Brighton Draft

Overview

Brighton is a fashionable seaside resort town in Sussex where Marina_Garrick and Georgiana_Dillwyn investigated the events of the Loom & Lucidity adventure in Spring 1813. Marina was hosted by Mr. & Mrs. Hampton at their townhouse on Marine Parade.

Key Locations

• Hampton_Residence — Marine Parade. Fashionable townhouse where Mr. & Mrs. Hampton hosted Marina and Georgiana.
• The Assembly Rooms — Grand ballroom, scene of Regency gatherings.
• Messrs. Hawkswood & Shaw’s Bookbinders & Reading Room — North Street. Run by Mr. Hawkswood (older, meticulous) and Mr. Shaw (younger, ambitious).
• Whitlow & Sons Fine Goods (Haberdashery) — Run by Mr. Josiah Whitlow. Frequented by village gossips Mrs. Partridge and Miss Bellamy.
• The Modiste’s Shop — Owned by Madame_Beauregard, a sharp-witted Frenchwoman.
• Captain King’s Drawing Room — Scene of an intense Regency soirée.
• Harbormaster’s Office — Where the Brighton Harbormaster maintains control of the docks.

Key NPCs

• Mr. & Mrs. Hampton — Marina’s hosts, well-connected in gentry circles
• Lady Georgiana Dillwyn — Fellow investigator (played by Elizabeth)
• Captain_King — Royal Navy officer, key figure in Brighton society
• Lord_Ratcliffe — Distinguished nobleman, quietly influential
• Mrs. Pemberton — Formidable, observant matron with a sharp tongue
• Colonel_Fittlewick — Grizzled but intelligent former soldier
• Miss Mary & Miss Isabel Glossop — Mischievous identical twins
• Mr_Berkley — Aloof man of large fortune
• Lady_Bagtonbury & Nero — Elderly dowager duchess and her lapdog

Campaign Significance

Brighton is where the campaign truly began — Marina_Garrick’s first encounter with the supernatural during Loom & Lucidity, Spring 1813. The location and its NPCs remain available if the party ever returns to England.