Det er surrealisme i mørket. Det er David Lynch på syretrip. Det er horror når det er bedst. Det er Call of Cthulhu. Ikke det genkendelige, det forventende Call of Cthulhu. Nej, dette er Hastur – personal horror i Lovecrafts rædselsunivers!
Vi er begyndt på kampagnen Tatters of the King. Keeper på kampagnen er Niels Bo Frank Christiansen, og dette er første spilrapport over vores første to sessions. Spilrapporten er skrevet af NBFC, og du er velkommen til at kommentere. God fornøjelse…
The stars are right.
Hastur’s gaze gains brief focus on the earth.
…And things change.
Gruppen af investigators er inviteret til en aften hos den excentriske, progressive og kunstelskende Lady Margot Calvert (60), enke efter the 7th earl of Brighton. Invitationen er fremsendt af Celine Lavois og omfatter en let dinné og senere på aftenen en tur i teateret! I aften spiller man stykket ”Carcosa” – The Queen And The Stranger på The Scala.
Tilstede er foruden the investigators:
The Investigators, Gunivere, Lady Calvert og Julian Knight kører gennem det frostklare London til The Scala. Dette teater er næsten udelukkende forbeholdt nye opsætninger af mindre kendte teatergrupper.
Teateret er langt fra fyldt og næsten alle dele af Londons befolkning er repræsenteret.
Selve teaterstykket, Carcosa, består af to akter og opføres af amatørgruppen ”The Group”, dog virke enkelte af skuespillerne, især de kvindelige, ret talentfulde.
Stykket er instrueret af den excentriske forfatter og instruktør Talbot Estus – en amerikaner født i Texas. Efter stykket er der mulighed for at møde Talbot Estus og resten af skuespillerne fra stykket.
Age 49, American Author and Playrwight
Talbot Estus, born Waldo Easterman in Lansing, Texas is a noted American novelist, producing works of what he calls romantic horror or macabre romances (though critics can find little difference between the two). Talbot’s earlier works were popular, but his later works suffer from either lack of originality, or, on the odd occasion they are inventive, excessive peculiarity.
He is a tanned, active-looking man with a thick moustache and full head of hair. He has poor eyesight and uses three different pairs of glasses for varying tasks. A fastidious dresser, he has a weakness for Panama hats.
Estus inherited a large sum of money from his uncle’s pin manufacturing buisness at the age of twenty-two. Estus starting writing, changing his name upon his first publication. Rumors are that he is now working on a book called The Yellow Sign.
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Age 21, English Actor and Dilettante
Second daughter of Rt. Hon. Gordon, Lord Hewart, Lord Chief Justice of England sitting on the on the King’s Bench Division. (Appointed 1922) The pretty, delicate, redheaded Jean is a keen amateur actress with dreams of a professional career. She certainly has both looks and talent. In personality she is very feminine, breathy and bubbly. She’s had many suitors, but has never been engaged.
Jean lives with her family (one brother, one sister) in Kensington, West London. In the play Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger, Jean plays the part of Camilla.
Age 21, English Actor and Student
A handsome youth with dark, black, hair and a slim build. Walter tends to show a rather worried-looking expression and stares at his feet a lot. With his young looks Walter is often mistaken for a youth of seventeen or eighteen. Walter is quiet, polite, and deferential.
Walter is an art student in his second year at University College London. In the play Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger, Walter plays Thale.
Age 38, Scottish Actor and Clerk
George works as clerk, first class, with the Central Electricity Board on Charing Cross Road. George is a dedicated family man with an unlikely taste for amateur theatrics. He is a stiff, somewhat limited actor and for some reason this stiffness is not shown in his social interactions.
He is tall and handsome, with broad shoulders, alert blue eyes, high cheekbones, and blond hair worn swept back from his face. Due to this Walter often gets cast as the leading man in amateur productions. He played both Uoht and Naotalba in Estus’s play.
Husband of Hannah Keith and father of Robert (10), and Moira (4). He and his wife met through amateur dramatics. George, as well as his wife Hannah Keith, claim to have performed Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger exactly as written in the script.
Age 33, Scottish Actress and Mother
Hannah is an amateur actress and hails from Scotland. Good-looking, with long blonde hair, and strong features but is a plain, sensible dresser. Hannah is an organised, rational, woman loving of her family and with a gentle sense of humor. Hannah is married to George Keith together they have two children Robert (10), and Moira (4). Their son Robert, plays the part of the Child in the play.
Hannah is the best actress in the play Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger where she plays Cassilda, queen of Yhtill. Hannah insists that she acted the play exactly as written in the script.
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Selve stykket er meget specielt men meget fængende. Dem der ser stykket får den fornemmelse, at der sker ting på scenen, som kun de kan se? Stykket synes også at medføre stærke følelser fra publikum og flere forlader stykket før tid eller lige efter – ja faktisk opstår der også håndgemæng!
Gruppen snakker med de forskellige involverede i stykket og møder den mystiske tryllekunstner(Boris karakter) (Jeg kan desværre ikke huske navnet) som imponerer med sine spådomme og spiritistiske tricks. De aftaler at mødes med ham mens de opholder sig i London.
To dage efter denne aften modtager gruppen (Bergur Hólmgeirsson) et brev fra sin gamle kollega Dr. Charles Highsmith. Brevet er af faglig karakter:
Overvejer at gå i gang med kampagnen. Kom I videre?
Ja tak, vi har netop afsluttet 1. halvdel kampagnen, som forløb over ca. 15 spilsessions. Vi starter på 2. halvdel af kampagnen til efteråret.
Det er en røvfed kampagne! Så I har meget at glæde jer til. Det I bør overveje, er at lave karakter-baggrunde som har islæt i det kunstneriske miljø, og som har en “abstrakt” personlighed, i det kampagnen er ret syret. En anden ting er, at I bør lave en mappe til spillets handouts sådan I hurtigt har et overblik, da vi oplevede flere gange, at netop have mistet overblikket undervejs, og derfor måtte genlæse utallige handouts.
Fedt! Tak for svar. Jeg er begyndt at læse og er også meget positiv. Håber du vil poste lidt mere fra kampagnen.
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