Severn Valley Underground
Severn Valley Underground (AKA "City of Bricks", "Warrendown Burrows", "Eihort's Tunnels") first appeared in Ramsey Campbell's various short stories, with similar tunnels of horror under the UK since appearing in stories by Clive Barker and Stephen King.
In the Mythos
The Severn Valley Underground is a collection of Hollow Earth locations beneath the UK which do not necessarily include the famous real-life train tunnel under the Severn Valley (though it certainly could include it!); these tunnels need not be connected to each other (but again, they certainly could be!) Some underground locations below or near the Severn Valley:
City of Bricks
Y'golonac's City of Bricks is a vast, dark, labyrinthine, underground city of madness in which Y'golonac and its servants are imprisoned; doorways to the city open into the Severn Valley via dingy, seedy alleys; the city consists of seemingly endless brick alleys, tunnels, and buildings under the earth, populated by the perverse cult of Y'golonac and its victims. (Ramsey Campbell's "Cold Print (fiction)")
Eihort's Tunnels
Eihort's Tunnels are a labyrinth beneath the Severn Valley in which the Great Old One and its brood dwell. (Ramsey Campbell's "Before the Storm (fiction)]]", "The Franklyn Paragraphs (fiction)")
Warrendown Burrows
Burrows beneath a rural church in Warrendown leading to the Horror Under Warrendown. (Ramsey Campbell's "Horror Under Warrendown (fiction)")
Crouch End Underground Station
A subway train tunnel where "60 were lost in Underground Horror"; the tunnels are home to a degenerate cannibal family or Ghoul cult concealed by corrupt local officials. (Stephen King, "Crouch End (fiction)" and its short film adaptation; see also Clive Barker, "Midnight Meat Train (fiction)", and the film adaptation; Death Line (1972 film).)
Hobbs End Underground Station
A subway train tunnel beneath a haunted English neighborhood traditionally connected with witchcraft legends; in the 1950s, an "unexploded bomb" was uncovered while digging the Underground tunnels, which was later revealed to be an organic, living spacecraft piloted by Ancient Astronauts; in the 1950s, the tunnel would be infested by a web-like fungus, with sightings of "Yeti" creatures in the area. (Quatermass and the Pit (1958 serial) and Quatermass and the Pit (1967 film); Doctor Who: "Web of Fear")
Associated Mythos Elements
- setting: Hollow Earth
- setting: Severn Valley
- race: Brood of Eihort, Broodling of Eihort
- race: Children of the Green God
- race: Mi-Go, Mi-Go Hominids
- cult: Children of Y'golonac
- deities: Eihort, Y'golonac, Green God
References
- fiction: Ramsey Campbell's "Horror Under Warrendown (fiction)", "Cold Print (fiction)", "Before the Storm (fiction)]]", "The Franklyn Paragraphs (fiction)", and others
- fiction - see also: Clive Barker's "Midnight Meat Train (fiction)" and others; Stephen King's "Crouch End (fiction)"
- scenario: TO_DO
- film: TO_DO (I don't think Ramsey Campbell's stories have been adapted to film, but Clive Barker and Stephen King have had some stories in a similar setting adapted.)
