History
Origin[]
The Shining Trapezohedran was a magical stone thought by the Starry Wisdom Cult to be older than man and time.[1] The Demon Nyarlathotep, the Haunter of the Dark, inhabited the jewel, and could only be summoned only by blood sacrifice.[2]
It was said to have been brought to Earth by the Old Ones.[1]
Pre-Cataclysmic Age and Great Cataclysm[]
Eons later, in Atlantis, the Shining Trapezohedron became a subject of worship.
When Atlantis sank, the stone followed and remained in the oceans for centuries.[1]
Antiquity[]
It was eventually found in his net by a Minoan fisherman who sold it to a merchant.
The stone was then bought by the pharaoh Nephren-Ka, who gave orders to have it buried with him. Nephren-Ka's evil deeds caused his name to be subsequently stricken from all records.[1]
19th Century[]
Archeologists later unearthed the Shining Trapezohedron, and it finally became the property of the Starry Wisdom Cult who worshiped it in their church[1] on top of Federal Hill,[2] in Providence, Rhode Island, until they were driven from town in the 1880's because of their bizarre rites and even rumors of blood sacrifice.
In 1897, a reporter went into the church and closed the jewel box containing the stone, but as the Haunter of the Dark thrived on darkness, he decided to go back and open the chest back and let in the light. He died, leaving behind only a burned skeleton.[1]
===20th Century===
In the 20th century, Robert Blake ventured into the old church, found the church records (in Aklo), the reporter's notebook, and closed the boxof the jewel. Blake decided to not go back and reopen the box, but was haunted by dreams, leading him to consult Dr. Dexter. Despite his sleeping medication, Blake awoke in front of the church but returned home. On the night of a great storm, Blake was convinced the Haunter would get him if he slept, as he would return to the church, and remained around lights. As a lightning caused a power failure, the Haunter fled the church, and Blake found the dead body of Blake the next morning.[1]
After Blake's death, his friend Howard Phillips came to Dexter who admitted he believed the jewel was tied to Blake's death. Dexter broke into the church, stole the chest and jewel and threw it in the deepest channel of Narragansett Bay, but Nyarlathotep escaped the bay and came to possess Dr. Dexter. Phillips kept on on his research, but was found dead three days later, presumably killed by the Haunter.[2]Notes
- The Shining Trapezohedron was created by H.P. Lovecraft in "The Haunter of the Dark".
Trivia
- In Realm of Kings, the headquarters of the Revengers (alternate Avengers corrupted by the Many-Angled Ones/Great Old Ones and the Outer Gods) were located at the Trapezohedron, seemingly as a reference to the Shining Trapezohedron.