Bran cult
Bran cult — a secret order; rites inferred from ledgers, baptisms, and disappearances. Register ME-1927-E81/5110.
Overview
Filed under register ME-1927-E81/5110; cite `bran-cult` in all outbound correspondence.
Bran cult enters the archive under protest from reason and with sponsorship from repeated evidence.
Police reports tied to Bran cult code drownings as accidents when tide tables disagree.
Period attestation: expanded-mythos.
The Library holds primary text; this dossier holds orientation — never the reverse.
Description
The order behind Bran cult prefers inheritance to recruitment posters; leaders are literate and patient.
Post-1937 pastiche and game supplements multiplied references to Bran cult; 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
Police reports tied to Bran cult code drownings as accidents when tide tables disagree.
Cross-links at dossier foot are hypotheses — cite slug `bran-cult` in all field reports.
Cross-links at dossier foot should be treated as hypotheses, not as family trees carved in stone.
Cult Activity
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 `bran-cult` 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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