#Grey stone

[thebloodydamnraven]

I read Haunter of the Dark last night, and I think I might be onto something here:

The haunter is an avatar of Nyarlathotep, connected to a certain stone. This stone is described as a Shining Trapezohedron, that from a far seems to have an irregular spherical shape or to be egg-shaped. It is nearly black, and red-striated.

People who gaze upon the stone are captivated by it, and if they look into it, they're awarded with sight into every crevice and facet of reality. That includes distant worlds, incomprehensible beings, and everything reality has to offer.

We're also told about its history, but most relevant of it, is that the last abode of the stone before it was unearthed into the modern world, was Egypt. A pharoah, Nephren-Ka, built a windowless temple for it, and "did that which caused his name to be deleted from the records".

Now move on to Malevolent:

Cummings remains in Arkham, Dowd is sent to Egypt as part of some excavation expedition. They uncover a stone, and Dowd sends it to the office, back to Cummings, without looking at it or touching it.

By the time Dowd returns, Cummings is gone. We know later that the King in Yellow tortured both for information. Eventually, Dowd escapes the Dreamlands, and Cummings is killed.

This seems to imply that Hastur wanted the stone for himself. It also answers the question of why Kayne sent Arthur to a different timeline to retrieve the stone: because by killing Cummings, the King destroyed the only thread that could lead to the stone in Arthur's timeline.

Also, note the Black Stone's description from the Wiki:

In the tapestry of the Blackstone in the Larson Estate, the stone is ornate. Painted very roughly to capture the divots and indentations covering it, the stone is massive, egg-shaped but elongated which distorts its proportions. Light comes from all around it to illuminate, and it is elevated over a swamp.

A bit similar, no?

Gazing into the stone awakens the Haunter, a being that holds all knowledge, but in return demands for monstrous sacrifices to be made.

It should also be noted that the main character of the story, as product of his gazing into the stone, was undergoing a merging of consciousness with the Haunter, a unification of sorts.

Please note that to this Haunter, light is fatal. Little exposure harms it, but enough exposure kills it. I'm reminded of Arthur's lighter now.

The thing is, all of this just gives me new questions. What's so important to Kayne and Hastur that they've gone to such lengths to ask the Haunter about it? Does Kayne just want the stone, or does he want Arthur to gaze into it?

And why didn't Kayne let Arthur touch the gray stone?

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