The Shadows of Yog-Sothoth

- onderzoek naar dig en Française, in dig skeletten van reptielmannen, altaartje van Yig, faceless sfinks. Ook stuk van schijf! Lijk van Chisholm.
- Française logeert in de buurt, bij herenboer MacLannen. Zwaar verdacht, dus gaan ’s nachts inbreken -> worden opgewacht door 6 lizardmen met soort wapen (gladde stenen met pijpjes met licht, laserwapens) => gevecht. Gewonnen maar Augustus (monster) en Joe zijn dood.
- briefje gevonden in tent op dig: exerpt van NAmeless Cults

An excellent example of an evil Pictish group is that from Loch Mullardoch, in Scotland. These Picts worshipped the being known elsewhere as the Daemon Sultan, but, as in some other locations, they performed this worship as bidden by beings of an older, and more malign species. Indeed, I know for a fact that these remnants from the days of pre-human reptiles even now walk the Earth.
Another place where such beings may lurk is in North America, where the Great Old Ones were worshipped long before the advent of Columbus. I am here thinking of locations in Spain’s Alta California province.

Pierce is gaan lopen. Nu 6 wapens op zak die mensen kunnen koken.

Dinsdag 06 september 1926

- Chicago: 3 brieven van een opdrachtgever Jacob Hancock: 12-14-16 mei 1926, geschreven door oom Henry Hancock.

Brief 1:

H. M. Hancock
Hancock House
Cannich, Scotland
May 12, 1926

Dear Jacob,
My greetings to you, Jacob, and fondest regards to your father. I hope to join you this fall if They do not find me before I am able to leave Scotland.
I realize that neither you nor your father have ever believed any of teh strange legends which I have related to you, but I can turn to no one else. If my life is of any value to you, please look into this matter for me.
I am in desperate need of an artifact which I believe may be found in a museum at Miskatonic University, in Arkham, Massachusetts. The object is a small greyish-green stone, shaped like a five-pointed star. I had hoped to find one at the dig, but I fear that work there is nog going fast enough and that They will get their supernatural aid before I find the star-stone.
Please make every effort to obtain the star-stone, but if word should reach you that something has happened to me, obtain the star-stone for yourself, for They will be on your trail soon thereafter.

Your Uncle,
Henry Hancock

NB – My father died ten years before the date of this letter. The reference to my father is a code between Henry and myself indicating authenticity and urgency of the message. – Jacob Hancock.

Brief 2:

H. M. Hancock
Hancock House
Cannich, Scotland
May 14, 1926

Dear Jacob,
I fear that this message will be the last you get from me for some time. Unless I flee this area, the Sons of Yog-Sothoth will be upon me. Lorne discovered that Belphegor is a leader of the group and he fears that They are aware of our discoveries.
Margaret brought me a star-stone, but try to find more, for I need all I can get.
The first piece was stolen from the dig site last night, but They did not get the second piece. I have it well-hidden now and THey will not get it from me. We do not know what They want the pieces for, but we think there are three altogether.
Adam disappeared today. He stopped-by yesterday evening, but this morning Fergus says Adam checked out and left late last night. Adam has been afraid of the dark since the African episode last year. Consequently, he would not have left at night. I fear that he has run afoul of Belphegor’s people. Lorne does not know about Adam’s disappearance yet and I fear that telling him would be too much for the old man.
All of these problems started with the arrival of the French woman. I will confront her in the morning.
Make sure that you obtain a star-stone for yourself as soon as possible and keep it with you always.

Give my greetings to your father.
Your Uncle,
Henry Hancock

NB. I do not recognize the “Sons of Yog-Sothoth” nor does “Belphegor” or “the French woman” make any sense to me. I would investigate this myself, were it not for my infernal gout. – Jacob Hancock

Brief 3:

Henry Hancock
Hancock House
Cannich, Scotland
16 May 1926

My dearest Jacob,
All of my fears have proved to be unfounded. If my letters of late have seemed to indicate trouble I hope that you will forgive me. I realize that my imagination had run wild. There never was any danger.
Adam and I are going to head back to Africa in the morning and we will be out of touch for some time, but there is no cause for alarm. We can take care of ourselves. We stumbled across an amazing find, but must re-check our previous work.
Give my greetings to the rest of the family.
With fondest regards,
Henry M. Hancock

NB. This letter is not really from Henry. My concern for my uncle’s safety is based on the obvious falseness of this letter, for Adam was frightened by something they discovered in Africa and could not be persuaded to return to the continent, let alone to their dig site. – Jacob Hancock.

1. 5-puntige ster is een Elder Sign.
2. Adam = dr. Chisolm.

- Ashton zoekt in archieven naar Hancock:

MEMBER RETURNS FROM CONGO BASIN

Henry M. Hancock disembarked at Southampton recently after a two month expedition somewhere along the Congo River’s drainage.
The accomplished archaeologist indicated that he and Dr. Adam Chisholm had some success in locating evidence connected to an unnamed place termed by Dr. Chisholm as “a semi-mythic location”. Owing to Dr. Chisholm’s unfortunate illness their expedition was interrupted, and publication of their findings must await a fresh trip into the canyons of the Ituri-kendi.
The partners plan a new expedition next year. Meanwhile they look forward to the bracing air and sturdy virtues of Scotland, as they rest near Inverness.
Mr. Hancock would not comment upon a recent lurid article appearing in a London daily, The Scoop, except to castigate “whoever is responsible” for attributing feverish dreams to his stricken friend and partner, Dr. Chisholm.

- Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society

Het bericht dateert van vorig jaar. Ituri-kendi is een streek in Katanga.

- Fragment uit het artikel in The Scoop:

Dr. Chisholm: The rain forests there are absolutely trackless. It would take an army to hack their way through directly. One must approach circuitously, to the north, and then all the way round down from the top of the watershed, taking advantage of the river flow to be carried into the canyons.
The Scoop: It was in the unexplored canyons that you found a new danger, was it not, sir?
Dr. Chisholm:(visibly shuddering) Yes. The experience nearly drove me mad. Being forced to run the gauntlet of the river-borne dingi-dingi was utterly terrifying. The things are like motile leeches, but much larger, the size of horses. Lord! And they are very good swimmers. One of them can exsanguinate a man as quickly as you or I might skin a rabbit.
The Scoop: Dreadful! Yet you plan to go back there?
Dr. Chisholm: My good friend Hancock is keen on it, and I have learned to trust his judgment utterly. By next year my hands will be steady enough for anything.

- dingi-dingi: soort boot
- Scotland Yard bevestigt dat Hancock het land niet heeft verlaten.
- Ashton heeft een Elder Sign steen, Pryce activeert => verdacht.
- The French woman = Anne Chantrène, enige Franse in Inverness.

Dinsdag 13 september 1926

=> boot naar Schotland, 5 dagen, Firth of Clyde. Pryce studeert in Monsters and their kynde => Entchant Blade.

Zondag 18 september 1926

Pryce leert ons Activate Elder Sign aan.

- aan Loch Ness, Hancock House: vinden drie dingen op schoorsteenmantel: tandenstoker, dagger, knop. Weird. Boeken over magie en archeologie. Elephant gun is missing.
- In één van de kamers boven is er een gat in muur & deur, veel opgedroogd bloed. Master bedroom: totaal vernield, tot en met tapijt.