Kerberos 04/23/2012

Brief Summary

Basically, there were three plots;

• The wrap up of the murderous widow whose property is useful for a ritual if one is buying up Certain Properties in an expanding circle
• Martin Croyle had Winston Beauchamp kidnapped in an attempt to retrieve Talos. This didn't go so well for him, although he himself escaped.
• The free clinic's opening may hit some problems, as three of five major donors are very, messily, bloodily dead

Other notes:

• Spying on Lord Gordon, who's trying something nefarious with Esther Rose.
• The Lip's got someone watching the Wilkenson home, so should report on who left with Talos (i.e., the PCs)

Longer notes on Winston Beauchamp and Martin Croyle

Selected dates from the wiki, with some others I'm now filling in:

• 1776: Emily, currently the dowager head of the Beauchamp family, born
• 1795: Gerald Beauchamp born to Lawrence and Emily
• 1798: Charlotte Beauchamp born to Lawrence and Emily. Francis Godolphin Osborne born (aka future lover of Augusta Knight)
• 1805: Anne Beauchamp born to Lawrence and Emily
• 1807: Randolph Beauchamp born to Lawrence and Emily. Slave traffic illegal in Great Britain.
• 1809: February 12: Abraham Lincoln born. Winston Beuchamp born to Lawrence and Emily
• 1810: Martin Croyle born.
• 1817: Charlotte Beauchamp marries Bertram (?doublecheck notes) [NB: That's what my notes say -- I just never decided who the Bertram fellow was, and he's likely dead now.)
• 1818: Alice Beauchamp born. First edition of Frankenstein published anonymously. This is probably when Martin Croyle's family all but sold him to Gerald Beauchamp. Gerald goes abroad soon, spending little time at home.
• 1823: Victor's parents, Augusta and David Knight, separate. Anne Beuchamp marries Henry Stephen-Fox Strangeways, currently 3rd Earl of Illchester (as of 1802). Second edition of Frankenstein published in France, with Mary Shelley's name on it. (NB: He's likely still alive, and we know Anne has at least one kid and the aspect Proud Parent)
• 1826: Alice's parents, Edith and TBD, die (of consumption? Not cholera, as it's before 1831). Randolph Beauchamp dies.
• 1827: Gerald Beauchamp dies of consumption. (NB: At this point, Winston Beauchamp, the youngest child, is now head of the family. He is 18 years old. Alice is 9. Martin Croyle is 17.)

From Dragon in the Smoke:

Martin Croyle grew up in the care of an obscure aristocratic writer, who his own family had practically sold him to. He served his master well, on his travels around Europe, and as pay his master would share his vast knowledge of the world with him. His master had no love for the ways of the world, and cared much for the plight of the working class, which to him was personified in his servant boy, Martin, whom he loved very. To Martin Croyle his master was as much a father as a mentor or master, and he loved him just as dearly. When his master finally succumbed to consumption one would expect the young boy whom he loved as a son to inherit something, but Martin Croyle was only kicked out by his master’s family. His family considered their loving relationship improper, a scandalous abomination. If a Will promising the boy any money or property had been made, it disappeared shortly after his master’s death. He was left with nothing, penniless on the streets of London. What he had was his schooling, and an increasing distaste for the current social order.

Last session, Croyle kidnapped Winston Beauchamp, not because of their past history, but because Alice and Sophronia stole Talos, the giant clockwork man, from Croyle's follower, Leon. Winston still maintains that he was right to send Croyle packing after Gerald Beauchamp's death.

It's now 1838. Abraham Lincoln promised Lord Dudley Ashdowne (currently in prison) that he would look after Lord Dudley's sister, Eliza. There is some talk about a possible Eliza Dudley-Winston Beauchamp marriage.

Outstanding Question: Knowing what he now knows about Winston's treatment of Martin Croyle, does Abraham Lincoln think Eliza should or should not marry Winston? Or is the jury still out?

Quotes

Do you pln to drink it or do yu plan to stare at it?

Oh both. It is very nealy perfect.

Why this isn;t creepy at al. Shall we enter?

I'm very disappt in how ceepy it isn't

I see stiff upper lip isn't limited to BMen

Alice, cd you do that... thing?

Old Hickoy cut from grave of Indian Burial Ground

Gregory did you und the clinic?

Hell yes.

Watch out for Hellhounds. Alice, did you give money to the clinic?

No.

Then you should be safe.

The Durlesses did.

Victor: Oh F*k.

I rather think a few cobra bites might do the job.

I thought it was an asp.

Oh, yes.

Oh of course not. That is entirely incorrect. She can lift a great deal more.

He's not very bright, but you want Winston back, and he's not very bright either!

Sophonia!

Sorry, Alice.

Dog! Claws!

Yes, thank you. Keep running!

I think you just invented baseball.

Bloody, naked Gregory carrying bleeding, broken Peter Tillinghast: I presume there's a doctor in the church.