Carcosa is a fictional city in Ambrose Bierce 's short story " An Inhabitant of Carcosa " (1886). The ancient and mysterious city is barely described and is viewed only in hindsight (after its destruction) by a character who once lived there.
77-515: American writer Robert W. Chambers borrowed the name "Carcosa" for several of his short stories featured in the 1895 book The King in Yellow , inspiring generations of authors to similarly use Carcosa in their own works. The city was later used more extensively in Robert W. Chambers ' book of short stories published in 1895, titled The King in Yellow . Chambers had read Bierce's work and borrowed
154-647: A fuzz pedal called the Carcosa. The pedal featured two modes, named "Hali" and "Demhe". In the Mass Effect 3 video game, there is a planet named Carcosa. In the Elite Dangerous video game, there is an inhabited star system named Carcosa. In 2001, the Belgian black metal band Ancient Rites released the album Dim Carcosa . The title track's lyrics consist of excerpts from "Cassilda's Song". In
231-579: A 6-sided die. Fall of Delta Green also introduces new mechanics for the Gumshoe formula, adapting the new rules introduced by the standalone edition of Delta Green : Bonds and Motivations complement the sanity system (Itself based on the one used in Trail of Cthulhu ), adaptation to SAN loss was included, Revelation works similarly to the "traumatic background" in Delta Green's character creation and
308-629: A college in Boston, where he studied medicine. Upon graduating, he and his wife, Eliza P. Allen (1793–1880), a direct descendant of Roger Williams , the founder of Providence, Rhode Island, were among the first settlers of Broadalbin, New York . His brother was the architect Walter Boughton Chambers . Chambers was first educated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute , and then entered the Art Students' League at around
385-419: A compelling hybrid setting all its own." Winninger gave the book a perfect rating of 6 out of 6, concluding, "The book contains all the material any Keeper could possibly expect, all of it first rate: the illustrations are excellent and helpful, the included adventures are top-notch, and the price is remarkably reasonable [...] Products like this come along only very rarely. For Call of Cthulhu fans, Delta Green
462-606: A copy of the original newspaper appearance of the novel Edison's Conquest of Mars by Garrett P. Serviss which he wished to publish. Shroyer talked Hodgkins and Skeeters into going in on shares to form the publisher which issued the Serviss book in 1947. Dikty offered advice, and William L. Crawford of F.P.C.I. helped with production and distribution. Carcosa House announced one other book, Enter Ghost: A Study in Weird Fiction , by Sam Russell, but due to slow sales of
539-418: A corporate and bankruptcy lawyer, and Caroline Smith Boughton (1842–1913). His parents met when his mother was twelve years old and William P. was interning with her father, Joseph Boughton, a prominent corporate lawyer. Eventually the two formed the law firm of Chambers and Boughton which continued to prosper even after Joseph's death in 1861. Robert Chambers's great-grandfather, William Chambers (birth unknown),
616-418: A few additional names from his work, including Hali and Hastur . In Chambers' stories, and within the apocryphal play titled The King in Yellow , which is mentioned several times within them, the city of Carcosa is a mysterious, ancient, and possibly cursed place. The most precise description of its location is the shores of Lake Hali, either on another planet, or in another universe. For instance: Along
693-597: A few new abilities were added, most prominently was the ability of " Agency " to represent the capability of the Player Character to manipulate their employing agency's (Such as the CIA , MACV-SOG or the Federal Bureau of Narcotics ) resources in their investigations. The setting was first introduced in 1992 in the seventh issue of The Unspeakable Oath , Pagan Publishing's Call of Cthulhu fanzine , in
770-483: A few show copies available there were no copies available for sale to the public as most of them were "still being shipped from China". As of May 2007 the book, which is a reprint of the 1997 book with the addition of D20 stats, was finally reprinted and was available in stores. A hardback compilation of the three Delta Green Eyes Only chapbooks, along with additional material, was released in November 2007. The book
847-429: A group of wealthy Louisiana politicians and church leaders. The main characters, Rust Cohle and Marty Hart, storm the temple in the final episode of the season, where they confront a serial killer, who is the most active member of the cult. It is understood that the cult worships the "Yellow King", to whom an effigy is dedicated in the main chamber of 'Carcosa'. The series hints at a larger conspiracy that continues beyond
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#1732802156691924-472: A lieutenant in the British Royal Navy , was married to Amelia Saunders (1765–1822), a great-granddaughter of Tobias Saunders of Westerly, Rhode Island. The couple moved from Westerly to Greenfield, Massachusetts , and then to Galway , New York, where their son, also named William Chambers (1798–1874), was born. The second William graduated from Union College at the age of 18, and then went to
1001-494: A new sourcebook, Delta Green: Targets of Opportunity , which was released as a limited-edition hardback in June 2010, to be followed by a softcover retail edition. As of August 2011 the entire 1,000-copy print run of the hardback limited edition was sold out. In August 2011, Delta Green: Targets of Opportunity won silver (2nd place) Ennie Awards for Best Writing and Best Adventure. Arc Dream Publishing released an ebook edition of
1078-640: A prequel named The Fall of DELTA GREEN using the Gumshoe System in 2018. Delta Green is a contemporary setting, starting in the mid-1990s, with intermittent updates thereafter. The game revolves around a fictitious secret organization, created by the U.S. Government following the covert raid on the town of Innsmouth , Massachusetts mentioned in H. P. Lovecraft 's The Shadow over Innsmouth . The organization takes its name from its World War II -era codename. Delta Green agents work undercover through other U.S. government agencies, recruiting across
1155-485: A regular column titled "Directives from A-Cell" in the first six issues of Worlds of Cthulhu magazine. The column was then transferred to The Unspeakable Oath from Arc Dream Publishing , starting with issue 20. The latter magazine has featured a lot of Delta Green-related articles since 1993. Fantasy Flight Games Live Action RPG supplements: Ronin Arts : Pyramid Magazine : Dungeon Magazine : Shadis : In
1232-403: A son, Robert Edward Stuart Chambers (1899–1955) (who sometimes used the name Robert Husted Chambers). Robert W. Chambers died on December 16, 1933, three days after undergoing intestinal surgery. H. P. Lovecraft said of Chambers in a letter to Clark Ashton Smith : Chambers is like Rupert Hughes and a few other fallen Titans – equipped with the right brains and education but wholly out of
1309-723: A wide range including the FBI , ATF , CIA , CDC , DEA and the U.S. Military . It appears to have "gone rogue" somewhere between the 1960s and the 1980s, following a disastrous operation in Cambodia and a "deal" struck by Reagan-era rivals in Majestic-12 , ostensibly with " Greys ". Delta Green must not only contain incursions from creatures from the Cthulhu Mythos , but also secret conspiracies and rogue organizations that seek to weaponize its powers. The 2016 edition advances
1386-480: A year ). Both draw on federal alphabet soup folklore, UFO conspiracy theories and other modern legends. The Delta Green supplement lays the groundwork for organized investigations into paranormal crime and horror, setting up the initial plot and providing players with their motivations and the resources they need to carry out their tasks. It also provides a source of replacements for characters who go mad or are killed. Canonical materials revolve around threats from
1463-677: Is a contemporary era setting for the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game created by Adam Scott Glancy , Dennis Detwiller , and John Scott Tynes , a.k.a. the Delta Green Partnership, of the Seattle gaming house Pagan Publishing . The setting first appeared in a 1992 RPG scenario and revolves around a secretive organization tasked with protecting the United States from paranormal and alien threats. Delta Green combines
1540-511: Is a kingdom in the west. It was established upon principles of freedom and is populated by pirates, nomads, escaped slaves, and religious exiles. Robert W. Chambers Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories titled The King in Yellow , published in 1895. Chambers was born in Brooklyn , New York, to William P. Chambers (1827–1911),
1617-537: Is a misty lake found near the city of Hastur. In the fictional play The King in Yellow (obliquely described by author Robert W. Chambers in the collection of short stories of the same title), the mysterious cities of Alar and Carcosa stand beside the lake. Like Carcosa, it is referenced in the Cthulhu Mythos stories of H.P. Lovecraft and the authors who followed him. The name Hali originated in Ambrose Bierce's " An Inhabitant of Carcosa " (1886) in which Hali
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#17328021566911694-504: Is a must buy. For everybody else, it's still probably worth a look." In Issue 3 of the French game magazine Backstab , Stéphane Bura wrote, "Seldom has a role-playing product inspired in me such a sense of despair and helplessness in the face of the threat it offered." He concluded by giving the book a perfect rating of 10 out of 10, saying, "Even if you wouldn't normally play a contemporary role-playing game, buy this supplement anyway. This
1771-495: Is mentioned in the song "Strange and Eternal" of the 2022 album Netherheaven by the American technical death metal band Revocation . Two different publishers have used the name Carcosa. Carcosa House was a science fiction specialty publishing firm formed in 1947 by Frederick B. Shroyer, a boyhood friend of T. E. Dikty , and two Los Angeles science fiction fans , Russell Hodgkins and Paul Skeeters. Shroyer had secured
1848-465: Is rolled when characters meet unnatural horrors, as well as in violent situations and moments when the Agents feel helpless. Agents can "adapt" to violence and helplessness after failed Sanity checks, but excessive loss of Sanity can result in agents developing mental disorders . Delta Green introduces the concept of Bonds , which are the friends and family of the Agents, and Motivations , the reasons why
1925-548: Is the author of a quote which prefaces the story. The narrator of the story implies that the person named Hali is now dead (at least in the timeline of the story). Several other nearly undescribed places are alluded to in Chambers' writing, among them Hastur, Yhtill, and Aldebaran. "Aldebaran" may refer to the star Aldebaran , likely as it is also associated with the mention of the Hyades star cluster, with which it shares space in
2002-619: Is the must-see product that will set the bar for excellence for a few years to come." In his 2023 book Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground , RPG historian Stu Horvath noted, "A rich narrative web increases the horror for the players, even if the players don't experience the full story. There is a thrill to combing through the histories and timelines, making connections, and developing theories." Horvath concluded, " Delta Green more often pits players against other humans, rather than monsters, which, in turn, places an increased value on examining
2079-510: Is the sum of the percentile dice. The Fall of Delta Green uses Pelgrane Press' own Gumshoe System that is also used in their other games such as The Esoterrorists , Fear Itself and Trail of Cthulhu . Unlike the standard D100/ BRP system that both Call of Cthulhu and Delta Green use, in which many actions are subject to D100 rolls to determine outcome, the Gumshoe system emphasizes getting characters from scene to scene quickly, gathering clues and interpreting them using minimal rolls of
2156-1090: Is vivid and historically accurate." Critical studies of Chambers's horror and fantasy work include Lee Weinstein's essay in Supernatural Fiction Writers , Brian Stableford's essay in the St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost and Gothic Writers and a chapter in S. T. Joshi 's book The Evolution of the Weird Tale (2004). Chambers's novel The Tracer of Lost Persons was adapted into a long-running (1937–54) radio crime drama, Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons , by soap opera producers Frank and Anne Hummert . Chambers's The King in Yellow has inspired many modern authors, including Karl Edward Wagner , Joseph S. Pulver , Lin Carter , James Blish , Nic Pizzolatto , Michael Cisco , Stephen King , Ann K. Schwader , Robert M. Price , Galad Elflandsson and Charles Stross . Delta Green Delta Green
2233-819: The American Civil War . Chambers also wrote Cardigan (1901), a historical novel for younger readers, set at the outbreak of the American Revolution . Chambers later turned to writing romantic fiction to earn a living. According to some estimates, Chambers had one of the most successful literary careers of his period, his later novels selling well and a handful achieving best-seller status. Chambers' romance novels often featured intimate relationships between "caddish" men and sexually willing women, resulting in some reviewers accusing Chambers' works of promoting immorality. Many of his works were also serialised in magazines. His novel The Man They Hanged
2310-613: The Cthulhu Mythos , but the framework is very flexible. Delta Green agents typically know little about the Mythos. While the scenarios and written material is centered around the United States, there are possibilities for international games too. Delta Green: Countdown introduced counterparts in the United Kingdom and Russia, called PISCES and GRU SV-8 respectively, as well as real-life international law enforcement and intelligence agencies. While Targets of Opportunity introduced
2387-551: The Gobi Desert , destroyed when the Illuminati arrived on Earth via flying saucers from the planet Vulcan . In maps of the world of George R. R. Martin 's A Song of Ice and Fire , a city named Carcosa is labeled on the easternmost edge of the map along the coast of a large lake, near other magical cities such as Asshai. In The World of Ice and Fire , it is mentioned that a sorcerer lord lives there who claims to be
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2464-895: The Vietnam War game financed on the 2015 Kickstarter as a GUMSHOE counterpart to Delta Green's Basic Role-Playing . On July 9, 2018, returning co-creator John Scott Tynes started a Kickstarter campaign to fund Delta Green: The Labyrinth , a new sourcebook containing "new threats, allies, and mysteries to deepen the terrors of your campaign." It was released on November 12, 2019, in PDF and July 29, 2020, in physical format. In 2018, Delta Green won six ENnies awards . Gold in Best Rules , Best Production Values for Delta Green: The Roleplaying Game and Best E-Book for Delta Green: A Night at The Opera categories; while Silver in Product of
2541-496: The 1991 EP Passage to Arcturo by Rotting Christ , the song "Inside The Eye of Algond" nominates the Mystical Carcosa as part of the singer's journey. The second song of the 2015 album Luminiferous by the American metal band High on Fire is named Carcosa. Swedish rapper Yung Lean 's third album Stranger features the closing track "Yellowman". Carcosa is mentioned in the song. In 2016, DigiTech released
2618-452: The Agent's personal wealth, though this can risk the Agent's relationship with their bonds. Combat was also streamlined to be quicker, more tactical and deadly. The main combat mechanic introduced is Lethality , weapons that deal damage above 2d10 have a "lethality rating" from 10% to 90%, if the percentile roll is below the rating the targeted enemy dies instantly; otherwise, the damage dealt
2695-505: The Agents fight. The latter serve as character-expanding tool for players and a sanity-regulation mechanic, as they can be used to halve the SAN loss. At the point of their relationship with bonds, if the relationship points fall, the connection with the bond will be crossed out. With the bond mechanics, the Home scenes are also introduced. These are between-mission vignettes of the everyday lives of
2772-541: The Agents. They can be about building relationships with bonds, investigating the unnatural, or going to the therapists, among others. Gear and equipment can be requisitioned from the government organizations under which the Agent works, through the use of the Bureaucracy skill, with more expensive and advanced equipment increasing the difficulty of the roll. A failure might result in the Agent getting fired, blacklisted, or even arrested. Items can also be purchased using
2849-719: The Banks of the River Seine"), Charles Stross (in the Laundry Files series), Anders Fager and S. M. Stirling (in the Emberverse series). Joseph S. Pulver has written nearly 30 tales and poems that are based on and/or include Carcosa, The King in Yellow, or other elements from Robert W. Chambers. Pulver also edited an anthology A Season in Carcosa of new tales based upon The King in Yellow, released by Miskatonic River Press in 2012. John Scott Tynes contributed to
2926-641: The Canadian M-EPIC. The original 1997 edition of Delta Green was a sourcebook for Call of Cthulhu ; as such, it used the Basic Role-Playing system that Call of Cthulhu had. The 2016 standalone edition takes the percentile dice of Basic Role-Playing and Call of Cthulhu mechanics, and introduces modifications adapted for the setting. Player Characters are called Agents and the Game Masters Handlers . Sanity
3003-696: The Carcosa mansion was built as the official residence of the Resident-General of the Federated Malay States for the first holder of that office, Sir Frank Swettenham . It was in use as a luxury hotel, the Carcosa Seri Negara , from 1989 to 2015 and has been abandoned since then. Swettenham took the name from The King in Yellow . In the Quebec-based geopolitical/live-action role-play game Bicolline , Carcosa
3080-809: The Islamic State in Iraq, tasking players to infiltrate and investigate mysterious events going on inside the territory of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria . On October 13, 2023 Delta Green's third campaign God's Teeth was released. The campaign is set in 2001 and plays out over a 19 year timespan. In 2024, Brazilian publisher RetroPunk started a crowdfunding campaign for the Brazilian Portuguese edition of Delta Green. Scenarios by Dennis Detwiller , published online and (since Sep 2014) through Patreon : Adam Scott Glancy wrote
3157-683: The Isles series, Carcosa is the name of the ancient capital of the old kingdom, which collapsed a thousand years before the events of the series. In S.M. Stirling 's Emberverse series, Carcosa is the name of a South Pacific city inhabited by evil people led by the Yellow Raja and the Pallid Mask. In Lawrence Watt-Evans ' The Lords of Dûs series, a character known as the Forgotten King, who dresses in yellow rags, reveals that he
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3234-518: The March 1997 edition of the British game magazine Arcane (Issue 17), Andy Butcher said "Right from the first page of the book, it's obvious that Delta Green is something really special." Butcher complimented the book for "a wealth of rich detail, intricate plotting, and great imagination. The result is truly inspiring." He concluded by giving the book at excellent rating of 9 out of 10, saying, "One of
3311-515: The Quarter , written in 1887 in Munich . His most famous, and perhaps most meritorious, effort is The King in Yellow , a collection of Art Nouveau short stories published in 1895. This included several famous weird short stories that are connected by the theme of a fictitious drama of the same title, which drives those who read it insane. E. F. Bleiler described The King in Yellow as one of
3388-469: The Serviss book, it was never published. Carcosa was a specialty publishing firm formed by David Drake , Karl Edward Wagner , and Jim Groce, who were concerned that Arkham House would cease publication after the death of its founder, August Derleth . Carcosa was founded in North Carolina in 1973 and put out four collections of pulp horror stories, all edited by Wagner. Their first book
3465-637: The US government. Later on April 24, the collection of scenarios Delta Green: Control Group was released in PDF format, the scenarios in Control Group are meant to be introductory for both players and their characters, the scenarios use pre-made characters that are not in the Delta Green conspiracy. 2020 saw the release of Black Sites , similar to A Night at The Opera , it's a hardback collection of scenarios previously available only in PDF or paperback. On January 25, 2021 Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes
3542-638: The Unknown and Police!!! , about a zoologist who encounters monsters. Chambers's main work of historical fiction was a series of novels set during the Franco-Prussian War . These novels were The Red Republic (1895, centring on the Paris Commune ), Lorraine (1898), Ashes of Empire (1898) and Maids of Paradise (1903). Chambers wrote Special Messenger (1909), Ailsa Paige (1910) and Whistling Cat (1932), novels set during
3619-653: The Year and Best Game for Delta Green: The Roleplaying Game and Best Adventure for Delta Green: A Night at The Opera . On April 18, 2019, the sourcebook Delta Green: The Complex was released, containing information on federal agencies and related professions that didn't appear in the Agent's Handbook , such as the ATF , NSA , Booz Allen Hamilton , United States Coast Guard among other federal law enforcement, intelligence, military and private contractors agencies that work for
3696-615: The age of twenty, where the artist Charles Dana Gibson was a fellow student. Chambers studied in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts and the Académie Julian from 1886 to 1893, and his work was displayed at the Salon as early as 1889. On his return to New York, he succeeded in selling his illustrations to Life , Truth , and Vogue magazines. Then, for reasons unclear, he devoted his time to writing, producing his first novel, In
3773-424: The annex of Delta Green and Countdown. The only new material will be Delta Green: Shotgun Scenarios . A "shotgun scenario" is a short standalone scenario that can fit into other, larger campaigns or scenarios. Many of them will be fan-made, coming from the community-ran Shotgun Scenarios fan contest. April 2022 saw the release of Iconoclasts , Delta Green's second campaign. It is set in 2016 during war against
3850-588: The biggest, most detailed, best conceived and inspiring sourcebooks ever released for any game system. An absolute must for any Call of Cthulhu referee considering a modern-day campaign, and highly recommended even if you're not." In the July 1998 edition of Dragon (Issue 249), Ray Winninger called Delta Green "one of the richest, most detailed, and most complete sourcebooks ever published." Winninger found that this book "successfully melds Lovecraft's eerie mythos with modern UFO and conspiracy folklore to produce
3927-676: The chapters of the Black Cod Island, M-EPIC, the Disciples of the Worm, and the DeMonte Clan, and Transcendence with the chapters of Cult of Trascendence. The scenarios in the original sourcebooks won't be released with the new ones; instead they will be released separately as paperback and then in one hardcover book called Delta Green: Incursions. Delta Green: Agencies will contain the U.S. and international agencies profiled in
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#17328021566914004-478: The classic 1920s Cthulhu Mythos of H.P. Lovecraft with modern conspiracy fiction . In August 2011, Arc Dream Publishing and the Delta Green Partnership announced development of a standalone Delta Green role-playing game. Funding began in 2015 and in 2016 the Agent's Handbook was released followed by the Handler's Guide in 2018. Arc Dream Publishing also made a partnership with Pelgrane Press to release
4081-567: The early 2000s, a Mysterious Package Company experience called The King in Yellow was introduced, heavily inspired by story and title. Later, a sequel experience entitled Carcosa: Rise of the Cult was created, obviously connected to this shared universe and connected to the original The King in Yellow. In 2017, Fantasy Flight Games released an expansion for Arkham Horror: The Card Game titled "The Path to Carcosa" in which players investigate occurrences based on The King in Yellow . Carcosa
4158-577: The habit of using them. Despite Chambers's effective later abandonment of the weird supernatural tale, these early works are all that remained in print through most of the twentieth century, thanks to Lovecraft's inclusion of them in the critical study " Supernatural Horror in Literature ". Frederic Taber Cooper commented: So much of Mr Chambers's work exasperates, because we feel that he might so easily have made it better." In an overview of Chambers' historical fiction , Wendy Bousfield stated that
4235-417: The historical novel Cardigan was "Chambers' most highly praised historical novel" during his lifetime. Bousfield also argued that much of Chambers' historical fiction was marred by poorly written characters and "insensitive humor at the expense of ethnic types". Bousfield also wrote that "Chambers' trivializing of human relationships is regrettable, since his recreation of period details of dress and daily life
4312-405: The history to the 2010s. In 2001, the September 11 attacks greatly affect the Intelligence Community , including Delta Green and MAJESTIC-12. Majestic was weakened and destroyed, while Delta Green has been brought back into the government fold, given a budget and official standing, using the War on Terror as a cover to their operation. There's also a group of old guard agents that were opposed to
4389-426: The most important works of American supernatural fiction. It was also strongly admired by H. P. Lovecraft and his circle. Chambers returned to the weird genre in his later short story collections The Maker of Moons , The Mystery of Choice and The Tree of Heaven , but none earned him as much success as The King in Yellow . Some of Chambers's work contains elements of science fiction , such as In Search of
4466-436: The mythology of Chambers' Carcosa in a series of novellas, "Broadalbin", "Ambrose", and "Sosostris", and essays in issue #1 of The Unspeakable Oath and in Delta Green . In Paul Edwin Zimmer's Dark Border series, Carcosa is a city where humans mingle with their nearly immortal allies, the Hastur. In Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson 's The Illuminatus! Trilogy , Carcosa is connected with an ancient civilization in
4543-596: The names "Hali" and "Lake of Hali" in her Darkover series. Later writers, including H. P. Lovecraft and his many admirers, became admirers of Chambers' work and incorporated the names used by Chambers into their own stories, set in the Cthulhu Mythos. The King in Yellow and Carcosa have inspired many modern authors, including Karl Edward Wagner ("The River of Night's Dreaming"), Joseph S. Pulver ("Carl Lee & Cassilda"), Lin Carter , James Blish , Michael Cisco ("He Will Be There"), Ann K. Schwader , Robert M. Price , Galad Elflandsson , Simon Strantzas ("Beyond
4620-421: The new edition's rules. The campaign was a success and it raised $ 513,158, more than any previous campaign. Beside the original sourcebook, the campaign also funded the rest of the original line of Pagan Publishing sourcebooks: Delta Green: Countdown (as Delta Green: The Millennium ) and Delta Green: Eyes Only (as Delta Green: Machinations ). Targets of Opportunity was divided in two books: Legacies, with
4697-410: The night sky. The Yellow Sign, described as a symbol, not of any human script, is supposed to originate from the same place as Carcosa. One other name associated is "Demhe" and its "cloudy depths" − this has never been explained either by Chambers or any famous pastiche-writer and so it is not known what exactly "Demhe" is. Marion Zimmer Bradley (and Diana L. Paxson since Bradley's death) also used
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#17328021566914774-438: The novel Delta Green: Denied to the Enemy in January 2011. As of October 29, 2015, a Kickstarter Campaign by Arc Dream Publishing funded a series of new Delta Green products, converting the setting into a standalone role-playing game. On February 26, 2016, a quick-start rulebook Delta Green: Need to Know was released for free download with the Agent's Handbook following soon after on April 27, 2016. The Handler's Guide
4851-433: The original disbandment of the organization. The group was introduced in the seventh issue of The Unspeakable Oath , a Call of Cthulhu fanzine created by Pagan Publishing, in early 1993. Four years later, the Delta Green supplement appeared and spawned a number of its own supplements and novels. The premise is similar to The X-Files (although the original incarnation of Delta Green preceded The X-Files by almost
4928-414: The restructure of Delta Green, preferring to maintain the old conspiracy running, forming their own splinter group known as "The Outlaws", as opposed to the official "Program". The Fall of Delta Green , on the other hand, is a spin-off set during the 1960s. Focusing on Delta Green's operations during the Cold War , in particular in Indochina and the Vietnam War , before the fateful operation that led to
5005-499: The scenario Convergence , which would be later republished in the first Delta Green sourcebook. The scenario introduced Delta Green as a loose organization within the U.S. government dedicated to secretly fight the creatures from the Cthulhu Mythos . Convergence was also followed by a sequel named Transference published in Volume 2 Issue 2 of the Cyberpunk 2020 fanzine The Interface, although later published material disregards this scenario. Pagan Publishing would then expand
5082-434: The setting resulting in the publishing of the Delta Green sourcebook in 1997. This was followed an additional sourcebook in 1999 titled Delta Green: Countdown . On May 1, 2006, the Pagan Publishing homepage was updated with an announcement describing the reasons for the delay of the new release of Delta Green , and stating that the d20 edition of the game should be available in time for Gen Con Indy. While there were
5159-486: The shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink behind the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa. Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies, But stranger still is Lost Carcosa. Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa. Song of my soul, my voice is dead, Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa. Lake Hali
5236-407: The show, which is in line with Lovecraftian horror , as is a vision experienced by one character that underscores Lovecraftian themes like cosmic indifference . In Part 3 of the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina , the barker of the traveling amusement park and carnival is named Carcosa, and the carnival in turn named, presumably, after him. Throughout the season of the show, it becomes apparent that
5313-464: The sixty-ninth Yellow Emperor, from a dynasty fallen for a thousand years. In the satirical novel Kamus of Kadizhar: The Black Hole of Carcosa by John Shirley (St. Martin's Press, 1988), Carcosa is the name of a planet whose weird black hole physics figures in the story. Swedish writer Anders Fager 's "Miss Witt's Great Work of Art" features a Stockholm-based coterie known as "The Carcosa Foundation" that worships Hastur. In David Drake 's Lord of
5390-438: The workers at the carnival are all mythological beings of old, with Carcosa himself being the god Pan , his true form being that of a satyr , in the show understood to be the god of madness . The arc of the season revolves partially around the attempts of the carnival workers to resurrect an older deity identified as The Green Man . Themes of madness, death, and resurrection parallel the works of Robert W. Chambers et al. In
5467-421: Was a huge omnibus volume of the best non-series weird fiction by Manly Wade Wellman. It was enhanced by a group of chilling illustrations by noted fantasy artist Lee Brown Coye . Their other three volumes were also giant omnibus collections (of work by Hugh B. Cave , E. Hoffman Price , and again by Manly Wade Wellman ). A fifth collection was planned, Death Stalks the Night , by Hugh B. Cave ; Lee Brown Coye
5544-766: Was about Captain Kidd , and argued that Kidd was not a pirate but had been made a scapegoat by the British government. During World War I, Chambers wrote war adventure novels and war stories, some of which showed a strong return to his old weird style, such as "Marooned" in Barbarians (1917). After 1924 he devoted himself solely to writing historical fiction. Chambers for several years made Broadalbin , New York, his summer home. Some of his novels touch upon colonial life in Broadalbin and Johnstown . On July 12, 1898, he married Elsa (Elsie) Vaughn Moller (1872–1939). They had
5621-460: Was exiled from Carcosa. In writer Alan Moore 's Neonomicon , drawn by artist Jacen Burrowes , the character Johnny Carcosa is the key to a mystical Lovecraftian universe. In the HBO original series True Detective , 'Carcosa' is presented as a man-made temple. Located in the backwoods of Louisiana, the temple serves as a place of ritualistic sexual abuse of children and child murder organized by
5698-544: Was published in cooperation with Arc Dream Publishing . The entire 1,000 copy print run was sold out by February 2008. The hardback edition of Delta Green: Eyes Only was a finalist for the Origins Award for Best Roleplaying Supplement of 2007. A softback version of the compilation followed in September 2008 and is available to retail distribution. Pagan Publishing and Arc Dream Publishing began work in mid-2008 on
5775-466: Was released October 31, 2017, in PDF and on March 8, 2018, a compilation of several other Delta Green adventures released by Arc Dream was released in only one book Delta Green: A Night at the Opera , containing the adventures Reverberations , Viscid , Music from a Darkened Room , Extremophilia , Star Chamber and Observer Effect . In February 2018, Pelgrane Press released The Fall of Delta Green ,
5852-439: Was released. It is Delta Green' s first full-length campaign, centered around Hastur , The King in Yellow and Carcosa , with a bigger focus in surreal horror. On August 10, 2021, Arc Dream started yet another Kickstarter campaign called Delta Green: The Conspiracy . The project is an updated re-release of the original Delta Green sourcebook (now retitled Delta Green: The Conspiracy ) with new art, layout and aligned with
5929-451: Was working on illustrating it when he suffered a crippling stroke in 1977 and eventually died, causing Carcosa to abandon the project. The book was eventually published by Fedogan & Bremer . Carcosa also had plans to issue volumes by Leigh Brackett , H. Warner Munn , and Jack Williamson ; however, none of the projected volumes appeared. The Carcosa colophon depicts the silhouette of a towered city in front of three moons. In 1896–7,
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