While her being younger makes sense (If I remember right, she was about twelve when her mother was murdered), does the game ever mention her connection to Yog-Soggoth or the Whateley's clan apparent connection with arcane texts?
While her being younger makes sense (If I remember right, she was about twelve when her mother was murdered), does the game ever mention her connection to Yog-Soggoth or the Whateley's clan apparent connection with arcane texts?
Whateley clan is apparently a magus clan, but it is very complicated from what I remember. Her connection with Abigail hints at the connection to Yog-Sothoh, as Abigail is a Foreigner with access to the power of the Fateverse version of him.
I can safely say the community immediately jumped on that, and in fact speculated it as a possible true identity for Abigail Williams. However, I do not know whether the Dunwich Horror was specifically mentioned by name in the Salem chapter. The whole chapter itself was basically an attempt to summon Yog-Sothoth in full by a demon pillar while possessing Lovecraft's own Author Avatar no less, and the Counterforce was ready to absolutely obliterate the north eastern seaboard if containment and subjugation by Chaldea failed. The whole chapter is more or less a love letter to Lovecraft's works, from the enemies you fight in battle to the characters to the plot. Lavinia is twelve or so because she was essentially plucked from fiction to be Abigail's friend by the demon in question. As I recall, even in the Nasuverse the Whateleys are fictional, but their goal is in line with their goal in Lovecraft's works, though I do not remember the specifics of their magecraft. Old Man Whateley was also brought along to serve as family, by the way.