The Carols of Cthulhu

Overview

Expedition register ME-1935-E53/3832 — cross-index under slug `the-carols-of-cthulhu`.

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

New England incidents teach a rhythm: polite towns, old families, water or hills that smell wrong, then a paper trail ending in sanitariums. The Carols of Cthulhu 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

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.

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

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.

A 1931 Miskatonic committee voted to suppress photography; the vote is on file, the plates are not.

Field Observations

Burn nothing found pulsing; catalogue first, then burn if protocol allows.

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 `the-carols-of-cthulhu`. Cross-reference before fieldwork; cite slug in all reports; do not bring back souvenirs that pulse.