![]() Next within these pages is a trio of adventures pitting investigators against Hastur and his human worshippers. ![]() It examines the Yellow Sign, the play “The King in Yellow”, the Mythos tome of the same name, and the effects these things have on the human mind. The first chapter reviews The Great Old One Hastur and his various avatar forms. RIPPLES FROM CARCOSA expands upon the mythology of “He Who Should Not Be Named” and gathers much of the varied material on Hastur into one place. It is a journey we are about to take again. It is a journey many of us have taken, whether alone in our dreams or around a table rolling dice with our friends. There sits the King in Yellow, the Lord of Carcosa, who gazes at us from behind his Pallid Mask. Many of us have walked the twisting streets of that dead alien city in our minds, finding our way into the tall towers to stand before an ancient throne. The image of the silent, deserted city beside a dark, foreboding lake where sinister things lurk is one that stays with the reader. Of all the varied and mysterious Great Old Ones of the Cthulhu Mythos, few ensnare the imagination as easily as Hastur. THREE SCENARIOS EXPLORING HASTUR, CARCOSA, & THE KING IN YELLOW Publisher blurb: “O do not seek to learn or even ask, What horror hides behind…The Pallid Mask!”
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