pumpkin hollow mystery notes

[liesdontfindyou]

Nyarlathotep (chaos god)
11 cultists, 2 unkn

(leader?)

colour red

knowledge/truth

⁎ chloe albright	⁎ ingmar stromberg
⁎ nora winterbottom	⁎ christopher larkin
⁎ archie brenning	⁎ maude brenning
⁎ braham aberdeen	⁎ richard pirnach
⁎ lucy calloway	⁎ elias coldwood???

← knew things, powers?

conf dead btwn 16:43-16:47. 2 unkn dead?

(unclear)

elias arrested

larkin dead = arson. culprit arrested. indications mind control

(unkn cultist cleaning up?)

nyarl =/= care to prevent deaths

wanted
them
↖dead?

other deaths orchestrated??? app mundane but fire
=/= arson if not caught. check reports again

all willing to sacrifice family. family members = app unaware?

locket 16:43. linette missing 16:46. barrier 16:47.
(found 16:54 - deceased)

barrier = "deathless playground" - joint effort btwn demons + nyarl

nyarl ritual = linette - demon ritual ???
(leeds related. notes on deaths leeds pgs.)

alliance tenuous - convenience only ↘

well + cabins = POI, but nothing else found since. larkin estate = no evidence of ritual chamber but there's something off abt it

necronomicon - eldritch writing

(who wrote trigger incantation?)

(to best of memory)

"We are the seekers of forbidden knowledge. We are the witnesses of the vile divine. We are the wanderers of the [...] dream,^? navigators of starless skies. We [...] you, Chaos; we stand in your circle and ask in reverence to [...] bygone days. Grant us your unholy nightmare that we may see. Ia! Nyarlathotep! Eater of Souls! Let your truth be seen!"

(repeated later)

(memory of sacrifice incantation
unclear. bleeding out)

nyarlathotep is present in town in disguise - r/o otherworlders, must be local.

long-term or more recent? unclear when cult activity started

16:43 =/= first meeting

replaced
someone???

public presence. >= someone interacted w/ daily - has to be "interesting" enough to be surprise
- mayor
- yorick
- calloway
- neil
- elias
- dr. winterbottom
- chief constable kilbride
- degas
- town council members
- pennyburrow
- other shop owners? idk

dahlia???
no, stupid

carry talisman at all times

↙ elias provably tied to cult, arrested - sloppy, if nyarl

"did it to create a soap opera" -free entertainment, best not to make things boring too soon

Demons
Eligos, Mendel, Efrain, Aster

omniscient

↙ blind spots unkn

can't kill goddesses

four domains: treason, fools, sorrow, dark feast

rites of succession - needed island as 'stage', farm power. can't die = suffer repeatedly, feed domains

cause of most 'curses' that affect island (plague, unreality, visitors, etc)

aster most active - had mendel killed, next target efrain

named nimona as next proxy

jean + unkn 3rd party = mendel proxies

unclear if demons can't kill each other or if aster just sees it as below him/less fun to act directly. asm latter

(feeds domain more to exploit others?)

'King of Hell' = controls demons' role in truce w/ nyarl - eligos, for now. neil recs keeping him in role for best chances

seems unlikely, aster too well prepared cynical!

truce = convenience, demons do not like nyarl

multiple demon deals + boons active on island. total unkn. knwn: sending stones (cerrit), locket from efrain (nimona), charms from casino (mine, others)

leeds family: founding family of island, japhet head of family. received island and success as part of deal with aster. children part of it. dahlia's birth = domino effect

(16:13)

13 children, 12 dead. parents dead
⁎ jane - 16:29, 41y/o, died in childbirth w/ dahlia
⁎ abel - 16:31, 6y/o, fell from the bluffs
⁎ alice - 16:36, 26y/o, wedding day
⁎ violet - 16:38, 22y/o, house fire
⁎ samuel - 16:38, 16y/o, lifelong illness
⁎ oscar - 16:40, 25y/o, factory accident
⁎ emily - 16:42, 30y/o, missing-dead 2wks in woods
⁎ adelaide/esther - 16:44/45, 23y/o, vampire attack / 24/yo, self neglect
⁎ jasper - 16:45, 24y/o, demonic poss. put down
⁎ henry - 16:46, 28y/o, monster hunting
⁎ harriet - 16:47, 21y/o, first ever parade day
⁎ jonah - 16:47, 20y/o, tried to leave island
⁎ japhet - 16:47, 59y/o, eaten by the Pine Devil just before barrier

↖ can't be coincidence. part of demons' half of the ritual?

cult to aster - found the ritual dining space in leeds basement during investigation > the gala
dahlia = aster's daughter and pine devil, prev
well-kept secret - unclear how much power she holds

(evidence burned)

Barrier

went up in 16:47
death = impossible - spend 24 hours as ghost then wake up in random location healed w/ only a scar

↙ demon and nyarl rituals = cause

travel in and out impossible exc. ferry

(no trade possible until royal arrived, req. citrus)

and various threats ↘

no new residents until approx 2 years ago - otherworlders (OWs) arrived bc of mortanne - all OWs must have died in og world to be offered deal

barrier also cut into secondary civilization paradesium - seems abandoned, unkn timeframe? others have investigated more, should look into

aster desc barrier as 'blend of corrupted energies [...] separating Pumpkin Hollow from its home plane' - spoonful of cake, chunk visibly missing but unchanged just misplaced

maintained by deal btwn nyarl and demons, blend of corrupted magics keep it stable

corruption on island pre-barrier = preparation for this? req enough corrupted energy + rituals to kickstart barrier?

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