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    Opening

    the

    WaY

    Editorial

    by

    Mike

    Mason

    You

    n

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    Corner

    Cthulhu

    ow

    cenario

    by

    Andy

    Bennison

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    Breaking

    he

    code

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    Rik

    Kershaw-Moore

    Aquaintances

    &

    Abodes

    The

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    by

    Andy

    Bennison

    Items

    of

    Mutual

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    Reviews

    Acknowledgements

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    You

    in

    Your

    Sraall Cornerr

    o.

    by

    AndyBennison

    Jesus

    b id .s us

    sh ine

    lv i th

    a

    coo l

    c lea r

    l igh t t

    L ike a

    l i t t le cand , le

    burn lng

    in

    the n igh t .

    In th is l vo r ld o f da rkness

    so

    lve

    must

    sh ine t

    You

    in

    your

    sma l l

    co rner

    and .

    I in m ine .

    01d Sunday Schoo l Hynn

    The Premise

    Catherine

    oung

    disappeared

    hreedaysagoaftera

    rowwith

    her husband.This morning she walke d

    into

    Greenbank

    House,a mentalasylumand asked o be admitted.

    n

    ust

    a

    few hours

    her conditionhas

    rapidlydeclined. he

    player

    s

    either a concerned

    riend,

    a

    private

    nvestigator ired by

    Catherine's

    amily

    or a

    reporter

    eager

    or

    a story.

    The scenario

    s

    set

    n

    the

    present

    ay during

    he winter.

    Sources

    of lnformation

    Gatherine'sFamily

    Catherine's usband,Frank, s too distraughto see anyone.

    He blames himself or what has

    happened. heir

    six-year

    marriage has

    always

    been stormy, however, hey always

    managed o

    patch

    things

    up. Anyonewanting o speak o

    Frankwill have o

    get

    past

    his brother-in-law, ichaelHarris,

    who has broughthis

    pet

    Alsatian

    og around o the

    house o

    deter callers.Frankand Michaelare old

    schoolmates. ore

    like brothers han

    riends.

    Michael does not hold

    Frank responsible or what has

    happened.His sister always

    had

    a short

    fuse, but he is

    understandablyoncerned boutCatherine's

    elfare. ftera

    successful ebate oll,Michaelwill reveal hatCatherine

    eft

    after rowingwith

    Frank

    about

    how to

    set

    up

    the timer on

    the

    video recorder.Frankhas

    been

    o see Catherine,

    ut

    she did

    not

    recognisenor respond

    o

    him.

    Catherine's

    elongings

    have

    been

    handed

    over

    o Frank:

    so

    far he has not examined

    them.

    Three clues can be

    found in

    Catherine's

    andbag.Each

    requires a

    SPOT HIDDEN roll to

    discover.

    There is an

    unfamiliar

    key, a till receipt dated

    yesterday

    or

    13.50

    stamped

    Emily's"

    nd a slip of

    paper

    on

    which

    (Catherine)

    has scrawled:

    "AH

    46.

    Museum

    Press50. Belmont 3. Panther

    5"

    NeitherFranknor

    Michael ecognise

    ny of these

    tems.

    The house s full

    of books

    and clutter. atherine

    was

    always

    trying out ne w hobbies

    -

    she

    would

    become

    wildly

    enthusiastic

    bout a subjectand

    then

    after six

    monthsshe

    would drop i t and start something else. Catherine's

    obsessions

    have included ornithology, aromatherapy,

    amateur dramatics,

    photography,

    earning

    Spanish

    -

    sh e

    was even nvolvedwith he

    local

    church

    or

    a

    few months. he

    expense of al l

    these whims was the

    cause

    of

    the

    majority

    of

    Frank

    and

    Catherine's rguments.

    Her

    current

    hobby s metaldetecting.

    Should

    he

    players

    hink o look or

    her new metal detector, t will be missing og etherwith a

    suitcase nd a

    few temsof

    clothing.)

    The Neighbours

    The Young'sneighbours,

    Mr

    &

    Mrs Ell iot,will be only too

    happy o

    gossip

    about heir constant ows and fights.

    They

    will

    spare

    no

    details

    nd evenmakesomeup o impress

    heir

    audience.

    They've

    ad rows n the streetand she's eft

    him

    more imes han can count

    then

    again

    what

    do

    you

    expect

    when

    you

    marry

    a

    loud mouthed out ike'im,"Mrs Elliotwill

    tellto anyone

    prepared

    o listen.

    lf Mrs Elliot

    s

    not

    nterviewed

    he

    will

    certainly rriveon

    the

    scene o offer

    her

    "help",

    ut reallyshe

    ust

    wants o

    find out

    what her neighbours

    ave

    been up

    to this ime.

    lf

    other

    residents re

    questioned,

    t will become clear hat

    there has beena long-standingeudgoingon between he

    Youngsand the Elliots.

    First

    there was a dispute about

    parking,

    hen therewere

    problems

    bout he trees that Mr

    Elliot

    planted

    lose

    o theYoung'sence.The situation ame

    to

    a

    head when FrankYoungallegedly eported he Elliot's

    son,Joey,

    o

    the

    police

    or receiving tolen

    goods.

    Joey

    was

    releasedrom

    prison

    wo weeksago and

    s

    currently taying

    with his mum and dad.

    The

    Young'sother neighbours, ohn

    Watkins and Fiona

    Keogh, re a

    young

    couplewith a babydaughter.

    iona s in

    most of the time but she does

    not want to

    get

    involved. f

    pressed,

    he will confirm

    hat the Youngs

    do

    have requent

    rows,but then again he Elliotsare just as bad.Their son

    oftenhas his riends alling

    ound,makingnoise i l l he early

    hours.

    lt

    was

    actually ohn

    Watkinswho anonymously alled

    the

    police

    aboutJoey

    Elliot.)

    Greenbank House

    Catherine its

    in

    a catatonic

    rance in the centre of her

    padded

    ell.Occasionallyhe sings

    he firstverseof an old

    hymn

    she

    earnt

    as a child.

    Attempts o

    moveherwill

    be

    me t

    with

    a

    violent eaction. nyoneseeingCatherine

    who failsa

    Sanity Rol l wi l l

    lose 1d2

    sanity

    points.

    This loss

    is

    automatic

    or

    anvone

    who knew her well.

    FatherDominic s a

    young

    Roman

    Catholic

    priest

    who acts

    as chaplain or the

    residents. he hospital

    staff

    end to avoid

    himas

    he

    comesacrossas

    very ntense nd serious.

    He has

    taken a special

    nterest

    n

    Catherine's ase,

    as he was

    present

    when Catherine

    marched nto the receptionand

    demanded o be

    locked n

    a

    padded

    cell for her own

    protec-

    tion. Once inside she seemed

    very relieved,but

    quickly

    regressedo her current tate.

    FatherDominic s amiliar

    with

    the verse hat

    Catherine

    ings.

    He's ried o speak o

    the am-

    ily o offerconsolation

    nd

    support,

    but hey don't seem o

    be

    interested.He will

    assist

    he investigators

    n

    any

    lawful

    way

    he can.

    The doctorsare

    vague

    about Catherine's

    ondition.

    hey are

    still carryingout

    tests and are unwil l ing

    o

    commit

    to a

    diagnosis t this earlystage.

    Only

    friendsor investigators

    ired by the family

    will

    be able

    to access

    this information.Reporters

    will have to resort to

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    Talk or briberyon the less

    professional

    membersof

    at Greenbanko learn he truth.

    an easily be located

    n

    the local YellowPages

    directory. t's a tearoom on the sea front of a

    un-down oliday

    esort.

    The

    tearoomcatersmainly

    citizens

    and

    its

    young

    waitresses re

    less

    than

    No one remembers Catherine.Anyone visiting

    making n IDEA ollwill noticea hotel ourdoors

    f they

    don'tnotice

    t,

    hey will certainly pot he

    police

    parked utside.

    is

    now

    out of season,most of the hotelsand all

    guest-

    re closedunti l he spring.The Regal s the largest

    hat s sti l l

    open or business.

    t

    does not

    l ive

    up

    to

    it 's

    t 's

    atty, am

    shackled, irtyand n desperate eedof

    f the

    players

    nter hey

    will

    witness wo

    police

    nterviewing

    he receptionist . hey are

    looking

    or a

    called

    Ron Parrish,

    who works

    part

    time as a night

    e s

    currently n bailand shouldhave eported

    n

    to

    station his morning. hey'vecheckedhis lodgings,

    ut

    signof him.This s the onlyothercontact ddress

    heyhave or him.Apparently, e didn't urn up for work

    ight nddidn't

    phone

    n.

    are only a handfulof

    guests

    currently tayingat

    th e

    Should he

    players

    sneak

    a look at the

    guest

    book,

    will

    notice he following ookings:

    Room1: Mr

    &

    Mrs

    Whittle.

    (Elderly

    ouple elebratingedding nniversary)

    Room2: MissH Jamesion

    ndMissV Jamesion

    (Elderly

    isters, ne s convalescing.)

    Room 0:Mr

    John

    Harman

    (Middle

    gedman

    visiting

    elativesn own)

    Room14:Miss

    C

    Harris

    (Catherines still ignedn under ermaiden ame.)

    Room 5:MrH Napier

    eceptionist ill

    recogniseCatherinerom a

    photograph

    confirm

    hat she

    is

    stillstaying t the

    hotel.

    Noneof the

    ememberher

    with the exception f Harry Napier.

    a

    part

    time

    literature ecturer

    now in semi

    e is staying at the hotel for a fortnight o do

    work on his latestbook. He is

    over-enthusiasticnd

    He tried to strike

    up

    a

    conversation ne

    ith Catherine, ut she

    gave

    him a

    polite

    brushoff.

    one

    elsehas

    really

    poken o her much. o he hotelstaff,

    ust

    another land

    guest.

    key

    n

    Catherine's andbag s

    for

    room 14.Her bed has

    been

    lept n and he restof her belongings an be ound

    At the foot

    of

    the

    bed

    is

    a

    new

    metal detector.On the

    able s

    a

    battered

    paperback

    copy of Talesof the

    MythosVolume 1, edited by August Derleth. nside

    a stickerhat eads

    AJ's

    Bookshop e5".

    The

    stories n he

    are:

    Call of Cthulhu

    Howard

    PhillipsLovecraft)

    The Hounds

    f

    Tindalos

    Frank

    Belknap ong)

    The

    SpaceEaters

    Frank

    Belknap ong)

    The Returnof

    the Sorcerer

    Clark

    Ashton Smith)

    Ubbo-SathlaClarkAshtonSmith)

    The Black

    Stone

    Robert

    E Howard)

    The Dwellern Darkness

    August

    Derleth)

    Beyond he Thresold

    August

    Derleth)

    The Salem Horror

    Henry

    Kuttner)

    The

    Haunterof the

    Graveyard

    J.

    Vernon

    Shea)

    How much

    CthulhuMythos

    nowledge

    if any

    -

    that can be

    gained

    rom his book s left o

    the

    discretion

    f

    the Keeper.

    In he wastepaper in n the bathrooms a

    screwed p

    piece

    of

    paper.

    t is

    a

    page

    torn from

    a

    yellow

    pages

    elephone

    directory. he

    sectionon

    Bookshops as

    been

    ringed.The

    addresses or four local bookshopshave

    been

    underlined.

    (See

    Bookshops eading or more nformation.)

    On a

    note

    pad

    by

    the

    phone

    s

    a local elephonenumber.

    Anyone alling t

    will

    get

    hrough o

    the

    town's

    public

    Library.

    The Publ ic Library

    The ibrarywas

    built

    n the late 1950s

    and

    hasn't

    seen a

    lick

    of

    paint

    since.

    he

    d6cor

    s

    drab, he atmosphere ulland he

    buildinghas the

    odour of stale air and disinfectant.

    t is

    usually desertedexcept or a couple of

    pensioners

    who

    come n o

    read

    he ree

    papers

    nd keepwarm.The waspish

    librarian,

    hilipManners, i l l rememberCatherine she vis-

    ited

    he library wo daysago and spent h e morning ooking

    through he card indexes.Mr Mannershates his

    ob.

    He is

    perpetually

    oredand will speak o anyonewho comes nto

    the ibrary.

    Catherinespent some time looking hrough he thin SF,

    Fantasy nd Horror ection.One of the books hat Manners

    remembersinding or her

    was

    "The

    PlanetBook of Who's

    Who

    in

    Science

    Fiction"

    a

    glossy

    coffee able book about

    the

    pulps.

    She was looking

    or

    an author that Manners

    wasn't familiar with. He had a strange middle name. lf

    someone

    prompts

    him with Frank Belknap Long,

    he

    will

    remember

    hat

    he was

    the authorCatherine

    was interested

    in.Should he

    players

    xamine he book, t wil lopenhalf

    wa y

    throughwhere he spine has been recentlybroken.

    On

    th e

    facing

    page

    s a

    shortbiography f

    Frank

    Belknap ong.

    See

    HANDOUT nd mark

    accordingly.)The

    ibrary

    has

    no

    books

    by he author.Catherine

    as marked

    he Hounds

    f Tindalos

    in the bibliography. anners lso remembershat Catherine

    checked omething

    n

    the YellowPages. f anyone ooks n

    the l ibrary

    copy

    they

    will notice that the se ction

    covering ookshops

    as been orn out.

    (Anyone

    hecking

    complete

    copy of the directorywill discover he

    four local

    bookshopsisted

    below.)

    Local Bookshops

    Ernest

    Abbott

    and Sons

    An

    antiquarian ookshop crampedand dusty.The book

    dealer

    wil l remember

    Catherine

    f

    showna

    photograph.

    he

    was interested

    n ScienceFictionbooks.Mr Abbottdoesn't

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    have much in the way of

    SF-

    just

    a

    couple

    of

    HG Wells

    editions and some overpriced Doctor Who

    paperbacks

    and

    annuals.

    AJ's

    Bookshop

    This

    dilapidated hop is in the worst

    part

    of town. Most of the

    premises

    on the road are closed down or derelict. The

    grubby

    sign n the window eads:

    SpecialAdult Books, Magazines and Videos

    American and Scandinavian mports

    The sleazy Mr Jones charges extortionate

    rices

    or the filth

    he

    peddles.

    As well as the expected stock of magazines,

    books, videos and DVDs, here is a small stack of battered

    horrornovels mainlyStephenKingsand Pan anthologies,

    but there are a couple of Lovecrafts, Conan book and an

    Arthur

    Machen's Novel of the Black Seal

    *

    all over

    priced.

    Jones will not volunteerany information

    until

    he investigator

    buys something spending

    at least 10. He will

    remember

    Catherine he

    doesn'tusuallyhave

    emale

    customers she

    was looking

    or a

    book,

    but

    he

    can't

    quite

    emember

    he title.

    A further

    purchase

    will curehis amnesia.She was

    ooking

    or

    Frank Belknap Long's The Hounds

    of

    Tindalos. He will

    confirm hat he couldn't help, but she was very satisfiedwith

    the book she did buy. lt had a funny it le",he wil l remember

    "and

    a

    picture

    of an octopuson the

    front."

    lf anyone asks Jones about other books, he will smile

    furtively and whisper that he can

    get

    a copy of The

    Necronomico n. e will admit hat it is slightlydamaged, ut

    he

    wont

    part

    with it

    for

    less than f75. Anyone stupidenough

    to hand

    over the cash will be

    presented

    with a copy of the

    1977 H.R.

    Giger

    version

    -

    and serves them r ight tool

    (Mr

    Jones

    gives

    no

    refunds

    and

    has

    some

    very

    nasty and

    violent

    friends who

    just

    happen to be in the backroom

    enjoyinga

    private

    screeningof one Mr Jones's atest under

    the countervideos.)

    The Bargain Book Basement

    A

    cheap clearinghouse or remaindered

    aperbacks.

    No one

    remembersCatherine

    paying

    hem a visit.

    Lemon-Tree Books

    This

    high

    street shop sells only new books

    -

    mainly best

    sellers,cookerybooks and life style itles.No one remembers

    Catherine isit ing ere either.

    Background Notes

    -

    from The Book of Eibon

    "...and

    lo, Verdhis he Black did imprison Rrhar'il n the Stone

    of Jhrelth a being of

    great

    power.

    Evil and malevolent was

    Rrhar'il for lt could scent out any man, woman or beast

    through the power within t. All who drd see the foulnesscould

    not escape, even if they did hide in the deepest cave or

    flee

    to the

    far

    shores of Mhu

    Thulan.

    Lo, Rrhar'il could track

    and

    feast on their flesh and their minds and their fears and their

    lusts. Through mighty spe//s dld Verdhis trap the soul of

    Rrhar'il within the Slone of Jhrelth and did use fhe demon to

    kill his enemies, smite his rivals and bring terror to the

    people

    of

    Mhu Thulan.....On

    the

    Night of The Bronze Ox, Yydwayof

    The Five did scale the walls of the Towerof Verdhis stole the

    Sfone and did hide

    it

    from the face of men. The Mage's men

    did

    put

    Yydway

    o the torture

    for many months,

    but spoke

    he

    not

    and

    when

    the

    last drops of Yydway's ife was /osf, so

    hr's

    secret was /osl... Verdhis did call upon mighty magicks, but

    fhe Sfone did

    remain

    veiled

    unto his

    eyes

    and the

    power

    of

    Verdhis

    he Black did

    wane

    and

    his

    bones

    did turn unto dust

    and still

    was

    the Sfone

    not found...."

    To

    complete he tale,Yydway

    hid

    the stone and buried

    t in a

    LONG,FRANKBELKNAP

    (1e03

    1e94)

    Grandsonof the man who built he

    pedestal

    of the

    Statue

    of Liberty,

    FrankBelknapLong studied

    at

    the NewYorkSchoolof Journalism.

    A stalwart

    pulp

    writer specializingn SF and Horror,he made his first

    sale

    Desert

    Lich' n 1924

    o

    WeirdTales magazine.He

    continued o

    write hroughout is life.As the markets or Long's iction

    dried

    up he

    underwent evere inancial ardshio

    nd

    wrote omantic ictionunder

    a

    pseuoonym.

    Winnerof the World

    Fantasv

    LifetimeAchievement ward

    1978

    Novels nclude:

    Space Station

    No. 1

    (1957),

    Mars is my Destination

    (1962),

    The Horror

    rom

    the Hills

    (1963),

    t was the Day of the

    Robot

    (1963),

    Lest

    Earth

    be Conquered

    (1966),

    This

    Strange

    Tomorrow

    (1966),

    ourney ntoDarkness

    1967),

    The Androids

    1969),

    he Three

    Facesof Time

    (1969),

    Monsterfrom

    Out

    of Time

    (1970),

    Survival

    World

    (1971),

    he Night f thewolf

    (1972).

    Short Story Collectionsnclude:

    he

    Hounds of Tindalos

    1946),

    The

    Rim of the Unknown

    1972),

    he EarlyLong

    (1975),

    NightFear

    1979).

    The Planet Wha's Who of SF

    casket.

    The

    secret of its

    location was lost for millennia.

    Shouldany of the

    players

    have

    access o a copy of

    the Book

    of

    Eibon hey

    can

    locate he

    above

    quote

    with

    a successful

    Library Use

    or

    Gthulhu Mythos roll

    (whichever

    s highest).

    After she fell

    out

    with her husband, Catherine

    decided to

    spend a

    few days

    on

    her

    own

    to considerher marriage.

    She

    booked nto The Regaland went

    on

    long walks, dlinghe r

    time

    beechcombing.

    Early

    one

    morning

    she discovered n

    iron

    box

    with

    an

    inlaid

    star

    ike

    designon

    the lid.

    She

    took he

    box back o her room,

    opened

    t and

    discovered

    The Stone.

    Aftergazing nto t she began o sufferheadachesand night-

    mares n which

    she saw

    the

    demon rapped

    within

    he stone,

    actually

    Hound

    of

    Tindalos.

    Next morning

    she

    remembered

    stories

    that her late

    uncle

    used

    to read o her from magazines hat he

    used

    to

    collect.

    There was

    one called

    Weird Tales.

    She

    visited the local

    libraryand found

    a bookabout

    SF authors. his

    ogged

    he r

    memory

    and she

    recalled tale

    by

    FrankBelknap ong.

    Sh e

    then

    set off

    on

    a

    hunt for

    a copy of

    Long's The Hounds of

    Tindalos. ryingall the local bookshops

    she

    tracked

    down

    a

    copy

    of

    Tales

    of the Cthulhu

    MythosVol.1.After reading he

    story

    (in

    the tearoom)she realised how to

    protect

    herself.

    She had herself admitted o Greenbank,knowing that as

    long as

    she

    was in a

    padded

    cell with no corners she would

    be safe.

    However,her

    dreams

    were

    still

    haunted and she

    soon ost her sanity.

    She

    constantly epeats he first verse

    of

    "You

    n

    your

    small cornef'to

    remind herselfof the danger. n

    her

    haste.

    she left he Stone

    of

    Jhrelth n her hotel room.

    Plot Developments

    Ron Parrish, dishonest omesticat The Regal,stole he

    stone

    from Catherine's room. This occurred on

    the first

    morningof the

    investigation. hat night Parrishwill look nto

    the

    stoneand

    suffer he same nightmares

    s

    Catherine.Next

    day he will sell the stone to his friend Joey Elliot. On

    the

    following morning, a milkman will discover Parrish's

    mutilated

    body.

    Newspaper reports wil l mention Ron's

    criminal

    background, s

    well

    as

    his

    associates,

    ncluding

    Joey Elliot.Joey will

    be

    the next

    person

    o suffer dreams of

    Rrhar'il.He will trv to

    sell

    the

    stone on.

    without anv luck.To

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    be on the safeside,he will bury t in his neighbour's

    arden.

    Elliotwill be

    safe as

    long

    as the stone emainshiddenan d

    locked n the

    box.

    f the

    stone

    s

    not

    foundwithin

    one day,

    Michael 'sog wi l l dig i t up.Joeywil l soon

    die,

    and Frank,

    Michael

    nd anyone lse

    n he house

    willbe

    n danger.f the

    police

    iscoverhe stone, hen urtherdeathswill result.

    The Stone of Jhrelth

    The Stone

    is

    a many sided semi-transparentrystal.

    A

    Geology oll will reveal

    t to be of no known substance.

    t

    weights ery it tle

    and

    s

    almost

    mpossibleo

    breakor chip.

    A strange olour uns hrough t, but the patternconstantly

    changes hape.Anyone closelyexamining he stone who

    fails

    a

    Luck roll will

    gaze

    into

    the stone and see Rrhar'i l .

    (Sanity

    oss

    1d3/1d20)That

    ight, hevict im

    wil ldream bout

    the historyof the stone

    and

    glimpse

    he

    evil of Verd his's

    Tower

    1d211d6

    anity oss).After his, he dreamerwill be

    plagued

    by a nightmarewhere they are chased and

    devouredby Rrhar' i l .

    1d211d6

    sanity loss). This wi l l

    continue very night unti l either he stone

    is

    destroyed r

    Rrhar' i llain.

    The

    crystal

    s

    housed n an iron box engravedwith he Elder

    Sign. nside s a thick

    velvet ike

    material hat moulds tself

    about he stoneholding he crystal n place.Rrhar'i ls bound

    to

    the

    stoneand

    will

    attackanyonewho

    looks

    upon him. t

    must irst eave

    he stone hroughany of

    the

    corners.While

    thebox

    s

    closed, veryones safe. f the crystal s somehow

    destroyed,

    rhar'i l

    will be

    free.

    He will brieflyappear o all

    present

    nd hen

    return

    o his own dimension. nyonewho

    hasnot

    seen

    Rrahr'i l n

    a dream must

    make

    he

    necessarv

    Sanity ol l .

    Destroyinghe stone will

    gain

    the investigators

    d6 sanity

    points.

    inding omewhere

    afe

    o hide

    the stone

    will

    gain

    1d6 sanity

    points.

    However,

    at the end of the adventure,

    everyone ustmake

    a

    finalSanity ollwhen hey ealise

    hat

    there s nothing hat can be done to help Catherine oung

    and save

    her from madness.

    his

    real izat ion

    osts

    1d3

    Sanity

    oints.

    Catherine i l l

    continue ingingand watching

    or Rrahr'i l

    or

    the est

    of

    her

    days.

    RRHAR'IL,

    HOUND OF

    TINDALOS

    STR 17

    CON 30 S IZ

    16

    INT

    18 POW 27 DEX 9

    HP

    23 Damage onus

    1d6

    Attack:

    Paw

    90% 1d6

    +

    ichor

    +

    damagebonus

    Tongue 0% 1d3powerdrainper round

    Armour:2

    point

    hide.Regenerates hit

    pointsper

    round.

    lmmuneo normal

    weapons.

    Spells: lmplantFear, Raise Night Fog

    and

    Create

    Gate.

    (Create

    ate s only available fter Rrhar'i l s freed rom he

    stone.)

    SanityLoss: 1D311D20

    Afterword.... ifteen

    years

    on

    "You

    n Your

    Small Corner"

    was

    original ly

    eatured n

    Dagon 0

    (November

    987).

    don't usually

    evisit

    ld

    scenar-

    ios,

    but as Mike asked o reprint his I couldn'thelp

    a

    little

    t inkering.

    I 've

    esistedhe emptationo

    makeany

    massive

    hanges o

    the original. he

    additions

    hat I 've made

    do

    not

    affect he

    basic

    lot.The

    nformation

    n he

    public

    ibrary s new,

    as are

    the bookshops ther hanAJ's. 'vealso leshedout someof

    the

    locations, e-written he book

    quote

    from

    the Book

    of

    Eibon

    and added a

    player

    handout

    biographyof

    Frank

    BelknapLong,which might be

    useful o

    keepersunfamiliar

    with hiswork.

    Aside

    rom hese

    amendments.

    he

    scenario

    s

    pretty

    much

    as originally

    rinted.

    The scenario tselfcaused

    some controversy

    n the Dagon

    letters

    age.

    One

    person

    alled

    t

    "childish",

    nother aid hat

    it

    "misfired

    orribly."homasLigottihowever, alled t

    "very

    entertainingand instructive

    n the

    essentialsof

    horror";

    understandably,was quitegratified y his comments.

    This

    was my first attemptat a modernday Call of Cthulhu

    scenario. t raised a

    question

    hat anyone running such

    campaignsmust address:did Lovecraftand

    his friends

    actually

    xist

    n the

    campaign

    world? n

    "You

    andYourSmall

    Corner" I treated Talesof

    the Cthulhu

    Mythos like a low-

    grade

    mythos ome,similar o Peopleof the Monolith. ome

    people

    hought

    hat hiswas oo much.

    In

    a short

    paragraph

    f

    notes

    (deleted

    rom this version)

    described he scenarioas a

    "no-win

    situation".

    his also

    caused

    ome

    peopleproblems.

    ne reader aid hat he sce-

    nario didn't eward

    ood

    oleplaying ecause he situation

    seemed nsoluble. n reflection don't hink t is. t is a no-

    win situation

    n

    thatCatherine'sate s sealed,but how many

    horror torieshavecompletely appyendings?

    CthulhuMythos tories

    ometimes

    orm he basisor inspira-

    tion for Call of Cthulhuscenarios.With

    "You

    n Your Small

    Corner",

    t

    turned out to be the other way around. was

    flattered

    nd surprised o read TheAlkahesfby Laurence .

    Cornford

    n

    Chaosium's

    ecently

    published

    The Book of

    Eibon.The first half

    of

    the

    story s basically n expanded

    versionof the backgroundo this scenario.

    erdhis

    gets

    a

    name

    changeand becomes

    erhadis,

    ut he restof the ale

    remainsntactwith

    Rrhar'i l ,

    he

    Stoneof Jhrelth ndYydway

    of The Five all appearing.Regrettably,he source isn't

    acknowledgedn the book,but t 's

    pleasing

    o think hat l 've

    addedmy own iny contributio no the CthulhuMythos, ven

    if it

    is

    by the back door.

    People either loved

    "You

    in Yo ur Small Corner" or they

    detested t

    -

    l ' l l eave t for

    you

    to

    judge.

    Fifteen

    ears

    on, it

    seemshard o see what he

    fuss

    was about,

    Editor's Note:

    I 've run many

    a session of th is sce nar io at

    games

    conventions. Whilst Andy intended

    the

    $tory

    to be for a

    single

    person,

    iven

    a l i t t leadjustment,he scenario

    an

    be

    run for

    group play

    oo.

    My

    suggestion

    s

    to

    have

    he

    players

    take

    some or

    all

    of

    the

    following

    oles:

    doctor

    -

    from GreenbankHause

    researchassistant from GreenbankHouse

    psychiatric

    urse from GreenbankHouse

    police

    detectives

    2)

    -

    local

    constabulary

    police

    officer

    -

    local

    constabulary

    The team s brought ogether o look n

    to

    the

    recent

    past

    and

    likely causes for Catherine's

    present

    situation, and

    to

    investiagate hethera crime has actuallybeen committed

    by

    or to Catherine.

    Naturatly, ith

    ewer

    players,

    he

    group

    could

    take the roles of either the police (called n by Greenbank

    House)or

    the

    Greenbank taff

    hemselves.

    I

    agree

    with Andy

    -

    it's

    a

    perfect

    no win scenario. Enjoy.

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    TIIE

    LA'T

    RALLET

    FOR

    TWRELF

    Far

    Flung

    Military

    nits

    or

    use

    with

    call

    of

    cthurhu

    by

    Adam

    Crossingham

    'Save

    the Last

    Bullet or

    Yourself

    s

    a series

    of articles

    dealing

    with military

    units

    hat

    may

    be encountered

    uring

    he

    course

    of

    a Call

    of

    Cthulhuadventure.

    hese

    units

    have

    been

    chosen

    because

    f the

    places

    n which

    hey

    served,

    he

    potential

    f

    a

    mythos

    encounter

    n the

    regions

    where

    hey

    might

    be

    encountered,

    oupled

    ogether

    with

    he

    air of

    mystery

    and

    elitism

    thatsurround amousmilitary nits.

    Last

    ssue

    we

    examined

    he

    history

    and

    background

    o the

    French

    Foreign

    egion.

    n

    part

    wo we

    look

    at l i fe

    n the

    Legion,

    ideas

    or

    running

    Legion

    based

    adventures

    nd

    character

    evelooment.

    Life

    in the

    Foreign

    Legion

    Joining

    he

    Legion

    'l

    was

    a

    general,

    mon

    colonel,'-

    a recruit,

    c.1920

    Joining

    he French

    Foreign

    egion

    equires

    etting

    o France.

    Any

    Gendarme

    tation

    or

    army

    garrison

    will

    be able

    o

    direct

    the

    volunteer

    o

    the nearest

    ecruiting

    entre.

    he

    minimum

    age

    of

    enlistment

    s

    16,

    but boys

    of

    14 have

    bluffed

    heir

    way

    into the Legion successfully" riminalconvictions

    will not

    stop

    a man

    from

    oining

    he Legion's

    anks,

    nor

    are

    political

    refugees

    efused.

    t

    is

    customary

    or

    men

    to take

    a false

    name

    or even

    another

    nationality

    s it

    allows

    he legion

    o

    deny

    knowledge

    of a

    recruit.

    Before

    1881, Frenchmen

    re

    obliged

    by

    law

    to

    sign

    up as

    foreigners;

    sually

    Swiss

    or

    Belgian,

    hough

    once n

    the

    Legion,

    soldier's

    ational

    den-

    tity s

    an

    open

    secret.

    Recruits

    ign

    an initial

    ontract

    or

    ive

    years.

    Having

    igned

    the

    recruitment apers,

    he

    new

    recruit

    s

    sent under

    guard

    to Fort

    St.

    Jean

    in Marseilles.

    t Fort

    St.

    Jean

    he recruit 's

    civilian

    lothes

    are taken

    and sold,

    and

    the regulation

    lu e

    FrenchArmyuniformssued

    hence

    les

    bleus',

    he Legion,s

    nickname

    or new

    recruits.

    When

    enough

    men

    have

    been

    mustered

    o create

    a draft,

    hey

    are

    shipped

    under

    guard

    o

    Oran.

    The recruits

    are then

    directed

    o

    Sidi-bel-Abbes

    v

    route

    march

    or by train.

    At

    the Legion's

    epot

    he new

    recruits

    re

    examined

    gain o

    see if

    they

    are

    unsuitable

    or

    Legion

    service,

    l l

    or

    insane.

    Those

    who

    ail

    are returned

    o France

    but not

    many

    men

    are

    refused.

    The

    acceptable

    recruits

    are then

    marched

    to

    Mascara

    or

    four

    months

    of basic

    rainino.

    Basic

    Training

    'Here

    we make soldiersout of scum tikeyou'

    -

    Sergeant-major

    Lajaune

    u',r'

    Basic

    raining

    t

    Mascara

    was eft

    o

    senior

    ous-officers

    nd

    although

    arsh,

    was

    designed

    o insti l

    espect

    or

    authority,

    discipline

    nd

    to keep

    the

    new

    l6gionnaire

    live

    in North

    Africa.

    All

    commands

    n

    the

    Legion

    are

    given

    n French,

    a

    recruit

    having

    o

    quickly

    pick

    up

    the rudiments

    of

    Military

    French

    n

    order

    o

    avoid

    being

    struck

    or receive

    some

    other

    punishment.

    rench,

    dri l l

    and

    marksmanship

    re

    quickly

    picked

    up.At

    the

    same

    ime

    he new

    recruits

    are

    constantly

    beingput through outemarchesof increasingengthand

    worsening

    errain.

    Marching

    egins

    n

    the

    irst

    weekwith

    marches

    f

    24km.

    bu t

    the

    distances

    are

    rapidly

    ncreased

    over

    the weeks

    as

    stamina s

    builtup.

    The inal

    est s

    a march

    of 50km

    carrying

    45kg

    of kit

    across

    mountains

    and

    bad

    roads.

    The

    time

    allowed

    or

    this

    distance

    s eight

    hours.

    6gionnaires

    re not

    allowed

    o

    fall

    out

    and those

    who

    collapse

    are

    dragged

    by

    cart

    until hey

    start

    o

    walk

    again.

    No

    man

    is

    allowed

    o fall

    out

    or be

    left

    behind,

    because

    f

    captured

    by

    the

    Arabs

    he

    would

    be

    put

    to

    death.

    At

    the

    end

    of the

    route

    march

    he

    legionnaires

    ave

    o

    build

    a

    'murail les

    d'Afrique'(a

    amp

    with

    trenchesand defensivewalls)and then stand guard unti l

    dawn.

    This

    was

    a

    ref lect ion

    of

    actual

    operat ing

    conditions

    n

    North

    Africa.

    After

    successfully

    ompleting

    asic raining

    he 169ionnaire

    s

    posted

    o his

    new

    regiment,

    which

    s the

    one

    that has

    the

    most

    need

    or

    new

    bodies.

    Punishment

    Punishment

    n

    the

    Foreign

    Legion

    s

    swift

    and

    harsh.

    The

    Legion

    s

    notorious

    or

    its

    discipline,

    ut in

    a

    tough

    environ-

    ment,

    surrounded

    by

    hostile

    natives,

    he

    Foreign

    Legion

    needs

    o maintain

    rder,

    ometimes

    ith

    an

    iron

    hand.

    public

    corporal

    punishment

    ccompanied y insults, s commonly

    meted

    out by

    NCOs,

    or if

    the incident

    s

    serious

    enough

    by

    the

    officers.

    he

    next

    stage

    is

    corporal

    punishments

    nd

    withdrawal

    f

    privi leges

    such

    as

    sleepingn

    cells;

    enied

    all

    contact

    with ellow

    6gionnaires;or ack

    drill

    wice

    daily

    with

    a

    20

    kg

    pack

    of stones.

    he

    punishment

    t

    this

    stage

    can be

    ri tual ised

    nd

    publ ic ly

    umil iat ing

    nough

    o'encourage

    he

    others'.

    Some

    punishments

    uch

    as

    'la

    crapaudine,and

    'la

    pelote'

    are severe

    enough to

    be

    infamous

    outside

    the

    Legion.

    Time

    could

    also

    be spent

    n

    the Legion

    prison,

    or

    'Totte',

    for

    offences.

    uch ime

    spent

    n

    prison

    s

    added

    o

    the

    duration

    of the 169ionnaire'sontract.One peculiar egion raditions

    that imprisoned

    169ionnaires

    re inspected

    daily

    by

    an

    officer,

    but

    only

    an officer

    with

    the

    same

    medals.

    Thus

    a

    169ionnaire

    ith

    he Legion

    'Honneur

    an

    only

    be inspected

    by an

    officerwith

    the

    same award.

    The

    Legion

    also has

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    Cruel

    and Usual

    La crapaudine

    The most

    notoriousof Legion

    punishments

    nvolves ashing

    the victim's

    wristsand a nkles behind his bac k whilst n

    a

    prone

    position.

    Withinminutescrampwould set in

    and aftera

    few hours would

    cause agony.Some men were

    placed

    in

    grain

    silos

    and

    left or

    days

    n

    the dark withoutwater or

    being

    able to stand or lie

    straight.

    The

    crapaudinewas officially

    bannedn 1920and supposedlyeplaced

    y

    mprisonment

    n

    barrack ells,

    pack

    dri l lor both.The

    punishment

    as used n

    the Gaslightperiodand almost certainlycontinued nto the

    mid-1920s.

    Le

    pelote

    lsa humiliatingitual n which

    he 6gionnaires

    orced

    o keep

    performing

    rill and tricks or NCOs and officerswhilst

    carry-

    ing

    a sackof

    rocks

    wired o his back.Hesitation,

    lownessor

    falterings rewarded

    with a beatingwith a wet, knotted ope.

    Le

    pelote

    endswith

    the

    l6gionnaire

    eing made o

    crawl back

    to his

    barracks oom on his stomach.

    amps where legionna ires

    re subject o hard

    constant

    nspection

    n the Saharan un.

    worstpunishment s a posting o one of lhe 'Battalions

    Army

    punishment

    attalions h ere ife s

    even for a l6gionnaire.

    typical day might involve

    o makea thousand

    mud bricks; ailure o

    do

    results

    beingdenied or

    that day.

    unishment

    was harsh,

    a

    l6gionnaire

    who feels

    y an NCO can always hallenge

    is ormentor o

    off-duty

    rivate

    ight

    n order o

    settle

    he

    matter.However,

    are NCOs because they can

    fight. Only a

    experienced 6gionnaire

    should consider

    is bullying ous-officier .

    Legion's orld-wide eadquarters

    nd depot s located

    0 miles south

    of Oran.'Bel-Abbes'(to hose n

    know) s

    a new own

    planned

    and builtby Legionon the

    of an Arabvillagenamed

    aftera

    local

    hermit. he own's

    rew

    to over 40,000

    people

    serving he depot,

    an initial

    opulation

    f

    only 500.

    6gionnaires

    ould live

    outside of the barraeks,

    s

    the

    Quartier

    i6not. he Legion ook

    an active

    part

    he civil

    side

    of

    Bel-Abbds s well as the military,

    soldiersserving

    as councilofficials.Ex-l6gionnaires

    et up

    businesses erving he

    garrison

    fterLiberation.

    are also

    other attractionsn Sidi-bel-Abbds

    uch as

    brothels

    and

    gambling

    dens of the VillageNegre.

    an also be a dangerous

    lace,

    specially n

    s legionnaires

    ttempt o drown heir

    sorrows,

    get

    and o settleold

    scoreswith civilians nd soldiers like

    numerousist

    and knife ights.

    new

    recruits

    have a different view

    of Sidi-bel-

    t 'swhere

    basic raining akes

    place

    and NCOs ake

    n destroying ew

    recruitsand rebuildinghem as

    and the

    L6gionnaire

    Legion maintains he l iberalFrench attitude

    ex.A l6gionnairewho

    plays

    by

    the

    Legion's

    ules

    will

    hat

    his

    requirements f food,wine

    and women are aken

    of. Food

    and wine rationsare

    good

    whilst n

    barracks,

    of only two

    basic meals whilst in the field.

    When

    he

    Legion

    goes

    on campaign t takeswith t

    a

    number

    of

    camp

    'followers'.

    Some are canteen women who are

    usuallymarried o 169ionnaires,ut the Legionalso takes

    with it the

    officiallyapproved

    prostitutes

    n

    the

    form

    of the

    'Bordel

    Militairede

    Campagne'.

    n Indo-China,

    he conglais

    qualify

    s unofficial anteen

    women.

    Every

    garrison

    will have t's

    own

    Legion

    brothel,where he

    prostitutes

    are medically

    checked by the Legion's own

    medical

    fficers. idi-bel-Abbds

    as nfamousor it 'sVillage

    Negre

    district

    ull

    of approved

    and

    non-approvedadies

    of

    horizontalefreshment.

    Desertion

    Many men realise

    heir mistakeof

    joining

    he Legionwhen

    confronted ith

    he harsh ealit ies

    f

    life,

    usually

    n

    desolate

    environments. esertion s often the only way out of the

    Legion

    short

    of

    a

    bullet.Postings n

    Oran and Algeria are

    harder

    to desert from

    because of the

    landscape

    an d

    environment, ut because f this

    opportunities

    or

    desertion

    are

    also

    greater.

    he Legiondoes not

    consideran escapee

    l6gionnaire

    deserter until after

    six da ys as either the

    desert,Legion rackers r Arab

    bounty

    hunterswould

    usual-

    ly

    claim

    he

    deserterbefore he six days were up.

    Dying n the desert

    or being

    caught

    by Legion rackersare

    the

    preferred

    options,

    as

    the Legion

    pays

    Arab bounty

    hunters heir reward regardlessof whether

    the deserter is

    dead or alive.Consequently,ounty hunters usuallyonly

    bring back the deserter'shead

    as

    proof

    for the reward.The

    Arab

    tribes will occasionally

    id deserters

    f they

    feign

    conversion o lslam

    or assist he desert tribes uprising

    however his means

    court-mart ialand almost certain

    execution f the Legion ater captures

    hem.

    Most attempts

    at desertionare made when travelling o an

    overseas

    osting.

    umping hip at Suez s the most

    popular

    option

    but

    the

    deserter

    will have

    the run the

    gauntlet

    of

    armedFrenchmarineswith orders

    of shoot-to-k ill.

    Desertionwith

    a

    weapon

    s consideredmore serious han

    desertingwithout.Desertingcarries a standardsentenceof

    40 days n

    ail

    n

    addition o the roughing p the deserterwill

    receive rom his

    sous-officiers.

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    In the

    nineteenth entury,a ldgionnairewas

    paid

    a sou a day.

    A l6gionnaire s

    not

    allowed

    o have a bank account, nstead

    the Legion maintains a regimental

    account for

    him. The

    169ionnaireontributes

    art

    of his

    pay

    nto

    egion undswhich

    are used o

    pay

    or

    such

    as legioncelebrations,egionwhore

    housesand such ike.

    Initiallya recruit signs on

    with

    the

    Legion or five

    years

    and

    can

    choose to re-enlist in five-year engagements.Some

    sous-officier anks

    are

    only

    available

    o

    men who re-enlist.

    L6gionnaires an retireand

    claima

    pension,

    but

    only after

    15

    years of service.A larger pension is paid after 20 years

    service.

    20

    years

    is also the maximum officially

    permitted

    length of

    service. Career soldiers have to re-enlist

    under

    anothername n

    order o continue erving.

    The GompagniesMont6e

    The

    MountedCompanies

    CMs)

    were createdby Colonelde

    N6grier

    n 1BB1

    o counter nomadic Arab war bands by

    combining mobility, endurance and firepower. Two men

    shared a mule which carried both men's equipment, ations

    for both he men and

    the

    mule,as well as one man riding.

    The other

    legionnairemarched

    beside

    the mule at double

    pace.

    Men and mule could march or up to 15 hours a day,

    the men swapping

    position

    every hour, and there were no

    knapsacks o carry or baggage wagons to slow

    down the

    column.

    The men selected to

    serve

    in the CMs were fit, mentally

    stableand only served or two

    years

    -

    the rationswere very

    basic(biscuitsand dried figs/dates),water was very scarce

    and

    he

    CMs operated n a forbidding nd onelywilderness,

    hundreds

    of

    kilometres rom support.The range and martial

    prowess

    soon made hem an 6lite within he nascentelite of

    the Foreign egion.

    Leaving the

    Regiment

    The Mythos and the Foreign

    Legion

    Fifteenmythos connections or

    a Legionnaire ampaign:

    1. Cultistsof many gods and races can found in North

    Africa, Middle East and South East Asia. The most

    prevalent

    cults

    seem to be those dedicated to serving

    Cthulhu,Shub-Niggarathr

    Nyarlathotep.

    2. Sand

    Dwellerscan be found hroughoutNorth Africa and

    the Middle East.

    These creaturesnormallyshy away from

    contact with heavily armed humans such

    as

    l6gionnaires,

    but should a

    straggler become separated rom the main

    column the last thing he mi ght see is a Sand

    Dweller

    stalking im.

    3. Ghouls

    have

    a long history intertwinedwith humanity's

    and are ound almostwherever he

    Legion s

    to

    be found,as

    the Legion s found at the sceneof death and conflict.Egypt

    and the Middle East have very well establishedwarrens.

    4.

    The Mediterranean ies on top of what was once the

    Hyborianage's Stygian Empire.Remnantsof it's

    evil

    glory

    can

    be

    found

    along

    the

    shores of North Africa and the

    Middle East. Serpent People may occasionallybe found

    amongst he hordes in the ancient metropolisof the East

    attractedby

    the

    climate, he

    prey,

    he

    cover

    and

    the

    Stygian

    artefacts.

    5.

    Deep Ones may

    be encounteredon the

    Mediterranean

    coast of Morocco and Algeria, in the Indian Ocean, the

    South

    China

    Seas

    and

    the Pacific. heir

    practices

    f

    mating

    with humans s the same and the threat s the same the

    world over.

    6. Cthonianswere imprisonedbeneath he

    pre-human

    city

    of G'harne n

    Mali.

    Do

    any Cthonians emain n he vicinity?

    7. ln

    T'gaori,

    Ghana,

    people

    summon the Gn'icht Tyaacht

    tree spirits o do their bidding.Spiritsor DarkYoung?

    B.

    A

    presence

    n Djibouti

    gives

    France

    access to

    the

    Red

    Sea and he Arabian

    peninsula

    interland hould t

    need

    t.

    lrem and he HiddenCity are

    ust

    within each.

    9. The Tcho-Tcho

    may

    be

    encountered

    n Indo-China n

    the

    Laos-Cambodian orders.

    10.

    Mi-Go may

    supposedly

    be

    found in the

    hills and

    mountains f Cambodia. heirminingoperationsmay stray

    east in Indo-China.

    he over

    curious may find themselves

    on Pluto n a brain-case.

    11.

    The

    Tree-men f

    M'bwa

    serve

    he God of the

    Red Flux

    in Central

    Africa, somewhere

    beyond

    he

    Mountainsof the

    Moon.

    12. Nug

    and Yeb are

    worshipped

    by

    certain

    Druze sects

    n

    Lebanon,abhorredeven by other Druze.

    13.

    Avatarsof

    Nyarlathotep Ahtu is worshipped n Africa.

    Shugoran s worshipped n Africa and the hills of western

    Indo-China.B'moth is worshipped by some of the more

    primitive

    and superstitious frican

    ribes.

    The SkinlessOne

    is still worshipped by former Ottoman remnants of the

    Brotherhood f the Skin in NorthernSyria.

    14.Something ives n a deserted emple n Cambodiasome

    miles from the Indo-China border. l f too many

    travellers on

    the

    border disappear, a Legion expedition

    might be despatched o investigate,

    possibly

    o

    suffer

    the

    same

    fate

    of

    Delta

    Green's Special Forces operation in

    1969.

    15. Nyogtha, the Dweller in Darkness, who served by

    ghouls,

    can be summoned to Earth's surface through a

    number of

    secret caverns

    and

    fissures, one of which is

    reputedly ocated n Syria,This s

    guarded

    by a cannibalcult

    of

    humans and

    ghouls,

    he

    secret

    of

    which is

    guarded

    and

    handeddown

    rom

    father o son.

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    he end of his agreed

    period

    of service, l6gionnaires

    presented

    with

    an honourabledischargecertif icate n a

    eremony of Liberat ion. With this cert i f icate the

    x-l6gionnaire

    an apply

    or French esidency r naturalisa-

    seeds

    Heart

    of the

    Storm

    manninga small isolatedoutpost he

    players

    are

    besieged y Arab ribesmen. ver several

    ights,

    he Arabs

    mount

    increasingly

    dangerous attacks on the outpost.

    Casualties re taken on both sides.Whilst he

    players

    ar e

    aiting

    or

    he inalassault, desertstormdescends n the

    reaand visibil i ty rops o zero. n the stormdo the

    players

    hear

    screams r the howling

    gale?

    After severalhours, he

    storm bates, ut

    where

    Arabswere here

    s now

    nothing

    not even

    bodies.

    The next night

    guards

    think they see

    'something'prowling

    the

    perimeter

    f the outpost.

    Cursed

    he

    players

    ffenda

    'waliy'or

    holy man whilstcarryingout

    heir

    rders.He curses hem.Not by wavinghis handsabout,

    not n a bad way,or by

    putting

    he e vil eye

    on the soldiers.

    Instead e curses hem with kindness. s strange ncidents

    increase,he

    players

    ecomeaware hat heyare blessed, r

    ctual lycursed, they wi l l have to f ind someway of

    removing

    he curse.Whichmay be a

    problem

    f they

    shot he

    aliywhenhe

    got

    in theirway.

    ThreePharaohs

    One of the

    player

    charactersdiscoversa treasure map

    concealed n the

    person

    of a capturedBerber. he ancient

    piece

    f

    papyrus

    s

    disgusting,

    aving

    been oo close o the

    Berber,

    ut

    s

    covered

    n what

    ooks ike

    azy

    hieroglyphics.

    Anybody

    ith a knowl edge f ancientEgyptianDemotic an

    OccupationTemplates

    CompagniesMont6e L6gionnaire

    Ski l ls: Bayonet, Mi l i tary Science, Natural History,

    Navigate, ther Language:French,Ride,Rifle,Survival,

    andone skil l o represent formercivilian rade

    Musthave a CON of 12 or better .and POW of 11

    or

    better.

    L6gionnaire

    Ski l ls:

    Bayonet, Fist/Punch, Heavy Weapons

    or

    Machine-gun r Ar tillery,Knife, MilitaryScience,Other

    Language: rench,

    Rif le, Survival ,and one ski l l to

    represent former

    civilian rade.

    Officer

    Skills:Credit Ra ting, History, Law, Military Science,

    Navigate,

    istol,Psychology, ide,& Rifleor Sword.

    Sous-Officier

    NCO)

    Skills:Bayonet,Block,

    Fist/Punch,

    Heavy Weapons or

    Machine-gun r Arti l lery,Kick, Martial Arts or Knife,

    Military cience,OtherLanguage: rench,Rifle,Survival,

    andone skil l o represent formercivi l ian rade.

    read he

    precise

    nstructions

    n the location f a

    Pharaonic

    treasury

    omewhere

    n

    the wastesof the GreatSandySea,

    betweenSanussi Libya, Bri t ish-control led gypt and

    French-held

    had.

    Soonnewsof the discovery

    s

    known o all of the

    players'

    company. o the

    players

    esert

    and attempt

    o

    get

    the

    gold

    the

    gold

    or him and he restof the company?

    Addedcomplicationsnclude n whose erritoryhe treasury

    is located,

    potential

    iplomatic

    ncidents, aids

    by

    the local

    tribes

    and inallywhatever,f anything, emains o

    guard

    he

    treasury ftera mil lennia r two.Then here s the

    problem

    f

    gett ing

    he

    gold

    home,..

    Roleplaying

    nd

    he French

    Foreign

    Legion

    A role

    playing

    dventure et in the Foreign egionwill be in

    a

    strict

    military nviro nment here he

    players

    will

    subject

    o

    orders

    and

    conditions

    utside

    heir

    ability

    o

    control,

    his may

    lead to

    s i tua t ions

    where Keepers

    are conf ront ing

    usually maverick nd care-free

    layers.

    eepers

    hould

    no t

    be afraidof followinghroughall the consequences f play-

    ers'actionsand

    responses.f

    a

    player

    character s

    insubor-

    dinate

    o

    a

    superior ff icer,herewill

    be

    repercussions.f

    a

    character s cowardlyhe may face

    court-martial r at

    least

    the contempt

    f

    his

    comrades.

    The Keeper

    may

    want

    to consider allowing one of the

    players

    o

    be a

    junior

    officer

    and

    another

    o

    be an

    NCO, he

    remaining

    players playing

    169ionnaires.f

    some

    of

    your

    players

    re ikely o object o beingorderedaroundby other

    players,

    make all the

    players

    humble l69ionnaires. hen

    during

    he adventure

    emove

    he NPC leadership hrough

    combat asualties r simpleseparationrom he main egion

    group.

    Be

    prepared

    or l6gionnaire haracters

    ttempting

    o desert

    on the irst

    good

    opportunity

    if

    i t 'ssuitableor he

    plot

    allow

    the escape ttempt.Rememberhatdeserters an alwaysbe

    capturedby

    native

    cultistsand show up later.Be equally

    prepared

    or

    players

    o fullyembrace he ethosof the Legion,

    and o fight ike ionsunti l he deathand refusingNPC offers

    for theirsurrender. ut he Keeoer houldalso bear n mind

    that

    he

    Legion'sArab,Chineseand

    African

    enemies

    arely

    gave

    quarter

    o

    soldiers

    hey capture a wounded

    player

    character s l ikely o be a dead character, r a sacrif ice,

    f

    caughtby the enemy.

    One final

    piece

    of

    advice

    alwayskeep the commanding

    officer n NPC or

    guest

    player.

    his allows h e Keeper o

    iiterally rder he

    players

    round, hould herebe a need o.

    l l

    NationalityTables

    Use hese ables o randomly eterminehe nationality f

    a NPC l6gionnaireor c ountry of birth of a

    player

    character.Use of the tables in character

    generation

    s

    optional.

    Gaslight: 1880& 1890s

    Nationality

    Alsace-Lorrainers

    German

    French

    Belgian

    Swiss

    Austrian

    Other

    roll

    1d4)

    1, 2 Spanr'sh

    3 British

    4 Turkish

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    Optional

    -

    Touched by

    Baraka

    Baraka

    s an ancient

    Legion ermapplied o

    i€gionnaires ho seem

    o be blessed

    with he ability o ignore

    nemy ire and

    emerge

    unscathed

    rom situations

    hatwould eaveother

    men n

    pieces.

    ometimes

    araka tays

    with he l6gionnaire

    ho eventually nd

    inexplicably

    eaches

    etirement ge;

    sometimes

    t leads he oolish o his death;

    ometimes

    eathwill gnorebaraka.

    n Arabic,

    Baraka

    means

    divine

    blessing'ands associated

    ith holymen

    or women,either

    l iveor dead.Baraka

    an be transferredrom

    one

    person

    o another, r from

    a materialtem

    o

    a

    person.

    In

    game

    ermsa Keeper hould

    grant

    baraka

    o

    a

    l6gionnaireharacter

    ho calls or a

    Luck oll o avoidalmost

    certaindeath.

    The

    player

    must

    cali or he Luck oll ;

    baraka hould

    not result rom a Luc k oll

    awarded y

    he keeper.

    f

    the

    player's

    uck

    oll

    s

    successful

    nd the

    result

    s also

    equal

    or

    less han

    his

    current

    POW,

    he characters

    touched y baraka or

    a while. he Keeper

    should oll 1d20

    secretly nd record

    he result. his

    number s the number f times

    he character

    an escapebeinghurt

    by enemy

    fire.Normalhitsshouldbe ignored. r it ical i tsbecome lesh-woundsoing1 or 2 points f damageat worst.An 01 rollwill hit but

    wil l only do

    minimum amage.

    he Keeper hould

    ecord he

    number f times he character

    ouldhavebeen

    hit.When he char-

    acter's araka

    has beenusedup

    he maybe hit as

    normal.Barakawil lwork

    against ult ists sing

    weapons, ut t

    doesnot

    protect

    against

    minions f the

    mythos. character

    osesno

    SAN

    or

    being ouched

    y baraka.

    Role

    playing

    he effects

    f baraka hould

    be subtle. he

    player

    houldnot be aware hat

    his character

    as been ouched;his s

    somethinghat

    he character

    earns

    rom

    other169ionnairesnd when

    new

    ecruits

    tart o

    whisper'baraka'whenhe

    character

    passes

    hem.

    L6gionnaires ill

    not mmediatelyee

    a comrade s blessed

    fter

    ust

    one

    escape

    rom

    death,

    as war s

    ful l

    of simi-

    lar ncidents,

    utwhen t

    happens hreeor

    four imes he old sweats

    tart alking bout'baraka'and

    he character.

    foolish har-

    acterwill est

    he

    limits

    of

    his blessing nd

    wil lsoon use up

    the

    gift,

    allowing eath

    o claim

    ts

    prize.

    A characterwho ecomes

    cautious

    n learning e has been

    ouchedby baraka houid

    not be allowed

    o keep he

    gift

    baraka

    ouches hosewho

    have

    already

    been ouched

    by death, but are

    fated or more, but will

    moveon if wasted.

    l iterally

    rder he

    players

    round,

    hould herebe

    a need o.

    L6gionnaire's

    Seryice

    Number

    The

    Ldgionnaire's

    Service

    Number is known

    as the

    'Matricule'.

    Originally

    he matricule

    umberwas 3

    digitsand

    then around 1935

    became

    four digits long.

    Randomly

    generate

    matricule

    y rolling d10,

    or 4d10.The

    matricule

    may

    used in

    place

    of

    duplicate urnames

    within a unit

    to

    avoidconfusion.

    Choosing

    a Regiment

    Depending

    on the time

    chosen for the

    adventure,only

    certain egiments

    will be

    available. ee the

    Brief Historyof

    the Legion publ ished n TW3 for detai ls of specif ic

    reg

    mental perations.

    1er R6gimentEtranger

    1er

    RE) based n

    $idi-bel-Abbes,

    Algeria.

    2e

    R6gimentEtranger

    2e

    RE) based n

    BOne, hen Saida,

    Algeria;

    ater Morocco.

    1er

    RdgimentEtranger e Cavalerie

    1er

    REC)

    ormed

    1921

    basedSouse,

    Tunisia

    Autonomou$

    ompagnie

    Montees

    rom

    1882

    For ease of play,Keepersshouldensure hat charactersare

    either

    rom the

    same

    unit or experience

    onditions

    n which

    men from several

    differentbattalions

    r

    even

    regiments

    may

    end up

    serving ogether, uch

    as a batail lon e

    marche.

    Legion Stereotypes

    The

    Legion s a multinati onalforce

    nd t

    has beenobserved

    that

    each national

    grouping

    develops certain

    traits.These

    might be crude stereotypes,

    ut like all stereotypes

    ave an

    elementof

    truthabout hem.The traits

    are also

    quite

    useful;

    allowing he Keeper

    to

    quickly

    characterise

    NPCs and

    allowing

    players

    a

    quick

    template on which

    to base their

    169ionnaire'sublicpersona n at least.

    The Swiss and

    Germans are

    good,

    wel l discipl ined

    l69ionnaires, though

    German sous-officiers

    have

    a

    reputationof brutality

    which

    they

    often

    live

    up

    to. The $wiss

    are often

    ightingmen looking or

    a war.

    Le cafard

    A cafard

    s a madnessbrought

    on by stressand

    canstant

    ear"

    The

    egionnaires anning

    ortsand outposts n

    the'bled'cr

    wastelands f North

    Africawere subject

    o

    the

    cafardas hos-

    tile

    tribesmen urrounded

    hem. Officersand

    sous-officiers

    eared

    he cafardand fought

    t with constant riv-

    ial

    duties.Where hese

    ailed

    hey

    reliedon harsh

    egion

    pun-

    ishment.

    A cafard s a

    small blackbeetleand the

    madness $ likened o

    having

    beetles unningaround

    n

    the

    soldier'shead

    (or

    'cafard

    en fefe). Le cafard

    s a deep suicidal

    depression nd

    under t's

    influence 6gionnaires

    ttacked omrades,

    ommitted uicide

    at

    their own hand or

    by

    charging

    he enemy,

    mutilated hemselves

    ar fell intoa cetalonic tupor.

    The

    Spanishare battl ing

    womanisers; t

    ease with women,

    quick

    o

    pick

    a fight n bar

    or barrackand

    braveenough o

    get

    themselves

    n trouble

    n the battlefield.

    The talians,

    he Poles

    and

    he

    Hungarians ave

    a

    reputation

    for enjoying he

    Legion's

    way

    of life

    and of soldiering,

    and are

    particularly

    noted

    or supporting he

    women of the

    Legion's

    brothels.

    The

    Britishare knownas

    good

    soldiers,

    ut

    ones

    prone

    o

    insubordination nd desertion.

    However,

    hose who haven't

    been busted back to l6gionnaire2nd class or who have

    deserted, re

    often

    ound

    stepping

    nto he breach

    when he

    section

    eaders

    re killedor incapacitated .

    Weapons of the

    French Foreign

    Legion

    Mle 1866

    Bayonet

    A

    'yataghan

    -style

    sabre bayonet

    ssued

    with

    the

    Chassepot

    and Gras rifles.Supersededby

    the

    Mle

    1886 bayonet,

    but

    livedon in the

    ranks becauseof

    usefulnessas a tool.

    Mle 1886

    Bayonet

    The Lebel rifle's 6pee-style,

    riangular-section ayonet

    was

    unpopularwith troops as it was 55 cm long, and too easy o

    break

    using it for

    the

    real

    jobs

    like opening

    tins, that

    bayonetsare also

    used or other han stabbing

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    Mle 1855 nfantry Officer's

    Sabre

    lssued to Legion officers

    and warrant officers in the

    nineteenth nd early wentieth entury.

    1lmm Mle 1873service revolver

    t-ength: 41 mm

    eight: .08kg

    Length: 54 mm

    Weight: .79kg

    Operation: oubleaction

    Capacity: 6 chambers

    Operation: oubleaction

    Capacity: 6 chambers

    he Modele1873

    service evolverwas the first centre

    ir e

    eapon dopted

    by the FrenchArmy.Manufactured t the

    St.Etienne rmoury, t

    is a solid, ob ustand heavydouble-

    action evolver.t is side oading

    with a Colt-s tyle jector od.

    Half-cockingocks

    he hammerand cylinder or carriage nd

    handling. upposedly

    eplaced by the Mle 1892 service

    revolver,he Mle

    1873was carriedby adjutants ntil 1910,

    andNCOsafter hat.

    8mm'Lebel 'Mle 1892service

    evolver

    he Moddle

    1892

    service evolver

    lso originatesrom the

    St.Etienne rmouryand

    is

    popularly

    nownas the Lebelor

    Model ' Ordnance. mal lerand

    easier

    o

    handle han he

    Mle1873, he

    Lebelhas a swingout cyl inder

    the

    i rs t

    such

    revolver dopted n Europe) or quicker eloading, nd no

    safety. nfortunatelyhe

    cylinder wings o the rightmaking

    reloadingy righthanded

    usersharder.

    French Foreign Legion

    Ranks

    (with

    equivalentUK

    ranks)

    TheKeeper

    ecides ankof the

    player

    haractershrough

    onsultation ith he

    players.

    lternatively

    llow he Keepermay

    allow he

    players

    o

    purchase

    heir current ank by

    using character

    eneration oints.

    f the character

    s

    demoted he

    player

    oes not

    get

    the

    points

    spenton the former ankback,once

    hey are spent hey

    are ost.

    Certain ous-officier

    anksare only availableo re-engag6es

    hich meanscharacter

    will be at least25

    years

    old, f not

    older.

    % Points equired Foreign egion Britishequivalent

    nla

    Mar6chal e France Field

    Marshal

    nla

    G6n6rald'Arm6e

    General

    nla

    G6n6raldeCorpsd'Arm6e

    Lieutenant-General

    nla G6n6ralde

    Division

    MajorGeneral

    nla

    G6n6ralde

    Brigade

    Brigadier

    nla Officiers

    up6rieurs Colonel

    Colonel

    200

    Lieutenant-colonel

    Lieutenant

    olonel

    100

    Commandant

    Major

    80

    Officiers ubalternes Capitaine

    Captain

    7A Abolished

    890

    Capitaine djutant-major

    65 Abolished 890 Capitaine e tir

    60 Lieutenant

    Lieutenant

    40

    Sous-Lieutenant

    SecondLieutenant

    35

    Aspirant

    75

    Sous-officiers Major

    Warrant

    Officer

    70

    Adjudant

    Warrant

    Officer

    l

    65

    Sergent-major

    55

    Sergent-chef

    Staff Sergeant

    45

    Sergent

    Sergeant

    40

    Hommesdu rang Caporal-chef

    20

    Caporal

    Corporal

    5

    Soldat

    lt*gionnaire)

    e 1re

    classe LanceCorporal

    0

    Soldat

    l6gionnaire)

    e 2e classe Private

    .

    Caporal-chefs a rank hat

    s

    peculiar

    o French orces,only achievedwith

    at leasteight o ten

    years'service.

    t is

    a unique

    rank

    as the l6gionnaire

    an't

    progress

    urther.

    f the l6gionnaire ater decides

    hat he wishes o

    progress

    urther hen he

    will evert

    back o the

    lower

    rank

    of Caporaland then re continue.

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    Weapons

    ummary

    able

    Date n

    Ski l l Damage

    Service

    1866

    BaYonet r1d8+1+db

    o r

    Kn i f 1d4+2+db

    1 8 8 6

    B a y o n e t r 1 d 8 + 1 + d b

    o r

    K n i f 1 d 6 + 1 + d b

    The Moddle 1874 Gras rif le replaced he famous

    Mle 1866

    Chassepot rifle, and is essentially a centrefire cartridge

    updateof the consumable artridge

    Chassepot. he Gras s

    a single shot bolt-action ifle. The

    Gras was

    progressively

    replaced y the Lebel n the mid-1890s.

    8mm Mle 1886 Lebel & Mle 86/93 if les

    Length:1295mm Operation:Bolt ction

    Weight: .22k9 Capacity: 8 tubular

    mag

    The Moddle 1886 Lebel rifle replaced he Gras in French

    service

    and continued n service n one variantor another

    unti l he SecondWorldWar.The Lebel

    if lewas he irstsmall

    bore military ifle in the world using

    smokeless

    powder.

    The

    rifle

    used

    a similarbolt to the G ras and has an eight shot

    tubularmagazine. ingle ounds ould oaded, llo wing uick

    top-ups, eaving the magazine as a reserve.

    However, he

    GreatWar demonstrated hat the tubularmagazinewas slow

    to reloadonce t was empty. he tubularmagazine lsodis-

    torted

    he rifle's balanceas shots were fired.The Lebelwas

    modified n 1893 with no affecton

    game

    mechanics.

    8mm Mle 1890& 1892carbines

    Name

    Bayonet M1866

    Bayonet

    M1886

    Sabre

    Mle 1873

    Lebel Mle 1892

    Gras

    Lebe l

    M1890& M1892

    Ber th ie r

    Hotchkiss

    75mm M1894

    11mm Mle 1874Gras rif le

    Length : 016mm

    Weight:3.4 g

    Length:945mm

    Weight:3.1 g

    S w o r d 1 d 8 + 1 + d b

    Base

    Range

    Touch

    Touch

    Touch

    1 0

    1 5

    80

    1 0 0

    70

    1 0 0

    1 1 0

    Magaz ine

    N/a

    N/a

    N/a

    6

    6

    Mal f nc t ion

    0

    n

    n

    n

    9 9

    9 9

    Handgun

    Handgun

    Ri f e

    R i f e

    Rif e

    1 d1 0

    1 d 8

    2d6+5

    2d6+3

    2d6+3

    2d6+3

    2d6+3

    HPoF

    I J

    1 0

    1822

    1

    873

    1892

    187

    4

    1886

    1890

    20

    10

    I U

    I

    1/3

    112

    1/2

    0

    0

    1902

    Ri f le

    1 8 9 7

    M a c h i n e g u

    n

    Operation:Bolt action

    Capacity: 1

    Operation:Bolt ction

    Capacity: 3 clip

    1894 Ar t i l l e ry 1Od6 /2y 5 00

    1t4

    1 /2 3o r5c l i p

    burst

    30

    stripor

    250 belt

    1 1 2

    8 + 1 1 2

    3 o r 5 c l i p 1 1

    12

    12

    40

    lssued o Frencharti l lery nd cavalry n 1890 nstead f the

    longerLebel if le. he carbinewas designed y Berthier, ad

    a Lebel-stylebolt action and a permanentMannlicher-style

    box magazine, oadedusing a chargerclip.The 1890 and

    1892 models had a 3 round magazine. he carbinewas

    adopted by the mounted companies at the turn of the

    century.

    8mm Berthier Mle 1907'Colonial' ifle

    Length: 320mm Operation:Bolt ction

    Weight:3.8 g Capacity: 3 clip

    This r ifle was issued to colonial troops in the

    Arm6e

    d'Afrique. t was developed rom the Berthiercarbine.When

    faced by weapon shortages

    during the Great War, the

    Berthier was also issued to metropolitan

    roops as it was

    quicker

    o reload han he Lebel.

    8mm Mle 1897& Ml e 1904Hotchkiss heavy

    machine-gun

    Length:1270mm Operation:Gas perated

    Weight:23.58g Capacity: 30 stripor belt

    The standard French

    machine-gun rom 1897 onwards.

    Reliablebut heavy, t's biggestdrawback

    s the use of strips

    of cartridges ather han belts.Thesewere in 24 or 30 round

    sizesand couldalsobe linked ogeth er o form an unreliable

    belt.The ripodweighedanother 0 kg.

    75mm Mle 1897Field Gun

    The

    Legion formed several artillery companies before and

    after the Great War, using the standard Moddle

    1897 field

    gun

    n FrenchArmy service. he Mle 1897

    was

    the first ield

    gun

    to solve the

    problem

    of recoil but was

    quickly

    supersededby other countries. n the hands of trained

    gunners

    he Puteauxcould ire 10 rounds a minute.Th e

    ammunitionwas carried n a separatecaisson.

    Other weapons

    The ForeignLegiondid make use of otherweapons

    during

    it's history.For he

    period

    hat this articlecovers t should be

    noted that other ield guns were also used by some Legion

    units,and hat someunits n lndo-Chinamay have

    access

    o

    semi-automatic ifles. The stats for these are left to the

    interestedKeeper.

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    WargamesMiniatures

    lf

    you

    wish o use mini*tures o

    play

    combatbetween

    the Foreign

    egion

    and

    he orces

    of the Mythos

    here

    are

    several

    anges

    availablen 25-28 mm, the

    scale

    RAFM

    and GrenadierCthulhumonsters

    re

    made or.

    DixonMiniatures roduce Dahomey ange eaturing

    Ldgionnairesand French regulars

    as wel l as

    Dahomean pponents.

    MatchlockMiniatures

    lso

    produce

    6gionnaires nd

    colonial renchminiatures

    n 25 mm suitableorTonkin

    and NorthAfrica.

    Old Glory havea

    'Sons

    of

    the Desert' angewhich s

    suitable for

    the

    classic

    age of the

    pre-Great

    War

    Legion. he range

    also ncludes

    rab

    opponents.

    RedoubtEnterprises

    roduce'March

    r

    Die',

    a similar

    range o Old Glory; eaturingpre-WW1 dgionnaires

    and

    Arabs.

    Be warned however hat Redoubt igures

    are more30 mm than25 mm and do not mix vervwell

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    Lr..itation

    to the

    Dance

    lntroduction

    Invitation

    o the

    Dance

    s

    a shortscenario et n Bennington,

    Vermont,

    which can

    be

    stagedeither n the 1920sor in the

    modern day

    and

    works best

    with a small number of

    investigators. t must be stressed at the outset that the

    scenario deals with

    'witch-riding',

    whereby New

    England

    witches

    of legendwould havesexual elations ith

    sleeping

    men and

    ride

    them'through he sky, n

    parallel

    o

    the Lil i th

    legendscommon o Judaic olklore. lthough

    uch

    relations

    between

    humans

    and he forcesof the Mythos

    are a frequent

    element

    of Mythos

    ales

    and

    published

    cenarios,hey are

    usually

    part

    of the back-story,

    r at

    least

    occur'off camera'.

    In hisscenario,heyoccurvery much

    on

    camera', nd hose

    who might be offendedby this

    may wish

    o run

    a less adult

    scenario. Caveat ector.

    What's Going On,

    n a Nutshell

    In the

    quiet

    churchyard

    f St. Peter'sChurch n Bennington,

    Vermont

    VT),

    he headstones

    f JeremiahMoon

    (d.1790),

    and

    Constance effries

    d.1789),

    ave mysteriously

    oved

    from

    one corner

    of

    the

    yard

    to

    the

    opposite

    end

    without

    apparent

    explanation.Why? Poor

    Jeremiah

    was buried oo

    close

    to a

    plot

    of unconsecrated

    ground

    used to bury

    witches.

    One

    of these witches was Co