As the professor continued to explain in his peculiar raving fashion, it slowly dawned on us. The seemingly unconnected events--the vanishing Duchess, the tome stolen from Miskatonic University's library, the old woodsman's ramblings--they all pointed to the same ineffable conclusion.

"Gentlemen," the professor paused to look each of us in the eye,"what we see here is a pattern of links that if followed in the correct order can only open a bridge to the Great Unknown Truth!"

His words were met with stunned silence.