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The investigators must find out why a respected historian has suddenly disappeared when, only days before, he had promised to reveal what he had discovered in the lost sections of l'''[[Elucidaire]]'', a fifteenth-century work by astrologer Simon de Phares. Their inquiries lead them to a respected member of Lyonnais high society, who urges them to find the lost writings before cultists can use their dark knowledge to harm his family.
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The investigators must find out why a respected historian has suddenly disappeared when, only days before, he promised to reveal lost fifteenth-century writings he had rediscovered. Their inquiries lead them into Lyonnais high society and point toward a conspiracy aimed at harnessing forgotten secrets.
  
 
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{spoiler|The investigators are invitees or assistants to historian André Morin at a conference where he will announce what he has discovered in once-lost writings of the fifteenth century astrologer Simon de Phares. However, Morin instead announces that the lost writings never existed, and he disappears. Urged to look into the disappearance by Morin's assistant, the investigators find that he gained access to the wirings from a wealthy Lyonnais named Jean Cabrillon. Cabrillon notes that the texts are now missing, leading him to worry that they may fall into the hands of cultists bent on using the forbidden knowledge within against his family. Researching occult Lyon leads the investigators to two suspect groups, the Ophites and the Mopses.}
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{{spoiler|The investigators are invitees or assistants to historian André Morin at a conference where he will announce what he has discovered regarding once-lost writings of the fifteenth-century astrologer Simon de Phares. However, Morin instead announces that the lost writings never existed, after which he disappears. Urged to look into the disappearance by Morin's assistant, the investigators find that he gained access to the writings from a wealthy Lyonnais named Jean Cabrillon. Cabrillon notes that the texts are now missing, leading him to worry that they may fall into the hands of cultists bent on using the forbidden knowledge within against his family. Researching occult Lyon leads the investigators to two suspect groups, the Ophites and the Mopses.}}
  
 
    
 
    
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Translated Title: The lost writings of Simon de Phares

Pages: 9

Author: Thomas Berthier

Artist: Vintage photographs

Editor(s): Christian Grussi

Setting: 1930s, Lyon, France

Appears in: Les mystères de Lyon

Campaign: Noces lyonnaises

Summary

The investigators must find out why a respected historian has suddenly disappeared when, only days before, he promised to reveal lost fifteenth-century writings he had rediscovered. Their inquiries lead them into Lyonnais high society and point toward a conspiracy aimed at harnessing forgotten secrets.

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 The investigators are invitees or assistants to historian André Morin at a conference where he will announce what he has discovered regarding once-lost writings of the fifteenth-century astrologer Simon de Phares. However, Morin instead announces that the lost writings never existed, after which he disappears. Urged to look into the disappearance by Morin's assistant, the investigators find that he gained access to the writings from a wealthy Lyonnais named Jean Cabrillon. Cabrillon notes that the texts are now missing, leading him to worry that they may fall into the hands of cultists bent on using the forbidden knowledge within against his family. Researching occult Lyon leads the investigators to two suspect groups, the Ophites and the Mopses.


References

Player Handouts:

  • Invitation to André Morin's conference
  • l'Elucidaire: Extract from prologue
  • Extract from André Morin's journal
  • Newspaper article: "L'enfant prodige" [Child Prodigy]
  • Chercons l'Hérétique! [Let's find the heretic!]: Extract on cults of Lyon

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Campaigns / Scenarios: Noces lyonnaises

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