The Cards of Cthulhu

Overview

Expedition register ME-1924-P85/8952 — cross-index under slug `the-cards-of-cthulhu`.

The dossier for The Cards of Cthulhu opens with a warning we did not write for ornament: several observers who sought direct contact ceased to file reports in languages the University recognises.

The Cards of Cthulhu belongs to that class of powers the vulgar call gods and the archive calls liabilities — dormant, local, or oceanic, yet never domesticated.

Photographs in the files show fog, double exposure, and emulsion scars that technicians swear were not present when the shutter fell. We keep them because fraud is easier to disprove than the thing that stood where fraud pretends to be.

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

Description

Scale estimates in the files range from human to architectural, which usually means the observer was not the unit of measure.

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

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

Historical Record

Earliest stack mention is a photocopy of a photocopy of Latin marginalia — chain of custody unsuitable for court, sufficient for caution.

Earliest stack mention is a photocopy of a photocopy of Latin marginalia — chain of custody unsuitable for court, sufficient for caution.

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.

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

What sleeps is not dead; what is catalogued here may be doing neither.

Archive Notes

Protocol slug `the-cards-of-cthulhu`. If the name appears in dreams three nights running, withdraw from the case and request audit.