Eldritch

[close] Arcadia Bay doesn't look like much from the outside. This one-Starbucks town is quite small, the bad part of town is just a half a block from the good part of town, because "we don't have a lot of town here." But this middle of nowhere conurbation has a dark secret: a convergence of ley lines result in a thin place, where the veil between this world and the unknowable next is weak. A Hellmouth. Attracting all sorts of hellspawn, from vampires to incubi. These demons are mere vestiges of a once great race of god-like beings called the Old Ones...and they are returning to take their rightful place as rulers of Earth. Suddenly, finding a date to the homecoming dance isn't the biggest problem on everyone's mind, but rather merely surviving till homecoming.

[close] CONGRATULATIONS! You are among the small population of preternaturally gifted individuals capable of projecting your consciousness into the Dreamlands. But, be warned: the name is misleading, it is a world where nightmares come to life. Here, one takes on a new identity, either a warrior, assassin, mage, ranger, or cleric. When the sun goes down, they must fight to survive, or their bodies on Earth become comatose. And with hostile forces ranging from an organization of assassins to an infamous necromancer, death is all too real. Will you make it though the night? Time to DREAM.

[close] This is a group for all lovers of Fantasy novels, Fantasy sub-genres and Manga. The series read for 2023 will be the Legend of the First Empire by Michael J Sullivan.

[close] Arkham, Massachusetts. Founded in 1667 by John Arkham, Roger Phelps, and William Derleth just north of Boston on the shore of the Miskatonic River, from which the local University got its name, Arkham has always been the center of strange and unusual happenings. The name itself comes from the local native dialect denoting the negative spiritual activity which haunts the Western Hills. Cults litter the town's pasts, along with the mysterious disappearance of the Native America tribe - the Miskatonics - whose origin is unknown, give the town an eerie and uncanny air to it. Stranger still, once one enters Arkahm city limits, one almost never seems to be able to leave. There is always something keeping them here. In truth, demons, children of the Great Old Ones from beyond the stars, have always made this town their home. They have lied in wait for the return of their overlords, and they will not have to wait much longer, for soon, the stars will be right. The Gods shall awaken. Yog-Sothoth have mercy on us all!