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<blockquote data-quote="John Dallman" data-source="post: 9183007" data-attributes="member: 6999616">June 1940. The central government of British India is at the summer capital, Simla (nowadays spelled Shimla). There is an outbreak of murders and attempted murders by strangling. Of the four known perpetrators, one claimed to be a member of the secret Thuggee cult (the historical existence of which was believed in at the time, although there's a lot of doubt about that nowadays) when he was arrested, but seemed to know nothing about it the next day. One was concussed when he was arrested and has not been able to say anything, and two did it during periods they can't remember.Magic detection abilities have revealed that the latest one was definitely possessed. Tracking spirits after they've left is obviously difficult, and the party's opponent, whoever they are, hasn't made any obvious mistakes yet. The latest attempt was on a member of the Viceroy's Executive Council, so it's all getting a bit worrying for the party, who are investigators for the Indian Imperial Police. They work for the Delhi Investigation Bureau, which was MI5's opposite number in India; their role as its occult team is secret. The papers haven't got hold of the story yet, although that can't be far off.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Dallman, post: 9183007, member: 6999616"] June 1940. The central government of British India is at the summer capital, Simla (nowadays spelled Shimla). There is an outbreak of murders and attempted murders by strangling. Of the four known perpetrators, one claimed to be a member of the secret Thuggee cult (the historical existence of which was believed in at the time, although there's a lot of doubt about that nowadays) when he was arrested, but seemed to know nothing about it the next day. One was concussed when he was arrested and has not been able to say anything, and two did it during periods they can't remember. Magic detection abilities have revealed that the latest one was definitely possessed. Tracking spirits after they've left is obviously difficult, and the party's opponent, whoever they are, hasn't made any obvious mistakes yet. The latest attempt was on a member of the Viceroy's Executive Council, so it's all getting a bit worrying for the party, who are investigators for the Indian Imperial Police. They work for the Delhi Investigation Bureau, which was MI5's opposite number in India; their role as its occult team is secret. The papers haven't got hold of the story yet, although that can't be far off. [/QUOTE]

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