Buried Secrets

From Gothpoodle

Revision as of 18:48, 4 December 2010

Plot

Daisy is contacted by a family which is being haunted by a poltergeist.

Connections

• KNOWN TO THE DEAD (Daisy)

New NPCs

Living

• Harold Barnes, 70 year old great-uncle (b 1940), gay theater actor, Alzheimer's, currently in a home, remembers all three hauntings. SHATTERED MEMORIES
• Daniel Barnes, 57 year old grandfather (b 1953), bank executive, Vietnam vet. Eustace told him about Pleasant as a boy. DIE-HARD PRAGMATIST.
• Jason Barnes, 38 year old father (b 1972), unemployed Gulf and Iraq War vet, PTSD and TBI. SHELL-SHOCKED.
• Melissa Barnes, 36 year old mother (b 1974), nurse. DEDICATED MOM.
• Michelle Keane, 32 year old maternal aunt (b 1978), new-age goth, the one who contacts Daisy. PERKY GOTH.
• Madison (Maddy) Barnes, 12 year old girl (b 1998), currently manifesting, focus of attacks. SWEET, SCARED KID.
• Andrew (Andy) Barnes, 10 year old boy (b 2000), RAMBUNCTIOUS LITTLE BOY.

Dead

• Teresa Bell (d 1922) - turned into a poltergeist, haunts members of the family with magical talent.
• Eustace Barnes (1889-1971) - youngest daughter of Thomas and Teresa Bell, untrained magical talent, dominated by mother's ghost.
• Helen Barnes (1908-1988) - George's older sister, flapper lesbian, ran away from home at 15 due to haunting, was a White Council wizard, AIDS.
• Nancy Barnes (1936-1991), Daniel and James' aunt, lobotomized in 1951 and institutionalized.
• James Barnes (1950-1970), Daniel's older brother, institutionalized in 1966 on anti-psychotics.
• Jennifer Barnes (1973-1987), Jason's sister, committed suicide, ouija board, diary hidden in her room (Maddy's), protecting her.

Scenes

House

• Basement - root cellar, basement, laundry room, storage, workroom
• First Floor - living room, family room, kitchen, dining room, bathroom, pantry, office
• Second Floor - master bedroom & bathroom (Jason & Melissa), two more bedrooms (Daniel, guest), bathroom
• Third Floor - three bedrooms (Maddy, Andy, Michelle), bathroom
• Fourth Floor - attic (Teresa's things)
• Fifth Floor - hidden room (bed with restraints)

Phenomena

• Fires and wind - started by Maddy's nascent evocation ability.
• Violent telekinetic activity and attacks, cold spots - the poltergeist.

Timeline

• 1907 House built in Pacific Heights (designed by Julia Morgan) by banker Henry Barnes, moves in with his new wife Eustace.
• 1917 Henry killed in action during World War I.
• 1922 Teresa dies and immediately begins haunting her grand-daughter Helen, who has discovered her magical talent.
• 1923 Helen runs away from home, nobody believes her about the haunting.
• 1930 George marries Ruth, who moves into the house, as the family fortunes took a bad turn with the stock market crash.
• 1949 Haunting begins, focused on George's daughter Nancy. Eustace forces him to lock her in the attic room to protect the rest of the family.
• 1951 George has his daughter lobotomized, she is institutionalized shortly after and the haunting stops.
• 1953 Donald moves into the house with his family shortly before the birth of his second son, Daniel.
• 1964 Haunting begins again, focused on James, family responds by putting him on anti-psychotics and locking him in the attic room, at Eustace's urging.
• 1966 James jumps out of the attic window, is institutionalized, and the haunting stops.
• 1967 Donald's wife divorces him shortly after.
• 1970 James dies in a freak fire in the medical hospital.
• 1971 Daniel marries Patricia just before shipping out to Vietnam. Eustace dies.
• 1972 Donald dies of a heart attack.
• 1973 Ruth dies.
• 1974 Daniel returns from Vietnam, moves his family into their own home.
• 1978 Daniel's brother Charles joins the military, leaving George and Harold in the house.
• 1983 George dies, Daniel moves into the house with his family.
• 1988 Haunting begins, family blames Jennifer's dabbling with ouija board.
• 1989 Daniel's daughter Jennifer hangs herself in her bedroom shortly after "exorcism", haunting stops.
• 1991 Nancy dies in the mental hospital.
• 1992 Jason marries high-school sweetheart Melissa after returning from Gulf War, they get their own place.
• 2000 Jason's brother Brian moves to Los Angeles after finishing college, leaving Daniel to care for his sick wife and aging uncle Harold.
• 2001 Patricia dies of breast cancer.
• 2005 Harold is moved into a home as his Alzheimer's progresses, leaving Daniel along in the house.
• 2007 Jason discharged during Iraq War. Suffers from PTSD and TBI, moves family into house.
• 2010 Maddy begins suffering the brunt of poltergeist attacks.