Kingbeast's Lair

[ Author’s Note: This is the log for the 1st session. Instead of posting your standard log of everything that happened during the session I thought I would try something new. Just like the Supernatural TV show I will post “Then” and “Now” sections that summarize the story. The players will need to remember the details as to how it unfolded. This means that the players will be responsible for remembering any loose ends that may come back to haunt them in a later Chapter. [Evil GM snicker.] ]

Then

June 1835 – Netty’s (20) son Cate (5) had a terrible fever and was not faring well in the harsh Louisiana afternoon sun. Netty went to her master, and St. Joseph plantation owner, a Mr. Marcel Scioneaux (32). She begs her master to allow her to care for her son by giving him some medicine. (Specifically Netty asks for calomel which is a type of chloride of mercury. Calomel was believed to relieve fever.) Master Scioneaux refuses her requests and asks that she instead return to the sugar plantation and continue working. When Netty breaks down in tears he throws her out of the plantation house.

That evening Cate’s condition was getting worse. Netty decides to take action. She breaks into the plantation house and raids the upstairs medicine chest. As she tries to sneak out of the house she was caught by the son of the plantation owner, Benoit (12). When the master hears about Netty’s disobedience from his son he grabs some men and goes out to find her.

Netty collects her son and tries to flee into the nearby swamp. By using dogs Master Scioneaux is able to easily track her down. He approaches Netty and Cate near a small copse of trees. He scolds Netty then moves in to whip Cate with a reed. In a rage Master Scioneaux kills Cate. Netty is dragged away from the scene and returned to the plantation.

Two weeks later from a shack on the St. Joseph estate Netty, who is a voodoo practitioner, casts a terrible curse on the Scioneaux family line. At the end of the ritual she sacrifices herself to the dark gods.

Now

Distant relatives of the Scioneaux family have decided to rebuild the St. Joseph plantation house. They have just broken ground on the restoration project. Unknown to the current plantation owners some local hunters have also stirred the bones of Netty and have awakened her ghost. Netty has in turn awakened her son. Each night the son, who is now a Slenderman, is extracting vengeance against the Scioneaux family line.

The current owner of the plantation house and grounds is Ernesto Lombardo. Ernesto is a local mobster and close friend of Winston’s. He has made the grounds available to relatives of the Scioneaux family who wish to restore the plantation. The relatives include the following people, their roles, and their relation to the family:

• David Young – Architect of the St. Joseph restoration project. Related to the Scioneaux clan through his mother.
• Sheryl Costa – Homemaker. David’s brother. Married to Kenneth Costa. Has daughter Cassidy (7). Maiden name is Young.
• Cassidy Costa – 2nd grade elementary student. Daughter to Sheryl.