The Arkhamville Horror

Arkhamville Horror was the first Sleuthsayers’ murder-mystery-hunt. It took place in autumn of 2012. Below you will find the original story introduction and the people who were involved.

Here you will find some pictures of the event.

Hidden in an ancient forest above the Miskatonic river deep in the Massachusetts wilderness is Arkhamville Manor. Constructed in the late 16th and early 17th century by Count von Ripanuvich on land shunned by the Mohegan it was a retreat and fortress for those investigating occult matters the like of which were considered blasphemous in Europe.

Ripanuvich was from the Harghita Mountains region of what is now Romania and narrowly escaped religious persecution in the late 1700s when the nature of his eldritch studies were discovered by the local theocracy. Escaping by night with several wagon loads of jewels, bullion, precious objects and the objects and manuscripts which were the subject of their studies, his family and a few of their faithful retainers made their way west across Europe, eventually teaming up with Nicholas Silvester Spebbington of Ottery St Mary, England, a long-time confidante and fellow researcher of the occult.

The group chartered a ship and transported their treasures and mystical artefacts to the New World, where with the assistance of another trusted associate, Professor Enoch Dexter of the fledgling Miskatonic University, they used much of their treasures to fund the construction of a fortified manor house in the secluded region of upstate Massachusetts. A camp was established on the banks of the river in October 1793 and soon became a small village to house those poor souls who were hired in coastal towns to work on the construction project and provide logistical support in the remote location.

Study of the materials they brought from the old world continued with the secret assistance of students from the Miskatonic, and rituals the likes of which would never have been tolerated in Puritan Wessagusset or other coastal communities often disturbed the calm of forest at night. Their objective was to discover the secret of immortality that one of the elder gods could bestow on humans, under certain eldritch circumstances.

As the years passed descendants of the founders carried on the research, though their relationships were not always harmonious. One Jedediah Dexter, a descendant of Enoch, left Arkhamville under a cloud about 30 years ago, but recently returned to visit his old associates.

Today a dead body has been discovered and the circumstances leading to the death are being investigated by the local constabulary. Such as it is….

Arkhamville Credits

Story and Game-Play

Rafe Holder

Story Background, Editing

Kitto Flora

Region Donated by

Shauna Bonetto

Terraforming and Design

Kitto Flora

Team Recruiter

Shauna Bonetto

Buildings and Decoration

Meryet Amat

Shauna Bonetto

Dorrie Fredriksson

SuzieQX2 Oh

Alana Greymoon

Non-Participating Characters

Cloe Neiro

Found Objects

Meryet Amat

Shauna Bonetto

Dorrie Fredriksson

SuzieQX2 Oh

Found Object Hiding

Meryet Amat

Costumes

SuzieQX2 Oh

Scripting

Kitto Flora

Game Testing

SuzieQX2 Oh

Special thanks to:

Cari Hellershanks

Iceblue Blackheart

Ladyrose Writer

Lilpeaches Resident

Peewee Musytari

Taylor Flanagan

Cherub Spectre, Master Kaos, and Nathan Oddfellow

for allowing us to advertise in the Octoberville group.

Donators to Arkhamville:

BlueSean Yiyuan – Sounds

Dolly & Lilith Heart – Trees

Garvie Garzo – Grass

And to the Octoberville Fans whose friendships, memories, stories and support drove us to make this hunt happen.