East High School
Eddy, Orrin B.
Elder Race, The
Ellery, Professor
Eltdown Shards
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East High School. High school in Arkham, Massachusetts.
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Eddy, Orrin B. Man mentioned in the notes of Edwin M. Lillibridge as possibly belonging to the Starry Wisdom sect in 1857.
The Haunter of the Dark, H.P. Lovecraft.
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Elder Race, The. See Flying Polyps.
The Shadow Out Of Time, H.P. Lovecraft.
Ellery, Professor. Chemistry professor at Miskatonic University in Arkham, Massachusetts. Walter Gilman and Frank Elwood brought a tiny statuette that Gilman found during one of his many interdimensional travels prior to his death to Professor Ellery for analysis. The professor found traces of platinum, iron, and tellurium, along with three other elements not of this earth.
The Dreams In The Witch-House, H.P. Lovecraft.
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Eltdown Shards. The disturbing and debatable set of pottery shards found near Eltdown, England. The Eltdown Shards, when translated, mention, among other things, the planet of Yith and the Great Race.
The Shadow Out Of Time, H.P. Lovecraft.
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Elwood, Frank. Student at Miskatonic University and tenant of Witch-House. Elwood was the colleague of Walter Gilman during Gilman's downfall. Elwood confirmed to Walter Gilman what others only speculated, that his fever was causing him to sleepwalk. After an especially terrible episode of dreams by Gilman, Elwood recommended that Gilman stay in his room for a few nights so he might be able to wake Gilman if he were to start walking in his sleep again. The idea worked for a short while, and Gilman was allowed a few nights of uninterrupted sleep. Elwood quickly realized the seriousness of Gilman's plight, though nothing he did seemed to help. Elwood was present the night Gilman was killed by Brown Jenkin.
The Dreams In The Witch-House, H.P. Lovecraft.
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Emma. A two-masted schooner ported out of Auckland. On February 20th, 1925, the Emma sailed for Callao with an 11-man crew. The ship encountered the great storm that portended the rising of R’lyeh on March 1st and was pushed far south. On March 22nd, the ship encountered the Alert, which tried to warn her off and order her about. When the Emma refused, the crew of the Alert sunk her. The Emma’s crew was able to board the Alert and kill the crew.
The Call of Cthulhu, H.P. Lovecraft.
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Esoteric Order Of Dagon.
Pagan religious cult located in Innsmouth, Massachusetts from the early 1840s to February,
1928. The religion was attributed with the sudden and abundant return of fine fishing to
the area and was embraced by the local townsfolk as the result. The order became the
greatest influence in town, replacing Free Masonsry all together and taking up
headquarters in the old Masonic Hall on New Church Green. Priests of the order are rarely
seen by human eyes, and then only as passing shadows that haunt the observer with their
sinister qualities. Priests wear the Tiara of the Deep Ones as a badge of their station.
It is unknown whether the cult worships the Deep Ones or Dagon
(along with Hydra and the Great Old One, Cthulhu). Though the Deep Ones are not gods, the
order was given to offering sacrifices to them at Devil’s Reef in exchange for a
limitless supply of fish and golden jewelry. Most likely, the order views the Deep Ones as
an intermediary to Dagon, Hydra, and Cthulhu rather than gods.
The practice was brought to Innsmouth by Captain Obed Marsh during
the 1830-40s from an island of devil-worshippers in the South Seas. There, the islanders
would sacrifice young men and women from the village twice a year — on May Eve and
Halloween. As in Innsmouth, the villagers received a limitless bounty of fish and gold
jewelry in exchange. This practice continued until other islanders in the area found out
what was going on and wiped out the entire group, destroying every structure they could
and leaving hardly a trace of their existence.
The Shadow Over Innsmouth, H.P. Lovecraft
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Exham Priory. Prior
located 3 miles west of Anchester, England, said to have known foundations dating back
over seventeen centuries. The building is located atop a limestone cliff overlooking an
uninhabited valley. The original foundation was a priory housing a strange and powerful
monastic order, surround by extensive gardens which need no walls to exclude a frightened
populace. The architecture of the place is a peculiar mix of compositions. Gothic towers
resting on a Saxon or Romanesque substructure, who’s foundation was a blend of orders
— Roman, Druidic, or even Cymric. The foundation was merged as one with the solid
limestone cliff the Priory sat on.
Exham Priory entered the history books around 1000 A.D.. In 1261,
Henry the Third granted the site to Gilbert de la Poer, the First Baron of Exham.
Throughout its history until the early 1600s, the de la Poers shrouded the site in
horrific legends. Then, in the early 1600s, Walter de la Poer killed his father, five
siblings, and several servants after discovering the terrible secrets of the de la Poer
legacy. Walter escaped to Virginia after the murders with the assistance of the villagers
from Anchester. Three months later, a scourge of rats overran Anchester.
Exham Priory reverted to the hands of the crown after the tragedy
and was ultimately turned over to the Norrys family of Anchester. It remained uninhabited
until 1921, when a de la Poer (Delapore) bought back the place into the family. After
extensive remodeling, the unnamed de la Poer moved in and almost immediately began to
experience strange events. The owner, along with his collection of nine cats, heard the
scurrying of uncounted rats within the walls of the priory, though no one else could hear
them.
After intensive investigations, de la Poer, along with Edward
Norrys, discovered a subterranean opening hidden beneath an altar in the vault beneath the
house. On the 8th of August, seven men, including de la Poer, Edward Norrys, Sir William
Brinton, an archeologist (?), Dr. Trask, an anthropologist, and three others, succeeded in
moving the altar to expose the hidden passage.
Two things were immediately noted. The stairs beneath the altar
that disappeared into the darkness below were worn to almost a slope, the stairs were
covered with gnawed human and half-human bones, and a fresh breeze blew up from below.
Further investigations showed that the stairs were hewn from the limestone from below, not
from above down.
Within the half-illuminated caverns below the Priory, the men
discovered a sea of bones and several structures, these structures’ architecture as
late as the 1600s and dating back to prehistory. Upon this discovery, de la Poer realized
the legacy of his family, the dark religion they practiced, and the rites of butchery and
cannibalism they enjoyed. Upon this realization, de la Poer’s mind snapped and the
man was found hours later in the caverns devouring the corpse of Edward Norrys.
Soon after the incident, workman blew down Exham Priory and
dismantled its foundations.
The Rats In The Walls, H.P. Lovecraft.
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