SettingAn unnamed Island off of the coast of the storm-wracked town of Ironwood,1947

Cast of CharactersAbraham Ravenhurst - Local villager and priest of the Ravenhurst cult.Adam Raven - A banker involved with smuggling.Ben Trask - A local involved with smuggling.Clem Stark/Clementine Stank - A man searching for his abducted wife/Husband.Clyde Gruber - Former U-Boat crewman seeking revenge.Edmond Higlow - Crooked FBI investigator.George Seams/Gina Seams - Undercover reporter investigating the smugglingring.Gordon Ravenhurst - Head of the smuggling ring.Hilda Gruber - German entertainer, searching for her lost brother.Lucy Straker - Consular officer and Agent of the Karnotechia.Naomi Price - Reporter in search of her contact.Thomas Elliott - Former OSS officer, current congressman.Richard Brown - Doctor and discoverer of a curious relic.

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IntroductionThe Island is a scenario designed for up to thirteen players and one to two staffmembers (Keeper and Stage Manager). As the majority of this scenario takesplace upon a beach, it is ideal for Keepers wishing to run a Cthulhu Live eventoutdoors. An actual beach or lakefront location is ideal.

Keeper’s IntroductionLong before there was a town of Ironwood there was sullen marshland. Forthousands, if not millions of years, a sect of Deep Ones lurked in the adumbratemorass, breeding with a degenerate aboriginal tribe and conducting abominablerites in veneration of Mother Hydra. When the first European settlers arrived,the Deep Ones’ hybrid kin were driven from the land. However, the spawn ofMother Hydra would not be denied for long.

First among the settlers who founded the town of Ironwood was the Ravenhurstclan. Hailing from Suffolk County, the Ravenhursts secretly adhered to anancient faith long through extinct in Europe. No strangers to the veneration ofinhuman deities, the Ravenhursts and the Deep Ones were drawn together as ifby fate. Receptive to the worship of Mother Hydra, the family Ravenhurstjoined with the Deep One cult, interbreeding with the squamous race, theRavenhursts were the means by which the Deep Ones would spread their alienseed amongst the townspeople of Ironwood and perpetuate their kind.

The burgeoning town of Ironwood was not immune to the witch hysteriagrowing out of Salem Mass. In time, roving witchfinders and puritan fanaticsinspired the citizens of Ironwood into similar mania. However, in the midst oftheir frenzy the people overlooked the corruption in their midst, instead seekingout the devils, real and imagined, lurking in the surrounding wilderness.Overwhelmed by fanatical colonists, the few Deep Ones not killed outright weredriven from the marshes, leaving only the Ravenhursts to continue the worshipof Mother Hydra.

Though the Deep Ones are long dead, their legacy lived on in the blood of thehybrid children they begat upon the early Ironwood settlers. Though thismingled blood has thinned over the generations, every now and then adescendant of the original settlers feels the strange longing for the depths thatpresages the metamorphosis into a full Deep One. Some become lost to these

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longings, shedding their human selves and vanishing into the sea. Others resistthe change, inevitably driving themselves to suicide when unable to reconcilethe alien desires and transmogrification wrought upon them.

To this day, cultists within the Ravenhurst family watch their neighbors closely,ever vigilant for symptoms of the change. When a nascent Deep One isdiscovered, the cult takes the unfortunate to an unnamed island off the coast. Inan oddly-angled temple upon that island the cult catalyzes the change, fosteringthe metamorphosis of a new Deep One and providing Mother Hydra withanother inhuman servitor!

BASIC PLOTS

The Temple and the TabletsThe temple of the Moon Clock is sealed and cannot be opened without theproper configuration of rune-inscribed tablets. Unfortunatley, the tablets werescattered in the confusion of the recent storm. The Keeper should scatter thesetablets around the play area, taking care to hide the tablets in places where theplayers are likely to find them. Each tablet’s hiding place should be accessableand not too obscure, or the Keeper runs the risk of the scenario running to ahalt when Temple cannot be opened for lack of the proper tablet.Dr Brown should have one of the ones that relate to opening the cavern.

Murder Most FoulThough no one suspects, Edmond Higlow in the murderer of Thomas Elliot’sbest friend.

ReunitedClyde and Hilda are brother and sister. Hilda thinks Clyde died in the war, butThomas plans to surprise Hilda with the revelation that Clyde still lives.

AbductionClem Stark thinks that his wife was abducted by aliens. In actuality, Clem isdelusional, preferring the fantasy of an alien abduction to the reality that hiswife ran out on him.

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Abraham (Abe) Ravenhurst(Ironwood Fisherman)DEX: 10 CON: 8 EDU: 12 POW: 15Wounds: 8 Magic: 15 Luck: 3Shade of Terror: Orange Starting Façade Level: Foreboding

Skills: Astronomy 3, Biology 2, First Aid 3, Library Use 2, Locksmith 1,Mechanical Engineering 2, Mathematics 2, Navigation 2, Occult 3, Pilot Boat 3,Survival 3, Theology 3, Cthulhu Mythos 1, Brawling 3, Evade 2, Pistol 2, Knife 3

Possessions: A Moon Clock tile.

It is your time to join your ancestors in the deep. All of your life you have beenwaiting for your chance to make the change. Your chance fast approached, butyou will not make the change alone. You must take Gordon Ravenhurst, BenTrask under your wing, for the blood of the Deep Ones flows in their veins aswell, though they know it not.

The change can only be made in the island’s sealed Temple, and the temple canonly be opened with the proper key plates at the proper time. The recent stormhas swept the plates and scattered them across the shore. They must be found!

However, you must first consult the Moon Clock. Only then will you know whenthe spheres of the void will be in proper alignment, and which keys will beneeded to open the Temple. Such is the will of Mother Hydra!

Who and What You Know:Ben Trask: Ben is a local that you’ve known for years. Despite your apparentfriendship, he knows nothing of your devotion to Mother Hydra or the change.George Seams: George claims he was born in the town of Ironwood, but movedaway with his parents at an early age. However, your cult has uncovered thetruth. George is an investigative reporter attempting to uncover a story inIronwood. You must take care that he does not discover the existence of yourcult. If you must, you will silence him.Gordon Ravenhurst: Your brother has followed the wrong path, worshiping thedollar rather than Mother Hydra. Tonight you will teach him the way ofrighteousness. You look forward to making the change with him.

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Adam Ravenhurst(Banker)DEX: 12 CON: 7 EDU: 11 POW: 12Wounds: 7 Magic: 12 Luck: 3Shade of Terror: Yellow Starting Facade Level: Fine

Skills: Accounting 4, Fine Arts 3, First Aid 2, Forgery 3, Gambling 2, Law 2,Library Use 2, Mathematics 3, Networking 2, Psychology 2, Pistol 4, Evade 3,Rifle 2

Advantages: Stinking Rich

Possessions: A large wad of cash, pistol (damage 4)

You were born in Ironwood, and though your family left when you were just aboy, you’ve kept close contact with your relations in the area.

Though you are a respected banker and sit on the board of directors of TheTidewater Bank of Boston, you are not the honest businessman most peoplethink you are. Over the last couple of years you have made quite a fortunefencing goods smuggled in and out of Ironwood’s ports. You deal directly witha member of your extended family, Gordon Ravenhurst. Recently some of yourfriends in the local government have mentioned a reporter nosing around intothe smuggling ring. You planned to cut your ties of the ring before they gotexposed. Then Gordon got a message to you that he had a stash of jewels thatneeds moving. Those jewels will be your last big score before you pull out.

You accepted the invitation of your local Congressman Thomas Eliot for anevening out on his boat. Things were going well until the storm came up and theboat sank. You were almost drowned swimming to this island with the others.

What You Know:Clem Stark-A nervous looking person, you haven’t had much to say to him thisevening and have no reason why he is here. He did however help you off theboat; he probably saved your life.Clyde Gruber- One of the surviving crew.Edmond Higlow-Some kind of FBI “Hero”

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Gordon Ravenhurst (not on the boat)-Gordon is your contact in Ironwood, adistant cousin. What makes him so easy to work with is that he’s not very smart.Lucy Straker-You have no idea who this woman is.Naomi Price-Seems to be a reporter here to do a piece on the Congressman forLadies Home JournalThomas Elliott-You were invited on the pleasure trip by Congressman ThomasEliot. Although you have never met the Congressman, you know that in the pastyour bank has contributed to his campaign. Obviously he’s considering anotherrun for office.Dr Richard Brown-Some kind of doctorGOALS:Get the jewels and get the congressman on your side.

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