Deviation Actions
Description
Uncovered in 2012 off the coast of New England, in an area formerly called Devil’s Reef, scholars have identified this strange metallic artifact as the invocation relic given to Captain Obed Marsh by the South Sea island Chief Walakea in the year 1846. This tarnished gold/lead object was dropped, by Marsh, into the abyssal depths of the Atlantic to summon the creatures known as Deep Ones to the legendary town of Innsmouth. The artifact is adorned with the strange heads of 3 fish-human hybrids, possibly Deep Ones, and is further decorated in a strange metallic amalgamation of unnatural and natural organic forms of marine fauna such as coral and mollusks.
Regarding the historic significance of this metal relic of invocation, Lovecraft states in his work Shadow Over Innsmouth:
"Walakea he shewed Obed a lot o' rites an' incantations as had to do with the sea things, an' let him see some o' the folks in the village as had changed a lot from human shape. Somehaow or other, though, he never would let him see one of the reg'lar things from right aout o' the water. In the end he give him a funny kind o' thingumajig made aout o' lead or something, that he said ud bring up the fish things from any place in the water whar they might be a nest o' 'em. The idee was to drop it daown with the right kind o' prayers an' sech. Walakea allowed as the things was scattered all over the world, so's anybody that looked abaout cud find a nest an' bring 'em up ef they was wanted.”
Not only is this artifact one of the most significant mythos finds of the 21st century, but based off the information provided by Lovecraft, and early reports at other salvage sites around the world, scholars believe many more invocation relics to exist…
Tarnished Invocation Relic is 11.5 inches tall x 4 inches wide
Made from polymer clay and painted using acrylic paints.
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USA