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== Notable Humans ==

Author of the dreaded Necronomicon, and a Moslem apostate who worshiped the Great Old Ones. Described as an insane poet, Alhazred visited many strange and dark places filled with weird horrors. He was eaten by an invisible monster in broad daylight in 738 A.D. according to one record.

* [[As Long as It Sounds Foreign]]: In Arabic, ''Abdul Alhazred'' makes no sense. Others have attempted to correct this, by saying that this is a corruption of the original name. Which is [[Truth in Television]], since many ancient Arabic writers or works are better known by their bastardized names.<br /><br />Specifically, it is often said to be a corruption of ''Abd Al-Azrad'', a name -- or, more likely, a title or pseudonym -- [[Meaningful Name|best translated as]] [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|"servant of the Great Devourer."]]

* [[Tome of Eldritch Lore]]: Wrote the modern archetype of all other eldritch grimoires.

 

Medical student, then a doctor. Postulating that human life was purely material, Herbert believed with the right chemicals could restart life. He and an assistant go about trying to prove this, conducting questionable experiments with... interesting results.

* [[Chemistry Can Do Anything]]: Including raising the dead in this case.

* [[Mad Doctor]]: A graduate of the ''Miskatonic University Medical School'' no less.

* [[Mad Scientist]]: Noble in intent, West's methods become increasingly unethical and deadly. It eventually drives him over the edge.

 

Early 20th century Boston author and occultist. One of the few recurring human characters within the Mythos, Carter is capable of entering the Dreamlands. Another [[Author Avatar]]: an unnoticed writer, prone to nervousness and depression. However, he is capable of courageous feats.

* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: Friendly to cats, as well as ''ghouls'' of all things.

* [[I Was Having Such a Nice Dream]]: Carter's journey in ''The Dream-Quest of the Unknown Kadath''.

* [[The Quest]]: Several, including the well known ''Dream-Quest'' {{spoiler|but also his travels beyond time and space.}}

* [[White Anglo Saxon Protestant]]: Standard for a Lovecraft hero.

 

 

== Outer Gods ==

* [[Bigger Bad|Bigger Bads]]: As if the giant squid-headed horror and headless fat pervert wasn't bad enough, these guys far more powerful and dangerous.

 

One of the two most powerful entities in the main canon (the other being Yog-Sothoth), Azathoth is a mindless, formless being of nigh-unlimited power that may have created the universe, which it dwells at the centre of with a coterie of (relatively) minor deities that serve as its "entertainment." Described as ultimate chaos. Lovecraft meant this deity to embody the mindless yet unbendable forces of physics.

* [[Before and After Pictures]]: Done in Campbell's "The Insects from Shaggai", where the protagonist sees an image of Azathoth before he became insane. The Daemon Sultan once looked like a multi-legged clam, with cylinders for appendages, a mouthless face, and black hair. The narrator also sees [[You Cannot Grasp the True Form|the "After" picture]]...

* [[Having a Gay Old Time]]: A more serious example, in which Lovecraft described Azathoth as ''The Nuclear Chaos''. At the time, "nuclear" referred to something in the center, as in nucleus. As time went on, "Nuclear" became associated with atomic energy and weapons. Latter writers took advantage of this, and made Azathoth the patron of radiation.

* [[King of All Cosmos]]: One of the weirdest supreme beings out there.

* [[Magical Flutist]]: The Servitors of the Outer Gods, who play flutes and drums to Azathoth. Needless to say, the music likely isn't pleasant to human ears.

* [[Primordial Chaos]]: Lovecraft called it "Ultimate Chaos". Later authors made Azathoth an inversion: It wasn't always ultimate chaos. It became that way after losing its mind.

* [[Ultimate Evil]]: Played with. Azathoth is an insanity-inducing, blasphemous horror, but it's more due to being an insane chaos than being evil.

 

Extradimensional Outer God who appears to humans as a strange geometrical jumble. Seeing it in person would drive a man to madness.

* [[Another Dimension]]: Daoloth can send others into these.

* [[You Cannot Grasp the True Form]]: Daoloth's images are difficult enough for human eyes to perceive. Also, be careful when The Render reveals how reality itself really appears.

 

A red-brown planet sized Outer God that travels space. When he approaches a world, it awakens the local Great Old Ones which leads to a planet's demise.

* [[Eyes Do Not Belong There]]: Has a single, gigantic eye. No planet should have a ''literal'' eye.

* [[Hidden in Plain Sight]]: How does anyone not freak out when a world-sized Old One approaches a world? Ghroth simply keeps its eye closed.

* [[That's No Moon]]: Might as well be the "Death Star".

 

The heart and soul of the Outer Gods, messenger of Azathoth. The most human of the Great Old Ones, as well as the most overtly malevolent. Has many "masks" - avatars that range in [[Shape Shifter|different shapes and forms]]. The most common visage is that of a tall, dark man with a regal appearance.

* [[Ancient Egypt]]: Where it originally was worshiped (at least by humanity), gaining the suffix ''-hotep''. However, ''The Mighty Messenger'' was so evil that Egyptians forbade it's cult. The ''Black Pharaoh'' mask looks like the idealized king of this period, and maybe the one form that isn't outright frightening.

* [[Formulaic Magic]]: ''Kruschtya Equation'' aspect that is simply a mathematical formula. Whoever solves it is possessed by Gnarly.

* [[Gender Bender]]: Has several female masks, including the ''Bloated Woman'' and the ''Queen In Red''.

* [[God in Human Form|Great Old One In Human Form]]

* [[Hostile Weather]]: Yes, the ''Crawling Chaos'' evens manifests as ''weather'', such as the ''Crawling Mist'', ''Black Wind'', and ''Messenger of the Old Ones'' masks.

* [[You Cannot Grasp the True Form]]: "...pray to all space that you may never meet me in my thousand other forms."

 

Outer God of fertility. One of the most worshiped of the Mythos entities, she is revered by the Mi-go, K'nyani, and human cults past and present, among others. While never described directly in Lovecraft's tales, [[Fan Nickname|Shubby]] is often portrayed as a cloud with constantly changing hoofs and tendrils.

* [[Affably Evil]]: Seemingly one of the least apathetic of the Outer Gods, a goddess of fertility who looks after her cultists. It's not as if anyone but her cultists would ''want'' her attention, however.

* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Out of all Lovecraft's Old Ones, Shubby is the only one explicitly mentioned to be "female".

 

An obscure Mythos entity - a female, gigantic humanoid with detached eyes. Watching the universe revolve around it, she sees everything at the same time. Has great wisdom, only surpassed by Yog-Sothoth.

* [[Alien Blood]]: ''The Black'', Yibb-Tstll's ebon hued ichor. Adding to the strangeness, it's not a fluid, and more like snowflakes.

* [[Multi Boobage]]: It has ''innumerable'' breasts, from which Nightgaunts feed upon.

 

The other supreme deity of the original Lovecraftian canon, Yog-Sothoth is the living, sentient embodiment of the time-space continuum, although for reasons unknown he/it is trapped outside of our reality, only manifesting through various rituals. Is capable of impregnating human females. Its most well-known appearance is as a conglomeration of ever changing, glowing spheres, though this is just one of several forms.

* [[Affably Evil|Affably]] [[Above Good and Evil]]: At least in the form of Tawil At-'Umr.

 

== Great Old Ones ==

 

A giant spider with a human face. Other forms include a young woman with multiple arms. He (or she) lives in a cavern under Mount Voormithadreth in ancient Hyperborea, and works on an endless task of bridging a chasm. Because of its appearance, Atlach is considered the regent of all spiders. The ''Spiders of Leng'' (huge purple spiders) are believed to be her children and servitors.

* [[All Webbed Up]]

* [[Odd Job Gods]]: Atlach-Nacha spends all her time bridging a vast chasm.

 

The monstrous high priest of the Great Old Ones, sleeping in the sunken city of R'lyeh until 'the stars are right' and he can awaken his kin to resume their rule of Earth. A gigantic humanoid form with a squid-like head and dragon wings.

* [[Breakout Character]]: There's a reason H.P. Lovecraft's works are known as the ''Cthulhu'' Mythos.

* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Very often in parodies, Cthulhu will be the protagonist. Taken further with ''[[Cthulhu Saves the World]]'', were the Big C is the hero of a video game.

 

Entity which appears as a giant fireball. The ''Fire Vampires'', little flame-like monsters that ignite anything flammable, are Cthugha's servitors.

* [[An Ice Person]]: It's offspring ''Aphoom-Zhah''. Appearing to be a gray flame, Aphoom freezes upon contact.

** Screw that up, however... [[It Got Worse|And you summon]] [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|"the Feaster from Beyond the Stars."]]

 

The secret daughter of Cthulhu, and described as a huge, red octopus with six eyes and wings.

* [[Crazy Prepared]]: {{spoiler|Cthylla serves as a backup plan. Should Cthulhu be ever truly destroyed, the Great Old One is reborn in his daughter's womb.}}

* [[Moe Anthropomorphism]]: Notable since it's easier searching for art depicting Cthylla as human girl than octopus.

 

* [[Body Surf]]: The upside to Eihort's bargain: It'll let you experience other lives in other places. Of course, the reverse is true: Eihort's servants could jump into the Bargainer's body, and have that person face some rather horrible experiences.

* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: Eihort's name roughly translates to [[Meaningful Name|"Egg Hoard"]] in German.

* [[Heads I Win, Tails You Lose]]: You're pretty much screwed once Eihort catches you.

* [[Freak-Out]]: When the time comes for Eihort's brood to emerge, the bargainer begins to feel some weird ''sensations''.

* [[The Maze]]: Where Eihort dwells.

 

First born of Cthulhu, this Great Old One visage is so horrific that merely glimpsing it leads to... [[And I Must Scream|something unspeakable]]. Served by [[Our Dragons Are Different|the Lloigor]].

* [[Ascended Extra]]: Consider the similarities, Ghatanothoa might have been just another name of Cthulhu back when Lovecraft introduced him.

* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: You look at him, and you are near instantly mummified, save for your brain and internal organs. [[And I Must Scream|And you are completely awake and aware of everything that goes on around you for every moment of this existence.]]

 

Once trapped inside a meteor, Glaaki now resides in the lake created by impact of said meteor in the Severn Valley. Looks like giant slug with a mouth, eye-tip tentacles and [[Spikes of Villainy|lots of metallic spines]]. When Glaaki stabs people with its spines, it injects fluids that turn the victims into zombies which it can controls using psychic power.

* [[Our Zombies Are Different]]: After a few decades, Glaaki's zombies becomes sensitive to sunlight. If exposed, they suffer from "The Green Decay".

* [[Slave Mooks]]: It's undead servants were once humans, until their transformation.

 

"Half-brother" of Cthulhu. Doesn't mean they get along with each other. Known to be the patron of [[Murder Arson and Jaywalking|decadence, nihilism, and shepherds]]. Also the mate of Shub-Niggurath, and possibly fathered some of her Thousand Young. His most well known avatar is the ''King In Yellow'' (a tall masked man-thing wearing yellow rags). Other depictions includes that of a [[Everything's Squishier with Cephalopods|octopoid]], but Hastur's true form is unknown.

* [[Ascended Extra]]: When Lovecraft added Hastur to mythos, all he did was just mention it among a list of eldritch names without any elaboration. Derleth made Hastur into a Great Old One, since Ambrose Bierce originally had it as a deity.

* [[Summoning Ritual]]: The play [[Tome of Eldritch Lore|''The King In Yellow'']] can call down the eponymous avatar of Hastur.

 

Tsathoggua's [[Big Screwed-Up Family|"cousin"]] living in the upper atmosphere of Saturn, where he fled to avoid irritating worshipers and cannibalistic family members. Similar in appearance to Tsathoggua, but with a long neck and many small, elephantine feet.

* [[Affably Evil]]: Possibly the most harmless of Lovecraftian deities simply by wanting to be left alone.

* [[The Unpronounceable]]: [[Up to Eleven|Even for the Mythos.]]

 

Great Old One that is humanoid in appearance, with glowing red eyes. Limited to frozen wastes, Ithaqua can literally walk on wind as if it was solid ground.

* [[Alien Abduction]]: Tends to kidnap people, typically sacrifices, and even entire towns if need be.

* [[Wendigo]]: Ithaqua is known as this as well.

 

Originally from Yuggoth, Rhan-Tegoth came to Earth millions of years ago, settling in what would become the arctic. However, Rhan went into hibernation and can't move without some outside aid. One of the more unfortunate Old Ones, as he got stuck being used as some statue in a museum. Physically, he's very tall, covered in small tentacles, has six serpentine appendages with black crab pincers, a three-eyed and gilled head, a globular torso, as well as a proboscis.

* [[Human Sacrifice]]: Played with, the blood of any living thing is sufficent to awake Rhan.

* [[Wax Museum Morgue]]: The guy who found Rhan-Tegoth runs one of these. {{spoiler|Subverted in that some of the statues were various horrors of the Mythos, instead of people.}}

 

Leader of the ''Cthonians'': worm-like monsters with a squid-like head. Shudde appears like a larger form of a Cthonian, and possibly the progenitor of the species.

* [[Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu]]: {{spoiler|While the Wilmarth Foundation managed to wipe out many Cthonians, they lost a lot of people and resources. Also occurred when they tried nuking Shudde-M'ell himself, and failed.}}

* [[Mental Fusion]]: Groups of Cthonians can combine their psychic powers to overcome any protection.

* [[Psychic Link]]: All Cthonians are linked to each other, allowing to know exactly what other one knows.

** [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: Cthonians don't take well to exposure to, of all things, ''water''. Which helps explain why they usually tend to stay safely miles underground rather than visit Earth's mostly water-covered surface, of course.

* [[Telepathy]]: The worms can influence a person's thoughts and emotions, causing them to make mistakes or force them to stay in one location.

* [[Tunnel King]]: Cthonians excel at this.

 

Old One whose visage is that of a furry, huge toad. The Sleeper was born outside the solar system, where he immigrated with his family to Yuggoth, and eventually making his way to Earth. He briefly resided under Mount Voormithadreth, and is often mentioned in the Hyperborean Cycle. Tsathoggua currently resides in N'kai, deep under the Earth. He is served by the ''Formless Spawn'', black ooze capable of changing shape.

* [[Affably Evil]]: Surprisingly laid-back for an [[Eldritch Abomination]].

* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: He's a giant, furry toad from space with magical powers.

 

The half-human Father of Serpents, this Old One is the patron of snakes. May have been the inspiration for the Aztec Quetzalcoatl, Yig was worshiped in North America by Plains tribes and the K'n-yani. Very impulsive and tyrannical, but beneficial to those kind to his "children".

* [[Instant Death Radius]]: Done in the [[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]] RPG, where his poison will insta-kill if it touches bare skin.

* [[Swallowed Whole]]: Also from the [[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]] RPG.

 

Trapped behind some wall somewhere, ''the Defiler'' is the Old One of [[Squick]]. His earthly manifestation is that of a fat, headless body with mouths on its hands. Typically seeks out closet perverts, offering them to become his servants in exchange to experience their sick desires.

* [[Brown Note]]: Merely reading his name in the right context is enough to summon him.

* [[Complete Monster]]: Inasmuch as an utterly inhuman alien being can be.

* [[Depraved Bisexual|Depraved]] [[Anything That Moves|Omnisexual]]: Implied, although this may be a way of satisfying the needs of his respective hosts.

* [[Fat Bastard]]: In his "human" form.

* [[God of Evil]]: Because those with [[Covert Pervert|hidden deviations and obsessions]] are [[Manipulative Bastard|easier to control]], he has essentially adopted the role of their god.

* [[Memetic Molester]]: [[Up to Eleven|And then some.]]

* [[Power Palms]]: It's mouths are on it's palms, which consume people.

* [[The Unfettered]]: He will, quite literally, do ''anything'' to escape his prison.

 

A winged humanoid of the Great Old Ones, who hates light. For the Mutsune tribe of California, it is a god of Death.

* [[Dark Is Evil]]: It ''really'' hates light, and is always accompanied by darkness.

 

== Elder Gods ==

 

Based of the mythological goddess of the same name, Bast is the Elder God of Cats. Was classified as Elder God in the [[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]], since Lovecraft was rather fond of felines. Bast was also used in several Mythos tales by [[Robert Bloch]]. The story of ''[[The Cats of Ulthar]]'' is also ties to her in the [[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]]. For further details, check out the [[Egyptian Mythology/Characters|Egyptian Mythology Character sheet]].

 

Another deity appropriated from Mythology, this time from [[Classical Mythology|Greece]]. Listed as an Elder God of sleep in [[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]], and as such Lord of Dreams. Other than that, little is known of this being.

* [[Depending on the Writer]]: Hypnos being an Elder God comes from the [[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]] game. The original short story is told from a [[Unreliable Narrator|questionable perspective]], so it's not clear if Hypnos even existed.

* [[Pillar of Light]]: If for some unknowable reason a dreamer attracts his attention, Hypnos will seek that person out, and pull them up in a golden light.

 

Brother of Cthulhu. Visual appearance is like that of Cthulhu, but only with golden, peaceful eyes. A controversial subject in the Mythos, as he's clearly depicted as being good in a universe filled with alien, amoral beings.

* [[Big Good]]: The main issue why he's disliked.

* [[Palette Swap]]: Except for the [[Eyes of Gold|eyes]], there's no physical difference between Kthanid or Cthulhu.

 

Named after an obscure Celtic deity, Nodens is unusual in that his main apparition is an old man. Apprently a great hunter, seeking out the servants of the Great Old Ones. Typically seen riding in a seashell chariot drawn by fantastic beasts. Opposes Nyarlathotep.

* [[Anti-Villain]]: Described as almost friendly to the humans he speaks with. He also apparently has a strong dislike for Nyarlathotep.

* [[Shout-Out]]: To ''[[The Great God Pan]]'', where the name Nodens is briefly mentioned.

 

Lesser known Elder God who appears in the writings of Henry Kuttner. Sometimes appears as a cloaked, hooded being, enveloped in green flames, with fiery eyes. He may otherwise appear as a misty, silvery being with an inhuman face.

* [[Alien Geometries]]: Vorvadoss' body seems to follow an alien pattern.

 

== Other Creatures ==

 

Beings that live in interstellar space, noted for their "great wings". Capable of traveling interstellar distances, they can be summoned to be used as transports. Just remember to take some Space Mead or a space suit, since you still need some sort of protection against the cold vacuum. Servitors of Hastur.

* [[Batman Can Breathe in Space]]: The Byakhee can. Not necessary the people they carry.

* [[Speak of the Devil]]: Mentioned in the 1980 Dungeons & Dragons ''Deities and Demigods Cyclopedia'', that Hastur sends Byakhee to kill whoever speaks his name.

 

Creature from outer space, whose visible manifestation is a unknown hue. Contact with earthly life leads to ... [[Fate Worse Than Death|terrible fates]].

* [[Came From the Sky]]

* [[Starfish Aliens]]: [[Up to Eleven|Considered the most alien of all of Lovecraft's creatures]]. While some physical information and effects on Earthly life are known, nothing about the intentions or purpose of the Colour is. It's not even clear if the creature is intelligent or not.

 

See ''Great Old Ones: Shudde-M'ell''

 

A giant, ocean-dwelling being. One of the less actively malicious beasties - apparently wants some peace and quiet more than bringing the world to an end. Not that that's going to help you if you accidentally enter his domain, though. Progenitor of the ''Deep Ones'', a similarly isolationist underwater civilization of fish-people with a certain... [[Mars Needs Women|interest]] in humanity. Physically, Deep Ones are humanoid, a cross of fish and frog, with grey-green skin, white bellies, webbed paws, and gilled necks.

* [[Body Horror]]: The below-mentioned hybrids start out seemingly human. And then, after a few years, they start to mutate...

* [[Underwater City]]: Several, such as the city of Y'ha-nthlei.

 

Aliens that once colonized Earth billions of years ago. They developed a highly advanced civilization, and they accidentally lead to life arising on Earth in the process of creating the [[Blob Monster|shoggoths]]. They're described as a barrel-shaped body with a starfish-like head and feet. Featuring radial symmetry, they have five eyes, tentacles, wings, feeding tubes, and brain lobes.

* [[Ancient Astronauts]]

* [[Vestigial Empire]]: After Shoggoth rebellions, wars against Cthulhu's spawn, the Great Race, and the Mi-go, and the cooling of Earth, the Elder Things are reduced to this.

 

Described as a sphere of blue-flame, Fthaggua is similar to Cthugha. However, where as Cthugha is imprisoned, Fthaggua is free and riding across the universe on the comet Ktynga. He is served by his ''Fire Vampires'', which appear as red lighting. It's unknown if Fthaggua is a ''Great Old One'' or not, also if it has any relation to Cthugha.

* [[Hive Mind]]: Fthaggua and his Fire Vampires are described as such.

* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: A radical example, although the basic synopsis is the same. Upon destroying a victim (akin to spontaneous combustion), the Fire Vampires absorbs both the lifeform's energy and memories.

 

Weak gods of the Earth who reign over Earth's [[Dream Land]]. Not even remotely powerful as the other Ancient Ones, although they are still worshiped in the Dreamlands. They appear to be similar to humanity, and distinguished by certain facial features. For whatever reason, the Great Ones are protected by the ''Other Gods'', which include Nyarlathotep. Not to be confused with the Great Old Ones.

* [[Big Fancy Castle]]: Their home on Kadath.

* [[Physical God]]: Rather limited ones at that, capable of being tricked by a mortal who is wise enough.

 

A highly intelligent race that lived on Earth long before humans. Their bodies consist of fleshy cones with four tendrils (two ended in pincers, one a mouth and one a pair of eyes) sticking out of the top. They ruled a portion of the Earth that includes what is now Australia when Cthulhu was active. They use psychic powers to leap from body to body across time. Their society is described as socialist and placing a high value on individual intelligence. The Great Race of Yith is wiped out in a war with the Flying Polyps, but will be re-created in the future thanks to their time-traveling powers. Yithians come across as the closest thing to a "good" race out of the original Lovecraft critters.

* [[Badass Bookworm]]: one of the more (conventionally) intelligent races in the setting, and the Mi-Go and the Star Spawn of Cthulhu respected them.

* [[Time Travel]]: Of the [[Mental Time Travel|mental]] variety, and the source of the appellation "Great Race," as they were the only species to master it.

 

Cannibal humanoids with rubbery skin, bony claws, and dog-like faces. They tend to live underground, lurking near graveyards.

* [[Changeling Tale]]: Ghouls are also known for kidnapping babies and replacing them with ghoul babies. Don't worry though, they just teach the abducted children how to become ghouls.

* [[Was Once a Man]]: Hanging out with Ghouls long enough can transform a human into one.

 

Creatures from the primordial past that are capable of traveling through time. They are only able to enter our dimension through angles.

* [[And Man Grew Proud]]: Due to some unspeakable act in near the primordial past, the Hounds became “foul” while normal life remained “pure”. The event itself was forgotten, but the myths such as ''The Fall'' from Genesis are allusions to this event.

* [[The Juggernaut]]: Once they catch the sent of someone, they will keep on hunting until they get their target.

 

Extraterrestrials that worshiped Azathoth. Although highly advanced, this species was also extremely decadent. The Shan are about the size of a pigeon, with leathery wings, large lidless eyes, ten legs with tentacles, six brain lobes, and three mouths.

* [[Asshole Victim]]: {{spoiler|Their homeworld was destroyed when a celestial body (likely Ghroth) passed. Considering their extreme decadence, the Shan deserved it.}}

* [[Weakened by the Light]]: Sol's electromagnetic radiation has an averse affect on the Shan's metabolism.

 

 

Crab-like fungi aliens that come to earth for mining.

* [[Batman Can Breathe in Space]]: Some subspecies.

* [[That's No Moon]]: [[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]] sorcebook ''Malleus Monstrorum'' mention how Mi-go harvest flesh of the Outer God ''Ubbo-Sathla'' and use it to construct bio-mechanical super weapon capable to travel through time and space, the living moon ''Charon'' AKA Pluto's moon.

 

Thin, black humanoids with large wings, rubbery skin, and barbed tails. They are the servants of Nodens, and [[Brian Lumley]] had associated them with Yibb-Tstll.

* [[Based on a Dream]]: A nightmare Lovecraft had inspired these creatures.

* [[Tickle Torture]]: Using their barbed tails, they tend to do this to the people they capture.

 

Monstrous creatures bio-engineered by the Elder Things. They are massive, amorphous, with eyes floating on its tar-like body, and emits green light. They are able to [[Shapeshifting|create organs at will.]]

* [[Blob Monster]]

* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: Shoggoth Lords are capable of doing this, [[They Look Like Us Now|able to imitate human beings]].

 

Elephantine bird-like creatures with scaly slimy skin, bat wings, two talons, and horse heads. They can be used as steeds, and serve Nyarlathotep.

 

Monsters from outer space that hunger for blood. If they're seen (never a good sight), they're a gelatinous mass with a huge mouth and talons, covered in trunk-like tentacles - each one ending in a sucker.

* [[Giggling Villain]]: It's presence is marked by mocking giggling sounds.

* [[Tome of Eldritch Lore]]: The ''De Vermis Mysteriis'', or "The Mysteries of the Worm". Written by Ludwig Prinn (a 15th century sorcerer), the book contains the secrets of summoning these creatures.

 

"Abominable humanoids", short and hairless, who serve the Great Old Ones. Their abode is in Burma, on the Plateau of Tsang (which is also an extension of Leng).

* [[Bald of Evil]]

* [[The Triads and the Tongs]]: Having migrated to America, the Tcho-tchos had created crime syndicates to continue their "traditions".