As Missouri Crossing stops being just a destination on the horizon and starts becoming home, Gregory finds himself pressed into a role he never really asked for: the man who chooses where everyone will live. Torn between land by the sawmill, space near the livery, and the shadow of the coal mine, he walks the edges of town to weigh safety, resources, and what it will take to keep his family—and the other settlers—alive.
With Father Nos at his side and the community’s pooled savings in his pocket, Gregory steps into the Glasgow Silver Dollar to negotiate for land and a future. There, over whiskey and under the eyes of cardsharps, working girls, and watchful dogs, he’s measured by a smooth-talking local power who seems very interested in what kind of man Gregory really is. By the end of the night, the settlers may be closer to claiming a piece of Missouri Crossing—but the town has started claiming a piece of them in return.
Call of Cthulhu – Down Darker Trails: Missouri Crossing is a Western horror campaign set in 1867, using the Down Darker Trails supplement for Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition. The story follows the founding generations of Missouri Crossing, a rough camp town in what will one day become Bismarck, North Dakota—decades before the events of The Ultimate Evil. As immigrants, veterans, and drifters stake their claim on a cold, contested landscape, they must navigate community, lawlessness, prejudice, and the brutal realities of frontier life. Against this backdrop of manifest destiny, “northern horror” takes shape: long distances, bitter weather, scarce resources, and the creeping realization that some things lurking beyond the firelight are far worse than bandits or hunger.
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