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<blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 4134586" data-attributes="member: 3285"><p><strong>Herald of the Yellow King - Part 5c: The King in Yellow</strong></p><p></p><p>The tale was hauntingly beautiful and horrible. When Kham listened to Cael narrate, each voice took on a distinct tone until they were completely separate entities in his mind. </p><p></p><p>The King in Yellow dealt with the inhabitants of a decadent alien city, adjacent to Aldebaran, which was prominent in the night skies. The main characters belonged to the royal family of the city, including the Queen, Cassilda, Camilla, Uohot, Thale, and Aldones. Most of the play dealt with their squabbles over the line of succession to the throne of Hastur. </p><p></p><p>During one such squabble, the royal folk heard a stranger in a pallid mask who openly wore the abhorrent Yellow Sign and who, carried by byakhee, recently arrived in the city. Coinciding with the stranger’s arrival were visions of an illusionary ghost city on the opposite shore of the Lake of Hali, a city whose uppermost towers appear to be obscured by one of the planet’s twin moons.</p><p></p><p>The Queen and her children summoned the stranger before them. Their haughty questioning of the masked being elicited much confusing allegory but few coherent answers. He claimed to provide a means of averting the arrival of the King in Yellow, or the Last King, through the masquerade.</p><p></p><p>Later, at the masked ball, everyone unmasked except the stranger, who revealed that his pallid mask was no mask at all.</p><p></p><p>The ghostly city of Carcosa and the King in Yellow appeared in flames. The Stranger, claiming to be the Phantom of Truth, sought to repel the King in Yellow, but was easily cast aside. The hoary, tattered Yellow King informed them that only one city would exist on the shores of Hali, and that city was Carcosa. </p><p></p><p>Kham squinted in disbelief as a child stepped out in front of him on a stage. His companions, the jester, the castle…all were gone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="talien, post: 4134586, member: 3285"] [b]Herald of the Yellow King - Part 5c: The King in Yellow[/b] The tale was hauntingly beautiful and horrible. When Kham listened to Cael narrate, each voice took on a distinct tone until they were completely separate entities in his mind. The King in Yellow dealt with the inhabitants of a decadent alien city, adjacent to Aldebaran, which was prominent in the night skies. The main characters belonged to the royal family of the city, including the Queen, Cassilda, Camilla, Uohot, Thale, and Aldones. Most of the play dealt with their squabbles over the line of succession to the throne of Hastur. During one such squabble, the royal folk heard a stranger in a pallid mask who openly wore the abhorrent Yellow Sign and who, carried by byakhee, recently arrived in the city. Coinciding with the stranger’s arrival were visions of an illusionary ghost city on the opposite shore of the Lake of Hali, a city whose uppermost towers appear to be obscured by one of the planet’s twin moons. The Queen and her children summoned the stranger before them. Their haughty questioning of the masked being elicited much confusing allegory but few coherent answers. He claimed to provide a means of averting the arrival of the King in Yellow, or the Last King, through the masquerade. Later, at the masked ball, everyone unmasked except the stranger, who revealed that his pallid mask was no mask at all. The ghostly city of Carcosa and the King in Yellow appeared in flames. The Stranger, claiming to be the Phantom of Truth, sought to repel the King in Yellow, but was easily cast aside. The hoary, tattered Yellow King informed them that only one city would exist on the shores of Hali, and that city was Carcosa. Kham squinted in disbelief as a child stepped out in front of him on a stage. His companions, the jester, the castle…all were gone. [/QUOTE]
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