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Cryptic Dissipation of Ugarit

by Disciple of Dagon

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1.
Deep within the eternal Ocean, the vast necropolis of R'lyeh rests. The Apkallu are said to still inhabit its porous black walls, dreaming, waiting for tribute and blood to be prophesied in the stars...
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The priests of Ugarit offer worship and sacrifice. The Apkallu rise from the waters of the Mediterranean, the silver moonlight reflecting their dark scales, and present gifts of gold, magic, and more...
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The horned priests remove their hats and bow before the Apkallu, and They bestow upon the priests of Ugarit the power and wisdom of the seas - but at a price...
4.
Undulating, many-tentacled sorcerer of the abyssal shelf - gargantuan in size, he guards the gates to the Priestess' Acropolis... he is her husband, and one with the Gods...
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Her gaze is piercing and cruel, her eyes bulging... her siren voice calls out to the Dreamer in ecstasy, sending His dreams through the minds of the people of Ugarit, who slumber on land, but dream in the sea...
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From the top of the Acropolis, the magicians of Ugarit are wizened and powerful, mad with sorcery from centuries of the Apkallu's teachings. They rest their moist, scaled bodies beneath the night sky, and their magic carries their souls into the vast nocturnal clouds...
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Many years pass, and tribute wanes to the Apkallu. One dark night, a wave of oblivion and magic crash into the shores of Ugarit, and through the city there is movement. The Apkallu rise from the depths, and from there, none can say the fate of ancient Ugarit and its strange people...
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Millennia pass over the surface of the Earth, humanity rises and falls, ebbs and flows, and deep within the Corpse City, the Dreamer slumbers... 'Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Kulullu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn...'

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Long ago in ancient Canaan, the followers of El and Baal Haddad walk within their mighty and lush city of Ugarit, under the soft rains and winds of their land.

The horned high priests walk with incense in hand, towards the waters of the Mediterranean, to worship. They pay heed to Dagon and his father Kulullu, the Great Dreamer. In return, the divine beings of the vast waters bestow gold, bounties of fish, and supernatural powers. The Apkallu sorcerers rise from the waters to bring their sublime gifts grasped in scaly and inhuman hands.

Ugarit flourishes as a bastion of wealthy and sea-faring people, defended by strong, well-built walls. Their worship of Dagon and Kulullu swells - but so does the influence of the sea. The daughters of Ugarit are born with mermaid tails, and siren voices. Men are deformed with tentacles for fingers and arms. The priests' eyes bulge like fish, and they write arcane texts on the powers of water in the secret chambers of their acropolis. The High Priestess adorns herself in shells, a golden headdress, and scale robe, giving sermons to the villagers on the nature of Great Kulullu, the Dreamer.

Many years pass, and at the height of its power, Ugarit is swallowed by oblivion. Ruins remain, and in their rubble rest the corpses of strange beings better suited for the blue abysses of the oceans than the lush hills and fields of their ancestors. The High Priestess' tablets are found in the ruins of the royal palace, her final writings a terrified plea to save Ugarit from the vengeance of the Sea People.

On the primordial beaches of the Mediterranean, the trails of many webbed feet are slowly swept away by gentle winds, for ages unwritten.


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released August 23, 2020

All conjurations by ☾ Mubu ☾
Mastering and album art by ✠ Lord Einsamkeit ✠
Logo by ❆ LT ❆

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Solo follower of the Great Dreamer...

'Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Kulullu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn...'

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