Irem

Overview

Expedition register ME-1924-N46/9619 — cross-index under slug `irem`.

Survivors of Irem disagree on weather, century, and compass bearing — agreement on dread is nearly unanimous.

City of Pillars in the Rub al Khali, abandoned when djinn fled.

Period attestation: dreamlands.

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

Description

Alhazred visited before writing Necronomicon passages on the dead.

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

Sandstorms still expose lintels carved with non-human faces.

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 `irem` in all cross-references. The Library holds primary text; this dossier holds orientation — never the reverse.