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Delta Green Impossible Landscapes ©2019 The Delta Green Partnership IMPOSSIBLE LANDSCAPES A CAMPAIGN OF WONDER, HORROR, AND CONSPIRACY, FOR DELTA GREEN THE ROLE-PLAYING GAME BY DENNIS DETWILLER ARC DREAM PUBLISHING PRESENTS DELTA GREEN: IMPOSSIBLE LANDSCAPES BY DENNIS DETWILLER DEVELOPERS & EDITORS DENNIS DETWILLER & SHANE IVEY ART DIRECTOR & ILLUSTRATOR DENNIS DETWILLER GRAPHIC DESIGNER SIMEON COGSWELL COPY EDITOR LISA PADOL DELTA GREEN CREATED BY DENNIS DETWILLER, ADAM SCOTT GLANCY & JOHN SCOTT TYNES All writing and art ©2019 Dennis Detwiller. “Is the darkness/Ours to take?/Bathed in lightness/Bathed in heat/All is well/As long as we keep spinning/Here and now/Dancing behind a wall/Hear the old songs/And laughter within/All forgiven/Always and never been true.” !1 Delta Green Impossible Landscapes ©2019 The Delta Green Partnership IMPOSSIBLE LANDSCAPES 1 THIS BOOK HAS TEETH… 17 INTRODUCTION 18 CAMPAIGN STRUCTURE 18 IN THE FIELD: TRANSIT BETWEEN OPERATIONS 18 OPERATIONAL SUMMARIES 19 The Night Floors 19 A Volume of Secret Faces 19 Like a Map Made of Skin 19 The End of the World of the End 19 DISINFORMATION: MENTAL ILLNESS AND THE KING IN YELLOW 20 PART ONE: THE KING IN YELLOW 21 DISINFORMATION: CARCOSA, THE KING IN YELLOW, AND HASTUR 21 THE BOOK, THE NIGHT WORLD, AND CARCOSA 22 IN THE FIELD: THEMES OF THE KING IN YELLOW 22 DELTA GREEN AND THE KING IN YELLOW 23 THE FIRST KNOWN OUTBREAK OF LE ROI EN JAUNE (1895) 24 DISINFORMATION: TRUE ORIGINS 24 RECOVERY FROM THE WAR RECORD AND THE RED BOOK (1951) 24 OPERATION LUNA (1952) 25 DISINFORMATION: EMMET MOSEBY M.I.A. 25 OPERATION BRISTOL, HER GREY SONG, STATIC PROTOCOL (1955) 25 DISINFORMATION: STATIC PROTOCOL TODAY 26 THE MACALLISTAR BUILDING AND OPERATION ALICE (1995) 26 A SONG BEFORE TRAVEL AND OPERATION ACTIVE STATIC (2007) 26 DISINFORMATION: THE TRUTH OF THE KING IN YELLOW 27 THE OUROBOROS 27 PRE-HISTORY: THE KING IN ANTHROPOLOGY 28 1402-1460: THE MANSION OF DOORS, KING SOLOMON, AND THE CLOCK-MAKER 28 1606-1690: THE YELLOW EMPEROR TAROT, DISASTERS, AND THE WICKED DECK OF CARDS 31 1865-1905: THE CURSED BOOK, LE ROI EN JAUNE, AND THE BROTHERHOOD 32 1911-1936: HOTEL BROADALBIN, THE ARCHITECT, A WORLD WITHOUT DOORS 36 1944-1960: THE FILE, THE RED BOOK, AND STATIC 39 1967-1995: THE HAUNTED BUILDING, THE GIRL, AND OPERATION ALICE 42 1999-2015: A SONG BEFORE TRAVEL, THE HOSPITAL, AND OPERATION INDIA MOON 46 PART TWO: SURREAL HORROR 52 WHAT IS SURREAL HORROR? 52 RUNNING YOUR IMPOSSIBLE LANDSCAPES CAMPAIGN 53 !2 Delta Green Impossible Landscapes ©2019 The Delta Green Partnership DETAIL, FOCUS, AND RATE OF DESCENT 53 IN THE FIELD: CHOICES, CONSEQUENCES, AND OUTCOMES 54 SCENE TYPES 54 Bond Scene 55 Administrative Scene 55 Mundane Scene 55 Hint Scene 55 Threat Scene 56 IN THE FIELD: CONNECTIONS, REAL, IMAGINED, AND SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 56 CORRUPTION RATING 56 EXAMPLE OF PLAY 58 PART THREE: ENTITIES AND ARTIFACTS 64 ENTITIES 64 THE CLOCKWORK CHILD 64 HASTUR 65 THE KING IN YELLOW 66 MARIONETTES 67 REPEATERS 69 ARTIFACTS 70 THE COQUELICOTS MASK (UNNATURAL ARTIFACT) 70 THE DEUXIèME BUREAU FILE (1895/1941/1951/1952) 71 THE IMPERIAL DYNASTY OF AMERICA (DATE UNKNOWN) 71 THE KING IN YELLOW (UNNATURAL DOCUMENT, VARIOUS FORMS) 72 LE ROI EN JAUNE (c. 1895) 72 LIBRO SECRETORUM MANIFESTA (c. 1905) 72 THE RED BOOK (c. 1951) 73 THE PHILCO TELEVISION PLAYHOUSE TELEPLAY FOR THE YELLOW PHANTOM (c. 1952) 73 HER GREY SONG SCRIPT (c. 1955) 73 A SONG BEFORE TRAVEL SCREENPLAY (c. 2006) 73 THE PHANTOM SAYETH SCRAPBOOK (c. 2015) 74 SOUL BOTTLE (UNNATURAL ARTIFACT) 74 MELONIA (UNNATURAL PLANT AND DRUG) 75 GOLD BUG (UNNATURAL INSECT) 76 THE YELLOW SIGN (UNNATURAL SYMBOL) 77 PART FOUR: THE NIGHT FLOORS 78 IN THE FIELD: STAGES OF THE NIGHT FLOORS 78 BACKGROUND 78 THE TRUTH ABOUT ABIGAIL 79 !3 Delta Green Impossible Landscapes ©2019 The Delta Green Partnership OPERATION ALICE 80 DISINFORMATION: MISSING ARTIST PROMPTS NEW FEARS IN ROSE HILL 80 AGENT MARCUS 81 THE MACALLISTAR BUILDING, 210 East 32nd Street, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10016 82 THE SECRET OF THE MACALLISTAR BUILDING 83 DISINFORMATION: RESEARCHING THE MACALLISTAR BUILDING 84 EXEUNT: AGENTS, FRIENDLIES, AND KNOWN-THREATS IN THE PHOTO 85 OWNERSHIP OF THE MACALLISTAR 86 ARRIVAL AND DETECTIVE GIURADANDA 87 NYPD DETECTIVE GRAHAM GIURADANDA 87 ABIGAIL’S APARTMENT AND SHRINE 88 THE ASSIGNMENT 88 IN THE FIELD: EFFECTS OF THE SHRINE 88 Clue: The Diagrams 89 Clue: The Letterhead 89 Clue: The Map 89 Clue: The Play 89 DISINFORMATION: PLAY TRANSCRIPT 90 Clue: The Receipt 90 Clue: The Sheet Music 90 Clue: The Seal 91 IN THE FIELD: PURSON, THE SECRET AND THE DIVINE 91 Clue: The Airplane Ticket 91 Clue: The Walkie-Talkie 91 EXEUNT: CONVERSATIONS WITH CARCOSA 92 Clue: The Yellow Sign 92 Clue: The Photo of Thomas and Ellen Wright 92 DISINFORMATION: INVOLVING ABIGAIL’S FATHER 92 OFFICER THOMAS WESTON WRIGHT JR. 93 TENANTS OF THE MACALLISTAR BUILDING 94 DISINFORMATION: INVESTIGATING THE TENANTS 94 Thomas Manuel by Day 95 DISINFORMATION: INVESTIGATING THOMAS MANUEL BY DAY 95 Thomas Manuel at Night 96 DISINFORMATION: INVESTIGATING THOMAS MANUEL AT NIGHT 97 Thomas Manuel’s Parents 98 Roger Carun by Day 98 !4 Delta Green Impossible Landscapes ©2019 The Delta Green Partnership DISINFORMATION: INVESTIGATING ROGER CARUN BY DAY 99 Roger Carun at Night 99 DISINFORMATION: INVESTIGATING ROGER CARUN AT NIGHT 99 Carmen Wagner, Roger Carun’s Editor 101 DISINFORMATION: THE ANSWERING MACHINE MESSAGE 101 Michelle Vanfitz by Day 101 DISINFORMATION: INVESTIGATING MICHELLE VANFITZ BY DAY 102 Michelle Vanfitz at Night 102 DISINFORMATION: INVESTIGATING MICHELLE VANFITZ AT NIGHT 102 Vanfitz’s Books 104 DISINFORMATION: THE SAD STORY OF EMELINE F. FITZROY, CHILD GENIUS 104 Louis Post by Day 106 DISINFORMATION: INVESTIGATING LOUIS POST BY DAY 106 Louis Post at Night 107 DISINFORMATION: INVESTIGATING LOUIS POST AT NIGHT 107 EXEUNT: THE DROWNING ROOM 107 Mike Severs, Louis Post’s Agent 108 THE NIGHT FLOORS 108 OPINT: EFFECTS OF THE NIGHT FLOORS 109 THE SMOKING LOUNGE 110 THE TENANTS OF THE NIGHT FLOORS, AND OTHERS 111 David Langford 111 Mark Roark 112 EXEUNT: WHAT’S WHAT 113 The Dog 114 The Encyclopedia Salesman 114 The Author 115 The Night Manager 115 EXEUNT: SECRETS OF THE IMPERIAL DYNASTY 117 The Superintendent 118 NIGHT FLOORS MANIFESTATIONS 118 Bottle 118 Box 118 ASSET: HYGROMANTEIA 118 Chime 119 Clockwork Child 119 Dance 120 !5 Delta Green Impossible Landscapes ©2019 The Delta Green Partnership The Doctor 120 Dream Guide 120 Get ‘Em Boys! 120 Hors d’oeuvre 121 Lifelike 121 Like Clockwork 121 Lovers 121 Mask Men 121 DISINFORMATION: RESEARCHING ERIC K. CARTER AND RONALD BURBACH 122 Mind the Gap 123 Movie 123 The Suicide 123 Patients 124 Restraints 124 Sea of Windows 124 Stage 124 Summon 125 Whisper Labyrinth 125 Yellow Sign 125 DISINFORMATION: ARCHITECTURAL PICASSO A CHICAGO NATIVE ARTICLE 125 RESOLUTION 126 INTO A VOLUME OF SECRET FACES 126 EXEUNT: THE BOOK-SHOP 127 OPINT: LOCATING THE BOOK-SHOP 127 INSIDE THE BOOK-SHOP 128 Corruption 2 128 Corruption 3 128 Corruption 4+ 128 ROBERT R. ROBERT, PROPRIETOR 129 DISINFORMATION: ABOUT ABIGAIL 131 BOOK-SHOP MANIFESTATIONS 132 EXEUNT: The Red Door 132 Dreaming Man 132 The Animal Den 133 The Room 133 PART FIVE: A VOLUME OF SECRET FACES 134 IN THE FIELD: STAGES OF A VOLUME OF SECRET FACES 134 !6 Delta Green Impossible Landscapes ©2019 The Delta Green Partnership BACKGROUND 134 The Truth About the Dorchester House 135 OPERATION INDIA MOON 135 DISINFORMATION: THE INVITATION 136 OPERATION INDIA MOON 137 Gateway Bridges, Restaurant, 9011 Potash Street, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, 02121 137 DISINFORMATION: SURVEILLING THE RESTAURANT 137 Dr. Barbas’ Vehicle 138 DISINFORMATION: RESEARCHING DR. BARBAS 138 Detective Emeline Skehan 139 DISINFORMATION: THE EMAIL 140 State Trooper Michael Dawkin 140 Welcome to the Party 140 DISINFORMATION: INDIA MOON 141 DR. ELIAS BARBAS 141 Clue: Dr. Dallan’s Card 144 DISINFORMATION: RESEARCHING DORCHESTER HOUSE AND DR. DALLAN 144 Clue: The List 145 EXEUNT: THE SATELLITE PHONE AND THE VOICE ON THE LINE 145 DISINFORMATION: RESEARCHING SEERE 146 DR. BARBAS’ RESIDENCE: 919 4TH ST., MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 02153 147 DISINFORMATION: QUESTIONING DR. BARBAS’ NEIGHBORS 147 The Front Porch 149 Clue: The Mail 149 DISINFORMATION: SPYING ON DR. BARBAS’ HOUSE 149 INSIDE 150 THE ABANDONED BACK ROOM 150 THE LIVING ROOM AND DINING ROOM 151 THREAT MATRIX: THE LION 151 Clue: The Copper Mould and the Smashed Statue 152 Clue: Dr. Barbas’ Ars Goetia 152 ASSET: THE PRELIMINARY INVOCATION TO PRIMEUMATON 153 THE KITCHEN 165 Clue: The Marked Cellphone 165 DISINFORMATION: WORKING THE CELLPHONE 166 THE GROUND FLOOR BATHROOM 167 DR. BARBAS’ BEDROOM (UPSTAIRS) 167 EXEUNT: THE CLOSET AND THE RED DOOR 167 !7 Delta Green Impossible Landscapes ©2019 The Delta Green Partnership Clue: The Grill 168 THE SECOND BEDROOM 168 The Scribe 168 Clue: The Ruined Invitations and the Cheat Sheet 169 Clue: The Pages 170 Clue: Box of Blank Red Leather Notebooks 170 IN THE FIELD: CONTACTING DELTA GREEN THROUGH OTHER MEANS 170 THE TRIVELINO MALL AMBUSH 171 LOCATION AND RESEARCH 171 Ownership 172 DISINFORMATION: CONTACTING EVA LUNDINE 172 Trivelino 173 Clue: The B+Es 173 THE EXTERIOR, THE SIGN AND OVERWATCH 174 STAKING OUT THE MALL 174 THE INTERIOR 175 IN THE FIELD: THE GOLDEN BOY REAPPEARS 176 The Kill Box and the Team 176 The Firefight and the Dance 177 SAMIGINA RESIDENCE, 52 CROCKETT AVE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02214 178 DISINFORMATION: RESEARCHING THE SAMIGINAS 178 THE SECRET OF THE SAMIGINAS 178 DISINFORMATION: QUESTIONING THE SAMIGINA’S NEIGHBORS 179 Wendy Costick 179 Everly and