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He moved to Akham for the following reasons:
He moved to Akham for the following reasons:
* Find a copy of the ''De Vermis Mysteriis'' tome, for his family.
* Find a copy of the ''De Vermis Mysteriis'' tome, for his family.
* Discover if there is an Elder Thing located around Arkham, and if so offer his services to it.
* Discover if there is an Elder Thing located around Arkham, and if so offer his services to it...
  * And then learn if there is any remedy he can use to aid the Elder Thing that his family cares for in England.
* ... and then learn if there is any remedy he can use to aid the Elder Thing that his family cares for in England.
* Recruit capable folks who can help fight against the Ancient Ones.
* Recruit capable folks who can help fight against the Ancient Ones.
* Look over his younger brother, who just started as a resident doctor at St Mary's Hospital.
* Look over his younger brother, who just started as a resident doctor at St Mary's Hospital.
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In short:
In short:
* The family has long ties with an Elder Thing they call Gallu-Dingir, which exists in the cave system under their ancestral castle.
* The family has long ties with an Elder Thing they call Gallu-Dingir, which exists in the cave system under their ancestral castle.
* The Elder Thing is ill, though apparently immortal or very long-lived, and no one is quite sure how to heal it.
* The Elder Thing is ill, from encoutering a part of the Ancient One ''Umôrdhoth'', and it is not clear how to heal it.
* It introduced them to a group of lycanthropes, and now at least one family member is always a lycanthrope.
* It introduced them to a group of lycanthropes, and now at least one family member is always a lycanthrope.
* It was through their alliance with the lycanthropes that they were able to purge the ghouls that had started to ravage their lands.
* It was through their alliance with the lycanthropes that they were able to purge the ghouls that had started to ravage their lands.