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'''Modern Interpretation:'''   
 
'''Modern Interpretation:'''   
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A shard-twisted spirit of endless hunger, born from cannibalism and betrayal in the frozen wastes.
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A shard-twisted spirit of endless hunger, now called the "Frozen Hunger" in West America.
  
 
'''Status:'''   
 
'''Status:'''   
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**Confirmed Encounter** — Origins: The Wendigo campaign.
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**Confirmed Encounter**
  
 
=== The Black Dog and the Two-Faced Woman ===
 
=== The Black Dog and the Two-Faced Woman ===
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'''Modern Interpretation:'''   
 
'''Modern Interpretation:'''   
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An ancient spiritual warning: the Black Dog, harbinger of the world's unraveling, and the Two-Faced Woman, who tempts and destroys seekers of truth.
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A spiritual warning of unraveling — the Black Dog devours hope; the Two-Faced Woman lures souls into ruin.
  
 
'''Status:'''   
 
'''Status:'''   
−
**Confirmed Encounter** — Origins: Black Dog and the Two-Faced Woman campaign.
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**Confirmed Encounter**
  
 
=== Abhartach ===
 
=== Abhartach ===
  
 
'''Source Legend:'''   
 
'''Source Legend:'''   
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Irish folklore (pre-6th century)
+
Irish folklore
  
 
'''Modern Interpretation:'''   
 
'''Modern Interpretation:'''   
−
A vampiric entity impervious to death, transformed by Shardisite influence and rumored to command hidden cults across the drowned isles.
+
An immortal vampiric tyrant, now whispered of as "The Thirsting King" among the drowned cities of Europa.
  
 
'''Status:'''   
 
'''Status:'''   
−
**Confirmed Encounter** — Second Modern Campaign.
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**Confirmed Encounter**
  
 
=== The Evangelical Rapture ===
 
=== The Evangelical Rapture ===
  
 
'''Source Legend:'''   
 
'''Source Legend:'''   
−
Christian apocalyptic tradition (Book of Revelation reinterpretations)
+
Christian apocalyptic tradition
  
 
'''Modern Interpretation:'''   
 
'''Modern Interpretation:'''   
−
A mass spiritual event recorded shortly after the fall, during which thousands vanished or mutated overnight. 
+
A mass vanishing and mutation event after the fall, interpreted as divine judgment by some and magical collapse by others.
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Still debated whether it was divine judgment, magical flux, or collective delusion.
 
  
 
'''Status:'''   
 
'''Status:'''   
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**Confirmed Historical Event** — Canonical in post-fall history.
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**Confirmed Historical Event**
 +
 
 +
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== Rumored and Speculative Phenomena ==
 
== Rumored and Speculative Phenomena ==
  
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=== The Crater Chant ===
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=== Draugr ===
 +
 
 +
'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
Norse mythology
 +
 
 +
'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
 +
Shard-infested corpse-walkers guarding ruined strongholds across the Sea of Ghosts; also called "The Hollowed Kings."
 +
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Rumored**
 +
 
 +
=== Selkies ===
 +
 
 +
'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
Scottish folklore
 +
 
 +
'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
 +
Shard-mutated shapeshifters seen in the fog banks of Europa, now called "Mistwives" by sailors.
 +
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Rumored**
 +
 
 +
=== Will-o'-the-Wisp ===
 +
 
 +
'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
European folklore
 +
 
 +
'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
 +
Floating shard lights that lure travelers into bogs, known now as "Green Lanterns" among swamp tribes.
 +
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Rumored**
 +
 
 +
=== The Headless Horseman ===
 +
 
 +
'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
German and American folklore
 +
 
 +
'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
 +
A revenant knight fueled by shard-rage, known in Cascadia as "The Rider Without Mercy."
 +
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Speculated**
 +
 
 +
=== La Llorona ===
 +
 
 +
'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
Mexican folklore
 +
 
 +
'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
 +
A spirit of endless mourning who drowns shard-tainted children; still called "The Weeping Woman."
 +
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Rumored**
 +
 
 +
=== The Green Man ===
  
 
'''Source Legend:'''   
 
'''Source Legend:'''   
−
Composite myth — echoes of siren songs, ghostly laments
+
British Isles folklore
  
 
'''Modern Interpretation:'''   
 
'''Modern Interpretation:'''   
−
Songs heard near the Sea of Ghosts that grow louder during shard storms, believed to originate from beneath the Maelstrom.
+
A living shard-born entity of tangled forests, revered as "The Verdant King" in Europa.
  
 
'''Status:'''   
 
'''Status:'''   
−
**Rumored** — No verified expeditions.
+
**Speculated**
  
−
=== The Silent Star ===
+
=== The Wild Hunt ===
  
 
'''Source Legend:'''   
 
'''Source Legend:'''   
−
Various European comet legends (Black Death, Harbingers of Doom)
+
Germanic and Norse folklore
  
 
'''Modern Interpretation:'''   
 
'''Modern Interpretation:'''   
−
A comet visible only through magical means, believed to move closer with the fall of great civilizations.
+
An arcane storm of ghostly riders still seen racing across the wastelands under the green auroras.
  
 
'''Status:'''   
 
'''Status:'''   
−
**Rumored** — Scryers and astrologers debate authenticity.
+
**Rumored**
  
−
=== The Green Wall ===
+
=== Baba Yaga ===
  
 
'''Source Legend:'''   
 
'''Source Legend:'''   
−
Shamanistic barriers, protective veils in indigenous mythologies
+
Slavic folklore
  
 
'''Modern Interpretation:'''   
 
'''Modern Interpretation:'''   
−
A permanent emerald mist somewhere in East America, whispered to contain or imprison a slumbering entity.
+
A twisted, shard-warped witch dwelling in the wandering ruins of Southern Asia, now known simply as "The Hag."
  
 
'''Status:'''   
 
'''Status:'''   
−
**Speculated** — Regional legends persist among frontier settlers.
+
**Speculated**
  
−
=== Other Fragmentary Accounts ===
+
=== Cockatrice ===
  
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''(Entries pending review of classified expedition records and eyewitness testimony.)''
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'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
European folklore
  
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[[Category:Forbidden Knowledge]]
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'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
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[[Category:Magic]]
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Shard-tainted reptilian beasts that petrify with a hiss; feared as "Stonelash Serpents" in Lemuria.
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[[Category:Apocalyptic Mythology]]
+
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Rumored**
 +
 
 +
=== Alp ===
 +
 
 +
'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
Germanic folklore
 +
 
 +
'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
 +
Nightmare creatures feeding on the minds of shard-weary travelers, now called "Dreamleeches."
 +
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Speculated**
 +
 
 +
=== The Kappa ===
 +
 
 +
'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
Japanese folklore
 +
 
 +
'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
 +
Amphibious shard-mutants haunting river deltas and flooded ruins in Oceana; often called "Shellbacks."
 +
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Rumored**
 +
 
 +
=== The Cintamani Stone ===
 +
 
 +
'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
Buddhist and Hindu mythology
 +
 
 +
'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
 +
A shard relic said to grant visions of the Beforetimes, sealed somewhere within the jungles of Atlantis.
 +
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Speculated**
 +
 
 +
=== The Banshee ===
 +
 
 +
'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
Irish folklore
 +
 
 +
'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
 +
Spirit-women wailing across shattered battlefields; modern scavengers call them "Gravewives."
 +
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Rumored**
 +
 
 +
=== The Pukwudgie ===
 +
 
 +
'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
Wampanoag Native American folklore
 +
 
 +
'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
 +
Shard-twisted gremlins, tricksters of the ruined forests of West America.
 +
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Rumored**
 +
 
 +
=== The Kitsune ===
 +
 
 +
'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
Japanese folklore
 +
 
 +
'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
 +
Shape-shifting shard spirits that weave illusions to steal vital essence; now called "The Ninefold."
 +
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Speculated**
 +
 
 +
=== The Black Shuck ===
 +
 
 +
'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
English folklore
 +
 
 +
'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
 +
Shard-mutated black hounds hunting the lost and the damned across Atlantic coastal ruins.
 +
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Rumored**
 +
 
 +
=== The Yuki-onna ===
 +
 
 +
'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
Japanese folklore
 +
 
 +
'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
 +
A shard ghost of the snows, seen luring travelers to their deaths along the glaciers of Arctica.
 +
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Rumored**
 +
 
 +
=== The Nuckelavee ===
 +
 
 +
'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
Orcadian (Scottish) folklore
 +
 
 +
'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
 +
A skinless shard monstrosity that poisons the waters of the Bengal Isles.
 +
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Speculated**
 +
 
 +
=== The Dullahan ===
 +
 
 +
'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
Irish folklore
 +
 
 +
'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
 +
A shard-blighted herald of death, carrying a burning emerald shard as its lantern.
 +
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Rumored**
 +
 
 +
=== The Valkyries ===
 +
 
 +
'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
Norse mythology
 +
 
 +
'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
 +
Rogue shard-spirits that harvest souls from dying battlefields; now called "The Shardmaidens."
 +
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Speculated**
 +
 
 +
=== The Loup-Garou ===
 +
 
 +
'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
French-Canadian werewolf myths
 +
 
 +
'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
 +
Shard-mutated berserkers found among the war-clans of Dixie.
 +
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Rumored**
 +
 
 +
=== The Morrígan ===
 +
 
 +
'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
Irish mythology
 +
 
 +
'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
 +
A shard-bound war spirit, whispering destruction to kings and generals before their downfall.
 +
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Speculated**
 +
 
 +
=== The Kelpie ===
 +
 
 +
'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
Scottish folklore
 +
 
 +
'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
 +
Water shard-creatures that drag travelers under when crossing marshes and lakes.
 +
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Rumored**
 +
 
 +
=== The Chupacabra ===
 +
 
 +
'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
Latin American folklore
 +
 
 +
'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
 +
Shard-mutated livestock hunters; blamed for the devastation of rural farming villages in Cascadia.
 +
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Rumored**
 +
 
 +
=== The Leshy ===
 +
 
 +
'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
Slavic folklore
 +
 
 +
'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
 +
Shard-touched forest guardians that can twist paths and illusions to trap wanderers.
 +
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Speculated**
 +
 
 +
=== The Jorōgumo ===
 +
 
 +
'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
Japanese folklore
 +
 
 +
'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
 +
Shard-mutated spider spirits that lure prey by singing from ruined cities.
 +
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Rumored**
 +
 
 +
=== The Tarasque ===
 +
 
 +
'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
French folklore
 +
 
 +
'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
 +
A colossal shard-beast, blamed for the destruction of early settlements in Southern Asia.
 +
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Speculated**
 +
 
 +
=== The Afanc ===
 +
 
 +
'''Source Legend:''' 
 +
Welsh folklore
 +
 
 +
'''Modern Interpretation:''' 
 +
Shard-born lake monsters of Atlantis’s inland seas, hunting travelers beneath the green-glow waters.
 +
 
 +
'''Status:''' 
 +
**Rumored**

Latest revision as of 13:42, 2 May 2025

Ancient Prophecies

“The old stories didn’t die. They changed.”

Overview

This page compiles legends, prophecies, and mythic phenomena encountered or speculated upon in the world of *Apocalyptica Arcanum*. All entries have roots in real-world folklore and mythology prior to January 18th, 1886. Some have been confirmed through direct encounters; others remain the subject of fear, rumor, and forbidden research.

Confirmed Phenomena

Wendigo

Source Legend: Algonquian mythology (North America)

Modern Interpretation: A shard-twisted spirit of endless hunger, now called the "Frozen Hunger" in West America.

Status:

    • Confirmed Encounter**

The Black Dog and the Two-Faced Woman

Source Legend: Lakota mythology

Modern Interpretation: A spiritual warning of unraveling — the Black Dog devours hope; the Two-Faced Woman lures souls into ruin.

Status:

    • Confirmed Encounter**

Abhartach

Source Legend: Irish folklore

Modern Interpretation: An immortal vampiric tyrant, now whispered of as "The Thirsting King" among the drowned cities of Europa.

Status:

    • Confirmed Encounter**

The Evangelical Rapture

Source Legend: Christian apocalyptic tradition

Modern Interpretation: A mass vanishing and mutation event after the fall, interpreted as divine judgment by some and magical collapse by others.

Status:

    • Confirmed Historical Event**

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Rumored and Speculative Phenomena

Draugr

Source Legend: Norse mythology

Modern Interpretation: Shard-infested corpse-walkers guarding ruined strongholds across the Sea of Ghosts; also called "The Hollowed Kings."

Status:

    • Rumored**

Selkies

Source Legend: Scottish folklore

Modern Interpretation: Shard-mutated shapeshifters seen in the fog banks of Europa, now called "Mistwives" by sailors.

Status:

    • Rumored**

Will-o'-the-Wisp

Source Legend: European folklore

Modern Interpretation: Floating shard lights that lure travelers into bogs, known now as "Green Lanterns" among swamp tribes.

Status:

    • Rumored**

The Headless Horseman

Source Legend: German and American folklore

Modern Interpretation: A revenant knight fueled by shard-rage, known in Cascadia as "The Rider Without Mercy."

Status:

    • Speculated**

La Llorona

Source Legend: Mexican folklore

Modern Interpretation: A spirit of endless mourning who drowns shard-tainted children; still called "The Weeping Woman."

Status:

    • Rumored**

The Green Man

Source Legend: British Isles folklore

Modern Interpretation: A living shard-born entity of tangled forests, revered as "The Verdant King" in Europa.

Status:

    • Speculated**

The Wild Hunt

Source Legend: Germanic and Norse folklore

Modern Interpretation: An arcane storm of ghostly riders still seen racing across the wastelands under the green auroras.

Status:

    • Rumored**

Baba Yaga

Source Legend: Slavic folklore

Modern Interpretation: A twisted, shard-warped witch dwelling in the wandering ruins of Southern Asia, now known simply as "The Hag."

Status:

    • Speculated**

Cockatrice

Source Legend: European folklore

Modern Interpretation: Shard-tainted reptilian beasts that petrify with a hiss; feared as "Stonelash Serpents" in Lemuria.

Status:

    • Rumored**

Alp

Source Legend: Germanic folklore

Modern Interpretation: Nightmare creatures feeding on the minds of shard-weary travelers, now called "Dreamleeches."

Status:

    • Speculated**

The Kappa

Source Legend: Japanese folklore

Modern Interpretation: Amphibious shard-mutants haunting river deltas and flooded ruins in Oceana; often called "Shellbacks."

Status:

    • Rumored**

The Cintamani Stone

Source Legend: Buddhist and Hindu mythology

Modern Interpretation: A shard relic said to grant visions of the Beforetimes, sealed somewhere within the jungles of Atlantis.

Status:

    • Speculated**

The Banshee

Source Legend: Irish folklore

Modern Interpretation: Spirit-women wailing across shattered battlefields; modern scavengers call them "Gravewives."

Status:

    • Rumored**

The Pukwudgie

Source Legend: Wampanoag Native American folklore

Modern Interpretation: Shard-twisted gremlins, tricksters of the ruined forests of West America.

Status:

    • Rumored**

The Kitsune

Source Legend: Japanese folklore

Modern Interpretation: Shape-shifting shard spirits that weave illusions to steal vital essence; now called "The Ninefold."

Status:

    • Speculated**

The Black Shuck

Source Legend: English folklore

Modern Interpretation: Shard-mutated black hounds hunting the lost and the damned across Atlantic coastal ruins.

Status:

    • Rumored**

The Yuki-onna

Source Legend: Japanese folklore

Modern Interpretation: A shard ghost of the snows, seen luring travelers to their deaths along the glaciers of Arctica.

Status:

    • Rumored**

The Nuckelavee

Source Legend: Orcadian (Scottish) folklore

Modern Interpretation: A skinless shard monstrosity that poisons the waters of the Bengal Isles.

Status:

    • Speculated**

The Dullahan

Source Legend: Irish folklore

Modern Interpretation: A shard-blighted herald of death, carrying a burning emerald shard as its lantern.

Status:

    • Rumored**

The Valkyries

Source Legend: Norse mythology

Modern Interpretation: Rogue shard-spirits that harvest souls from dying battlefields; now called "The Shardmaidens."

Status:

    • Speculated**

The Loup-Garou

Source Legend: French-Canadian werewolf myths

Modern Interpretation: Shard-mutated berserkers found among the war-clans of Dixie.

Status:

    • Rumored**

The Morrígan

Source Legend: Irish mythology

Modern Interpretation: A shard-bound war spirit, whispering destruction to kings and generals before their downfall.

Status:

    • Speculated**

The Kelpie

Source Legend: Scottish folklore

Modern Interpretation: Water shard-creatures that drag travelers under when crossing marshes and lakes.

Status:

    • Rumored**

The Chupacabra

Source Legend: Latin American folklore

Modern Interpretation: Shard-mutated livestock hunters; blamed for the devastation of rural farming villages in Cascadia.

Status:

    • Rumored**

The Leshy

Source Legend: Slavic folklore

Modern Interpretation: Shard-touched forest guardians that can twist paths and illusions to trap wanderers.

Status:

    • Speculated**

The Jorōgumo

Source Legend: Japanese folklore

Modern Interpretation: Shard-mutated spider spirits that lure prey by singing from ruined cities.

Status:

    • Rumored**

The Tarasque

Source Legend: French folklore

Modern Interpretation: A colossal shard-beast, blamed for the destruction of early settlements in Southern Asia.

Status:

    • Speculated**

The Afanc

Source Legend: Welsh folklore

Modern Interpretation: Shard-born lake monsters of Atlantis’s inland seas, hunting travelers beneath the green-glow waters.

Status:

    • Rumored**
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