Isolated Town

The investigators come to a small town somewhere in southern USA. They might go there because they’re reporters writing an article about some local attraction, might be doing historical research or directly investigating the Mythos. For whatever reason, they need to go to the town library.

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When they arrive at the village, the investigators notice the locals are kind of shunning the newcomers. Nothing surprising, the town has the reputation of being very religious and conservative. The investigators shouldn’t get any trouble besides getting weird looks. After a bit of research in the library, they find something really surprising: a copy of the Necronomicon.

Possibilities

1 The town is controlled by cultists who isolate the town for their nefarious purposes. They’re the ones turning the locals xenophobic and suspicious of outsiders, thus bringing the town’s reputation for conservatism. The copy of the Necronomicon has been hidden in the library but not well enough. Let’s hope the librarian doesn’t notice.

2 The locals though deeply religious and conservative are actually actively defending humanity against horrors from the Mythos. They are led by the local reverend. Though their social values clash with those of the investigators, they might become useful allies. They keep a number of Mythos books hidden in the town should forbidden knowledge be really needed.

3 The town is just an ordinary town despite being really religious and conservative. The locals don’t know the existence of the terrible book hidden in their library. Now how to get that book out of there without getting attention?

© Nicolas Dao Phan