
With a name like Darkwater, you just know things are going to go from bad to worse and they do rather quickly. Pierce’s search for answers brings him to the spooky New England port town of Darkwater. She has been blamed for the tragedy and one of the only clues as to what might of really happened that awful day revolves around one of sinister paintings. The mother, a local artist named Sarah Hawkins, is at the heart of the mystery. The family died in a puzzling fire that swept through their home. Vampyr, The Technomancer and The Surge, Cthulhu’s riveting story and unnerving atmosphere takes hold of your imagination and never lets go until its final scene plays out.Īs down-and-out private detective Edward Pierce, you are hired to investigate the tragic deaths of the Hawkins family. In it, you portray everyday people caught up in supernatural cases with Lovecraft’s world and crazy creations providing the ominous backdrop. When I was younger Lovecraft’s entire mythos were brought to life in the role-playing, tabletop game Call of Cthulhu, which we played alongside Dungeons & Dragons and Marvel Superheroes and still do to this day, just not as often. Lovecraft, Cthulhu first appeared in the classic short story “The Call of Cthulhu” where he was worshiped as an ancient god of evil. The creation of legendary horror writer H.

He may never be as popular or as well-known as Frankenstein, Dracula or the Wolf Man but The Sleeper of R’lyeh, as he is called by some, has been just as influential. No matter how you pronounce or most likely mispronounce his name, Cthulhu is a cultural icon. No matter which way you pronounce his name Cthulhu is a cultural icon.
