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*** Aboleths have enough parallels to abominations of the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] that the question was directly addressed in the ''Lords of Madness'' sourcebook:
{{quote|Readers will notice a thematic resemblance between the aboleths, the Elder Evils, and various creatures or beings found in the stories of H. P. Lovecraft. This is, of course, completely intentional.}}
*** Possibly the closest thing the aboleth have to a creator-deity is Piscaethces the Blood Queen (who was first mentioned in ''Night Below'', named and expanded upon in ''Drizzt Do'Urden's Guide to the Underdark'', and further fleshed out in ''Lords of Madness'') who clearly fits the Trope. An entity who embodies domination and oppression, she supposedly created the aboleths as a by-product of the interaction between her body and the physical world (that makes the aboleth [[Fridge Logic| a sort of "divine excrement"]]; the aboleths accept and even appreciate this).
** Another subterranean race culled from Lovecraft are the kuo-toa, amphibian humanoids consciously modeled on the Deep Ones.
** Don't forget the [[Eberron|Daelkyr]]. Extradimensional invaders who mess with the fabric of reality [[For the Evulz|for shits and giggles]]. They also like to [[Evilutionary Biologist|mess with mortal biology like a kid plays with Play-Doh]].
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