The Queen in Red (tome): Difference between revisions

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Title: The Red Queen originally appears in Malleus Monstrorum.

Latin Version

author: Anonymous
language: Medieval Italian
number of known copies (if rare): (few copies were created, and no copies are known to have survived)
last known location of surviving copies (if rare): (some copies might have survived in the Dreamlands)
spells: ?
sanity loss: minor
mythos lore: minor
Dreamlands lore: minor, focusing on what seems to be Carcosa
study: 1 week to study and comprehend

An epic poem detailing the Queen in Red, describing the marvels of her court in a surreal, astrological allegory, ending with a tantalizingly utopian prophecy of her eventual ascension to the Throne of the World. This is the original anonymously-written medieval Italian version, of which there are no known copies to have survived an inquisition in Medieval Florence, Italy. The text is hauntingly beautiful and dream-like.

English Version

author: Anonymous
language: English Translation
number of known copies (if rare): (unknown, apparently uncommon)
last known location of surviving copies (if rare): (copies turn up from time to time in the United States and elsewhere)
spells: ?
sanity Loss: minor
mythos lore: minor
Dreamlands lore: minor, focusing on what seems to be Carcosa
study: 1 week to study and comprehend

An epic poem detailing the Queen in Red, describing the marvels of her court in a surreal, astrological allegory, ending with a tantalizingly utopian prophecy of her eventual ascension to the Throne of the World. The slim book is the English translation of its original anonymously-written medieval Italian, of which there are no known surviving copies. The text is hauntingly beautiful and dream-like.

Appearances

sourcebook: Malleus Monstrorum

Associated Mythos Elements

setting: Dreamlands
setting: Hastur Cycle
location: Carcosa
deity: Queen in Red
deity: King in Yellow
tome: compare/contrast with The King in Yellow (tome)

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 * author:  Anonymous
 * language: Medieval Italian
-* number of known copies (if rare): (no copies known to have survived)
+* number of known copies (if rare): (few copies were created, and no copies are known to have survived)
-* last known location of surviving copies (if rare): (a copy might have survived destruction in medieval Florence; copies might also have survived in the Dreamlands)
+* last known location of surviving copies (if rare): (some copies might have survived in the Dreamlands)
 * spells:  ?
 * sanity loss: minor
 * mythos lore: minor
-* Dreamlands lore: minor, focusing on Carcosa
+* Dreamlands lore: minor, focusing on what seems to be Carcosa
 * study: 1 week to study and comprehend
-An epic poem detailing the [[Queen in Red]]. The slim book is the English translation of its original anonymously-written medieval Italian, of which there are no known surviving copies. The text is hauntingly beautiful and dream-like.
+An epic poem detailing the [[Queen in Red]], describing the marvels of her court in a surreal, astrological allegory, ending with a tantalizingly utopian prophecy of her eventual ascension to the Throne of the World. This is the original anonymously-written medieval Italian version, of which there are no known copies to have survived an inquisition in Medieval Florence, Italy. The text is hauntingly beautiful and dream-like.
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 * sanity Loss: minor
 * mythos lore: minor
-* Dreamlands lore: minor, focusing on Carcosa
+* Dreamlands lore: minor, focusing on what seems to be Carcosa
 * study: 1 week to study and comprehend
-An epic poem detailing the [[Queen in Red]]. The slim book is the English translation of its original anonymously-written medieval Italian, of which there are no known surviving copies. The text is hauntingly beautiful and dream-like.
+An epic poem detailing the [[Queen in Red]], describing the marvels of her court in a surreal, astrological allegory, ending with a tantalizingly utopian prophecy of her eventual ascension to the Throne of the World. The slim book is the English translation of its original anonymously-written medieval Italian, of which there are no known surviving copies. The text is hauntingly beautiful and dream-like.