Kerberos 02/13/2012

Reginald's POV

Is there anything more satisfying than an over-seas safari? Possibly not, but that first proper scotch back home in England certainly comes close. And if there's anything better than a relaxing evening at the club, it's concluding such an evening by accompanying some old chums on a bit of a rollicking adventure. Just the thing to remind one that one needn't travel to Remotest Tibet or Deepest Africa to test one's abilities against the vilest of monstrous creatures.

[To be continued]

GM Notes

Quick flashback with Reginald / Gregory -- the PCs know him as Gregory, right? -- Victor, and Alice testing Gregory with a wine tasting and poisons / antidotes, which turned into a murder investigation. How much the club knew about the murder beforehand is an interesting question. This section was almost entirely plotted by Josh, Nunzio, and Alden.

Cut to Alice, Victor, and Sophronia (and Martin, of course) collecting Gregory and Abraham and setting out for Bethaven in their flying invisible coach, where they fought thugs and hellhounds, rescued young Charlotte Farham-Digby and her mother and her mother's maid, captured Lord Farham-Digby (who, lord or no, will be executed. He might not be hung, but he's getting capital punishment), routed the cultists (some of whom are minor nobility, but no one Alice and Abraham and Gregory can't destroy socially if they wish), and saved the street prostitute Wisteria from Duke Sylen, though Wisteria doesn't see it that way. Lady Dashingham did not hinder any of the goings on, and even offered to set up the game that both she and Victor needed to happen.

The PCs called on her the next day to set that up.

• Alice = Alec
• Victor = Alexander
• Gregory = Alexander's servant
• Sophronia = Sophronia
• Abraham = Abraham

Gregory studied the butler so as to be able to imitate him during the game. This he did, which allowed him to learn that Lady Dashingham had some "young man" or other somewhere. Sophronia guessed that this was Michael Doyle, intended as a replacement sacrifice, since Charlotte had been rescued, so she went to rescue Michael as Alec and Alexander split the pot. She had help from a tutor that the Doyle family had recently engaged. The GM may want to change some of the facts in the case of the tutor (but not the name), and if so, will allow the PCs to do the follow up that prompts.

Sophronia confirmed that Leon knew nothing about curses. He'd just been hired to make two watches for Lord Farnham-Digby, and accepted, wanting the money for projects on behalf of Martin Croyle. Leon offered to break Lord Farnham-Digby's legs or head. I'm not sure if a noble gets publicly executed. If so, Leon will want to attend. Also, the second watch was an ordinary watch, just in case someone asked why Lord Farnham-Digby had hired a watchmaker.

Lady Dashingham was sucked into Hell, along with any of her servants who didn't escape. Those who did likely ran to Abraham Lincoln to ask him how they could do the whole repentance thing. The Dashingham home was destroyed. Between that and rumors about Alec Campion fighting a duel with Alexander Alexandre (to blind Lady D. to the possibility of a split pot) and rumors about Campion trying to take over the underworld, and Victor deciding to let Alexander vanish, well, a lot of people are very curious about a lot of things.

And, for the next game month or so, Lord Alec Campion can visit nearly any noble home or party, as folks want to know what he knows about Lady D. Even Winston Beauchamp would receive him.

Loose ends:

• Duke Sylen and Wisteria
• Michael Doyle can name names of some of the high ranking cultists. The PCs know most of these names, but there are one or two extras
• Follow up on Michael's tutor
• Alice's modified fencing program
• Sophronia's cousin and uncle
• Angelina needs to be tested if she is to be admitted to the Kerberos Club again
• Doctor Butler
• Marquess of Carmarthen -- I'm looking for the real world geography here, but historically? One of the reasons I want to jump to July is that he's got reason to be in London then.

Potential Rumors

• "I, good sir, am not a scurrulous gossip! My pappy taught me to say naught but good of others or not at all. Not to say that we couldn't exchange news and such over the fence." See? Even Lincoln has his reputation to defend.

• "That Lincoln, the junior ambassador from America? He's an unrefined backwoods solicitor who is not fit to mingle in high society! If we did not have need of business in the colonies, I'd have him come in through the servant's entrance. He consorts with doxies, ne'er do wells and... *gasp* *those fellows from the club on Pall Mall.*"