In the Pathfinder universe, Carcosa is a highly magical planet which contains a living city that is also called Carcosa. It's the home of Hastur, who resides in the monstrous Lake of Hali. When the light from Carcosa's star shines on another world's …

Carcosa is a fictional city in Ambrose Bierce's short story "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" (1886). The ancient and mysterious city is barely described and is viewed only in hindsight (after its destruction) by a character who once lived there.

He mentioned the establishment of the Dynasty in Carcosa, the lakes which connected Hastur, Aldebaran and the mystery of the Hyades. He spoke of Cassilda and Camilla, and sounded the cloudy depths of Demhe, and the Lake of Hali. "The scolloped tatters of the King in Yellow must hide Yhtill forever", he muttered, but I do not believe Vance heard ...

The mythology of The King in Yellow is partially derived from the stories of Ambrose Bierce, most notably "An Inhabitant of Carcosa", which introduces the titular city, and briefly mentions Aldebaran and the Hyades. However, some of Bierce's concepts are re-imagined or re-contextualised by Chambers.

2024年1月24日 · In the final episode when Rust and Marty finally confront Childress and the psycho retreats into a massive, labyrinthine set of ruins, we know it to be Carcosa, and it looks just as creepy and...

"An Inhabitant of Carcosa" is a short story by Ambrose Bierce, first published in 1886. Elements of the story, including the setting of Carcosa and the name Hali, were later incorporated into the Cthulhu Mythos. Bierce's story first appeared in the San …

2015年3月20日 · Similarly, Bierce mixed together with Poe, Moore, Masonic rituals and Breton legends would shape the Carcosa mythology of Chambers. In Lovecraft: A Look behind the Cthulhu Mythos (Ballantine, 1972), Lin Carter erroneously speculated that The King in Yellow by Chambers motivated Lovecraft to fashion the Necronomicon.

2024年7月8日 · Chambers and Lovecraft chose to view Carcosa as an extraterrestrial or other-dimensional place haunted by the eldritch spirits of Hastur and Hali, turning them from long-forgotten gods into evil deities who consume and overshadow the Judeo-Christian worldview.

2023年8月29日 · I've always thought that Carcosa is or was an unobtainable goal that is planted in the mind of those who experience The King in Yellow, which itself is a play that somehow alters perception and brings about the end for those unfortunate enough to experience it.