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"We serve that One white combing wa oe bythe prophet
Lith chy suid "Frm paces buy the iis fhe noth he hae
some in a outing citadel the ce- mountain Wiki, voyage the
undaneaceans nt ast with chil spleadou he puny peoples
humankind, He Bath pared us lone am the sions of the
broad se Taluk, an hath sks ws og wih ini i ser
"8 upon Yih. He bath eempered out Mesh co che iat of his
boda ath made espzable for us the ae in ich no otal
ova may dea breath, Te heath spared and hath atime by
bis sults the cldnes ad the chia eh hae go everywhere wk
iki, sl © Ewagh whom we know for a great wierd by this roken: sine only the might of walocks ae chs chosen
crempred
Sorel axonithed was Evagh; bu scing hic he ha DOW 0
sich men who were at hms, he questioned lly the e40
‘ans of Thlask. "Tay were named Dooni and Ux Loddha,
‘see ite inthe lore ofthe Eder Gass, The mame ofthe One
‘hey served was Rim Shire, and dwelt Bighes 3
ff the esmountun, They told Evagh nothing of the nature
properties of Rl Stakoreh; and concerning si own servi
"ha being they asomed only tat i conse of such workin
[sven 9 go ogeher with che epi of al bonds tha
linked chem heeafore o mankind. And they rld Evagh the
to go with them belore Rim Shake, and peefem the due ie
esince nd accep the Bond fal isa
‘So Evagh went with Doon’ and Ux Laldhan und was I
theny ou grea pinace of ce hac oe woe ina the wan
beeting ove alli ellos on ee Ma op of che bers. The pi
cle was lon, and climbing herein by Sasi, rey came a
tote chamber of Ris Shakar, which was accu dome wil
‘und block atthe center, forming » ds. Andon che ais Was
(ing whore adven the proper Lith ad foeold obscurely
"AC sige of his ery, the ples of Evagh were sled foe
ieee by tron an following ek upon he terri
ose wihinbim through exes of lain. [valle wood eee
‘ughs tha could be keed fore Fouls co Rin Shak
Smithing he had the semblance oft white worm; but his
‘eu beyond ha ofthe sel His halle tl was tik
‘he mil olde of his body: and his eae eed upd rom
dain the fem of «whit und dk, and upon it wee pri
‘ately the lineaments of vig belonging neither vo bes
Clrth nor ceamceature. And amd the viage 8 mouth ca
Seccaly fom side ro ie ofthe disk, opening and shuting
Sanclyom ape and eotguces and rool may, The eyes
‘of Rim Shatkorth mete close together heeween his shallow not
fd the sockets wer fees, bat nthe appeased from momen
moment pabules of a bks-olured mace having the for of
Bal and ever se alobles broke und depped down before the.
‘nd fom the xellbr ofthe dame she sce wo ase
shames pple and dik a fosen gore, sich ad Been nade by
cles deping ofthe globules.
‘oot and Us Lodhan posited themselies before she bing,
sad ough deemed t wel fllow thet example, Lying prone on
“ee heard the red drops ing with splash sf hes ea
"hans in the done above hit, peed tata wc spoke; and
wed
sre as ike ee sound of some iden cataract in lacie hl
. Behold, © Evagh,” said che voice. “I have preserved thee froen
spec fy elon ean ove mae ie hey thine
Sts of ld and they sh inne ies el Wisom
vecthicsabedhine and mney beyond hc omg of mos
‘Miu oe sontp me ond bcome my ea With metho
‘ese anit gos fhe ch nd bl pt song
seater san and ce the whit lingo eth oon
‘Kah igh om Yk Orci hal ig een os
ce thar gus an shal upon th pop eh he ta of
palate igor plh ene yon he ot are a and
surah hecnef wns Al hh halite, being
earch sth seal and imo ond it wd ho
Shr en whet hat wer yond he wren pol, in
shih mie abide copie For am he whose coming ve he
tals oe ope”
Non ncn hat be was without hice in she es, sigh
psc ila to Kd ony and vce othe ple
Siow ene th istacin of Deo and Ux Lon, he er
fade send thor se ae aaron Bee
stood vow oF wipes seation
Tester fo many days ad igh, he sled th lin
Shu tbo thou of Mba Tl, Sane a he manner
oF yang, forsee hath gre ebeg ogi Y
Sh snap fhe nam, pving ve au wi ad, And
aha Dy nod, he he oso aly bacon the hil
‘vcr te afar hom Yah, Po galleys ere vere 36
‘hy fd othe nde wer ed the od
Si he wee cea nd nbd he new bos ce ha
"me diy aur ease oa evergoming moth The fair Hyperborsn ports, busy with martin tl,
silled by the ping of Rlim Shakorth dle were thet seca
share, idle mae the shipping in ee harbours, when the pa
Fad come sd gone. Far ln fl the, ringing othe
fnrden a Bligh of rane arctic winter and oes were roe,
he bess tha ronmed them wet eurned a8 feo marble, 9
‘men who Game lang afterwards chat ein found the ek and
and enamenoth el standing inl he postures fife But, dh
‘upon Yikleh, che sorcerer Evagh was immune to ce iy deaths
sting in is house or walking abroad oa the ecg, he waa
sharp cold than shat shi bse in rarer shadow
[Now beds Doon and Ux Loddhan, che sorcerer of Th
there were ive other wizards shat went with Evagh on chat
having been chisen by RlinShakorh. They zo bad ben em
to he codes of Wiki, and ther houses had een ransp
the berg by unkacen enchantment. They were olandi
tncouth men lle Polarans rom the islands nearer the pole
toad Thulask; and Evagh could understand lil of he saya
‘hei sorcery wat fcign ro him and cheiepeech mas unitel
foe sat Known cote Thulin.
ily she eight wizards und om htc able ll he pro
secs for human mstenance; though chy knew not the
by which twas supplied. All wer united in che wos he
‘om; and lt semed, weve conten in « mesure with ch
and were fain of chat unearthly lve and dominion sich the
had promised them. Bur Evagh was unesay a heat, nd tell
sect agsint hi thalldom to Rl Share; and he beh
revlkion the oom chat went forth eternally Fn iki
lovely cs afl ocen-sores Ruf he sw the Bl
of lomersrded Ceragth, and the boca ils tha descended
the dronged sects Lega, and the Fo that seared with
den whieness the garths and orchasds of che seasoning valley
‘Agu. And socom wa in his hear for the fshing-coicle and
lites of trade and wae that ted mankes afer they had
Yi
Ever suthwand se the ree iceberg, bering it lethal
ter co lands whee the summer sen sade high An Evagh Kee
fn counsel, and flloed i allways the custom of Doon and
and he oer At interes that wee egulced by the
Fie emcumpolr sat che igh warlocks cbed 10 shat
te in which Rl Shakorth abode perperualy, al-caled
ey ice Thee rua whose cadences corresponded ro
ee af those eyelike cesta were wepe by the worn, ad
sn ng om me the ying amd shang his mh
wed to Rim Shaki the required adoration, Someines
ae er ws sens, and sometimes he bespoke chem, renewing
ie che proses he had made, And Evagh learned fom ce oh
the worm sep fra pid at each dakening of she oon
won
snip atta time did he sanguine rears suspend cei falng,
2 he roth forbear sltermare closing and gaping
rie hid repetition of the ies of woh, came ops hat
nye clined con gh, coun sm
peeved hat the misting man Was one ofthe five andes
‘Sette quested Dro Ux Lahn ening his
‘ane and ma signs fing 0 #he for aothrons but it seme
(he fn ofthe absene warlock ws thing mysterious fo them all
Nechng wu cen or herd of him from chat ene; and Evagh, pom
desing ong an deeply, was tomewhatdsqiete. For, dring the er
‘ny inthe comer hab, ithad acme hire ha the worm
fer fb ad gi ean on any prior cason
Cover he asked what manner of auteiment was required by
i Shoat Concesning ths, deve was much dobiey and dis
Ue: or Ux Lathan eaitained eh che worm eon aon
‘nique han the art of white Aric bas hile Don’ swore that
"sgl nouishment wat belive of whales Bur 0 chee koow
de, che moe ha ox eaten during eee sojouen upon Yih and
Seth averse tha the ine Dewees his mes of feeling were
longer than chose of any teres cetue, being comparable nn
tear or day bein whole years
Sel she ce-berg followed its oun, eve vaster aed more po
‘ous eget ie heightening sun, and gin ache starppinced
"ioe, was the forenoon of every hid day the srerers cm
Seve he presence of Rl Shaikoreh. To the perturbation ofa
"ic une was now but sx; ad the st warlock was another of
“beanies, And the wowm had geetened tl more in sie nd the increase was wale wu shickeing of bis whole boy fom
‘woul
‘Deming thee cxcoracnces an il augur, the sx made fa
‘suppliarion othe sum in hee vaio ong, and implored
roveli thm the eof thei sbent ellos. And dhe worm aso
and his Spec was itll to Evagh nd Ux Loddhan snd
tnd the hee north, ac hiking tat he had bee deta
tis native language
“This mater 2 mystery concecnng which ye shal al
‘elighenment in cum, Koow hs the ew tae have vanished
sel presen; and hey and ye aos share even hate promi
inthe ulkrarundane lore and erpery of Rim Shake”
‘icrwatd, when they had descended fom the tower, Bw
andthe two Thuaskians debated the iterpetacion f tht an
Evagh auintained chat ce impor was sinter, for tay ther
ing companions were present only inthe worn’ ball: bu dhe
es argued tat ches mea had undergone amore nyt ans
tnd were now clevated beyond human sigh and hearing, Ford
they began ro make rey with prayer and austerity, in expect
ff ome sublime apothcori which would come to she in du
‘Bar Evagh was sl fn, and be eould noc teu she equi
Pledges othe worms and doubr remained with hi
‘Seeking co atsuage hit doube and peradventace co fd
toc ofthe lt Poluins, be mae cc ofthe mighty be
‘thos bctlerents hit oma ou and the houses of he other
Tack were peched ke hein hus fers acai a
ques the others would oe acompany hi, fering to ica
stor clipeasure. Fom verge to verge of Viki he rsmed
deed, as fon some broad platen with peaks ad hors: and
climbed peowsly onthe upper saps, and wene down into d
fsevaes and caverns where the sun fad and there wat vo at
light than che strange later of tho uneathly Ke, Embedded hee
the wall a iin the Hone of neher rat, be sw daellings sue
‘men had oer bul anys chat might belong to the age
‘eas; be mec could he detec she presence of any living
{ures and no sito shadow gate reapone co the acromanie
Cations which he vere ofentimes a he ment along he chr
‘haber,
‘0 Evagh wa atl prehensive of the woe’ ache; and be
ened omnia aw once sight preceding he nes clbaion
ne ites of won, ad a eve of ta igh he sued ims
othe other walks wera owed ni spurae mansions
Sfenunber of ve. And, having ceri th, he ae imal 2
ivoch wot renin the encance of Rin Shak tower,
ich was pil vile om hi own windows,
‘Wud and chil was she shining ode berg he dass fr
1 of fonen sate wa gent all ines Fo the ie. A
aor chat wat ile pate the Fl oe ealy on he oven ee. But
‘gh holing wig shit window ill miigh, sw that no ise
for emerged fom the loner, and none entered A mideight
ther came upon him adden drowsiness, sich a would be fk by
oe wh had drunk some opiate win: and he cul oe sustain his
‘ipl any longer bu slept deeply and unbrokenly throughout che
‘eesnde ofthe igh
‘hh fllowing day there were but fur sorcerers who gathered
ineheicedome and gave homage to Rim Shaikorth, And Evah a
that cwo more ofthe oulander, men of bul and trae dash
layond thee ellons, were now ising
‘One by one cera on nghts preceding he ceremony of woe
hp, che companions of Evagh vanished. The las Poltan was nex
{0 go and i came to pss that only Evagh and Us Ladin and
Doni went the rower apd then Evagh and Ux Lodahan went
lone And eer mounted daly in Evagh, fr be fl tha his ow
‘ae drew neat id he would have hurled hislf ito the erm
“hc high rampart of Yk, Ux Ladhan, who perceived hi inen
‘on had got warned hie hat ao ta could dear herefom and
Sse again in salar warme and ener ai having ben habiuated 0
‘he cldnes and thin ether. And Ux Lahn i scemed was why
‘blvios ois doom, and ws fin to impute an esoteric igaicance
(the exergoming bulk of he white worm and the vanishing ofthe
means
So,ar that time when che mon had want nd darkened wholly,
® ovcureed cha Evgh climbed before Rlim Shaikorch with ini
“spiacion and leah, laggatd steps. Aad, enerng the dome wth
acas ej, he found ise che sole wosshippet A ply of fee was ypon him ashe mie aban; snd sa
he dared coi his eyes and regard ee woem. Bot soon, ashe be
ro perfor the customary genulletons, he became aa that
red cars of Rl Shatonth no fnge ell om the purple salem
foe was thete any sound such tthe worm wat wont to make by
Perpetual opening and shucing ois mouth, And venturing
1 look upward, Evagh beeld she abel smslen nas of
‘mone, whose thickness was such to onethang the da i
ve sow tae the mouth aad eyechals of Rim Shaikh mere
Fin slumber; and theese eled how he waar
Thala hd ol hi a he orm sep Fran ner ache da
ing of ach noon which ss «thing he had frgaten temp
iyi hs exrme dead and apprehension
"Now wat Evagh sorely bewildered for che ites he dle
fron his ellos ould be Fingly peo only while the ens
Rm Shakorth el down ad hs oth gpd and lsd and a
‘gain in measured alternation. And none had nsucted him
rho ses wet proper apd suitable daring he sub ofthe
‘Andy eign mc doube, be sid sot
“kes hou, © Rl Shaker
fo ely, he seemed co hea 2 mulitude of vies that i
curly rm ou ofthe ple, eaid mas bef hi. The sun
‘he voice was weil mle, bt among thes hedtnguse
cent of Doon and Ux Liao: and there wa hick rte
Foulds words which Evagh knew for the speech ofthe
Paria: ad beneath cis he aught or seemed 1 ath nn
ble undestones that were aoe se vies of men o beste
sounds a would be emited by earthly demons. Aad the vies
snd elamouted, lie hase of 4 Unong of prisoners in some pro
able
‘Anon, ote lisened ia hore sel, the wie of Ds
became aticulte above the others nd che musold clamoue
muttering cessed, at 1 4 euliade were hushed 0 hea ce
Spokesman. And Evagh head the snc of Doom sia
“The worm seepech, bur we whom dhe worm hah evoured
amas, Dirly has he deceived ut, for he cae 04 houses
nigh, devounag us Badly ne by oe as we slept under heel
tment he had wrghe. He hs eaten or sol vena urban
ec
verily WAKE AEE OF Rl Shakorth, bus exis only a in ack nd
‘eithve dungeon: and while the worm wakes we hve n septate or
Rion beng, base merged wholly in the alert beng
SF Shik
Hear then, © Eva, che uth which we hve learned frm out
ens wth the worm. He has ved ufos the white doom and
iis cakes ws upon Yiklc fr chit reason, because we ane of al
Ironkind, who ae sorceres of hgh acainment and rarer, may
auth letalice-change and become breathers of theses vd,
sh ts inthe end, be made suitable fr the provender of such 8
Rl Shikorh
‘Gret and tele the worm, and che place wheeion he
comes and whereco he seared is noc be die of by bing
nem. And the worm oman, sve that he kw nt the wake
ing of cher he has devoured, and thie awareness during hi su
Ic ur He orm, though ancient beyond che acuity of word,
is noc ummoral and vulnerable in one paca, Whosoese la.
‘ac che time and means of hi wulerablcy and hath hens rsh
neki, may lay him ely And the ime for this deed
ag his tem of slp. Thetefore we adjte te now by ce fh of
he Old Ones to draw the sword thou wear feneith chy mantle
nd plunge iin the side of li Shak for uch ice meas of
bis ying
“Thus alone, © Evah, shall the going Forth ofthe pa death be
ocd; an only shut shall we, thy fellow oecetr, cain slate
‘eo ou Bad tralldom and ncareration ad wth ws many that
‘he wor hath betrayed and eaten in Frner at tnd upon dite
‘ols. And only by the dingo his thing shal thew escape the wan
‘4d luchly mouth ofthe worm, aor abide beneeforward a a duke
{os rong oer ghosts the ev lke fh ely But
nonce hat he wd spe Rin Shaikh ey
Pech in dhe saying.
vaph, being wholly astounded, made question of Doon and
‘ss answered ea concerning al hac he aed. And ofenrimes
‘8 vice oF Us Laddhan cele to him and amet here were
‘since muemurs or outtes fom certain hero hoe fully
‘Bete phantoms. Much did Evagh ar of che worms origin and
and he wa cold the sere of Yiklth, andthe ranner sthercn Yih had loud down frm rans Arc ul
the Seas of Ean ver, elated, hi aborence Beate
though dees of dark sorcery and eure devs had lng ind
hiss aod soul, making him callous co moe than smmon ho
Bor of chat sich helene i were ll 0 speak no
[A length thece was sive in the dome; for the worm
oun ad Evagh had o longer any il ro quescion te ghost
Deon: and they that were imped with Doon’ seemed
al watch ina les of death,
‘Thea, being « man ef much harihood and rtolucion, Ba
Aleayed to more bat dem fom is ory sheath che shoe but
tempered sword of nee whic he cared alwaye at blll
“Approaching che dis clic, he plunged the blade inthe
swelling must of Rlim Shakoth, The Bad entered easily with a
tng and ecting ooo, a8 he ha tabbed monstrous bl
and was sa stayed even bythe broad pommel: athe whale
hand of Exagh was drawn fer in che wound
He pezceived no quiero ing ofthe worm; but out a
‘sound thee used 3 adden core of Black liqueceat mi
ening and deepening ies el he sword wa aughe
Esaghs grasp af in milrce. Hote far han blood, an am
ing mth srange teum-like vapors, the gid poured aver bi
snd splat hs raiment ati fel Quickly the ce was awash
his tba il he ad welled rom soreness sn
of ous nd ic spread verte in pool and unt ha a
togeter
Tigh woul hve fled hen; bu the able Liu, mouncing
owing, was above bis kl when he neared the caibead
hed ado thesairay Blo hi le atric in some
[pitching cavern, Hover and ose gre, boing, bubbling, wh
‘he curent strengthened, ad clutched at hin and deew hi li
traignane hands He lered to ey che downward ti noe
here ay place now inal dhe deme where he oul li fr
He rene, seriingaguns te td for bare oohol ands da
‘hnough she eetong vapours the ehoned mse of linn Sha
‘The gh ha widened prodigious anda scar surged om ii
wae ofa broen wei, blowing oud around he did
sein fee proof ofthe wor unearth nut, bial wr
“ye ii tony, Aad sl ee Blac gid came in an ei
oa and eee siting aout he ees vagh and he vp
pro sake the form of a myriad pss f phantoms weathing
ey sogsther and dividing once moee a chey wen pst hi.
sto ie ered and rem gi on dhe stated, he was swept
rrp w ed co h deack om the estes far below,
rat day. on dhe 440 cateward of middle Hyper, the crm of
ares merchant galley beheld an enbear-f thing. Fr fy 5 hey
pean eeaang from fr acai with a wind sac aded
“Tey cathe sighed inthe late forenoon = monstousice-berp
Uihne pinnacles and capt looted high as mountains. The berg
Ufone in pas wich a wen! ight, ad rom is lest pinnacle ore
reac Hack torent and all the ice and buteresses beneath
Tec tsteam wich ope and cascades and sheted ill f the sme
Takes tha famed lice boing water as hey plunged oven
tn ehe sea mound the ber wat cowed and steak for 3 wie
increas wh he dak i ofthe cates
“Tae nine feed csi loser; but, fll awe and marveling,
they staged tei eats and Lay watching che berg, and che wind
ped. so thar chi alleys deed within view of all ha dy
Thy uw ehat the berg dinded wily, mekng as though some
‘know ie consumed and the ai took ona scrange warmth,
nd the mater sou thi ship grew tpi. Cea by rag hee was
‘sland eae ay anc huge potions fl off wick a mighty
Souching and she highs pinnacle cols, br lhe blackness
Toul ‘at as fom an unfchomable Funes The watches
"hog ac ees, eit they Beeld houses tuning seaward amid
‘he lance fragments bu of eis Gey were uncereain becuse of
"tos evrmountng vapours, By suntecime the be bal din
ia ya mass no lager thaw a common oe et stil che welling
‘aces evererenma it andi an low nee wave, andthe sid
lhe was quench! together. Thereafter, the night being moons,
‘slot ision and gle se blowing scongly fom the south
ta ayn che se wae void ny eran Concerning the maces elated above, many and various leg
hive gone for ehoushoue Mbu Thulat and all he ea
Hyperborel kingdoms nd archiplages, even tothe souchmost
of Oster The rth notin sue: or mn hs known
truth hercfre, Bue I, the sorcerer Ebon, callings up though
etomancy the wave-wandering specter of Ewagh have le
from him the sestable sory ofthe worms advent And |
writen down in my volume mth such oman ae
the spring of moral weakness and sanity. And men il ead
record, ogecher with mach moe of dhe ede ore, sing
‘he coming and meking of dhe ret slcer @
About “The Light from the Pole”
ce Dehitth hom Lis Gres eogied among che mo igh
Sisco hn own wok wel Sve he on
thigh ome ema en eal hr ad
‘inet ny dao hac mold brome Sat’ “The Coming of he
‘Sis Worm and jo eld rand tle bea ear
[nvsepie goto wee stove mighty. co saage er xap
rom whch Seah ised fan hs ogo when he ote he
{ithe cane A espn 39) Thre aera scnacn,
‘terry clr kn ale wen che pope of er vers
“rm rt, eerste einen fon ny Sa ws
ccc nut igh begin agin sed ake hing sche ein,
Fe ee mguing to wander tow the ri igh hve come out
dhantespclc san wa she atu wad hve dove wih gee
te doped an ver eed in an fo al Se Carer desi
‘Str wal fve ben avn "Toe ang a the Whe
Ba dist ie see oe “The Ligh rom the ule" pp in dhe
enh bin sey de wh "The Comag a he Whe Wo? Ae us
‘etc air aes for Mathes Gospel e be eow cw a8 a,
"Fach an expanded verso, Or for Eps precede Cosine
‘sen hough it eerily 4 write a i, Dato for 2 Bee whe sid
‘ter eamlyabowslented anf lapatied version af Jade Bar prope
‘hele aay wot be 2 Trey on he theory of EN Hen (Te
rs of he tial pit) Nectar ees ate tho of
Toya and Tae puriaus ean Palin, oe her apes 0 Beit
‘mu of eine Pine mater in 2 Tet Hartson sos tha rb
sy sae leery aie of Pl ane pon sme agree an
‘rhe eps ard dese 9 nok she nro 4 new tle Bl
sor ham, ve hgh a pale er vt sound 4 0
"Me Phin nd ts Tes "Te Lhe oy the Foe”
Inert te aly le se whch apd there of
Th om be The cel share Phar: om ik
‘prepa igh of ane Rent alta si
infec ee an hr hn rer" Respom p33) Ths
tcf spl Ln wih syed coy of Smt Blk ad es
ct mde re sought Hare fm Cache
Sere of ee abate ay Wd Pt Ming
1% Bs ep 197) fa eV Wa Tl (960 The Ligh fran he le” Fe ppc i Wa Tle #4
Bask, 1980) L's ow cam app a 855 ch
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The Light from the Pol
‘The History of Pharazyn the Enchanter
by Clark Ashton Smith and Lin Carser
brary the rope abode in all house of rae builded
P om the heights above + smal aking-illage onthe ortern-
tot coasts of Zabdamat, whose rockbestew shores are
esingly washed by the cold black waters ofthe pla main. fe
‘wr ate cal inthe veign ofthe Emperor Charmamets in that
Sear koow tothe chroniclers she Yer the Geen Sp, hat
Puy Fist Became ana of he iminence of his singular and
inltble dom by ceteain smal sgn an presagings His dreams
wei perturbed by ialgn and shadowy shapes which ever
esined hatelipeed cold auroras famed and kere uns
Soaly inte nocturnal heavens, alhough the son was ida
sme: and alway in he foud wind and yin sit seemed 0
Przeya tat he hakened co the weird shaper of vices fm
reals of perennial wine,
Now: fom atop the part ower of his high house, it was the
‘one of Phraya e olsere the wheeling constellations overhead
And tense those Suey mens which sppetain€O een yer
cn the dark womb fine. OF ate thse neta partes
had heen strangely ominous, at wel, and yr precise: was si
"hey preigured the cacroacmer af some cars manne of doom
So unique att and witout precede in the anna f the ato
Tope siene, which ould hye be oly ad en vague, ambiguous
‘ee This wel, a troubling to he serenity of Phas,
‘sco the elevance ofthe apponching eves, emda Se
‘co bear yon the etn of he propher hel foe he stellar
mens were ceulilycomonanc co his own otal Rowse, when
esau was acendants nd ako hat zodiacal sgn the
‘xesnomer of dhs ep termed The Balik, Borin a0 degie
{ald the proper dser wich precison or chr the lineaments of
"he impending event which wuld seem 0 mpinge 0 partly
‘un his own peronal ie a Te tk
And this wos he cause of incesing peturbaton and da
within Meet of Phuraeya: that ative at be might,
acquire ao ceria orknlege of hat which woul on ee
tac, ar cven a inkling ehereunc, Deng a asta oF al.
and dination, anda ser of emore nd rue chins, he made
this ars na fet dvne shit meaning, But hd was
hit oper shrough the diumal hour, apd docket thwarted
sison when he #94ghe illusinacon in dream. His oroicopes
‘eto nnughe: ha amis were iene or answered him eu
"nd conf was amide all hs geomancis and bydrmancie
anspicitins. And ie cemed 9 Phir that an unknown
sorked aginst him, mocking and renin tmpotene nach
Tan the svcery that one hal deeved heefre. Aad Ph
nen by certain cokes percepnble 0 wud, that che powet
sel power anid is boing wat f ae co map.
“Thro the edd unmet Fhe-lle who dee in
bus below the all comers of Paras went fet daily in hee
Ales of ide aed willow and cic et in the accstoed
et of chi ade. But lsat cy gathered fram che seo wa
and withered as if in the blast of gear cldnes such as
tmanae om tans-Arcic ce, Aad they dtew oth rn hei
living monsters as well, such ap their eldest capa had
ehelds things enplecheaed and ald and fined with bo
Sac, sbapeles things that cored 0 qui fouls and ta f
the ac ike vile chor or headless Shapes ike bloted rns
aren, Foz as abour them 2 chins eprous eyed an De
sich Sily-oozing Sime. kms a f Some tans cieasional
Tong-bocked chanel beneach be known, aii set of Earth
opened suddenly into the strange waters of ultemandane o
teeming with eps and mare ie
Te awe and wonder ae what bad come out of he s3-hora
roth the ieee wichdrew inva thet hts, abunloning th
Troned pursuits of dhe seston: thei oats, which fired 0 longee
tea. sere drew pon the sends Blow the al sowers of Pha
fon the ll And Pharuyn oi, descending later al bebe
rating and unwboleome monsters drawn ding rth he ti
Seite and pondered ma concerning the impor thi pr
shi ace was he Kew i oh sre prodigy ov
erate fre pn a ven ech cn ei ak
ee ett han rho daw pre fo
~ ‘naughe filled their nets bur Wnnatural malignancies. AC
= aa hy red er Bed iy
siento ad il chy aly eh
aetna ge om
err kntheemied ih Pes
Saat. the boy Ratha ad eh cre Ais, who ad os
ve sobs eames sede in oh
2th ae he op a a she
‘Evagh had suffered a metamorphosis so cere chat few savants have Aare be specie i ti redactions of the le. But Pharaye
Evagh had been cadens ofthe sone mate and folowing ua
demise o enchanement of the warlock, Pharazyn hd been ma
incecrogac the wandering spn of wind and wave wat at eng
Idler in eery dread parca hat whi ad tales hi
‘mer ora, And the pcets wh ad presage the coming of
sthice worm and ee dscatracion of Evagh were no unlike he
tnd porenss hich Phavazyn had observed, an whith he ke
related obit owe doom
“Thee, he pored long oer the exorcsms of Poon and
rpc f Lith, and pee wel no the dono -eaughe
the Pkt: Manuanps, wherein here wet fod ined ch
ach abstruse and onde andoterwine Forgotten among me
Alehoug she feof fty conifer Bazed Fete upon them
hearth of Fs towercop chamber, i semed that deacly
Fegan to perv the ar of the room about the midight
Pharazy turned wean from the patchmens of Phom, and
that the beth was eaped high and he Fire burned! bright
hand the sudden tural of great wind fll of seabird
shvicking and the cies land-owl even on helps: wing
‘ver al igh augher of diolc vies, Madly frm se north
tind bear apon hit euac-based rowers and bide were cat
Slows leave of aura agsine the outpaced window, and
seseemed eo rearand stain athe grate walls Though the
oor ws shut andthe windows were tgh-clsed, an iy guse
‘ound snd round, cling the table where Pharzyn sa, sa
‘he broad pares of Pao fom beneath hn fingers, end
ing at she lmp-lame
Fruits. wih sluggish bras, he szove eo remember
ounerchat which i ort fftive agains he sis fh
quater Then, srangely seemed that che wind Fl, Kai
rmighey sills bout che house
Soon be wat made swae of igh shining beyond ht cha
windows, 36 belated con Fad now rte above the rock
Pharszyn knew thatthe moon was ae cht time a chine
dktning with evenide It seemed cha the igh one fe
south ple and Fig a fie of ce; and going tthe window he
(hod aera chat caered al he ea, coming a from ee
teen poke In tha igh he rcks were pale than rb, and che
sete whiter than seas, andthe huts of ee Fisermen were
edits tombs. The walled garde of Pharzyn was filed wit she
ins light na al of che green had departed fom is lige
ll of the cor had Been Ihe fom ie blosoms until they
‘tre lke deathly flowers of snos: And she beam fl esky upon the
[ine malls of his out, bu le il inshadow che wall otha upper
Sinte fom which he looked
THe thought tha the Beam poured from a pale cloud tha ay
sd the sa-lne, ee fom 4 whic peak in he diteton of the
ples mbich had never beore been visible by day, Bu secmed to
fave ited skyward ia the sight—of this he as uncertain
‘Watching he thought he saw ha i cose highet in he heavens, chat
sear of Feige igh, bur clmb higher upon she walls of bis
tomer At length the ce-monain, wherefom i stemed hat ay of
‘old ight shone, loomed mighy nthe boreal henens, nlc was
higher even than the dreud mouetsin Achoravomas, which belches
fives of lame and liquid stone tat pove unguenched cough
“Tho Volpanom to the utr may, steeper stile seemed to
hi une it romered above che house of Pars ke unto fa and
‘abla Yaak ise the mountain of ce thac marks the st ofthe
eva ple
‘Sete could be draw breath the cold tha wat on the stand
‘he light of the mountainats icherg seared is eyeballs wich an
‘cen formes Yer he perceive acd thing cha che ay ofthe
Birgit frm se ple FI inde and fo cher se of his
tous; and the loner chamber, where Rath and Ahi sep, ere
Sathe inehe sang lvminance, Le would seer ha is sufi
Zane geben peas ad ere 0 pesere tet h chars
erat his House fom the fal iyo he beam of ein he
Then che beam suerte fom the ll somes of Pharzyn, and
Feed his hoe by, questing the igh. The cil ust was gone rom
"he rom, eh lamp and he fie ned adi and someching of
"ar sued omy ing the halrzen maton of Phan,
Pondering in vain he sgnconce of the mystery he then
"scm to hearin che abou him aswee and waar vie: And speaking in «congue cht he knew Dot, the voice tre ra
slumber And Pharayn could not ress the ane, and upon
there fell such a rumbress of seep a8 overcomes the ou
svc ina plate of nom
‘aking sly at dawn, he ose up ram the oor wher he ha
ar found hie ave and unharmed by the ordeal it sa i
‘which ha befallen him during the acuta ors hd Ben
bur the phunarmagora of a es
Stein co the window, che prophecchew wide the ct
snd gazed with fatal eepidstion upon the orth, But chere
rothing which mee hi eye chat he had no hel hous
forte the Bes and barren wate f Mh Thala, ulin
‘na rocky promonory which thre ou nto the dar nes and
‘white wikderness of sotherioae Palrion beyond the snowy
ion ofthe wall of mountain which stood athwat the ho
“Nowhere in his ange of vison could Pharzy perceive that
sliesing, tha sky-acending spite, of soaring ike wherefiom
hone he gid ey
ral that wat no longer sth che scope of hit Eecep
‘he prophet knew with rim etaingy what i had bee tha Be
sarely Sen. No capes, ring ou 9 se, had espe sik a
boreal main: no legend ht eld of among che di Hype
ils: no eer or sge had ect i rm hi eething 2d ph
‘al von: but Phaniyn knew
Deathly and eile had Bee cha literng pinnae, hang i
4 inn teated cower nthe aeneh; and e knew with sre and
{ain knowlege th source ofthe light he had bebe inthe
lke afr beacon, and tht i shone not fom any xl coast
from vate und cane-cellacguls proound
To these ltr of ft Badr tenon shal
lls of stool ctl Yer he wills he cone
longer touched by the beum a inch nigh, fre had pane
‘many hours sine; and upon al is hose there wat anh bat
‘ly um and the morning shadows,
“Agtin he reremberes the saying o Lith; an with moc
ading he descended 9 the ground sory. Thet, ache nl
‘pes she Boy Raths and che hag Adis were leaning with
Tee eatned to che diet wherelzom ee cy Beaonighe a
ve ily they stood with wide-open eyes, ada pale tar ws
iMfeve par and upon them was dhe white death sich as had
1 doe hs Bd inthe night. A, ocaing eer, che prope
se ated by tele hills eh sore upon im fom chet
odie, which were pallid the Nesh of leprosy and shite 3 moon
shed are
‘Gung beyond the theogh she window, Pharasy peeved
ug tears and rocks othe shore, cea of he herald
rece wo cei homes were ing or anengupigh i sill nisd
fours, si chy had emerged from thie he places eo behold
Fe pale ean and ha been steak into an enchanedshumber oe
fares so one bythe Gorgons glare ofthe polar li. And the
‘hol shore and harbor and he eis, and the guden of Pray,
oe tothe fone trehald f hishaus, was male cyst att
‘educa rt, had heen che walls of his house
He woul have fom thence, knowing his magic whol int
‘sual aie thi thing. But came co in that death wa the
it falling ofthe rays from che iee-mounein, an, levi he
seer of dhe hous, he mast perforce ener ha stl ighe when next
itshone questing down the datling she frm the ulinate north
Ad yee no coral unprotected wat hehe reraind for he wards
hea ected again supernatural niruon had in tach protected
hi fom he dum which had befle che hapless Fer lk, and
the boy Ratha, and he crane, Or wat hit inexplicable survival doe
otto theelfiay of hit salfumigaions and Farias?
Nom ecto cee ito the here of Paras, fst care a him
"tac halon, ofall who duel om the shore, had ben xb rom
the white death He dared not suse the enon of hit exemption
Sat he rened hefty fight, and in the ne deemed it bet
‘ocean patenty and mito fear, aming whatever should bef
‘hm with the coming of another nigh
Recurring to ha chamber he bose himself with various cone
"ions Dut hs familias had sone away nthe night, forsaking he
als at which he had posted thems and no spt, haman oF demo
cal, made apy to 8 querying. And noc in any way known 10
aid oul he fur age ofthe nountin of esd fe ge ay ovine the last inkling fits ert, 0 one he de
surmise eat had seed upon hin
Deeply mere in hit orcerus bos, he #35 unaware a
pasage of cme and only walled that nights upon him
preset a he labored wish his eles canis eee upon hi
‘helweating af a wind that was rar bu a subeler and 9 ee
rent od the moos ter. His on eth Fook hin wih
ries unpeskable, nd he ell down on he Morin a sre of
son that was nea co death, And gain he recalled the i
rermorphois that ad bien, she unfrenate warlock, Es
tnd his tranformation upon Viki tn» being ale end
Figoo of spe Artc cold, co who ev ee igi and ina
tal eter was ender somehow revpiable
In he swoon fe as doubly aware of woes utting
rar pelle igers couched im wth iy pangs a
him came and wen leak radiance, ke a ce shat Bows and
and ows agin. nolele was this uminance all is ee
it brighened slowly, wih bier ebbing and in ime his ee
hs flesh were tempered «9 endef. Alot fully up Rn
shone the myscrious ight fom the nore, Basing ehrough hi
hows ad i sere chat a great Eye regarded hi inthe
lige, He would have en 0 confont che Eye, bur hit 008
im ke pay
Aer that, leptin for cttin psi. Waking he
‘nals ibs cher woaced seen and quickness. The bight
sol upon his house, pal lamiance glimmenng through
‘humber. The, with inexpleable addemners, ie wat goes
wher i had died a ts soure or merely armed sway
Some ater plate in che frecrng regard of es Gorgon, be
ot haow
Morning le eh east and the second night was end of cit
‘Adz posing ov, he witesed& new and more ominous mare
Ia he aduaein os ba sp ip at he ry il of as
amit. And he was amare of bse certany: shat on the
‘Bighe—sould he ver ate t—che cok ed pallid beam fr
“yp pesk would filly oer int his atemenewindon an his doom
Sri be upon him eveating
uated pon Pharty the, fr he sin alo these pe
mana isis workings of waarde plenipotent aod tan:
‘neeea andbeyoad the skillof any terrenesrcere Al tha hid
rte seuched che blod-writ res of moulding sol of peo
Guayeparchiens, and sanned che weings of the elder sags,
seoshing in sun force means to combat the ert menace fom the
‘tw close computed him and which woud, be knew, with he
ering of righ, dag him down to «doom so profound and una
{Cis hat fro es fig born he igh eve escape
Tori al come co Pharayn, inthe rane shamber of hi
spllindeed woo, wha set lake behind the cryptic sayings oF
Sh Tor he had found amongst the enigmatic ueerances of the
prophet yer second pustage whore meaning had eceoore eluded
the comptesion of the sages: "But even He, who reigns among.
the lors deat, made wlerle by His coming-hence ino the
‘wtf mortal Beware then, He wrth hat Other One which
{is Maser and far more ere than He; and Who sbideth for
‘oor in His cold ers benent® His mount, bepeisoned hee by
‘he Eler Goss, For fat Ox Seek ye out, Hi there i 0 escap
ag save in death isl
‘Now it seemed o Phattyn thatthe One whose coming was
Feld by she propher Lith wat the white warm, Rin Shakoeth;
fac beyond he limis ofthe orth ade come io is Hoang
‘tel, he evil, Yih, e voyage the mundane cess and co
ble with hil splendor the pany peoples of humankind, And
‘hen Evagh the wlck had eon tansored ine = being for
‘hom was mae epable che iron which no mot man ay dea
Sreth even that coldness and the thin eter tha go evewyhere
With Yith—he wa brug fice 0 face with hat being whose
‘ere propiet Lh had forerld obscurely, nd who ad vaguely
"we tneaments of visage belonging either o best of che eth not
‘And unto hoy Rl Shakorh had spake: “Wisdom ineffable
hte eine, and mastery of love Beyond the reach of morals if
"ho wee wohip me and econ my hal wi ve thou shalt
‘orage amid che Kingdoms of the noth and shale pas among the ree southern lands, and we shall site the fi pores and
wih lghe of crane winter: fo 1a he whose coming
the gods may no ppp
Three, Pharayn knew, Evagh had duel upon Vik
‘beneath dhe isracton of Doon and Us Ladd, eapeive so
oF Tulsa well een vempered to the cles Vik
‘ogether with certain outlandish and uncoudh me called Pol
he performed the sevenfold te that scarce sable forma
here, and sare the thiclld vow of unspeakable i
“There for many days and eights, be sie with Ren Sh
klown the cost of Mh Thun ad che provines of Zabdarat
reat ices beng guided bythe sorcery of the worm, preva
en aginst the wind and de By nigh and dy, ke she be
deal beacon, the hil splendor soe afar rom Vick
owery Cemgoth and tsaonsing. Agull wich bores! sil
Prod wivemes were overaken 2 they Bed southward, thee
based ar the as: and often ships were caught and enbedded a
new batons ofc hat Formed daly sound the Bae of cha
rowing mountain. Bu, daeling upon Yih, che soeeer Bs
‘his llow-nzars were mine co that ky death, ech
sworm had prom eher. All were nied in the nosh a
svc wor and all sered wer content i esse with
log, and wer fan of that unearthly lve and dominion which
‘orm had promi she
Bur Evagh rebelled in secret agains it thrldoo co
Saitorh; he beheld with revlon the doom of tes and
sn his bear forthe Fishing corals andthe bremes of rade
swf that ted mares after dhcy had met Yah, Ever ee
isle followed is southward couse, growing vaste and more
_iou by action and eset atthe stacuppintd ce, which
the forenoon of everythin day the srerrs convened inthe
enc of Rl Shaikoreh rd hrs won, To he petuaton a
‘heie numbers unaccountably denied, wavack by warack,
armonas the outlandish men om Plan, And eve, rin
‘orm ad nie; anc he ncene ws ibe chicken
Fis whole body fom ea ot
Deering these cecumstances anil augury, the srcenes m
feasil supplkacion 10 the worm in ther varius sonics
“ie hi elie han concen he ite oie
oe Bat the reply they eeeived was equivocal at best: Somers
sm wa st and somes he besa te, ewig
‘Sythe pms heh mae, And Us Lathan seme os
“ESiavow tobe doom whch nek them soon by on
Serie ee top on emer ces tthe eras
ict whce wom snd she unhinged At ath
waht pence rhs vohed been wee moe merged
uy inthe sleteresal ang of Rl Shon, had ben
‘are bythe son ad thi th of te wom, a abe
‘hafrwrdi ceili ly wr fe hse oe
[ded hdl ot fone el vows an se
‘Ring th inenses pedo amber when se he mig
BimShatordh wr lea And re edi etn th dao
Ian both the aie worm and fhe i, Vth, ale
isn spit sore sci the frei, hc
Iie fee
Now it sere o Phare th eh hie worm wa xn ch
Or wero he pp Lh had ews he wo a ea
ths wen en cherie Rin Sharh wart he ms
‘hf wor andr more potent an sl Bong hae wrth
“opr oa the wor the props Lith adsl
inhi penal the paces f Por, Parsiynfa d
ccc ag ens toon ety of super ald wh ha
‘on dow fm dim Frau whch wor a ours, king
Sinbad heya venus bowel ak the enone
‘ck sans apn clint nd bore pole, band hr feet
ta heii the ems an eng dt hich ard
chew and ae eel ped 0 ey ema Al
St sbescma oe wth ht sane wh he ying of th
Sal cpl snd And inthe dead ame of Aon
2a conemang wen een the Pac Mars ae oly
is sok om gr and righ relceace
Tor tha mhich Pharayn now dared co dream was tue, then
io Shakar wa oly che miner af th Polar One of whom the
Recodo antrce cycles whisper Fea hings and the whe
"Ps ofthe orel wastes Cald Ones who bey the behest of
sors and haune peepee the frozen wilderness and shrek pon the nighewind lke damned, eemened soule—they were
‘he minions and e¥ant of Aphoom Zhah, and Rlim Shaikh
lade Ando hit Aphoom Zhah, the Prakone Manassa
Chim abe flame ofl which sal 1mday encompass the
fof me, fom wintry Polaron nthe akimae orth, shrowgh al
Hypetborean Kingdoms and archipelagos, evento the out
‘lef Osehcor. And wast ata ery flame fees which Pha
had sen fling ado he nighted sis, fom a mous of ie
like semore and erable Yar?
Bur shertore mat che atath ofthe Dwele atthe Ple
agunse Phatay om aa fom vengeance fo wha lt
dal he fame of coldness see ou is igh out, right oon
Here, oa, the wadom of Pom yee 3 clse upon pers, For
ot dhe sage written thu: "Nether the Ol Ones no thei i
dice ro stu che sg ofthe Elie Gods; he hand of moral
alone may touch ee sig unseen in another plae,
the tabora Ones posses ever thas pls mortal in whose
houe the sta of Thee ogi be ascendant” Aad wel ke Ph
thac boc he and she unhappy Esagh were bith in the hour
den Fama sen over he edges ofthe weld,
“Therein lay the reson whereby had Rly Shah pon
teansmuce the flesh of Evagh, and 0 temper ie 0 that che wa
rnghe endure he harsh igo of Yat; hain, 0, might be
the cate wherefore the lig frm the ple had ought out ee
tomes of Parsyn, among il she esidences of men sro i
sud dle tel th als Bad oon the pra of Yn
Pharyu he rp cle he Cold Fane spt rl
‘nd thus came 9 pss shat Phar kenew the exe
hoo, and bre hin damed beyond ocr doom rer
itis otange and fear doom, 0 know tt by yor bod sal
‘et upon the Hah of men the teal ft gl howe ple
bp one the most ardent sar and pute sine atthe very coe
unite autterable olds ofthe prin and eam de
“When tha che sun ote upon the morning she shied dy ae
bight of coldness ha is oucked the cous of Zab, nd
fshecflk who had ed land bide she untenable chil
Jose of Zach came to eur #0 the Fest whitened ts, hey
Uns che high house of Pharayn the prophet erpey of ie
‘he fi they were cml and eepitos, and lingered thar
thes cer, wen nage etd, the younger and belder en
ae onthe venture nto the house, bu eau for eis nese
eno etc the houses of rcerersunbien. In he lower parts
Fee hse the young men found the bodies af the hoy Rath and
‘hc urome Abi sat at bone, che gareted hee courge and
vale the pale orp, nding rem frozen and ony.
Toke upper pus ofthe rower which were untouched by the
Jesrng fost he Far ale covered the corpse ofthe proper
Fins, seated in his eheone-Uike chai carved ofthe ivory of mam
pos Upon hihi rd lip scold sil, and eerebeneath was
Move sl, tamer and yt zone eed for he had shi his chroot
fan cotta, had Phas, heel ofthe les eri ofthe emo
tiyngs ofthe prophet Lith thar nly by death can 2a ele the
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The Stairs in the Crypt
‘the History of the Necromancer Avalzaunt
by Clark Ashson Smith and Lin Carrer
[coat co the ineworable rmination of his erly existence in
foe Yar ofthe Common Spdee during the empery of King
Ghat of Common. Up che ocaion af his demise, his dis
acim accordance with he oa usom, cased his body so be pe
Min ins bath of Bituminous maton, and incerted the more
Rohsns of shir maser in a mausoleum prepared according £0 his
‘Fees inshe burying grounds adjacen 9 he aby a Camorba, a
(de puince fUshnos inch eastern pares of Hypebores,
“The covers mae ove te eatafalque whereupon epost he
roummy of the ecomancer were ly cursory in nacre and che
‘hemi delivered the inernne bythe eles fhe apprentices
of Aakaun, one Moan, was permed na egg ad ges
rg manner, singly lcking i tha spit of somber dence one
Shoal hive expected from se bereaved disciples gatheced co mourn
‘hr deceased mentor The th ofthe muctr was thae Aone ofthe
fener sadens of alan had any parc case ro bemoan hi
ema fr cheie mater had been an exigeant and grou ass
terand his cold cbdracy hal done Fez een ion any afeccon
From the who had stdied the dubious and repagnane science oF
ecromancy unde his ach ad unsympcei ege
"Upon ee compeson of the rege voles, she acolytes
‘the ncsomancer depute or her ances abodes in the cy of
Zanzonga which sand nary, while others lage ehemseves 0
‘ore dtu Cemgonh and Leguan, As for the negligent Myson he
"eyed othe remote and sled owe of primordial salt which
"2 tam a alan eveloking the Boreal water of che eaters
‘inom hh hey hd lone forthe free i, Tio
bad ormenly been he resdnce ofthe deceased necromancer but wis
"sw. awa ees, devaled un hela he Sires
be sane the lt ind unlrenced mage
l is tld of the neciomancer Avalaunt hace sucumbed a IF the pupils of Avlaune assed tha they had eke
las farewells of chee master, However, if eveneuated tha
sssumpeon they were seouly mistaken For afer sme ¥
epee within che spre, vigor seeped bac spain ino the
‘He fimbs of the mumnied enchanter and semence gleamed
in is lied and sunken eyes. At Git che putaly-seived he
sompoleae and uomoving in ub ad minds stupor, wi
conception ofits present charnel abode, Ie knew, in fn,
thar nor whee was, not aug ofthe pel icmstancn
Sotimely and unprecedented sero,
‘On eh qucton the pilsophers remain divided. One
lds the theorem sha was the unssmly brevity of he
staf the penumbl and atrocious raf of necromancy, bu fom
tes which prevented the rele fee atc of Aras el
lay eh initiating the unnatural revtalain ofthe cave. O
Fratalite chat ir wat the nesomanic power ineren oA
Ninel which were he sl aie agen in is urn oe
al, chey argue, and wth Some cogence, one who i seeped in
power efit he resection of another should cerainiy
ve in death, 2 ede ofthat power sficient to perform
fable revision upon oneelt Thee, however, are gues
loop debae for which the preenchoncer cks bath
Issue and ering co pursue roan uneqvrs! onc,
Safer uy ta he fullness of i, heh hades
1s faculties such a degree asc beveme cognizant ofits ince
Tye unnaral vigor which animate the corpse enabled i
ssid he any ll of he black marble sarcophagus an them
‘Sr upand seared abot ts with owe ni indescribable
“The withered wreath of yew and cypress, che decaying drape
func ak an purple, the seplhrl dor ofthe tone ch
shorn iC now found Wl, and the wamiakable mtare of
om Sanishings, all served ale o conn the esinaed
its ial presions
Tefal for we he living, so gues a she thought os
rected hough the deed and moulded bain Uh
pondered ee demise an resurrection. We oy Iau it
‘hat the spit of Avaloune sued before nore ofthe morbid
shuerome cpidations a Sdary mortal would experience
fsakening wich somber and reply evita. Not hom sh
Among ee various implements of arcane manufacture which che
Dp Avaleune ba ured nthe eye bee he atl remaing
"Fhe lamened master eh 98» buted speculum of Back
ec herein peel thr cave of Avant Beeld its om rep
8 hep was Sl, that sete and Fabous wae whch fered ack tthe necomancer fom the eon depths of che
‘irr. Avatuat had sen sach sheaken and decayed neu
foresee upon pret mommies ied fom the crambling
of cainsanttinr ohit owe. Seldom however, had the
med ich ged upon delight decomposed and wahered
2g this bay 2nd wisened horror which was i ow fe.
“The leh nese turned ape scrriny on waa ems oft
ad leachey body a ested rile Lab drape inthe ag
‘ng ral, ding thee embed with an adenine and 3
‘igor lb dey wee gaune and arenuacd toa degre which
onl be described as shea, Whatever dhe source of the supra
encgy which 00 animaed the compe ofthe necromancer ee
Undid eeture 2 vigor chad never previously enjoyed iy
‘vem in ee long-ago decades of its ovenesence.
(As for he erp sl c wa sealed fom thous by Ps
monies which rendered the posal thereunto sewable by
mummy int present mode of exience a oe of the Living
Such pecans were customary in he land of Una, hich
the abode of ny warlock ad enchaners ding thee whe
sete: fr se mae ated tht wa seldo fe ey i tei
ed cht, eines, they Fe wont to sie up from tei deathly
tolence ad tle abroad to wtak a dice ad ghastly vengeance
‘hove who wronged cen win chy led. Hence was i ol
dent fr thet burghers of Zanaonga, the piney
region of Hyperbre, fo insist ha he tombs of Sorcerers Be
sth the Prakotc penetra, againt which such af the
Dralaaune may not respas without the severe dames
‘Thar ie was ehat the mpm of che necromancer was
icin she cept, elles 0 emerge shertm inc he outer
‘And thee fr atime i continued to seour: but the animated
ws in a0 wise discommodd by its enforced confinement, ft
Ghnare and ponderous athitectune of the ceype wat of
Alva, andthe building thereof Avaeaune had hie sper
‘Three was three ype was Spacious nd, witha nal
in sh few and dial amenities asthe reposing chabert of
ead nay customarily lfrd thie hl hubtans. Moreoter,
living corpse bethoughe sel of chat scree poral every combi
non ahve, bed the which there dudes wat hid
veel. and among. these inimical dwellers inthe enebrous depchs
consent t0 rye in afer death
Trslong the nde head dhe she of leshery fet ascending
shessst si from the unpimbed and plomy foea ofthe abyss,
anche fumbling of rstng pam agaist the biden portal and the
sic and wad ir within the wale war, of a Suden, permeated
Tia disquieting eva as of longsaled groves bat newly oped
By these kent he lc wo made aware of che ghoul-pack that
puwisand whined and snfled hungry at the doe And when he
furl ye co adi he gaunt, lesp-belie, shying hed, ce
Tk eae up bene it, ing ein arms ike withed sticks and
clase hand ke he tk aoa of monstous hinds. The potcid
‘veces os pha posphorercence Dred up atthe comnmand of
therecromancs, and she ghoul-her,aighted, squealed apd grow
le ble the glv-eyed mary A lenge, having cowed them
acm, Avalesue ied rm dhe lade f te puck, 2 hound
‘mae hing ith dll eyes the hue of rancid pus, »fearfal and
tigi aah of erldor.
Te wat not long thereafter before Avuzaun a ned fi op
ing herd of gravee, For the nectomancer in tine bam
ace of a inne Lck which gretlyeovmented it an which eer
‘rman unasuaged by ch spernteral vigor whic animated
frm ime chit nebulae resolved seine Bnaing ack
autem, butt 98 fr no mundane acimen, the acl and
‘ing hie which burned within the dey and withered ene of
"beck Col water not honey heed wine would no secs bs Te bosta
‘hac unholy this frie was em ind Avra eave, but
lo wherefore the mary didnot know
Pechance ie war Simply that he dscated tes ofthe
‘wee souk cough wih the bituminous sales ofthe Ber
vine ad been immered, and that ie was chit acd
Sthich woke 20 fece and burning a hit within dy and
tls. Or mayhap it was even a nique legend od har he
Tess legions of che undead require the imbsbement of fs
swhercby eo sustain chic unaturlextenceon his plane of
‘whatever may have been the caus, ce mummy of the den
mance yeirbed for dhe fara crimson Mai which Noms 9
sally through the veins of the ving ait had never thie fo
he oes of wines rom tren vineyards when thd ved A
Avalaune evoke the lean and hungry ghouls before is bie,
profcred unto the neetmancer lect chalice brimming
aca ai gore drained rom the css of cps but the
thick, coagulated bod did aught co sae the this eat seared
theo othe manny Elanged fr Fes blood, rims ad ha
foam beaded, andi vomed shut erelong e would drink deep
goin and again nd yer sin,
“Theft he shaming bed same by night a ail in de
ince co the smmy’ wl. Ande cue pas hat he
ciples ofthe necromancer had east 0 tere che nehgent
‘onerhasty burl of tei unlanened menor Fo ie was apa
acolytes of the deat ecramancer whom the ghouhorde
‘And he fist fl he wis was tha uneegeerats nd i
[Mygon who sll duel inthe seaontng toner whic once
been the drmesne ofthe necromancer. When, with the dina
Is servane came to rose im fom his sambers, chy fo
blehed and ely shranken cope amid the disorder he
eloces, which sere torn and trampled and besiched with
rite and grave mould. Naugh of che nature ofthe rostral
tants to the chamber ofthe aforunare Myon cou hi os
stricken servants discon from the Bed ating of his gat
fhe eyes; bu fom the drained and empry vis ofthe
sve peetourrl pall they guesed it dat head len tin
noe hainabl ad prowl warp athe aight
seasin and again threes the ghoul-herd mene foth by the
sce tit withthe app OF Alaune, dow eo tose deep at
Anna the cre af he earth whee they and er brethen had
ely sunnced out waren of feud pasagenays connecting
send burial ground and the salts beneath castle, empl
serrate town. Afr nin such rly atrocities had befallen, sme
eine ination of the srk. dawned pen the eclesiarchs of
‘Pinson fr ot Became sneresingly abies that oaly the Former
quent of te deed necomance,Avaeaam. sufeted from the
eons f he unknown vampires nie the priests
ances ventured fre co seine the crypt ofthe dees
Usnner bat found itl seed i door of hese ead inet, and
fhe Pak pentagram afd thereto undisturbed and unbroken.
‘The eigh-psowng monscere who desined chit hapless wis ey
cf bn, wher oF whatever they might prove robe, ad naught
(o-dwith Aline surely fr the necromancer, eey said, slepe
‘ell within his sealed and shuren eype. Thi promuncimento given
ch, they terns tothe rele of Yabo, in Zanzonga, ples
syste with serves fr he swif and thorough Flinn
of cher sion. Not ane of hem 30 much a8 suspected, of couse,
he very exence af the sas in de cept, whereby Avalanne and
his aul emerged in te loaing ro hune down the unwary and
shominably feast,
‘And fom this vile cturnal fasting the sere and withered
‘mummy lois aforetime gauntnes, andi waxed leek and plump
4d suclen, fr that now gorged hel each night on. bub
bing oc and a wellknown co these ofthe wnequeamish who
Ponce gna such morbidities, the undead neither digest noe lim
"a the Ful and loachly sutzenance whereon ey fed
Ervong the sow bloated and coepuent ih had exhassted the
‘ec oe fcmer apprentices, for nor one femuined united bythe
‘humble og che Bi Then was thar che insible Avalsunt
evhought hin af he monks of Camera whose abbey ly close by,
"ah ace she very burleground wherein was supposed he alee
¥ the sna solitude of ha expe. Thee monks were oF an order
hich worsineed Shinba, god ofthe shepherds, and this drowsy, be Te bot
rosie gdling demande but ltl of his leben: whe
they wera ie fa, complacent lat auch gen co the ely
sucess sid they feed om the prinlest of vias,
aug but the richest of tage, and dined! hugely on he
zd most sacculear haunches of rate, dipping meat, by
‘hereofthey were oy and ocund and viming wth hoe Band
the sexy thought of che fat, bubbling Haid chat went
through thei sf, lay ich, he undead necromancer grew
an famished: and he vowed thay sight lead his oping
hounds agsine che ay of Canora,
Night fl, shick with rgd apo. A humped and gious
Aogcd above the vernal hilo Uthoo. Thi, so of Ca
sso lnted with the abbey acount, seated bein 3 ek a
inkl wth crven logis masonic ory as he moon ae
‘oar the seit, Rumor had noe exaggerated his comple,
fal he monks of amor, the aoe wat the mor rod and
fund andy eae ie ma fo the fc jugular that pub il
tof throw th the necromancer had sworn to sake his Sbie
sholesone cise
In one plump hand Thain held a sheaf of dcurnents
taining co she accounts of the abbey, the which were sb
csp papas tae from clues the py fingers ofthe
hand coed idly with ser pperife which had been a gif
the high pst of Shiba in anzong, and which was rancid
the sings of chat perch
‘Thas sf wae that, when the Jong and becsined wi
behind the desk burt asunder blore the whining, suger
hungry ghoul, and the swollen and hidsously bated Rie of
sad-eyed cadaver which ed the romb-hounds care ching
the abboe whee be sat, Thin, shricking with panic feu,
nd impulsively ehrase that small lune siver knife ico the
‘ened paunch ofthe lambering corps ai fang ie po
What cccered in sage 0 that nce nd, onda ine
ak ow is ill «acter of theological debate among the
‘Sachs of Zags, whoo Snes eps sgl in chi bedi
For the booed and swollen paunh of the walking conpe bust
pet ke a immense ad een ft, spewing foc such pen
“PEt quantities of lack und pti Hood eh the silken oes of he
‘fone mee drenched tan neat noth, so voluminous wa he
‘Those fea, coagultes gore, thee thick carpets were sured
(Ge stinking Mid, which sprayed an squid in al ditions
The stken cadiver sraggered about in is theots, The wile Hii
{hs ter ad yon in such ods char even the cask wal
eis wer seared, and, no time a all che ence chamber
Niwas ic pcrescen gore auch an exten ha she very Moor
TE become a lake of foulest. The lucene wlenes poured out
vache allay anche conor beyond when a lenge the ober
oss oused by the shikings of tei haeresmite abbot, rose
{none and paler and same basing into Bebo the ghastly abba
Culehuntefating in lake o ose sie and Thi himself
nce gale and ibbering arp ise desk, pointing oe pased
hand the thin and ean an ahery Sod of di and desicared
Fes shat wat all which emne of zane the pecromancs oe
the le ads his mre retuned had burst ort ina geist due,
And dined bits dy
‘This horendows epiode was hushed up and only distonad
rumors he nightmare cee eed yor the abbey wal Buc he
ures of Zanzonga manele or son one the si and inex
Pcl resignation fom his at ad cozy sneer ofthe complacent
pleasure loving Ths, who departed tha very dave om a
Iecorpiarimage to he comotest of oly aries ar famed foes
vonderaoring vec, which wat suse amid the most hose
tc nace of widcoeses Theeaer the casened abboe
ced dur mona order of ster Haglan, fared foe cei
“chtadherepee grim ce of the wtnos severity, wherein heal
but htseie meric ofthe zealous Thain, ogeher with is over
Pgoruechassements of the sh, made hn an object of amaze
‘ec and wees among even the harshest and tort abdurte of is
Srcen. No longer pl atl of and selFindulgent, he grew lan
‘sll from a lek ee of moldy cots and sale wae, apd
ir Tog thetaler ithe oor of sancti and was prompy
clad venerable and. beatific by the grand patarch oF
Cnmarion and hi cs ow command excessive pris Hom the esr in such ecesiastl memoraiis As fr she emi
necromancer they wee burton the het fhe abbey
and were redced co pinch of biter oh wich ws al
tothe winds. And it issud of the sai of the unconae vale
that ac ast found tse wharves far and fabulous bout
Final baven of pereSed and esl spin.
‘About “The Feaster from the Stars”
“The eter he St premiered in Cp of Cle #26
iowa 1984, Lin Carer appended Some eesti sn
“Te nay derives fom places of Sits
ih or in The Black Bak be na donned by
‘rrr nthe bck one of Sih fogaph
Sanus "Whee a agate, conderning eth
‘he members fan lic cul of dvlemohippe,
{tuys the Hl ofthe gad Be ice
‘ruth When lof he cl ae eet he eon
Ine exes on vengrce othe apa” Ne
‘he he only gly aleve hi making he kd
Cancers High Gnas dan» agitate
reco ri 0 clea prt "Phe even Genes
"Yadugger an Woh Rare te nates coed
ly Smith it ptr hates ee ry eve
lly pled “Th Seer Gene” Ih al ere
son hese dese rae mete hangs co Exo
{Rar Yoho es good eae ota.
lease Lovee sho cane yp with te ace 2
“eld 0 atoggun™ hs excep fom OF Ell
Sine one of the agent incerta The
kr th Teo HPL fd o spec gender
Ihe Geneogeal Chan cere om 4 1934 tet
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Dimer, Sith ges "Zelgghas sche nae
“egg ol led cil Hanae he in
fom tae the cd i Lege go a eae ety
fore Shah upon the plane Yoh (Ney
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ondary spore Zong ote ale
Tutor “Yiu” "Vata" “Zong
rane amor all hate we ned by
Sith and led nh ore for Fre, lee we
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ih. tw and how sey might Be eed i, me ee ee aren whch wosthae fan he roscine pel b on
inser era shat ns Voth luo cus wha he shod
ones ingens, spplan fi aiken coy oe
oy hin cll bevwee te cw Ary inal ie Nor ha
‘ull iemedaely spect the dl explain tet di
Cn, a cal eigen ern of he ary hh
Cot athe det hy Pei, wih the socio a Cee
Yalnggr being» ter wb Ad tin et wou Be my
Ls manusnpt gue cntea fit mr cho lowe by a
ter aerthough, yet wth he sone va ee. the me
Pest ead she Yeggor pode meaning © campy a tha
shou the cin, bt get.
The Feaster from the Stars:
‘The History of Yzduggor che Eremie
by Lin Career
1
he Lard Veuth Rakorn, member af the eninor nobility of
I Hypetbore and rwenry nah beteiary high constable of
veo tS cae back shape sea dowel Commorim, suceeded 0 his iaberitance aan unasualiy
sang em te alan nd bo alam wet
Nor nati eve agua sen y ra en” Wich “i? The
Shae” cee “Seking form”? Graal would moe
servo rhe monster bch one ees 2 etre the eed
Pesce of Voth Ralsrn epecil s» Zipogghin des indeed et
en once mare yen Care Strange Manse Foo
ena Wty hah makes nge rnchg pa ih "The ee
‘He Sn Sil ae woes
premature age, when his father, snveterate hntman, 2
ted fo the fangs and claws of one af the lesser dinosaur. AS
offical duis mere largely ceremonial, Voth Raluora enjoyed
hie nue and the income 9 indulge in his principal ents
wrmich was the persal of atiqu grimoies and the astry oF
he as af wna In tht hobby, be was assed, abe postu
‘mousy, by his ends forthe wen seventh hereditary high
‘osuabl ad ben esemicing in his persecution ofthe ince
Colas of the demon Tthogge ans loth ik, and his eles
rescuton had resulted 8 she accumulation af an env ibl beaty
These feng pny occur in Mae 15:21 4 whet al
e's and his uly mus ef eure tog ce le al
salma wa Sonn of Gye, pe serie to ep Ju
Pye Life Bn, Soa wa stack mth he om and eid
re Jessreaped “hase myc. Tekin ae i fe
tp Be al ou ee down i cre tk Of sich rama
Ia af wns rer serena ae
Tis leisure hus divided becwce schoay paris and dhe as
«ive pears of i ok, Voth Ralaor usu in the es of
Tesh he ntellceal atid the slupeaus spre, and Fam ese
ste an pleasures he mas bo infequcnly roused by che call bis
‘onsablary dais. One suc ecasion rok plac sty i the eign
asin Lan # convene oF demen-worshipers having
teen scone ia the southernmost suburb ofthe capita, eo
olora was forced f extcte himel rm dhe embrace of his
kan, che suple lined and sabletesed Yeabbau, in order £0
"ipo ep se cl of day
Te demon-worthippers, ated, had emconced themselves
Svan angadoned mani mhich ered erracs onthe esplanade of
“he Yet can, wher they engaged farely nth ula
"use ding the satons ofthe year when he star Algol sin che
scone Accompanying the constabulary too, in oder end
egy office #0 thir nocturnal rid, York Raluorn was wat Ti ba tes ws
among te fs to gun nity tothe remirinou edi, and
the robed celebrant were bound and Searched, be examined
interest the ales ablestone which tod she ents
tion af he val in which they had conducted their earl
Pheri e938 stra with a numberof ners tual
niga among these being singly abhorrent elon hewn
lincing obsidian, which depicted a swag-belied and compe
‘ogy with batlike wings and the play feted ed legs ofa
rows roa, Face thal one, save fr gly Bead fs
teaeale whch bird from the onl pins ts el
‘misshapen sl
"etre atcompanying hiring pany and thei pisonce
scatest go, Noth Ralaoes reve hatred che ilo
ing shards withthe ones ma o ice,
frp bi Zag Fra stated em is ios
creed tes of he demon wich he high comb shoe
1 sgn ee wh ee hadowshape which ha for
ws made i ears uapstay nou
‘sis windy elexgue ee? Kew live concerning che
soon o used 0 mpart his kale cera be hd, howe
(ett vice fr the apes Voth Bane, He sceme ha he
A yh had worshiped pegs (ane sch tine she su
Fog memes fhe convent had perished by impalement da
twit justice of Queen Lathomaeé’ ecclesia conrs ad
{nny counted uoog their ube renegade named Yale,
ayes whee eso, had uted the body some yar age
wae pte ie ofapentent semi among he seep the lc
Tals Mounts OF che wee Yaduggo bom the wards of
Cova eld inthe ies ete, wa amore that eo
fcr lvoe ofthe sant and ered cls of Zipogghn
wrpnay othe cel eof hat en and meee ha
Znipoga, a Goon of the pao of dreaded Datos
troche Back Thing uron male ctity ned hata on
{cand fzen ah the seventh wold, waa dole personage of
Thit sction, at it eventuated, wat exceedingly um
Reeurning at length ro the are i concubine, che high
ble fund himself ura to rekinle eh Ty ardour he ha
tarie on that memorable evening, ad Became ines a
fs canous mature of lieeness and uneasy excitation wk
ther the honeyed ips of Yabba a the bite es ofthe in
Could seeming assuage
‘he moe primordial lineage, and very rently Coe Feared
“Tuceaponand withour dala, dee dcum-hauned York
aoa forth ga 0 the Eglin, a seach ofthe emo
and eluded dueling ofthis Yzdupgo.
Nighy theeatier were she dreams of Nooth Rakoea
hideous by an umbral appari of menacing spect which
ed in every desi che repelled he had so ssprdenty
asunder None of che wnuily volumes i che Hbary of bs
Sire werved 1 render again wholesome his shanbers, and
though YoachRaluorn dared employ the redoubtable exec
Pom, at isc che Leste a thea arn the Greater, he fund
means whereby &0extipate Che shadowy and obscene app
from bis eae
[otis ret cto comin te te id
rious, ani as only prdee of she high conte co venture
‘hehe sompanied by to sou gard of hs recinue, Yan and
“angi They journeyed, lad gurments of sautonleates with
‘cco of bronae, and bok warrior bite with blades and
Das, ar far fhe fry an preuman Voom who haonted the
Peaks ca say nothing of he monstrous ables of she mies.
Tedd the unlackyTrangth fl prey co the seythe-lawed cao
eps during she saeral of «swampy region, and he doughey
Yenur perished in combat wich the Frcive Voom, leaving the
sng nuble with sought cpen on sive his own wiry and
‘With despair and sre than considerable pido,
Ror a length consled thse of i callesgues in the
Sirens wit whom hi clans wore mutsaly fea, One
a siclysepeaagenan yelepe Zong url, sicceded i i
{ng she calor a image wrought inthe Meees fo de
ity who name mone men was Dslpngahse so obscsre wa
fepate of this denon, thar Voth Ralors had never hee
mcounverel aught cooeing fim inthe Brno and estan the srength of hit adamansne simian, who fang wank
sip carved om masa 0,
Alone and unaided di Vooh Raluorn ail the la
solcanic obsidian, dhe sonia li of die ven bask, ving
Fumatoles and cesses wherein might well rk or ony the
ori, but che cocker and baiks rumored #9 Fue
arkome Las
‘Above hi a he oiled upmards comands ce ll fee
tune emit, the oudles ble acended to eich of Ne
phir. Wa cule he mde safe coming of edo black la
als ives of any kines, nd, eaering upon a cay
of gored junpes, which meagely flourished fom pcs off
Sack lam he enced arrow cls beeween vst, combed
of levin-hatered baltic boulders, huge atthe coy blocks
boned by she careless hands of Tash
"Through tis winding and enero labios he went, i
himself ae upon at and lee allan where 3 wong of
Chast out overs vertisinous and booms abyss. Taereup
Spied ahve whose wal were made of oatdings hewn ro
nies, eofed over hy che pallike Fonds of ycads. Bein
‘scribe hut, upon aed of singin as, 2 auldeon of bak
seamed and bubbled,
‘And couched upon che doorxop, he spied 2 gaunt
serch gure, mame hin fo the pine of emacition,
Tesh ume of hve beeen parca ancien fieh, wearing
bc the wing hie of Voormis kore abo ketal fi
2 fren halo, she high consable approached the creme
2eresed hi by mae, But vo ely greeting, the ea
returned repli, oc even deg ecnize he approach.
Fellow-huiman Thin lps evan allthis gums, het
remained the discolored stump of 2 wor fing or evo, um
prayer dations ina hose and creaking vez, che eremie
‘noe this evens ignoring the sry pete the young
and al eh wile wih alonthin gers he counted the ead
“couch rosary stingy shone fom human knatkle bon
“rng is devotion ondaded, Yada or i wasn
te, granted his splat the Benson of sour lance of url
from yellow eyes bested Sich rhea, Undaunted, Voth
> iki lead pr ihe halt
See eet Orta el ee
is choices proved apt and gute welcome, for the claw-ke
hans stated aod ore at the scious delicacies, and whit
"Yohagor gure ud slabbeed inthe most disgusting of manners,
the young ws! eplind the reason which ad prompted this vist
ciuimpoted the asta the Former devote of Zvlpogghu
1 apneite appeased the emi vt length yielded grading
reply coh eniaci, and erlong did the young Cxmmorian learn
from Veduggors chant lips cae presently Zeilpogghua resided
tf and froven AbD#, s word cicumambiee abou the green
Sew Algol ane may be ilo down co hit worl by i worshippers
‘uring shove mona Fee year when che consellaion Psat in
fn anes, wherean i bis gly wone to Feed upon the lesb
tis co drink the blood oF me, wherefore he own 0 sree 5
tes dhe Seas
ery malign and uoforgiing is Zilog,” quack Yadoggor
in harsh and inate tones to the young wie, “and beware lest
you nurs wath rt, fr bets wise and od and cunning, and not
of chal nate
‘Therflloming, We ahited hi vision co do cuando which
gh avee dhe vengeance ofthe Sn of Targus. "Or mig ee,
“ll he beri witha enigmatic chuckle,
is nrun from the Eiglphian range was more dial and hz
‘as cham had Been he way ithe, cking hi ewo salwar gus
ov Raum wat fred ola bute aain the Bess of fons
2d swamp, wi his wizardry nd is swordsmanship, and fr
rely he cme to each antest he wc Returning home co the
sncne house af his ancestors, he paced pugs and Serio 10
Purchase rhe equi forthe Formula recommended by che erie. This involved consderble expense 2 it required ra
contly pfs, expensive chemi, dangers nacois,and
‘aluable admixture ae powered dum sul and ce eae of
hippos frrnatl for hi alr, Noah Raluen wa ena
procure sever ofthese contents t cst, ais lest lt
nephew and hei, NungsAvatgomen, had been reduced by
10 tain in eae substances equted by wizards
‘With al ready to hand he sun westerns, ese inthe
ane and Algo s fervent ey of green fie in he femamenty
‘young wizard pie oa filopm he pein athe fs
hie cxcuped ony by tombe and sepals, and pre
exorcise freer the tonic emity hase approval he hak
ever accidentally, curred
He traced the cles and built eh ite and at thee
equied substances, Yapoes occuled the moon's cold ey, but
ued buraingly down upon the scene. With cald lables a
‘pirion bedewing his Furowed brow, Voth Ralorn stoned
series recommended by the eremite, A silence fll spon
sloom-eoshroded einence; the wind died cld ware ese
from above
“A Bla shad devel
Swat belinda, with batwings and spayed, wel
fece i wats eniely lacking. fori, the head ecutl
‘thing mass of eatacles oF Fes, the ccne blak shape
how onthe hud, shking fem on the helo an Bo
aloe in webs claws. Nor wat ever again cen by mortal
Ad fr tothe south, beyond jangle and swamp til and
tans, on «spar of jing rack where saa acre hovel
sl amihed remit geoveled belo crode image
"Yer ane mor ofering, Loud Zvlpogghus” the mame
hermic whine. “tcinioaed one precious ngaesen from the
mula co thy poner 204 glory. Gram me forgiveness ee
‘keer thy coven: eee wil rahe ferns, 08
‘And, mths ate Commorion othe goth, eran
cvthed scam ofthe Tesser noi, one Nuss Avsrgomom,
‘igh beyond bei 0 ern that he was dele by the cou
seth sole aa comple hur of the misting Woot Ralaoen, and
ne poser af the anesrl eat apd inher of he chit
‘ntl of Commoson
‘anal eat Be had done was co cheat o the powdered opal. © About “The Green Decay”
The Green Decay:
‘The History of Nabulus the Wonder-Worker
bby Robere M. Price
Terevenging himself pe hi onl wl and her lover He ri
shine someting cle eh Green Dea o her, 2 al
‘Die wre Bellah cp rom a od page ised oe the boy
font reps tiped it Grama akok Bor nha wat dhe
‘ec? Avil wooden hen, ape, Wha llows a eoog
‘yp of gen biquiosin ane oe a cpae
‘An etiopy isa sory spoil log er the to povie a
sa eau panting ceremony, ache aw hl plc wave
‘cal ul eulogy fom the Bibl testy af Jao resing
‘er ge Jabeck (Gene 32.21.32) le proves an erlanatin fe
thing by acces cone he ml fhe lw fhe gh
unde and why hey pened an ac ping once bere
OF Get nthe oly te Pei Fae of God Rel pei even
theron free or suppres By new otha), 0 ew
rest esl arover cre questi And whe ne
Sur son ak yous What does th ean” yo sal ey
[Ssh Ths sy “The Gren Deny steer poi ae
‘he dead iu means by Loner Ie ds po he Ki
0d Gao in pre
tie for thc men deemed them 10, did ne Nabulas wan wide
chim bya fee of shaunacurgy deat of and umarche,
‘her the infising of warm ie ino caving af bronze. And it hap
ened on hist
‘abs slag gute of indeserminat ge and arrayed ie
any sig with Moorlength Graded beard ard Aoming rb,
atked miter arcane power nor conierble renown. Unie many
‘ions bere and after him, he neglected oe the simple moral
I he elder days ffir Hyperborea, when ll chings were pos
“lu abade inthe aeemenes nearby, stating the in such sim
pe murves of ence a he deemed chem capable of mastering,
luracg which wereche arts of medicine and ieigation, eget wich
fame rudimentary mechanical iplemencs. Weapons he refused 10
nt, knowing thi in his one sper, increased knowledge made
men more ike wat the bass, 0% es
Tor shese and many ke boas was Nabulus worshipped by he
humble fhe La, aoe di he ack aprencies drawn from among
"hore aaate enough eo grap tha it superior koowledge, and not
inne iat, which mane mature’ sects. By patent istucion and
‘suunce of judicious challenges aid Nabulus tes is pupil
‘cure, fare new tha esenwiatds as oe day peti, nd he
‘es desios tha knowledge not ee wie is
Ye fral his beefaecons ancl he grata his people, Grst
Nablus sleet lonlinesrendezed the more revo by reston
the wary sentation in which he as el. For po oan seketh
"silo blend a ving go eda such was he ead Ti,
Ie dal holdcomvene with satadimensonal ences who regarded
i somewhat more pee, bt such fellowship ld lilo com
"Bon human war And rox ofall id Nabuls pine fr the
cine fee ele v2 Tee ost
Now the path of the mage i soliay one equing the
‘co keep the set uth of caste clibay est his ieee Now
he wide sn undisingised river of mundane moral. The
‘ence aunt eds appl his begin dee unto eral and
Blinc works, sd to expend one's energies nthe pleases
Aes ind oneself to she way fall che erch. Evens had
Nabi thovght long ago to have cast out every sentinel
forshe gente sex, But of le id hit ind more na nor
2 fen ao: would not ht tmp be much thes
he posesed ahear's companion wth whom c shae ther? Wa
too ares bow, in rear fr hi many saceices? And eight
01 be sme ape ways se bs longing meet uno a wird?
Upon the matter did Nablus ponder mich, tring &
answer tote among his pupil with sine its to dee
ceasternation. At length heated a solution and charged i
‘ans an apprentices c leave bin undtrbdiahisnborat
his aes wrk should be fll. OF hi clcils he would
the aistance ely of che eldest moth che Aspe, who
sted hi pine forma is piri waled high in che ul
one ofthe Cols, tha sash elm of xe piney of
‘Anca savant each lew things ae materi
‘Venturing thus the dimers of pe esence, er
“ope dee vison ofthe Eternal eal, she Divine Wada
his own companion, ceo turn wie her toad each Hi
ro sucha mate mould be 4 kve moe lest ehan the em
heavens, and m9 mere coupling of buen bnedingtce
Nabuls lay upon a ras mat spread within a chalk pent
of many huts, having placed at his he ule beaten st
{naked oma, Hawes 0 every point. The mage had
lnsrated the yu Aimach hac he su dco a in he
‘scent. Many sine be circumnavigate che mad, uteri
fof ancene Senzar and frming elaborate pater with hand
tuner and wis in a prescribed oer All ese were sid 0 i
cert mediation. The apprentice showed hi sil na Maes
Fonming fee ite
(OF che ata journey Nabulus would herefervoucsae i
bueie war oon now that he had no returned lane fr hi
don inca arcane real The Alyse Aimah had shed hts
Tra and tg eine» ound sh, a
aes pt oa pha of he Ore Bs he
pel ae he sok es hel! mae
ere he malades fomfo mhom e sed
se afc te mle ono
eying ety Grr Nah seeded sn
ede Fon eeprom
Sansa he yh Ao ed
ee esha pany se ton
Te et se None sped sil, bih
soon en ong te ormen po Te
eee tame pnd a tie emer
A ens eth tonshmen ad Some erase, Ft
1 emi te permed mgt se
a te thy acne nran ofhicann s be
stew iy coe tay
Thane Ribu demed hil oo wi 6 hae
ecient n ica way oes song eg
sen ineaansiecndchae pes ee eed er
(cpp ott sth det shen ly Kw
Shoat ce se oy win te et ote
sere ny hy ean tac ans mer lshed wp
ew we th
Mite wt ke of Nats grat se wh
anon rs hs foot ening Nas vo
‘Sones hated sian aera preys tx
‘Spies Aah ce beste fn
santo hone ope wad hese mt
hcl oy he asking sty f Nah ate te a
‘iho th ed teeing of he tony bas Sen
conn compos wo amare nih te wa ll
ci segee Amat woed old earch ba mea
wee
sh el ny aes th veneer of eau ad
‘bring ie back eo our poor earth, the which is scarce worthy of ehy
harms, ny ay
Te gm cane he ek ek ich fe
co ath bse i ke te asco ws ‘De taka
forwardoess, that an undeling and a you should spk ui
to. goddess, For incu she did regard him wth sent
wide amin eyes itl wa se aecustomed 0 the S095 of
tab 50 fr ediary morality was hee mate Nobu
[Emboldened that she had noe a once sebued him,
sxvanced farther oerges, navhap misappebeading her
[ordi she res when the usa yous abrpty spd he
eous form and eavished her pesfece mouth aed bras wi
ses. Eten 5 she didnot cra i fom ber. though ber
bora strengeh nas suiient ro the need, fr she ec observed
in pure purlement All was sew oo her as noble Nabulig
laid waem hand upon bee foes,
Akhamoc's rounded oly had been fashioned from
brome, froth, bu now it wa Mesh, ad eh, 0, hath
fre. Th profane Aioth knew litle f the lchemial ay
cid know how to awaken che lame wich is mistress, and ee
She was string his pasion pear for mesure, And 90 Be
tance away the cacklded Nabuls ep is sep,
‘Weeks and month passed on, and frm hi love did
evce no sgn of evasion nor of deception, for rly all she di
‘done in rive inovence. Naghe woul she have hep bac
[Nabuls ad por Aimoch che bectayer warned her, with some
heat, not speak of, Bu, beng via and ooh low,
ims showed no similar dacreion, hosting insects
bees, of hit ccnguee ra sme fellow apprentices, and eve
few ofthe howthold servant
[Noche lightest of Rimes si was chat hisboacing fi
latent lt f the cher youths, yet new tobe discipline of ch
and many became sorrpted in ind, And 50 che bayer
‘he betrayed, for no ga pace of dys, neveral of hi ello
had applied wato thee misess and eyed the sme Fr
Imercourse nich her or once ignited, he ral Fi, being
‘yp pees, could nr Be quenched,
How thee degeneracies at length reached the es ofthe
‘ld Nabulus not Known, though chee it mo myey 10
requted no scyind crystal een what ll he Knew, dow
Toma ema. Deeply dd he reve or the baal il
and cus, but more for the deemens of the heweny pa
Juhuot- She was 00 noble or the worl oe could any act of hes
athe ath nckedaes, but with Nabuls icky former appre
te trader, i was another sory. Ardy mst unfrcnate Fer
Fern Nabulus war by no means above che human lus for
vorANane be mighe have buen, indeed, ery seni 0 rive a hs
psurot, but an ter fl he was #0¢ So he planned a plan and
aed in ering blvowsnes, aking noone the wise, What
eld at fat ms 0 weaken, doy by day, the binding pel ha eld
the aky-born spite of beaueous Abhamor captive co che maria
Ineo which he had contained i 0 ear Ll by Kee she eoed
Tekin soul tbody was played ou longer an lange. To he lovers
ti she proces but dimly peseived a aslo lesening of he fleshy
Novenes anda gexdul ebbing of thee of ee atdor. Bue a ist
the devine was cael ob aoied. Nabulus would by this means
Ir oath unser er sp and ent alot agin co cc realm of
pepo rn whence he had nla seized ic
orth lane wa phi plan I he had ined in ovepasing
he bounds beeneen che wos, iniquity wa ighe when weighed
sis hac of hs betayers. For chee doom’ sake dd he prolong
the pees They must aot sapere aval pie cil mach 00
‘teint shiz end he biter Nebula apply a second cone,
4 nigh uporope «0 ran away, fra Gime, che desulory eects oF
[Athan sceline ant send them nsead upon those who dled
‘wih he, quite in the tanner ofthe savage Warm: shamans and
hoi hee,
“Thay, while fi AKhamor appeared to grow no worse et sit
sal aie commenced to mare queer stiles ofthe joins wor
‘some asiget flim. apd a dismaying sugges of digestion
Ahamoe seed to have record all he vigor, bur the wretched
Aims an the et snk deeper ito deadening paralysis. And yet
ould ey have trad much o retin even this try tte, for a8
the was props cr ey eth did crumble away mos lath
tomely int pce af semis verde, nda lngch naught
"emained of them but gcisy pls of axis green ders
“The serene in the house of Nablus ee Wonder Worker oy
‘abou daposing of he hepa ith color felony, bur newer
ee they ape of the ee ase of ee asenshoens as, soot 6
the same cme, the i seward covered the las of bch hi
ter and his mies The mol body the zal was oun
Taboracry by the looks inthe mie of a experimen
ad gone 7g. Bue of he lady Akhamer there survived no a
ching Tt but arouses rome sate fhe
Book Two
Episodes of Eibon of Mhu Thulan on As 9
About “The Utmost Abomination”
se tis Bake sien Lin Caters “The onost
pms” (id Tl, Fl 1973) rey chad he plo of
Sys The Double Shadow” wheal, Care ote this pin
way alse, eae 1 ide copy ee lo of The Die
‘Sal Wha dopo he pow my el Aiton
Fring that Src ad won a sare ae, The nye
Tine native Breen ecw ioe wring oe a
dhe peusian expen people De the sap mpl pt of
‘Sus Hypertoean pga, er lou pon that clement
‘ny eer and pre CA Response p38).
Ate pon uhh ee stony Ben ied so wth
ie ny io eka with anaphase et
for wth band cam of ai 1 thnk heir mie abety
Span eecily meron Z's wed kin ad elon yet Te
{ear sees 0 ich ee fit hi ery hes, py
Les The Lacking Fes” bu dee someting ee happesing
The cl fact chu Za shold Ive yellow ee om ee te ele
ase. Howard “The Cen othe Nigh in wich the chat
ei Get he ent oF he Mongo-Trnun bod & Mac's pe
{Gicc Lie Pop, Homer lls thee “sake, sepa wd
eck denn tal sige ht yl eye Resin ti he
‘to cape up hie rate i esige of eh ered ereiy
Fis ow rae The enmity i ext paraycd a tino
Darwinian, shown sina honght and ved cnvencone
‘Gens res eermintion proce Fo the ae source, 8 ju
"clr in he Hyperborean ale ha he erent nen ate he dec
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