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The Travesty (Scenario)

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==Details==
[[Image:Out Of The Vault (Pagan).jpg|thumb|''Front Cover'']]

'''Pages:''' 8-10

'''Author(s):''' [[Chris Klepac]]

'''Artist(s):'''

'''Setting:''' [[1920s]]

'''Appears in:''' [[The Unspeakable Oath, Issue 03]], [[The Resurrected Vol. 2: Of Keys and Gates]], [[The Resurrected Vol. 3: Out of the Vault]]

==Summary==
The investigators are hired by a hotel manager. Strange things are happening at the Goodrest Inn.

==Links==
* [http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_7352.html Review by Steve Darlington on RPGnet]
* [http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_7164.html Review by Ralph Dula on RPGnet]
* [http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_4805.html Review by Chris Ward on RPGnet]

==Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only==
'''Players should not read any further.'''


===Synopsis===
{{spoiler|The hotel is built on a hill where an ancient mythic Amerindian entity is buried, which stirs occasionally to stalk the land. Previous owners of the house knew of a ritual to keep the creature at bay, but the family have died out, and the new owner converted it into a hotel with no knowledge of its secrets. The other guests are largely red herrings, but a snowstorm will blow in by evening, trapping them in the hotel while events unfold. The windows begin to show peculiar vistas, and beings formed of warped body parts invade the hotel. The Investigators must defeat them, discover a journal that details the ritual to banish the entity, and perform it while they hold the entity at bay.}}

===References===
'''Player Handouts:'''

'''Locations:''' Lake Superior, Wisconsin

'''Creatures:''' The Travesty, The Breed

'''Tomes and Artifacts:''' Diary of Garret Moss

===Comments===

===Keeper Comments===
{{spoiler|The scenario has plenty of opportunity for roleplaying with a variety of NPC guests, but they aren't relevant to the plot, so this can be strung out or cut short as desired. Similarly, research beforehand will reveal little information, so Keepers may want to hint to players not to waste too much time on this (or invent more information for them).

The entity can be defeated by performing the ritual, or sheer violence. The former solution relies on finding the lost journal and following instructions, which aren't really guessable by players otherwise. Relocating this anywhere suitable is simple, though simply following a set of instructions may seem rather tame to some groups. There's also a draining POW vs. POW battle of wills, which may be quite difficult for some parties, and can impinge on campaign play.}}

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1920s

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| align="center" | '''Centuries:''' 19th century - '''20th century''' - 21st century <hr>
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| align="center" colspan=2 | '''Decades:''' 
[[1890s]] 1900s [[1910s]] - [[1920s]] - [[1930s]] 1940s 1950s
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| align="center" colspan=2 | '''Years:''' 
[[1920]] [[1921]] [[1922]] [[1923]] [[1924]] [[1925]] [[1926]] [[1927]] [[1928]] [[1929]]
|}

Sometimes referred to as the "Jazz Age" or primarily in North America and in Australia as the "Roaring Twenties" . In Europe it is sometimes referred to as the Golden Twenties.

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==Events and trends==

Since the closing of the 20th Century, the [[1920s]] has drawn close associations with the 1990s, especially in the United States. This due to the fact both decades were considered very economically prosperous times, and a prosperity which lasted throughout almost the entire decade following a tremendous event at the closing of the previous decade (World War I and Spanish flu in the late [[1910s]], and the end of the Cold War in the late 1980s). In Australia, this decade was known as the ''Roaring Twenties''.

Despite the comparisons, however, there were a number of differences. First of all, Germany, like many other European countries, had to face a severe economic downturn in the opening years of the decade, due to the enormous debt caused by the war as well as the one-sided Treaty of Versailles. Such a crisis would culminate with a devaluation of the Mark in [[1923]], eventually leading to economic prosperity during the remainder of the period.
Second, the decade was characterized by the rise of radical political movements, especially in regions that were once part of empires. Communism began attracting large numbers of followers following the success of the October Revolution and the Bolsheviks' determination to win the subsequent Russian Civil War. The Bolsheviks would eventually adopt semi-capitalist policies-- New Economic Policy-- from [[1921]] to [[1928]].
The 1920s also experienced the rise of the far-right in Europe and elsewhere, starting with Italy, and were perceived by some in the Western world as an antidote to Communism.

The Stock Market collapsed during [[October 24, 1929|October 1929]] (see Black Tuesday) and drew a line under prosperous 1920s.

===Technology===
* John T. Thompson invents Thompson submachine gun, also known as "Tommy gun"
* John Logie Baird invents the first working mechanical television system ([[1925]])
* Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean (20 May-21 May [[1927]])
* Penicillin is discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming (1928)
* Philo T. Farnsworth invents the modern electronic cathode ray tube|CRT television
* Insulin is discovered by Frederick Banting during the winter of 1921-1922

===Science===
* Great advances in quantum mechanics
** Wave function and the Schrödinger equation
** Werner Heisenberg formulates the uncertainty principle
* Prediction and discovery of the expanding universe

===War, peace and politics===
* Rise of communism after World War I
* The Red Scare in the United States (1920-1921)
* In the United States, peak of the Ku Klux Klan (about five million members)
* In the United States, KKK auxiliaries established.
* Irish Civil War
* The Irish Free State gains independence from the United Kingdom in 1922
* Marie C. Brehm becomes temperance movement leader.
* Turkish War of Independence
* Moderation League of New York worked for repeal of prohibition.
* Polish-Soviet war
* First UK Labour Government of Ramsay MacDonald formed in the United Kingdom
* Kellogg-Briand Pact to end war
* Prohibition leaders were at the height of their power.
* The Qajar dynasty ended under Ahmad Shah Qajar and Reza Pahlavi formed the Pahlavi Dynasty, which would later become the last monarchy of Iran.

===Economics===
* Economic boom ended by "Black Tuesday" (October 29, 1929); the stock market crashes, leading to the Great Depression

===Culture, religion===
* Prohibition — legal attempt to end consumption of alcohol in Canada, the United States, and Finland
* Youth culture of '''The Lost Generation'''; flappers, the Charleston, and bobbed hair
* "The Jazz Age" — jazz and jazz-influenced dance music widely popular
* F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes the some of the most enduring novels characterizing the Jazz Age. ''This Side of Paradise'', ''The Beautiful and Damned'', and ''The Great Gatsby'', as well as three short story collections, were all published in these years.
* Women's suffrage movement continues to make gains as women obtain full voting rights in the United States in 1920, in Denmark in 1921, and in England in 1928; and women begin to enter the workplace in larger numbers
* In the US, gangsters and the rise of organized crime, often associated with bootleg liquor, in defiance of Prohibition.
* Rum rows are established to import bootleg alcoholic beverages into U.S.
* First commercial radio station in the U.S. goes on-air in Pittsburgh, in 1920, and radio quickly becomes a popular entertainment medium
* Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition, and Public Morals defends alcohol prohibition in U.S.
* Start of motion pictures with sound tracks in 1927
* Beginning of surrealist movement
* Beginning of the Art Deco movement
* Fads such as dance marathons, mah-jongg, crossword puzzles and pole-sitting are popular
* The height of the clip joint
* The Harlem Renaissance
* The Scopes Monkey Trial (1925) which questioned evolution, creationism, and the right to teach
* Bishop James Cannon, Jr. becomes a U.S. temperance movement leader.
* The Group of Seven (artists)
* Repeal organizations organized to fight national prohibition in U.S.
* Minister Daisy Douglas Barr heads Women's Ku Klux Klan (WKKK).

==People==
===World leaders===
* Prime Minister Stanley Bruce (Australia)
* Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King (Canada)
* President Sun Yat-sen (Republic of China)
* President Chiang Kai-shek (Republic of China)
* President Paul von Hindenburg (Germany)
* Ahmad Shah Qajar of Qajar dynasty (Persia/Iran)
* Reza Shah Pahlavi of Pahlavi Dynasty (Iran)
* King Victor Emmanuel III (Italy)
* Prime Minister Benito Mussolini (Italy)
* President W.T. Cosgrave (Irish Free State)
* President Mustafa Kemal(Ataturk) (Turkey)
* Emperor Hirohito (Japan)
* Pope Pius XI
* Vladimir Lenin (Soviet Union)
* Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union)
* King Alfonso XIII (Spain)
* King George V (United Kingdom)
* Prime Minister David Lloyd George (United Kingdom)
* Prime Minister Andrew Bonar Law (United Kingdom)
* Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin (United Kingdom)
* Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald (United Kingdom)
* President Woodrow Wilson (United States)
* President Warren G. Harding (United States)
* President Calvin Coolidge (United States)
* President Herbert Hoover (United States)

===Entertainers===
* Charlie Chaplin
* George Gershwin
* Duke Ellington
* Fletcher Henderson
* Al Jolson
* Jelly Roll Morton
* Cole Porter
* Bessie Smith
* Rudy Vallee
* Paul Whiteman
* Louis Armstrong
* Eddie Cantor
* Helen Kane
* Buster Keaton

===Sports figures===
* Alex James (Arsenal & Scotland footballer)
* Babe Ruth (American baseball player)
* Bill Tilden (American tennis player)
* Bobby Jones (American golfer)
* Gordon Coventry (Australian Rules Football player)
* Herbert Sutcliffe (Yorkshire & England cricketer)
* Jack Dempsey (American boxer)
* Jack Hobbs (Surrey & England cricketer)
* Red Grange (American football player)
* Warwick Armstrong (Australian cricket captain)
* Wilfred Rhodes (Yorkshire & England cricketer)
* Helen Wills Moody (American tennis player)
* Johnny Weissmuller (American swimmer)

== External links ==
*[http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/keys/games/game_0_1920s/ Quiz: Life in the Roaring Twenties]
*[http://www.tr20s.com/ Music from the Roaring 20's]

Wiki Source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia]

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Henry Armitage

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'''Henry Armitage''' is a fictional character created by [[H.P. Lovecraft]]. He appears in the Lovecraft story "[[The Dunwich Horror (fiction)]]" and is mentioned in several other author's works.

==Early Life==
Henry Armitage was born in 1855.
Henry Armitage has degrees from several prestigious universities. A.M. Miskatonic University, Ph. D. Princeton, Litt. D. Johns Hopkins.
At some time he also met his wife.

==Time at The Miskatonic University==
Henry Armitage, now Dr. Armitage joined the faculty of the [[Miskatonic University (Location)|Miskatonic University]] and eventually became head librarian. There he was most friendly with Professor Warren Rice and Dr. Francis Morgan, also faculty members.

During his time as the head librarian at the Miskatonic University the library, sometimes refered to as the [[Orne Library]], or simply the Library of Miskatonic University, grew to become one of largest occult collections on the planet. It contained many rare and unique books including one of [[Olaus Wormius]]'s Latin translation of the [[Necronomicon]].

In the middle of his time at the head of the library Dr. Armitage made the decision to put the occult collection under lock in key, only tp be read by recommended scholars. It is likely that this decision was contested by others.

==Dealings with the Occult==
Dr. Armitage came up against occult and mythos powers several times. He has a large and restricted collection of occult tomes at The [[Orne Library]] at the [[Miskatonic University (Location)|Miskatonic University]]. It is likely he was interested in the occult before he joined the Miskatonic University faculty.

===The Dunwich Horror===
Dr. Armitage's first experience with the mythos came during the "Dunwich Horror." In 1917 after the start of the Great War Armitage visited the Whateley barn in [[Dunwich]]. At the time the "Boston Globe" and the "[[Arkham Advertiser]]" printed stories about [[Wilbur Whateley]] who according to local sources had grown unnaturally fast and was unusually intelligent for a boy of four and a half.

In the winter of 1927 Dr. Armitage was visited by Wilbur Whateley at the library. Wilbur wished to see the library's Latin copy of the Necronomicon. He had with him his own copy of Dr. Dee's English incomplete translation of the book. Dr. Armitage refused to let the boy copy the 751st page of the book and Wilbur left angry.

Dr. Armitage was concerned at Wilbur Whateley's interest in the Necronomicon so wrote to other librarians warning them to prevent Wilbur's entry. In August of 1928 Wilbur was killed by a guard dog while trying to break into the [[Orne Library]]. Dr. Armitage, Prof. Rice, and Dr. Morgan were present.

As the last surviving member of his branch of the Whateley family Wilbur's possessions were contested by distant relations. The police confiscated his journals which seemed to be in some foreign language. They defied translation and were entrusted to Dr. Armitage. Using several books on medieval cryptography he broke the code on the journals.

After intense study Armitage was taken ill. At home he was cared for by Dr. Hartwell. On the 7th of September he recovered and had a conference with Prof. Rice and Dr. Morgan.

During this time between September 9th and September 14th the "Dunwich Horror" took place. The Frye household, the Bishop household, and a party of state police were killed mysteriously. In all cases the buildings of the inhabitants were crushed, black slime covered the ruins, and large round foot prints approached and left the area. The party of police men climbed into a nearby glen and were never seen again.

The 14th of September Dr. Armitage and his two colleagues travelled to Dunwich. They were seen to climb a nearby hill use some magical chant. They returned later the next day. All three men were shaken and would give only the barest explanation for their actions.

==Death==
The are several conflicting theories about when and how Dr. Armitage died. Some postulate that he later succumbed to illness late in life. Others believed he died trying to rescue books from the library when it caught fire during the 1930s.
==Appearances==
*''[[The Dunwich Horror (fiction)]]'', H.P. Lovecraft

==Reference==
*Lovecraft, H. P. Tales. New York: Library of America, 2005. Print.
*Loucks, Donovan K. "The H.P. Lovecraft Archive." The H.P. Lovecraft Archive. N.p., 20 Aug. 2013. Web. 01 Sept. 2013. http://www.hplovecraft.com

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The Book of Eibon

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The Book of Eibon is the title of a fictional book created by [[Clark Ashton Smith]].
==Description==
The book of Eibon is the work of the legendary magician [[Eibon]] of Mhu-Thulan. The book contains deals with magic he practised, records of the area and historical accounts of other mages. The book was produced after Eibon's disappearance by his former apprentice Cyron of Varaad.
==Contents==
The book contains information on the magics in use at the time and the accounts of other mages through out history. It also contains records of the habits of Great Old Ones such as [[Abhoth]], [[Atlach-Nacha]], [[Rlim Shaikorth]] and [[Tsathoggua]] (the later being a deity by whom Eibon was particularly favoured). There is a limited amount of information on the Drowners; [[Bugg-Shash]] and [[Yibb-Tsll]].

The Book of Eibon also contains a huge number of spells, to large too list here. Among them are the procedures required to create a spatial gateway, numerous prayers to Tsathoggua, an incantation used to summon one of the former's children, how to make a protective symbol effective against the servants of Nyarlathotep, a simple spell to raise a small curtain of mist and a potent curse to cripple a foe, as well as incantations for calling forth the Emanation of Yoth and the Green Decay. It is said that the early edition contained a formula capable of calling a [[Dhole]] to Earth and controlling it.

Finally, the Book of Eibon contains narratives and records of the exploits of Eibon and other Hyperborean sorcerers, including Eibon's journeys to [[Shaggai]] and the [[Vale of Pnath]], and an account of the wizard Zon Mezzamalech's attempts to view [[the Tablets of Ubbo Sathla]].

==Hyperborean Version==
The original version was made by Cyron of Varaad who complied his master's notes, journals and records into one volume. It was originally written on a form of vellum in the Hyperborean language of [[Tsath-Yo]].
==Atlantean Version==
Later in prehistory stone Tablets containing the Hyperborean text of the Book of Eibon were found by the [[Atlanteans]]. They were eventually translated from there original [[Tsath-Yo]] into Atlantean [[Senzar]] by the High Priest [[Klarkash-Ton]].
==Kishitic Version==
The Kishites made a translation in their language from the Atlantean relics they unearthed. Information about this version of the book is sketchy at best.
==Egyptian Version ==
Some copies of the Kisihtic edition where preserved on papyri and translated by the latter Egyptians into hieroglyphs. Tablets and tomb paintings containing these hieroglyphs may still exist.
==Libor Ivonis ==
In approximately 900 AD a Latin translation known as the ''Libor Ivonis'' was made by the monk Caius Phillippus Faber. It was finally printed during 1622 in Rome. This translation is over five hundred pages long.
==Libre d'Ivon ==
In 1240 Gaspard du Nord of Aivonge translated his former teacher's copy of the Libor Ivonis into French.
==Sanskrit Version==
A previously unheard of alleged Sanskrit variant of the ''Liber Ivonis'', known only to certain cults of Nepalese sorcerers, and found only in scroll form at the [[Dreamlands]] [[Library of Oneiros|Library of Celaeno]]. The scroll is one object that could be requested from [[Hastur]] as part of the bargain implied by the casting of the [[Unspeakable Promise]] spell. This variant takes the form of a scroll tube containing several sheets of thin leather with Sanskrit writing on it. An idea roll will shockingly suggest to anybody handling it that the leather is human skin; a close examination shows pores and along some of the edges there are traces of hair. (scenario "[[Must_The_Show_Go_On%3F|Must the Show Go On?]]" by Jason Williams)

This variant appears likely to be incomplete or a possibly a text completely unrelated to the waking world ''Book of Eibon'', consisting of only a few crude leather scrolls, focusing largely on [[Hastur]] and its cult, powers, and effects in this world. The scrolls may have been transcribed in Sanskrit by [[Tcho-Tcho]], [[Ghoul]], or [[Men_of_Leng|Lengish]] wizards, either within the [[Dreamlands]] while in a state of astral projection or in a physical pilgrimage into Dream through the subterranean regions of [[Leng]] bordering on [[Dreamlands|Dream]], or perhaps transcribed in the waking world through a trance of automatic writing at some point before the resulting scrolls were transported by some means into the [[Dreamlands]].

In addition to puzzling hints at the nature, goals, motives, and origins of [[Hastur]], the Sanskrit Variant contains a mysterious and confusing account of the summoning of a [[Shantak|Roc]] (or "rook"), a gigantic bird sent from the heavens, to carry a wizard and his retinue out of the waking world and into the world of [[Dreamlands|Dream]] within the comfort of a great chariot, castle, or palace built upon or drawn behind the bird's back or carried within its claws; it seems that this expedition barely worked but nearly resulted in disaster when the Roc failed to stop at its appointed destination in dim [[Carcosa]], and apparently instead tried to carry the wizard's party off to the tower of a faceless angel which the wizard refused to name but apparently greatly feared; the wizard had to slay the Roc in a particularly ghastly way to cut its intended journey short. This variant also contains a strange and curiously obscured account full of vague hints to the great and terrible mysteries engraved by the gods on great granite tablets guarded by an extremely dangerous and horrible [[Ubbo-Sathla|Guardian of the Keys to Wisdom]], tablets which contain secrets which must be seen or read by any wizard who dares to contact the wise and terrible Masters of [[Hastur|fever]] and [[Cthulhu|dream]] and survive with his sanity intact; this account also contains the confusing and contradictory spells and formulae by which a wizard can summon a veiled, whispering [[Byakhee|astral spirit]] who can safely guide the wizard's way to a frightful audience before Wisdom's Guardian in its shadowy halls in Dream.

Suggested Spells: Summon Whispering Guide (Contact Byakhee), Summon Roc/Chariot of the Heavens (Contact Shantak), Consult the Keeper of the Keys to Wisdom (Contact Ubbo-Sathla), Consult the Wisdom of Dream (Contact Cthulhu), Consult the Wisdom of Fever (Contact Hastur), Enchant Knife, Guide Astral Projection (Assist Dreamer), Song of Fever (Song of Hastur)

==Book of Eibon ==
This English translation was made by an unknown author sometime between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. A flawed and incomplete translation; eighteen copies by various hands are known to exist today.

==Role Playing Game Stats==

; ''Hyperborean Version '' : Sanity Loss 1D10/2D10; Cthulhu Mythos +17 Percent. Average 50 weeks to study and comprehend/100 hours to skim.

; ''Atlantean Version'' : Sanity Loss 1D8/2D8; Cthulhu Mythos +16 Percent. Average 48 weeks to study and comprehend/96 hours to skim.

; ''Kishitic Version'' : Sanity Loss ?/?; Cthulhu Mythos +? Percent. Average ? weeks to study and comprehend/? hours to skim.

; ''Egyptian Version '' : Sanity Loss 1D8/2D8; Cthulhu Mythos +15 Percent. Average 43 weeks to study and comprehend/86 hours to skim.

; ''Libor Ivonis'' : Sanity Loss 1D4/2D4; Cthulhu Mythos +13 Percent. Average 36 weeks to study and comprehend/72 hours to skim.

; ''Libre de Eibon'' : Sanity Loss 1D4/2D4; Cthulhu Mythos +11 Percent. Average 36 weeks to study and comprehend/72 hours to skim.

; ''Book of Eibon'' : Sanity Loss 1D4/2D4; Cthulhu Mythos +3/+8 Percent. Average 32 weeks to study and comprehend/64 hours to skim.

; ''Libor Ivonis, Sanskrit Version'' : Sanity Loss 0/1D3 on first contact and 1/1D4 on reading; Cthulhu Mythos + 3 Percent. Average ? weeks to study and comprehend, 6-8 hours to skim (if Sanskrit is known).

==Quotes==

*"...For Ubbo-Sathla is the source and the end. Before the coming of Zhothaqquah or Yok-Zothoth or Kthulhut from the stars; Ubbo-Sathla dwelt in the steaming fens of the new-made Earth: a nass without head or members, spawning the gray, formless, efts of the prime and the grisly prototypes of terrene life...And all earthly life, it is told, shall go back at last through the great cycle of time to Ubbo-Sathla." (''[[The Book of Eibon]]'', as quoted by [[Clark Ashton Smith]] in "Ubbo-Sathla")
* Apparently a rival wizard, Ssaneth, created, “A casket of evil for the production of monsters to send against his enemies. This receptacle of evil caused great trouble for Ssaneth and his race of snake folk. The device was entombed by the Queen of Pangaea before the coming of the Cold Times. By repute, the casket has entered into the legends of men through seafarers.” - [[Pandora's_Box_(scenario)|Pandora's Box]] (scenario by [[Glyn White]])
* "Mankind knows naught about those that lurk beyond the gates. Through invocations many of them can be granted entry into the world but only temporarily, if the stars are not right. Those spirits are provided entry by evil sorcerers who are willing to sell their soul in exchange for favors from the dark deity. The wickedest of these are those that serve their master that dwells in the dark lake that lies before Carcossa. The creature from that distant lake delivers what has been requested, if it lies within its power, but at a time of its choosing exacts a terrible payment...." (Sanskrit Variant; scenario "[[Must_The_Show_Go_On%3F|Must the Show Go On?]]" by Jason Williams)
* "One of the Darkest Beings of the Netherworld, whose Trail is as that of a monstrous Snail, who hails from the blackets Pits of the most remote Spheres. Cousin to [[Yibb-Tstll]], [[Bugg-Shash]], too, is a Drowner; His lips do suck and lick; His Kiss is the slimy Kiss of the hideous Death. He wakes the very Dead to His Command, and encased in the horror of His Essence even the worm-ravaged Lich hastens to do His Bidding...." - ''[[The Book of Eibon]]'', as portrayed by [[Brian Lumley]] in "[[The Kiss of Bugg-Shash]]"

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