Miskatonic Expedition
Richard Upton Pickman
Richard Upton Pickman

Richard Upton Pickman

Human Characters

Richard Upton Pickman

Richard Upton Pickman — a human witness or antagonist; link to incidents in related dossiers. Register ME-1925-O14/2209.

Overview

Miskatonic seal ME-1925-O14/2209 binds this packet; duplicate citations must use slug `richard-upton-pickman`.

Richard Upton Pickman enters the archive under protest from reason and with sponsorship from repeated evidence.

Boston painter of subterranean horrors revealed as documentary in 'Pickman's Model'.

Period attestation: lovecraft-1920s.

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

Description

Ghoul models were not imagination; he vanished into North End tunnels.

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

His works are contraband; the archive stores them under seal.

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 `richard-upton-pickman` in all cross-references. If the name appears in dreams three nights running, withdraw from the case and request audit.

Cosmic HierarchyARC-000
Cosmic placement of Richard Upton Pickman relative to indexed powers and servitors.

Citation: Miskatonic Expedition Archive. Record ARC-000. Access subject to institutional review.