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Professor Angell
A professor who studied the Cthulhu cult.
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First appearance: the call of cthulhu
Professor Angell shows up with force in The Horror in Clay. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Professor Emeritus of Semitic languages at Brown University, whose death and locked box of notes initiate the mystery.
Professor Angell first appears in 0045 the call of cthulhu.
In The Horror in Clay: Professor Emeritus of Semitic languages at Brown University, whose death and locked box of notes initiate the mystery.
Later, in II: The Tale of Inspector Legrasse: The narrator's uncle who had previously encountered the Cthulhu cult through Inspector Legrasse in 1908; his death is suspected to be unnatural.
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- Other
Character groups
- Cthulhu cult investigators
- Diverse Lovecraftian characters
- Protagonist
- Supernatural victims and agents
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
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