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=Story=
=Story=
* '''[[Welling Up]]'''  – In which four people wake from the same dreams and the world begins to grow strange.
'''Act 1: Dreamers'''
* '''[[Digging Down]]'''  – In which violence is chosen and unpleasant discoveries are made.
# '''[[Welling Up]]'''  – In which four people wake from the same dreams and the world begins to grow strange.
# '''[[Digging Down]]'''  – In which violence is chosen and unpleasant discoveries are made.
# '''[[Waking Dreams]]''' - In which answers and allies are sought, and things are seen in the cold daylight.
# '''[[Living Nightmares]]''' - (Summary TBD. Notes: the glass eating)
# '''[[Liminal State]]''' -  (Summary TBD. Notes: the strange tarot readings. First appearance of Fairburn)
# (TBD) -  (Summary TBD. Notes: Michael and Jerome at the library, cops questioning Winters. Jerome meets Fairburn. Michael nearly kills his dad)
# (TBD) -  (Summary TBD. Notes: noticing the man watching Winters apartment, the faceless people in the coffee shop, Atlas gets the Witch Bottle, A+J+M meet Fairburn, some explanations about ENEs)
# (TBD) -  (Summary TBD. Notes: finding the guy watching Winters dead. Mugging gone wrong, Michael Changes. Fairburn destroys the strange body left by the glasses man. )
# (TBD) -  (Summary TBD. Notes: First appearance of Jack and Morrigan. Explanations. Returning to the alley with Jack, first appearance of a Black Tree. Jerome Changes)
# (TBD) -  (Summary TBD. Notes: Atlas lures Jerome to the understreets where he is finally restrained. A+J+M+Jack go to the Goodwill to see what is there, into the Shadow Place-That-is-Not, soul-eaten specter Jacob)
# (TBD) -  (Summary TBD. Notes: Atlas gets her rats. First appearance of Hecate. Jack goes to get info, hands newcubs over to Lucan to watch. To the ER to find Winters. No sign. Police arrest at Winters apartment the next morning. Questions at the BCPD precinct. Atlas' dad first appearance and death as Atlas Changes. Flight into the understreets)
# (TBD) -  (Summary TBD. To Dekker Street. More questions. More answers about what is going on)
# (TBD) -  (Summary TBD. Notes: The Fourth Dream. Michael hears the Words, can't sleep, talks to Willow about the dead Wardens. Combat practice. Atlas sneaks out, returns her father's ring. Jack returns with dark news. Mention of Sandoval as a lead due to the timing.)
# (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: Oath of the Moon, regeneration-adrenaline junkie leaping. Tasked to find Sandoval as a Rite of Passage. M's home, seeing the Lum feeding on his dad, killed it. To CHakriis for leads. First mention of Pinnacle and drug connections.)
# (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: In Pinnacle, deal with Roy, get money from Chet. Sandoval's house and the drugs and grief there. The seeping/leaking sadness spirits and the victim next door. Atlas catches S's scent)
# (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: Sandoval's scent leads into steam tunnels. Jacob's belongings and picture. The carving of the Tree. The Words. The scent lost once more. J gets phones and onto CCTV).
# (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: back to Dekker St. The wardens recovering. First appearance of Dominic. Pinnacle and vampire connection. The problems of the 90s. The bad blood with the Blood Talons. A+J+M recognised as Rank 1. Michael is attacked in his dreams.)
# (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: Following lead to get Chet. Violence happens and money is acquired. Strange scent lures Michael elsewhere, finds the home of the Glasses Man and a Tree there. Fought with the help of Jack and Lucan)
# (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: Info gained about the Glasses Man. Back to Roy, who promises info in a day or two. Call from Fairburn, watcher guy's calls traced to Morningside area. Strange Shadow of Morningside, worse scents in Morland Farms. The scent of Michael's nightmares...
# (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: First encounter with Campbell. Horrifying violence and flight in terror. Jerome and Atlas sharing a dream, strange scents and alien influence. The decision to call a moot for help.
# (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: Time spent healing and recovering. Call from Roy to meet Atlas. Jerome calls his mom, finally. Heading to meet Roy, Atlas catches Winters scent, find the chaos in the projects, broken spirits and Wounded Shadow. Find a changed and half-maddened Winters.
# (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: Escaping the Projects. Jerome takes Winters to Dekker St to get cleaned up and help. Atlas and Michael at the Diner, the attempted assassination. Info about the guy in Ollie T's. Atlas using strange powers to save Roy. Jack concerned about Winters wounded soul.
# (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: A+M return to Dekker St, injured, enough to stir Winters into Dr mode. Checking on Roy at Felicity, leading to Joey's brutal beating by Jerome. Call from Campbell, asking to meet. Atlas goes looking for info and finds the Chequey.
# (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: Atlas gets info from Cerridwen for a terrible price. Michael makes a deal with Joey Nineclaws. WInters and Jerome both seeking power before meeting Campbell.
# (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: Meeting Campbell at the Church. First mention of Berith and betrayal. Michael eats a bullet. Atlas eats a sniper. The immense Tree in the middle of Merritt.
# (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: Dumping the van but keeping the keys and guns. Jerome finds a fire spirit to make a fetish-shotgun. Confusion of what is going on, go back to the sandoval leads, which lead to Ollie T's and inconsistent stories about where the gunmen were hired. Atlas encounter with a strange guy in the club)(NOTE TO SELF - full notes are in 750w, 04.01.23)
# (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: Morrigan tried to get Winters to open up. Winters instead slipped away to meet Campbell, but got Berith's scent. A+J+M continue to follow their own trail to find the guy responsible, which leads to the Althaus. Wild chaotic plans lead to the basement there and a sour man who knows about names and convinces them to talk to Mr Black at Pinnacle. Atlas steals one of his books. Winters heads for their apartment, others to Pinnacle
# (TBD) - (Summary TBD: Notes: At Pinnacle. Misadventures but finally meet Mr Black. Learn that he is concerned with a cult in Morningside and wants to remove them. Is v cautious of the wolves, has met them before. Black has no knowledge of Campbell or Trees, but suspected it was this cult. One of the Black's associates likely responsible for Campbell's disappearance.
# '''[[She Is Watching]]''' - (Summary TBD: Being watched. Michael encounters the possessing thing again in a bathroom, beats it down with Winters unexpected assistance. A sees Hecate and goes to talk, followed by M.
# '''[[Broken Wings]]''' - In which light is finally shed on a broken thing beneath the boughs of the great trees.
# '''[[In An Empty City]]''' - In which some wolves try to find their way out of a strange city with the help of a possible friend.
# '''[[Breaking Point]]''' - In which simmering tensions finally explode into catharsis, blood and fear.
# '''[[Beneath A Shadowed Sky, Part 1]]''' - In which the pack hunts, and arrives at the first moot in a decade.
# '''[[Beneath A Shadowed Sky, Part 2]]''' - In which a lost wolf finds strange travelling companions, the whole pack reaches the [[Caern of the Shadowed Sky]], and the moot begins.  


=Dramatis Personae=
=Dramatis Personae=
: ''[[Character Index (Under A Killing Moon)|Under A Killing Moon Character Index]]''
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JeromeGevoudan.jpg|[[Jerome_Gévoudan|Jerome]]
AnabellMcCullogh.jpg|w=Anabell_McCullogh||Atlas
Atlas.jpg|[[Anabell_McCullogh|Atlas]]
EthanClarke.jpg|w=Ethan_Clarke||Ethan
EthanClarke.jpg|[[Ethan_Clarke|Ethan]]
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Michael3.png|[[Michael_O'Connell|Michael]]
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* '''[[Jerome Gévoudan]]''' - student honing body and mind.
* '''[[Anabell McCullogh]]''' - homeless urban explorer.
* '''[[Ethan Clarke]]''' - tightly-wound ER doctor in training.
* '''[[Michael O'Connell]]''' - would-be-anarchist, angry at the world.


== Supporting Characters ==
== Supporting Characters ==
* '''[[William Sandoval]]''' - English teacher at local community college, currently missing.
* '''[[William Sandoval]]''' - English teacher at local community college, currently missing.
* '''[[Mr King]]''' - Charming local businessman. Associated with ''Chakri's''.
* '''[[Mr King]]''' - Charming local businessman. Associated with ''Chakrii's''.
* '''[[Marius Steinfaust]]''' - Local eccentric.
* '''[[Marius Steinfaust]]''' - Local eccentric.
* '''[[Jacob Ramsey]]''' - Drinking buddy of Anabell McCullough. Homeless, possibly a police CI.
* '''[[Jacob Ramsey]]''' - Drinking buddy of Anabell McCullough. Homeless, possibly a police CI.
* '''[[Kirsty Campbell]]''' - Teaching assistant to William Sandoval, complicated history with Michael O'Connell.
* '''[[Kirsty Campbell]]''' - Teaching assistant to William Sandoval, complicated history with Michael O'Connell.
* '''[[Cynthia Monroe]]''' - Chief ER Resident at Felicity Memorial.
* '''[[Cynthia Monroe]]''' - Chief ER Resident at Felicity Memorial.
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* '''[[Cerridwen]]''' -
* '''[[Fairburn]]''' -
* '''[[Morrigan]]''' -
* '''[[Jack Crow]]''' -
* '''[[Lucan]]''' -
* '''[[Willow]]''' -
* '''[[Dominic]]''' -
* '''[[Mr Black]]''' -
* '''[[Roy]]''' -
* '''[[Campbell]]''' -
* '''[[Black Trees|The Black Trees]]''' -
* '''[[Whitfield]]''' -
* '''[[Matthis]]''' -
* '''[[Kay]]''' -
* '''[[Hecate]]''' -
* '''[[Berit the Crownless]]''' -
* '''[[The Moth]]''' -


=Locations=
=Locations=
* '''[[Felicity Memorial Hospital]]''' - Underfunded and overworked hospital covering Merritt and the Projects.
* '''[[Felicity Memorial Hospital]]''' - Underfunded and overworked hospital covering Merritt and the Projects.
* '''[[Chakri's]]''' - Literally underground fight club.
* '''[[Chakrii's]]''' - Literally underground fight club.
* '''[[Dekker Street Station]]''' - Abandoned subway station under [[Lennox Circle]] claimed as a den by the [[Wardens]] pack
* '''[[Pinnacle]]''' - nightclub in [[Three Corners]], lair of [[Mr Black]] and his associates.
* '''[[Morningside Plaza]]''' - ugly '80s strip mall in [[Merritt]].
** '''[[Morland Farms]]''' - slumland grocery store in Morningside Plaza, managed by Mr [[Campbell]]
* '''[[Hollingworth University]]''' - elderly Ivy League university in central Blackmouth.
** '''[[The Chequy]]''' - strange otherworldly library connected to the ''[[Hisil]]'' of Hollingworth.
* '''[[The Empty City]]''' - barren and unsettling otherworld connected to moments of suffering and loss.


[[Category:Chronicles]]
[[Category:Chronicles]]

Latest revision as of 17:52, 21 August 2023

Under a Killing Moon is a chronicle set in Merritt, north Blackmouth, in 2009.

Story

Act 1: Dreamers

  1. Welling Up – In which four people wake from the same dreams and the world begins to grow strange.
  2. Digging Down – In which violence is chosen and unpleasant discoveries are made.
  3. Waking Dreams - In which answers and allies are sought, and things are seen in the cold daylight.
  4. Living Nightmares - (Summary TBD. Notes: the glass eating)
  5. Liminal State - (Summary TBD. Notes: the strange tarot readings. First appearance of Fairburn)
  6. (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: Michael and Jerome at the library, cops questioning Winters. Jerome meets Fairburn. Michael nearly kills his dad)
  7. (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: noticing the man watching Winters apartment, the faceless people in the coffee shop, Atlas gets the Witch Bottle, A+J+M meet Fairburn, some explanations about ENEs)
  8. (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: finding the guy watching Winters dead. Mugging gone wrong, Michael Changes. Fairburn destroys the strange body left by the glasses man. )
  9. (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: First appearance of Jack and Morrigan. Explanations. Returning to the alley with Jack, first appearance of a Black Tree. Jerome Changes)
  10. (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: Atlas lures Jerome to the understreets where he is finally restrained. A+J+M+Jack go to the Goodwill to see what is there, into the Shadow Place-That-is-Not, soul-eaten specter Jacob)
  11. (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: Atlas gets her rats. First appearance of Hecate. Jack goes to get info, hands newcubs over to Lucan to watch. To the ER to find Winters. No sign. Police arrest at Winters apartment the next morning. Questions at the BCPD precinct. Atlas' dad first appearance and death as Atlas Changes. Flight into the understreets)
  12. (TBD) - (Summary TBD. To Dekker Street. More questions. More answers about what is going on)
  13. (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: The Fourth Dream. Michael hears the Words, can't sleep, talks to Willow about the dead Wardens. Combat practice. Atlas sneaks out, returns her father's ring. Jack returns with dark news. Mention of Sandoval as a lead due to the timing.)
  14. (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: Oath of the Moon, regeneration-adrenaline junkie leaping. Tasked to find Sandoval as a Rite of Passage. M's home, seeing the Lum feeding on his dad, killed it. To CHakriis for leads. First mention of Pinnacle and drug connections.)
  15. (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: In Pinnacle, deal with Roy, get money from Chet. Sandoval's house and the drugs and grief there. The seeping/leaking sadness spirits and the victim next door. Atlas catches S's scent)
  16. (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: Sandoval's scent leads into steam tunnels. Jacob's belongings and picture. The carving of the Tree. The Words. The scent lost once more. J gets phones and onto CCTV).
  17. (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: back to Dekker St. The wardens recovering. First appearance of Dominic. Pinnacle and vampire connection. The problems of the 90s. The bad blood with the Blood Talons. A+J+M recognised as Rank 1. Michael is attacked in his dreams.)
  18. (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: Following lead to get Chet. Violence happens and money is acquired. Strange scent lures Michael elsewhere, finds the home of the Glasses Man and a Tree there. Fought with the help of Jack and Lucan)
  19. (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: Info gained about the Glasses Man. Back to Roy, who promises info in a day or two. Call from Fairburn, watcher guy's calls traced to Morningside area. Strange Shadow of Morningside, worse scents in Morland Farms. The scent of Michael's nightmares...
  20. (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: First encounter with Campbell. Horrifying violence and flight in terror. Jerome and Atlas sharing a dream, strange scents and alien influence. The decision to call a moot for help.
  21. (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: Time spent healing and recovering. Call from Roy to meet Atlas. Jerome calls his mom, finally. Heading to meet Roy, Atlas catches Winters scent, find the chaos in the projects, broken spirits and Wounded Shadow. Find a changed and half-maddened Winters.
  22. (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: Escaping the Projects. Jerome takes Winters to Dekker St to get cleaned up and help. Atlas and Michael at the Diner, the attempted assassination. Info about the guy in Ollie T's. Atlas using strange powers to save Roy. Jack concerned about Winters wounded soul.
  23. (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: A+M return to Dekker St, injured, enough to stir Winters into Dr mode. Checking on Roy at Felicity, leading to Joey's brutal beating by Jerome. Call from Campbell, asking to meet. Atlas goes looking for info and finds the Chequey.
  24. (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: Atlas gets info from Cerridwen for a terrible price. Michael makes a deal with Joey Nineclaws. WInters and Jerome both seeking power before meeting Campbell.
  25. (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: Meeting Campbell at the Church. First mention of Berith and betrayal. Michael eats a bullet. Atlas eats a sniper. The immense Tree in the middle of Merritt.
  26. (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: Dumping the van but keeping the keys and guns. Jerome finds a fire spirit to make a fetish-shotgun. Confusion of what is going on, go back to the sandoval leads, which lead to Ollie T's and inconsistent stories about where the gunmen were hired. Atlas encounter with a strange guy in the club)(NOTE TO SELF - full notes are in 750w, 04.01.23)
  27. (TBD) - (Summary TBD. Notes: Morrigan tried to get Winters to open up. Winters instead slipped away to meet Campbell, but got Berith's scent. A+J+M continue to follow their own trail to find the guy responsible, which leads to the Althaus. Wild chaotic plans lead to the basement there and a sour man who knows about names and convinces them to talk to Mr Black at Pinnacle. Atlas steals one of his books. Winters heads for their apartment, others to Pinnacle
  28. (TBD) - (Summary TBD: Notes: At Pinnacle. Misadventures but finally meet Mr Black. Learn that he is concerned with a cult in Morningside and wants to remove them. Is v cautious of the wolves, has met them before. Black has no knowledge of Campbell or Trees, but suspected it was this cult. One of the Black's associates likely responsible for Campbell's disappearance.
  29. She Is Watching - (Summary TBD: Being watched. Michael encounters the possessing thing again in a bathroom, beats it down with Winters unexpected assistance. A sees Hecate and goes to talk, followed by M.
  30. Broken Wings - In which light is finally shed on a broken thing beneath the boughs of the great trees.
  31. In An Empty City - In which some wolves try to find their way out of a strange city with the help of a possible friend.
  32. Breaking Point - In which simmering tensions finally explode into catharsis, blood and fear.
  33. Beneath A Shadowed Sky, Part 1 - In which the pack hunts, and arrives at the first moot in a decade.
  34. Beneath A Shadowed Sky, Part 2 - In which a lost wolf finds strange travelling companions, the whole pack reaches the Caern of the Shadowed Sky, and the moot begins.

Dramatis Personae

Under A Killing Moon Character Index

Supporting Characters

  • William Sandoval - English teacher at local community college, currently missing.
  • Mr King - Charming local businessman. Associated with Chakrii's.
  • Marius Steinfaust - Local eccentric.
  • Jacob Ramsey - Drinking buddy of Anabell McCullough. Homeless, possibly a police CI.
  • Kirsty Campbell - Teaching assistant to William Sandoval, complicated history with Michael O'Connell.
  • Cynthia Monroe - Chief ER Resident at Felicity Memorial.

Unsorted

Locations

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