KINGSPORT

inspiren ex ia narns ab H.P. Lovecraft

Deutsch corsars hieb stayg attaquet id nav ep-yod Adam Barleycorn eet officier. Pos un bragv ed
inegal katu id vecel buit abordet ed ids nieute kapt, bet noroc-ye pro iom id Megil Weir eet tik
inkapend ed id Deutsch flotte dar-ye traitit sien prisoners respect-ye. Is buit ducen do un cell, bet
speit id presence om peind guardes quantloc, is kamyieb snehge ep id deck, kohlt ud vid ab un
placid ed aunmeun noct, ed parat ad abfanzowe med id plott ep-yod is hieb kafi chifan ed wed pro
plur saferdiens.

Adam sa-skans do id smulk nauk, kun un kayutsdwer stayg-ye ghyahsit ed un yun guarde kiep iom.
Adam dohlg niterplage iom. So viwohs leur ep id ocean, bet aun dayi de id atraf. Is nel-ye woisit
sien longitude, ed neid insule ni khayghian eet in vid. Suadin mien, ed unte aunnumer diens driv
Adam sub id gvrenssol.

Is vidyohrc id caust uns veut peiskweik ed menxu is trohcit kyid moli, is recognihsit id land siens
atavia : Kingsport. Is oistyrit id nauko kyid prokwst havenback, khakend ghabe quosmed is hieb
ghohdt arrive tetro. Id weiko kwohkit covohrt med id frost os regwos ed is rekohgn ids awo
clocktoro nieb id cemtier. Is apterspohc ia aunend labyrintha om bergwnt ed kriv anghperts ye-yom
centre stieusit id veut kyrk, kam un skeletocron.

Adam spohd ep id plask nuperfallen sneigv ep id strad quod lud mon bayna ia drus ; kye tod meg
vetus wastu hieb is ops drohmto de gwahe, bet is hieb gwupen pauk memorias de id ob linkwus id
weik dar ka magv placet uni yatimkhaneh pos id mohrt sienen parents. Ep tod strad sehrpend ep id
marwohrt kleitu spehsit is aure ia merig swons uns village ye vesper, bet kwahsit neid.

Ob sien diuturno drift hieb is khact hissabe precis-ye ia diens, bet Natal sollit ses prokwem ed solg
silence ay kwohk non-natural. Also, mon, is naghiengit kyid Kyrk niseddend nieb id Cemtier ep id
clin, uperspehcend ia beluct farms ed ia skadhic petramurs quer ia tamkhas awen dukans ed
nautencreschmas crieck in id saldbrise.

Adam se hiest ep id frescho sneigvo quod texit id adoquinenchossee ios weik. Is wien stundes id
dwer tim piern kerabs, qui is mohm visitevs pre ia prematur mohrts em sien parents, bet quim liges
is hieb myohrst. Unte sien ghango kieusit is od ia dwers om sem veuta doms eent destull hog, hatta
dwis bulander quem unis mensc. Beghsadet, bet Adam ne wois ma. Mehnend-ye de ta stragna
structures, is vighieb is hieb viden nia pedprints ep id sneigv, ni leuds in ia strads, ed od vasya
cortins kohl id interieurs iom doms. Stayg, illuminet ab id pall mekhtab in id temos uns allee, is
kieusit id entrat quod eeskeipt id aptergrund iom miegve photos as sienu mater.

Adam ghiengit kyid veut eroden dwer tos dom is recognih, hatta aun mehme ids interieur. Ids
ghebel stohlb uper id shienciu strad ed quasi touchit id mansarde ios witer bina ; is mohm entrevs id
con sien parents, bet ne ids kyals. Is oistusit swehner-ye ed id swon eysen peungsten dvohn intro,
menxu un kreus iendh eyso spina. Ed kun buit respons eysi stuned, Adams annem buit sect, ob is
ieur nia pedprints pre id dwer ghyahsit med un cracken.

Bet is ne tohrbit bihe dekhschatto diu isghi geront in robe ed pantoffels in id dikhliz hieb uno mliak
lige quod rassurit iom ; ed quayque is znieyc od is eet niem, is oiscripsit un extermode sellgumto
med id kalam ed id woxpianji is bohr.
Is wir entrihsit Adam un ghem kierbelucen kyal samt massive exposen chevrons ed deusk, skider,
stip meublar ep-yod eent gjiaungsianta neskweitet signes. Eent un balmlik vatra ed un patan claus-
yod un vrongh anua samt un platu chador ed un duben ghigilik sess regv-ye ud iom. Unte uno mic
id visible part os ays lige kwecto flauiesc. Eys malaise buit kardwnt ab id familiaritat is khiss dia ti
tarniens, yeghi meis is oispohc id mliak lige ios geront, ye meis is recognih-se in id, speit tod ei
apparih kam un aunmov mask. Iaghi okwi ne moveer, tem fixa quem glassgulules, ed id cuit eet tem
lamper quem wox. Lakin ia slemb hands, curieus-ye guanten, scripseer elegant-ye ep id pianji od is
dehlgiet intizare unte un khvil pre is maghiet bihe ducen ei festivalsloc : ei awi rite os Kwel, hieb-
yod eysschi grandparents participen. Tun is geront iom invitit ad glanzes do un antique jilid buk ep
uno smulk sofra, ed likw id kyal pos precidus is reikiet kariban.

Adam hieb naiwo viden id buk, bet quan is lis idso titule, Id Necronomicon, is mohm aurus sem
kwohstern monstrueusa jects. Kun is ambiskwit id, nimen bahsit, yed is kwahsit tamkhas cracke in
id wind exo, ed id strid ios patan chunke id ghigilikvehsend silent anua naspohn.

Id wastu, ids weikers eti ia buks eent bariem tem taraghant quem vighabe bihe wohlpen ad participe
un awo ritualum eysi parents hieb smyohrt. Mox bihsit is tremblend-ye absorben ab semject is trohv
in tod balstohmto Necronomicon :

« Arwert aiwois id atmen al diabelkaupen ghehdt bihe kapanen in Talismans. Neghi spehdt ex tod
krewosloid, sontern piwont ed bedarst el-pet ghyanuend vehrm ; hin ex corruption horrible gwit
gwehlt, ed i gwaurog ardhakbabs crehsce kreptic-ye kay vexe id ed swehle mustring-ye kay aziyate
id. »

Pre sehnke deuber do tod abysse, is buit distract ab un providentialo blosk ex oino iom fenstern
witerom id benk, kamsei semanghen habiet hiht id med un kaghel.

Sigwra eet nerveus intizar, ed id blasphem buk in Adams hands khiterih jects. Quando dwogimtri
saat swohn, lakin, is geront rik id kyal, slidihsit uno massive sculpen coffer in un kantun, ed salgih
tetos dwo capchenmantels ; is duit uter, ed driep iosmed iam auna, qua hieb chwoyto sieno monoton
spehnen. Tun bo trohceer kyid extrodwer ; ia anua skimbelnd-ye, ed is geront, pos reghendus idpet
buko quod Adam hieb lisen, ei znaycend kun is oislah sien capchen uper sien aunmov lige au mask.
Adam sohkw i, kheissend stragn-ye, quasi khakend control sien gestes. Kun is ghiengit nieb i, un
carrett gwohm pri iom ed un familarlige wir nuk ei ad oistighes ub.

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Id odor os chald cofie probud Adam ex un aziyatswehpen, is hieb drohmen de stighes ep un carrett,
chassen ab dusformet creatures, bet is khiek sayge kweter to hieb jinkdoun tik in eys imagination ;
eys mehmens eent chapachul. Is ghyienit sien okwi ed oistier ei trub deumend liquid ep id nocttable,
vidend id in id lipreus patina iom recognible tassen om Kingsports najis creschmas. Claus id crovat,
uno mumtase maurkays wir in un elegant costume sellamiet iom med uno mulayim smeih. Pos oik
moments Adam rekohgnit tod enokwo ka tod os St.John, sien veut collegyios kamerdust. Adam
glieb iom bo samt abandon ed surprise, yed confess is khiss rohmen ab tod nassib wassil.

Unte snidan revelit St.John, mortifiet, vidus Adams entren do weik perncti, bet is hieb khact navaxe
iom auser ob is biey bihe apterchassen : « veut prient, smos in danger. Mohrt hat ja stus nies dwer
ed sei ne habiem vanen te, ne habies ghyanen tien okwi hoyd », Adam kieusit un febreus ton in eys
wekwos, bet ne buit surpriden ab tod wassil, speit ia absurda circumstances.
Is hieb id pondos os rikes ia diens kun ies bo, comsamen, strak face priliubhs, hieb experiencet
aventures, tiel grabhenplunder. Ir macabre trophis hieb richeihn id horrible museium in id granar ios
veut konak quer is gwivit aun slougs. Ed hoyd os gwehmus do contacto con occult forces, implohct
in id meinyun im menscen med ia viels os mohrt.
St.John prohg Adam ke hamrahiet iom do id villa is eestajerneut pon wero prokwem id cemtier, ne
saycskwndo meis ibo bihient beklustern, bet Adam ja suspexit so volit propones ke participiet
semject blasphem ed dangereus.

Untitner kyid besnigvt St.John’s Slope, Adam retrohv iom excentric prient is mohm. Is ne kung de
sprehge iom de eys presence in id peiskweiko sienios atavia ed is wir confess is pieursk un staur
artefacto quod ghohd oistope id deusk ritual os Kwel, un tradition veuter quem Natal in Bethlehem,
esdi bo smyohr id sam dientarikhe.

St.John sieyg ei od in Kingsport, quer eys atavs hieb wiken, tod rite hieb remant pagan hatta
nundiens, ob ies awi paters hieb wohlt ir sunus muttihes festival oins pro secule, mae myehrse id
mehmen om auwal rounas. Eys atavs eent un veut folk, ja veut hatta kun tod land buit coloniset tri
yars prever.

Ed eent stragni, ob i hieb gwohmt ka deusk ninfolk ex opiat sudgardens orchideen, ed baht alyo
lingua pre i hieb uct id bahsa im Europay invasorn. Ed taiper eent diaspohrt, ed smyohr tik ia rituals
mysteiren qua nel gwiv ghohd fahame, samt kwitor ed gvaltic ziels.

Yant arriveer do id villa, un vetus shienciu ed schimmeldusken structure, St.John nihsit Adam do id
endergrund, daghend uno numer torchen diaspohrn engwn id vertigineus drabzsan quod duxit uni
kyal. Tehrus id soyl, Adam vighieb St.John hieb sammeln uno mund om terror ed corruption,
peitend-ye fahame id abjecto culture iren atavs : demons ex onyx ed basalt, sarcophags awen
mummias, ghalvs quanten skeips, caps preserven in divers etapes os myehrkos ed cadavers qua
kwohkeer gwiv, tantghi kaur-ye hieb id kerdos al taxidermiste preparet ia.

Lakin, Adams attention buit kidnapt ab un scrin con un andamto deuskjilid jasamat quod eys prient
ei revelit ses un rar copie ios Necronomicon, ios balstohmt buk transcript unte un drehm ab iom foll
poet Abdul Alhazred. Is prohg St-John an is poittiet perlises id.

St.John ieyr id scrin samt tadbir ed attention ayim excessive. Adams hands taiper siz idso stragno
lieter ; ids broiskia revelih pos uno meis prokwtos chehxen tatous ed schrams uns clar menscbuhsa.
Menxu is perlis mysterieus formules oiscript med cruor, id contacto con id ei transmiss un
inexspecten wierme, kamsei id twac ios jilid regwiviet. Stayg-ye ghohd is neti wehrte ia pages tos
terrible tome, eys finghers bihr kam petra ed eys okwi khiek skape nalises. Eys hol corpos tremblit,
ob eys ment ja gnohsit id passage quod un supernatural force ei taiper dwigh memorise.

« Id anuno ne est ad bihe nachohxen ab okwi ; idsghi daumsa sont stragn ed terrifiant. Balstohmt
id grund quer mortu brens regwive bizarre-ye renkrewt, ed khiter id mento mathmount ab neid cap.

Hakime-ye bahsit Ibn Schacabao, od noroct est id grabh quer nel brukh lelyohgit, ed noroct id
varosch nocts quos vasyi brukhs sont bur.

Arwert aiwois id atmen al diabelkaupen ghehdt bihe kapanen in Talismans. Neghi spehdt ex tod
krewosloid, sontern piwont ed bedarst el-pet ghyanuend vehrm ; hin ex corruption horrible gwit
gwehlt, ed i gwaurog ardhakbabs crehsce kreptic-ye kay vexe id ed swehle mustring-ye kay aziyate
id.
 Megil torms sont fodden quer ardhs pores zaruri esient kafi, ed jects qua zaruri rempient iti hant
ucto ghange.

Bifanghe un Talisman quod bieyg un Necromantem tib mehghti controle ia augsa arohgen in els
corrupen atmen, tem quem slaberihes id origin ios khitert el hat kyuken. »
Tod horrible revelation uperkwohlm Adam.

St.John eet convicen od Adamo ne hieb esen carrien kjiawxieng ab ia marstrohms hetro do
Kingsport. Unte id akhir yawm hieb crohsct id numer visitorn do tod semi-desert peiskweik,
attragen ab id kal os sem auwal ed guway heritage, kam nihn ab id chante uns awias sirene. Adam
khiss ids uperaugost influence ed decis face id negnoht balstehmen con sien veut prient, pre neti
ghehdient resiste id loikwn irs atavia.

St.John, tarjmus-ye un veut correspondence bayna sem adherents ios seculat cult, hieb kamyaben
localise id position unios necromantios begrabhen pon penkcent yars con un staur talisman is hieb
klohpt ex un balstohmto maghil. Id augos ios amulett eet descript in id Necronomicon, redact ab
iom foll Arab Abdul Alhazred ed kip id dekhschatend spiritual symbol im akbabs. Trehve id
ghehdiet mehghe un precieus vantage contra i horrors ies facient, bet po quod cost ?

Adam vighieb is hieb lust ia sislew diewios saats med fahame tik uno smulk part ios biauric taiper
sa-parkwohrtios ritual. Ies neti tul etikunges. St.John ei dahsit un sack, quetos is ghensit sem items
qua maghient hehlpe iom : un gvond, octo glonces, un kassabkniv ed alyo morphine sringa.

Eet taiper nocto quan ies ghieng do id nesaun Cemtier. Un pall ghimsmeun digh hideusa skadhs, ed
aunwarak drus niklohngeer skeud-ye kay touche id gvihn frostic gras ed ia crackelt tumbhs, ed id
ghedipwent kyrk pfohrst goilisk-ye id neprientlik waurn ed id noctwaurn hul kam unis maniak ex
uper frohsen jauzaeks ed crusten mars. Dalgtos ieur Adam un mysterieus biest baue.

Oik minutes serter ghohd is identifie grohft in id marmor uns tumbh id effigie ios Arab demonolog
Abdul Alhazred describen in id Necronomicon : ambh id gnohmen ghohd is kaue stylisen figures
emergend ex grabhs kay preadde i gwivs. Kave buit meis facil quem quo ies hieb exspectet, bet kun
ia lopats hihr ia saupa planks ios saurk, un Gwulturis rusch ex id crusten waurn kay bires un
snapcutto do St.Johns lige. Kay tente se protege, is pindukit do id torm ed khiek participe id katu.
Elghi horrible meongcin sturd taiper kye Adam.

Is nic el av med sien kassabkniv pre rikes kyid saup oblong saurk ed oistraxit tetos ids loim
saldpetra covehr. Ahockt eni tod seculat jenasa, rict ab un coschmarisk swarm em enorm,
snayuwentens swehpend bauls, eet id nugwrnt is pit widuves, madhend in dedht sehrg ed kentha ex
krewos ed kays, ed jvayernd expressive-ye kyom med phosphorescent oktorms ed aka cruormaculet
edonts gheisdend skeir-ye goilend eys nevergible fat.

Adam kieusit id Talisman blig samt un posonliko glend luce, yehsend in contacto con id cuit ios
cadaver.

Is monster, suwen ab un enormo nestopim force, rusch gver-ye ep St.John ed bohng eys lige unte tik
oik secundes. Adam strohl quars ep iom Necromant kay gvehne iom.

In id saurk trohv is id Talisman ios Necromant, un amulett os bizarre ed exotic skeip, un stragno
pentagramme, menxu ids antiokw eet grohft un grotesk sphinx, nafassat-ye glupt in un oriental
weidos ex uno smulk schtuk os glend jade. Fahamend id plen augos tos Talisman ob leisus id
Necronomicon, Adam vis id smaragdo kerd ios magic object biblig ed un stragno malaise
uperkwohlm iom, quod is ghohd arke tik med effort. Id atmen ios marloub necromant eet kapant eni
id artefact ed Adam ghohd lakin waldhe id.

Id realitat ambh iom schrohnk, se revelend ka id insignificant ostrec uns dalgtos complexer
mosayic, ye id mercie om aunnam forces kye-ya is ne hatta durs wehrte sien cap ibo bihe
gwenmanen ab follia.
In tod alyo mund, Adam stahsit ant un rocklige samt divtraits qui tengicit strehng in regwos. Is
khiek hissabe ids mege, yed eet immense ed is kwahsit id ne hieb esen creen ab menscghesors.
Stayg idso stohm ghyahsit plaut, ei permittend safer trans wakt ed rewos.

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Quan Adam gohr in id hospital, ias sanitaras ei sieyg is hieb esen trohven pwolfrohst in id liman os
Kingsport, ye regwos, antgreipend un dreivend spar, quo hieb salven iom. Ias lohg ei od is hieb-se
fortituben ep id clinstrad perncti, shayad makhmour. Adam chusit sayge neid, ob is ne mohmskwit
quo hieb wakyen, bet kun is viglaz per id plaut fenster, is vis ia suarta tegules iom krovs, ed ieur ud
id strad id strid uns tram. Is recognihsit id meirong om anghperts os sien hemurb, bet decennia
kwecto hieb dohnen ; tik id veuto Cemtier, quod is ghohd payn-ye dyehrce, tengicit remanus kam id
eet kun is hieb likwn id.

Tun kieusit is un circule em capchenwentens dyindars yazgend un guway-ye gigantesk idol, ed is

khiek enderwaurge un violent crie ex sien stohm. Ye id sehkwndo dien eet is untitner kye St.Mary’s
Hospital in Arkham, quer ilajient iom.

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Engwn id ouper brehge ia nebhvolns

Apter id laco sehnke ia dwinsols
Skadhs oistrehce in Carcosa

Stragn est id nocto quer ia stars aydhe kyehrsen

Ep id marbudmen baygh guway jects vehrment
In lusen Carcosa

Melodieusa songvs ia Hyades nun kane

Ed in petra grehft nies Roy tien nam
In id cemtier os Carcosa

Excerpt ex « Is Roy in Gehlb »