The Beginning

Overview

The earliest period of the campaign. Marina_Garrick’s solo adventures led her from a seaside curiosity in Brighton to a ghoul beneath Osney_Grange to recruitment by the Order_of_St_Aelfric. At Northlake_Hall in Tarryford, the full table assembled for the first time — and suffered the campaign’s first PC death.

Key NPCs

• Lady_Honoria_Lyndhurst — recruited Marina to the Order
• Lord_Percival_Harcourt — inducted Marina at Ravenwood_House
• Mrs_Margaret_Fairchild — sheltered Marina at The Fox & Hound
• Dr_Ambrose_Hargreaves — stitched Marina’s shoulder wound
• Miss_Eleanor_Finch — assigned as Marina’s maid at Hartwell_House

Key Locations

• Brighton — Loom & Lucidity investigation
• Osney_Grange — Curate & Curability investigation
• Fox_and_Hound_Portsmouth — Marina’s recovery and recruitment
• Ravenwood_House — Order headquarters
• Hartwell_House — Order safe house
• Northlake_Hall — the Long Corridor

Sessions

• Loom & Lucidity (Spring 1813): Marina and Georgiana_Dillwyn in Brighton. Solo play.
• Curate & Curability (Late Spring 1813): Marina at Osney_Grange. Three NPCs dead. Marina wounded and fled.
• The Long Corridor (Autumn 1813): Full table. Emma_Wentworth, Georgiana_Wentworth, James_Bennet, Jane_Radcliffe joined Marina. Portal to a dark realm. James_Bennet killed — first PC death.

Threads & Hooks

• Marina’s induction into the Order_of_St_Aelfric established the campaign’s organisational framework
• The Wentworth sisters, Bennet, and Radcliffe formed the original party
• The Long Corridor introduced the campaign’s pattern: ordinary people encountering the unthinkable