Innsmouth

Innsmouth is a seaside town in Essex County, Massachusetts run by the Esoteric Order of Dagon and their Deep One allies until their destruction in 1928.

Geography

The Manuxet river runs through the centre of town before turning southward to join the ocean at the end of the harbour's breakwater.

Newportbury is an hour's bus ride down the coast.

History

Founded in 1643 Innsmouth was noted for shipbuilding before the American Revolution and reached its peak as a naval hub after the War of 1812 when many of its privateering sailors were killed.

In 1846 Captain Marsh and his fellow cultists were arrested by Selectman Mowry. However before they could be charged the Deep Ones stormed the town, breaking them out and purging the resistant population. Half of the population were killed in what was covered up as a plague from China.

It became something of an industrial centre at one point but by the 1920s only the Marsh Refining Company gold mill is still in operation

After a tip off on 16th July 1927 a large force of federal agents laid seige to the town throughout the winter of 1927-28, demolishing most of its seafront buildings. It was later reported in February 1928 as a prohibition related clash though no captives ever showed up in the prison system.

Residents

The Marsh Family

Obed Marsh (Died 1878)[1] - Patriarch of the family and founder of the Esoteric Order of Dagon.
Onesiphorus Marsh
Barnabas Marsh [2] - Head of the family gold business by 1927.

The Waite Family

Asenath Waite

The Gilman Family

Hiram Gilman

The Eliot Family

Matt Eliot - Obed Marsh's First mate who, as a Mason himself, opposed the sale of the Innsmouth Lodge to the Esoteric Order of Dagon. He was likely kidnapped by the order.

Others

Zadok Allen - At the age of 96 Zadok was one of the only people in town who had managed to survive in Innsmouth without being converted. Though he was usually disregarded as a deranged drunkard he was likely murdered by the Order after speaking to Robert Olmstead.
Joe Sargent - The local bus driver.

Locations

The Harbour - A sandclogged dock behind an ancient stone breakwater once covered by a lighthouse.
Gilman House - The town's 4+ story hotel.

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