Achtung! Cthulhu: The Secret War
Achtung! Cthulhu: The Secret War — a Great Old One in the mythos index; cult traces and dream contagion documented under Miskatonic seal. Register ME-1929-K73/2905.
Overview
Expedition register ME-1929-K73/2905 — cross-index under slug `achtung-cthulhu-the-secret-war`.
We catalogue Achtung! Cthulhu: The Secret War because silence failed: too many unrelated witnesses described the same wrong geometry after the same sleepless week.
Achtung! Cthulhu: The Secret War appears in post-1928 mythos tables as a regional or oceanic power with cult traces on multiple continents.
Period attestation: expanded-mythos.
The Library holds primary text; this dossier holds orientation — never the reverse.
Description
Dream contagion and tidal anomalies cluster around the name Achtung! Cthulhu: The Secret War even when no temple is found.
Post-1937 pastiche and game supplements multiplied references to Achtung! Cthulhu: The Secret War; tag layers as expanded mythos unless a primary witness is cited.
Olfactory notes in depositions: salt, copper, wet stone, and organic sweetness like fruit fermenting in a closed room.
Historical Record
The archive treats Achtung! Cthulhu: The Secret War as active-in-waiting: not dead, not awake on a human schedule.
Cross-links at dossier foot are hypotheses — cite slug `achtung-cthulhu-the-secret-war` in all field reports.
Cross-links at dossier foot should be treated as hypotheses, not as family trees carved in stone.
Field Observations
Do not engage alone; do not accept hospitality from hosts who show windows to other eras.
Submit Form Theta-9 if conversation turns to cities remembered only in sleep.
If the name appears in dreams three nights running, withdraw from the case and request audit.
Archive Notes
Cite archive slug `achtung-cthulhu-the-secret-war` in all cross-references. If the name appears in dreams three nights running, withdraw from the case and request audit.
Citation: Miskatonic Expedition Archive. Record ARC-000. Access subject to institutional review.
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