Difference between revisions of "The Queen in Red (tome)"
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* language: Medieval Italian | * 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): ( | + | * last known location of surviving copies (if rare): (some copies might have survived in the Dreamlands) |
* spells: ? | * spells: ? | ||
* sanity loss: minor | * sanity loss: minor | ||
* mythos lore: 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 | * study: 1 week to study and comprehend | ||
| − | An epic poem detailing the [[Queen in Red]]. | + | 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 | * sanity Loss: minor | ||
* mythos lore: 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 | * 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. |
Revision as of 21:38, 12 August 2022
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)