Canticle of the End

Story

Characters

World

Reference

Story

1

The Beginning

Complete

Marina Garrick's solo adventures and the formation of the core party. Three investigations across the south of England, each one escalating from the uncanny to the lethal.

1

London

Complete

The Orphean Society investigation. Two missing Order agents, a vocal conditioning programme killing students, and a Stonehenge ritual to summon a servant of Yog-Sothoth.

2

Lyon

Complete

The Société Harmonique de l'Aube. Masquerade balls, tunnel expeditions beneath Lyon, a hospital raid, and a final assault on the Silkweavers' Guild. Four PCs died — the bloodiest chapter of the campaign.

3

Vienna

In Progress

The Brotherhood of the Open Measure. A Harmonic Engine beneath the University of Vienna, a cult leader conducting experiments on human voices, and a ritual deadline of August 15. Fourteen sessions of investigation, espionage, and a final assault on the Sealed Anatomical Theatre.

  1. Session 1 — Arrival in Vienna
  2. Session 2 — The Opera and the Dead Man
  3. Session 3 — The Countess and the Salon
  4. Session 4 — The Hofburg Reception
  5. Session 5 — The Knife and the Masquerade
  6. Session 6 — A Bite in the Dark
  7. Session 7 — Whispers, Widows, and Wounded Warriors
  8. Session 8 — The Duel, the Diva, and the Demon
  9. Session 9 — The Burning Ball and the Broken Baron
  10. Session 10 — The Fork in the Road
  11. Session 11 — The Duelling Ground
  12. Session 12 — The War Council
  13. Session 13 — The Descent
  14. Session 14 — The Theatre

The investigators travel from Vienna to Calcutta to disrupt the fourth cell of the Aeternum Choir. A parasitic ritual woven into a genuine religious festival, concealed by the colonial social order itself. Two-front climax on the Hooghly River during Kali Puja night.

  1. Session 1 — The Morning After