Kingdom of Paths and nocturnes

  “Mr. Gorman, strange name I must say. How are you sir?” “Strange, yes but it is the name I was born into.” Richard shook the hand offered to him by the host. He was a guest tonight so keeping the sarcasm to a minimum was key and they lady who invited him was also another reason to be civil. The entrance to the venue was in a house that was set away from the main square of the city, located in a kind of back-alley area. Richard almost missed the door when walking past it had he not seen the glass and snake engraving above the door, it was odd to have a sign so blatant but this was London after all. The doorman was an older gentleman who looked to be a member rather than the station he was manning, medium height and a rotund stature. Entering the building he was shown to a coat room that was partially lit with a couple of candles. The aura here was not something he liked but knew better than to protest, taking off the long coat and his top hat Richard noticed the ornate chair...

  This is Case 125, recording to take full account from Mr. Archibald. Please tell us in full of your account on what occurred in the site [REDACTED] and please make sure to be as concise as possible. This is [REDACTED], I have submitted a full report of the findings. I was part of a climbing troupe that wanted to scale this cliff that was supposed to be difficult for even the seasoned rock climber. We had our gear and the mood was upbeat, half the trip was in a hired bus and the other trekking through and amazing location. Everything thing about the trip was going on well and the group gelled really well together, we wanted to climb, and it was that simple. The weather was calm, and it was said to be the best time of the year to climb and any other time we would be either blow off by strong winds or snowed in. The rock wall we were making our way to was located near one of the longest waterfalls, it wasn’t on record because it wasn’t like that the whole year. In winter the w...