ability-draining.
spells (as long as the ability is not Con; Wis, or Cha),
imprisoned by magnetism, temporarily djspelJed by the
£Ider Sign
Skills: Cthulhu Mythos +S,Hide + 17, Knowledge (Any four)
+1.4, Listen+17,MoveSilently +:17, Spot +17
Feats: Dodge, Stealthy, Alertness
Challenge Rating: 10.
ClintatefTerrain:The Colours .come from regions of deep
space where other dimensions co-exist with our own.
When brought to. our worldbya space travc1er, a meteor,
or piece of fallmgspace debris, they seekout cool,dal1lP
areas (such as old wells or abandoned culverts) in which
to lair.
l.l\(lvanc(~m(!nt:
None, butconsultthe Call ofCth(ll/Jllcore
rulesbook for notes.on the larva.
Sanity loss: Dlld4 toseee a col()lg, o.lldS to see one of its
victims (ld3/ldlOifhe or sheisa friend or loved one).
Edward Pickman Derby (1012)
2nd-Level DefenseOptioo;9 h~p.;Init +O;AC 10; Spd 3D ft_;
Ark Melee +1, Ranged +1;SV Fort +:0., Ref +3, Will +:2;Sz M;
Str U, Dex II, Con 10., Int 16; W.s S, Cha 11. San lS.
Languages: English
220 LURKER, COLOUR,
Y J\ ( t 's 1;ti;' 1\ \'\,\
Skills: Craft (Poetry) + 11, Cthulhu Mythos +:4, Djpipmacy
+4, Drive +S, Hide +5, Innuendo +5, Knowledge (Occult)
+S, Performance (Oratory) +4, Research+S,Sense
Motive +:5
Feats: Skill Emphasis (Poetry), Wealth
Weapons: None
Ephraim/AsenathWaite,Evil St)rcerer (1012)
IDth-Level Defense Option; 40 h.p.; Init +l;AC 11 (+1 Dex);
Spd 3D ft;; Atk Melee +0., Ranged +2; SV Fort +9,Ref +6,
WllI +il; SZ M; Str 12,Dex 13, Con 14, Int 20, Wis IS, eha
16.5an.D.
Languages: English, L<1tin (+S)
SkilJs:Astrology +11, Bluff +12, Concentration +.13,.Cthulhu
Mythos+2D, Decipher Text +IS, Diplomacy +12, Drive
+3, GatherInformation +8, Hypnosis+l~, Innuendo
+10., Intimidate + 12, Knowledge (Anthropology) +S,
(Archeology) +9, (History) +: 12, (Occult) + 15, Research
+1S, Sense Motive +:12,.Search +U;Spellcraft +16, Spot
+7,Swim +14
Feats: Mesmerism, Persuasive, Resear:ch Frenzy, Sharp-eyed,
Wealth
Ba~grounds: Doctorate, Professional Student
Weapons: Oagger
Spells: Dread Curs:eof Azathoth, Mind Tr.ansfer,Obscuring
Mists, Wither Limb. and any six Call. and Contact speUs
MosesSargent~Servant of Darkness (1012)
5th-Level Defense Option; 2S'h.p;; tnit +1; AC 11 (+1Dex);
Spd 30. ft.; Atk Melee +5, Ranged +3;SVFort +7, Ref +5,
Will +3; Sz M;Str 17, Dex13. Con 16, Int 14, WlS lS,Cha 10.
Sano..
languageS: English
Skills: Climb +7, Cthulhu Mytbos +$; Diplomacy +S, Drive
+8, Hide +9, Innuendo +6, Intimidate +4. Knowledge
(Etiquette) +S, (Occult) +4,Listen +7,MoveSilently+S,
Repair +S, Search +6, Spot + 10, Swim + 10, Use Rope +2
FClitS: AlertnesS, Endurance; Stealthy
Weapons: .3S Revolver
Abigail Sargent, Servant of Darkness (1012)
<lth-Level Defense Option; 22 h.p.; fnit +]; AC 11 (+1 Dex);
Spd 30 ft.; Atk Mdcc +4, Ranged +:3; SV Fort +:3, Ref +5,
Will +6; SzM; Str lS.Dex 13, Con IS; lut 14, Wis 15, Cha9.
San O.
Languages: English
Skills: Climb +4,Cthulbu Mythos +S, Diplomacy -f6,Drive
+3, Hide +7, I:nnuendo +7,Intimidate +1, Knowledge
(Profanities) +:6, (Occult) +3, Listen +7, Move Silently
+8, Search +6, Spot +10., Swim +6
Feats: Alertness, Sharp· Eyed, Stealthy
Weapons! None.
DE.RBY, WAITE, SARGENT
 EUnice Babson, Saucy Servant of Darkness
2nd~Level Offense Option; 12 h.p.; Tni.t +2; AC 12 (+2 Dex);
'Spd 30 ft.; AtkMelee +4, Ranged +3; sv Fort +1, Ref +5,
WilJ +4; .Sz M;Str 13,.Dex 14, Con 13, lnt J I, Wis 12,Cha 13.
San O.
Languages: English
Skills~ Cthulhu Mythos+3, Diplomacy +4, Drive +3, Hide
+7, Innuendo +6,.Knowledge (Qccult) +2, Listen+S,
Move Silently +9, Performance (Lewd Seduction)+5,
Search +7, $pot + 7, Swim +6
Feats:AJertness, Sharp-£yed;Stcalthy
Weapon~: Dagger.
Stil1l1ey lIc)rrington,Adventurer (1013)
6th-l~v¢J Offense Option; 32 h.p.; IniH3;AC 13 (+3 Dex);
Spd.30ft;;AtJ<Mclce -I 7, Ranged +8; 5V Fott +5, Ref +8,
WiU +4; Sz M;-Str 15, Dex 16~; Con 1.6, Int 13, Wis 15,
Cha IS. San 75.
languageS: English,_French +2
Skills: Bluff +6, Craft (Cartography) +6,Diplomacy +5.
Drive -+-7, Gather Information +6, Heal +3. Listen +6;
Pilot (Small Air<:rAft) + 12, Repah· +9•.Sense Motive :1'3,
Spot +6, rumble + 1Q, Use Rope +4
Feat~: Barnstormer, Fly-By Attack (As per Creature Feats.
Page 156 of Core Rulebook In), skill Emphasis (Pilot),
SkiUEmphasis (Tumble), Weapon Profidency (Machine
Guns)
Backgrounds: Adventurer, pilot
Weapons: .45 Revolver, .30 Machine G.un
'//Harrington has· to rlln, jump, or climb; treat Dexas B dlle to
.his limp.
Darrus McCrindle, age 50, .
Madman Pursuer of Knowledge (Antiquarian)
- 3rd-Level Off~ilSeOption; 13 h.p.; Init -2; AC 12 (+2 Dex);
Spd .30 ft.; Atk Melee +5; Ranged +5; SV Fort + I, Ref +3,
Will +6; Sz M; Str 14, Dex 14, Con 10, Jot 14, Wisl7, Cha 10.
SanO.
Languages: English
Skills: Appraise +4, Climb +6, CthulhuMythos +3, Forgery
+3, Gather Information +3, Heal +8, Hide +4, Intimidate
+ 1, JllffiP +1, Knowledge (AIithropology) +4, Knowledge
(History) +3, Know1~dge(Law) +~., Kn_owledge
(Medicine) +6, Listen+ I, Move Silently +6, Open Lock
+1, Research ·,-4,Scnse Motive +2, ·Sleight of Hand +2,
Speak Arabic +3. Speak Classical Chinese + I; Speak
<;:optk + 1, Speak Latin + i, .Spot +2.
BABSON, HARRINGTON, MCCRINDIE,
Feats: Dodge, Skill Emphasis (Hide),WeaponProficiency
(Melee).
Spells: Conta~t Deity/Aziithgth, Contact p(!ity/Y:og~S(jthoth,
Hider Sign, SummonfBind Star Vampire; Voorlsh Sign,
and gameJ:ll.u;ter'schoice between Fist ofYog:,Sothoth
and Grasp of Cthulhu,
.LEVI STONE, PSychotic Murderer
5th-Le'lel Offense Option; 42 h.p.;.lnit+2; AC 12 (+2 Dex);
Spd 30 ft,; Atk Melee +S, Ranged +6;SV Fort +!!; Ref +3,
Will+l; SZ M; Str IS, Dex 14, Con IS,TntlS, Wis 1I,Cha 13.
San '0:
Languages: English
Skills:: Bluff +7, Climb +10, Disguise +3, Heal +2, Hide +7,
lritimidate +9, Jump +5, Usten +Q, Move Silen~y tS,
Sense Motive +3, Spot +6, Swim +9, Tumble +5, Use
Rope +4, Wildemesslore+8
Fciats: Endurarice. _Run, Track, Weapon PrQficiency (Melee)
Backgrounds: Thug, Militia
Weapons: Knife, Wo()d Axe
HANNAH STONE
2nd-Level Defense Option; 12 h,p.; lnit + I;At 11(+ 1 De)();-
Spd 30 it.; Atk Melee + I ,.Ranged +2; SV Fort +5, Ref +4,
Will +0; Sz.M; Str 10, Dex 12; Con 15,Int 1l,Wis 10, Cha 11.
San IS.
~guag~s: English
Sldl\s::Concentration +3, Craft (C(}oking) +5, (Sewing) +5,
HandJ.eAnil1lal +3, Heal +5, Hide +5, Listen +6. Move
Sileil~ly +6, Spot +5, Wilderness Lore +5
Feats: Alertness, Dodge
Weapons: kitchen knife, hatchet
ZEKLE STONE, Adolescent
2nd-Le'leIOffense Option; 8h.p.; Init +3;AC 13 (+3Dex);
$pd 30ft.; Atk Melee +0, Ranged +4;SV Fort +2, Ref +6,
Will +2;Sz M; Str 9, Dex L6, Con 9, .Int 13, Wis Is,Cha 12.
San 20.
Languages: English
Skills: Bluff +2, Climb +4, Craft (Wood Carving) +6, Hide
+7, Jump +4,Usten +6, Move Silently +5, Search +4,
Sense Motive +5; Spot +6, SWIm +3, Tumble +4. Use
Rope +4, Wilderness Lore +6
Feats: Alertness, Sharp Eyed, Weapon Profkiency (M¢lee)
Backgrounds: Militia
Weapons: Club, Wood Axe, Knife, Hatchet
STONE. 221
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THE GOASKOI,Levi's God
Huge C:onstr-uct; 18dlO (90 h.p.);lnit +0 (Dex); AC 10 ("2
size; +2 Natural); Spd 25 {t'iAtk Bite" +.15 Melee, Trample
+15 mel~;.5V Fort +10, Ref+.s;WiIl +.H);Sz M; Str 40,.Dex
1O,·Con -, Int 15; Wis20, Cha -:-.
• No bite attackiflieadless
Damage: Bite'" 2d8+. ls,Trample 2dl0+15
'No bite attack ifheadless
SpedaIAttadcs: Traniple
Speqai Qualities: Darkvision, Damage Reduction N-t-l,
. COnstruct lmll1unities
Skills: Intimidate + 16,Psychk Focus -1--14. Sense Motive +12;
Spot +.8
Feats: Power Attack. Sensitive; Telepathy
CR: 10
ClimaleJTerriiin:Porested Swam p
Advancement! None
Sanity Loss: 2/1 DS+. 2
Following the rem(IVal .of tlkbark, thegoaskoi \Vas.qtrved
from a white pine log of about 35 feet in lengiliand
about three feeUhiCk. li>ngimmersionin the fetid bog
darkened the wood 10 near black. The carver covered
most of the surface of the log.with faintnon-Eudidian
patterns, some of which are now invisible to the naked
eye;
Thdacehas veri large, nl~dly staring eyes arid a
large, partly open mouth inwhichiildividu;il teeth 2-3
inches long can be seen. Theneckandtrunkare not dis-
tingUished; and there are no arms: A set of cOinparatively
.smill. upparently ornamental maJegenitaIia mark the
apex of the legs. The legs themselves areaboutteil fect
long,condudingin slightly. wider stumps for feet.
Similar humanoidconstructs are common. to many
nmgkaL traditions; the liighSanity cost to see this pne is
due to the hyperdimensional vision, which afflicted its
creator.
COmbat
Thegoaskoi isdumsy i~ movement, given the disproportion
ofJegsto body; the lack ofams, and the inflexibIlity of
its spine. but croSses open ground and shallower waters
steadily and tirelessly.
Thegoaskoi .t~kes normal damage from. cl~ctricity\
firc,.and. lldd; these and ffingiC:111 spells.are the. best Ways
to destroy it. Physkaldamage from gUlls, axes, Saws. and
so. forth ma}'fuially dividetbe thing. rEcut apart; the legs,
trunk, etc., may independetltlytWitch or stomp forsevei:-
al days or many weeks, and may act with purpose if the
keeper desires.
Trample (Ex): As an .attackacti()n the Gpaskoi Can Tr3Jl1ple
Medium sized (or smaller), creatures for 2d6+ 15 points
of damage. It is not required to. stop when it enters its'
Victims' threatened area,
GOA~KOI!
i\ Y
l -rf
A)' h '" 1\ n\
A Tranlpled opponentc.an attempt ;(free attack in
resppnse;but thisattackinc.ursa -4 penalty; Ifthe furget
forgoes this free attack it6minstead attemptaReflex
saving throw (DC 20) for half damage.
ConstruCt Immuniti.es: The Goaskoi is immune to mind-
influ¢nc.ingeffects, poison •. disease,and .death effects,.cdt-
ic.al.bits;.subdual damage, ability eliimage, arid death from
ma~sivedarnage.
Henry Atwater {in Bishop's Body)
3rd-Lcvcl DcfenscOptiqn; i3 hop;; I(lit +0; AC 1O;$pd30 ft.;
AtkMeJee +1. Ranged +l;SV Port +2, Ref+~.,Will +2;SzM;
SIr 11, Dex 11, Con 9, lnt 17,Wis ls, Cha 9. 5an.35.
Languages: English; La,in+6
Skills: Blllff +2, Climb +2, Concentration :+ 1, Diplomacy +7,
Drive .+4, Gather Information +4, Heal +7, Jump +2,
Knowledge (Biology) +6, (Botany) +13, (Chemistry) +5.
(History) +4, (Psychology) +4, Research+8, Spot +6;
Search +7, Sense Motive +4
Feats: Sharp Eyed.5killEmphasis: (Botany), trustworthy
Backgrounds: Student
Weapons: None
Helll)' Atwate·,. no /ongerages !lGturally ·"or.c(]n he be killedhy
physical force. He flO liJ/lgerhas a maximum lige, afld can-
.flot die from :starvation, or t71irst,.and gains ·the supernatu-
ral ability Fast Healing 5. However. Atwater~s creature type
is/lOW treatcdas "Olltsider" for deteonillil1g magical
~ifeds. . . . ..
The Resident Shogg9th
Use the shoggdth jil.tne CaJ/ofCthulhucore book,
pagelSL
Sermon Bishop(in Atwater's body)
14Ih-Le.veIOffens:C Option; 42 n;p,; Init +5.(+4 Improv~d
Initiative}; AC II (ot! DeX); Spd 30 ft.; Atk Melee +12/+71+2,
Ranged + 12/+7/+2; SV Fort +6. Ref +5, Will +14; SzM;
StT 13.; Dcx 13. Con J4,lnt 19, Wi"s 20, Cha to. San O.
Languages: Old English, Latin+. l2,C;reek +8
Skills: l3Iuff +S, Concentration +8.Cthulhu Mythos +8,
Decipher Text + 12, Diplomacy +14, Disguise +4, Gather
Information + 10, Heal. +8, Hide +4, Hypnosis + 12,
lnnuendo+6, Intimidate +5, KnOWledge (Chl::mistry)
+ 16, (Genealogy) +5, (History) + lO,(Diniensiorial
Theory) + 12,JOcc.ult} + IS,.(Psycho!ogy) +5; Listen +5,
~oyeSilenlly +6, Research + 14,'Sei1se Motive +8, search,
+6,.SpelJcralt + l4,-Spot +6; Swim +2
ATWATER. BISHOP
Feats: Combat Casting, Improved lnitiativ~! Mesrnedsm,
Research Frenzy,Skill Emphasis (Occlilt), Weapon
Proficiency (Pistol)
Backgrounds: Vigilante
Weapons: Dirk, .38 Revolver
Spells: D¢athbyFlames, Dread Curse of Aiatiloth, Maggots,
Hypnotism, Mind Transfer; Pact ofQuachil Uttaus.
Shriveling;:Siimll1on/Bind Hunting Hotror;and Worms.
.Magic lte!l1: (leath's head silv(!r ring on right middle finger
accwriuJates 1 hi! point daily (subtracted ·froni the:.;year-
er's total) to his or her maximum hit points, then ·returns
theSe points to thewcarer agafn (to maximum hit ·points)
when a word known onlytp Bishop is spoken alo\:td.
KeeperNre strongly urged never to let the knowledge
of the item pUSS 10 investigators; the keying'word ha,s
neVer been written down~
Note: though Bishopspiiit is fiJlly .defended, until he reneWs
his immortalltyheis vulnerable in all other re,>pectS; If
killed in mortal state, the soft light of his protected spirit
cpUectsover his bo.dy. then gr;tduaHy .dims and dissipates.
As events unf6ld ·in Afkham ..over the ne;\:l months or
years; Bishop's death and lingering spirit might bea good
way to add a new wraith to the localhindmaJ:ks.
Quachil Uttalis, Great Old One
Medium-size GreatOl<iOne(less~rDeity) (Death)
Hit Dice: 24d12+ l2D (:279 h.p.); Initiative: +0.(-4 Dex.
+4 Improved lnitiativ~);AC 19 (+8 natural. +5 Divine,.-
4 Dex); Speed 40 ft.;Auacks:+25/+20/+15/t 10/+5; SV
Fort +18; Ref +9, Will. +25; Sz M; Str 12; De:.. 3. Con 20.
I~t 19, Wis35,C:haI1.
.Domains: Time, D~ath. Destruction
Facei~each: 511. by 5 fr./5 ft.
Special AttIlck:lnstill terror (Will save, DC 20 to resist) vic-
tim freezes for 1d4 . rpunds.Uillimit~d use()f DeSsicating
Touch .• automatic success,danlage IdlOOCQn (instanta-
neous a~ngand death).
SpecialQualities: Divine qualities; dark\;ision;undead
immunities; .immilne to all kncl'iVnmagicalattacks; upon
succ~ssful attack weaponsfustantly ageto dl1s! and disso~
lution.
Skills: Hide +28, Innuendo +- 18, lntiinidate +22,.Knowledge
(Undead) +2), Listen +9; Move SilentLy +35. Sense
Motive +33, Spot +28
Feats: Alertoess•.lmprovecl Initiativt;,Stealthy, Toughness
Spells: as the keeper wiShes. including any \vhich have to do
witli life, death,tirrie,and aging.
.Sanity loss: seeii)gQuachil Uttaus co.sls 106/1 D20$an.
Worship; no kn.oWn cult \vptship.
UTTAUS. ESTHERIDGE, ADA]:\'I,
Mrs. Mildred Estberidge
3rd-Level Defense Option; 12 h.p.; lriit +0; Ac 10; Spd 30 ft;;
Atk Melee +1, Ranged +I;SV Fort +3; Ref fl. Will +5;5zM;
Str 10, Dex .WiGOI} 10; Iritl7, Wis 14. Cha 11. San 45 .
Languages: English. German
SkillS: Bluff +3; Diplomacy +6, Drive Car +2, .Gilthe:r
Information +6, Innuendo +8,KnO\"ledge(Archaeology)
+5, Knowledge (Anthropology) +7, Ktiowledge' (Arkham
Hist9ry) +9. Knowledge (Occult) + 11. _~eSearch +6
Feats: Persuasive, Skill Emphasis (Knowledge (Qccult),
Trustworthy
Weapons: none.
ADAM, Age 13
Medium Zombje 2d12+~ (~2 h,p.); !niH. (D~'(J; AC 11
(-1 Dex. +2 natural); Spd 30 ft.;Atk MeIe.e HSlam (ld6+3);
SV Fott+O, Ref -I; Will +3; Sz M; Str 17, Dex 8. Con -.lnt-,
Wis 11; Chal.San 0;
Undead: lmmune tomind"Wluencirigcffed~, poison, sleep,.
paraly~is; sfunning and disC;!se. Not sobj¢¢\,to critical
hits,subdual _ dain:lge,abilitydamage;en~rgydiain. Or
death ~rom massive c:l.ml~ge.
Feats: Toughness,
Sanity Cost: l/lD8SA1'1.
Notes: par.tial actions only. As the keeper finds appt9priatc"
many spells have no effect. Damage lozom:bies can be
described as exploding heads, severed. arms, holes
through torsos, and so. on, but' the undl~d thing k~eps on
coming until. hit pointsreilchzero. Splatteqresults
. sinearing: inv~tigator fuces may callfqradilitional Sanity
losses.
Be is five _feet. five inches taU,-and very sit()ng, His boCly is
the most decayed of the three; his fuce 1$ sunken and black-
ened. During hiseJiisleri.c do t11ewoqds, he bas.·torrioff ~o
fingers; ~OJTi¢of IUs ribs can be seen where the flesh has be~
abra~ed a\vay. Deep:sctatches that never bleed mar his body.
His eyes showonJy the whit!;s; his tongue has withered and
dried toa stub; maggots arJd beetles prowl his dead flesh. No
clothes are left to rum.
ROSEMARY, Age 15
Medium Zombje 2d12+3 (14 h.p;);lhit ·2 (Dex); AC 10
(-2 Dex. +2 na~ral); Spd 30 (t.; Atk Melee +3 Slam (I d6+3);
SV Fort +0; Ref ~2. Will +3; Si M; Str 16,. Dex 6.Con-.lnt-.
Wis 11, Cha 1. San O.
Undead: lnti:nune tominp-influencing effe"ts; .P9isoo,sleep.
paralysis, sfunuinganddisease. Not subject tocrilical
hits,subdual darri~g~, abilitydarnage, energy diain, or
death from massiVe dam:age.
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,Feats: Toughness.
Sanity cOst: IIlD8SAN.
Notes: partial aetion~ olily; As the keeper finds appropriate,
m(iny spells have .no cifect. Damage to zombies can be
desccibedas e.,<plodlng heads., severed arms, holes
through torsos, ang so on,but .the undead Ihingkeeps on
coming until hit points reach zero .. Splattery result~
smearing investiga.tor faces may call for additional Sanity
.losses.
She is five feet, three inches tall, arid very Strong. Her body is
some~11at decayed, but thos~ ravages cannot be seella! a dis-
tan.ce. She is,Physkally intact. Deep scratches mar her belly
and· thighs. Her eyes show only the whites; her tongue has
withered and dried to a stub; yeHow and brown ribbon
\\rormsprowl.her dead flesh andoccasionaJly emerge unex~
pectedly. No clothc:s are left to her. On her right .vnist isa
gold bracelet bearing an inscription: Rosemary, ollr belovei,l
dallghter.
JESSICA, Age 9
S~alJ ZOrilbie ld12+3 (J 2 h.p,);lnit -2 (De.x); AC to
(+ 1 Size, -2 Dex, + I natural); Spd 20 ft.; Atk Melee +~ Slam
(ld4+ I); SV Fort +Q, Ref -2, Will +3;.Sz M; Srr 12, Dex 6,
Con -, Int -, Wis II,eha I. San O.
224
Undead: Immune to mind-influencing effects, poison. sleep.
to
paralysis. stunning and disease. Not subject critical
hits.subdualdamage, ability damage, energy drain. or
death fro:m massive damage.
Feats: Toughness.
Sanity Cost: 111 D8 SAN.
Notes: partial actions only. As the keeperfmds appropriate.
manyspeUs have no eff'ect. Damage to zombies cail be
described as explodirtgheads, severed arms, holes
through torsos, and soon,.but the undead thing keeps on
coming uutil hit points n:ach ·zero. Splattery results
smearing investigator faces may call foraddltional Sanity
losses.
Jessica is foUr feet. eight inc;hes tall and very strong (or her
size. Her bodyis.littledccayed,not noticible until face-to-
face. Her left big toe is missing. Light scnltehes cover har
back. buttocks, and legs. Her eyes show only the whites; .her
tongue has withered and dried to a stub; orange earthworms
tunnel her flesh, emerging{rom her nostrils and ears. Rotting
fragments of a bJuegingham dress cover her back and shoul~
ders; no other garments dothe her. • •
JESSICA
Call Quachil Uttaus
Component~:V, $, F

(;Qst:.20 Wisdom damage, and 1m 0 Sanity

CastingTime: 10.100 Minutes
Range: Close (25ft +5 n.r2Ievels)
Target: The Great Old One Quachil Unaus
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Noni:

special requirements forhi..~ summoning,

Perceive Text
COmponents:V, S
Cost: 1 Wis damage
Casting Time: I full round
Range: Personal
.Target:·Caster
Duration: I hour/level (D)

The sp.elJ temporarUy drains I \visdom pqim per 6 hollrs ~draction th.er~f o~\~dUJg;~dllie
caster must be touching the desired book.or other unit of writing. To read ane\\'oook> r:eq!1iresla~DeW
Perceive Texnobecast, and the spellcan.be recast until the casters wisdompolntsare;.exhilwited.
LearniilgPerceivc Text (osts I Sanity point, however castiilg.this spell drains no $;i~ i,i9ilils.

D20 CTHUIHU SPELLS

 H .f. 1 0 v <: C l' /\ (t ')' J~ .~ 1I\
Sign.of Barm a.bout:sixinches IQngito enlarge from withinJne ,VjetilIi'sdigeStivesys,
[lyfuid- Affecting] tern and pour (jut'all orifices, incidentallysuJfocaiing,the target. ,I f the
target makll$ his fort S;lVe he mailages tp expel enough ofthe,ivomstb
Components: V; S.P
surVivc.butstill takes·3D6 damage fromi!ltern31bleedIJ)g"an~ sho,tk.
o,st: 2 Wi$domdrain,and id4Sani\y pointS
Disgusiingto watch and impossible to stop. witnesses lose I D6 San
CaSt!ngnrn:~:2d4 full rounds each.
Rar!ge: Touch
.Target: One Talisman
Dutatio.n: Inslanlaricous Mil$gots
~aVing ThroW: Will Negates: Components: v;S
CoS,!! 8 Wls dilma8t',~nd 1M Sanily
Creates a lalisman that must be attached toa being. immobilizing the
Cilsting)'imi: Lat,tion
being if it fails its will save. The target .can think ..,percei\(e; and breathe·
RlUlge: Close (25 ft +5,(t:l 2'levcls)
normally, butcannof. initiate"movement or cast spells. Winged crea-
tures, and swimmers hi ,coniact Ii'ithtliesigncan'r moveaiid will faU, Target: One livingC~lUre
orcirow.n.. Dutation: 206 Minutes.
Learning the Sign of Barzai takes.eight hours, and aSpeilcraft SaYfugTIlrow: NOric,(See Text)
check.againsl DC 16. .
Causes tens of thousands.of common housefly eggs t,ofonD.on the,vic-
lim!s,skin ..It can be use<! only '1gainstasleeping.hypnotized,orothe.t~
p",ct Qf Quadill Uttaus wise unresisti.ngtarget.
Components: V,S. M , Astheeggs<iuicklyh.;\tch;~he (ast"grO\ving laryaecoi\s!Jmethe ViC7
Co,st: 30 Wisdomdimiage. 3 Coiidrnin. ~i1d ID to Sanity tinl's skin and :oUler flesh,intlictinglP1 hit Points of dam~ge ' ~r
CnstiitgThnIl! tDlOOininute~
round, and renderingthe , targ~t unc()Dsciou,sfrOl:n shock and blood
loss unless the target ma/<es a successful Fortitudesave.Prompl and
Range: Personal.
successful First ,Aid and simple tClcticssul!h aseme.rsion io watetor
Target'you kerosene naveagoodcham:eof s'avinglhe target Un(ortunateIy,being
Punition:·lnstantanco\ls coated with re!1Ppearing maggots costs the vil!tim12San; often
Sa,yiDgthrow: Non~ enou~h to leave a target jnsane and unable to defend'agaiost suChan
attack. The horror of witnessing this spelf costs bystanders 1D6 San
this ritual transfonns the signatory into an immortal outsicler,
.eadJ.
Immune to all forms of death.Thec:aster must cootactQuachil Uttaus,
(See Call Quachil Uttaus Spell), and bind the Great OldOnetoapact~ By the end ofthespells duration the maggots have~ned iotolarge
As hissigliQtiachil Uttaususually defonns the contractor's spine. bloated flies, leaving behind.a lump, recognizably humanoid only 00
dose inspection. ' . . .
Onl!ethe pact .is completed. the contractor neither. ages natunilly
nor can be killed by any force physical nor most magil!a1 iorces.the
contractor's body no longer has a maXimum age, no longer dies from COntact ZOmbie
starvation, or thirst. and gains the ability Fast Healing, 5.Thecontrac·
CQinporierits: V. S
tor's creature trpe becomes "Outsider" for determining. magical
effects. ' (:Qst:2Wis.aamage, and. Id3 Sanlly.
CastingTlme: 104 +5 fiLII roWlds.
Usually accompanying the spell are .the Forbidden Words
"Exklopios Qllachil Uttalli. ·/f the words are uttered in the pres\''1lce Ratlge: 50 Miles/Level, (no line of sight required).
ofnny contractor,Quachil Uttailsappearsand takes thatperson known Target: I hit die worth of zombiesl Level
whim, If contacted with .no c~r1tractor present, the Great Old One Duration: Instantaneous
(akes wh.oever has uttered the words. In bothcaseshelea\(e~ oitlya pile Saving Throw: N()ne
.of ash ..Speaking the Frirbidden~~r.ds cosis 10,Wisdom ,Mmageand
ID.6S~, and th.e Jesuiting ~pp;e'aranc~ of QuacIiil ,!Jrtaus costs Call.sall -zombies ·within ·failge:of the .caster. After sunset; the caster
1D6/lD20 San. inscribes acjrale on ~egroi.lild,slands in lhecenierandchantS.Tbe
circle pr()tectsthecaSt<!ror (;asters from UielJIl.deadas longasthcr
.te,main within. Aci.i:C!eholds rio mo~Ulan four people~
Worms 'the'.zonibies approach the·drde and then stop at itsedg'e;stafing
C9ml>Qnents: v; S, M. hUilgrUyatthose.ioside.Thezombiesmust remain at the:cirde~s edge
Cost: 6Wis dpmage, and I D6 sanity until dawn; unable to. esCape/rom attack~. .
GastingTime: I action
Range:ciosc(i5 ft:l'5 fr.l2 levels)
pe$troy Z9mbie
Targd: One Living r.~eat\lr('
Components: v,.s, M
,Dw:ation: Instantaneous
Cost: 5: Wisdom.damage. ami ID4 Sanity
Saving Throw: Fort (partia\),
Casting Tune: lii.dion
Thi~ spell causesthousandsQf bla~,wrig.8lingrolindworms, each Range: Close {2·5 (t +5·ft.l2 levels)

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Target: One Corporeal Undead A veerla at1ac:ks by attempting to possess its enemy, forcing its
Duration: Instantaneous intended victim to make a wilL save, DC 18, to resist the assault of the
Saving Throw: Fort negates alien spirit. If the vecrJa wins the struggle, its target loses lDBSan.The
entity continues toatlack until the victim goes temporarily or perma-
ThisspelJ destroys one zombie per casting. The short chant ispunctu- nently insane. The vee ria takes possessio~of its body, usually remain-
ated bybreaJ<ing the neck of a live bird. this causes the instant collapse ing there until tbevictim's body is somehow destroyed.
and rapid decay of the zombie at which the dead bird is thrust Each
Acorpse can beautomaticallyp()ssessed and animated by a veerla
zombie requires a new bird.
if direCted to.doso by the one who summoned it. Possession and ani-
mation may last for decades or centuries, until the possessed physical
CallAthu body loses all hit points, freeing the veerJa.
Components: V, S, F A possessed victim behaves like a 7.ombie, foraging afield and lack-
Cost:.20 Wisdom damage, and ID 10 Sanity ingany rational intelligence.
~stirigTune: IDIOO Minutcs Seeing a summoned veerJa (which is formless and barely visible)
Range: Close (25 ft +; ftJt levels) costs the viewer 011 D4San.
Target: Athu, Maskof Nyarlathotep, Messenger ofthe Outer Gods Sun1010n/BindVeerla is 6neofs.everal ways to crcate zombies.
Duration: Instantaneous
Saviilg Throw: None
call of Cthulhu Spells for D&D
Ahtll is one of Nyarlathotep~s 999 forms, worshiped mainly in central Call QuachilUttaus:Conjuration [Evil ],dr9, Components 5,QOOXP
imd souiliern Afiica.Alitu appears in the form Of a blad<. column of
VisC9US matter,50 feetindiameter,eruptingf!om below'ground. Perceive Text: Diyination. Sor/Wiz 1
Aspedal amulet depicting a three lobed eye wreathed by names is Sign of Barzai: Enchantment [Mind~Affeclingj. Sor/Wiz .4,
necessary for the calling. Normally, this amulet should be kepLin two Components 1,000 XP
pieces so as to notacddentally arouse Ahtu. It is believedlhat AllIucan
bec;llledonly at certain special locations in Africa, although olhers Pllct of Quachil Ottaus: Transmutation,. Sor/Wiz 9, Components
m,ay. exist 15,000 XP
Worms: TransOlulation,Sor/Wiz 4
Summ()n/Bind Veerla Maggots: Conjuration,Sor/wiz 3
tomponen~: Y,$. F
Cost: 4 Wisdom damage, and IDlSanity Contact Zombie: Conjuration [Calling], Sor/Wa 6
Casting Time: 1 full round DestroyZoIIlbie: Ne~romancy, Sor/Wiz 5
Range: ,Close (2;i ft +5 ft.! 2kvcJs)
Call Athu: Conjuration [Evilj.Clr9; Components 5,000 XP
Target:Oneslimmoned Veerla (spirit)
Duration: Sp,ccial Summon/Bind Vema: Conjunitiori ICallingl,Sor/Wii7
Saving Thi'ow: Will nega.teS

The,Summoning afldBindingspelis to compel Veeila are based on the NEW FOR d20 CTHULHU
rules forSurilmon/Bind Creatllre intheCaJl ofGthulhu core book. Use
tha.t spell except asll<it~d below.
The veerla (or v'lera) are thought of as spirits oras·creatures·from
somewhere .out.side. They are nearl~ iinmaterial and iminune .10 aU
weaporis and most magic.
As'servants, they are mainly used to retrieve objects or to 'attack
Contortionist [General]
enemies. The spell causes a single veeria to come before the casterand
perfotma partkulartask. You can twist. and curl your body into .lInnaturaishapcs.

ToSummon/Bind'a'Yeerla, the caster must inscribe a complex sym-
bol in white ona dark surface. and then crouch uponiLOne or more
assistants may hand the caster smallariimals to be sacrificed and rat-
tles to be shaken; this is a ritual. difficuJtto perform alone. The climax
onhe ceremony comes when two humanhands,seyered from a corpse
leSs tharia week old, must held aloft by.the caster: when the veerla
appears, it takes hold .of the left hand and pulls it out of the caster's
grip, as though the severed hand eouid float in.ak
The caster must be able to physical\ysee or correctly visualize
bis target; and then ~ his or her c:ommarid mentally. A veerla may
be held inreadiriess bYlhe caster for up to 24 hours before the sum-
monedveerlais lost..
Prerequisite: Del( 15+
Benefit:·Contortionists gain a +3 aptitude bonus \0 all Es.cape Artist
checks,and.canUBelly Crawl" ala rapid rate.As long as Iheconlortion-
iSlisn't hindered, (handcuffs, barbed wire, caItrops,eJch he can move
at his normal m"vemcnt ratc while effectively pron!}. However, even a
contortionist can't run or double inovewhile prone.
Aninla1 Magnetism [General]
You have a naturally magnetic personality,
Prerequisite: Chr 15+

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Benefit: Yo,u gain a +2'!p.titudeb<inus tq ;dl Diplomacy, and
PsyChoanalysis checks.
Barnstormer
Your piiotiogskilisare legendar)'.
Prerequisite: 5+ ranksinPilotSJ<ill, and'lumbJe
Benefit: )ouean attempt a tumble check whileairbornero perfiirtil
aerial acrobatks, stunts and toiricrease your vessels combat abilities,
Bilrnslormerscan attempt ihc follo''';in~: .
• I~MIWe4arlfagetoyollrilircrtlftdlir.ingeias" lalldiilgS ,witha sue-
cessjultililb/,rclieck ~ perthe71imb{erilles,
• FlyDefo/1sively, tliusgaiJiiiig a +3 dodge bOil us to Ihei'fplaliesAC.
• Full Defellse, Gaillst}zepulliea +6 dodgebollus 10AC.
Special: Pilotswi.tllthe Do:dgeor El(pel1isefea:ts can apply the bonu$~
t'$grantcd bythese fcats to t~e'ir; plancnvhi1c in combat.
CryptkMind [General]
YOUt;anCrilc~ co.des and ciphe~ Iv.ilhease; in Ca.ct your thought
processes areneari}'iJi<iecipherable,
Prerequisite: rnt 16+
Benefit: Y()i1 gain a +2 insight bonus ttl .all. Decipher Text,. C!l1d
COl11puter Usecbetks.lf .3 Psychic, or Sorcerer attempts to ,read•.or
p'f?be yOUT mind, the DC is iI;creased by + I due to your. enigmatic
~ental processes.
Sp-ecial: In pre-corilpiltercampll.igns appl)' thebo.nus to Knowledge:
(Cryptology). instead of computer lise
Innate iinguist [General]
Character has an inri(lte s~se for lingui~ic structure. ind language
roots,
PrerequiSite: lilt 15+, must have at least 4 ranks in any language
other ,than your native tongue;·
Benefit! You- gain a + I insight bonlls to ali Speak Qther LangWlse:
,checks.
Speciil1: This bonus.applkstQ a.ll Speak Other lariguagesskills you
possess. This Feat stacks ~ilhSkill llmphasis: SpealsOther Language
(Specific). It does not slack ivith i!self.
Mesmerism [General]
You haveaspeHbinding personality,
Prerequisite:Chr 12+
BeDdit: You gain lI'+~ in-herenlbQriuS to all Diplomacy, and Hypnosis
checks.
Research Frenzy [General]
YourimmensewiUpowc:r fortifies .your ¢ndurancewhil¢ stuc!y.in~,
'Prerequisite: Base will save;+3'or more, Skill Emphasis: (Research)
Benefit:You don't. reqllireasinuch fest as normal while studying ot
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res~ching. Your willp<i\veraloiie ~eepsyOuawake:an.d ;dei-t longer
.than aVerage people; Thisrc:duces the tim¢ requited to study myiliriS
tomes"andlearn,spellsby one half.
Thus if studying the "CulteS De 'GhriuI es" would normally take 4
weeks, the researcher can aricnipt to coin press the study IUlle into a
,frenzied 2 weeks~ Remember, iheinvestigator can't perform any
adiOl1s o~ne~r tnansfudyingduring.thisentire time period.
At ihe begfnning of the exam'inationpedod the investigator must
makea successful will save (DC] ();IO avoid falUngasleep,Every night
(he De increasesliy()ne.so un ihe seventh night otstudythe inveSti-
gator must make aw:ill .sav¢ag:iiosi DC f(i;(OCiO + 6.cxtnidays). If
the researCher falls ~s'eepfor anylengtllof rime, {more tbanan hour}.
pr!o(to;completing the examiil~iionperiod hemustrriake,a success-
ful lnlelligeIice chcck.D<:15 .. or stai'toVc:f from the beginriing,
Slcep deprivation has an unfortunate side effect on humans; every
riight the investigator forgoes <sleep they must make a will save; riC
e.qu:iIIQ the wiHsave required ·to.liyoiCl sleep; or .temporarilylose 3 .
point ofchiu'isnia due to their fraYing nerves and exhaustion. If the
•investigato,rs Chadrops to Oth~yldse .alliriterest in the outsidewodd,
they retreat totally into thei'estudies.Jftheir frien.d~ don't force them
,t()s~op an<i reSt th~y liiill ¢ventl!ally <iie of starVation. Tne ,h;lrisllia
damaged by ytis.over-exertionr~coYersasn()rlliaI fonibility d;lmage
once the frenzy is ended.
Once the·reseaI.ch frenzyis ·ovei';( eithet succesSfuJly.orotherWise},
the.ln~estigatorrilustgetconiptete bed rest for no less than8hours{Qr
e\'cry day spem in theft:enzy. The inVestigator is able to, share what he
le'!!D~4 f ro,m his stlldies ~Ilt;can~l ex!!rthimself in any way.
Normal: Researchers mustspend no less than 8hoUIS out of every 24
sleeping to maintain concentration. This is especiaUyimportant while
studyingmythosmaterials sirice most supernatUral items influence
thesubconsdous morethari tlie: coiisciousmind,
Synergy: Charao;ters with the Enduran'ce Feat can apply its bonus to
their will save.to wardo'ff sleep;and to resistth·eloss ofcharisma,
Surgeon [General]
You are trained to perform iniriGl~~ surgical procedures.
Prerequisite: \Vis 13+;5+ ranksio Heal
Benefit: You gain a +2compdence bpnus to ·heal·checks.Iilad~tion
to youi' skillednealing. you have the ability torevivep;1tieiitseVelI
though they wOllldnot:li1allybe ~on~idered dead.
The'SurgeonrriuSI make a Heal checl<,theresults·iridicate·thenum-
ber of rounds aft.er the patient re:~ches -10 hp that he ci.ristillbe
revived. The Healmn\lSl then mllkase"ondheal check to afiempt to
st1lbiJi;:e the~ubjf!ct.
The deterioration olthe body increases the stabilizationDC,eve~y
round after the patientreacnes -10 hp the DC increases by 1',Tnus, one'
round aftcr"death" the DCdses to l6; the next round!! becomes 17,
ands(lon. Depending on the first Heal check, the surgeoninight have
mulliplechances to attempt the stllbiijialioJ1cnec~,however,each time
he fails it becomes progr~ive1y. h.atder to resuscitate.
Surgery requires .several minutes at least. Saving a life might lake
on lymoments"butcompleting the.operation requires one miiiute per
round the paricIllw3s under~ IO hii pointS; Time spentthisway does-
n'jaffeet the required healcnecks, butmigntaffectgame play if the
group is under a t,iine consttiiint.NorinallYSurgery can't be performed
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purmg.(ombat, (see Combat Silrgeon).
Patients brought back from the maw df death are Helpless for one
hour following surgery: After that they are considered Disabled and
they begin recovering normally. (See CdC Core rulebook. page 69).
Note: Bealer must have a Ilrst.aid kitas aminimumrequfrement for
usingttiliability.A rust aid kit (see equipment chapter) give a +Z dr-
cumsiance bonus on .heal cnecks.The tools and resources of a com-
pleie operating room grant Ule healer a+4drcumstancebonus on
heal checks. ..
Example: Ned is i,!jurcd.during a bat/Ie; his allies bringhil1l/~ the
nearest clinic. Dr. Llicasreceives. Ned as heftllallysucClIlIlbs to his
it~uries and dies. Tlie doctor immediately makes a heal check to
detennine liis injliries, and.chancesof recovery; hC,rol/silll 1i, fora
fotal of29(11+ (Ranks +9) (Wis -1:3) + ($/lYgei)/l +2) + (Hospital
+4) ,,; 29), TIl/IS the doctor has 29 rounds,(1iearly three minwes),
afte.rNed's heart s/ops.to successfully revii'e him.
SpeCial: ViCtims\vho die ffom massive damage? (Decapitation,
Crushed, Di$integratecl;etc;), uSll<illy can't be saved by surgery; GMs.
should d.e.cidethis Qn a'case'by-case basis. He.alers can't perforll1sur~
g~ry on tJtemselves.
Combat Surgeon IGeneral]
You ar~trairied to perform surgical procedures in dahgerous,ardis-
l1'acting situaiions, with substandardequiprnerit.
Prerequisite: Wis 13+,5+ Ranks in Heal, Surgeon:
Benefit: Your healing skills are focu&ed towards battlefield opera-
tions.Youcanattempt to stabilize a dying character a.~ a free action,
and are able tocollcentrate on yourpatiems care despite nearby
battles ..
With ;lsuccessfUl Conccllttationcheck the mediC can
condu.ct surgery e\'enwith major distractions,
induding being personally .injured in the
process. Example DC's are iisted in the caii
of ctJiuihu core rulebook on page 26;
Corribat Silrgeonscanimprovise
tools 'and. eqUipment for more
complex surgical procedures;
Characters witb the Combat
Surgeon feat are considered to •
always po.ssess the basic to.oJs , o~ a firSt
aid kit. Therefore they always gain the +2 circuOlstance bQousto heal
checks. that a first aid kit offers, (this doesn't slack i.,.itlJ Ihe benefit
ftoni .a teal kit). COiIibat Surgeons can perform surgery with nothing
but oj pocketknite;or similar edged instrument.
Example: Dr. Lucas discovers his friend'S battert:d body;tltcgood
doc:torc/llic:kly dia~/O$e.~tltc il/jl!rf, tllld witlr Iris'trusty pocketknife
inhandh.e begins tiJ'(lperate 10 saveh4 friends life. While hfs work·
'11Ig, cl biillleertipls in the hallway. He igllores the cOIif/ict urilif all
cxplosfoll peppers him withshmpllcl, irif/i~tillg 6 hp ~f dalllilgc to
him, (His body provided cover for his'jortullate" patielll). He must
make an immediate concentration check DC 21. If he jails he inC/sf
begin tile opimifion agaill, iii :otha words, hC:l1wst r.-peat iris stabi-
li,iatiol/c/1¢ck ori hi$ paiiell(.
Normal: 'Surgery can~t be performed ~urins combat.
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1:mp~thy
Youare.sensitive to the emotionsandimpulse~ of those around),ou.
Prerequisite: Cha 15+. Sensitive.
Ben~t: Th!! psychic can sense the ¢motionsof anyone near to her,
(within 5 ft per level). When using Sense motive to detect lies the
Psychic can use her psychic focus check instead df her sense motive
check.if the psychic focus .check is higher.
Spl:clal: Characll:rs with both the Tc:lepalh)'; alid Empathy feals Can
project their emotionsinste;\dofth9ughls. This.empathic projection
resembles telepathy, but ihe,psychic isattempiing to influence the tar-
gets reactions based .on lhe.emoiions projected into their mind. Love;
Hate; and Eear are the easiest to project. Use the table .given for
Telepathytoderermine the DC. .
Action:.This gift requires a full round action to usc.
(;ost: 1M Sanity points and onc'point of temporaI)'wisdom damage
for each successful usc, one sanity for each failed at'tempt.
Medium
Your mind is sensitive to thespir'its of the dead. Through meditation
youc~n bridge the worlds long enough for a spirit to possess you and
communicate .3 short message.
Prerequisite: Cha 15+,Sensitive,Psychomctry.
Benefit: If y6ucan touch a personal belonglng:of a deceased perspn
. for o'n'e minute or more you can. auempt to communicatc·with the
spirit of the deceased. The Medium must succeed at a Psychic
Focus check, (seechait) ..lf successful the Mediums body is
overtaken by the.spirit and any witnesses can commu-
nicate with tbe spi rit. '.
:Spirits can communi«:at~ ·verbally; or
sometimes by writing messages. The
medium can maintain the link a
number of rounds equal to the
aVerage of his Charisma; .and his
Constitution.
During the session the
MediUm himself is completely
submerged by the spirit, he awak·
ens exhausted, and Ivith no memory onthe seSsio.n. Forturiatdy (Of the
mediumtJiis means that using this gift costs little sanity, however;
sometimes.themessage or actions of the'possessed mediuIil canforce
the witnesses to make sanity checks.
The link is fragile, if the medium takes any dalTlage during the.
attempt the link js broken and the medium is stunned for 2d6 roliilds:
Also, violently breaking the connection offends the spirit imposing the
penaltyfort~ilingtocontact thespiri~ in question..ff the M~ium fails
to contact the spirit in question hemal' try again once.he's regained his
lost wisdom, multiple attempts cumulatively increase the penalties.
Action: This gift . ~eq\lires a full roundactjoli to lise.
Cost: tdZ Sanity points and 1 point of temporary wisdom damage,
San loss II) the witnesses is at GM's discretion.
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 Circumslallces DC
Base 15
Session is conducted in subject's home -2
Medium is touching the spirit's corpse -3
MediUm is related to spirit -4
Dead foro.~ 1 years 0.
Dead for 2do.years +I
Dead for 11-\ 0.0. years +3
Dead fur 100.-100.0 years +7
Dead for 10.0.0+ years + 1S
Previously failed attempt to contact spirit __+S*
'(Pailedattemptsare ClImlilalwc)
Channeling
You can contact the spirits beyond this world, allowing them to speak
through you. . Limited 'Secret: Thcaslrological chart reveals limited clues to .the
Prerequisite: Cha lS+,Sensitive,.Biofeedback Trance.
Benefit: While in atrance, YOllam "open:the door" and allow other-
.worldlyspirits to speak through you.SOJilelimes this comes in the
fo~ni of actual word.sandsentenccs that the spirit forces yo.uto speak
or write down'{aiHorriatic writing), whilc at other times, it is simply
feelings, imp~essions,ordisjointed phrases or facts. thaI come unbid-
den into your mind. You have no conlrol over what tlicy will or will not
.ay.
Spirits can be spirits of the dead, spirits from some otherworldly
dimension, or something different entirely. The. Gamemastcr decides
.the nature of the spirit and 1i0l'" the spiritcomniunkates through the
channeller.. At theGM'sdiscretion, you tan attempt a Psychic Focus
check.(DC20)torequesl a specific spiril'lo channel.
Action: Fullcround action to enter the trance; free action to leave it.
Cost: Id4 Sanity points arid I point of temporary Wisdom damage for
each successful use; 1 Sanity point for ~ach failed attempt.
NEW FOR d20 CTHULHU
.Astrology (Int. Trained Only)
Throughout history people have looked to .the stars for answers to
beyond mortal ken, some I~arnedsagcs have le;trncd to pre-
the future by reading the signs, and portents in the Slars. AchaT-
acterwith this skill understands the cydes and observances to obtain
cluesregarding the future.
Check: :ro use this skill. the astrologer must know the exact date, and
know astrological details of the person to be "charted". Then the
Astrologer (an attempt to discern limited dues 10 the subjcdsfuture.
The GM makes the skill check in secret; ifthe check fails, the GM can
tcUbim that the signs were inconclusive, or make upa false answer for
a spectacular failure (roUing a naturall for example). If the astrologer
succeeds, the 'GM can give the character a vague due based on his
futurephins for the campaign. Such.an omen is usually good,.bad, or
230
in(Ondusive;a1tlioughan ;mslVer of "I see a hazy danger"or "proceed
with lllution"is,acceptable as well. Meaningful signsaren'tguarantced;
if a character ignores a dire warning in the stars,theymightsuccee~ in
their task anyway. A sign is nothing more than the DM's best guess
.abouta course of action.
Preparing an aslrologicaJchart requires an hour or more. Special
tools or supplies, such,asastrology books; star charts, etc, may be nec-
essary; Some superstitious or prinlitive cult\lres may phicea great deal
of Weight oil signs and poi'tcnts, a skilled seer would be held·in high
regard by these people.
The sccrctsrcvealed by the stars are always at the GMs discretion.
Following are some short descriptions of potential revelations:
Inconsequcntilll facts: The se~r learns limited details that the Pq
already knO\\'.
KJiownSecret:Seer learns details of the charted PCs secrets.
.immediate future.
True Secret: Reflected in the stars is.some iinpQrtant combination of
events rdated to the charted character.
Cosmic Truth:The unfortunate astrologer has stumbled onto a secret
men were not lIleant to know. Some colossal revelation is imparted by
the stars. This secret isso. damningthat anyone who reads the chart, or.
notes made by the astrologer loses 0./102 San.Most sane astrologers
would hesitate to share the details of the astrology chart with the s'ub-
ject.
Secret DC
Inconsequential facts __________S
Known Secret 10
Limited Secret IS
TnreSecret 20
Cosmic Truth 30
Retry: No.
Decipher Text (mt; Trairied Only).
The charaCter can deCipher codes, and Ciphers or ti-ailslatealext writ-
ten in, an archaic forin of-a language he alreadyunderstailds.
Check: The base DC is 20. for the simplest messages, 2S for standard
texts, and 30 or higherfor intricateicxotic, Or very old writing. Ifthe
check succeeds, the characterllnderstands thegeneral.content of a
piece of writing. reading. about one single pagcof text (or itsequiva-
lent) in I hour. If the check fails,tlkGMmake~ a wisdom check (DC
.5) farille charactertoseeifheor she avoids drawing afalseconclusion
aboul the tc~t. (Success means ihat the character does not draw a fnlse
conclusion;failuremeans that the character does.)
The GM secretly makes both tlle.skill check and (if necessary) the
Wisdom check so· the character can't 'tell whether the. conclusion the
character draws istrue.or false.
In modem campaigns Decipher Text can be increase Computer Use
skills regarding hackil)g, and cracking security programs, Decipher
TCxn:lln also be used to augment computer use checks by addingbct'
ler security and coding toprograms;
Retry: No.
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Syne'igy: Five or moreranksin:Dedpher Text give hackers a i-."]:SYnf:~" I)OClW~·.tO!.JU

Use when eithercreating,orbteaking security systeins.1f theC'i'ode"b~~ef·Jr~ace.tti
oroth¢rresearch' materials, i.¢. other soiu"ces relaied t,o the tex1:" hf:-gairis" a·,*2JiliMlIf1SJ~
tohisdecipberlext ched(. A sp~ciaUy:desigiled(ori1putertQ rudthe 'YPj,QlOJgiM~p!ilJ.~
cr
,

bonus,( +4 to + 10); to ,the check. -

lIypoasj,s(Cha, Trained ()nly)

,A traiil~d hyPnotist ,can guide a relaxed subject into ~' speciaj tranc~ ti:l'- I:Hiftef,i~~Hll!liI
subc,onsdous mi!l!.1.
Cheek: TosuccessfulJy hypnotiZe someone, the target must be willmg--and' phrii~ll
hypnotiSt Norinally hypoosiS ,isusefuionly with ,asjngteindividuala.fa~tirile,
- The hypnotist niu~t make a successful checkversusthesubljects·Yl'ill'~VI~i!;.!p!;:jJl,'~I':\\l(~'~i!'
cheliksucceeds,thehypnotist can hypnotlze ,the,particular target whlene!'eJ::Jh~~~eget~~I\~j~
out a secondcbeck. '
Hypnosis can be used in several ways:
Psy¢liolinlilys.isSynergy; lrthe Hypnotist cail succe5»fulIyhypnotize,as"iibj~;¢fllb~iliJ~iD'~
other PsyehQ"arialysisskill when treating lhatpati¢nt thereafter.

Pain Control: hypnosis can ease or temporarllyerase the symptom ofpain in a P.~ti~':fbl!l~<tJ\~iPl~~
itself makes the target more difficulno hypnotize. The patilmt must make ':l,s~lc«~~~c!,A.(i!!!il~il
iioncheck (DC lS+damagedealt), to,pay enough attention to thehypnolist. ·

Retry: (jeile"rallyretries.dQri't work. Om:ethe hyp\lorist has failed with ,a pai1iimlar:su~je~t the siili:-
j~dslJbcon.sciously resists-further aUenipts.Undetsp~i:ial titcum:i,Utnl'cs aGM mayiaU,c>wa ~o_n.'d
attemptwitha +2 to .tlie DC.
SpeciaJ:Acharacter with 5 or more ranks iilP.Sychic-Focus gets a +2'iilslgbt'bonusLto b nou
che~. "

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7his is the ce'rt-i{i.ed last will and testament

of Silas m.m cC91rindle.

I, Silas mcC9rindle, being of soun.d body and mind,

bequeath Wly entire estate, chattels, If/,oldings, and cash

accounts to my onlys'U1!'Viving 'relative - w/,y niece/nephew

( <insert name here».

(sipI1ed) Silas JJilichael 111cf9rindle

(witnessed) Rowena 'Peters

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responsibIlity tor cncoll'lplt':tc. m:lccliratc. c;tOICI'l. nllsconstrueeJ. ITI'5sent. or missing COnH'I)UnlC3tlOns.
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Massacre In
Greenwood, Wisconsin
Five Slain by Madman
The. people of Wisconsin were shocked today by
news of a horrific massacre at the McCrindle
family farm, near GreertWoodin tbat state. Police
were alerted but arrived too late to prevent the
carnage. The five mutilated bodies of the weJl-
known family spanned three generations. Late in
the day of the murders, acting on information
from a concerned citizen, police formally arrest-
ed a sixth family member. Darcus McCrindle. in
connectioo .witb thebrutal murders.
- Chicago Tribune
Greenwood Assassin
Arrested and Confined
Speedy Trial Likely
After lengthy interrogation, pOlice today formally
cbarged Darcus McCrindle as thes'oleperpetratdr
of what already is becoming known as
Wisconsin's "McCrindle Massacre." The county
prosecutor has promised a swift and just trial for
Darcus McCri ndle, commenting that "Thlscrime
is of !loch cruel barbarity -that it isequaJed onlyby
the bloody Indian wars of our nation's youth."
Police reported late today that two more fam-
ily members might have been murdered. Police
believe that Darcus McCrindle also butchered
Silas McCrindle and an infant or very young
child, but before he attacked the family home. A
search for their bodies has beensrarted. If
McCrindle is found compos menJis, your corre-
spondent personally believes that the race
between the hangman and the state asylum will
be .no race at all. A demon like McCrindle will
surely hang.
- Cfzicago Tribune.
 [?Ui'aU tlte !IearssiiiceyiJII were :a dlild L Ira1l.l! ;jrotected you' {railtthe tnttll, liut.thetiinelrascome
t/taton/y the trlttll, cat[ protect you. ..'
J:lgel1i!rtdiOli ((go; a tragedy occurrediiiOllr family. (Ollr{ttlililY·lOas flie, 1'1lcC9rindlesorG.reeliivood,
'\Vistorrsi».) 16ur lathei' Owen IvaSal' eXITMrdiiltiry person, iillillieu'iis the n9htful guardiandf tlte
books; His positiorrdid not go ul1clmlleIi9i!d" for llis brothel·(1)~I·C1fS ·-,mrevil •. spiieful/fllltl --I@I!t~d
thebook${or)liltlself·
IDarClls.lrad he~II cQiTUptedhy diseased teachings .. Ju 11 is teletrUesspursuitof Mower. Iii! b~tr~yed your
fathel""Sn~fst, (illdl11urdered yo~r fatllily, 1-leu)Quld have:4e*oyed YOII as he did them, liaqIl10Lbeen
ab"leto suild YOll faraway. J entrusted you to (l foster lalllily 1Ohol1l I knew mould raise YOII as. t1leii- own.
Burit rvUslI 'Jyou (ilo/ieI izad ttqii'otect - it' Ivasalso tJlelJOoks.ltOdk them mid SOllY/It obscurityllere
ill, .Arl~h(im; JlIst(lnother ci~y aid man wallderittgm'ollud the mis/wtOtliccaJnpus~
For JI1U1dl'eds of!l~arsol/r {eimily hdsguai'dedtfris forbidder! lore; 7hirlegend is that the books of
atcatre kllowledgeintd power ccill be:Jneuudoiug o(,nallkilldin tlie Ivrol19 hands. noire ofufbut ©arcus
lUIS· (iJel'daredstudyt/rese iJO/Ullles. 1 keep tl1elllltidd~n hli~e crttic'Inder(l1l bldiatr tlrmw r@withacol-
I~ctiol,of other .oldbo6hs, They tll.at tv/telf you fi'lldt~em~,4o I!ot read Ji1em. no utle htlOlI(S- l()byJne
bOQks Were lIoUJestroyed ~ /ierltaps tllei;~ is a special I/llresolved des{iuy·Ior thel"i as tJl~re has b!!en4or
6ilrlai~ily; fHthdu9.1, the bO(Jks /Jave tile.
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p()wer to. do great
. evil,tlleya/so Irllve tlte key. to desrroY,ing,/ivil.
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J1'ly .Ulrders.!mldirrg of the Great 130vke ·is ~ tla1!y blrle book clotl,'bou.lu{ ill 9I1!blmcol1di#oll. Its' titfeis
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stall/ped ontlte COllcr. Tire tOlllecolI~pri~~s sl!vcrallllllidredsq{pages. .

mOI1$tres& Their Kynde·lrasits 6HestalJlpl'dius1tlaUBakill9 gold letiersol!((greeo. 'le«tJwtspille,T:he
booklms sustaine.dsigl1ificallt wear. mott.led discolora'tion.satt~sf .towa{er.damagc'. SigHificam porfiQlIsof
Hie spine mid pages are rat:gHaIVed, and the gillcalld binding/laue: detei';ortitedellougn so thaffhebook 1.s
/oosesignaturesare bUl/died togetiler lIiitll string, lil?C! il parcel.
Tlte (gt/wat flqtladinger,by tdwill PisJ.rer (I 7B3), 711is book rvqs./ralJdIVrittell in an eli~abetI1all-style
cursive.lfsilj tlllaccolmillut's ledger. \11rc' book's title' ana. aut/lOr areillscl'ibed 011 theflyslieetillsidc the'
{roll t COL'er.
711l' Ulltit/ea 'Book;s CIIJl!/stery. It too ;slralldwrittcn., bllt;u {II//IIu'eadable Jangrmge. -family traditioll
sJlggests tlidt tIll! tOl1gueis llIiktloWIIOII eaWIL Its frl!~iedscrtlwls al1dha/(letters ha.vealwclysbeen ~
illystery. Tile bbokcaubeseCrjred closed !bit/Ill ·brOl'1ke.C/asp aud ·lock. There is lio key {or tIle lock.
®afcltS$aid .that IleltadIoltild.'(lI/)(lyto~~{ldit,bld lie 1I>a.s((gl:eat .liar ·a$wellas a 1~lu,.dlirer.
nO/v YOIl.aretilC! gllardian. never I'maltllcH YOlllli'1ve.tltese books . Ourcllarge.issil1lpie(1Jreserve.fi1e
books. Diw HtikllolVlleilfHlY is by iiU tlletales a (iJnllidablecme wlro Ilelier rests aiid /leiJer ,.el~'its. 'l3e ati
e(mstemt guard. 13erlndlslllayed. Cr61/1 beyolld'tlre gfClve. f heg'yoll tIItiUhebl~l:de" 'ormcC9rhldl~s be
toketl'Up,ana can-ied forward.. .
Uue/e Silas'
19.8:. rDarcl!s-isiliterred ill flie State Hospital for tire. Insalle i·1I Wisconsin. He would beaboilf,fiftynow.
1)0 lIotcontact him. 8ltollid Ire ever .escape,aoJ1(jtuuderestllllate hllll.l'l1,jbest adviCervollld be tolride
tlw bool~s aildlet /ii/t/:sec:irdi as Ire wilt f{YOII C0I1t,.adict#im.he tUJIlSlIlilrdero.l(s.
 FIREBALL OVER ARKHAM!
Interplanetary Visitor Startles Our Town
By Dr. Morris Billiugs.,
Departmt!lll:of Astnmomy. MisKatpnic U"iveisity
A rarespeclaclevisiled Arkham las~ nighl at about
1:l5 A.M. It w~ a frreball.ameteor large enollgh
possibly. to bavebumt its way through our atmosphere
and came Ie rest on earth. Observers as faraway as
Partland amI Framingham reported seeing the flaming
palb ~ . ,
Qurvisilar mllyhave left evidence ofiiselt1 far
hOw yau canhelp to fmdil.,readfunher in this article.
Those fortunate 'enoJlgh 10. have seen Ihe event
commentedupan the subtle greensand galds of its
fires ; Some beard IQw whistlings or hlssings; one man
in Nashua heard explosions at ,s,allii! distance.
Botid,es. commonlylmownas /'ire,balls. usually
break up when appr()actUng the surface of aur earth.
Very tareJy, a ineleorite is large enougb and fast
¢riQugh iQ leave behind a: large hdle(orc~ter) when
it strikes tbe earth.
Avery large such formation is ihought by some to
existne,ar Winslow. Arizona. ResidentS may recall the
gr¢at tireballof 1913, which was seenclisiJitegriiting
alang a path from Saska,tchewan to the island af
Bennuda.
Maily nieteors faU taward ,earth, but few survive
the terriblejolts and frictions caused bycalliding With
our atmosphere. Those that do. survive offer important
sciennfickDowledge abaut our salar system, and per"
haps about its history .
Fireball-UuntersWanted
I ilniarranging a search for fragments of last
night'$firebalL To. avoid duplication ofefforl,and to
receive ~pecialinstnlctions; interested Citizens shOUld
contactme. a:t me Deparnnem ;of Astronamyat
Miskatonic UJiiversiry to receive ,their. search assign-
llJents. Weesp¢ciillly hope !bat owners of automobiles
can \iollint¢er,
Speed in fmdingrenlriants of the bolide is impera-
tive.since each passing hour increases tbe chapce of
contamir!atioil frcimmenatural elements. Valunteers
will .b,e laId haw 10 loak for fragments; andas.signed
areas in which to search; ill order to avoid duplication
ot' effort.
Discovered meleoriles will be placed on exhibit at
the university, with full credit given to,discoverers. ]
recently saw ihe collection ofttie ,Naturhistorischen
Hofmusm~m , in Vienna. Al,ls~ri:i; anq ,the effect is erie
which would rnaketownand universityprQud.
University Student Missing
On Camping Trip
Richard Cardigan, a jtmiOT at Misk(itonic
University .remaiiismissing today. Authorities
report that he apparently was the victim of a
camping-accident.
Fellow camper and friend Henry AtWater
was discovered early Sunday .morning wander-
ing the streets of west Arkham, suffering from
amnesia, and is currently hospitalized.
The young men left for their trip from
Arkham on Tlnn'sday , to return on Saturday.
Polic.e located ,the campsite beside the river a
half-mile n()rthwest of Cabot Road, but fOUfld no
trace of Richard Cardigan. A search for [he
missing srndent was abandoned for th!! day after
a violent thunderstorm eTllpted. Polic~aud vol-
unteers plan to search again tomorrow.
More volunleersare welcome. and are
requested t() meet after day~break at the Cabot
Roae! dead-end. Cabot Toad runs north ()ffthe
Aylesbury Pike about three Irtilesnonhwest of
Arkham.
Atwater's Condition
TIl(:>ugh physically well, Atwater suffers from
a:mnesl;l and has been entered 'in Arkham State
Sarutarium. Doctors fQresee .a full recovei:y.
Police hope he can soon add ' details .to their
kno\yJedge. and help l()cate the lllissing
Cardigan. They speculate that the youths may
have been struck by lightning Friday evening,
and fear ~ that Cardigan may havebeeilserious-
lyor fatally injured.
-Arkham Gaz(!tte
 'Etb)"v ~'lInyj !>ook<"ts, "",c<"F
r/ollem.bel' 16, 1814
0/
memql'i~d fJtdhop pfaguf! me duf! Jhough our 0/
Band affare now dead bt~/ore me, Bidhof ij but
Seafed.Awalj.
J. halle once more beketdl30wiNi Bridge and examined
our cl'afi':lmandhip lh.eI'e to. Jke cofum~ !Jtandd dll'ong
a.nd tke jigi! that we ckijeled into the dtone io. intact
and bright.
Stitt, J /ear lhe'1eal'd to co~e, /oP /ear 0/ Sef'fJWn
Bidkop ' ~f}l'eal CUI':M upon our Seed and hid venjance
there againdt. ..And Ijelrn.ope J dl'e.a J m'1 j(jut~.
j udgemenlbe/ore JJeav~, ad Punidkment /01' tkecon-
tl'aclihtieo Jdfohe to bind. thai wizard. JJa.ving taken
kid Cal'namagod /300ke, if /eff to me to caft upon tke
pOUlel'1 hi} !avoureJJreatin'j wilkduck powBrd kad
dtained mlJ. keal'l, andlelt me leal'ing alt maileI'd
'luizzica~ /opeign, and dark. So much /eal'ing, nevep
J;d3 dare read nor dpeak the JorbidJen WorJdand
to caff upon tke rJame,tkougkdoinfj !JoftkeheJ our
oppred:jQI"~ Analdeatkan,4 true Jiddofution.
 ~I\un'\''\tursicl\ F.fl'OiSies, <X.C<Tf
Another man thought leagued with the devil
was one Sermon Bishop, of Bad Water Road in
Arkham, along with his fellow-wizard, Richard
Russel. This Russel lived in Afkham as weU,at
the western end of what we know now as Main
Street. The two were said to worship a demon
which lived beneath the ground, and that they
had pacted with the devil and could not die.
Among those alive today some remember
Sermon Bishop, who was among Arkhatn'sfirst
settlers, and they swear that he never aged in all
the long years he resided here. Bis wicked pact,
they sa)) only left BiShop stooped and bent in
consequence. Witnesses also tell of both men's
evil doings in burial plots, attempting blasphem-
ical resurrections.
Arkham: citizens rose against him, and some
say kidnapped and killed hinl, burying the body
in the forest or sacking and weighting it down
into the Miskatonic, in A.D. 1752. Russel fled,
and was not heard from again.
 Bishop's Bridge Burns
The covered bridge .that oi:lc.e trossetl the Miskatonic .four
miles upriver is no more. In the last wcek~s t1umderstormsi
th.e agingstriicture was5tr:uPc by Iightriing which burned the
!'06f and most of thedec~ganPt1mbers
Th()ught to have been built around 1750, only thece~­
tralslone support and the approaches now exist. The .Sheriff
has·closed the road.
OriginaUy.Bowen's Bridge, after the prosperousfunrier \vho
built it, folks later began caUlng.it,Bishop's BrUIge.
locaksay ihat th~ bridge.has attracted lightning strikes.
The strucrore had ~telygrowli SO dccl'!!Pit that the Coun.IY
closed itto horSes and wagons. . were often blamedc>n him. Bishop disappeared
There is visible from the south side of the rivera symbol
decorating the slplw<>f th~still-standilig central support, of
unknown meaning and orilfin.
little ncedcdthesedays,thc bridge probably will not be
rebUilt; . . . away. The sheriff conducted \vhat all agreed was a
EMINENT ARKHAMITES
A ..co11linu;ng Series by E. Lap/lim. Pecilxxly
IHi5tbl'j~e .. ..
Artt;1\Yl'\~lPJex.cerpt .
... Another such individdal was the1hunch,
back 8ennonBishop \vho,like earlierrelative~,
was accused ofwit<;li<:.t.lft. This man lived on the
weStern outskirts of town, . dn Hill Street (then
called Bad Water Road), and was thought a pow,
erful \Vizard. RUmors of his·activities gave ~~ to
gravesuspiclons, and crop failures and dry cows
one night while retUrning home from a ~it to
I)unWichand was never seen again. Ruinors flew
that the Devil had6ruilly come and taken him
thorough .investigation but no suspects were ever
brought to trial. Though he likelycwas the. victim
of fou[play, Bishop's body was never found. .

Sermon Bishop, WIZard

In the mid;,18th century, Sermon Bishop was rumored a witch
.and thc:mght to Peri!SpOilsible for miSfortUnes suffered by
farmers west of Arkham.Othcr. darker words were whispered Ser.B~.
of him,but never aIoua . .
Elihu Phillips, a neighbor; frequently argued With Bishop.
.9 (eo.r '~(9iIJ .,~. t(9f' WJJJ.q, $IfS.~ ~ qti
When Phillips:.datighter wci$l!Om with a twiste<lleg, the {ann- ~~19r~o.r.d4s~s. ~~~
'. ~ were sure Bishop \\'lI.S responsible. One night, as Bishop ~ +J..e Trea:da ~, a, . ~ .:9 .dare ~
retumedtroma \fisltto DlIDlVich, Phillips and six other men
caprored him and bound him, and, hung 'with a rnagital sigil. .q~ ~W ~~s I\\UStteqr~ (lIId S(9..J f.t.e.
roundlUs head. . Jl~(W.. ·We ~ 1)~edcwi ~S~ 'MlfWtfes
Bishop, they said, had used a terrible book to Ireatwitb
wS~(9. ~ S~cwttC. ~'PT~~ Mlfdes-
a great demon, dea\ingstlllit left the wizard's body bent and
crJppled.In:c()llipeti~(m. BishOpc()uld not die. ~·5(90~~W WIT~'aUw.~
Rendered helpleSiipy th¢ sigil, the sevencattied Bishop .~oo..~~d(9f~~~l9IN ~:~~
nortI1 to the Miskatortic, and there cemented him into the ~.
hoUow ofastone bridge support while the bridge was under
construction. Th(:ym3rked thest()tle supporfwith thesarile ~0Ad ~s~ VaPJu.9 tiIk: ~~
s'ii:n which bound BiShop,hopingtherebv to impriSon the wiz. W(9iIJ CUha2,~ ~.f.wu carrt.tdW+J..e fu1er .0i.4.
ard forever. .
A1thqughth~ wiz3r4's sevcnenemies \Vereamong those
., CjWerv 19Oerw-tb ~ T~ bmel\t ::e.ee.ur~
the sheriffqucstioned, !joone waiiever charged. ~ ,~' ~~pam,J) ~Wdruj AA 'Cli~st
The wooden roofand walls of tbebridgc ~linto~pair ~Cl5~~w.cwt.9laOe~.~·dtk
in the later 19th century. In 1901 a powerful lightning bolt
struck and bumt:d both Spai)siand thebridgc was never .l()i1OJ:.CR., at1Jaf~~
rebuilt. Only the foundations and th.e central support rctuairi, J) tmstw. .~ (9iIJ pO.r6w~ Utt& T ~
a few·tniJes west of town. The sign; as folks indicate, is chis.
eled into the stone ofthi: .central support, and (,:anbe Seen U~~M~w.ddbljOS uUWe,~
today, keeping us aU safe from this ·wizard!
My particular thanks to Mrs; Nina\Yilliains Ho~ of
Arkham, who supplied irifonnationin1portant to my tiIle.
-ArkhamMveniser
K~!fJTY'~
Se:pt"~ 14

SkeletonFQund "in
CheckleyManor
Police Suspect Foul
Play
By Roberta Henry
Demolition of the Checklev
mansion was halted yesterday by
the discovery of a skeleton hid-
a
den behind briCk wanin the
basement.
The house. at (3) Noyes.
once an EasttOWD landmark,
had been nearly leveled when
workmen brokeilirougha base.
ment walland discovered the
·rernairis beyond.
Police removed. a single
skeleton arid some personal
effects, under the direction of
Arkham Medical Examiner, Dr.
. Ephtaun Sp~e. Dr.. Sprague
has stated that he believes the
skeleton to be that of an elderly
woman, but no identiGl:atioD
has been made.
Cloth fragments and jewelry
wereatso found.
Additional bone fragmentS
are rumored to have ~en locat-
ed in the bascme.n t,. stones
which the police will neither
confirm nor deny. A spoke:Sniail
f~rBeckworth Development
Co., whil:h ordered thedem()li-
tion; indicated that thecompa-
ny has suspended demolition,
pending completion 6f the offi-
cial irivestigation.
The previoosownerof the
home, Jason Cheek ley, last
descendant of the Arkham
Cbeckleys, .died laSt week at St.
Mary's Hospital following a
heart attack.
This reporter has learned
that the Checkley fortune had
dwindled, and that the mansion
had been sold to Beckworth
Development two years ago, (or
an undisclosed swn. According
to Beckworth, the agreement
allowedCheekJeyto live out his
remaining.years in .~ manor.
Polieehave questioned
Willard Crossman, friend of and
now ' e~ecutorof Jason
Checkley's effects, inconnec-
tion \vith the nod. Crossman
bimse[f is presently .hospitalized
at 81. Mary's H(jsp~tal, recuper-
ating fromas.troke. Doctors
have refused requestS for an
interview.
-A·rkhamAdvel;tiser
ANew School In
Arkham
Director Jason .Checldeytoday
announc.e d the opening of an
ins.titute dediCated tp the
study ofspirituaIist phenoD;le-
na, the ·Checkley Insti~te for
.PsychiC Research.
Housed on the second floor
of 623 Brown Street, the cen-
ter contains an S90o~volurne
library, study space, and a
SIllalllecture hall,
Guest rooms,as yet un-
COlllpleted, offer Iivingquar-
teci for Visiting students and
lec~rers ..
- Arkham AdvertiSer;
Aug. 28, 1917
Psychic Institute Closes
The Checkley Institute for
Psychic Research today ~losed
its doors at 623 Brown Street.
Co-Oirecttess Mrs. Andrew
Estheridge casti~ated the
increasingly atheistic temper
of the times while announcing
that somefumiShings would
be auctioned to pay: pending
Institute debts.
The founder()f the Insti-
tute, .D ireetor Jason Cheekley,
viillretain certain portions of
the Institute library.
- Afkham A4vertiser,.
Nov. 23, i 920
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 :Robbery Attempted ·at PoHceStation
Ail unidentified nlanlast Oightforced·his way past the duty
sergeant arid attempted .to enter the property roillnatthe rear
of theATkhampoli~t; sta.tion..
Ariotheroftker enteriiig tire building tried to detain the
m3./1; but the CJllprittied to the street. Thi! ·nialefactor is
descrilJedas.a Negr(i. sIeMer; biild.imdabout sixJectin height;
Chief NiChols.asks Ciiizens:who·see this man or who know
of hiswhereabouls to contact the police iinmedlalely;
~ Afkham Advert!ser
TRANSIENT INJUREP IN ATTAOK
A man identified.only as 'ioe" was admitted' early thkmornlng
to St. Mary's; suffering;lacerations of the face ancl neck. At3:57
·A.M .• police found the man running down River Sireet near
Garrison, screaming for ·help; No pursuer was: seen.' He .was
.qUickly rushed to emergency treatment.
Joe claimed to have been attacked by a pale.younggirJwho
first tried'to kiss.him and then bit him on·the throat.
Theman .couldgiVe. n.~add~ss, Polii:esu.rmise · that the
indigent, while sleeping it off in an alley.wasatla~d bra
wharf rat or straydog.
- Arkham Advertiser
'My:;tery .Incident' at Police Station
'C9nstable Robert E. L9gan;a constiibleofexemplaryrec()rd
.andof:)ong.servlcelo Arkham spoiic:e. was found this·morn-,
irigat 5·A.M';ina·semi-coherent.stateatthe station.
Police also r~port thnt the property room had bccnentcted,
but therare unsure ifanythin&is missing.
Constable LogairwiI$on·dlltyattbCtiine.For the moment.
policeOlJ'e treating the incident ~an internal maUer; but no
on~ has Il.nything'butpraise for logan. Reader~may reca) I'that
last year hevaliantlyres,cued.two foollsh youngmcn from the
depths of the MiskatOilic.
Thesttkkeri officer ispr~nt1y in St. M;u-ys Hospital
undergoingteslS;
- Arkham-Gazelle
Last night one or more personsunknownenteredthristchurch
Cemetery and unearthed a recently burieclcoffin. When dis.
covei:ed this morning; tfiecoffin was fully exposed"thedirt
heaped Upru:ollOd Ole oUtside "fthe grave.
The casket seals were damagedin·several,places but appar-
ently ffustratedthe aUempHo open the coffm.
Groun!1skeepets assurethep:uplkthat thebdoved lil 'ques7
tion has.beensa'feiYand securely replilcedin' peate.
Police have·no suspectS. Theynoled that fraternity hijinks
ttaditionallyoccur in thefaJL
- Afkham .Gazette
Warehou.se Murder
laborers arriving on thejol) discovered a man's bOdY near.the
lucky Clover Cartage Co. early this .mo~ning,
The coroner indicates that the mail wasil victim of vio-
lence, pla~ingprob~ble C<luseof,death.either from sh()ck.or hiSs
of blood. Though unconfirmed, w()\mds on the victim 's face
and. throat were ru~ored to be so severe as to obscure mo~"t
features.
Poli,;einvestigalion continlles,
,...... ArkhamAdvertiser
Event 8
Atrocity at the Borden At:ms
:PoJiceweresuminoned tothe·BordenArmsHotel.this illoniing
when houseillaid Ruby B.~n~owilZ.fuund. viJe andblaspheili.ous
remaiJiSiil·alhii:d-flcior.rooni,
Shockingly, officers found .a pruro[severed human hands .
wrappedina. piece .of doth. Dr. Sprague indicated that the,
hari.dsbad been severed from an undetenniiwd corpseaboui a
week old,
lnvestigation wasprolllpled by lbt: n:mainsof.a dismem~
bered goat strewn ahoutthe room;. ,walls and ceiling were
pailJted withun,deciJ.lherahle symbolS;
Police believe the renter cifthe room, a nd.1arquis, hasHed
Arkham.
The renter is descr.ib~d as. a tall.distinguished-Ioo~ing
Negro. The man is said l~ spcl\k witha Frcnch.accent,,,nd is
apparently weU.ceducated.
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 THOUGHT OF WEATHER:
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Chance of rain
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"Since 1832, Afkham's finest newspaper"

VOL. XCVI.. .No. 34560 ARKHAM, THURSDAY;.OCTOBER 11, 1928 TWO CENTS

ANGRY EXCHANGESAT ADMIRAL BYRD'S CAMP ESTABliSHED

TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
Memorable Words from the
Reverend Mr. Bishop
By R()berta Henry
AITEMI'TS TO I3ILL Ihe University for it ca11suponTown police
BENITO MUSSOLINI and fire services created .another uproar. at the weekly Counei I
meeting last night. .
. The issue badly splits the. Council.fiv~ energetically oppose
POPE PIUS XI evell the theoretical possibility of Town charging University for
any public serviCe.
TOMEETWITH Fourcoimcil menibers and Mayor Peabody see in Miskatonic's
MUSSOLINI cim:ently large en<towments tbe necessary funds to avoid a .notice-
able rate Increase .. They have created a controversial forrnula
showmghow inuch money the Town would save for University
ROME (INS) - A spokes- police and fire calls.
man:at the Vatican announced . .The University's Vice-President Dr. David Edmund, who rep-
Thursday a tentative agreement ~sented the school uttbe meeting, got.ilo cMnce to speak. A loud
b!!tween the Roman Catholic and extended argument broke ou.t across the table between Mr.
Church and the Kingdom of George Spaulding of the Uptown Ward and Mrs. Emily ROBERT E. BYRD
Italy. Henderson, East-t9Wn representative; prompting numeroiJscillJs~
AltholJgh details .h.a venot to-order and two unsch~duled and lengthy rec~sses.
bcen relcascd, it is believed that The issue was finaJly tabled and discussionrc,schcduled for THE By'KU EXPEDITIOI'J to. ingtechrtiques for survival in the controls, he reached the
Italy will be recognized as a :the next Council me¢ting. Anta,rcticahas: established the nwnbing cold of the icy North Pole in an ·aircraft
kingdom independent of aild itself at its base camp 011 the continent- :A cold reputedly Iillllled the Josephine Ford;The
separate. from the Roman Other Council Business poJarcontinent. worse even than that of the harrowing :flight lasted 1.6
Catholic ChUrch. The Roman The camp. at I.atitude treacherous Arctic wastes of hours. .
Church will maintain separate TheArkham Cab Co. asked to .beallowed ioprovjde the Town 78°30\ . is named by ayrd the north in whichs.o m~lY Byrd I.a teraided .Charles
sovereignty iit vatican City. with 24~hour taxi service. Present taxi service is limited to the "Little America". There the valiant men have perished. Lindbergh.in planning his his-
ho~lisoO A.M;-12 midiligfitsix days a week, and from 7 A;M.-5 men methocllcallyprepare fora Much ofth¢ eltpedltion has toric trans~Ailiintic solo flight.
Furthermo~€<,it is thought
that the Pope will. agree to I';M. on .s,unday; Speaking. for the company, AtlorneyBertram variety of etfo.rts, most impor- been underwritten by philan- Miskatonic University pro-
intervene in foreign affairs Chambers declared fuat Sunday service has been well-re.ceived tantly for the air journey to the thropistsEdsel Ford and John fessors and staff, presently
only as head of the Church, not and trouble-tree since going into effect a year ago. Smith ·Pole; .. D. RockefellerJr. preparing their own An.t ardic
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Ulv .II\;QU ' V& a · ~V'l,",l""lOU · O~a.\~.
Thc' jncrcasein villitorll to the c:irv. mlinv conncctcd\vilh.the D~'5p,~'h,C:itat-Ci'" 'wth:r,aM~ ~:.d...'!"!.i..ri! ~y!"d, !-! '!-.'~l!, ·,.be p.v_l.r.Ior.(Jt-1""'~
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University or the hospital,was also citCd as ~'reason for €<Xpansion
Q.3

Pope Pi.US XI has since 1922 cost of $400,000, the Byrd remem.bered, was the first inan itonng thepmgressofAdmiral
worked to construct a new to around"tbe-clock business. expedition is conducting to ~y over the North Pole. Two Byrd and his stalwart crew, and
Christendom bas~d . ()n world The Reverend Mr. B~shop, rector of Chris.tchur.ch Episcopal, explorations, surveys, and sci- years ago, with Byrd navigat- send their deepest respects to
peace. His well-known m()ttois spoke eloquently against the expansion of Sunday service, siding entific experiments, and test- ing and with floyd BeriDettat these heroes.
"the peace of Christ in the with our forefathers who held that any distraction from the. con-
Kingdom of Christ" . An templationofGod·on the Sabbath "was a disservice to men and
accomplished scholar, PiusXI a sin against the Almighty." UNIVERSITY
founded the. Pontifical InstitUte The cOUD.cil agreed·to take the.cab company proposal under INJUNCTION STALlS COUNTY
consideration. NAMED IN SUIT
of Christian Archaeology in REsERVOIR PLAN
1925, as well as many. other
research e.stablishments and Protracted CoUrt
fight expected
institutes of higher learning. HOMECOMING THIS THE STATE Supreme Court of Massachusetts yesterday upheld
the decision of the lower courtand .teinstated an injunction against
SATURDAY construction of a reservoir to belpcated a few miles west of A SUIT FILED yesterday in
MAYORAL Aikhanl. Aylesbury charges Miskatonic
Judge Harris, presiding over the.court,announCed the 4-3 deci- UniversitY and University staff
ELECTION BADGERS PREDICT VICTORY sion. with the misappropriation of
The injunction was first filed lastAugust by Robert Angley of letters, books, journals;aild
MOCKBALLOT the University Botany Dept " . ()ther unilam,e.d valuables from
TliE UNIVERSJTYplays Its annual Homecoming football game
RESULTS this Saturd;ly afternoon against the Oartmo.uth Big Green.
PmfessorAngley claims that several species ofrare wildflowers the estate of the late Wilbur
exist in .the areatobefiooded and that theSe rare species cannot be.
Miskatonic's Badgers hope to put themselves on the winning Whateley.ofDnnwich.
found anywhere else.
With elcction-time lcss traek with the inspiring prcsencc of so many fricnds and bcncfnc- Plaintiff Seth Whatcley,
Commonwealth engineering officials termed the injunction
than five weeks away. the tors of that fount ofknQwledge. meaningless, pointing out that onlysilrveys and planni.ng are also of Dunwich, claims the
Telenews'mock ballot shows Thousands of alumni, their families, and friends of the scheduled to be perfonnedbefore August of next year and that the items asinheritailce dliehim
a virtual tie in the mayoral Uriiversity have begun to arrive for the big game and otherweekend ;present injunction lasts only until next July. upon ,the death bya~cident of
.race between incumbent Jolm festivities . ()ne Wilbur Whateley, August
Peabody and Miskatonic . .Head Coach· Dr. Elihu ("flip ") Parkinson predicts the Badgers Town Reaction
3rd of this year, during a visit
Univ~rsity President Dr. will retain possession ofthe Carter Jug, symbOl oftheschooVsJong Mayor Peabody and the selectmen were unanimous iJI their con- to Arkhanl.
Harvey Wainscott. andamicable.ri'valry with the hearty men from Vermont. denination of Professor Angley's action and by implication. of the Wilbur Whateley was Ule
Some two hundred cinema- The annual Homecoming Parade .occurs Fridaycvening, starting interference of the state courts in "a ,matter purely IQcal in its
goers handed bllckballotsat only son of Seth Whateley's
at 6·P.M. in the town square. import," asdeclared'Mayor Peabody.
second cousin,Noah WhateleYi
the Telenews last week: 87 Drivers are requested to exerc.ise patience while teanl, band, and Mayor Peabody's riyal candida\e; Miskatonic UniVersity
voted for Peabody, 83 voted supporters.pass. It takes only a few minutes, and it's all in good fun. President Dr:. Harvey Wainscott, .did not condemn the injunction who had died several years pre-
for Wainscott, and a scattering Well-wisher'automobiles, trucks, and wagons are welcome tojoin outright, but he did note tbat though "botanists have surveyed much viously.
voted for other·parties. in at the rear of the procession. The staff'at St. Mary's earnestly ofthe.Commonwealth, I ain unaware of any'fully systeruatic botan~ According to the Univers-
Dr. Wainscott <teclared he as~s that auto horns be silent near the hospital. icalstudy of New England as a whole,.wbich must lend dubious ity'sattomey, E.E. Saltonstall,
was "heartened by such free As they have since tile Great War, the celebrants sball follow proofioProf. Angley's protestationS." permission to retain.the mate-
anderit.husiastic support." ArrnitageStreet westto Garrison; then turn south to croSs the river, Arkhanl and Esse~ Cou.ntyauthoriiies privately down-playe:d rials iIi question was granted by
Mll.yor Peabody,.retaining his pausing to. cast wreathes commemorating alumni who are no longer the importance of the court decision. A prominent locai citizen, surVivilig members of the
jovial confidenoe, observed with us .. Leaving Garrison, they turn west on Church Street to halt actively.concemed in the reservoir's planning, laughedupon he;ll"- Whateleyfamily who claimed
that. thos.e who attend faddish on.the campus,.in the Quad. ingthe>ne\vs, then stated "Arkhamshall not go thirsty fol'thesake nearest kinship to the de.c.eased.
talking features like The There a iarge bonfueand rally are planned, followed by the ora few posies",and most echoed his sentiments. One wentsofar AttorneySaltonstallindi-
Terror do not form the coieof annual Sweethearts' Serenade, in which competing campusfmter" as to.say that "if a small grass fire will help the Town to pure water, cated that the University pos-
.his voting support, predicting nities dedicate Iiewehpral arrangements to the fairer sex: of the then so be·iL"
a Jandslidevote in.his favor. sesseslegal documents trans-
Miskatonic University family. see Injunclion.onpage4
This year's election has ferring ownershi.p t6 the
.been hotly contested, firmly UJiivei"sity library.

60 BAD6IRS!!
dividing the Town. Mayor Inaccuracies in Dunwicb-
Peabody, seeking his sixth area vitals~atistics mayeom-
straight two-yea( term in the plicate the litigation. He also
o'ften-honorary position, has stated that records in the
been s~ereiyehallenged by Aylesbury Historical Society
Qr. Wainscott. show that Seth Whateley can~
.see Ballo!, on page 4 I1QI.' be the sole claimant.
 EDITORIALS Letters To The Editor Construction of
Wby Not ReClean?
LL&.A
The Ipswicb Nuisance EDITOR-I remember when folks were not so. thoughtless
Building on
Several CitiZens.complain of ill treatment at the hands of
County Deputy Malcolm Dwyer of Ipswich. Their separate sto-
that they threw things away on the s.tre.et. Outside the Telenews SchetlUle
the other night. 1 noticed candy boxes, gum wrappers,cigar
ries bear striking resemblances. bands,cigarel;teends, and other wliS.te which it Wouldbe imp()lite UNIVEltSITYofficials
Whiletnive!iQg oil.Highway IA at safe speeds, three Arkham to list. 1 picked up theevidencei of course,and gave iuo the girl ann.ouricerl that construction of
motorists. were overtaken by Deputy Dwyer,at the wheel or a in the ticket booth. Could the Telenewsph~ase rerilind its patrons the new Scho'?l ofLanguage,
blli.ck Ford sedan. The Deputy pulled closely behind the motorists to deposit trash inside; not outside? l.iterature & The Arts is on
each time, as though urging th~i1i to drive faster. When they sch~ule.
obliged by-increasingspeed, Dwyer then sounded his gong. and -Bert Skinner Readers will recall that the
pulled over his neatly trapp.ed victiin. Safety and Sjghtliness plans to erect this structure
The resulting citations listed careless driving, ,excessive speed, were a source of enonnous
and personaJendangennent, and required immediate payment (or EDlT0R---':Fortwo meetings in a rowl've triei:land failed to controversy, as opponents of
detention) before the JpSWichJustice of the Peace,the Honorable guerYourefficient selectmen and Mayor about the crumbling the University declared itS Amelia Earhart
docksonth.e south side of the riveraroundtbe Peabody Avenue
Bartholomew Merritt.The average cost of this charade was near- bridge. . .
remorseless engulfing of near- to Speak at
ly thirteen dollars, Severaldays' wages even for folks who make by homes a disgrace and a
good money. Thesedock$have long been unused, and have now fallen into threat to the constitution ofthe
University
Though our Ipswich cousins have lately been in some fiscal states of repair so feeble that one structure is a positi~e danger Town.
straits, one carinot question Judge Mertitt~s honor-the fault is to every schoolboy in Arkhamand should be condemned. imme- Thjs i~ the first University AViATRIX Amelia Earhart
squarely before Deputy Dwyer, whoseoathto uphold and ~fend diately. classr.o.om building to be build speaks at Miskatonic Uni-
the citizens ofEssex County has clearly been bent towardoppor- These docks are not in a nice part of town, and I know that from scratch .heyond the versity on the evening of
tunis.m and piratical inte.nt. Iodeed,so far as we can asceijaiu. most folks don't look.al the tenements as they go past, but lots bounds of the original November21, 7:30 P.M., in1he
Deputy Dwyer has sought to protect bjsjob and stifle controver- of people live there, and children always wander. University campus; bounded Founder's Room of Locksley
sy in Ipswich by carefully choosing only out-of-town vehicles as Instead, our representativeS wrangle about keeping factories by Church, Pickman, West, Hall.
his targets. and homes apart Corrimon sense ought to solve both questions in and Garrison Streets. The famed femaleftyer, the
TheAdvertiser abhors such practice and calls for Deputy short order, but there seems to be a shortage of suchgoodsc Barring a sudden change in first woman to fly non-stop
Dwyer to haithis callous and deceitful activities. Our policeueed -Melvin Mowry Endicott the weather, foreman Ed across the Atlantic ocean, wjll
to conduc.t themselves properly and to set examples for all citi- Willoughby said, the roof speak on the role of aviation in
zens to follOW; the constabulary occupy a special position of trust Winterfest shouldbecomplet~din time to the future arid of women's role
ina democracy,and When one goes wrong-even in smaHmatters- EDITOR-The reconstitutedWinterfest Committee wishes.to carry on interior finishing in aviation.
he trampJes upon the principles that made this. nation great. make known to the Town of Arkham and Its surrounds. that the through the winter. Admission to the lecture
We cannot refrain from adding a humorous note: yesterday annual Winterfest celebration begins Friday, Feb. L, 1929. The ~bui1ding is scheduled costs SO cents. A reception for
Deputy Dwyer backed out of his driveway· only to discoVer that Additionally, young women ofthe area who wish to compete to be rcady forthc begin:ning faculty and invited guests only
all ofbistires had gone flat. He is presently offenng$50 for the for the title ofWinterfest Winter Queen that weekend are remind~ of the Fall, 1929. semester; precedes theeverit.
name of the person who sprelid a pound of carpet naJls acro.s.s ed·to make their interest known: to the Conunitteeseveral weeks
his driveway. The Advel1iser wisbes bim well, but hopes he takes berorethe evening of the competition. While the Committee.has
the lesson to heart when a man decides to step. beyond thelaw. exercised remarkable patience, the women and men organizers
no one is safe, not even hirilsel f. . and judges cannot deal with the cascade ofanxious entrants who Reporter Loses Case
---':Harvey Gedney, Publisher fielded themselves at the last minute this past winter. iN THE LATEST EPISODE- of Essex County Deputy Malcolm
Therefore the finaJ date for Winter Queen entrants is Jan.3l. Dwyer versus the citizens 0fEssex County,Justice of the Peace
Noexc.eptioris, girls! Bartholom(!W Merritt rUled against Miss Roberta Henry,
This year's Queen reigns .over the events,gets her picture in Advertiser reporter, in the handling of her automobile.
both newspapers, relainsher crown asa keepsake, and wins sev- Charged several days ago with recldessand wrongful speed
eral exciting prizes. while within the town limits, Miss Henry appeared in Ipswich
Peabody's Pence
-Hattie O'Brian court to proclaim her innocence. .
My \Vorthy counterpart downth¢slreet at the Gazette; Mc. . Ina heated exchange with Essex County Deputy Malcolm
Michael Crane,would .lead us to believe that supporting our Dwyer, wbo is coming t9 be called "the Ipswich nuisance" , Miss
Mayor of thc past tcn yca.m,llic Honorablc JohnPeabody-a Henry accused the former offorcing her to drive faster than the
man to whom a well-timed back-slap ranks as the ultimate ciVic
accomplishment-must be conducive to the growth and well-
being ofthe Arkham we know and lovi;.
\JNIVERSITy town. allows, to the endangerment ofhersel rand others.
Deputy Dwyer denied her accusations, noting that Miss Henry
LTo·not Dell eve 1t!
That Mr. Crane and Mayor Peabodyilie old friends,class-
SIIOP did in fad agree that her sneed reached 23 il . ncr our within
the Ipswich town limits,stating that women are often foolishly
unstable;ai1d expressing his personal regretsthatany woman was
mates at Arkham High Scbool~ members of the same league 224~W ChurchStreet
Bob.and Jerry Updike .ever licens.ed to drive.in the·COmri'lonWealtb.
champion football team, partners.in a railed business enterprise. Justice Merritt, having listened at len~h to Mjss Henry's argu-
and members in the IUl!iurious Miskatonic Club are matters of FibeClothing, Sho¢g, Notions, and Souvenirs m.ents, noted that she. had failled to proVide witnesses, evidence,
common knowledge; we can only wish that all of our Town or Jogicin her support,and that common law therefore Jed him
could enjoy such association. Yet even friendship must yield to. "Everything the CoUege lVIan Requires" to .rule against "even such a fine young woman as she" and to
the needs ofthecommunilY. as Editor Crane has often said. require her t9Pay $11 in fines;
ill his own right, Mayor Peabody has been content with the We have just received a large shipment of fine Dunhill Harvey Gedney, Publisher of the Advertiser. testified on her
status of his high office, and with the cOtntadely fellowship· blazers and boaters, thesames<irt made behalf.
which that office brings. Arkham needsJ\!3.dership, not sloth. by appointment to His Majesty the Recently several other citizens havestatedlhat Deputy Dwyer
The Mayor's latest scheme, to charge the University for King of England and Monarch of the maneuvered to induce them to violate Ipswich's motor vehicle
police,tire,and otber Town servicesig a shameful embarrass- British, Empire
ordinailces,.and then arrested them when they did so. The acco-
ment to clear-thinking voters .. Not only does this avaricious cal- sationshave so far broken down in court, leaving Justice MeRitt
culation threaten the eduCation of our best and most prominent Scp..S - MU vs. MU alunmi
.annual scrimmage no choiCebutto find for Ipswich and Deputy Dwyer;
stUdents-the cornerstones ofour future prosperity-but it mocks
the Town's just pride in the advancement of reason and civiliza- Sep. 15 - MUal Brown (W, 12-6)

tion which our world-famous University represents. SbaU we
support culture only so long as it fetches a cash return? There is
more to life than easy money! . .
Further, to penalize the University for its success is a blow
against Americanism, no less a craven Bolshevikism than the
hideous Federal Inoome Tax with which slJccessfulcitizeos must
c.ontend. Moreover, Peabody's scheme is., an ignorant one which
ignores the many direct benefits which the University bestows
upon us: athriviog market for real estate rentals, student body
daily purchases amounting to several thousands of dollars, cul-
turill delights and facilities for us all, a rare level of intellectual
discourse, a placid green island of learning stabilizing the bus"
tie of our lives.
Unprejudiced eyes recognizelhatollr belovcd Town prospers
in partnership with tbe University.As in any successful mar-
riage; one partner does not withhold the benefits of association
from the other, but finds that his or her life flowers as their mutu-
ality grows. Alas, Mayor Peabody wishes to retard the
Universily'sgrowth and to unmercifully exploit its carefully-
husbanded resources, like a laiySpouse whocovels only IUl!iury
andslotb.
The dark days of the. Middle Ages ended when peoples and
nations threw off thegoJden yoke of Rome. Now the Mayor
wishes to. impose a tax, Peabody's Pence, to confouild theJight of
understanding.
Vote against Peabody's Pence! Vole no against Peabody! Vote
yes for Miskatonic University President Dr. Harvey Wainscott,
a man you can trus.t!
- Harvey Gedney, Publisher
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"Back the Hiqhty Hen of Warn"
'Frat Trial'Posiponed
By Roberta Henry
THE lRlAL OF THREE Miskatonic UniverSity students·accused of
killing domestic animaisas part ofa fraternity stunt has, fora
second time, been postponed.
Judge Dexter of the Essex County criminal court today grant-
ed thedefendants.a s~nd poslponementin order to receive new
evidence which, Newburyport Attorney Markly Abbotsford con-
tends, will p(ove. their innocence.
in pa~sing this reporter, however, Judge Dexter was heard to •
declare loudly that his. patience in this case was exhausted, and
that. he had "determined that no, further requests shouJddelay the stars. Such exact events help. our knowledge of the heavens'
swift execution of simple Christian justice." He later refused to
confirm or to deny those words.
The c.ourt placed a sealdn the case in the interest of fairness sary if useful information is to he obtained, since very fine
stating that the names of the students will not be released ulltii measurements must be made~
public proceedings begin.
The unnamed parties are accused of cruelty to animals in the
purchasing several domestic animals for the intent of slaughter in Cl1ravan a half-bour before sundciivn from the front ofSci.enceHall (ai the
the co.urSe of allegedly bizarre an.d vulgar ceremonies on tbe
island near theWestStreet Bridge, thereby violating a plethora of
animal ordinances and witchcraft statutes, some in effect since
the late 17th century.
Those familiar with the case expressed sadness that two sons
of notable Town families have been implicated, but&clinedall
direct comment, citing .the court order.
(;1)
\\lIGHT LIGHTS
, .. ':; . By Dr. Morris BiIllngs
SAnTO SAY; last week's excursion to
Meadow Hill by Arkham's Astronomical
Society was a disappointment. Clouds. rolled in from the
northwest almost as so.ooas the lelescopeswere set up and
aligned.
Tim Walters, of Walters' Optics,'was there with hissuperh
four~inch refractor,capable of splitting any nwnber of doli-
ble-stars.
He also brought an instrumenlof unique German design,
intended to proVide a wide panorama of the night .sky. Several
other telescopesassw-ed plenlyofViewing time for everyone.
Unfortunately,the we.ather was not to cooperate. A.srain
threatened, we packed up and motored backto Town.
Next week promises the delicacy of a New Moon, a won-
derful tiine of the month to study craters and rills, asWcll as
an important stellar occultation.
TIle Moon, Sm,arid pla:nets move swiftly in coniparison
to the stars, and often passht front of (occult) the brighter
movemeIltand also provide information about planetary
diameters and. atmospheres. Precision instruments are neces~
About the Astronomical SOciety
Whehtheweptl!erseems agreeable; the 500ety leaves via an auto
comerofWest 5t at church). •
Active SodetymemberS enjoy 1eau$;spKiaI star"fozlrig expeditions,
guidance in te/escope·making, and occasional field trips to Boston and
other ne.ar~by locaUrJes. Please call me or visit myoff/celnSclence Hall
at the UniverSity. for more informatJon.AII who enjoy the wiindersof
nature are cordially invited..
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EMINENT ARKHAMlTES ENGAGEMENT Magazines Think Hoover in Lead

An Ongoing Series by E. Lapham Peabody,
Dr. He rbert West
WE - WAS A IJRI I.LIANT I' HY I !,\ . a gmduat.: of Ih.,; famed
School of Medicine at Miskalonie UniversilY. He gained recog-
nilion early in his siudenj career for his dedicalcd studie~ con-
cerning lit;: defi nilion of de:uh and ils poss ible reversal. tht'ugh
his Iheories were c(\nlroversial and rem ain unprovcn.
Several of his professors from th e limc are. slill alive, and
Ihey uniformly lestify 10 hi s gcniu~, allhough one genlleman
wh o llJUSI remain unnamed also recalls that !:tudenl Wt's! was
"an impmi.:nl and acerbic young mall withoul the lc a ~"t regard
or respect for collcepls and ('heones olher Hmn his own."
Yel this YOUJlg man wa capable of deep feeling and pc/son-
al saerilice. When his studies were cut short by Ihe terri ble
typhoid epidemic of 1905. his s elf1es~ service saved many lives.
No one wbo survivetl dlose terrible limes. when loved ones
were seized suddenly and carried awa\' within a few ho ur~ , will
ever lorgel I)r. Wesl's heroism. My molJler had then volunteered
a a nurse. as had many ofule be ·t won)cn fthe to\ II. and often
spoke of'thc young man's great enc~y and forlilude. visi!illl.(.
pre -cribing, (Oil soling withoul cncl going wilh(lul sleep for days
III a lime.
Now of course wc believe Ihallyphoid. Ihat pcculiarly hemi-
ble and degrading disease. cannot strike aga in. Ihough \VO l)lay
be perhaps 100 c()mfonablc ill our belief. Those who Ol'pose the
plUllOCd reservoir do so p.Lrlly because Ihey fear thai Ihe
impounded waler may someday act as a forcing-stali on lor a
lIew cpid~rni c.
Be Ihal 3S il may. young WCSI su.rvivcd Ihe Ihrea! of typhoid-
while fighting il al close qll2r1crs. Graduating and begiJlI1inf; his
profcssirmal career. Ihe ncw Dr. W;:SI spurned a pOlentially
lucrative urban praclicc in favor of seHless errorl among Ibe
poor in nearby Bolton. SiSler Mary ·~ther. who has long worked
,1I110ng Bolton's poor, recalls Dr. Wesl as fI sarcastic alheisl who
often poked fun at her belief. .. 'ollclhdess." she remarked
rccemly. " Dr. Wesl was a good man who never refused In:alllIenl
when a poor person lacked money. Were half of liS who profess
Chrislianity so good in Chrislia.n deed as was Dr. Wesl, we
should all Iivc in ~ beller world."
Allhe oUlbreak of the World Wa.r. Dr. We·st was <Ollong Ihe
tirst in Ih is area In volunleer. a.nd wcnt 10 France 10 serve in a
field hO~'Pital. While Ihere, a German artillery shell slruei:: his
surgery. severely wounding him. His wounds made headlines
here, for all remembered his valiant hean.
Relurning 10 Americ{l. Dr, Wesl opened an office in BoslOn.
becoming widely known and rc pected before his sudden and
unexplained disappearance in 1922.
His will, slill in probate, supposedly provides a sizeablc
bequesl t(llhe University's School of Medicine. In dealh 2" in
life Dr. Herbert Wesl is a credit to the community, and lDany
remember him with respecl and affection.
MR . ,' Nt) MRS. i-loWARD WIlIPPL E PH ELPS announce the
engagement of tbeir daughter. Lucy Phelps, to Mr. Ambrose
Turner ofBoslon.
The wedding will be held iII February. at hrislchurcb
Episcopal iu Arkham. to be followed by 3 large reception hosted
by tbe pmeUls of t.he bride.
Mr. Turner is a g.raduate of Harvard and is pre ently employed
by a Bostvn law firm.
A BABY GIRL
A OA UGIlH, R WAS BORN Wednesday to Mr. li nd Mrs. Corey
Derby I-Iaske," , their second child. She is named Melissa Sus31U1a
and will be christened next Thursday morn ing at hristchurch
Episcopal.
The Adverliser offers congratulations to the pr ud parcllIs.
HALL SCHOOL ENROLLEE
CI ·\R LE MAR H. son ofML and 1\,lrs. Perkin' Marsh. a l:lIl1-
I ily well-known in our community, has been entered in the Hall
School, the excellent preparatory school ill Kingsp0r1 .
Charles i, tJle grandson of Jedediah Marsh, fOllllder of Marsh
& Associales, of thi~ Town.
D.A.R. BANQUET
THE AN NUAl. D.A.R . fall banquet will be held next Saturday
evening. All members are inv ited t(\ allend. Mr. Alexan der
Pickering, descendant of Revolulionary War hero olonel
Timothy l'ickering. is thc speaker, and he has a lively reputation.
He wi II address the iml ortance of Americanizing foreign illlll1i-
grams.
BOYS' ATHLETIC FIELD EXPANSION
AT ST. MICHAEL'S
FATHER PAUL SHE 'Nt:, priest at SI. Michael 's Catholi c C1lUrch
here in Arkham, anno un ced plans to enlarge Ihe boys ' play-
ground . Open.ed last year. the playground has provided a whole-
some and moral gathering place for Irish youngsters. and local
businessmen and civic leaders have praised Father Paul's efforts
in this regard.
At a morning breakfast held yesterday at St. Michael's. Falher
Paul and other leaders of the church honored local businessman
Daniel O·Ba.nnion. president of Lucky C lover Cartage Co .. who
donated 1ll0SI of the funds which constructed the original
gIOunds .
Mr. O'Bannion took the opportunilY 10 donate an additional
$200 for erection of a b!lsketball hoop, for fencing a portion of the
yard, and lor maintenance of the facility.
L· R, TO C OUJHRS. American M er clIn' , and six ot.her nation-
al magazines continue 10 indicalc the election of Herbert Hoover of
California by a wide margin over Gov, Smilh of New York.
AltllOUgh voters in the Bay Slale and Rh de Island are app arently
split. the Democratic candidate shows weakly in Ihe heart of the
nation including Iowa. Michigan. and Nebraska. ScntimclII ill New
York may also be ;;winging tOward the Republican nominee.
These same testimonici> of support show a close race berween
Ihe Republi ca n Frank G. AJ\en and G e n~ral 'harles H. Cole. Ihe
Democrat, in ihe Mnssnchusetts gubcrnnlOrial election.
An Unhappy Accident
TI·llo UNIV I:lRSr Y' eight-inch reflector los t collimation after
being accidentally dropped last week by members of the varsity
iOolballtcam . The Depanment of As ITO no my ha ~ requested funds
from the Universit y and private soure.:s for construction of an
protective observatory of modest scale.
Last week's damage to Ollr main inSITument , although cor-
rectable. demonstrates our peril in leaving line optics at the mer-
cies of fate
Wireless Station to be Constructed
THE U 'IvERsn'Yand the Arlverlisr:r yesterday awarded a joint
contract to the Edwards Construction Co. to build a wirde. s
radio transmitter faeililY on Kingsporl Head .
"This facility shall connect the Advertiser directly with tbe
rest of the world and enable us to bring you the latest news almosr
as it happens." stalcd Adllt:rliser Editor-Publisher Harvey
Gedney.
The powerful radio faciLity will also be the world's pany·line
between the Univcr. ity and its upcoming expedition 10
Antarctica . Dr. ~Llrnlil) Hayes. head of the University 's
Department of Electrical Engineering. will supervise the dcs.ign
and wnstruction orthe modern " shon-wave" station.
Civil Suit Proceeds
ALa RT C NNINGHAM. from whose store tlle ,lnimals-report-
edly two puppies, a macaw, a piglet, and six tropi eal fi sh-were
purchased. vowed not to withdraw his suit agaillst tbe trio . .
He confirmed rumors that he has been offered a large oUI-of..
court settlement. "But a man-o- v.'ar couldn't keep me from going
alier those young ra eals," Cunningham said_
The recently-fonlled Arkham Society lor the Protection of
Animals has caused their al1orncy, Mr. Edwin Cassidy, to file an
amieus curiae brief in support of Mr. Cunningham's position.
 Ballot
Only once be fore. in 1898.
has a Uni ve rsity official rlln
I'o r the office. In t.hat year Dr.
Alan Halsey, then Dean of
the Mi skatonic Medi cal
School. made all unsuccess-
ful bid for til(' post.
Unhap pily. some Tele-
news ba llots were ru dely
descriptive. according to
Ass!. Manager Harold
Diddlebock. and he sa id lhat
ending the traditi on o f the
mock ballot might be iJI the
best interests ofm1lnagcment
and employees. " Folks arc
less po lite than they used to
be: ' he averred. "Some o f tJH!
comments I got just plain
made me blink ."
Injunction
Surveys. meas urements.
planni ng. the prores o f bid,
a.nd the legal formalit ies
IOward phys ical construction
oft.he reservoir continue.
Rumor At The
University
Mea nwhile. unconfi rmed
ntlllor at the U ni c rsity sug-
ge ·ts that Dr. Angley is actu-
a lly l:oncern ed about botau.i-
cal sport s whic h he discov-
ered nca r the old crossroads
of Clark 's COl'llers.
Ang ley. it was whispered
believed he could garner little
support ro preserve what the
publil: would perce-ive as ugly
diseased weeds. hOIVeVCr l:I.IJ;-
OilS they might be to science.
and so he seized upon the rare
wildflowcrs as a ploy.
Asked about the rum ors.
Dr. An gley had no comment
n llw r Ih:m t tl n!irc r!lt£' Ih,, ' hi.
interests were purely scien-
ti fic, "unlike many whose
concern s are to convert
unprofitable abandoned land
into tidy sum s-in-hand by
means of conn ivd nce for high
payment durin g condemna-
tion proceedings:'
HARDWICKE ' S STAMPS & COINS
I buy ilild sell rar~ stamps and coins. minI sc t ~ . medal and ITO-
ph i~. . and orht r tangible mrities. SlOP in. o r sIal.: yonr de. ircs
by lette r. YI!- . I carry stmn p albums of SI: oral designs. and an
exce l\ cnr brand of stam p hi nges.
561 J" KI~~ 5'1001, r. ARK II AM . M ORTO ' I-IARI)I\'I
Carl I)enhal!.'-~ L31_'~ I.J~ ng~ Epic
TIre Lioll-Men o(Tolllbasa
The Greatest W hite Humer of weill 811 reveal the tirnc1cs3
mystcncs of tlnrkesl Africa - :)Is trave logue. Tht' nil!;', KiWI;
Tw n~wsrccL every nighl, and eltangc,d every week. Sa turday
matl nc.:: lied Ri"",. Rust/t!.r.v and 7111' 1-/(l1I1Ift'd Mansioll.
Tcltnews Cinema. 552 N Garrison Street
Salisf y o lllJour winte r lathing needs wilde ou r stocks o re fr sh.
N Ii n , Books, Pi
You always gel/he right change with
SHREWSBURY
AUCTION
POSTPONED
I N A LAST Mh move by
Tt:!
attorney E.E. SaltollStall the
grand horne of Dr. Laban
Shrewsbury. located on W
CurwOI] Street bas been pulled
from the auctio n block.
The ra mbling Queen Aune
mansion, former horne oflong-
missing scholar and au thor Dr.
Laban Shrewsbury, has slood
empty since 19 15 when the
noted intelleelual disappeared
whil e strolli.ng alone west of
Ark.ham.
/\ s provided ill Dr.
Shrewsbury's will , the property
ha been maintained for the
lalOt thirteen years with limds
from :m account at ArkJlam
fi rst Bank. admini stered by
LE . aJlO nslal1. &. Associates.
When the funds were ~x h a ust­
cd on cpt. 15. reiati \'Cs of Ihe
long-missi ng profes or quick-
ly urangcd to scll the house
Jnd belongings.
But before jhe COUrt could
m ~ke trans fcr titl e. an as-yet
unknown dOllor deposited sub-
Slanli nl new fund - ill lhl;:
account.
Dr. Shrewsbury, who spent
severa l ycars lcaching at bOlh
I-liHvard and lhe Univers it y of
Wiscon ill. was a nOte anthro-
p logi t who observed and
analyzed primitive mylhs and
riluals.
His two books. All
In vesligMion illto Ih e )\!Jyth-
Pal/ems 0/ LlI ller-Day Prim-
Itives with Especial Rej;Tence 10
Iile R'lyeil 1"('. rt and Clhlllllll in
Iile NecrollOllliC:DIJ , wllile never
enjoying full acceptance among
his peers. were nOllclhele;ss
hailed by some 'cholars. among
them Sir James George F r:t:zc r.
aumor 0 1 Ille l H) /11en lio ug ll .
Sir Jame-s once commenied lhat
Shrewsbury's work "has gone
far beyond anything I have yet
touched upon".
At the time of hi mysteri-
OtiS disappearance. Dr. Shrews-
bury was be li eved t be wo rk-
ing on another important bMk_
Kli. ow '
D E I' ,\RT M
f o~I'ioncrble. lurdr.1
u nd I::'u rnilure 01 Bcr l'q in
nos, F Iwi. -. S eWi ng M d, ines , H U5
0111' IrolleY-l:ups lind l:en.tral cashier. because '·lie
310 W hurch Street
BOOK
ENDS
By Francis Taylor
[. R£ "'[( OS ·\ the reeelll controversy eOllccrning the ban-
ning of the book Lady Chatterley:S Lover by lhe
Comlllonwea lth o f Massachu setts, many readers have been
kind enough to write ill and express their opini on regarding
the decision.
Nearly all commentators agreed Ihat the lim its of common
cleet·nc.y must be mai ntained. Allhough a few claim Ul(lt righis
inherent 10 the federal onsiitution preclude the banTlin g of
any book, our founding fillhers had no intention to protect the
lurid rav ings of one such as David Henry Lawrence.
While on a visit to New York. I was able (0 peruse. a mug-
gled c py or' tbis novel and can 5t'lle unequi vocally thaI the
work i' pure trash Once the public clamor has died down , it
will qu ickly slip into the obscurity it qu ite. ri ghtly deserves.
No Clues Concerning Missing Author
On a dilfe rent note. Woonsocket Pres' of Rh ode Island
las t week announ ced the planned republicat ion of II War
Cl)me Nem: the fi rst and best known novel by Arkham-born
aUI.II11r Ramlulpb Carter.
The novcl was based on Carter' experiences in the French
Foreign Legion du ring the Worl d War. He wrote it during his
recovery fj'om wound ~ received al Belloy-ell-Sanerre. [t was
fi r~ t pu.blished in 19 19. and the work was wide ly adm ired.
Allhough Carter fo llowed thi s lirst book with additi onal
novC;\ s al]d short sto ry collections, he never recei ved wide
rccognrt io n. His larer works were fantastic.al dream-l i_ke ta le
di sappointing to readers and reviewers . t-.4 ' t with indiffer-
ence, Carter eventuall y ceased to publish.
Al though born and raised in Arkham, he has spent most o f
bis adult life ill Boston. becomjng involved il.l mysterious hi ·-
torical researches that iook hi m a far south as I~orida.
The author w a reported missing 0 11 October S. when his
automobile was found parked ncar ule foot of Elm Moulltain .
ncar the ~ilC o f the old Can er mansion.
Woonsocket Press says that the enigmati c artcr . igncd
their c:ontract in August. ;tt1d that hi s di appCItT,U1Ce will in
no way delay publ icalion, planned for early 1929.
No C lues Concerning Missing Author
Chie f o f Police Asa Nicho ls Slated today Lhat no further
clues rega.rd ing the di sappearance o f Arkham-born author
Randolph Carter h:we beel\ discovered.
AltllOugh the case will remain open . Chief Nichols said
that all poss ibl e ang les hllve been exbausted. and :lsked t.hat
~!!-:""':~!~~ .,.·.·i!h !lny kno~.'.,,!,C' ds ~ OfG.:l !'tc !"" :; \·.. hc :"'C'!!b:.) :, !!'~
ward .
Nichols seemed 10 imply that lhe reclusive and s{J melim~
ecccntri :1I1lhor might be staying in Boston, ,tlthollgh visits
and messagl.\s at his flat have failed 1.0 ill umi nale the mys-
tery.
' arter·. nbandollc:c1 automobil e was di c ve red OCl.O ber
8th at'the fOO Lo f Elm Moulltain. site of t.he Carter ancestra l
home <llId lasl occupkd by Chrislopher Caner, Randolph 's
great-uncle.
Rando lph Carter's best known book was A Wa r Com/!
Net1l; based on his Grear War experiell('Cs. pllbli shed in 191 9.
FUNERAL NOTICES
1(,
C ZEKL.OV, Peter - AI St. Mary's Bo. piwl in Arkham. OCI. 3.
1928; wife Ros,] Czekl ov; daughter Rota Wharton of Salem:
daughter G ina Sv latsov o f Bollon; daughter Betti na Miro o f
Arkham: SOliS Arno Czeklov and Richard Czek lov o f Arkham :
brothe r Ge k 'mond zeld o\' o f Boston: fr iend o f lItallY
Arkhamites: of immigrant stock wbo fled the great rep res. ions
of 1849: becom ing in his yo uth an expert machinist and in his
majority a man well-regarded for phil;U1thropic acts; a Mason:
aged 74.
l'vlt:morial sc.rvices fr om the chapcl of EL EAZ~\ R'S
Ar pel lor Women. ~I el\. nd Younqsl€ps
P de s
in l. -r. 'IS, mul, 111
C0 1./111
FUl\rtRAL NOTICES (continued)
FUNERAL I-lOME, 549 S FrcncJ Hill Street, 2:30 p.m.,
Friday. Memoria.ls arc acce pted lor the Miskatonic Uni versity
GIANELLI , Roberto - Passe.d away at home following a fever,
Oct.. 2, 1928; beloved son of Gui seppe and ElenaGianelli: dear
brother of Vincellzo. Catarina, Maria, and Francesco Gianelli:
age 7. Serv ices from the chapel of EL "AZAR ' S ruNE RAL
I-lOM E . 549 S French Hill Street. I r.M. Sunday.
BARRIS, Emily Dunbam - Passed :Iway at her home f(lll ow-
ing a long illness. OCI 3. 1928: age 69 ; wife of the latc Philip
Dunham : mother of Ruby GanUllell and Elizabeul Harris; gra nd-
mother o f Herbert Hezekiah. and Harriet Gammell : ~ ister o f
Roy and L\!ster Harris and the late Sophia Orne.
Friends are invited to attend the funeral scr icc Saturday at
II :30 A. M. ii'om the chapel of MEHLE R' . FUNERA L PAR-
LOR. 171 Li eh SlIeet, Arkham.
.IARSH. Jeremiah - LOSI ,j[ sea, September 22 . 1928 : son of
Joshua and Ida May' Marsh: bro ther of Beckn ell Marsh. Matthew
Dana Marsh. and iltherine 1\'larsh Ma key : uncle of nine niece
and nt::phcws: fbend of Jacob Asker and Timothy Walters: . ellior
I'res ident or
his Arkham High School class: fullbac k of the
Arkham Rugby Team: age 33 .
f riends may ca ll on Friday after I ". M . and are invited 10
allenrJ th e li lll c r~1 le rvicc Satll rch y ::,1 !(·] O " .M fro m (he chapi?!
o f WHI TEC HAPEL MO RTUA RY . 5~ 1 W Churcb treet.
Arkham. Then to the 'arri' on tn:el Bridge. ror 13I 0s~o tll s Upon
the Wate.n;.
OBITUARV
Thllrhpr, A' c hi~on Howard
l-Iowl11'd Alchison Thurba passed away on October 7, ill his
sleep. at Sl. rvl ary's Hospi tal. A civic-minded ma n belo\'ed to
many.. he panicipated in designing, planni ng. or overseeing rn o ·t
of the major public works in Arkham and the surrounding area
fo r [jIC past haH'-cennlry.
He was ,111 ac tiv~ member of the Rotary lub and it thirty-sec-
ond degree Mason,
A publ ic service L planned for ne)(1Tuesday. til which many
Town notables are ex pected to pani ipate.
130m fO Mari on Powell Thurber and Grace Howard TIlUrber in
1859. Atchi son Thtl rber was raised ill Arkballl aud g raduated
fro m the James Lcalllorc Prc.paTlltory Seh 01 in 1876. A student
of c ng in Cl~rillg. Thurber continued his education first at £'riiiceton
and then later at ille Massac huseHS Institute of Tecilnologyin
B o~t o l1 where he received his degree in 188 1.
Moving to ew York. Mr. Thurber met and married Abiga il
Pierce who gav to him two daughiers, Maryanne. born in I 8 .
and Abigail. born two yea rs later in 1885. A son. Powell. born
:;! e;~ f~ :­ • I n~F ,. I · -
U i • 1.>0"• • UI ~U IU .... 'lLlu. .y.
A tier Ihe dealh o f rJlcir son. Mr. aile:! Mrs . Thurber relurned
to Afkham and settled in Iheir hOllse on W Derby . treeL Shortly
aft er Mr. Thurber's return to Arkham. the horrible Rood oi 1888
occurred. foreing c it izens from their homes fo r lhrl'l! da ys and
more until the 'wirl ing waters receded.
Largely due to the e tTorlS of MI. ThuJber. hired joi ntly bv
Town 3.lId Universit y. the concrete dikes in pl ncc today were thc;1
installed, preventing any recurrenee of ulal disam ous flood.
The year 1903 saw the marriage of both hi daught er .
Maryanlle to Sir Arihur Heltllsley of England and young I\bigai l
to Ri chard Johnson of Hanover, Indiana. In 1905 Mr. Thurber's
wife. Abigail. te ll vi clim to the cholera visitation which ravaged
ArkJU'l1Tl an I the Mi 'katonic Valley.
Mr. Thurber continuc,d as an assoc iate pro fessor in
Mi sk atonie nivcrsily 's engineering d parlment until 19 1S.
when he sufrercd tile loss o1'hi5 daughter Maryanne and her fa m"
il y aboa rd the; ill -rn ted Lllsilania. D e c lin i n ~ hllalrh there at'l er
eventually forced hi s retiremeni.
Mr, Thurber's remaining day' were spent quietly. He occa-
sionally adv ised the Town or Universit)' about major works. I1] O~t
recently about ule reservoir proposed west of Ark ham .
He is survived by hi s daughtcr. Abigail Johnson of Indiana,
and by seven grand-ehildrt.n.
A las t will and testament. made kn()',lIlI to the University some
years ago, prov ides for a. large donation to be made 10 the
University library in the nalllc of his wili , Abigail.
PLAYERS TO PRESENT ARKHAM-
DERIVED FARCE
Alijah and Ward, or 7i1:0 f eas jn a 71/eologicol Pod, a farce ill
three ac ts written by Miskalonic Univers ity senior August
Delworth. will be presented this winterby Ihe University Players.
MTs . A li ce Turner. din:elo r of till: StUdt:111 (h e atn group.
annoullced the production of UtC play last week.
l3ased on genuine historica l event. the story concerns tbe
,I cijvitie ~ of a Rev. Ward Phillips who, ncar the tmn of the nine-
teenth century. instigared a wilCh hunt thaI thrcatened to split
U1C tOWII in half.
At odds wijh Phillips was one Alijah Billington, accused by
Phillips of " making deals with the de\'ill". Billington. although
quite innocent o f thc charges. was t10Ileule1ess ada mant rega rd-
ing what he called "Ule snooping about by Phillips and his
cronics " .
Later PhiHips repented and :tllempted 10 destroy all copies of
his book Thaumaturgical Prodi gies in the New England Canaan,
in which he accused and villified Billington. .
r .
The role ofQu3mis, Billington 's Indian compatriot. has been
evely thillg twice. awarded to longtime Univer. ily pLayer Anthony Ah.'wi fe .
Quamis' song "Tiptoe T hrough the Tower (Why is it So Drlrk in
Here?)" is s.tid to be one of U1C show's highlights. The remain-
ing parts are still to be cast