Victoriana 2nd ed. The Marylebone Mummy.pdf

The

Marylebone

Mummy

By Kristian A. Bjørkelo

and Peter Schweighofer

The Marylebone Mummy

Written by: Kristian A. Bjørkelo

Based on an original adventure by: Peter Schweighofer

Edited by: Andrew Peregrine, Dominic McDowall-Thomas

Cover: Alethe, Attendant of the Sacred Ibis (1887) by Edwin Long (1829-1891)

Interior Art by: Svetlana Chmakova and Dover Images

Layout by: Andrew O’Hara

Playtesters: Helena Ciechanowski, Walt Ciechanowski, Michael Colon, Kevin Forst, Paul McClellan

For Victoriana and Cubicle 7

Line Developer: Andrew Peregrine

Cubicle 7 Director: Angus Abranson

Operations Manager: Dominic McDowall-Thomas

Original Graphic Design: Gabriel Strange

Second Edition Logo by: Sean Buckley

Dedications

Kristian: “Dedicated to the preserved dead all across the globe… please don’t hurt me”

Any trademarked names are used in a historical or ictionally manner; no infringement is intended.

Library information:

ISBN: 978-0-9555423-5-0

SKU: CB7204

www.cubicle7.co.uk - www.victorianarpg.com

The Marylebone Mummy

Introduction

Reginald Cantwell has recently returned

from a holiday in Egypt. The noted doctor

has brought back with him a rich trove of

quaint artefacts, crumbly papyrus scrolls, and

an intact mummy in its ornately decorated

sarcophagus. He intends to proudly display his

gains to friends and colleagues at his grand

home in Marylebone, topping the evening

off by demonstrating his medical prowess by

unwrapping and examining the mummy. But

this exciting educational exhibition attracts

nefarious attention, and thieves seek to steal

artefacts from the collection. Worse still,

others try to use the distraction of the theft to

resurrect the mummy!

as it tears through Marylebone, mindlessly

looking for its home. The role of the thieves

and the mysterious society behind them has

been lessened to being catalysts, and Al-Gareeb

has become a more independent player in the

scheme.

This adventure should prove a decent challenge

to a group of 1st rank characters. If there are

less than 5 or 6 in the group the Gamemaster

may wish to lower the abilities and skills of

the opposition. If the characters are more

numerous or of a higher rank, the Gamemaster

should feel no shame in making the villains

tougher.

The villains of the piece

revealed

A secret Egyptian society in London, the

Fellowship of the Red Pharaoh, is seeking to

restore Egypt’s former glory as a world power.

To this end they seek to acquire Egyptian

artefacts stolen from their sacred homeland.

About the Marylebone

Mummy

Originally published as a much shorter

scenario, the Marylebone Mummy has been

rewritten, expanded and adapted to the second

edition of Victoriana. Those familiar with the

original penny dreadful will ind much of the

premise recognisable, but the scenario itself

and the unfolding of the plot has been greatly

changed. In this version the mummy itself

plays a much grander role in the proceedings

They have set their eyes on Dr. Cantwell’s

collection, which includes some potentially

magical artefacts. Their mysterious leader has

arranged for a small group of thugs to steal

these artefacts during the Doctor’s soiree.

Leading the group of thugs is Al-Gareeb, a

fanatic and rare form of snake Beastman, who

is planning to betray them. The Fellowship

of the Red Pharaoh worship the great red god

Sethos, killer of Osiris. Al-Gareeb has shifted

his allegiance and now serves the snake god

Apophis, whose agenda is opposed to most

other Egyptian gods. He believes that the

mummy brought to London by Dr. Cantwell

is more than the long dead minor functionary

Dr Cantwell believes it to be. Al-Gareeb’s

sources suggest it is actually the long dead

Apophid called Kheperenseti, an important

priest in the secret cult of Apophis.

Previous encounters with

the villains

Several of the characters in this scenario

are also described in more detail in other

Victoriana scenarios. They are friends,

contacts or even enemies of the player

characters, depending on whether they have

encountered them earlier. It is not necessary

for the player characters to have been through

any of the earlier scenarios to complete this

one. We assume this scenario takes place

before that of the ‘Rise of the Red God’.

Many of the clues in this adventure might

lead the players to places detailed in ‘Rise of

the Red God’ which the Gamemaster might

ind helpful (but not essential) to have to

hand.

While quite sympathetic to the Fellowship

and its ‘noble’ cause, Al-Gareeb’s allegiance

lies with his ancestors and Apophis above

any loyalty to Sethos. The Fellowship only

needs the mummy for its experiments;

experiments that Al-Gareeb has learnt are

designed to restore an ancient High Priest

of Sethos back to life. Using the pittance

of ancient necromantic lore Al-Gareeb has

secretly stolen from the Fellowship, he plans

to resurrect the mummy of Kheperenseti

himself and gain access to its ancient

knowledge. While stealing the sarcophagus,

however, the Fellowship thugs manage to

trigger a curse, and the mummy breaks

free and goes on a rampage. Dispatching

the remaining thugs as planned, Al-Garreb

promises sanctuary to the mummy and

they rush for a safehouse, a perfumery on

Devonshire Street…

Should the player characters have completed

that scenario before playing this one, the

mysterious leader of the Fellowship, Professor

El-Kheir may not be present at the unveiling

(suffering from a slight case of death). If so,

the Fellowship of the Red Pharaoh, under

new leadership, will still try to steal the

artefacts. It is just that their leader will not

be attending the soiree. If Lord Highgate

was killed or socially ostracised as a result

of the events in Spiritual Matters (see 2nd

edition core book), he will not be attending

either (but may be replaced with his stepson,

Donald Matthews-Highgate). If he survived

with his reputation intact, he will be

ambivalent towards the players, and, while not

blatantly rude, he will avoid any contact with

them.

It is also possible that the player characters

completed one of the other published

adventures, but failed to dispatch the villain.

In which case, meeting up with an old enemy

will provide a good role-playing opportunity

to snarl at each other across the dinner

table. If the Gamemaster has run adventures

of her own she might expand the list of

dinner guests with previous enemies of the

characters in the same manner. However, she

should be careful to ensure all parties have

the manners not to ight each other over

dinner or they will be ejected from the party

(and the adventure).

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