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The Testament A thick sheaf of papers bound variously by twine, rubber bands and nothing, Trammel's magnum opus is a
chaotic work that seems to have been written by multiple authors or a splintered madman. Sometimes handwritten and
sometimes typed, the text is "supplemented" with shavings of organic material, stained with bodily fluids or an
orange substance that must be Nectar.

Trammel writes that after Walter Winston, Douglas Henslowe and their allies disrupted the 1924 ritual (which he
escaped by fleeing at the first sign of trouble) a voice spoke to him and divulged that Gol-Goroth was never the
true focus of the Cult of the Thousand Mouths devotion. The voice related that Gol-Goroth was Echavarria's lie,
it said, meant to conceal his worship of the Black Man whose name is Nyarlathotep. With Echavarria out of the
picture, the voice of Nyarlathotep impressed upon Trammel that he had been chosen to continue Echavarria's devotions.
A rambling manifesto follows, detailing the debased philosophy of the cult and how he modeled the contemporary
cult on a business rather than Echavarria's secretive coterie of minor celebrities and debased hangers-on.

-Pasted into its pages, the Testament contains correspondence from one "S.S." about the metaphysical nature of
the being their cult venerates. Trammel's correspondent believes that having this information is critical and
that it's as likely as not that Trammel is wrong in his own conclusions. The letters and telegrams are written
in a tone that suggests its author believes themselves to be Trammel's equal, rather than a subordinate.
Anyone that can examine handwriting Evidence Collection determines that this "S.S." is likely female and well-educated.

In the correspondence, you can faintly see a return address through the stationary. Using an iron to steam
the letter off the page, you see that these were posted from an address in Bangkok, Siam.

-A short chapter written earlier this year offers a short treatise on various methods of "increasing the Yield
of Emanates from the Most Holy Orifice of the Thing."

It largely proposes a set of particular and depraved acts that would be theoretically pleasing to the Thing with
a Thousand Mouths and therefore stimulate additional Nectar production, but no hard data is provided except in
one specific instance. The chapter cites "particular experiments conducted by Montgomery Donovan in Malta" that
demonstrate that "a potent sacrifice" can "multiply by many times the blessing of our god's sputum".
Reading closely (with Library Use) you suspect that Trammel may have been skeptical about this claim,
even as he authored the passage.

A page of a ledger folded into the leaf of this chapter appears to be a daily record of Nectar production in
Valletta in the early months of 1937. Production seems to have been relatively constant up until mid-June,
after which it nearly triples, almost overnight. The date, June 13th, is marked with a star.

Going over the numbers after the date of this sacrifice it dawns on you how horrifying that quantities being
produced in Malta truly are- this is enough Nectar to supply a continent, not just a region!

An unfinished chapter in the Testament, handwritten with pasted in correspondence, considers the power of
the Mouth's voice or "song". Few conclusions are made; the text consists mostly of suppositions and possibilities,
like "the voice of a great Mouth may have the power to enchant or enlighten!" Eventually the handwritten
speculation gives way to letters, written on Luz Records stationary (whose address appears to be a Mexico City post
office box: #1629), which excitedly reports in Spanish about "our next recording" and "the profound possibilities of new songs!"

A close reading Library Use detects a lot of tension between the lines of the letters. Each letter is more grandiose,
and more defensive, than the last. It seems clear that the author of these letters- signed only as "J.B."-
was not delivering the results anticipated by the earlier handwritten passages and eager letters. The letters promise
"a new experience to rival that of Nectar's" and that "Nectar distribution will return to its original rates once
we've prepared our album." Numerous references are made to "de la Luz" and how "the next record will change everything."

The last letter from J.B features a new tone: buried hostility. At two points in the latter, J.B refers to "the god"
and "your god" rather than using the reverential tone he employed in earlier letters. This letter is dated August 8, 1937.
Blank pages follow afterwards, likely anticipating future correspondence.

So in addition to Ethiopia, you now know that there are cult operations in Bangkok, Malta and Mexico City.

Ethiopia: George Ayers, part of Echavarria's inner circle of the '24 cult and Edgar Job's introduction to the cult,
departed shortly before Walter Winston and his companions stopped the summoning ritual in 1924 that sparked this
investigation. Echavarria seems to have financed the dig that Ayers was working on in Ethiopia and the carving found
with Douglas Henslowe's material seems consistent with ancient African carvings.

Bangkok: Correspondence with one "S.S" in Trammel's Testament implies that S.S is a peer of Trammel's within the
cult and doubts his conclusions regarding the true identity of The Thing with a Thousand Mouths, which they believe
is crucial information. From reading S.S's handwriting, you conclude that they are likely female and well-educated.
You managed to steam a letter from the book with a return address in Bangkok.

Malta: A section of the Testament details the theory that certain sacrifices can lead to the Mouth of the Thing to
produce massive quantities of Nectar, though Trammel had his doubts. Almost overnight, Nectar production tripled in
Valetta according to the ledger page in Trammel's Testament- enough to supply a continent with the drug. A name,
Montgomery Donovan, was attached to the leader of the Valetta branch.

Mexico City: Correspondence with a "J.B." in Mexico City concerned the power of a Mouth's voice. Apparently J.B. was
recording records for the cult, referring to someone or something called "de la Luz'. Trammel must not have been
pleased with J.B.'s progress, as J.B.'s letter promise a return to Nectar production once they finish their album.
The final letter contains barely veiled hostility, referring to "the god" and "your god", not "our god".
The letters were on Luz Records stationary, with a post office box address in Mexico City.