Monster of the Week, April 14, 2020
I guess I am continuing to put these things out on the Internet.
Masked Haunter
Those who read through the play The King in Yellow are known to go mad, particularly if they read beyond the first act. But madness is not the only fate of those who meddle in the forbidden text. Sometimes, the text causes the world to warp. Other times, the text serves to open a door to other worlds, particularly when the play is performed.
It is said that the Masked Haunter is native to the shores of Lake Hali, and that it is not unknown to the inhabitants of Carcosa. Called by the play, the Masked Haunter is transported from the Hyades to our world, where the alien beings are able to manifest and feed upon the minds of their prey.
Hidden normally behind porcelain masks that conceal their brain-like bodies and loose flesh and tentacles that move them as they hover near the ground. They negotiate the world primarily through psyching senses; they feed off sentient beings by siphoning off the minds of others as psychic vampires.
Man-sized monstrosities, Masked Haunters are hard to kill, though rumors of a sonata that can be performed that will send them back to the Hyades persist.
I've heard this as well, but being a brave soul, I found a copy of The King in Yellow. I'm looking forward to reading it soon. Mah-hahaha
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