From the introduction: The year is 1893 and the setting is a country manor outside York...Play opens at the funeral of Roderick Usher, a wealthy landowner and businessman. His behavior over the last few months has been very odd and he has become a recluse. What has happened is that he has become involved in Cthulhu Mythos and unwittingly become the target for a demonic possession, more of which later. User summary: The document format presents six pages of characters, followed by seventeen pages of scenario.