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Title: ''The Black Book of the Skull'' | Title: ''The Black Book of the Skull'' | ||
| − | Origin: Appears in Richard Tierney's "The Winds of Zarr" | + | Origin: Appears in [[Richard Tierney]]'s "[[The Winds of Zarr (fiction)]]" and [[Crispin Burnham]]'s "[[The Seven Cities of Gold (fiction)]]". |
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| − | Describes the alien race, the Zarr, their world, their "god", their enemies (including the [[Elder Gods]]), and the goals and methods of the fanatical Zarr in their conquest of the universe in the name of the Cult of the Great Old One [[Zathog]]. | + | Describes the alien race, the Zarr, their world, their "god", their enemies (including the [[Elder Gods]]), and the goals and methods of the fanatical Zarr in their conquest of the universe in the name of the Cult of the Great Old One [[Zathog]]. Also describes the fabulous [[Seven Cities of Gold]] said to lay hidden in the [[Hollow Earth]] beneath the mid-Western United States, ruled by [[Othuyeg]] and [[Spawn of Othuyeg|its spawn]]. |
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| − | * Language: | + | * Language: English? |
| − | * Number of known copies (if rare): | + | * Number of known copies (if rare): Unknown, but the tome is obscure |
| − | * Last known location of surviving copies (if rare): | + | * Last known location of surviving copies (if rare): at lest one copy in the possession of the Cult of Othuyeg |
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* fiction: [[Richard Tierney]]'s "[[The Winds of Zarr (fiction)]]" | * fiction: [[Richard Tierney]]'s "[[The Winds of Zarr (fiction)]]" | ||
* fiction: [[Crispin Burnham]]'s "[[The Seven Cities of Gold (fiction)]]" | * fiction: [[Crispin Burnham]]'s "[[The Seven Cities of Gold (fiction)]]" | ||
| − | + | * sourcebook: stats for the tome appear in the ''[[Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Rulebook]]''; references to mythos content appear in ''[[Malleus Monstrorum]]'' | |
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Title: The Black Book of the Skull
Origin: Appears in Richard Tierney's "The Winds of Zarr (fiction)" and Crispin Burnham's "The Seven Cities of Gold (fiction)".
Description
Describes the alien race, the Zarr, their world, their "god", their enemies (including the Elder Gods), and the goals and methods of the fanatical Zarr in their conquest of the universe in the name of the Cult of the Great Old One Zathog. Also describes the fabulous Seven Cities of Gold said to lay hidden in the Hollow Earth beneath the mid-Western United States, ruled by Othuyeg and its spawn.
Description
Quotes
Associated Mythos Elements
- location: Planet Zarr, in the Xentrix Galaxy
- cult: Cult of Zathog (a Great Old One, said to oppose to the "Elder Gods")
- race: Elder Gods (described as Zathog's enemies)
- race: Zarr
- location: Seven Cities of Gold, in the Hollow Earth beneath the mid-western USA
- race: Spawn of Othuyeg
- deity: Othuyeg
Heresies and Controversies
Appearances
- fiction: Richard Tierney's "The Winds of Zarr (fiction)"
- fiction: Crispin Burnham's "The Seven Cities of Gold (fiction)"
- sourcebook: stats for the tome appear in the Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Rulebook; references to mythos content appear in Malleus Monstrorum
