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	=== Spells ===		=== Spells ===
	Spells: the Black Binding, Call/Dismiss [[Nyogtha]], Call/Dismiss [[Shub-Niggurath\|Gaia]], Contact Lesser [[Ghoul]], Resurrection, Shriveling, Summon/bind [[Byakhee\|Lesser Air Elemental]], Summon/Bind [[Dark Young of Shub-Niggurath\|Children of the Earth]], Voorish Sign, Call/Dismiss [[Mordiggian\|Father Mordiggian]]		Spells: the [[Black Binding (spell)\|Black Binding]], [[Contact (spell)\|Call/Dismiss]] [[Nyogtha]], [[Contact (spell)\|Call/Dismiss]] [[Shub-Niggurath\|Gaia]], [[Contact (spell)\|Contact]] Lesser [[Ghoul]], [[Resurrection (spell)\|Resurrection]], [[Shrivelling (spell)\|Shriveling]], [[Contact (spell)\|Summon/bind]] [[Byakhee\|Lesser Air Elemental]], [[Contact (spell)\|Summon/Bind]] [[Dark Young of Shub-Niggurath\|Children of the Earth]], [[Voorish Sign (spell)\|Voorish Sign]], [[Contact (spell)\|Call/Dismiss]] [[Mordiggian\|Father Mordiggian]]

	=== Pnathic Language ===		=== Pnathic Language ===

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	The ''Cultes des Goules'' is the title of a fictional book created by [[Robert Bloch]]. Both [[H.P. Lovecraft]] and [[August Derleth]] have claimed to have been the book's creator. The fictional Comte d'Erlette, created by H.P. Lovecraft, is an homage to [[August Derleth]], and said to be the author of the infamous tome.		The ''Cultes des Goules'' is the title of a fictional book created by [[Robert Bloch]]. Both [[H.P. Lovecraft]] and [[August Derleth]] have claimed to have been the book's creator. The fictional Comte d'Erlette, created by H.P. Lovecraft, is an homage to [[August Derleth]], and said to be the author of the infamous tome.

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	==Timeline==		==Timeline==
	~~[[File:Tome CultesDesGoules illo.png\|thumb\|150px\|right\|"Cultes des Goules", illustration by [[Scott M. Fischer]]]]~~
	# 1635: Antoine-Marie Augustin de Montmorency-les-Roches is born. According to some, he is later known as the [[Comte d'Erlette]], author of Cultes des Goules. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)		# 1635: Antoine-Marie Augustin de Montmorency-les-Roches is born. According to some, he is later known as the [[Comte d'Erlette]], author of Cultes des Goules. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)
	# c. 1665: If Antoine-Marie Augustin de Montmorency-les-Roches is indeed the [[Comte d'Erlette]], then ''[[Cultes des Goules]]'' is probably completed around this time. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)		# c. 1665: If Antoine-Marie Augustin de Montmorency-les-Roches is indeed the [[Comte d'Erlette]], then ''[[Cultes des Goules]]'' is probably completed around this time. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)
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	[[Category:Mythos:Tomes\|Cultes des Goules]]		[[Category:Mythos:Tomes\|Cultes des Goules]]
	[[Category:DerlethMythos]]		[[Category:DerlethMythos]]
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	==Timeline==		==Timeline==
			[[File:Tome CultesDesGoules illo.png\|thumb\|150px\|right\|"Cultes des Goules", illustration by [[Scott M. Fischer]]]]
	# 1635: Antoine-Marie Augustin de Montmorency-les-Roches is born. According to some, he is later known as the [[Comte d'Erlette]], author of Cultes des Goules. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)		# 1635: Antoine-Marie Augustin de Montmorency-les-Roches is born. According to some, he is later known as the [[Comte d'Erlette]], author of Cultes des Goules. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)
	# c. 1665: If Antoine-Marie Augustin de Montmorency-les-Roches is indeed the [[Comte d'Erlette]], then ''[[Cultes des Goules]]'' is probably completed around this time. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)		# c. 1665: If Antoine-Marie Augustin de Montmorency-les-Roches is indeed the [[Comte d'Erlette]], then ''[[Cultes des Goules]]'' is probably completed around this time. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)

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	[[Category:Mythos:Tomes\|Cultes des Goules]]		[[Category:Mythos:Tomes\|Cultes des Goules]]
			[[Category:DerlethMythos]]
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	# 1635: Antoine-Marie Augustin de Montmorency-les-Roches is born. According to some, he is later known as the [[Comte d'Erlette]], author of Cultes des Goules. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)		# 1635: Antoine-Marie Augustin de Montmorency-les-Roches is born. According to some, he is later known as the [[Comte d'Erlette]], author of Cultes des Goules. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)
	# c. 1665: If Antoine-Marie Augustin de Montmorency-les-Roches is indeed the [[Comte d'Erlette]], then ''[[Cultes des Goules]]'' is probably completed around this time. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)		# c. 1665: If Antoine-Marie Augustin de Montmorency-les-Roches is indeed the [[Comte d'Erlette]], then ''[[Cultes des Goules]]'' is probably completed around this time. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)
	# c. 1700: According to some scholars, the forgery of the Ghoulish second part of the Tome, "Among the Ghouls", is completed. ([User:Ywhateley\|Y.Whateley]])		# c. 1700: According to some scholars, the forgery of the Ghoulish second part of the Tome, "Among the Ghouls", is completed. ([[User:Ywhateley\|Y.Whateley]])
	# 1703: François-Honoré Balfour, if he is the [[Comte d'Erlette]] as some believe, probably publishes the original French ''Cultes des Goules'' in this year, before shutting himself out from the world. (Call of Cthulhu 5th Ed., Petersen and Willis et al)		# 1703: François-Honoré Balfour, if he is the [[Comte d'Erlette]] as some believe, probably publishes the original French ''Cultes des Goules'' in this year, before shutting himself out from the world. (Call of Cthulhu 5th Ed., Petersen and Willis et al)
	# 1724: The Comte d'Erlette Francois-Honore' Balfour vanished. Four days later he was found 'torn apart by animals' on the grounds of his estate. His burial instructions included being sealed in a solid brass casket and placed in a newly-constructed concrete vault. ("Down in the Delta", Scott Glancy, 2014)		# 1724: The Comte d'Erlette Francois-Honore' Balfour vanished. Four days later he was found 'torn apart by animals' on the grounds of his estate. His burial instructions included being sealed in a solid brass casket and placed in a newly-constructed concrete vault. ("Down in the Delta", Scott Glancy, 2014)

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	Suggested effects on sanity include [[Paranoia]], [[Xenophobia]], [[Necrophobia]]/[[Necrophilia]], [[Nictophobia]]/[[Photophobia]], [[Claustrophobia]]/[[Agoraphobia]], [[Mysophobia]]/[[Mysophilia]], Misanthropy (or Misogyny/Misandry relating to the suspicion that women or men might be Ghouls or necrophiles), [[Cotard Delusion]] (the belief that you are dead or becoming a corpse, or developing corpse-like qualities), [[Body Dysmorphic Disorder]], [[Carnophobia]], [[Mycophobia]]/[[Mycophilia]], [[Species Dysphoria]], [[Teratophilia]], [[Phagophobia]], [[Vorarephilia]], [[Delusions]] of persecution or grandeur, etc.		Suggested effects on sanity include [[Paranoia]], [[Xenophobia]], [[Necrophobia]]/[[Necrophilia]], [[Nictophobia]]/[[Photophobia]], [[Claustrophobia]]/[[Agoraphobia]], [[Mysophobia]]/[[Mysophilia]], Misanthropy (or Misogyny/Misandry relating to the suspicion that women or men might be Ghouls or necrophiles), [[Cotard Delusion]] (the belief that you are dead or becoming a corpse, or developing corpse-like qualities), [[Body Dysmorphic Disorder]], [[Carnophobia]], [[Mycophobia]]/[[Mycophilia]], [[Species Dysphoria]], [[Teratophilia]], [[Phagophobia]], [[Vorarephilia]], [[Delusions]] of persecution or grandeur, etc.

	=== Curses ===		=== Curses and other Effects ===

	Some investigators (and some cultists) who have handled certain copies of these tomes have later claimed that the tome is "cursed", citing various seemingly random and unconnected mysterious and unsettling experiences to support this conclusion: owners of the tome have described bad luck, illnesses, sinister presences, sensations of being watched or followed, vague feelings of threat or danger, sinister smells, strange sounds, infestations of vermin, etc.		Some investigators (and some cultists) who have handled certain copies of these tomes have later claimed that the tome is "cursed", citing various seemingly random and unconnected mysterious and unsettling experiences to support this conclusion: owners of the tome have described bad luck, illnesses, sinister presences, sensations of being watched or followed, vague feelings of threat or danger, sinister smells, strange sounds, infestations of vermin, etc.
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	''Cultes des Goules'' has also been associated with mysterious disappearances and suspicious deaths. It is very possible that some of these disappearances or deaths are caused by Ghouls, or are the result of the owner, having read the tome and becoming obsessed with it, dropping out of society or faking a death to join a cult of Ghouls in anonymity.		''Cultes des Goules'' has also been associated with mysterious disappearances and suspicious deaths. It is very possible that some of these disappearances or deaths are caused by Ghouls, or are the result of the owner, having read the tome and becoming obsessed with it, dropping out of society or faking a death to join a cult of Ghouls in anonymity.

			In an effect of text fluidity familiar to readers of certain other Mythos Tomes, scholars studying ''Cultes des Goules'' have reported that the text and arrangement of their copy of the tome seems to change between readings, with the location of specific information moving from chapter to chapter, specific details and descriptions changing to say something very different, allegorical devices altering completely, etc. Compared side-by-side with other copies of ''Cultes des Goules'', the alterations can be obvious, but perhaps explainable by the erratic and consistent nature of the publishing, editing, and copying of the tome. Some scholars have put forward the theory that much of what the tome says actually depends on what the reader chooses to see, and thus varies from one reading or even glance to another, with the vagaries of the reader's state of mind, expectations, experiences, etc.

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	The ''Cultes des Goules'' is the title of a fictional book created by [[Robert Bloch]]. Both [[H.P. Lovecraft]] and [[August Derleth]] have claimed to have been the book's creator. The fictional Comte d'Erlette, created by H.P. Lovecraft, is an homage to [[August Derleth]], and said to be the author of the infamous tome.		The ''Cultes des Goules'' is the title of a fictional book created by [[Robert Bloch]]. Both [[H.P. Lovecraft]] and [[August Derleth]] have claimed to have been the book's creator. The fictional Comte d'Erlette, created by H.P. Lovecraft, is an homage to [[August Derleth]], and said to be the author of the infamous tome.

			=The Tome=

	==Description==		==Description==
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	* A photo-copied version of the Expurgated French Edition was retrieved by investigators from an abandoned Ukranian mansion in the 2000s, and is currently held by the Carnacki Institute. This version is unremarkable, aside from a number of unsettling childish drawings in crayon on many of the pages, depicting horrific mutilations, tortures, experiments, and/or rituals performed on strange-looking people and animals dwelling in brick labyrinths full of machinery crowded into what appear to be caverns beneath the earth.		* A photo-copied version of the Expurgated French Edition was retrieved by investigators from an abandoned Ukranian mansion in the 2000s, and is currently held by the Carnacki Institute. This version is unremarkable, aside from a number of unsettling childish drawings in crayon on many of the pages, depicting horrific mutilations, tortures, experiments, and/or rituals performed on strange-looking people and animals dwelling in brick labyrinths full of machinery crowded into what appear to be caverns beneath the earth.
	* A remarkable, apparently convincing and genuine-looking handwritten copy of the Original French version, including all four principal parts of the "LaPorte Edition" as well as the final note of "recantation" said to be written by D'Erlette on his death bed, allegedly surfaced in Providence, RI, in 1926, shortly after "weird fiction" author [[H.P. Lovecraft]] began corresponding with one [[August Derleth]]. Lovecraft first mentions Ghouls that year, and refers to ''Cultes des Goules'' by title in stories written in later years. The existence of the tome has been attested to by several of Lovecraft's correspondents, but the current location of this tome is unknown, presumably returned to its owner before Lovecraft's death.		* A remarkable, apparently convincing and genuine-looking handwritten copy of the Original French version, including all four principal parts of the "LaPorte Edition" as well as the final note of "recantation" said to be written by D'Erlette on his death bed, allegedly surfaced in Providence, RI, in 1926, shortly after "weird fiction" author [[H.P. Lovecraft]] began corresponding with one [[August Derleth]]. Lovecraft first mentions Ghouls that year, and refers to ''Cultes des Goules'' by title in stories written in later years. The existence of the tome has been attested to by several of Lovecraft's correspondents, but the current location of this tome is unknown, presumably returned to its owner before Lovecraft's death.


			=Keeper Notes=

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	The investigators are called in as expert consultants when a raid on a violent UFO Cult compound results in the confiscation of a strange book entitled ''To Serve Man'', which the investigators confirm to be a strange, heavily revised, retitled variation on ''Cultes des Goules''. The consequences of the raid, the investigators' detective work, and the threatening intervention of [[Men in Black]] soon reveal a hellish conspiracy from outer space....		The investigators are called in as expert consultants when a raid on a violent UFO Cult compound results in the confiscation of a strange book entitled ''To Serve Man'', which the investigators confirm to be a strange, heavily revised, retitled variation on ''Cultes des Goules''. The consequences of the raid, the investigators' detective work, and the threatening intervention of [[Men in Black]] soon reveal a hellish conspiracy from outer space....


			=Notes=

	==Rumors and Speculation==		==Rumors and Speculation==

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	A copy of ''Cultes des Goules'' is found among the grisly contents of Ed Gein's farmhouse, and falls into the hands of investigators, revealing unexpected clues to a terrible Mythos secret. (I would suggest using the Ghouls' mythology and folklore to reveal hidden clues to a seemingly unrelated Mythos threat, perhaps involving flying saucers or [[Dero]]s....)		A copy of ''Cultes des Goules'' is found among the grisly contents of Ed Gein's farmhouse, and falls into the hands of investigators, revealing unexpected clues to a terrible Mythos secret. (I would suggest keeping things fresh by using the Ghouls' mythology and folklore to reveal hidden clues to a seemingly unrelated Mythos threat, perhaps involving flying saucers or the [[Dero]]s....)

	===Modern===		===Modern===

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	# 1635: Antoine-Marie Augustin de Montmorency-les-Roches is born. According to some, he is later known as the [[Comte d'Erlette]], author of Cultes des Goules. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)		# 1635: Antoine-Marie Augustin de Montmorency-les-Roches is born. According to some, he is later known as the [[Comte d'Erlette]], author of Cultes des Goules. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)
	# c. 1665: If Antoine-Marie Augustin de Montmorency-les-Roches is indeed the [[Comte d'Erlette]], then ''[[Cultes des Goules]]'' is probably completed around this time. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)		# c. 1665: If Antoine-Marie Augustin de Montmorency-les-Roches is indeed the [[Comte d'Erlette]], then ''[[Cultes des Goules]]'' is probably completed around this time. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)
	# c. 1700: According to some scholars, the forgery of the Ghoulish second part of the Tome, "Among the Ghouls", is completed. ([User:~~YWhateley~~\|Y.Whateley]])		# c. 1700: According to some scholars, the forgery of the Ghoulish second part of the Tome, "Among the Ghouls", is completed. ([User:Ywhateley\|Y.Whateley]])
	# 1703: François-Honoré Balfour, if he is the [[Comte d'Erlette]] as some believe, probably publishes the original French ''Cultes des Goules'' in this year, before shutting himself out from the world. (Call of Cthulhu 5th Ed., Petersen and Willis et al)		# 1703: François-Honoré Balfour, if he is the [[Comte d'Erlette]] as some believe, probably publishes the original French ''Cultes des Goules'' in this year, before shutting himself out from the world. (Call of Cthulhu 5th Ed., Petersen and Willis et al)
	# 1724: The Comte d'Erlette Francois-Honore' Balfour vanished. Four days later he was found 'torn apart by animals' on the grounds of his estate. His burial instructions included being sealed in a solid brass casket and placed in a newly-constructed concrete vault. ("Down in the Delta", Scott Glancy, 2014)		# 1724: The Comte d'Erlette Francois-Honore' Balfour vanished. Four days later he was found 'torn apart by animals' on the grounds of his estate. His burial instructions included being sealed in a solid brass casket and placed in a newly-constructed concrete vault. ("Down in the Delta", Scott Glancy, 2014)
	# 1737: According to some, the expurgated French and Italian ''Cultes des Goules'' by the [[Comte d'Erlette]] is published in Rouen, France.		# 1737: According to some, the expurgated French and Italian ''Cultes des Goules'' by the [[Comte d'Erlette]] is published in Rouen, France.
	# 1750s?: According to some scholars, alchemical embellishments to the original text are forged. ([[User:~~YWhateley~~\|Y.Whateley]])		# 1750s?: According to some scholars, alchemical embellishments to the original text are forged. ([[User:Ywhateley\|Y.Whateley]])
	# c. 1793: The [[Comte d'Erlette\|d'Erlettes]] flee France and settle in Bavaria at the time of the French Revolution. They change the family name to Derleth. (Factual)		# c. 1793: The [[Comte d'Erlette\|d'Erlettes]] flee France and settle in Bavaria at the time of the French Revolution. They change the family name to Derleth. (Factual)
	# 1830s: Derleths arrive in America. (Factual)		# 1830s: Derleths arrive in America. (Factual)
	# 1850s: The "LaPorte Edition" of ''Cultes des Goules'' is published privately in a small run of perhaps a dozen copies by textbook publisher Lemuel LaPorte in Madison, Wisconsin. LaPorte's small publishing house is raided shortly after a courier is intercepted attempting to transport one of these Tomes to Austria-Hungary; a rumored decades-long private "war" waged against the Tome over the next few decades by a loosely-linked alliance of small detective agencies, Secret Service agents, members of the Roman Catholic church in Wisconsin, and other vigilantes is said to account for the seizure and destruction of all known copies of this Edition. ([[User:~~YWhateley~~\|Y.Whateley]])		# 1850s: The "LaPorte Edition" of ''Cultes des Goules'' is published privately in a small run of perhaps a dozen copies by textbook publisher Lemuel LaPorte in Madison, Wisconsin. LaPorte's small publishing house is raided shortly after a courier is intercepted attempting to transport one of these Tomes to Austria-Hungary; a rumored decades-long private "war" waged against the Tome over the next few decades by a loosely-linked alliance of small detective agencies, Secret Service agents, members of the Roman Catholic church in Wisconsin, and other vigilantes is said to account for the seizure and destruction of all known copies of this Edition. ([[User:Ywhateley\|Y.Whateley]])
	# 1909: [[August Derleth]] is born. (Factual)		# 1909: [[August Derleth]] is born. (Factual)
	# 1926: [[August Derleth]] begins corresponding with [[H.P. Lovecraft]]. (Factual)		# 1926: [[August Derleth]] begins corresponding with [[H.P. Lovecraft]]. (Factual)
	# 1926: A "complete" hand-written French version of ''Cultes des Goules'' surfaces briefly in Providence, RI; this edition is said to contain all known original and forged occult material attributed to the Comte D'Erlette (except the recantation), written in D'Erlette's own hand or in a particularly good forgery of same, shortly after Lovecraft began corresponding with one August Derleth. ([[User:~~YWhateley~~\|Y.Whateley]])		# 1926: A "complete" hand-written French version of ''Cultes des Goules'' surfaces briefly in Providence, RI; this edition is said to contain all known original and forged occult material attributed to the Comte D'Erlette (except the recantation), written in D'Erlette's own hand or in a particularly good forgery of same, shortly after Lovecraft began corresponding with one August Derleth. ([[User:Ywhateley\|Y.Whateley]])
	# 1926: [[H.P. Lovecraft]] writes "[[Pickman's Model (fiction)\|Pickman's Model]]", and begins work on ''[[Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath (fiction)\|The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath]]'', to be finished in 1927. (Factual)		# 1926: [[H.P. Lovecraft]] writes "[[Pickman's Model (fiction)\|Pickman's Model]]", and begins work on ''[[Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath (fiction)\|The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath]]'', to be finished in 1927. (Factual)
	# 1934-1935?: [[H.P. Lovecraft]] writes ''[[Shadow Out of Time (fiction)\|The Shadow Out of Time]]'' and begins writing "[[Haunter of the Dark (fiction)\|The Haunter of the Dark]]", to be completed the following year; both stories contain direct references to ''Cultes des Goules'', Lovecraft would later claim that the Tome was a fictional invention of [[Robert Bloch]]. (Factual)		# 1934-1935?: [[H.P. Lovecraft]] writes ''[[Shadow Out of Time (fiction)\|The Shadow Out of Time]]'' and begins writing "[[Haunter of the Dark (fiction)\|The Haunter of the Dark]]", to be completed the following year; both stories contain direct references to ''Cultes des Goules'', Lovecraft would later claim that the Tome was a fictional invention of [[Robert Bloch]]. (Factual)
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	# 1937: [[H.P. Lovecraft]] dies. (Factual)		# 1937: [[H.P. Lovecraft]] dies. (Factual)
	# 1939: [[August Derleth]] forms [[Arkham House]] to help preserve and promote Lovecraft's fiction. (Factual)		# 1939: [[August Derleth]] forms [[Arkham House]] to help preserve and promote Lovecraft's fiction. (Factual)
	# 1957: Reclusive loner [[Ed Gein]] is discovered to be responsible for the disappearance of the owner of a hardware store; upon raiding Gein's remote farmhouse, they discover the house in shambles, containing furniture made from human corpses. (Factual) A bizarre, hand-made copy of ''Cultes des Goules'', bound in human skin, is also found in the house, and is secretly removed by investigators. ([[User:~~YWhateley~~\|Y.Whateley]])		# 1957: Reclusive loner [[Ed Gein]] is discovered to be responsible for the disappearance of the owner of a hardware store; upon raiding Gein's remote farmhouse, they discover the house in shambles, containing furniture made from human corpses. (Factual) A bizarre, hand-made copy of ''Cultes des Goules'', bound in human skin, is also found in the house, and is secretly removed by investigators. ([[User:Ywhateley\|Y.Whateley]])
	# 1969: [[August Derleth]] publishes ''[[Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (anthology)]]'', including a forward in which Derleth boldly claims to be the creator of ''Cultes des Goules''. (Factual)		# 1969: [[August Derleth]] publishes ''[[Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (anthology)]]'', including a forward in which Derleth boldly claims to be the creator of ''Cultes des Goules''. (Factual)
	# 1971: [[August Derleth]] dies. (Factual)		# 1971: [[August Derleth]] dies. (Factual)
	# 1976: A large and influential UFO cult begins distributing altered copies of the tome, retitled ''To Serve Man'', to members of its inner circle. In the decades to follow, digital versions of the text would be leaked from time to time on the internet, apparently supplied by a defector from the cult to UFO conspiracy sites and sites critical of the cult. ([[User:~~YWhateley~~\|Y.Whateley]])		# 1976: A large and influential UFO cult begins distributing altered copies of the tome, retitled ''To Serve Man'', to members of its inner circle. In the decades to follow, digital versions of the text would be leaked from time to time on the internet, apparently supplied by a defector from the cult to UFO conspiracy sites and sites critical of the cult. ([[User:Ywhateley\|Y.Whateley]])
	# 2016: Suspicious never-before-seen content from ''Cultes Des Goules'' appears on an Internet "weird fiction" wiki, where it is dubiously characterized as a "posthumous collaboration"; responsible investigators agree it is almost certainly a forgery. (Factual)		# 2016: Suspicious never-before-seen content from ''Cultes Des Goules'' appears on an Internet "weird fiction" wiki, where it is dubiously characterized as a "posthumous collaboration"; responsible investigators agree it is almost certainly a forgery. (Factual)

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	** One part describes the origin and history of the [[Ghoul]]s, which Comte d'Erlette claimed were fallen "fire elementals" ("Djinn"), banished by "Heaven" to Earth, where they exact vengeance upon their heavenly persecutors by possessing and debasing human flesh. (Arabic folklore)		** One part describes the origin and history of the [[Ghoul]]s, which Comte d'Erlette claimed were fallen "fire elementals" ("Djinn"), banished by "Heaven" to Earth, where they exact vengeance upon their heavenly persecutors by possessing and debasing human flesh. (Arabic folklore)
	* The book's publication and the public outcry that resulted from its revelations before the Church intervened and suppressed it resulted in a crackdown by Paris magistrates on alleged practitioners of the cult, with dozens of accused members hanged, and others fleeing Paris or committing themselves to obscure insane asylums and convents where they seem to have disappeared under suspicious circumstances. ("Down in the Delta", Scott Glancy, 2014)		* The book's publication and the public outcry that resulted from its revelations before the Church intervened and suppressed it resulted in a crackdown by Paris magistrates on alleged practitioners of the cult, with dozens of accused members hanged, and others fleeing Paris or committing themselves to obscure insane asylums and convents where they seem to have disappeared under suspicious circumstances. ("Down in the Delta", Scott Glancy, 2014)
	* The alchemical/elemental section of the tome concludes with a brief and enigmatic reference to "The Drowners", including [[Bugg-Shash]] and [[Yibb-Tstll]]; D'Erlette seems to regard these beings as "aligned to water", and as such "antithetical to fire and light"; this passage claims that "The Drowners" can be summoned to vampirically weaken and control so-called "[[Great Old Ones]]" and that a special invocation to the "fire elemental" [[Cthugha]] can be used in turn to control "The Drowners"; this invocation the author promised to provide "below", but, maddeningly, it does not appear in any known version of this tome. Some cultists claim that the invocation is encoded in some way in the tome's text, while a few occultists believe that by "below" D'Erlette was not referring to later in the tome, but to some subterranean meeting place deep in the Earth among the ghouls where the undying D'Erlette himself will teach the invocation to worthy scholars in person; however, most serious occultists seem certain that no such invocation ever existed, citing their belief that D'Erlette is "unreliable". ([[User:~~YWhateley~~\|Y.Whateley]])		* The alchemical/elemental section of the tome concludes with a brief and enigmatic reference to "The Drowners", including [[Bugg-Shash]] and [[Yibb-Tstll]]; D'Erlette seems to regard these beings as "aligned to water", and as such "antithetical to fire and light"; this passage claims that "The Drowners" can be summoned to vampirically weaken and control so-called "[[Great Old Ones]]" and that a special invocation to the "fire elemental" [[Cthugha]] can be used in turn to control "The Drowners"; this invocation the author promised to provide "below", but, maddeningly, it does not appear in any known version of this tome. Some cultists claim that the invocation is encoded in some way in the tome's text, while a few occultists believe that by "below" D'Erlette was not referring to later in the tome, but to some subterranean meeting place deep in the Earth among the ghouls where the undying D'Erlette himself will teach the invocation to worthy scholars in person; however, most serious occultists seem certain that no such invocation ever existed, citing their belief that D'Erlette is "unreliable". ([[User:Ywhateley\|Y.Whateley]])
	* The alchemical/elemental section of the tome also includes a brief mention of "earth elementals" D'Erlette called "Satyrs", which are described in terms resembling [[Faerie]]s or [[Worms of the Earth]], "Sylphs" which are described as "unclean spirits or demons of the air" in terms similar to [[Poltergeist]]s which D'Erlette claimed are "fundamentally opposed" to Satyrs, and "Nymphs" or "Mermaids" which seem to be a form of [[Deep One]] which D'Erlette claimed to be "fundamentally opposed" to [[Ghoul]]s. ([[User:~~YWhateley~~\|Y.Whateley]])		* The alchemical/elemental section of the tome also includes a brief mention of "earth elementals" D'Erlette called "Satyrs", which are described in terms resembling [[Faerie]]s or [[Worms of the Earth]], "Sylphs" which are described as "unclean spirits or demons of the air" in terms similar to [[Poltergeist]]s which D'Erlette claimed are "fundamentally opposed" to Satyrs, and "Nymphs" or "Mermaids" which seem to be a form of [[Deep One]] which D'Erlette claimed to be "fundamentally opposed" to [[Ghoul]]s. ([[User:Ywhateley\|Y.Whateley]])

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	# 1635: Antoine-Marie Augustin de Montmorency-les-Roches is born. According to some, he is later known as the [[Comte d'Erlette]], author of Cultes des Goules. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)		# 1635: Antoine-Marie Augustin de Montmorency-les-Roches is born. According to some, he is later known as the [[Comte d'Erlette]], author of Cultes des Goules. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)
	# c. 1665: If Antoine-Marie Augustin de Montmorency-les-Roches is indeed the [[Comte d'Erlette]], then ''[[Cultes des Goules]]'' is probably completed around this time. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)		# c. 1665: If Antoine-Marie Augustin de Montmorency-les-Roches is indeed the [[Comte d'Erlette]], then ''[[Cultes des Goules]]'' is probably completed around this time. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)
	# c. 1700: According to some scholars, the forgery of the Ghoulish second part of the Tome, "Among the Ghouls", is completed. (Y.Whateley)		# c. 1700: According to some scholars, the forgery of the Ghoulish second part of the Tome, "Among the Ghouls", is completed. ([User:YWhateley\|Y.Whateley]])
	# 1703: François-Honoré Balfour, if he is the [[Comte d'Erlette]] as some believe, probably publishes the original French ''Cultes des Goules'' in this year, before shutting himself out from the world. (Call of Cthulhu 5th Ed., Petersen and Willis et al)		# 1703: François-Honoré Balfour, if he is the [[Comte d'Erlette]] as some believe, probably publishes the original French ''Cultes des Goules'' in this year, before shutting himself out from the world. (Call of Cthulhu 5th Ed., Petersen and Willis et al)
	# 1724: The Comte d'Erlette Francois-Honore' Balfour vanished. Four days later he was found 'torn apart by animals' on the grounds of his estate. His burial instructions included being sealed in a solid brass casket and placed in a newly-constructed concrete vault. ("Down in the Delta", Scott Glancy, 2014)		# 1724: The Comte d'Erlette Francois-Honore' Balfour vanished. Four days later he was found 'torn apart by animals' on the grounds of his estate. His burial instructions included being sealed in a solid brass casket and placed in a newly-constructed concrete vault. ("Down in the Delta", Scott Glancy, 2014)
	# 1737: According to some, the expurgated French and Italian ''Cultes des Goules'' by the [[Comte d'Erlette]] is published in Rouen, France.		# 1737: According to some, the expurgated French and Italian ''Cultes des Goules'' by the [[Comte d'Erlette]] is published in Rouen, France.
	# 1750s?: According to some scholars, alchemical embellishments to the original text are forged. (Y.Whateley)		# 1750s?: According to some scholars, alchemical embellishments to the original text are forged. ([[User:YWhateley\|Y.Whateley]])
	# c. 1793: The [[Comte d'Erlette\|d'Erlettes]] flee France and settle in Bavaria at the time of the French Revolution. They change the family name to Derleth. (Factual)		# c. 1793: The [[Comte d'Erlette\|d'Erlettes]] flee France and settle in Bavaria at the time of the French Revolution. They change the family name to Derleth. (Factual)
	# 1830s: Derleths arrive in America. (Factual)		# 1830s: Derleths arrive in America. (Factual)
	# 1850s: The "LaPorte Edition" of ''Cultes des Goules'' is published privately in a small run of perhaps a dozen copies by textbook publisher Lemuel LaPorte in Madison, Wisconsin. LaPorte's small publishing house is raided shortly after a courier is intercepted attempting to transport one of these Tomes to Austria-Hungary; a rumored decades-long private "war" waged against the Tome over the next few decades by a loosely-linked alliance of small detective agencies, Secret Service agents, members of the Roman Catholic church in Wisconsin, and other vigilantes is said to account for the seizure and destruction of all known copies of this Edition. (Y.Whateley)		# 1850s: The "LaPorte Edition" of ''Cultes des Goules'' is published privately in a small run of perhaps a dozen copies by textbook publisher Lemuel LaPorte in Madison, Wisconsin. LaPorte's small publishing house is raided shortly after a courier is intercepted attempting to transport one of these Tomes to Austria-Hungary; a rumored decades-long private "war" waged against the Tome over the next few decades by a loosely-linked alliance of small detective agencies, Secret Service agents, members of the Roman Catholic church in Wisconsin, and other vigilantes is said to account for the seizure and destruction of all known copies of this Edition. ([[User:YWhateley\|Y.Whateley]])
	# 1909: [[August Derleth]] is born. (Factual)		# 1909: [[August Derleth]] is born. (Factual)
	# 1926: [[August Derleth]] begins corresponding with [[H.P. Lovecraft]]. (Factual)		# 1926: [[August Derleth]] begins corresponding with [[H.P. Lovecraft]]. (Factual)
	# 1926: A "complete" hand-written French version of ''Cultes des Goules'' surfaces briefly in Providence, RI; this edition is said to contain all known original and forged occult material attributed to the Comte D'Erlette (except the recantation), written in D'Erlette's own hand or in a particularly good forgery of same, shortly after Lovecraft began corresponding with one August Derleth. (Y.Whateley)		# 1926: A "complete" hand-written French version of ''Cultes des Goules'' surfaces briefly in Providence, RI; this edition is said to contain all known original and forged occult material attributed to the Comte D'Erlette (except the recantation), written in D'Erlette's own hand or in a particularly good forgery of same, shortly after Lovecraft began corresponding with one August Derleth. ([[User:YWhateley\|Y.Whateley]])
	# 1926: [[H.P. Lovecraft]] writes "[[Pickman's Model (fiction)\|Pickman's Model]]", and begins work on ''[[Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath (fiction)\|The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath]]'', to be finished in 1927. (Factual)		# 1926: [[H.P. Lovecraft]] writes "[[Pickman's Model (fiction)\|Pickman's Model]]", and begins work on ''[[Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath (fiction)\|The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath]]'', to be finished in 1927. (Factual)
	# 1934-1935?: [[H.P. Lovecraft]] writes ''[[Shadow Out of Time (fiction)\|The Shadow Out of Time]]'' and begins writing "[[Haunter of the Dark (fiction)\|The Haunter of the Dark]]", to be completed the following year; both stories contain direct references to ''Cultes des Goules'', Lovecraft would later claim that the Tome was a fictional invention of [[Robert Bloch]]. (Factual)		# 1934-1935?: [[H.P. Lovecraft]] writes ''[[Shadow Out of Time (fiction)\|The Shadow Out of Time]]'' and begins writing "[[Haunter of the Dark (fiction)\|The Haunter of the Dark]]", to be completed the following year; both stories contain direct references to ''Cultes des Goules'', Lovecraft would later claim that the Tome was a fictional invention of [[Robert Bloch]]. (Factual)
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	# 1937: [[H.P. Lovecraft]] dies. (Factual)		# 1937: [[H.P. Lovecraft]] dies. (Factual)
	# 1939: [[August Derleth]] forms [[Arkham House]] to help preserve and promote Lovecraft's fiction. (Factual)		# 1939: [[August Derleth]] forms [[Arkham House]] to help preserve and promote Lovecraft's fiction. (Factual)
	# 1957: Reclusive loner [[Ed Gein]] is discovered to be responsible for the disappearance of the owner of a hardware store; upon raiding Gein's remote farmhouse, they discover the house in shambles, containing furniture made from human corpses. (Factual) A bizarre, hand-made copy of ''Cultes des Goules'', bound in human skin, is also found in the house, and is secretly removed by investigators. (Y.Whateley)		# 1957: Reclusive loner [[Ed Gein]] is discovered to be responsible for the disappearance of the owner of a hardware store; upon raiding Gein's remote farmhouse, they discover the house in shambles, containing furniture made from human corpses. (Factual) A bizarre, hand-made copy of ''Cultes des Goules'', bound in human skin, is also found in the house, and is secretly removed by investigators. ([[User:YWhateley\|Y.Whateley]])
	# 1969: [[August Derleth]] publishes ''[[Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (anthology)]]'', including a forward in which Derleth boldly claims to be the creator of ''Cultes des Goules''. (Factual)		# 1969: [[August Derleth]] publishes ''[[Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (anthology)]]'', including a forward in which Derleth boldly claims to be the creator of ''Cultes des Goules''. (Factual)
	# 1971: [[August Derleth]] dies. (Factual)		# 1971: [[August Derleth]] dies. (Factual)
	# 1976: A large and influential UFO cult begins distributing altered copies of the tome, retitled ''To Serve Man'', to members of its inner circle. In the decades to follow, digital versions of the text would be leaked from time to time on the internet, apparently supplied by a defector from the cult to UFO conspiracy sites and sites critical of the cult. (Y.Whateley)		# 1976: A large and influential UFO cult begins distributing altered copies of the tome, retitled ''To Serve Man'', to members of its inner circle. In the decades to follow, digital versions of the text would be leaked from time to time on the internet, apparently supplied by a defector from the cult to UFO conspiracy sites and sites critical of the cult. ([[User:YWhateley\|Y.Whateley]])
	# 2016: Suspicious never-before-seen content from ''Cultes Des Goules'' appears on an Internet "weird fiction" wiki, where it is dubiously characterized as a "posthumous collaboration"; responsible investigators agree it is almost certainly a forgery. (Factual)		# 2016: Suspicious never-before-seen content from ''Cultes Des Goules'' appears on an Internet "weird fiction" wiki, where it is dubiously characterized as a "posthumous collaboration"; responsible investigators agree it is almost certainly a forgery. (Factual)

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	** One part describes the origin and history of the [[Ghoul]]s, which Comte d'Erlette claimed were fallen "fire elementals" ("Djinn"), banished by "Heaven" to Earth, where they exact vengeance upon their heavenly persecutors by possessing and debasing human flesh. (Arabic folklore)		** One part describes the origin and history of the [[Ghoul]]s, which Comte d'Erlette claimed were fallen "fire elementals" ("Djinn"), banished by "Heaven" to Earth, where they exact vengeance upon their heavenly persecutors by possessing and debasing human flesh. (Arabic folklore)
	* The book's publication and the public outcry that resulted from its revelations before the Church intervened and suppressed it resulted in a crackdown by Paris magistrates on alleged practitioners of the cult, with dozens of accused members hanged, and others fleeing Paris or committing themselves to obscure insane asylums and convents where they seem to have disappeared under suspicious circumstances. ("Down in the Delta", Scott Glancy, 2014)		* The book's publication and the public outcry that resulted from its revelations before the Church intervened and suppressed it resulted in a crackdown by Paris magistrates on alleged practitioners of the cult, with dozens of accused members hanged, and others fleeing Paris or committing themselves to obscure insane asylums and convents where they seem to have disappeared under suspicious circumstances. ("Down in the Delta", Scott Glancy, 2014)
	* The alchemical/elemental section of the tome concludes with a brief and enigmatic reference to "The Drowners", including [[Bugg-Shash]] and [[Yibb-Tstll]]; D'Erlette seems to regard these beings as "aligned to water", and as such "antithetical to fire and light"; this passage claims that "The Drowners" can be summoned to vampirically weaken and control so-called "[[Great Old Ones]]" and that a special invocation to the "fire elemental" [[Cthugha]] can be used in turn to control "The Drowners"; this invocation the author promised to provide "below", but, maddeningly, it does not appear in any known version of this tome. Some cultists claim that the invocation is encoded in some way in the tome's text, while a few occultists believe that by "below" D'Erlette was not referring to later in the tome, but to some subterranean meeting place deep in the Earth among the ghouls where the undying D'Erlette himself will teach the invocation to worthy scholars in person; however, most serious occultists seem certain that no such invocation ever existed, citing their belief that D'Erlette is "unreliable". (Y.Whateley)		* The alchemical/elemental section of the tome concludes with a brief and enigmatic reference to "The Drowners", including [[Bugg-Shash]] and [[Yibb-Tstll]]; D'Erlette seems to regard these beings as "aligned to water", and as such "antithetical to fire and light"; this passage claims that "The Drowners" can be summoned to vampirically weaken and control so-called "[[Great Old Ones]]" and that a special invocation to the "fire elemental" [[Cthugha]] can be used in turn to control "The Drowners"; this invocation the author promised to provide "below", but, maddeningly, it does not appear in any known version of this tome. Some cultists claim that the invocation is encoded in some way in the tome's text, while a few occultists believe that by "below" D'Erlette was not referring to later in the tome, but to some subterranean meeting place deep in the Earth among the ghouls where the undying D'Erlette himself will teach the invocation to worthy scholars in person; however, most serious occultists seem certain that no such invocation ever existed, citing their belief that D'Erlette is "unreliable". ([[User:YWhateley\|Y.Whateley]])
	* The alchemical/elemental section of the tome also includes a brief mention of "earth elementals" D'Erlette called "Satyrs", which are described in terms resembling [[Faerie]]s or [[Worms of the Earth]], "Sylphs" which are described as "unclean spirits or demons of the air" in terms similar to [[Poltergeist]]s which D'Erlette claimed are "fundamentally opposed" to Satyrs, and "Nymphs" or "Mermaids" which seem to be a form of [[Deep One]] which D'Erlette claimed to be "fundamentally opposed" to [[Ghoul]]s. (Y.Whateley)		* The alchemical/elemental section of the tome also includes a brief mention of "earth elementals" D'Erlette called "Satyrs", which are described in terms resembling [[Faerie]]s or [[Worms of the Earth]], "Sylphs" which are described as "unclean spirits or demons of the air" in terms similar to [[Poltergeist]]s which D'Erlette claimed are "fundamentally opposed" to Satyrs, and "Nymphs" or "Mermaids" which seem to be a form of [[Deep One]] which D'Erlette claimed to be "fundamentally opposed" to [[Ghoul]]s. ([[User:YWhateley\|Y.Whateley]])

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