An avatar of Hastur. Appears as a gigantic man dressed in tattered yellow robes; he appears to wear the Pallid Mask, though whether or not he actually wears it is a subject for debate. He presides over festivities at masquerade balls held in Carcosa. The King is a fair ruler; all of his subjects can expect to be treated equally under his care. This only sounds good to people who do not actually live in or visit Carcosa.

Also, a blasphemous play written in the late 19th century by an unknown playwright. The play has never been performed, and no one is known to have even read it all the way through; the few who are known to have tried often find themselves plagued by blindness or premature death. It is also said that the play is different for every person who reads it. It is said that the story opens the mind of the reader to madness and eventually transports him or her to the lost city of Carcosa, there to dwell for all eternity.

"The Repairer of Reputations" by Robert W. Chambers
"The Yellow Sign" by Robert W. Chambers
"More Light" by James Blish
Encyclopedia Encyclopedia by Daniel Harms, pp. 113-114

The Last King has come.

A fictitious play in the Lovecraft Mythos; according to James Blish's short story, More Light, no one can read The King In Yellow through in one sitting. - Not because it's long, but power outages and other such interruptions always just happen to prevent it.

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