Miskatonic Arcihves

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Characters

Henry Armitage

Henry Armitage is the Miskatonic University librarian who discovers the purpose of the Whateley family’s research and organizes the intervention that ends the Dunwich catastrophe. His success depends on bibliographical judgment, cryptanalysis, experimental preparation and cooperation with two colleagues.

6 min read · 1,220 words

Characters

Lavinia Whateley

Lavinia Whateley is the mother of Wilbur and his concealed twin in The Dunwich Horror. Her early involvement in the family’s inherited lore gives way to fear and exclusion as Wilbur takes control, ending in an unexplained disappearance in 1926.

4 min read · 801 words

Places

Sentinel Hill

Sentinel Hill is the ritual height overlooking the Dunwich countryside where the Whateleys light their seasonal fires and where Armitage, Rice and Morgan confront Wilbur’s invisible twin.

4 min read · 635 words

Entities & creatures

The Dunwich Horror

The Dunwich Horror is the otherwise unnamed twin brother of Wilbur Whateley in H. P. Lovecraft’s The Dunwich Horror. Born to Lavinia Whateley and associated with Yog-Sothoth, it develops into an enormous, normally invisible being concealed inside the Whateley farmhouse. Its escape transforms the family’s secret into a public catastrophe. The final revelation identifies it as a member of that family rather than an unrelated monster summoned at the last moment.

7 min read · 1,373 words

Literature

The Dunwich Horror

The Whateley family raises an unnaturally fast-growing child while concealing a second, much larger presence inside its farmhouse. When Wilbur’s search for a missing book passage ends in his death, three Miskatonic scholars must decipher what the family intended and confront the invisible being left behind.

11 min read · 2,192 words