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COAT OF ARMS  \nDavid Robert Wooten, DFACH  \nCTiniHULtiated)H–UIco(prouldounhinkced Khlûof no be′-hloo 1 foter wordrtthoione of the unroduce this  \nshort piece on infa-  \nmous author HP Lovecraft’s attempt at designing his own armorial bearings than the name of the monstrous science fiction-horror character that sprang from his unfortunately-troubled mind. First appearing in the short story “The Call of Cthulhu,”2 the legendary god/leviathan is  \nRendered by thousands of artists in the decades since Lovecraft’s death, each with variations of one sort or another, Cthulhu is almost alwaysfeatured as immense in size, winged like a dragon, with a tentacled visage.  \nforever tied to Lovecraft’s legacy. The character was also known by the titles “High Priest of the Great Old Ones,”“The Great Dreamer,” and “The Sleeper of R’lyeh.”3  \nA woodcut-style illustration of HP Lovecraft,“ententacled”by his mostfamous creation  \nWhile my intent is not to devolve into a biography of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, it should be noted that much of his work was, and is, widely-acclaimed, and is still being written about to this day (again, with Cthulhu being the most notorious character). In  \nfact,“The Call of Cthulhu”was regarded by Robert E. Howard (the creator of Conan the Barbarian, Bran Mak Morn, Kull of Atlantis, Red Sonya, Solomon Kane, etc.) as “a masterpiece, which Iam sure will live as one of the highest achievements of literature... Mr. Lovecraft holds a unique position in the literary world; he has grasped, to all intents, the worlds outside our paltry ken.”4 Infact,“(m)any readers consider HP Lovecraft to be the father of modern horror fantasy…the term“Lovecraftian” is frequently used to describe any particularly scary story, book, or film.”5  \nNow, to the focus of this essay. I initially ran across reference to a sketch of “HP Lovecraft’s Family Crest” on the social platform Reddit. Immediately intrigued, I read through the thread, and then sourced out the primary (digital) source for the topic, along with additional material graciously provided by Dr. Patrick M. O’Shea, FACH.6 The illustration shown here is in  \nHP Lovecraft ca. June 1934  \nLovecraft’s own hand, sketched and colored by the author ina lengthy letter to Frank Belknap Long, Jr.7 On first blush, the “arms” pictured remind your editor of a mis-assembled jigsaw puzzle, or perhaps a goulash of all leftovers from the refrigerator thrown into one pot. But I digress…  \nWhile the entire letter itself is quite lengthy, the relevant text appears on the first page, beneath the author’s “masthead”illustration, to wit:  \nTheobald Manor 24 September, 19278  \nYoung Man:  \nWell, Sir, ifyou are of a curiously analytical turn ofmind, you will  \ndiscern in the above display ofheraldic art the influence of a younger & more actively genealogical mind upon your aged & indolent grandpa.9 Itiseven so–for know ye, that our fair city is once again an[sic] host to that supreme master of heraldry, Wilfred Blanch Talman,10 Gent.; who has transmitted enough of huis enthusiasm to cause the old gentleman to dig up some halfdozen ancestral blazonings at the public library,11 & who has (by virtue of his knowledge of the knightly art) drawn out pictorially several coats which your grandpa knew by directions, but did not know how to depict. The above menagerie is a quartering ofthefour mainstreamsof blood in grandpa Theobald. 12 The upper two, left to right, are Lovecraft & Phillips, which I have always known.13 The lower left is Allgood–family of my father’s mother – of which I had the verbal  \ndescription, but which I never saw drawn out till Talman interpreted the language with hisfacile pen. The lower right is Place –family of my mother’s mother – which I had never seen in my life until yesterday afternoon when we looked it upat the library. I may have drawn this last one wrong,14for Talman had not yet prepare","cbCaicxecSGQHpEA","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicxecSGQHpEA","pdf",1028739,"English","# LOVECRAFT-ARMS - Horrific Coat of Arms Essay\n## Lovecraft legacy and Cthulhu context\n## Discovery of the family crest sketch\n## Letter text and quartered arms description\n## Recreation via clipart and heraldic inconsistencies\n## Phillips lineage origin speculation","[{\"question\":\"What is the main focus of the essay on LOVECRAFT-ARMS?\",\"answer\":\"The essay focuses on H. P. Lovecraft designing his own heraldic coat of arms and describing its quarters, crest, and motto via a related letter.\"},{\"question\":\"Where does the essay say the coat of arms sketch was sourced from?\",\"answer\":\"It mentions initially finding a reference to the “HP Lovecraft’s Family Crest” on Reddit, then locating the primary digital source and additional material provided by Dr. Patrick M. 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