Robert E. Howard

Overview

Miskatonic seal ME-1931-C23/6395 binds this packet; duplicate citations must use slug `robert-e-howard`.

Robert E. Howard enters the archive under protest from reason and with sponsorship from repeated evidence.

Texas pulp author of Conan, Solomon Kane, and mythos-adjacent horror for Weird Tales.

Period attestation: howard-1930s.

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

Description

Introduced Stregoicavar and nameless cult motifs later cited in Lovecraftian pastiche.

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 suicide in 1936 ended a prolific exchange of letters with Lovecraft on history and barbarism.

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 `robert-e-howard` in all cross-references. If the name appears in dreams three nights running, withdraw from the case and request audit.