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-'''Pallid Dancers''' created by [[Chad J. Bowser]] for ''[[Malleus Monstrorum]]''
+'''Pallid Dancers''' and '''Courtiers of the King in Yellow''' created by [[Chad J. Bowser]] for ''[[Malleus Monstrorum]]''.
-==Description==
+==Pallid Dancer==
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 A puppet-like creation of the [[King in Yellow]], shaped like a small, child-sized, golden-masked, crowned humanoid figure, dressed in rags and bearing scimitars, which  may be gifted to cultists by unnatural servants of the King in Yellow as silent heralds of the imminent arrival of their Creator, inert at first, but rising up like automatons at the arrival of their King to silently dance and whirl to the silent, unearthly rhythms of fevered madness, more and more rapidly and gracefully as the corruption of the King in Yellow advances.  The dance is weirdly fascinating, effectively a spell which captivates and enraptures the viewer, who, falling under the spell, cannot look away, even as the Pallid Dancers advance, whirling and leaping about their razor-sharp scimitars, to cut the sanity from their victims, binding the doomed souls to the leprous spirit of the King in Yellow....

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 ==Associated Mythos Elements==
 * setting: [[Hastur Cycle]]
-* tome: ''[[The King in Yellow]]''
+* tome: ''[[The King in Yellow (tome)]]''
 * deity: [[Hastur]]
 * deity: [[King in Yellow]]

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 ==Associated Mythos Elements==
 * tome: ''[[The King in Yellow]]''
 * deity: [[Hastur]]

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−	~~{{Construction~~\|~~reason~~=~~Under Construction\|date~~=~~Feb 19~~, ~~2017}}~~	+	'''Pallid Dancers''' created by [[Chad J. Bowser]] for ''[[Malleus Monstrorum]]''
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		+	==Description==
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		+	<blockquote>
		+	Dressed in tattered rags to match their king, they also wear small golden masks. Nothing is beneath the mask and the wooden frame of a marionette complete with cut strings is found beneath their rags.
		+	<br>— [[Chad J. Bowser]], ''[[Malleus Monstrorum]]''
		+	</blockquote>
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		+	A puppet-like creation of the [[King in Yellow]], shaped like a small, child-sized, golden-masked, crowned humanoid figure, dressed in rags and bearing scimitars, which may be gifted to cultists by unnatural servants of the King in Yellow as silent heralds of the imminent arrival of their Creator, inert at first, but rising up like automatons at the arrival of their King to silently dance and whirl to the silent, unearthly rhythms of fevered madness, more and more rapidly and gracefully as the corruption of the King in Yellow advances. The dance is weirdly fascinating, effectively a spell which captivates and enraptures the viewer, who, falling under the spell, cannot look away, even as the Pallid Dancers advance, whirling and leaping about their razor-sharp scimitars, to cut the sanity from their victims, binding the doomed souls to the leprous spirit of the King in Yellow....
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		+	==Heresies and Controversies==
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		+	Suggested Alternative Theories include: Derleth's elemental scheme; pseudo-science interpretation;
		+	"fanon" interpretations; unofficial humorous or eccentric versions;
		+	identification with "Real Life" mythological, religious, folklore, natural, and historical phenomena;
		+	rumor and speculation... these contribute some flexibility and ambiguity to the mythos.
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		+	==Keeper Notes==
		+	Optional. Suggestions for using these creatures in the CoC RPG, and in fan-fiction.
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		+	==Associated Mythos Elements==
		+	* tome: ''[[The King in Yellow]]''
		+	* deity: [[Hastur]]
		+	* deity: [[King in Yellow]]
		+	* race: [[Unspeakable Possessor]]
		+	* race: [[Spawn of Hastur]]
		+	* artifact: The [[Yellow Sign]]
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		+	==References==
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		+	* sourcebook: ''[[Malleus Monstrorum]]''

−	~~Pallid Dancer~~

	[[Category:Races]]		[[Category:Races]]
		+	[[Category:HasturCycle]]
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