

The stories you can hear in the Hotel Ciervo are golden-dewed, quintuple-distilled toasts to memory, served straight up. Port Noon is where the Long go to enjoy the sea and the sun, to drink from the Spring that makes them forgotten, and to stay out of trouble. Sometimes, she lets someone record her travels. and, if you believe her boasts, she's the only one who knows all the Histories. The Vagabond is the one Hour who can never enter the Mansus, but she goes everywhere else. As the struggles are resolved, they iron out the impossible, exalt the possible, tie the fraying braids of what has been into one golden ribbon of future. In the Mansus, the Hours strive one against another. Afterwards, the Histories are braided like hair. The attention of the Hours is drawn to the bloodiest wars. Ī Forgotten Chronicle Ī story of a city without a gate, of a queen who was not born, of a war which was not fought. Don't speak this where you may be overheard.

Ī detail smuggled in from an adjacent narrative. This is a detail from one of those histories. Secret histories are layered beneath the one we know, like the notes in rare wine. It is the aspect that the Society of St Hydra is dedicated to. Although it is possibly the Principle of The Vagabond and represents all forms of Lore, including the Lore of the other eight Principles, this all-encompassing quality leaves its status as a Principle open to debate. No hirelings have the Secret Histories aspect.No followers have the Secret Histories aspect.Cthulhu, though powerful, is only the start of the madness. And people who look for these artifacts for personal gain are now at the mercy of these creatures and are unaware of the effects they have on humanity.
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The Cthulhu Mythos is full of objects, tomes and people who have knowledge of the horrors that plague the universe, and there are entities far more horrific watching them. Much of the horror came from the hidden being and knowledge hidden under the surface with Cthulhu and the few who knew it existed, but this is just the start. And that is where the Cthulhu Cult becomes important, as it will humanize the story and create an antagonist for the humans in a more grounded story before the cosmic elements take hold.Īnd after Cthulhu's discovery, the Cthulhu Mythos can enter into its main themes through his appearance. Though his influence is well-documented, Cthulhu is largely unaware of humans, and his power over them is more incidental than direct. And the fact that it can influence people from below the surface adds to the fear. Water is a common phobia among people, and the idea of a giant extraterrestrial deity sleeping under it is disturbing.

Though "The Call of Cthulhu" isn't the most important work in the Mythos, it would be a perfect start because Cthulhu is an alien that lives below the surface of the water. His survival and the deaths of surviving crew members would leave a bleak but compelling ending to the story. As people around the world suffer a similar fate, he could locate the time and place where R'lyeh will resurface and come face to face with Cthulhu. From there, he could find similar stories, which shifted the initial tale of artist Henry Wilcox's dreams and later fever into a second part as he puts the cult's timelines and locations together. As Angell uncovers more of the truth, the cult grows closer to him, and things would end with his encounter with the Great Old One.īeginning with Angell's investigation from the original New Orleans report, where the cult gets discovered by police, would establish Angell as an anthropologist who has access to similar cases. Much of the story is considered unfilmable due to the numerous timelines and point-of-view shifts, but Angell's intellect and expertise are the heart of the story and the engine to move the plot forward. Though putting Angell in the middle of the action would subvert the short story's setup, it would allow for a flow of time through his life and give him a direct interaction with the cult, which would serve as the primary antagonists in the film.
