Delta Green-Lost in the Dark Operation Fimbulvinter: Part 3

Date: 24.4.2000

Agents and Friendlies:

• Leonard Baker (Agent Rose)
• Ellen Maplewood (Friendly Rhododendron)
• Adrian O'Malley (Friendly Rehoboam)

Case Details

Who?

Suspect:

• Julian Mercer aka. Necropoison
  • Leader of the Fimbulvinter conspiracy?
  • Occultist
  • Murdered his family
  • No previous criminal record

Victims:

• Diana Cable, 55 (a clerk)
  • Body discovered in Kobuk at 5.4.2000, head separate, hair cut off
• Edward Tomlinson, 84 (pensioner, psychiatrist)
  • Body discovered in Wainwright at 16.4.2000, head separate
• Iris Coyne, 67 (pensioner)
  • Body discovered in Nikolai at 17.4.2000, no head found, signs of cannibalism
• Jessica Fitzgerald, 71 (pensioner)
  • Body discovered in Huslia at 19.4.2000, head separate, hair cut off
• Patricia Nelson, 54 (botanist)
  • Body discovered in Bettles at 20.4.2000, head not found
• Jessie Ayers, 46 (independent shipping agent)
  • Body discovered in Barrow at 23.4.2000, signs of cannibalism

Witness:

• William Fisher, 21 (load dispatcher)
  • Fought an unknown assailant in Poorman at 25.12.1999
  • Description sounds like Mercer
  • The attack was interrupted by a black bear that chased the assailant away

What?

• Investigating and locating Julian Mercer

When?

11.2.2000

• Break into Mercer's house

24.4.2000

• The Alaskan serial killer case opened by the FBI
• Information on the case from the A-cell

Where?

Boston

• Mercer's residence

Alaska

• The trail of death

Why?

• Previous leads pointed to Mercer as the leader of the loose cult organization
• The bodies found in Alaska fit somehow to the rites and cannibalism of the cult

Operation Log

• Investigation into Julian Mercer's location
  • He was named as the leader by Elvire Tandberg
  • He had murdered his wife and their three dogs in a ritualistic manner
• The literature recovered from the break-in was reviewed by O'Malley
  • The Secret of the Highest North by Thomas Achen, 1933 English translation
  • Codex of the World's Ruin by Cong van Hierden, 1971 English translation
  • The Terrible Words, A Thesis by Rene Eggers, 1958 English translation
  • Opus of Exalted Heavens by Gardi Hoveson, 1933 English translation
  • Mercer's notes and lyrics speak of the "Return of the True Ruler and God of the North, the King of ancient Giants"
• There were also some video tapes showing a ritual recreated in a remote northern cottage
  • Ritual to "Conjure forth the secret sorcerers of white vastness"
  • No sign of the non-human sorcerers shown
  • Ritual requires ropes of human hair
• The bodies linked to the Alaskan serial killer case seem to fit into the dealings of the cult
  • Ritual preparations
  • Decapitations
  • Cannibalism
• Arrangements were made to have an off-road vehicle waiting in Anchorage near the airport
• A Green Box was located near Barrow
  • On an unmanned meteorological station
  • Buried under a tool locker
  • The locker has a combination lock

Debriefing

Result of operation:

Causes for success/failure:

Lessons learned:

Improvements (processes, intelligence, resources):

Leads and loose ends: