According to some of the Cultists, Ed Skudder had a power they referred to as "The Glimmer", a sort of natural charisma granted to him by the Black Goat which he used to draw people to his side. Over the next few years, Ed Skudder slowly built up his Cult, exploiting the desperation of the ex-miners and other townsfolk, unsure of the town's future and losing faith in the local Church.
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Ed Skudder took this offer and left the cave. It gave Ed a dark offering: it would keep the town alive and prosperous, but in return, Ed had to sacrifice people to the pit for the Black Goat to consume. Through this, Ed learned that the Black Goat resided at the bottom of the pit, known as "The Hole At the End of Everything". Ed tried calling for Jim down the pit but was instead answered by the song of the Black Goat. In their search, Jim unwittingly stumbled down a deep, dark pit and, according to Ed, never hit the bottom. Two of the miners, Ed Skudder and his co-worker Jim Dorney were sent down to the mines to look for any stray minerals. The Black Goat is also believed to have given Mae her strange dream-like powers of clairvoyance as well as given Eide his ability to walk through walls.Ī painting of the Black Goat as found in the Shreigeist Houseĭuring their confrontation with the Cultists, Mae and her friends learn that after the mines' deposits were exhausted, many people in Possum Springs left the town in search of work elsewhere, causing the local economy to suffer.
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The cloaked figures explain to Mae and the gang that Mae is one of the few to hear the Black Goat sing. It is stated by the cloaked figures in the cult, who appear to worship it, that it does not speak but instead sings.
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The Black Goat supposedly resides within a hole deep within the abandoned mines near Possum Springs.