Extracts from the book of Abdul is a book that can be found and picked up in the Library (2nd Floor) of Derceto. Like De Vermiis Mysteriis, it causes ill effects to anyone who has read the book, unless the protagonist is currently standing on a special tile with a pentagram on it in the Ritual Chamber (2nd Floor) which is accessible via the library. It is less deadly than the other book, losing some health instead of killing instantly after reading it. Upon reading the book, the protagonist is driven to the brink of madness, laying down and beating their head upon the floor before experiencing horrid bodily distortions, stretching and twisting into tortured shapes.
Inscription[]
- Fragments
- from the Book
- of Abdul.
In the antique city of dead R'lyeh.
Cthulhu dreams and waits. In the pit
of time the unspeakable lies in wait.
That is not dead which can eternal lie.
R'lyeh, your blocks of stone seals
the ritual that gives birth to fear
Cthulhu fhtagn,
Cthulhu fhtagn.
Iaeeh.
Iaeeh.
Let he who knows how to invoke the
stones act. it is time. Let the shadow
of Cthulhu darken the sky. May the
servitor of the black Goat of the Woods
with a thousand youngs sound his flute
in honour of the unspeakable
Cthulhu fhtagn,
Cthulhu fhtagn.
Iaeeh.
Iaeeh.
May he who may not be named cast his
withering gaze upon the unbeliever for
he is the door, the key, and the guardian
of the door and holds you now in his
immense power.
May madness strike down he who
reads and thinks he understands.
Nobody can pierce the mystery and not
pay the price. Nobody can contemplate
the face of gods with impunity. If
strength abandons he who reads me, then
may madness overcome him.
Trivia[]
Alone in the Dark's CD releases omit the final verse condemning the reader of this book.