====== The Yellow Sign ======

The Yellow Sign is some sort of occult symbol. Its appearance appears to be related to [[The King in Yellow]]. Apparently in [[king_in_yellow_entities#Yhtill]] seeing the yellow sign means that the King in Yellow is about to make an appearance.

The appearance of the Yellow Sign appears to have had a profound effect on some of the viewers of the play, especially [[Nathaniel Browne]]. These effects seem to include vivid dreams and even hallucinations.

A yellow sign, painted in blood, was used to open the gates between [[Leng]] and Earth.

===== Appearances of the Sign =====

{{ :the-yellow-sign.jpg?direct&200|}}In the play [[Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger]], [[king_in_yellow_entities#The Stranger]] wears the Yellow Sign, apparently in defiance of [[The King in Yellow]]. He reveals it, to great effect, as the climax of the first act.

In [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Chambers|Robert W Chambers' ]]story '[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_in_Yellow|The Yellow Sign]]' a young artist finds a brooch emblazoned with the Sign, after which his life rapidly descends into madness, horror and death.

The Sign is embossed on the cover of [[Talbot Estus|Talbot Estus']] copy of [[Le Roi en Jeune]].

Early in the campaign the Sign was seen in many unexpected places:

  * As part of a piece of graffiti, by [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]].
  * On sheet music, in the dreams of [[Nathaniel Browne]],
  * In the explosion of a firework, again by Browne.