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Yacht ownership is a plus but not a prerequisite. Although not a member, Matthew Deveraux may be the best candidate for membership. All he needs to do is find a sponsor within the club and, as long as there's nothing untoward in his background, he should be in. Neither Seamus nor Mariette would be suitable candidates -- putting aside Mariette's gender, neither one is, well, rich enough to join. | Yacht ownership is a plus but not a prerequisite. Although not a member, Matthew Deveraux may be the best candidate for membership. All he needs to do is find a sponsor within the club and, as long as there's nothing untoward in his background, he should be in. Neither Seamus nor Mariette would be suitable candidates -- putting aside Mariette's gender, neither one is, well, rich enough to join. | ||
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| + | Some of the people of Kingport (particularly younger fisherman/dock) have the Innsmouth look. The higher up at the Yacht Club do not. The Gardner family controls most of the fishing and canning and "Fish Gold" used in Innsmouth-like jewelry. They are working with the criminal element to control distribution farther up the coast and keep other fisherman at bay. Gardner has bought out several of the other fisherman but keep the same "company" name. The prosperity of Gardner has grown significantly over the last few years. | ||
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| + | Gardner family has had a rash of deaths. All the kids and relatives have "died" mostly at sea or near the sea by the age of 40. Oliver is the only long lived member. Rumors are that they are not dead and the cemetery plots are empty. Orne Garder was the founding patriarch who is the only survivor of a boating accident in the 1800's. He continued to go back to sea and gradually grew the wealth and prosperity of the family. | ||
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| + | Kingsport used to be called Mount Dagon by the natives. The worshipped a god of the sea and had great fishing prosperity. | ||
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Revision as of 20:24, 15 March 2013
The Kingsport Yacht Club is a private men’s club located near the piers of that haunted city of the Miskatonic region. Wealthy patrician males gather here for private conversation, quality liquor, and to retrieve and smoke prized cigars stored in the club’s superb walk-in humidor. Priding itself on exclusivity, the club does not admit women, Jews, ethnics, or non-whites. It espouses no overt ideology, other than the rights of the privileged to sedately enjoy the perquisites of their stations in life.
The Kingsport Yacht Club was founded in 1870 by the shipping magnate Oren Gardiner, patriarch of its leading family. The Gardiners acquired their wealth first as fishermen, then expanded their holdings into a small maritime empire. Oren belonged to the fourth generation of wealthy Gardiners. His grandson Oliver is president emeritus of the club today.
Yacht ownership is a plus but not a prerequisite. Although not a member, Matthew Deveraux may be the best candidate for membership. All he needs to do is find a sponsor within the club and, as long as there's nothing untoward in his background, he should be in. Neither Seamus nor Mariette would be suitable candidates -- putting aside Mariette's gender, neither one is, well, rich enough to join.
Some of the people of Kingport (particularly younger fisherman/dock) have the Innsmouth look. The higher up at the Yacht Club do not. The Gardner family controls most of the fishing and canning and "Fish Gold" used in Innsmouth-like jewelry. They are working with the criminal element to control distribution farther up the coast and keep other fisherman at bay. Gardner has bought out several of the other fisherman but keep the same "company" name. The prosperity of Gardner has grown significantly over the last few years.
Gardner family has had a rash of deaths. All the kids and relatives have "died" mostly at sea or near the sea by the age of 40. Oliver is the only long lived member. Rumors are that they are not dead and the cemetery plots are empty. Orne Garder was the founding patriarch who is the only survivor of a boating accident in the 1800's. He continued to go back to sea and gradually grew the wealth and prosperity of the family.
Kingsport used to be called Mount Dagon by the natives. The worshipped a god of the sea and had great fishing prosperity.
