The same goes for stuff like fertility, and in one case, drug addiction. I can't go into too much detail, given the NFSW stuff, however, I'll note that both sex, and stuff related to it, can make people do things they would never do otherwise. One of the most effective Cthulhu anthologies I've ever read was the Conqueror Womb which, yes, was often erotica, however, the most effective portions of that anthology from a horror perspective worked because it firmly centered what people were getting out of worshipping Eldritch entities, or otherwise interacting with them. I need to have a reason to buy the cultists get something out of it besides just death or insanity. Yes, people do stupid shit in reality all the time, however, you can find motives for that, such as bigotry or otherwise being enslaved to a harmful belief system. Most cultists in eldritch horror are in this infuriating middle ground where there's no reason, logical or otherwise, that can possibly justify their worship, which just makes them tedious cannon fodder, not meaningful antagonists in their own right. Since I don't like human antagonists to be indistinguishable from mindless cannon fodder, this is something I find very frustrating about Eldritch Horror. However, the main reason I dislike it now is because, for the most part, it makes any worshippers of the deity impossible to sympathize with, or otherwise empathize with. Eldritch entities like this can work, however, I think it's very difficult to come up with ideas in this space that haven't already been topped, as it were. Unknowable motives don't really solve this problem, as too often, that isn't distinguishable from something that is just overtly malevolent, or apathetic. So, with that in mind, do we have many examples of this? I bring it up because I find the traditional Eldritch Abomination kind of boring at this point because it's either straightforwardly malevolent, or, apathetic. Rather, they're just apathetic to the point of causing destruction, harm to humanity, ect., For what I mean by that, a lot of Cthulhu entities aren't intentionally malevolent. For another example, this thread on page 4 has one from the video game Stellaris.Ģ. For an example of this, I've heard interpretations of the Borg that are along these lines, and I feel like an unknowable monstrosity could work this way. Rather, I'm talking about an entity that thinks it is being benevolent, but doesn't realize how horrific what it's doing is, or otherwise is doing horrific things for, what the entity thinks, is for the best. I do not mean the Eldritch abomination is harmless or lacking in threat. The tide was turned in their favor and Azathoth was defeated, then sealed away.1. ![]() ![]() It seemed hopeless until the Protogenos except for Ouranos arrived on time with Gaea leading them. The Archangels and Heaven's armies were exhausted and even though the Horsemen didn't suffer that much damage, the fight was difficult. With all the five Eldritch Horrors defeated, everyone went after Azathoth. Pestilence was able to take the Horror by surprise and defeat Yog-Sothoth, but some of the Higher Angels had died during the fight. Pestilence found the Higher Angels forming a combine smite and hold off Yog-Sothoth for the time being. ![]() With Gabriel, she had the assistance of a few younger angels and although she won, many of her younger siblings died, causing her to mourn. Famine helped Raphael take down Nyog' Sothep and War joined Raziel's fight against Magnum Tenebrosum. Michael defeated Nyarathotep on his own but was left exhausted. The Eldritch Horrors were extremely difficult to defeat so the younger Horsemen came in to aid Heaven. Azathoth laid back for the mean time as he observed the fight, so with Yog-Sothoth running around, this left all the Higher Angels to face off against the Outer God. Michael went after Nyarathotep, Raphael faced off against Nyog' Sothep, Raziel took on Magnum Tenebrosum, and Gabriel was left with Shub-Niggurath, along with many younger angels backing her up. The Archangels took notice of their actions and send in an attack. They were seen as gods, but caused terror by twisting the minds of humans or altering their bodies into gruesome deform appearances. The Eldritch Horrors arrived in South America, around the civilization of Inca, Mayan, and Aztec, somewhere around the year 1200. Azathoth created the other Eldritch Horrors and left the Psychical Universe until Heaven was at its weakest when Lucifer, Samael, and Uriel fell. Prior to the first Primordial War between light and darkness, Erebos created Azathoth as his fail safe to help sow chaos and distort all of reality in the physical universe, also aid in releasing him from his prison.Īzathoth arrived to Earth and met up with his half-sister, Maura, who ordered him to create five other individuals to aid him.
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