Kingsport Yacht Club

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.

Eerie Things Going On

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.

Gardiner 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. Oren Gardiner 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.

Dr. Lynch, the yacht club's secretary, and his possible involvement with stillbirths and miscarriages, were being investigated by Russel Lane, who later turned up murdered by something.

Kingsport used to be called Mount-Dagonne by the natives. The worshipped a god of the sea and had great fishing prosperity.

People and Locations

Oliver Gardiner, father of Zora, head of the Kingsport Yacht Club, owns shipping and canning (very upstanding).

Horace "Diamond" Walsh, a criminal, new to area. He attempts to speak with Seamus and seems out of place. Works in the black market.

Zora Walsh is the new wife to Horace Walsh

Dr. Lynch, a physician-surgeon (?) secretary for the Kingsport Yacht Club

The Art Fete at the Hower Estate

People from the KYC in attendance

Oliver Gardiner, president of the KYC.

Everett Lynch, MD, secretary of the KYC.

Zora Walsh, daughter of Oliver.

Horace "Diamond" Walsh, head of criminal organization, husband to Zora.

Other locals in attendance

Edwin Coffin, a detective in Kingsport.

Walter Palsgrave, an artist invited to exhibit his current collection-darker abstract

Joseph Teller, architect

Raymond Becker, a banker from Salem

Mr. Joyce-Cleveland, the father of Jan Joyce-Cleveland, who presumably died when investigating Thomas Fell's disappearance.

Russel Lane, disguised as a waiter, investigating Dr. Lynch. Later turns up dead.

Elsa Hower, younger sister to Magdelina. Is possibly the woman in the photo in the first document

Events at the art fete

Gardner, Walsh, Dr. Lynch, and Zora are together - appears to be some connection between the Gardner and Walsh. Possibly Gardner working with Walsh to move product up to the "families" in the New York area. Seamus establishes rapport with Walsh, Matthieu establishes rapport with Gardner/Kingsport Yacht Club, Mariette meets Russell and finds out that something strange is going on at the Yacht Club. Towards the end of the evening Matthieu notices that Elsa (Magdelina's sister) has pictures taken of her in the same clothing and pose as in the photo with the missing face from Document 1. Seamus and Mariette leave early to visit Russell at the Kingfisher hotel (Room 107). They find the room locked and after kicking in the door they find Russell dead with a ransacked room and a broken window. Body has 4 parallel slashes like razor blades on neck and forearms. Salt water near broken window and webbed footprints. Detective Coffin suspects Mariette and Seamus of being there. Met with Detective and put his mind at ease. He will stay out of our way and we are to stay out of his.