Board Thread:The B&B/@comment-24588058-20160430222659/@comment-24588058-20160504152411

And to Draco, perhaps the artifact is in one of the ice caverns? There are plenty there, and it could explain why, if the Warehouse simply searched the forest itself and not the caves first time around in 1920 (an agent committed suicide in the forest) why it wasn't discovered. Then, as the Warehouse realized that this was not a one-time suicide case, they sent another team over (perhaps around 1925 or so). It was at that time that they began searching the ice caverns, and they found an artifact in one of the caverns. However, the artifact was too dangerous to approach (induced suicidal thoughts and actions in those who weren't feeling suicidal), so they blocked off the cave to prevent anyone from accidentally committing suicide there while the Warehouse looked for a way to collect it.

Actually, there could be an interesting idea for the power of this artifact. You guys remember the Roanoke Knife? How the Warehouse protected its Caretaker from the effects, allowing it to be collected? What if Mrs. Frederic attempted to try the same thing here and failed? She neared the artifact and started getting suicidal thoughts; not wishing to lose its Caretaker, the Warehouse attempted to protect her so as to collect it. However, the artifact's effects are too powerful, so the Warehouse instead called her back from the brink, pulling on her to fall back just enough to be out of the artifact's range. She did, and was able to see the artifact in the distance, but she couldn't solidly identify it or collect it.

There is an interesting theory I wish to ask. Let's say, in some distant future Warehouse, they are able to successfully snag, bag and tag the artifact. It has been affecting the area for (at that point) centuries. Now, could it affect the aura of the place so dramatically as to the point that the area couldn't recover from it (even after several centuries passing the removal of the artifact)?