♛ THE BETWEEN

THE AMERICAN

Quincy Calhoun | He/Him

THE UNDENIABLE

Lupin Volpe | They/Them

THE VESSEL

Jonah Davies | He/It

THE KING IN SHADOWS [DAY 4]

A strange madness plagues London. Rumors describe mass delusions, hysteria, and disorientation among peoples of all classes. Two individuals, artist Hypatia Quint and theatre critic Larkin Creel, were both admitted to Bethlem Royal Hospital recently, following bouts of distress. Prior to his admittance to Bedlam, Larkin published a scathing review of a piece of experimental theatre titled The King in Shadows. The review is unforgiving in its criticisms, but it’s clear that Larkin felt drawn—perhaps obsessed—to see the play again. However, the production doesn’t stay in one place for long; part of the play’s allure is its sudden appearance at a new venue every few weeks. Those who wish to see must seek it for themselves. The play was last performed in the basement of Ranelagh Chapel in Sloane Square, just a stone’s throw from Hargrave House. If you can find the play, maybe watching it can provide some insight into what’s going on.

Question: WHAT SIGNS PRECEDE A PERFORMANCE OF THE PLAY, AND WHERE WILL IT APPEAR NEXT?
Question: WHAT ROLES ARE YOU INTENDED TO PERFORM IN THE PLAY?
Resolve the Threat by playing out this role during the play’s next performance, ending in the tragic fall of the Occluded King, or by breaking out of this role and ruining the production itself, thereby returning order to London.

THE ST. JAMES ST GHOST [DAY 3]

A back issue of The Illustrated Police News, a tabloid notorious for carrying salacious, blood-curdling tales of dubious provenance, has a story about a young maid, Ginny Hess, who was found dead—apparently fom shock—in her employer’s St. James’s Street townhouse some months ago. Testory claims the townhouse is haunted, and that it was almost certainly the appearance of a ghost that caused the young maid to die of fight. Afer a cursory inquiry, you learn the precise address of the haunting, 18 St. James’s Street, and the name of the family that lives there, the Beales.

Question: WHICH PART OF THE HOUSE IS THE GHOST ATTACHED TO?
Question: HOW CAN WE GET THIS GHOST TO PASS ON TO THE NEXT WORLD?

THE WHATELEY CAMERA [DAY 2]

Hargrave House library contains research on the so-called Whateley Camera, one of the first wet plate-type cameras ever produced. People who are photographed by the camera have been known to disappear without a trace. An American scientist and philosopher, Atticus Whateley, studied the camera for a number of years and proposed that it was some sort of entity—a demon, or even a god—and that the people who went missing had been transported to another dimension. Whateley advanced an idea called the “fagrant void,” a sort-of proto-Earth that existed in near-total darkness, and that was home to powerful entities who were banished by God on the first day of Creation. He believed some of those entities could still operate in our world, hidden fom view, perhaps through common objects, like the camera. While his research couldn’t prove the existence of the fagrant void, he did manage to show how the camera caused people to be whisked away to another dimension; unfortunately, before he could present his work for review, he was killed, his notes were destroyed, and the camera went missing. One week ago, a beautiful actress, Penelope Levy, disappeared. She was last seen at the Society Obscura, an exclusive and secretive club for wealthy photography enthusiasts located in a converted townhouse in Kensington. A missing actress wouldn’t merit attention fom Hargrave House if not for the fact her lover, Burt Broadswell, sent the hunters one of the pictures taken of her at the Society Obscura.

Question: WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES WILL CAUSE SOMEONE PHOTOGRAPHED BY THE CAMERA TO DISAPPEAR?

THE COVEN [DAY 1]

Te coven has arrived in London. They are here in the guise of a group of fortune-tellers and mediums calling itself the Fellowship of Dreamers, but you know the truth: they are very evil, very powerful, and very dangerous. You don’t know where the coven is, but you know where they’ve been: the homes of several prominent members of society, where they were guests before performing seances and tarot card readings at the homeowners’ fetes. Those addresses are: 14 Brompton Road, 6 Boscobel Place, and the Rutland Gardens estate.

Question: WHEN AND WHERE WILL THE FINAL STEP OF THE GRAND RITUAL TAKE PLACE?

SALLY NO-FACE

The Daily Telegraph has a story about a washerwoman named Clara Yarborough who was found dead in a hallway of her tenement house in Whitechapel; her face had been carefully removed. Tis is the third such crime this month—the other two victims, Edward Clive and Dolly Merryweather, also lived in Whitechapel.

Question: WHERE IS THE KILLER HIDING?
Resolve the Threat by infiltrating the killer’s lair, then capturing or destroying them.

THE NUTCRACKER

A retired hunter, Rabbi Rebekka Salomon, has sent a letter to Hargrave House. She asks for assistance in cracking a case close to home. the three dancers from the Royal Ballet have been discovered encased in ice and posed as "sculptures" throughout the city: Basil Lagarde, posed skating at Regent's Lake Park; Massimo Ossani, found "praying" at Salomon;s own synagogue; and Ermes "The Soaring" Lambros, crucified outside St Paul's Church. Each body has been gelded. The Ballet's winter season threatens to be cancelled and Rabbi Salomon, a patron of the Ballet, wants the so-called Sculptor caught. She has determined the killer works at the theater, but she is forbidden to speak to staff do to previous "recreational" trespasses.

Question: WHERE DOES THE SCULPTOR CARVE THEIR WORKS?
Resolve the Threat by laying a trap for the Culptor, then capturing or destroying them.

THE LIMEHOUSE LURKER

Jenny Johnston, the proprietor of an opium den in Limehouse, tells you a story that has not yet reached Scotland Yard or the papers: three people have been found dead in recent days, the bodies completely exsanguinated. Te first was a prostitute called Sof Jimmy, found in a dark corner of the opium den; the second was a young mother, Charla Bell, found in an alleyway behind the Limehouse School; and the third was a Chinese sailor, Zhao Donghai, found outside a pub near the Regent’s Canal Dock, the Dog & Whistle. Jenny, an informal community leader in Limehouse, has been keeping the bodies in her basement; she’s hesitant to go to the authorities because she fears it will cause trouble for the small but thriving Chinese immigrant community in the district. She heard that Hargrave House has experience with matters such as this, and has asked for your help.

Question: Is the vampire young or old?
Question: IF IT IS OLD, WHERE IS THE VAMPIRE’S NEST?
"Resolve the Threat by infiltrating its nest and then destroying it or convincing it to leave London."