Shining Trapezohedron

Shining Trapezohedra were eldritch stones of interest in at least one reality. At least one of them appeared as a “small oddly-angled stone — nearly black, with red striations, which seemed to have a faint but eerie light from within”.

There, in the 21st century, Randolph Carter's descendants Dwain and Karolyn Carter once apparently began a quest to gather all of the Trapezohedra. Phoning the Multidimensional Finders Service to find “that damn fourth Shining Trapezohedron”, they discovered that it was being held by Nyarlathotep, who was trying to lure them into a trap in New York City. Nyarlathotep was also seen to use it like a mobile phone to call the Finders Service for themself. (PROSE: Who Laws the Lawyers?)

Behind the scenes

The Shining Trapezohedron, originally conceived of as a unique artefact, originated in H. P. Lovecraft's short story The Haunter in the Dark. In the author's comments for Who Laws the Lawyers?, Delilah H. Smith commented on the genesis of the plot point, making explicit the allusion to the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise's ‘Chaos Emeralds’, as quested for, among others, by Shadow the Hedgehog:

The Shining Trapezohedron is an artifact from H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, which is already in the public domain along with Randolph Carter and the Outer God Nyarlathotep the Crawling Chaos; the Trapezohedron has some sort of vague connection to Nyarlathotep. Randolph Carter is a recurring protagonist in Lovecraft’s stories, in at least one of which Nyarlathotep was the antagonist. I figured it’s like ninety years after Randolph’s adventures, so let’s give him some descendants instead. “Karolyn” just sprang to my mind randomly; “Dwain” is one possible anglicization of the Irish name “Dubhán”, which has the ultimate definition of “little dark one”. In other words, he’s “Shadow the Carter”, as in “where’s that DAMN fourth Chaos Emerald?”. Dwain “The Shadow” Carter. (I didn’t actually know about Li'l Wayne, so I had to change the spelling from what I originally had …)

—Delilah H. Smith

External links

• Shining Trapezohedron on the H. P. Lovecraft Wiki

H. P. Lovecraft/Cthulhu Mythos-related concepts in Jenny Everywhere media

Individuals Azathoth • Randolph Carter (Dwain Carter • Karolyn Carter) • Cthulhu • Nyarlathotep • The Repairer of Reputations • The Yellow King • Yog-Sothoth Species & groups Chthonians • Hounds of Tindalos • Old Ones • Outer Gods • Shoggoths Locations Carcosa • Kadath • Miskatonic University (Miskatonic School of Business) • Yuggoth Texts The King in Yellow • Necronomicon (Ficlinomicon • Plasmanomicon) Other Shoggoth's Old Peculiar Ale