Episode 1: Something Stirs in the Big Gator Swamp

## Synopsis

Henry arrives in Thornvale. Bjorn gets his first mission. Sammie goes on an adventure to the abandoned fort with Elise.

## Episode Description

There has been a killing in the Big Gator Swamp, and the police of Thornvale have no idea how in over their heads they are. In this episode, Henry and Agent Whiskey arrive in Thornvale. Henry meets his Uncle Stanley and finds out he's a lot more interesting than he'd expected. Whiskey meets the grumpy town police captain and interviews the wife of the victim. Sammie and her best friend go on an ill-fated expedition. One by one, they get the call to investigate what stirs in the Big Gator Swamp.

## Key Events

* Henry arrives in Thornvale and meets his Uncle Stanley, who takes him to where they live in Fort Lagarto.
* Bjorn gets an assignment from his agency and goes to speak with the witness, Diane Williams.
* Sammie and her friend Elise explore Fort Lagarto, without knowing the secrets it holds, and then Sammie is given a mission from her Order to eliminate the Big Gator.

## Summary

Henry's dad has had a very bad injury to his back. Due to risky and extensive surgery he'll have to undergo, he's sent Henry down to live with his uncle in Thornvale. Henry arrives in Thornvale after a long trip down from New York. His dad has promised him he'll only be in Thornvale for the summer. This is one of Henry's first times away from home. He's nervous and generally displeased about this arrangement.

Henry steps off the ferry to meet his Uncle Stanley. Stanley is described as being 6'3", brawny, and looks like a pro lifter. This is the first time Henry and Stanley have seen each other for a very long time. Stanley leads him away from the ferry, down the docks, and to his own skiff where he directs Henry to get in.

Bjorn gets a phone call from Agent Indigo. Indigo asks Bjorn if he's heard what's happened, and then sends him more details about the case as well as information on his contact in the Thornvale Police Department. Bjorn meets Captain Jolene Holland. Captain Holland is a woman in her mid 40's with her brown hair tied back in a bun. Captain Holland is rather annoyed with Bjorn's involvement in the Williams case. All Bjorn is allowed to tell her is that he is with an organization known as H.U.N.T.E.R..

Holland gives him information on Larry Williams and his wife Diane. A note on the file says "presumed dead." Holland informs Bjorn that Diane Williams thinks that there's some kind of monster that looks like a big gator that killed her husband. Bjorn says that he'll look into it and Holland is skeptical about why a fed is looking into an alligator attack.

Sammie and Elise are exploring Fort Lagarto near the main island of Thornvale. There are 'keep out' signs plastered everywhere which bothers Elise but doesn't bother Sammie. Sammie and Elise hear a boat approaching and duck behind a wall to see a boat with an older man and a teenage boy in it. Sammie insists on trying to follow the boat. They quickly round the corner only to find the boat has disappeared.

Sammie investigates further, seeing swirling water where something had been recently. As Sammie's investigating, a wall collapses and she falls into the water. Elise pulls her out and insists they go back home.

Bjorn arrives at the home of Diane Williams. He tries to talk to her, but has the door slammed in his face. Bjorn eventually convinces Diane to talk to him, and she informs him that she saw a gator so big it looked like a dinosaur with armor plating. She knows this isn't just an alligator. Diane says that the monster swallowed her husband and his kayak whole. Bjorn assures her that he'll be careful and figure out what is going on.

Stanley takes Henry on the skiff to Fort Lagarto. As they approach the Fort, a door opens and the boat drops down into an underground tunnel and the door closes behind them. The water tunnel takes them back to a dock area. Stanley says he'll show him to his room and they pass an armory, storage areas, and a long dark hallway where something growls in the distance (which Stanley pushes him past) on the way. Henry's room is a library that they've turned into a bedroom for him.

Miguel appears down the hall, yelling for Stanley. He says that some kids knocked down a wall on the outside of the fort and that he needs Stanley to go outside and fix it. Miguel is wheelchair bound. He introduces himself to Henry and Henry recoils at first, only because it reminds him of his dad's accident.

Sammie is at home, laying in bed with an ice pack on her ankle from her earlier adventures at the Fort. She gets a phone call and goes to the bathroom to hide the call from Elise. The call is from Green, one of her handlers at the Order. Green tells her there's an alligator-type monster of the lose that he wants her to eliminate.

## List of Appearances

* James Marlowe
* Henry Marlowe
* Stanley Marlowe
* Bjorn Olafson
* Agent Indigo
* Captain Jolene Holland
* Sammie Overbrook
* Elise Romano
* Diane Williams
* Miguel Rodriguez
* Green (The Order)

## Roll Tracker

 Hannah/Sammie
 Andrew/Bjorn
 Andrew/Bjorn
 Hannah/Sammie

## Trivia

Hannah makes the first ever roll of the game with an 'Act Under Pressure' roll to try and climb a wall outside Fort Lagarto... and of course gets a 5.