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SECRETS OF THE CONGO
Flying into the Heart of Darkness...
Michael Fredholm von Essen
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Secrets of the Congo
Flying into the Heart of Darkness
Michael Fredholm von Essen
SECRETS OF THE CONGO is published by Chaosium, Inc.
Copyright © 2009 Michael Fredholm von Essen
All rights reserved
CALL OF CTHULHU is the registered trademark of Chaosium, Inc.
Similarities between characters in SECRETS OF THE CONGO and persons living, dead, or other are strictly
coincidental.
Special thanks to the playtesters: Per Lundberg (“Dr. Quincy”), Thorleif Persson (“Phillip H. Loveman”), Erik
Rågvik (“Father McGregor”), Jonas Såmmé (“John North”), Christian Schwinghammer (“Frank Black”), Olle Skoog
(“Lord Bertie Lockwood”), and Frederick Fooy.
Special thanks also to those who assisted with or contributed illustrations:
Devapura plans by Olle Skoog.
Mami Wata illustration by Patrik Carlsson at Piktografika (www.piktografika.se).
Aeromarine photographs reproduced by special permission of Daniel Kusrow (The Aeromarine Website,
www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/aerom htm) and with thanks also to Björn Larsson.
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Contents
Contents..................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................... 5
Keeper’s Information ............................................................................................................................................ 5
The Rival Congo Expeditions ................................................................................................................................... 9
Getting Started....................................................................................................................................................... 9
1. Initial Newspaper Clippings ............................................................................................................................ 10
2. The Heir’s Story: The Mysterious Uncle Aaron.............................................................................................. 13
3. The Arkham Museum of Natural History Great Congo Expedition................................................................ 17
4. Investigating the Burglary at the Museum ...................................................................................................... 18
Flying across the Atlantic........................................................................................................................................ 23
Final Preparations................................................................................................................................................ 23
En Route to the Congo! ....................................................................................................................................... 23
The Expedition Arrives ....................................................................................................................................... 25
Plans for the Return Flight .................................................................................................................................. 25
Public Means of Transportation in Belgian Congo ............................................................................................. 26
The Curtiss F-5L Flying Boat ............................................................................................................................. 26
Belgian Congo......................................................................................................................................................... 33
The Unexplored Central Africa ........................................................................................................................... 33
The Congo River ................................................................................................................................................. 33
The Rainforest ..................................................................................................................................................... 34
The Old Kongo Kingdom.................................................................................................................................... 36
Stanley and the Congo Free State........................................................................................................................ 37
The Force Publique ............................................................................................................................................. 38
The Congo Free State Becomes Belgian Congo.................................................................................................. 39
Tribal Groups and Languages ............................................................................................................................. 40
Cannibalism in the Congo ................................................................................................................................... 41
Congolese Sorcery and Sorcerers ........................................................................................................................ 43
Tropical Diseases ................................................................................................................................................ 45
The Nightmare at Vivi Station ................................................................................................................................ 47
Vivi Station ......................................................................................................................................................... 47
The Breeding Plan ............................................................................................................................................... 49
The Encounter with Father Escher ...................................................................................................................... 49
Resolving the Situation ....................................................................................................................................... 50
Conclusion........................................................................................................................................................... 51
Statistics (Vivi Station) ....................................................................................................................................... 51
In the Clutches of Mami Wata ................................................................................................................................ 59
Emergency Landing ............................................................................................................................................ 59
Fred McCoy......................................................................................................................................................... 61
Witchdoctors, Leopard Men, Evil Spirits, and Dinosaurs ................................................................................... 61
McCoy Receives a Visitor—and Goes Out for a Walk ....................................................................................... 64
Conclusion........................................................................................................................................................... 65
The Legend of Mami Wata ................................................................................................................................. 66
The Legend of the Leopard Men ......................................................................................................................... 66
Statistics (Ngombe Village) ................................................................................................................................ 67
The Outpost of Progress .......................................................................................................................................... 73
Final Preparations at the Trading Post................................................................................................................. 73
Outline of the Trading Post ................................................................................................................................. 74
Statistics (Outpost of Progress) ........................................................................................................................... 75
The Cannibals Attack .............................................................................................................................................. 79
At the End of the Journey.................................................................................................................................... 79
At the Wakiwaki Village ..................................................................................................................................... 81
The History of the Wakiwaki .............................................................................................................................. 82
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