Ghouls (Vigil Backstage)

What this episode covers

We create some more lore about ghouls, especially the specific one Cameron is bent on destroying. PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains blood, gore, and references to childhood trauma. Our promo this episode is for The Secret of St Kilda, an audio drama by Haggis and Dragons Productions. Follow Lockie, a charismatic con man who escapes to St Kilda with the promise that this time he’ll change his ways. Unfortunately the island and its unusual inhabitants have other ideas. He seeks redemption and they seek a saviour, but you know what they say - no change without sacrifice. https://www.haggisanddragons.com/stkilda DRAMATIS PERSONAE AND OTHER DEFINITIONS CAMERON JARVIS: an intense young man, obsessed with monster hunting since his parents and sister were killed by ghouls while camping outside Sherrydown. MELODY: the owner of Melodies, the cosy cafe and vinyl shop on Market Street. Melody is an ageless patchwork person animated by music, who fled her creator ages ago and has owned a music shop on this spot ever since. BRIER: a mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown’s Rosebrier Forest. RENKO: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed. DEPARTMENT OF OMISSIONS (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres. SHERRYDOWN, BRACKSHIRE: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office. OMISSION EFFECT: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon. CREDITS COMPERE: Matt Boothman STARRING: - Christopher Starkey as Cameron Jarvis, the Wronged - Helen Stratton as Melody, the Constructed - Strat as Brier, the Monstrous - Vikki as Renko, the Flake ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael Sands MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst SOUND DESIGN BY: Helen Stratton EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman FIND US On Twitter https://www.twitter.com/merelyroleplay On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ On Tumblr https://merelyroleplayers.tumblr.com/ www.MerelyRoleplayers.com