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'''Editor(s):''' [[Dixie Cochran]], [[Jill Spivey]], [[Adam Alexander]], [[Mike Mason]]
 
'''Editor(s):''' [[Dixie Cochran]], [[Jill Spivey]], [[Adam Alexander]], [[Mike Mason]]
  
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'''Setting:''' [[Harlem]], [[New York]], December [[1920s|1927]]
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'''Setting:''' [[Harlem]], [[New York]], [[1910s|1919]] or [[1920s|1920]]
  
 
'''Appears in:''' ''[[Harlem Unbound]]'', 2nd ed.
 
'''Appears in:''' ''[[Harlem Unbound]]'', 2nd ed.
  
 
==Summary==
 
==Summary==
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After a lecture by Harlem intellectual Alain Locke, the investigators and other attendees develop a strange connection to the [[Dreamlands]]. When Locke himself turns up missing, the investigators must dream themselves to the city of [[Ulthar]], rescue the lost professor, and stop the Dreamlands from impinging on the waking world.
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Harlem musician Wendell Young has gone missing mere days before releasing the first ever recording of jazz music. The investigators must find the pianist while stopping a dark curse in the process.
  
 
==Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only==
 
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===Synopsis===
 
===Synopsis===
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{{spoiler|The scenario opens with the investigators among the guests at a private lecture by Alain Locke, a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. Locke has in his possession a strange mask that was collected in Nigeria by explorer [[Jackson Elias]]. Due to its influence, everyone at the lecture develops the ability to travel into the Dreamlands, including the investigators. As they determine this strange connection through their inquiries, the investigators learn that Locke is now trapped in the Dreamlands. They travel there to find him only to find that the city of Ulthar has fallen under the rule of the despotic Elder Hierophant and his army of moon-beasts. The investigators may befriend Jackson Elias's dream persona, which has outlived his waking-world body, and hunt down the artifact he found, known as the Mask of Dreaming, which Locke has hidden. Only then can they save Locke and prevent the Elder Hierophant from using its power to allow the Dreamlands to overtake and conquer the waking world.}}
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{{spoiler|When Harlem musician Wendell Young goes missing, several people notice—not least of which is Casper Holstein, Harlem's "Bolito King," who payed the recording costs for Young's upcoming record of "jass" music. Whether under orders from Holstein or following their own interests, the investigators untangle two webs surrounding the recording session. One the one hand, a "black hand" extortion ring has taken control of the Blue Moon Gramophone Company, where the record was made. They hope to sell the records to make some money. Even more troubling, the investigators find that everyone who has heard the record—from the band members who played on it to the technicians who recorded it—has lost all ability to understand symbolic thought, a condition that leads to suicide or worse. Ultimately, the inquiries reveal that Young made a deal with a strange figure called the "Baron in Blues," and now the recording is curse. The investigators must locate the thousand pressings of the gramophone with Young's maddening song on it and prevent them from being distributed.}}
  
 
===References===
 
===References===
  
 
'''Player Handouts:'''
 
'''Player Handouts:'''
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* An Invitation
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* Recording Contract
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* The Mask of Dreaming
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* Ownership Transfer
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* Letter to Hughes
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* Death Announcement
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* Farino's note
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* Production ledger
  
 
'''Locations:'''
 
'''Locations:'''
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* Hampton's apartment
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* Blue Moon Recording Studio
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* The Thwaites' apartment
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* Farino’s apartment
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* West 135th Street Branch of the YMCA
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* Blue Moon Fabrication Facility
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* [[Dreamlands]]
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* Unnamed speakeasy
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**[[Ulthar]]
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* Wendell Young’s apartment building
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***Tavern
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* Paul Scarlotti’s business office
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***Burgomaster's home
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* Casper Holstein’s business office.
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***[[Black Galley]]
 
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***Pautrin's Mask Shop
 
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***[[Temple of the Elder Ones]]
 
  
 
'''Creatures:'''
 
'''Creatures:'''
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* [[Atlach-Nacha]]
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* [[Baron in Blues]] (avatar of [[Azathoth]]
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* [[Cat of Ulthar|Cats of Ulthar]]
 
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* [[Elder One]]s
 
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* [[Moonbeast]]s
 
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* [[Zoog]]s
 
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* [[Elder Hierophant]]
 
  
 
'''Organizations'''
 
'''Organizations'''
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* [[Orisha]]
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* Blue Moon Gramophone Company
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* Wendell Young Deluxe Jass Orchestra
  
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'''Spells'''
 
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* [[Cloud Memory]]
 
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* [[Call Nyarlathotep]]
 
  
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'''Tomes and Artifacts'''
 
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* [[Mask of Dreaming]]
 
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* Model of the Temple of the Elder Ones
 
 
===Comments===
 
===Comments===
 
   
 
   
 
===Keeper Comments===
 
===Keeper Comments===
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The scenario offers four ways to get the investigators involved. One option is that they are hired by Casper Holstein to locate Wendell Young, since the small-time crook knows the police won't care about a missing black musician in debt to him. Alternatively, Young may be a veteran of the Great War and a surviving member of the Harlem Hellfighters; either a Hellfighter investigator or another member of the group gets interested in his disappearance. Another option is for the investigators to themselves be musicians or members of Young's band who are interested in finding him due to personal connections. Finally, if the Keeper plans ahead, the investigators may meet Young or Holstein, or hear rumors of the Baron in Blues, during a previous Harlem-based scenario.
  
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Revision as of 01:10, 29 May 2020

Details

Scenario opening illustration

Pages: 20

Author: Dr. Cameron Hays

Artists: Brennen Reece, Alex Mayo

Editor(s): Dixie Cochran, Jill Spivey, Adam Alexander, Mike Mason

Setting: Harlem, New York, 1919 or 1920

Appears in: Harlem Unbound, 2nd ed.

Summary

Harlem musician Wendell Young has gone missing mere days before releasing the first ever recording of jazz music. The investigators must find the pianist while stopping a dark curse in the process.

Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only

Players should not read any further.

Synopsis

 Spoiler Section (Highlight to Read)
 When Harlem musician Wendell Young goes missing, several people notice—not least of which is Casper Holstein, Harlem's "Bolito King," who payed the recording costs for Young's upcoming record of "jass" music. Whether under orders from Holstein or following their own interests, the investigators untangle two webs surrounding the recording session. One the one hand, a "black hand" extortion ring has taken control of the Blue Moon Gramophone Company, where the record was made. They hope to sell the records to make some money. Even more troubling, the investigators find that everyone who has heard the record—from the band members who played on it to the technicians who recorded it—has lost all ability to understand symbolic thought, a condition that leads to suicide or worse. Ultimately, the inquiries reveal that Young made a deal with a strange figure called the "Baron in Blues," and now the recording is curse. The investigators must locate the thousand pressings of the gramophone with Young's maddening song on it and prevent them from being distributed.


References

Player Handouts:

  • Recording Contract
  • Ownership Transfer
  • Death Announcement
  • Farino's note
  • Production ledger

Locations:

  • Blue Moon Recording Studio
  • Farino’s apartment
  • Blue Moon Fabrication Facility
  • Unnamed speakeasy
  • Wendell Young’s apartment building
  • Paul Scarlotti’s business office
  • Casper Holstein’s business office.

Creatures:

Organizations

  • Blue Moon Gramophone Company
  • Wendell Young Deluxe Jass Orchestra


Comments

Keeper Comments

The scenario offers four ways to get the investigators involved. One option is that they are hired by Casper Holstein to locate Wendell Young, since the small-time crook knows the police won't care about a missing black musician in debt to him. Alternatively, Young may be a veteran of the Great War and a surviving member of the Harlem Hellfighters; either a Hellfighter investigator or another member of the group gets interested in his disappearance. Another option is for the investigators to themselves be musicians or members of Young's band who are interested in finding him due to personal connections. Finally, if the Keeper plans ahead, the investigators may meet Young or Holstein, or hear rumors of the Baron in Blues, during a previous Harlem-based scenario.

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