The Book

A book that originates before this universe from the minds of the creators of everything. The tiny man said the Book tells of things that Alhazred never dreamed of in his wildest nightmares. The book is the size of a large ledger, and very thick, the covers edged all around with metal. The pages are covered with strange, angular symbols, long and narrow and strictly perpendicular. When you run your eyes over them, the characters move and suddenly you understand them. The book exudes an invisible aura of evil. The Preface, written by Tlaviir of the planet Vhoorl, states that the Book was written by his friend Kathulhn, years after Kathulhn had an experience of being transported out of space and time and communing with the Evil Ones (2). The book includes secrets of Kthulhu, Tsathoqquah, N’hyarlothatep, Hastur, the Mi-Go, Yok-Zothoth, Chaugnar Faugn, Beh’-Moth the Devourer, the Whisperer in Darkness, the Affair that shambleth in the stars, the hunters from Beyond, and the Hounds of Tindalos. A series of beings have served as the guardian of the Book, beginning with Tlaviir, and including the tiny man. It seems implied that each guardian can free himself of the book only by finding another person who is willing to read it, who then becomes the new guardian. The tiny man was eager to get Doctor Wycherly to read the book before the stroke of midnight, as if this was a deadline of some sort. Doctor Wycherly threw the Book into a fire, but it didn't burn. However, it had disappeared in the morning, along with the tiny man. [HH Guardian]

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