City of Ib
City of Ib — a mythos location; coordinates disputed, testimony consistent in mood. Register ME-1926-N72/5734.
Overview
Miskatonic seal ME-1926-N72/5734 binds this packet; duplicate citations must use slug `city-of-ib`.
Survivors of City of Ib disagree on weather, century, and compass bearing — agreement on dread is nearly unanimous.
Grey stone city on the shore of Lake Ira in the land of Mnar, home of the thuum'ha before Sarnath's conquest.
Period attestation: antediluvian.
If the name appears in dreams three nights running, withdraw from the case and request audit.
Description
Its people worshipped Bokrug and were slaughtered at dawn; the city was rebuilt beneath the lake.
Sensory reports conflict in detail — scale, colour, limb count — yet agree that the phenomenon offends proportion.
Olfactory notes in depositions: salt, copper, wet stone, and organic sweetness like fruit fermenting in a closed room.
Historical Record
Described in 'The Doom That Came to Sarnath' as older than human pride and patient in revenge.
Post-1937 pastiche and game supplements multiplied references; the archive tags those layers expanded mythos unless a primary citation is supplied.
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.
The Library holds primary text; this dossier holds orientation — never the reverse.
Archive Notes
Cite archive slug `city-of-ib` in all cross-references. The Library holds primary text; this dossier holds orientation — never the reverse.
Citation: Miskatonic Expedition Archive. Record ARC-000. Access subject to institutional review.
Related Records
Cross-References
CIV-002
fragmentarySarnath
Beside Still Lake Ira
A marble city of pride that mocked Ib across the water and was destroyed in one night when the god Bokrug rose and the thua-maidens danced on roofs that would never hold merchants again.
CRT-202
activeBokrug
Great Water Lizard of the Sarnath Doom
The great water lizard whose sign was stolen when Sarnath destroyed Ib — and who rose at last with the sea to drag oppressors down while Thuum'ha sang in the foam.
LOC-022
mythicLake of Hali
Where Bokrug Dwells
A still lake in the land of Mnar, fed by no stream, holding the cities of Ib and drowned Sarnath in its mirror, and the lair of Bokrug whom prophets name in whispers.
STY-142
activeThe Doom That Came to Sarnath
Prehistoric Legend - circa 1920
Sarnath destroys Ib and its amphibian Thuum'ha worshippers; a thousand years later Bokrug and the lake claim pride - doom delayed, never cancelled.
CON-001
activeCosmic Horror
Philosophical Classification
Horror arising not from personal evil but from the insignificance of humanity before an indifferent, incomprehensible cosmos - the aesthetic that governs every file in this archive.