Kingbeast's Lair

[ Author’s Note: This is the log for the 3rd session. Instead of posting your standard log of everything that happened during the session 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

Just South Of El Kur, Egypt – 1450 BC – Hefting her heavy pack the young woman tightens her shawl against the raging sandstorm. Slowly she walks through the barren windswept countryside inching ever closer to her destination. She thinks about her role as handmaiden and how it has come to such an terrible finale. The royal family respected her position and she must honor theirs with her actions. Tomb robbers will not destroy the two most powerful woman that she is likely ever to come to know and love. If Neferure’s prophecy is correct the queen and princess will rise again to reclaim their throne. She stumbles to her knees. Before standing she reaches for her skin of water only to find that it is dry. She must continue! Taking out a small statuette of a woman with a cat’s head she prays one last time to Bastet. Give her the strength to continue! Staring up into the sun tears fill her eyes. As she sinks into the sand a shadowy presence covers her body filling it with strength. If she can just make it to the burial chamber…

Now

New Orleans, USA – March 21, 2015 – Doctor Sophia Omari shakes her head in disgust as she surveys the damage to her precious artifacts. Whatever was not damaged by fire is destroyed by water from the automatic sprinklers that did their job a little too well. Even though Susan Taylor, the NOMA Director, keeps telling her that they have insurance she realizes that there is no way these items can be replaced. Of all the things that could happen a freak electrical accident was not something she expected. As despair fills her heart she remembers that at least the amulet is safe in the hotel vault. With a sigh she sits down on one of the nearby benches. She is startled when Gunter, the young man who was working at the souvenir stand the previous night, takes her hand and pulls her to her feet. Excitement fills his steps as he pulls her into the main museum chamber, “Doctor Omari look! Can you believe it!?! Your fancy queen mummy did not get destroyed!!! In fact it looks like it is pretty great shape. Wow…that is amazing!”

[ Author’s Note: This is the log for the 2nd session. Instead of posting your standard log of everything that happened during the session 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

[ From the journal of Doctor Martin Blumenau (aka Doctor Heiko Krantz). Translated from German. ]

November 12, 1971 – Heidelberg Medical Academy, Germany – Professor Max Born was a genius but his experiments were not applied to a cause with lasting impact. If he would only have listened to me we all could be living without pain in an endless cycle of rebirth. Max suffered much in his last year. My mentor was wracked with acute arthritis and I could only watch him writhe in agonizing pain. Avoiding the suffering that many feel before passing…by cheating death itself…that is a noble goal worthy of Herr Born. By using principals Professor Born laid out in Atomic Physics plus the insights of John Dee in his analysis of the Voynich manuscript I have hit on the key. A serum that will grant eternal rebirth of dying tissue. The only thing that remains is experimentation and trials.

November 15, 1971 – Heidelberg Medical Academy, Germany – I’m on the verge of a breakthrough! Tonight I will become the master of dead flesh! I will be able to make it sit up and dance with me as the conductor! If only these dolts at the university would let me work in peace. Now is not the time to discuss ethics…it is a time of action!

Now

September 16, 2014 – New Orleans, USA –It has taken many years of work and much money but the trials are doing well. Subject 86 seems to be taking well to the changes I made in Lot 66. Like the others his brain is weakened so that he is susceptible to my commands but unlike the other subjects his own thoughts are clear and without confusion. He treats me like a father which although humbling will not be reciprocated. Having an able body to speak with does help break my doldrums.

The Mictlantecuhtli cup recently discovered in Mexico City could help with my research. If the legends are true it could extend the effectiveness of the serum. It is a longshot but worth the investment. I need to find some unsuspecting shill to perform the robbery under my guidance. Afterwards he can extinguished if he becomes a liability.

January 10, 2015 – New Orleans, USA – Working with the vampires has become a valuable, albeit dangerous, association. They get living subjects that are of no use to me and so far they are disposing of them without notice.

[ 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.