Episode 4 - A Fistful of Dynamite

The characters pull away from the eastern side of the Lough, immediately being pursued by groups of the MacAllen clan using their own boats. Having  gained some time, they stop at the island mid-way, with a view to setting Macguffin’s unstable dynamite to destroy the first of the obelisks. Schmidt notes that there is a symbol on this one – and that it seems older than the other one previously observed; the symbology is clearly some sort of ancient map, and he takes a rubbing. The party wastes no time and sets a short fuse, taking to the boat, with the MacAllens in hot pursuit.

'Did you hear something Scoob?'

Having sensed that they are tampering with the pentagramic pattern denoted by the obelisks however, the Lloigor attacks them mid channel. In a rush of violence, using its powers to set MacGuffin alight, and then rush toward Schmidt with jaws opening wide. In the confusion, McQuaid falls into the water, and a flurry of close range shots, and tossed dynamite from Sinead, create chaos.

Appraetnly the 'Watcher' from the Lord of the Rings was a Lloigor, who knew...

With Schmidt between its jaws, (and impossibly small amounts of damage done despite a fair crit) the beast is driven off, explosives detonating inside its jaws as it submerges; reaching the far bank in time, gives the characters time to ambush the onrushing boats of MacCallen cultists (with the help of the now dead MacGuffin’s remaining Lewis Gun ammunition).

The carefully drawn white-board map, becomes a mess...

 They head for a second obelisk, hoping to eliminate the threat, once and for all. This second set of detonations is much more successful; Sinead looks on at the practicality of her expertise; as the pentagram is finally broken, the Lloigor rears up in agony out of the lough, falling (apparently dead) onto one of the MacAllen boats, the rest withdrawing in apparent disarray.

Days later…and silence settles upon Lough Fein and the town of Gregor. The characters tie up loose ends, exploring the now quiet MacAllen farms (and finding a random copy of Cultes des Ghoules, and relocating Erma to Inverness, after Sinead (as a random act of poison laden vengeance) sorts out Erma’s husband (and not in a good way).  

'A sordid, undefinable stench settled over the place, and the ancient spirit slept...' H.P. Lovecraft

 The characters go their separate ways, Sinead disappearing into the Scottish criminal underground, Schmidt returning to London, where he discovers that he has been offered tenure at Miskatonic University in Arkham, where he will be contacted by members of the Order of the Silver Twilight…

The characters may have bigger fish to fry...