Kingsmouth -- New Website!

[Yume]

Ta da, new website: www.kingsmouth.com

Caelin found this and posted it in the New Dark Places Tweets threads. The url is a combination of words from the King James Bible version of Daniel 4:31.

Originally Posted by Daniel

While the word was in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.

Kingsmouth

Which is very similar to Lovecraft's Innsmouth.

Well done Caelin, and also everyone else who contributed to solving the puzzle.

[andralb0]

This caught my eye from the "welcome" section of the site:

“Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leafs a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.”
-Robert Frost

Is this our next riddle perhaps?

[Toroto]

The first disappointment of the year I would say. Some horrible looking screenshots and fiction.

[Caelin]

Kingsmouth Day 2010!

Preliminary date is Saturday April 3rd. More details will follow as the Committee continues planning.

uhm... *whisper* beta */whisper*

[Bhazrak]

And here I am wondering what all the Edgar Allan Poe poems had to do with it all.

[Yume]

Originally Posted by Caelin

Kingsmouth Day 2010!

Preliminary date is Saturday April 3rd.

OMG Grue was so close with MLK's assassination day, April 4!

[Leck]

The about page caught my eye

* Did you know…? Kingsmouth has the tallest lighthouse in the entire north-eastern United States!
* There are rumours of secret tunnels linking important buildings in town with other sites on Solomon Island!
* Some people claim Kingsmouth was founded by a secret order originating in Europe!
* Solomon Island is home to Innsmouth Academy, an exclusive private school for students with very special and unique talents!
* Local legends have it that the mountains are cursed by a dark and mysterious force!
* There have been numerous sightings of Bigfoot just outside of town!!

I can't wait to visit!

[Jellyspike]

Just from skiming the website, Kingsmouth and Solomon Island seem to have a lot in common with Svalbard.

[Yume]

Originally Posted by Kingsmouth

Solomon Island is home to Innsmouth Academy, an exclusive private school for students with very special and unique talents!

That sounds very interesting. Professor X, anyone?

[Fallen Seraph]

I am laughing so hard at: "Solomon Island is home to Innsmouth Academy, an exclusive private school for students with very special and unique talents!"

*Pats Funcom on the head* You know your fans well.

[natderaj]

lol anyone have any confirmation that this is everything the whole puzzle?

this definitely has to do with the puzzle but is it the end is all I'm wondering..

[Leck]

There's also a mine there. A perfect entrance to the underworld
[edit] So does this mean that most of the screenshots that we've seen so far are from Kingsmouth?

[Sonos]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Frost

Some stuff on robert frost see if it help. Maby there is more to this???

[Ardanwen]

Great work guys!

This opens up a whole lot of new stuff though! Definitely check the activities! Names, places, features!

[RavynsWind]

reference to Poe:

18. Stop by the Raven’s Knock and pick up some love potions or healing crystals, or have your fortune told by Madame Rogét – Kingsmouth’s very own genuine psychic!

[Kendrick]

Originally Posted by Bhazrak

And here I am wondering what all the Edgar Allan Poe poems had to do with it all.

No kidding. I really am failing to see the relevance to 75 percent of what TDP twitter said.

Ah well.

Screenshots look great.

[Yume]

Yeah, looks like it, Leck. Does this mean they haven't done much for other areas? Probably keeping it secret, and releasing info on one area at a time. And the screenshots look pretty good, too. I think some have a grainy look just for effect. Number 4 is very nice.

Originally Posted by Kendrick

I really am failing to see the relevance to 75 percent of what TDP twitter said.

Yep. It's the Funcom equivalent of a Rick Roll. Someone has some explaining to do. Like at the end of a Scooby Doo episode, the villain maps out how and why they did everything.

[jhardison]

Side note, the site runs on wordpress

www.kingsmouth.com/wp-admin

[Fallen Seraph]

Hmm... A while ago I said New England was probably the first area we would learn more about. W00t! I guessed right!

I am pondering also if Solomon's Island is a reference to Solomon Kane. We have a Lovecraft reference why not a Howard reference.

[Archipelagos]

Love the new website and I'm still skimming through it (the adverts at the side are a nice touch, lead you into the light indeed) but I really appreciate that it's not all flash and shiny but quite amateurish, as if designed by locals. Nice touch.