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{{wikipediainfo}}'''The Yellow King''' was an [[eldritch abomination]] of some sort. In the [[925th Universe]], the [[wizard]] [[Artemas H. Whipple]] opened a wizarding school in [[Crieff]] to train young wizards, with the secret purpose of moulding them into weapons with which to fight the King. | {{wikipediainfo}}'''The Yellow King''' was an [[eldritch abomination]] of some sort. In the [[925th Universe]], the [[wizard]] [[Artemas H. Whipple]] opened a wizarding school in [[Crieff]] to train young wizards, with the secret purpose of moulding them into weapons with which to fight the King, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Good Crieff - The Tribulations of the Scottish Division (short story)|Good Crieff - The Tribulations of the Scottish Division]]'') or, by another account, “the Infernal Forces of [[Carcosa]]”. ([[PROSE]]: [[Good Crieff - The Tribulations of the Scottish Division (short story)|''Good Crieff: The Tribulations of the Scottish Division'' (2024 reedit)]]) | ||
He was the apparent subject of a play called ''[[The King in Yellow]]''. The [[Doctor Know (925th Universe)|Doctor Know]] who worked for the [[Multidimensional Finders Service (925th Universe)|Multidimensional Finders Service]] in the 925th Universe was the writer of a video essay entitled “[[The King in Yellow is a Bad Play and Here's Why|''The King in Yellow'' is a Bad Play and Here's Why]]”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Good Crieff - The Tribulations of the Scottish Division (short story)|Good Crieff - The Tribulations of the Scottish Division]]'') | He was the apparent subject of a play called ''[[The King in Yellow]]''. The [[Doctor Know (925th Universe)|Doctor Know]] who worked for the [[Multidimensional Finders Service (925th Universe)|Multidimensional Finders Service]] in the 925th Universe was the writer of a video essay entitled “[[The King in Yellow is a Bad Play and Here's Why|''The King in Yellow'' is a Bad Play and Here's Why]]”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Good Crieff - The Tribulations of the Scottish Division (short story)|Good Crieff - The Tribulations of the Scottish Division]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
The King in Yellow, or Yellow King, is the titular figure of ''{{w|The King in Yellow|The King in Yellow}}'', a 1895 short story anthology by {{w|Robert W. Chambers|Robert W. Chambers}}, appearing in a cursed play of the same name which sends all who read or see it mad. The anthology was later incorporated into the “Cthulhu Mythos”, with it becoming understood that the King in Yellow was a manifestation of Hastur, a fictional deity previously mentioned in a short story by Ambrose Bierce, and name-dropped elsewhere in ''The King in Yellow'' by Chambers with no particular implication that | The King in Yellow, or Yellow King, is the titular figure of ''{{w|The King in Yellow|The King in Yellow}}'', a 1895 short story anthology by {{w|Robert W. Chambers|Robert W. Chambers}}, appearing in a cursed play of the same name which sends all who read or see it mad. The anthology was later incorporated into the “Cthulhu Mythos”, with it becoming understood that the King in Yellow was a manifestation of Hastur, a fictional deity previously mentioned in a short story by Ambrose Bierce, and name-dropped elsewhere in ''The King in Yellow'' by Chambers with no particular implication that it and the King were the same entity; indeed, within the book, Hastur seemed to be a location rather than an individual. The King is, however, strongly suggested to be the ruler of the mysterious city of [[Carcosa]]. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||