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 ====== Malcolm Quarrie ====== ====== Malcolm Quarrie ======
  
-Malcolm Quarrie was one of the men who both [[Delia Hartston|Delia Morrison]] and [[Vincent Tuck]] referred to as spending a great deal of time with [[Alexander Roby]] in 1925. His other associates being [[Lawrence Bacon]], [[Montague Edwards]] and [[Michael Coombes]].+Malcolm Quarrie was one of the men who both [[Delia Hartston|Delia Morrison]] and [[Vincent Tuck]] referred to as spending a great deal of time with [[Alexander Roby]] in 1925 (his other associates being [[Lawrence Bacon]], [[Montague Edwards]] and [[Michael Coombes]]). 
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 +===== Roby's Ramblings =====
  
 Referred to by Alexander Roby during his monologue to [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett|Dr Bartlett]], the following is stated: Referred to by Alexander Roby during his monologue to [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett|Dr Bartlett]], the following is stated:
  
   * Roby does not know where Quarrie is.   * Roby does not know where Quarrie is.
-  * He may be attempting to 'bring' [[The King in Yellow]].+  * He may be attempting to 'bring' down [[The King in Yellow]].
   * It appears Quarrie disagreed with Roby and Edwards on one or more issues.   * It appears Quarrie disagreed with Roby and Edwards on one or more issues.
   * Quarrie believes that the King in Yellow has called himself [[The White Acolyte]].   * Quarrie believes that the King in Yellow has called himself [[The White Acolyte]].
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 > Escapes the tomb of lost Carcosa. > Escapes the tomb of lost Carcosa.
  
-According to [[Vincent Tuck]] who saw him in 1925, Quarrie was about 35, upper middle class with black hair and a slim build. A scientist, he worked at the Royal Society in Piccadilly and lived alone at 12 Moreton Street in Westminster. +===== Other Rumours  of Quarrie ===== 
- +Throughout the adventure, numerous individuals  mentioned Quarrie:
-Malcolm's wife, [[Hillary Quarrie]], apparently lives at [[Nug's Farm]] in the West Country. According to the letters found at Quarrie's former address he was estranged from Hillary. +
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-[[Wilfred Gresty|Wilfred Gresty's]] letters connected Hillary to a man called [[Atkinson]], and Gresty's ambitions. The full story of The Quarrie family's involvement with the [[Goatswood]] cult can be found on [[Hillary Quarrie|here]]. +
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-[[Aleister Crowley]] believed that Quarrie had gone to Italy in search of The [[Brothers of the Yellow Sign]]. +
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-==== Evidence of Quarrie ==== +
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-The [[http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/images/4/4d/23_Malcolm_Quarries_First_Letter.pdf|first letter]] gave his reasons for breaking with [[Lawrence Bacon|Bacon]] and his circle and told of his planned '[[Pilgrimage of Grace]]' to bring [[Hastur]] to Earth. It gives his location as [[Milan]] and says he can be reached by letter through the Thomas Cook offices in that city. +
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-The [[http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/images/7/78/24_Malcolm_Quarries_Second_Letter.pdf|second letter]], far more recent, explains that Malcolm is about to set out on his 'Pilgrimage' and gives specific contact details through [[Thomas Villiers]] at the shipping office of [[Giuseppe Colombo]] in Milan.+
  
-In Milan, Thomas Villiers revealed that he and Quarrie had travelled to Italy together, having broken with the Bacon group after Springer Mound and met The[[ Brothers of the Yellow Sign]] in Rome, prior to joining a splinter group of the Brotherhood in Milan, with Colombo and professor [[Roberto Anzalone]].+  * According to [[Vincent Tuck]], who saw him in 1925, Quarrie was about 35, upper-middle class with black hair and a slim build. A scientist, he worked at the Royal Society in Piccadilly and lived alone at 12 Moreton Street in Westminster. 
 +  * Malcolm's wife, [[Hillary Quarrie]], lives at [[Nug's Farm]] in the West Country. According to the letters found at Quarrie's former address he was estranged from Hillary (a fact that was later confirmed). 
 +  * [[Wilfred Gresty|Wilfred Gresty's]] letters connected Hillary to a man called [[Atkinson]], and Gresty's ambitions.  
 +  * Malcolm's involvement with the [[Goatswood]] cult was discovered when [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett| Doctor Barlett]] and [[Captain George Withers| Withers]] met with [[Hillary Quarrie]]. 
 +  * [[Aleister Crowley]] believed that Quarrie had gone to Italy in search of The [[Brothers of the Yellow Sign]]. Which was soon found to be correct.
  
-Quarrie and Anzalone formed an expedition, ostensibly to Tibet, but whose true destination appears to be in the Nepalese kingdom of [[Mustang]]. Quarrie left for the Himalaya some weeks ago and according to his letter to his wife expected to encounter [[The King in Yellow]] at some time after December+===== Tracking Down Quarrie ===== 
 +The party were able to leverage the letters and information provided by [[Hillary Quarrie]] to find Malcolm. 
 +  * The [[http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/images/4/4d/23_Malcolm_Quarries_First_Letter.pdf|first letter]] gave his reasons for breaking with [[Lawrence Bacon|Bacon]] and his circle and told of his planned '[[Pilgrimage of Grace]]' to bring [[Hastur]] to Earth. It gives his location as [[Milan]] and says he can be reached by letter through the Thomas Cook offices in that city. 
 +  * The [[http://www.unboundbook.org/wiki/images/7/78/24_Malcolm_Quarries_Second_Letter.pdf|second letter]], far more recent, explains that Malcolm is about to set out on his 'Pilgrimage' and gives specific contact details through [[Thomas Villiers]] at the shipping office of [[Giuseppe Colombo]] in Milan. 
 +  * In Milan, Thomas Villiers revealed that he and Quarrie had travelled to Italy together, having broken with the Bacon group after [[Springer Mound]] and met the [[Brothers of the Yellow Sign]] in Rome, prior to joining a splinter group of the Brotherhood in Milan, with Colombo and professor [[Roberto Anzalone]]. 
 +  * Quarrie and Anzalone formed an expedition, ostensibly to Tibet, but whose true destination was the [[Nepal|Nepalese]] kingdom of [[Mustang]]. Quarrie left for the Himalaya some weeks before the party made it to Milan and according to his letter to his wife expected to encounter [[The King in Yellow]] at some time after December.
  
-==== Meeting Quarrie ====+===== Meeting Quarrie =====
  
 Quarrie was finally encountered on the other side of the gate from [[Drakmar]] to [[Leng]]. There is was that surrounded by their [[Tcho-Tcho]] captors the investigators finally caught up with their ‘quarry’. Quarrie was finally encountered on the other side of the gate from [[Drakmar]] to [[Leng]]. There is was that surrounded by their [[Tcho-Tcho]] captors the investigators finally caught up with their ‘quarry’.
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 They told Quarrie of their dealings with [[Alexander Roby|Roby]], [[Lawrence Bacon|Bacon]] and [[Montague Edwards|Edwards]] and of course of their meeting with [[Hillary Quarrie]], and her message to her husband. They also gave Quarrie the warning that Roby told them to give him. He gave a wry smile and said this was all ‘a test of faith’. They told Quarrie of their dealings with [[Alexander Roby|Roby]], [[Lawrence Bacon|Bacon]] and [[Montague Edwards|Edwards]] and of course of their meeting with [[Hillary Quarrie]], and her message to her husband. They also gave Quarrie the warning that Roby told them to give him. He gave a wry smile and said this was all ‘a test of faith’.
  
-Quarrie trekked across Leng with the investigators and their [[Tcho-Tcho]] escorts, and from there spent 2 days wandering the dark halls of the [[Upper House]] with them – all this time they tried to persuade him that what he wished to do was dangerous, but his religious fervour was impenetrable.+Quarrie trekked across Leng with the investigators and their [[Tcho-Tcho]] escorts, and from there spent two days wandering the dark halls of the [[Upper House]] with them – all this time they tried to persuade him that what he wished to do was dangerous, but his religious fervour was impenetrable.
  
 ==== Quarrie's Death ==== ==== Quarrie's Death ====
  
-Eventually, while Quarrie sat explaining his credo to [[Nathaniel Browne]], who was finding it more convincing with every passing minute, [[Umberto]] walked up to Quarrie and, without warning, put a bullet through his head.+While Quarrie was  explaining his credo to [[Nathaniel Browne]], [[Umberto]] walked up to the cultist and shot him through his head, without warning.
  
-Almost as soon as Quarrie was dead, Browne realised that Malcolm had been attempting to sway him by the same sorcerous means used on [[Major Ricardo Delnegro|Major Delnegro]]. With Quarrie gone, the power of his arguments quickly faded.+Almost as soon as Quarrie was dead, Browne realised that Malcolm had been attempting to sway him by the same sorcerous means used on [[Major Ricardo Delnegro|Major Delnegro]]. With Quarrie gone, the power of his arguments quickly faded but equally seemed to provide a passage through the [[Upper House]] to [[the King in Yellow]].