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| − | + | The '''Guardians of Crystallizers of Dreams''' (AKA simply "Guardians") are from [[Ramsey Campbell]]'s "[[The Render of the Veils]]". | |
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| + | Don't ask me where I got the Crystallizer, by the way — until I can be sure its guardian will not follow, I must never speak of it.... | ||
| + | <br>— [[Ramsey Campbell]], "[[The Render of the Veils]]" | ||
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| + | In the ''[[Malleus Monstrorum]]'', Guardians of the Crystallizers of Dreams are strange, shadowy, yellow-eyed, floating, jellyfish-like entities from another dimension, servants of [[Hypnos]], which are bound to the [[Crystallizer of Dreams|fabulous artifacts]] for which they are named: enigmatic, egg-shaped crystals with strange magical properties connected to the Dreamlands, connected to Hypnos. | ||
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| + | ==Keeper Notes== | ||
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| + | ==Associated Mythos Elements== | ||
| + | * artifact: [[Crystalizer of Dreams]] - a fabled, egg-shaped, whistling, crystal object with strange, magical properties | ||
| + | * deity: [[Hypnos]], whom the Guardians serve | ||
| + | * location: [[Severn Valley]] | ||
| + | * tome: ''[[The Revelations of Glaaki]]'' | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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| + | * [[Ramsey Campbell]]'s "[[The Render of the Veils]]" | ||
| + | * sourcebook: ''[[Malleus Monstrorum]]'' | ||
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Revision as of 10:34, 10 July 2022
The Guardians of Crystallizers of Dreams (AKA simply "Guardians") are from Ramsey Campbell's "The Render of the Veils".
Description
Don't ask me where I got the Crystallizer, by the way — until I can be sure its guardian will not follow, I must never speak of it....
— Ramsey Campbell, "The Render of the Veils"
In the Malleus Monstrorum, Guardians of the Crystallizers of Dreams are strange, shadowy, yellow-eyed, floating, jellyfish-like entities from another dimension, servants of Hypnos, which are bound to the fabulous artifacts for which they are named: enigmatic, egg-shaped crystals with strange magical properties connected to the Dreamlands, connected to Hypnos.
Associated Mythos Elements
- artifact: Crystalizer of Dreams - a fabled, egg-shaped, whistling, crystal object with strange, magical properties
- deity: Hypnos, whom the Guardians serve
- location: Severn Valley
- tome: The Revelations of Glaaki
References
- Ramsey Campbell's "The Render of the Veils"
- sourcebook: Malleus Monstrorum
