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| − | + | The '''Guardians of Crystallizers of Dreams''' (AKA simply "Guardians") are from [[Ramsey Campbell]]'s "[[The Render of the Veils]]", and developed for Chaosium by [[Scott David Aniolowski]]. | |
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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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Latest revision as of 20:28, 12 August 2022
The Guardians of Crystallizers of Dreams (AKA simply "Guardians") are from Ramsey Campbell's "The Render of the Veils", and developed for Chaosium by Scott David Aniolowski.
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
