Arkham

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"What lay behind our joint love of shadows and marvels was, no doubt, the ancient, mouldering, and subtly fearsome town in which we live — witch-cursed, legend-haunted Arkham, whose huddled, sagging gambrel roofs and crumbling Georgian balustrades brood out the centuries beside the darkly muttering Miskatonic." —The Thing on the Doorstep

Locations of note

  • The Witching House. -A house with an evil past, a house where the full nature of sins committed within are yet to be revealed.
  • Richmond. -A small village to the on the north side of Arkham. While now officially part of Arkham the place still has a strong sense of identity separate from Arkham. Often call Haven for reason no living person can no remember.
  • Arkham Sanatorium - A place for Alienists to start work and after while a place for Alienists to live.
  • The Last Stand - The Speak Easy of choice for Arkhams Finest.
  • The Arkham Grand - The Largest and finest of Arkham hotels
  • The Royal Hotel - An Arkham of hotel of good reputation
  • Meadow Hill - A hilly meadow will an evil reputation.

Persons of Note

  • Doctor Javier Mowrer - Senior Alienist at Arkham Sanatorium
  • Doctor Lance Aultman - Chief Alienist and the Head of Arkham Sanatorium
  • Walter Gilman an ex resident of the Witching House and promising young mathematician. Found dead after a rat like creature "ate his heart".
  • Lieutenant Detective Shimizu - a retired and bitter Detective who worked on Ladislas Wolejko and the Meadow Hill raids.