Hidden Signs Episode 1 (Mysterium episode)

"Hidden Signs Episode 1" is the first of three episodes of the Hidden Signs installment of the mini-series Mysterium. This episode aired live on May 20, 2019 on the Saving Throw Twitch channel, and is archived on the YouTube channel.

Summary
A couple of years after the events at Bainbridge Estate, four psychics are drawn through their special abilities to the small village of Edenvale.

There they discover that strange things have been happening, making people suspicious of outsiders, fearful of the fog circling the town, and speculating wildly about the recent death of a child and a sickness spreading amongst some of the women in town.

Important note
This episode contains use of the word 'gullywug' which is very similar to the name of a racist character.

In episode 2 GM Meghan Caves apologises, summarised below. The scene is not central to the plot, to avoid it skip from time 1:50-1:55 (Youtube)

Summarised apology: [In episode 1 of Hidden Signs] we named a creature 'gullywug' but due to the accent and the different ways people pronounced it around the table it sounded like golliwogg, which is an old racist character. It was unintentional and I apologise, I didn't know about this before and am grateful a viewer brought it to our attention.

Synopsis
Each of the four psychics have a dream where they encounter a menacing woman in white wearing a mask saying something which sounds like "what does she carry?". Their gifts all manifest the place name 'Edenvale' to them shortly afterward, and they each make their way separately to the small English village.

They all meet at the town's only Inn, and since Horace and Vano have both become fairly famous after the events at Bainbridge estate and in their own fields, they realise they have in common a connection to the supernatural they introduce themselves and try to work out why they have been called to the town.

Going for a walk, they come across a funeral and learn it is for a young boy named Andrew Abbott who recently died in terrible and mysterious circumstances, having been cut in half.

The town fears the fog that has settled around the town, thinking it brings ill omen, and is very suspicious of strangers after talk that people have been seeing strangers around the town and that people in town have been falling ill. As they are a large group of strangers and the only ones in town apart from travelling car salesman Mr Sweet, everyone is very reluctant to speak with them.

Going to the local bar to find out what they can, they learn the name of a woman who has taken ill (Mrs Dawson) and a recluse who lives in a mansion just outside of town (Mr Smythe) along with various guesses from the locals about monsters from folklore.

The group splits up, with Miss Maggie and Vano visiting the florist and his wife Mrs Dawson, and Horace and Esme visiting Mr Smythe.

Despite being somewhat over-theatrical in their attempts, Vano and Maggie meet with Mrs Dawson and see that she has a rash spreading on her face and seems quite tired and pale. She seems nice enough, although Maggie suspects she may be the lady in white unbeknown to herself.

Horace and Esme arrive at the mansion to find that it is well fortified and surrounded by locked iron gates. Climbing the high fence, Esme settles the guard dogs on the property, only to be caught by a local constable. They run to the door of the estate, losing the policeman who is still locked outside, but Mr Smythe refuses to open the door although he warns them it isn't safe for them to be outside at night. Eventually he slides the key to the main gate out to them so that they have a chance to go back to the inn before nightfall.

The group reconvenes to discuss what they have learned, but are attacked by a toppling bookcase and flying books. Frustrated and wanting more information, they decide to go outside to see if they can learn more about the lady in white, but the Innkeeper reminds them there is a curfew in place, and insists they are not allowed to leave.

Despite a lot of protesting they eventually give in and go to bed. During the night, Vano wakes up and looks out the window, where he sees a lady in white about to enter a house. She locks eyes with him, and he is overcome by terror and collapses.

Locations

 * Edenvale, England

Main Cast

 * Meghan Caves as the GM
 * Tommy "The Great Vano" Beckwith, a crystal ball reader and magician played by Philip Rossi
 * Miss Maggie, an automatic writer played by Jessie Hendricks
 * Horace Duncombe III, a pendulum diviner played by Jordan Pridgen
 * Esme, a physical medium played by Aabria Iyengar

NPCs

 * Mr Burke - the Innkeeper
 * Mr Sweet - A travelling car salesman who is also staying at the Inn
 * Andrew Abbot - A boy of 8 or 9 who recently died in terrible and mysterious circumstances
 * Mr Smythe - A recluse who is new to the village and lives in a big mansion outside town
 * Mr Crane - the barkeeper
 * Mr Dawson - the florist
 * Mrs Dawson - Wife of Mr Dawson, she has taken ill recently and seems very pale with a red rash obvious on her face