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The Well Below the Valley, Episode 2: Flora and Fauna

A bleak, leafless tree against a sepia-toned sky. Text reads: Space Whales Press presents The Well Below the Valley, an audio drama

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Dramatis Personae
(in order of appearance)

Dr. Howard COMPTON, remarkably cheerful coroner. Male, mid 50s, London accent.

Inspector ISKANDAR Meshkia, Scotland Yard detective troubled by poor sleep. Male, late 30s, strong Turkish accent.

Dr. ERNEST Wilde, University of London adjunct botanist. Male, early 30s, Northern English accent. 

Richard PRYCE, grower of rare orchids. Male, early 40s, posh British accent. 

Henry CARLTON, Ernest’s army buddy. Male, early 30s, London accent.

Two or three CULTISTS, all male; accents and age can vary.

Eloise “ELLIE” Westmont, intrepid lady detective. Female, mid 20s, posh British accent. 

KURT Cross, her long-suffering assistant and face of the operation. Male, early 30s, New York accent.

Constable John TAYLOR, cog in the machine. Male, early 20s, London accent.

Chief Superintendent Winston PEMBROKE, Sr., Iskandar’s superior and keeper of a certain sort of peace. Male, early 60s, English accent with audible mustache.

William “WILL” Grey, bartender who regrets several of his life choices. Male, late 20s, London accent. 

NIGEL Blackthorne, a man who has read too many tomes of forbidden knowledge. Male, early 30s, posh British accent.

The memory of HALIME, Iskandar’s young daughter, now deceased. Female, seven years old, could speak with an English or Turkish accent.

Mrs. JUDITH Rosenfeld, Iskandar’s landlady. Female, late 40s, slight Yiddish accent.

Scene 1: Int. London hospital – Day

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Chapter One: The Souls of the Heathens (Part Two)

The Well Below the Valley cover image: A dead tree stands on a field of short grass, against a blank gray sky. Bottom text reads, "A fan-made Call of Cthulhu module."

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The investigators return to London after gathering clues in Oxford and learning of the tragedy that befell Professor Ragnarsson’s expedition to the North Sea. While they try to hunt down the professor’s murderer and make sense of what he left behind, they find that something far stranger is happening here—and they are all in grave danger.

(All page numbers refer to the Seventh Edition of the Call of Cthulhu Keeper Rulebook, published 2015 by Chaosium, Inc. I am in no way affiliated with Chaosium or the writers of the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game system. Content notes for this chapter: murder, mentions of sexism and racism, drowning, possible mind control, discussion of WWI and loss of loved ones.)

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