Cast of Characters
| Player | Character | Background |
|---|---|---|
| John | Keeper | |
| Todd | “Skinny Larry” Simons | Inventor and jazz musician |
| Eric | Gerald “Gentleman Jerry” O’Shea | Former bare-knuckles boxer |
| Scott | Ritter Gunter von Stiglitz | Former German POW |
Not Present
| Player | Character | Background |
|---|---|---|
| Cyle | Aaron Winters | Occultist |
| Tom | Oxford “Ox” Sykes | Chemist and well-to-do ne’er-do-well |
News Stories
Here is some old news, backstory, and clues relevant to the next adventure.
Old Message from Jackson Elias
HAVE INFORMATION CONCERNING CARLYLE EXPEDITION STOP NEED RELIABLE INVESTIGATIVE TEAM STOP MEET JANUARY 15 NEW YORK STOP JACKSON ELIAS
From the New York Pillar/Riposte, April 4th, 1919
BIG APPLE DATELINE
ROGER CARLYLE the playboy whome everybody knows - or knows about - is quietly leaving New Yawk tomorrow to check out the tombs of Egypt! You’ve seen the cuties ROGER has found in the nightspots. Who can doubt he’ll dig up someone - er, something - equally fabulous from the Egyptian sands?
From the New York Pillar/Riposte, April 5th, 1919
CARLYLE EXPEDITION EMBARKS FOR LONDON
Led by the fabulously wealthy playboy Roger Carlyle, the Carlyle Expedition departed this morning for Southampton aboard the British steamship Imperial Standard
Contrary to earlier reports, the expedition will perform researches in London under the auspices of the Penhew Foundation before continuing to Egypt next month.
Readers may recall the enormous party which Mr. Carlyle, now 24, gave at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel upon reaching his majority. Since then, scandals and indelicate behavior have become Carlyle’s trademark, but he has never become tarnished in the eyes of Manhattanites.
Members of the expedition have been reluctant to reveal their purpose in Egypt.
OTHER EXPEDITION MEMBERS
Renowned Egyptologist Sir Aubrey Penhew is assistant leader of the team, and in charge of excavations.
Dr. Robert Huston, a fashionable “Freudian” psychologist, accompanies the expedition to pursue parallel researches into ancient pictographs.
Miss Hypatia Masters, linked in the past to Carlyle, will act as photographer and archivist. Mr. Jack Brady, intimate to Mr. Carlyle, accompanies the group as general factotum.
Additional members may be secured while in London.
From the New York Pillar/Riposte, July 4th, 1919
CARLYLE DEPARTS EGYPT
CAIRO (AP)–Sir Aubrey Penhew, temporary spokesman for the Carlyle Expedition, indicated Thursday that the leaders are taking ship to East Africa for a “well-earned rest.”
Sir Aubrey debunked rumors that the expedition had discovered clues to the legendary wealth of the lost mines of King Solomon, maintaining that the party was going on safari “in respite from our sandy labors.”
Roger Carlyle, wealthy New York leader of the expedition, was unavailable for comment, still suffering from his recent sunstroke.
Discussing that unfortunate incident, local experts declared Egypt entire too hot for Anglo-Saxons at this time of year, and suggested that the young American had not been well served by his democratic enthusiasm, rumored to have led him to personally wield pick and shovel.
From the New York Pillar/Riposte, July 31st, 1919
IMPORTANT VISITORS
MOMBASA (Reuters)– Leading members of an American archaeological expedition arrived here on holiday from digs in Egypts Nile Valley.
Our Undersecretary, Mr. Royston Whittingdon, held a welcoming dinner for them at Collingswood House, where the wit of Sir Aubrey Penhew, expedition co-leader, was much in evidence. Accompanying Sir Aubrey are the youthful financier Roger Carlyle and medical doctor Rober Huston, as well as socialite Miss Hypatia Masters.
The party leaves inland today, for Nairoby and hunting.
From the New York Pillar/Riposte, October 15th, 1919
CARLYLE EXPEDITION FEARED LOST
MOMBASA (Reuters)–Uplands police representatives today asked for public assistance concerning the possible disappearance of the Carlyle Expedition. No word of the party has been received in nearly two months.
The group includes wealthy playboy Roger Carlyle and four other American citizens, as well as Egyptologist Sir Aubrey Penhew of the United Kingdom.
The expedition left Nairobi on August 3rd, ostensibly on safari, but rumor insisted that they actually were after legendary Biblical treasures. Carlyle and his party reportedly intended to explore portions of the Great Rift Valley, to the northwest of Nairobi.
From the New York Pillar/Riposte, March 11th, 1920
ERICA CARLYLE ARRIVES IN AFRICA
MOMBASA (Reuters)–In response to clues, Miss Erica Carlyle, sister to the American leader of the lost Carlyle Expedition, arrived in port today aboard the Egyptian vessel Fount of Life.
Several Kikuyu-villager reports recently have been received concerning the putative massacre of unnamed whites near the Aberdare Forest.
Miss Carlyle declared her intention to find her brother, regardless of the effort needed. She brought with her the nucleus of a large expedition.
Detailing agents to coordinate supply and other activites with Colony representives, Miss Carlyle and the remainder of her party depart for Nairobi tomorrow.
Her companion, Mrs. Victoria Post, indirectly emphasized Miss Carlyle’s purposefulness by recounting the rigors of the voyage.
From the New York Pillar/Riposte, May 24th, 1920
CARLYLE MASSACRE CONFIRMED
NAIROBI (Reuters)– The massacre of the long-missing Carlyle Expedition was confirmed today by district police representitives.
Roger Carlyle, New York’s rollicking playboy, is counted among the dead.
Authorities blame hostile Nandi tribesmen for the shocking murders. Remains fo at least two dozen expedition members and bearers are thought found in a remote region of the Aberdare Forest.
Erica Carlyle, Roger Carlyle’s sister and apparent heiress to the Carlyle family fortune, led the dangerous search for her brother and his party. She credited Kikuyu tribesmen for the discovery, although police actually found the site.
Among other expedition members believed lost are Sir Aubrey Penhew, noted Egyptologist; New York socialite Hypatia Masters, and Dr. Robert Huston. Many bearers also are reported dead.
From the New York Pillar/Riposte, June 19th, 1920
MURDERERS HANGED
NAIROBI (Reuters)–Five Nandi tribesmen, convicted ringleaders of the vicious Carlyle Expedition massacre, were executed this morning after a short, expertly-conducted trial.
To the end, the tribesmen steadfastly refused to reveal why they had slaughtered Mr. Carlyle and his companions. Mr. Harvis, acting for the Colony, cleverly implied throughout the trial that the massacre was racial in motivation, and that the fair-skinned victims were subject to the most savage treatment, preventing all but the most preliminary identification of the remains.
Miss Erica Carlyle, defeated in her efforts to rescue her brother, left several weeks ago, but is surely comforted now by the triumph of justice.
Journal
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