Miskatonic Expedition
Stragglers from Carrhae
Stragglers from Carrhae

Stragglers from Carrhae

Concepts & Phenomena

Stragglers from Carrhae

Stragglers from Carrhae — a recurring phenomenon; understanding does not restore sanity. Register ME-1923-Y59/8928.

Overview

Expedition register ME-1923-Y59/8928 — cross-index under slug `stragglers-from-carrhae`.

Stragglers from Carrhae enters the archive under protest from reason and with sponsorship from repeated evidence.

We would delete Stragglers from Carrhae if deletion worked; instead we classify, cross-link, and warn.

New England incidents teach a rhythm: polite towns, old families, water or hills that smell wrong, then a paper trail ending in sanitariums. Stragglers from Carrhae may or may not follow that rhythm — check dates before you blame Cthulhu for a Vermont landslide.

Cross-reference before fieldwork; cite slug in all reports; do not bring back souvenirs that pulse.

Description

Several accounts mention a pressure change before sighting, as though the air admitted something larger than the room.

Sound, when recorded, has been described as wet leather, glass harmonics, or bees inside a skull; analysts note infrasound may explain some, not all.

Those who survived description speak of surfaces that refuse matte finish — wet, reflective, or oily even in dry rooms.

Historical Record

Game manuals and wiki pages from 1980 onward treat the name as franchise furniture; date your citations or fail the course.

Activity increased after the Innsmouth embargo and the Antarctic expedition, as if publicity taught the countryside new vocabulary for old fears.

Activity increased after the Innsmouth embargo and the Antarctic expedition, as if publicity taught the countryside new vocabulary for old fears.

Field Observations

Do not engage alone; two witnesses minimum, three preferred if the name was spoken aloud.

If dreams arrive with the weight of memory for places never visited, terminate contact.

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

Archive Notes

Protocol slug `stragglers-from-carrhae`. Cross-reference before fieldwork; cite slug in all reports; do not bring back souvenirs that pulse.

Cosmic HierarchyCPT-4819
Cosmic placement of Stragglers from Carrhae relative to indexed powers and servitors.

Citation: Miskatonic Expedition Archive. Record CPT-4819. Access subject to institutional review.