Have You Seen The Yellow Sign?

From The Yellow Site

Welcome to The Yellow Site - a site dedicated to The King In Yellow, the Yellow Sign and all things related...

PLEASE NOTE - This is a work in progress. I haven't got the hours in a day to transcribe or paraphrase everything I have access to or to pin down details online, so if you notice any glaring omissions please fill in the gaps (and try to keep true to the 'style' of the rest of the wiki).

Anyone with more than a passing familiarity with The King in Yellow will know that the play of this name is not supposed to exist. It is regarded as a fictional creation from the pages of a "real" book of the same name. This "real" version of The King in Yellow was written by Robert W. Chambers, a renowned author of a century ago, whose work has, on the whole, faded into obscurity. The King in Yellow is his most popular (and recognised) work, published in 1895, featuring a series of short stories (and poems); the opening stories of the book concentrate upon the aforementioned play and those that fall victim to it. Although Chambers was an American writer, most of the stories are set in and around France, particularly Paris, where he had spent many years as an artist here. This served as the inspiration for some of the stories, particularly the final stories of the book which are unrelated to the title theme. The stories between these later stories and those directly linking to the play vary in theme and content, though some arguably touch on subjects related to the play. These will be discussed in length later... The aim of this project is twofold. For the main part it is an attempt to collate all relevant information for the uninitiated and curious as well as those who know and appreciate the mythology of The King in Yellow. It deals with other people’s interpretations of the mythology, and how it’s presence seeps into normal reality and disrupts a previously familiar and sane world. A final part of this project is to provide a sandbox for those wanting to express, develop or showcase ideas related to the mythos. This Virtual Carcosa is brought to you thanks to the nice people at Wikia.com

Contents 1 The King In Yellow 1.1 The Book, by Robert W. Chambers 1.2 The Fictional Play 1.3 The Character 1.4 In Other Fiction 2 Related Topics 2.1 The Yellow Sign 2.2 Carcosa 2.3 The Lake of Hali 2.4 Hastur 2.5 The Cthulhu Mythos 3 Cults & Servitors 3.1 Brothers of The Yellow Sign 3.2 Church of The Yellow Sign 3.3 Critical Mass Theologians 3.4 Cult of The Yellow Sign 3.5 Death-Of-The-Mind School 3.6 Secret Senate 3.7 Theater of The Mad 3.8 Servitors 4 Published Stories 4.1 An Inhabitant of Carcosa 4.2 The Repairer of Reputations 4.3 The Mask 4.4 The Court of The Dragon 4.5 The Yellow Sign 4.6 The Demoiselle D'Ys 4.7 The Prophet's Paradise 4.8 The Street of The Four Winds 4.9 The Whisperer In Darkness 4.10 The Return of Hastur 4.11 Tatters of The King (verse) 4.12 More Light 4.13 The River of Night's Dreaming 4.14 Broadalbin 4.15 Ambrose 4.16 Sosostris 4.17 The King In Yellow (the Thom Ryng adaption) 5 Other Recommended Tales 5.1 The Yellow Sign (short film) 5.2 Jaundiced Eyes (online story) 5.3 Angel (online story) 6 Music 7 Games 8 The Sands of Carcosa 9 The King In Yellow Lexicon 10 Further Recommendations 11 Links 12 Thanks

[edit] The King In Yellow

These pages look at the various items that fall under the title The King In Yellow, in particular the original play (author unknown), the book about the play written by Robert W. Chambers, and the entity that both appears within the confines of the play and yet can be encountered outside it too. Finally there is a page devoted to Kings In Yellow that have appeared in other mythologies and un-related tales.

[edit] The Book, by Robert W. Chambers

[edit] The Fictional Play

[edit] The Character

[edit] In Other Fiction

[edit] Related Topics

These pages look at those elements that are almost always mentioned in relationship to The King In Yellow - sometimes they are more important to the stories. Collectively I'll be referring to this as The Carcosa Mythos.

[edit] The Yellow Sign

[edit] Carcosa

[edit] The Lake of Hali

[edit] Hastur

[edit] The Cthulhu Mythos

[edit] Cults & Servitors

There are a number of cults that have sprung up around both Hastur, The King In Yellow and The Yellow Sign, not to mention various races associated with them. Here we list them and look into who they are:

[edit] Brothers of The Yellow Sign

[edit] Church of The Yellow Sign

[edit] Critical Mass Theologians

[edit] Cult of The Yellow Sign

[edit] Death-Of-The-Mind School

[edit] Secret Senate

[edit] Theater of The Mad

[edit] Servitors

[edit] Published Stories

These pages look at published stories that make up part of the Carcosa Mythos. Note that I've not included those that namecheck Hastur, or simply mention elements of this mythos in passing - these are stories where the play, the King, the Sign or Carcosa play an important part.

[edit] An Inhabitant of Carcosa

[edit] The Repairer of Reputations

[edit] The Mask

[edit] The Court of The Dragon

[edit] The Yellow Sign

[edit] The Demoiselle D'Ys

[edit] The Prophet's Paradise

[edit] The Street of The Four Winds

[edit] The Whisperer In Darkness

[edit] The Return of Hastur

[edit] Tatters of The King (verse)

[edit] More Light

[edit] The River of Night's Dreaming

[edit] Broadalbin

[edit] Ambrose

[edit] Sosostris

[edit] The King In Yellow (the Thom Ryng adaption)

[edit] Other Recommended Tales

As above, these stories work through essential elements of the Carcosa Mythos.

[edit] The Yellow Sign (short film)

[edit] Jaundiced Eyes (online story)

[edit] Angel (online story)

[edit] Music

Ultra rare & seemingly non-existant works of music based on or inspired by the contents of The King in Yellow.

[edit] Games

Various games that mention the Carcosa Mythos.

[edit] The Sands of Carcosa

These pages collate together theories 'learned scholars' have about the Carcosa Mythos, ideas they've had about stories or premises of their own, and final a collection of various creative endeavours to use these ideas, as well as illustrations. Nothing here is 'official'.

[edit] The King In Yellow Lexicon

An in-wiki 'game' that attempts to 'unravel' the mysteries of The King In Yellow.

[edit] Further Recommendations

Stories and poems that touch on similar themes to those explored by the Carcosa Mythos.

[edit] Links

This page links to other sites devoted to the Carcosa Mythos, those people that have helped write it, and other relevant pages.

[edit] Thanks

This site wouldn't exist if it wasn't for a lot of people. This page goes to say thank you for as many of those people as I can.