![]() Fearing the next rebellion, the Deep Ones imposed heavy restrictions on the population, mainly to prevent their discovery. Unfortunately for them, the Deep Ones arrived in force to free Obed and his followers, killing around the half of the population. This went on for years, until Christian folk rebelled against Marsh and locked him up. These Deep Ones (fish-frog-human like beings from the ocean), as they are called, entered into a pact with Obed they would supply the town with fish and gold, and in return Obed would bring them human sacrifices. Captain Obed Marsh did indeed brought a religion from the Pacific, but it's gods were no mere fantasy they were real. The two start a conversation and Zadok soon starts telling the true story of Innsmouth. ![]() The narrator continues his tour around the town, until he finds a local by the name of Zadok Allen. Instead, I stolled out on the square, from which the bus had already gone, and studied the scene minutely and appraisingly." There was only one person in sight - an elderly man without what I had come to call the "Innsmouth look" - and I decided not to ask him any of the questions which bothered me remembering that odd things had been noticed in the hotel. "I was glad to get out of that bus, and at once proceeded to check my valise in the shabby hotel lobby. ![]() He claims that Barnabas Marsh, the owner, is extremely rich, but is never seen in public there are also many older citizens who can't be seen during the day. According to him, the Marsh family is the wealthiest in the city and owns the Marsh (gold) Refinery. He warns the narrator to be careful around the town and that many people who were snooping around went missing. The young boy is not from the town and only works there. He finds a shop and talks to a grocery store clerk. The bus stops for a few hours, so the narrator takes a walk around the town. Arriving in the town shows many run-down and abandoned buildings. He enters the bus alone and the two head on to Innsmouth. The Narrator The Shadow over Innsmouth, Chapter IIĪn old bus arrives on the square driven by Joe Sargent, an Innsmouth local the narrator immediately witnesses his hideous face and body. I felt immediately that it was the right one a guess which the half-illegible sign on the windshield - 'Arkham-Innsmouth-Newburyport' soon verified" "In a few moments a small motor-coach of extreme decrepitude and dirty grey colour rattled down State Street, made a turn, and drew up at the curb beside me. The narrator dismisses the talks of Devil worship and proceeds to go on the bus the next morning. He supposedly brought some kind of native religion The Order of Dagon. He learns of the Captain Obed Marsh, who was a merchant from Innsmouth, and who supposedly acquired great wealth while travelling the Pacific. The narrator then looks in to the towns history he discovers that a plague hit the city and that its consequences have led to many death and the deformities. The people of the town also seem to have hideous deformities which include: bulgy eyes, a hunch, large feet and hands, bald heads. There are talks of Devil's worship and many people gone missing. Some of the locals advise him not to go there, as the local residents are shun by the neighbouring towns. During his stay in the town of Newburyport, he decides to take the bus heading towards Arkham and through the town of Innsmouth. The narrator is a young man making a tour through New England. The Narrator The Shadow over Innsmouth,Chapter I I was celebrating my coming of age by a tour of New England - sightseeing, antiquarian, and genealogical - and had planned to go directly from ancient Newburyport to Arkham, whence my mother's family was derived." ![]() "I never heard of Innsmouth till that day before I saw it for the first and - so far - last time. Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth takes heavy inspiration from the novel. After learning too much he is attacked by the locals and has to cope with the horrors he witnessed. He soon discovers that a dark cult is controlling the town. The plot centres around a young man travelling to the half abandoned town of Innsmouth in Massachusetts. The Shadow over Innsmouth is a novel written by American writer H.
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