#bit wordier in the caption than usual but I had to tap

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Black star

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“Strange is the night where black stars rise,

And strange moons circle through the skies

But stranger still is

Lost Carcosa.”

From The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers

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I was thinking about the eldritch pantheon again and this quote about Carcosa’s black stars—and I was also thinking about the Silmarillion and the Silmarils as horrific objects.

Oddly enough the king in yellow stories fit Maglor well, I think. The book is about tortured artists (and how to drive people mad through art), which Maglor certainly is by the end.

And of course, it’s a companion piece to this anyways. The quote just fit so well.