Chthonian

Overview

Expedition register ME-1923-M31/5456 — cross-index under slug `cthonian`.

The court of Chthonian is discussed in Dreamlands testimony and denied in waking geology; both responses may be correct on different floors of reality.

Burrowing worm-entities with squid-like heads, led by Shudde M'ell.

Period attestation: post-lovecraft.

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

Description

Vulnerable to water; seismic detectors pick up their convocations.

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

Derleth introduced the species; later writers spread them under every capital.

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.

If the name appears in dreams three nights running, withdraw from the case and request audit.

Archive Notes

Cite archive slug `cthonian` in all cross-references. If the name appears in dreams three nights running, withdraw from the case and request audit.