1. A detailed astrological chart. Sadly, it still can't detail your future...
2. Nostradamus, who used poetic quatrains to set down his 'predictions.'
3. How the gullibility of the common folk is 'tested' - by criminal activity!
4. A whirlpool, using a print from the Edgar Allen Poe story, "A Descent Into the Maelstrom" (1841).
5. "Gulliver's Travels" - 1 of the many TV adaptations.
6. The Hydra was from the Lerna Lake marshes in southern Greece.
7. Hera, Queen of the Greek Gods.
Would you step out on this beautiful goddess?
Zeus is just another Rump!!
8. The best & most imaginative of all Azathoth portraits that I've ever seen!
It just screams with chaotic power...
9. Miskatonic University infographic, with lovingly detailed factoids for a RPG.
10. Professor Henry Armitage, 1 of the few, true Lovecraftian heroes.
1. World War l occured from 7/2/1914 to 11/11/1918.
When Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, both countries got plenty of backing from their friends.
That dragged in & pitted the Western Allies against the Central Powers.
Worse, the fighting spread out to parts of Africa, the Pacific, Asia & the Middle East!!
It only ended after some 16 million people were killed...
2. The extraction of nitrogen (from the air!) was discovered by German chemists.
This process involves high temps, a catalyst & various other elements.
All done to switch nitrogen's atomic bonds - from natural gas to hydrogen.
German companies promptly used the process to make more ammonia, gunpowder & explosives...
3. Quantum Mechanics is a branch of physics studying sub-atomic objects that act like both, particles & waves...
Quantum physicists explore & explain strange & contradictory phenomena where classical physic rules actually break down!!
At the moment, quantum physics includes the microscopic aspects of chemistry, field theory, technology & information sciences.
4. Azathoth is a fictional & all powerful godly being that's part of the Cthulhu Mythos created by H.P. Lovecraft.
This "Daemon Sultan" is the mindless 'ruler' of the Outer Gods, who keep It endlessly sleeping!
Azathoth possesses infinite creative, destructive & transformative powers over 'our' universe.
Even when "The Cold One" shifts in it's slumber, 'reality' itself changes!!
And, it's said that - should Azathoth ever awaken - the whole universe will disappear, like a forgotten dream...
5. Arkham University is a fictional college placed in Massachusetts - also created by the Weird Olde Writer.
It's modeled after the Ivy League academies of Harvard, Yale & Brown.
Arkham U offers advanced classes on science, medicine, business, law & the liberal arts.
The school's campus includes the Miskatonic Museum, which houses many ancient artifacts.
Its prestigious Orne Library contains a Special Collections Department, with extremely rare tomes!
Arkham is renowned for its unique Metaphysics Lab & for their bold expeditions to the extreme corners of the world...
6. Doctor Henry Armitage is a fictional head librarian (& action hero!) from Miskatonic University.
He's an aged (but, still active) scholar - with a sharp interest in the occult...
It was Armitage (& helpers) who put a final end to the demonic Dunwich horror.
He would appear several more times in other Cthulhu Mythos stories.
Could somebody have Armitage meet Randolph Carter, already?!
