Sirens

Also known as “The Siren Affair”

1921 late November to 1922 end March – Napier, New Zealand

Characters

Player Characters

Non-Player Characters

MacDonald, Alexandria Mary – author, journalist and photographer (me) Allison, Jason – American, ex-Foreign Legionnaire
MacDonald, Sir James – Baronet (Barry) Davidson, Cyril
Mandiville, Maggie – English, pilot and adventures (Jenny), married to Viscomte Roland D’Amberville Korikea – Tarangi’s living grandson
McHarg, Jock (Steve) McAlister, Julie – cousin of Alex
Merriden, Rosalie – Julie’s mother and Alex’s Aunt
Sheldon, Robert – Julie’s great uncle
Tarangi – sentient shrunken head of a Maori

Involvement

Alex’s mother’s sister married and emigrated to Napier, New Zealand 45 years ago. Her daughter, Julie, asked Alex for help when Julie’s husband disappeared.

Highlights

Investigations into the disappearance of Julie’s husband, John McAlister, while he and Julie were staying at Robert Sheldon’s farm. Results were the discovery of a siren monster, Sheldon’s “wife”, in a cave network on the farm. Siren was destroyed.

Julie was subsequently kidnapped by a cult group and rescued by the party from a cavern network under Napier. An earthquake occurred as a result of the priest casting an unsuccessful summoning spell and allowing an uncontrolled monster to appear. The monster left after the earthquake.