Shan

Overview

Filed under register ME-1927-O58/9091; cite `shan` in all outbound correspondence.

Shan is indexed as species or servitor because bullets sometimes delay it; do not mistake delay for mastery.

Alternate name for Insects from Shaggai in Ramsey Campbell fiction.

Period attestation: post-lovecraft.

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

Description

Resemble metallic centipedes with multiple legs and psychic sway.

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

Do not confuse with Mi-Go—different biology and theology.

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