Nameless Horrors Amaranthine Desire

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Richard Garrett - James Coquillat

Emanuelle Beaulieu - Alex Caton

Elizabeth Deveraux - Art Hunter

* As they're heading back out, an enormous wave pushes their boat over, and they all land in the sea
* Richard and Tobias go under the water. They hear a strange sound, like a church bell tolling ominously
* Emanuelle is thrown from the remains of the boat onto cold muddy ground, together with the rest of the group
* They are in the middle of a forest, on a very cold dark moolit clear sky night
* There is the sound of the sea coming from approx 1/2 a mile to the East
* They follow a path in approximately that direction
* Emanuelle notices that Orion is in the wrong spot in the sky
* Ideas of time travel
* They do eventually emerge from the wood
* There is a blazing fire to the North, where a building is on fire. It is a windmill.
* The people are wearing clothing that appears to be from the Middle Ages
* The group is accosted by someone speaking a very strange (Middle English) accent wondering who/what they are
* Someone is caught in the windmill
* Richard and Emanuelle run in for the rescue, and get up to the middle floor
* Emanuelle spots that there is wood covered in oil up here whilst Richard is making his way up to the top floor
* On the third floor is a priest pinned to the wall in mockery of the crucifixion, circles cut into his flesh with strange letters
* Richard and Emanuelle jump out into a pile of grain outside with the body of the priest
* Tobias notices that the villagers words are not in synch with their lips. He is starting to believe he's in a dream
* Tobias sees himself floating in a void left in the center of creation with a great malevolent god looking on
* Tobias tries to tell the others that that this is all illusion
* The villagers says they don't know the priest per se, but there are several churches in the city
* The group moves off towards Dunwich
* They are accosted by a beggar as they approach the open gate
* Tobias heaps most of his worldly goods onto him
* There are two hospitals in town, and 5 churches.
* The Middle Ages Dunwich town is practically completely consumed by the waves by 1895. Just a few of the outer streets remain
* The beggar thinks the priest may be from St Bartholemew's
* The 1895 Dunwich has a St Barts church known for it's tolling bell
* They head for the Harbour Inn, which is probably still going to be open for new guests
* They arrange for beds for the night
* Some of the sailors talk about their lucky "Sarah Brown" that has gone missing. On every voyage she went on everything was just smoothly
* Sarah's mother passed in childbirth. Her father drowned at sea when she was 13
* Some of the sailors believe Sarah has simply left town.
* The old man comes over from the corner table, saying that the player characters weren't here the last time all this happened. He was born 30 years ago, in the year 1753.
* It is now the group hears the tolling of a bell reverberating through their bodies as everything fades
* When it shimmers back into focus, they are in muddy ground in a forest. They utter the exact saame phrases as they did the first time

#### Fit The Second

* We restart in the forest
* Discussion on whether to do the same or different than last time
* They see a robed man walking towards the windmill in the distance, possibly they arrived earlier than last time
* Elizabeth starts making notes
* Richard heads for the windmill hoping to find the arsonist
* Emanuelle and Tobias meet the robed man, it is the Priest
* The Priest is on a private mission to the Windmill
* As Richard appears at the top of the stairs, a man goes to jump out of the window into the pile of straw we know is outside
* The man falls out of the window, landing beside the hay, and hurting themselves badly enough that they go unconcious and land on Elizabeth & Tobias
* The Priest is a Father Joseph Finch.
* The Priest is from St Bartholemew's.
* The Priest is shown the papers from the attacker last time. He says they are about witchcraft of the most heinous kind. The Priest keeps the papers
* Richard carries the arsonist as they head onwards towards Dunwich
* Tobias remembers that one of his ancestors is in the area and involved with witches
* Incapacitation without Injury is a phrase Richard has great difficulty parsing
* Emmanuelle heads for St Barts, Elizabeth heads to the Harbour Inn, Tobias heads to his ancestor's house, and Richard heads towards the Constable with the arsonist
* They ask the beggar Mr Lucas the way to the Goal.
* Richard has some quick interactions with the Constable, and somehow manages to avoid being arrested himself.
* Tobias tries to get in to see Mr Levett, but is constantly bounced by the butler
* He's trying to enter, and goes to force his way past.
* As this happens a couple of members of the City Guard arrive on the scene.
* Tobias bolts for St Barts steeple, but the guards keep swarming on him and take him down
* Emmanuelle gets to the church as the Father has just gotten there. He unlocks the church, goes in and goes to a spiral staircase behind the pulpit.
* The Priest spots Emmanuelle as he goes on the stairs, tries to push her off
* The Priest didn't want to be any part of "something"
* The Priest is persuaded to help Emmanuelle, and they go into the crypt where there is a strange statue
* Mr Levett was employing a witch who came to the church to see the relic that protects all of East Anglia from all manners of ills.
* Now Mr Levett wants the relic
* The Priest is hoping that the loss of Hawkins (Mr Levett's man) isn't going to cause problems.
* Elizabeth arrives at the Harbour Inn and asks for a room for the remainder of the night
* She goes over to the old man, who is even older.
* Elizabeth can now see signs of aging in herself.
* The man appears each time in front of a church that he dared to steal from
* As they're talking someone runs in saying that the house that Ms Brown is in is burning.
* At that point they hear the sound of a bell.
* Everything fades, and the forest fades back in.
* Discussions on how to avoid too many more loops, as each loop costs the group 10 years in aging
* Elizabeth stop the Father, whilst the others head for Hawkins. Emanuelle stays on guard outside, whilst Tobias and Richard head on in the windmill
* Richard grapples Hawkins
* They try to persuade Hawkins that Levett is double crossing him and he should help them find Sarah
* Sarah Brown tried to get the crown. Levett wants the crown. If Brown is accused of being a witch that opens the way for Levett to get the crown
* Sarah is being kept in the Levett house.
* Whilst Levett is paying Hawkins well, but they make promises of outbidding him using the funds of the Devereux family
* Hawkins provides a possible backdoor way in to the Levett estate.
* The Priest spills the beans about how the three crowns of the ancient kings of East Anglia keep the area safe. One is in the crypt under St. Barts.

### Fit The Third

* Discussion about what to do with the Priest of St Barts, who is charged with the security of the Crown.
* They arrange that the priests should sound the bells if Levett arrives before the investigators
* The investigators are meanwhile going after Ms Brown
* This time around Emmanuelle helps out the beggar
* Elizabeth also helps out and recruits the underworld of the town to keep an eye out for Levett
* Elizabeth and Richard cause a distraction at the Levett front door. Emmanuelle and Tobias is trying to sneak in on the ground floor.
* Tobias makes it onto the roof
* Elizabeth makes a point of noting that the windmill is not on fire, so something is wrong
* This is enough for them to be let in. Levett has already gone to fetch Ms Brown and bring her to St Barts
* From Tobias' position, he can see a rain front move in (he of course knows it's going to become the Storm of the Century)
* Levett has made arrangements with some of the Priests at St Barts to build a pyre
* Tobias and Emmanuelle sprint towards the church, but arrive in time
* There is a pyre, with 6 priests gathered around a cart
* Levett is there ordering the priests around
* An unconcious figure of a woman is being raised to the stake
* The is a figure up in the clock tower, seemingly locked in (the Good Priest?)
* Emmanuelle and Tobias sneak up as Levett gets to the bottom of his speech
* Emmanuelle attempts to set the cart on fire as Richard and Elizabeth arrive, but cannot get the opening.
* Elizabeth walks in on the scene insulting Levett
* Levett talks about the need to burn .... everything
* Emmanuelle tries to go for Sarah.
* Tobias is heading for the church
* Richard is aiming his cricket ball at Levett
* Levett succeeds in maintaining control of the Priests as Richard hits a googlie that doesn't quite take Levett out
* Emanuelle manages to pull Sarah out of the fire just as the flames and smoke start to lick at their feet
* Tobias bursts into the church as the captured Priest goes to toll the Bells of St Barts
* He leaves, then returns shouting not to ring the bells
* Levett is meanwhile also running into the church to ring the bells himself
* He's followed by Tobias
* Sarah tells the investigators they will be ok if they don't hear the bells
* Elizabeth tells Richard that the bells must not be rung
* Richard runs up and throws Levett off the top of the bell tower
* Emmanuelle drives off with the cart along with Sarah
* Tobias persuades the Priest that they need to carry the Crown away to safety from the great storm that's coming.
* He's given the Crown by the Priest
* The group books it through the winding streets of Dunwich
* A man and two women in leather clothing pass them as they head down the city streets.
* As they're almost out of the city, they see the body of the Priest in the bell tower incinerate and drift out on the winding
* As they head out into the countryside, the stars slowly go out, one by one.
* About 5 miles out everything disappears, and the group is in the void, being regarded by .... something
* Sarah attempts to lead them out of the insanity
* Somewhere there is the toll of a bell
* Richard lets go of the chain, and somehow manages to return to the line
* It's now that Elizabeth lets go from Emmanuelle, as her senses return to nothing but darkness
* Her essence fades into the void as she wishes for the crown to remain safety
* The toll of the bell becomes ear shatters as the remaining characters fall into the ocean, in the middle of a night storm
* Tobias still has the crown, but there is no sign of Elizabeth
* Sarah is however with them
* They are back in reality, back where they belong
* Richard switches his protection to Sarah
* As they start to head towards civilization, they look behind to find Sarah gone.
* But there is a figure in transluscent priestly robes staring down at them from the top of the cliff
* They get to the Ship Inn, where the Innkeep greets them in a strange leather jacket. The calendar on the wall shows Feb 16, 1962

#### Trivia

* The second and third sessions were prerecorded before transmission