Fish Story

Scenario Overview

A group of individuals get drawn in to weird events happening in seaside New England in the 1920s.

Helpful Resources

• In Character Thread
• Out of Character Thread
• Recruitment Thread

Mechanical Game Information

Player	Investigator	HP	Sanity	Magic Points	Insanities	Notes
brahnamin	William "Liam" Johnson	8	77	18
DannyK	Archibald "Wink" Winkworth	12	60	12
Roger	Gertrude Bradley	14	41/45	9
pstjmack	John Perry	10	38	10
Regular Guy	Vernon Weatherby	10/14	60/59	12
RuneMagus	James Scott

Important Places

Please note: While we're using real place names, the game takes place in an ahistorical past. Any resemblance is coincidental and/or for convenience.

Nantucket

• Population = ~3,000
• Primary businesses: Tourism, fishing

• An Art Colony started up in the 1920s.
• Someone drew a rendering of the local Ye Olde Curiosity Shop which is convenient.
• Check out this sweet Travel Poster.
• Someone took some Aeriel Photographs.
• Everyone is dancing the Charleston.

After Oar

• Technically now just a boarding house, thanks to Prohibition, it's still the best place on the island to get a pint.

Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard

• Population = ~1,000
• Primary businesses: Tourism, fishing
• Also known as "Cottage City" for its famous "gingerbread cottage" style houses

• Large map of Cottage City, 1887

Important People

• Sig Torvald, Nantucketer ne'er-do-well fisherman -- he bumped into Queer Island, lost SAN, and is now catatonic.

Investigative Leads

Timeline

• 22nd, Morning: Sig finds the cat-headed staff.
• 22nd, Evening: Sig sells the cat-headed staff to Mr. L'Armon in Oak Bluffs.
• 23rd, Morning: Mr. L'Armon and Pastor Silent meet in Oak Bluffs. The object given from the former to the latter is presumably the staff.
• 23rd, Later: Pastor Silent's church burns and he reportedly dies there.
• 23rd-24th: Sig on a bender in Boston and then Nantucket.
• 25th: Investigation begins. Investigators first trip to island. Sig murdered at New Hospital in Oak Bluffs.
• 26th: Today

People Potentially Involved

• Sig Torvald (deceased; local ne'er do well fisherman who found the staff)
• Mr. L'Armon (purchased the staff from Sig in Oak Bluffs; later gave it to Pastor Silent)
• Pastor John Silent (deceased; pastor of small, odd church in Oak Bluffs; took staff from Mr. L'Armon)
• Doctor Vickers (Sig's doctor at the New Hospital; saw something)

Those in bold have not been investigated.

Important Objects

• Cat-headed staff (found by Sig near the Island)
• Strange rock (same)
• Strange kelp (same)
• Burned-out church (Oak Bluffs)
• Holy Way Hymnal (Gertie)

Those in bold have not been investigated.