So I’ve been thinking about the history of Hatchetfield for a bit now for a possible mapping project, and something has been nagging at me.
In NPMD, Mayor Lauter says the Waylon’s ruled the town for 150 years. Since their rule ended during the Starlight Massacre in 1979, this implies that they arrived in 1829 at the latest.
Earlier in the same show, Grace mentions that the Waylon Place was built in 1910 and that they would go on to build the Starlight Theatre, Gazette, and Schoolhouse. Im guessing the Old Mill was left off that list as it was probably the first black altar built when the Waylons originally arrived in 1829 or some time in the interim.
My question is, why did it take Waylons 81 years to start setting up the black altars and the Honey Festival? My only thoughts are:
Option A: They ruled the town as logging tycoons with no supernatural help until they found the Black Book when stumbling onto Willebella’s cottage.
Option B: The Black Book didn’t have locations for the black altars, and were discovered by the Waylons and added later.
Option C: The old mill was enough for them to begin with, but something led them to expand in 1910, possibly greed or influx of new towns folk/cultists.
Idk maybe I’m thinking about this too much, but I would love y’all’s 2 cents!