Chapter 1: Horror at The Ju-Ju House

The U.S. branch of the The Cult of the Bloody Tongue  was founded in 1917 by a small group of Kenyan immigrants. It has grown steadily, and its membership now encompasses people of a wide variety of ethnicities and backgrounds. The majority of the members are from working-class backgrounds, with recruitment particularly active amongst dockworkers, sailors, and the city’s indigent population. Many of those drawn into the cult are vulnerable people, seeking easy answers or material support, which Silas N'Kwane is only too happy to provide. Some use the cult’s activities as an outlet for their natural bloodlust, while others have been driven to madness by the horrors they have seen and perpetrated. This psychological damage has caused many to cut off contact with their family and friends, retreating fully into cult activities.
The cult name stems from their god’s face, a single blood-red tentacle. At first glance, its symbol might appear to the uninitiated as a set of brackets formed around some sort of flower motif, or the rasping mouth parts of the lamprey. This symbol is commonly tattooed on the bodies of the cultists—investigators recognized it as nearly the same as the tattoo on Augustus Larkin’s chest.
The cult headquarters are in a Harlem shop that retails African tribal paraphernalia, The Ju-Ju House. Rites occur in the enlarged basement. Silas N’Kwane is the high priest of the cult, while Mukunga M’Dari is his right hand man.

Plot points/Scenes

January 18th 1925: The group attends a social party with Erica Carlyle. They kill M'dari.
January 19th 1925: The group recruits Marshalls to breach The Ju-Ju House , ending in a gunfight and a structure fire.
January 20th 1925: After the fire at The Ju-Ju House, the party collects the remaining evidence that was taken from Jackson Elias and departs for London.

Parent Plot

Masks of Nyarlathotep