A black tower stands in the center of the city of Lal-Khra'tum and men say it is older that the city, so old that it stood there when the jungles covered the plains instead of desert sands. In all the history of Lal-Khra'tum it has been noted that robed and hooded priests go from that tower to do business with merchants, buying food and wine with their ancient gold, and on occasion slaves that are never seen again. I had long wondered what god was served there and so on a moonless night I climbed that tower and gazed through the barred windows to glimpse the hierophant who dwelt in the uppermost chambers of the tower.
(From the Scrolls of Vecra Tutthoon)
Saturday, December 5, 2015
Hierophant of the Black Tower
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015
The Kings of Atlantis
"Olney listened to rumors of old times and far places, and heard how the kings of Atlantis fought with the slippery blasphemies that wriggled out of rifts in ocean's floor"
H.P. Lovecraft, The Strange High house in the Mist
H.P. Lovecraft, The Strange High house in the Mist
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
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