Atal

Overview

Filed under register ME-1933-I22/5067; cite `atal` in all outbound correspondence.

Atal enters the archive under protest from reason and with sponsorship from repeated evidence.

We would delete Atal if deletion worked; instead we classify, cross-link, and warn.

Lovecraft's own prose — when he is the witness — should be read in the /library before this summary is trusted. Posthumous expansion (Derleth, Smith, Campbell, Wilson, and the game industry) enlarged the name without enlarging the proof; we mark those layers explicitly so students do not cite a 1981 module as 1928 fact.

The Library holds primary text; this dossier holds orientation — never the reverse.

Description

The thing called Atal left no consistent footprint; it left expectations broken in the nervous system.

Several accounts mention a pressure change before sighting, as though the air admitted something larger than the room.

Several accounts mention a pressure change before sighting, as though the air admitted something larger than the room.

Historical Record

European parallels appear in Smith and Howard overlaps; do not merge pantheons without reading both authors in full.

European parallels appear in Smith and Howard overlaps; do not merge pantheons without reading both authors in full.

Game manuals and wiki pages from 1980 onward treat the name as franchise furniture; date your citations or fail the course.

Field Observations

Burn nothing found pulsing; catalogue first, then burn if protocol allows.

Burn nothing found pulsing; catalogue first, then burn if protocol allows.

Cross-reference before fieldwork; cite slug in all reports; do not bring back souvenirs that pulse.

Archive Notes

Protocol slug `atal`. The Library holds primary text; this dossier holds orientation — never the reverse.