Description: is great old one of decadence, disorder, and nihilism.
The King in Yellow is an enigmatic entity. He is somehow associated with the rise of Hastur, and in fact many believe that the King is Hastur. Others believe that the King is an avatar of Hastur, or that he is a different form of the same being. This does not eliminate the possibility that the King and Hastur are united in soul, mind, and/or body in some unthinkable way too complex for humans to understand.
The King is approximately human-sized, though he always takes a form taller than the average. At times he seems to tower higher than humans, though this may be a side-effect of his interdimensional immanence. He is human in form and could even pass for human were it not for his costume: tattered robes, mostly yellow shreds of cloth, and always the Pallid Mask.
The King moves among humankind as if one of them, but his passing brings madness, beauty, love, and pain. Ultimately his presence destroys entire civilizations.
When the King in Yellow speaks, all are compelled to listen. He never lies–everything he says is precise, exact, intolerable truth. He can speak in glorious poetry, and often uses pithy statements. Sometimes his voice reveals paradoxical mysteries or truths about the inner self. While the revelations he brings are horrifying, they cannot be denied.
If the King asks a question of someone, his victim is compelled to answer truthfully to the King’s satisfaction. This is often done to expose an individual’s weakness or failings in front of his companions but is also useful to the King in determining what to do next.
The King’s immediate goal is to harvest souls to bring about glorious destruction. He may use many means to accomplish this, but the end result is the same: cities in flames, people shrieking in terror or abasing themselves before the King in frantic pleas, the dead rising up, and the very air charged with malignant fumes.
The King’s footstep brings the dead to life. They can return as a wide variety of undead, from simple zombies or ghosts to more powerful creatures such as vampires. The King’s horde almost always accompanies his arrival.
Dogma
Cultists of the Yellow Sign tend to have an artistic temperament and to view their horrible master, the King in Yellow, as the ultimate performance artist. They see the destruction and havoc he wreaks as a great display, and in a sense, they are absolutely correct. Of course, only the cultists are fully able to appreciate the king’s creativity.
Books or Artifacts
The Pallid Mask: The Pallid Mask may in fact be the king himself even ehough the rest of his form may be a human, vitalized and energized by the mask. In other words, when the Pallid Mask is placed on a person’s face, they become the King in Yellow in a real sense.
The King's Tatters: Those touched by the ribbons and dangling scraps of the King’s bandages are marked by the contact, spiritually rather than physically. They will dream of the King that night and every night. Their minds will dwell on his poisonous truths until the King returns to them one day to take them away beyond the waking world.
Servitors
Undead
Those that have found the Yellow sign.
The distant stars are an inspiration to travel, be encouraged to wander far from home, just as the stars do. The stars are eternal and are pleased to be a guide for both legs of a journey. The stars may reveal their secrets if you study them. Celestian and the stars are beacons on the final journey, leading the soul to its final reward.