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The House of Edwin, Part Seven: June 18, 1926

Ron’s VisionRon, still unconscious following his explosive stunt in thetower, finds himself in a strange dream or hallucination. He is backstage at atheater, where he is accosted by an elderly violinist. The violinist takes Ronto the stage, where several dozen musicians caper and prance around awheelchair thickly stacked with blankets. Underneath the blankets, somethingsnores fitfully. The

The House of Edwin, Part Six: June 18, 1926

The Sleepers Have AwakenedMikhail wishes to make sure that Smith is truly dead, and sobegins the bloody work of hacking off his head and cutting his heart out of hisribcage. Johnny manages to interrupt Mikhail’s dismemberment of Smith just longenough to peel the dead man’s cultist robe and mask off of his body. Moments later, the sleeping islanders, who have been unconsciouson Mr. Edwin’s

The House of Edwin, Part Five: June 18, 1926

A Long Solstice NapAs the sound of the winded conch shells die down, the LondonGroup leaves the safety of the Edwin estate to check on the islanders. They arerelieved to find that the folk of Chebeague Island are merely deeply asleep andnot dead. Assuming that the islanders are relatively safe where they are, thegroup leaves them to their slumber and makes some desperate plans to deal with

The House of Edwin, Part Four: June 18. 1926

PreparationsWith midafternoon—and the Solstice festival—drawing evernearer, the group makes plans for what to do next. The group decides thatrecovering their Gate box is their first priority, since having it will givethem access to their additional equipment and an escape route while preventingthe Silver Twilight from having a back door into their inner sanctum. Dr. Blackstrongly suspects

The House of Edwin Part 3: June 18, 1926

Early Morning EffortsAs the sun rises, several members of the London Group eithertry to catch up on sleep or freshen up in preparation for the day ahead. Dr. Black, Judge Putnam, and Vivian avail themselves of thenumerous tomes in Christopher Edwin’s library. Dr. Black learns a spell called TheKeenness of Two Alike, which he hopes will allow him to commune with thememories of the dead

The House of Edwin Part 2: June 18, 1926

The Eponymous HouseStephen’s New FrescoAs the group watches, Stephen Clark sketches out an eerieand foreboding tower. A hooded figure stands in the foreground, their back tothe group, long tendrils of beard curling out from their hood. James is overwhelmed by the scene and shuts down, whileAngie begs the others to “do something” about Stephen. Ron grabs the artist bythe scruff of the neck

The House of Edwin Part 1.5: June 17, 1926

Chebeague Island, MaineBefore We Sit Down to DinnerThe London Group is show to their rooms on the third floorof Christopher Edwin’s mansion and are told that they have some time to rest upbefore dinner. Kane, Judge Putnam, and Vivian take the opportunity to wash upand change. Dr. Black spends the time thoroughly searching his own room and thesurrounding rooms for anything that looks even

The Mob War Part 8: Friday, June 10, 1926

Mob War Wrap-UpRon, still wanting answers, takes an unconscious FredoAlbanese to one of the Bernouse Family safe houses, strips him to his undies,and ties him to a chair in the basement. When Fredo comes to, Ron questions himabout his involvement of the death of Gabriella Puglisi. Fredo is baffled bythe line of questioning, so much so that Ron suspects there might be some kindof Mythos

The Mob War Part 7: Friday, June 10, 1926

NOTE: The following episode recap describes an extremely messy,protracted combat in two locations. Viewer discretion is advised.As a reminder: Ron and an invisible Johnny are upstairs inthe ball room with the heads of the Five Families and their bodyguards. Kane isout front with Luca and most of the other enforcers. Vivian is in the Astoriadining room, near the front entrance. Judge Putnam

The Mob War Part 6: Friday, June 10, 1926

In Upstate New YorkDr. Black, Johnny, and Judge Putnam decide to tie up theirformerly invisible assailant and drive him back to Staten Island forquestioning. They return to the judge’s property without incident. The judge’snew personal security force is skilled enough at their jobs to know to not askstupid questions about the man tied up in the back seat of the car.The assailant doesn’t