The Lost Room

From Stormravengaming

The Lost Room tells the story of Detective Joe Miller as he finds a hotel key that can unlock any door with a tumbler lock and thereby can open a portal to a pocket dimension known as room 10. Once he has the Key, he also discovers the other mysterious Objects, gets caught up in the power struggles of those trying to collect and control them, and then loses his daughter Anna in room 10. As he strives to rescue her from the room, he must above all else keep the Key secure from those who covet it and will stop at nothing to take it. Eventually he determines that he must take the place of Eddie McCleister, the room's former Occupant, and become an Object himself in order to rescue his daughter.

Characters

Central Characters

• Jennifer Bloom – Member of the Legion. Sister of Drew Bloom.
• Wally Jabrowski – Possessor of the Bus Ticket. Friend to Joe Miller.
• Karl Kreutzfeld – Wealthy Object collector, formerly a member of the Legion. Used pawn shops to find Objects. Lost in room 9 during an attempt to use the Objects to bring his son back to life.
• Detective Joe Miller – Pittsburgh detective who has the Key. Father of Anna Miller.
• Howard Montague – Petty criminal and Object collector. Also known as the Weasel. Responsible for trapping Anna Miller in room 10.
• Dr. Martin Ruber – Pittsburgh forensic scientist who has become obsessed with the Objects. Self-proclaimed prophet of the Objects. Has the Glasses and the Polaroid. Also called Ruby or Rube.

Peripheral Characters

• Drew Bloom – Brother of Jennifer Bloom. Object investigator once obsessed with room 9, now under psychiatric care in a mental hospital.
• Detective Lee Bridgewater – Pittsburgh detective and friend of Joe Miller. She is slowly discovering the Objects.
• Gus Jacobs – One of the original Collectors, currently residing outside Gallup, New Mexico. Changed his name after the Conroy experiment. Husband of Arlene Conroy.
• Suzie Kang – Professional Object tracker and locator in Pittsburgh. She never handles the Objects herself, recognizing their inherent danger.
• Shirley Lewis – Possibly a member or former member of the Order.
• Arjun Mehta – Member of the Legion. Possibly Jennifer Bloom's superior.
• Anna Miller – Child. Daughter of Joe Miller.
• Rhonda Paynter – Possibly a member or former member of the Order.
• Benjamin Prescott – Possibly a member or former member of the Order.
• Helen Ruber – Martin Ruber's wife.
• Mabel Smith – Librarian in Willowbrook, Arizona. She was the wife of Eddie McCleister before the Event, but now she has no recollection of him.
• The Sood – Seedy Las Vegas Object tracker, dealing in artifacts surrounding the Objects, but never the Objects themselves.
• Harold Stritzke – Paranoid peeping Tom in Michigan, formerly in possession of the Comb. Son of Barbara Stritzke, one of the original Collectors.
• Milton Vrang – Former member of the Order, now under psychiatric care in a mental hospital. Badly burned in 1993 by the Pen.
• Ed "Pony" White – Possibly a member or former member of the Order.
• Peter Wills – Possibly a member or former member of the Order.
• Sarah Wills – Possibly a member or former member of the Order.
• Cory – Member of the Order, cell leader in New York.
• Margaret – Member of the Order, cell leader in Michigan. Allied with Martin Ruber after he declared himself prophet of the Objects.
• Parchman – Member of the Order, former cell leader in Cleveland, Ohio. He was promoted by the pontifex of the Order, extending his authority over the Michigan cell.

Deceased Characters

• John Clark (1938-1971) – One of the original Collectors. Died in the first Cabal War, 1971. He has a nephew, still alive but uninvolved with the Objects.
• Arlene Conroy – Former manager of the Sunshine Motel and one of the first Collectors. Lost in room 9 in 1966. Died during her release in 2006.
• Marco Cordova – Illicit Object dealer. Killed by Howard Montague.
• Detective Lou Destefano – Pittsburgh detective, former partner of Joe Miller. Killed by Martin Ruber.
• Isaac Kreutzfeld – Son of Karl Kreutzfeld. Died of leukemia at age 9.
• Ignacio Loza – Troubled youth. Killed by unidentified gunmen. Gave the Key to his friend Joe Miller.
• Eddie McCleister – Room 10's occupant at the time of the Event that created all the Objects. Also known as the Occupant. Killed by Joe Miller.
• Jake Squillo – Pawn shop manager working for Karl Kreutzfeld. Killed by Howard Montague.
• Barbara Stritzke – Former Collector and owner of the Comb, which she passed down to her son, Harold Stritzke.

Organizations

• The Collectors – The original cabal of Object collectors, brought together in 1961 after the rediscovery of room 10 and the Objects. Destroyed in 1966 after the failed Conroy experiment.
• The Legion – Dedicated to collecting the Objects and removing them from circulation so that they will cause no more harm. Mostly scrupulous.
• The Order of the Reunification – Also called the Order or the New Religion. Believes that the Objects are fragments of God and that by gathering them all together, they can communicate with God (or wield God's power, or become God). Strong in Michigan. Ruthless.

Locations

• Room 9 – Location of the failed Conroy experiment.
• Room 10 – Room from the Sunshine Motel, now in a pocket dimension. Accessible with the Key from any door with a tumbler lock.
• The Sunshine Motel – Location of the event that ripped room 10 out of our reality and created the Objects.