
Vampire of the Mythos
Vampire of the Mythos — a species or servitor line; field taxonomy provisional, behaviour not. Register ME-1925-M19/1321.
Overview
Miskatonic seal ME-1925-M19/1321 binds this packet; duplicate citations must use slug `vampire-ghoul`.
Vampire of the Mythos is indexed as species or servitor because bullets sometimes delay it; do not mistake delay for mastery.
Smith's undead of Zothique and Averoigne differ from Stoker.
Period attestation: lovecraft-1920s.
The Library holds primary text; this dossier holds orientation — never the reverse.
Description
Feed on life force or blood per tale; often sorcerous origin.
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
File under Smith unless linked to Ward's Curwen dust.
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 `vampire-ghoul` in all cross-references. If the name appears in dreams three nights running, withdraw from the case and request audit.
Citation: Miskatonic Expedition Archive. Record ARC-000. Access subject to institutional review.
Related Records
Cross-References

ARC-000
activeZothique
Zothique — a mythos location; coordinates disputed, testimony consistent in mood. Register ME-1922-H30/5265.

ARC-000
activeAveroigne
Averoigne — a mythos location; coordinates disputed, testimony consistent in mood. Register ME-1933-S90/6540.

ARC-000
activeClark Ashton Smith
Clark Ashton Smith — an author or editor in the Lovecraft circle or expanded mythos; read dates before citing canon. Register ME-1930-B73/9148.

CON-001
activeCosmic Horror
Philosophical Classification
Horror arising not from personal evil but from the insignificance of humanity before an indifferent, incomprehensible cosmos - the aesthetic that governs every file in this archive.
TOM-001
fragmentaryNecronomicon
Al Azif, Book of Dead Names
The most infamous grimoire of the mythos, an Arabic manuscript of rituals, histories, and formulae that erode the sanity of readers and have never been wholly suppressed, only scattered.
