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The 5 gods of Lovecraft
peregrine:
Cthulhu's not a god though, he's a priest thereof. He's a Great Old One.
Foxed:
--- Quote from: groinkick on June 21, 2018, 05:03:50 AM ---Why would a Walker be Nyarlathotep? Nyarlathotep is supposed to be the closest when it comes to being able to relate to humans. Why wouldn't that be Drakul, who's trapped in a mortal form?
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... Nyarlathotep isn't mortal. He's the most personable, but he's not mortal. He's canonically the devil that the Salem witches got their powers from (Dreams in the Witch House), the custodian of the gods in unknown Kadath in the Dreamlands (The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath), and a techno-cult leader based on Tesla (Nyarlathotep).
When he shows up, it's usually to have fun with the mortals.
Foxed:
--- Quote from: peregrine on June 21, 2018, 04:27:52 PM ---Cthulhu's not a god though, he's a priest thereof. He's a Great Old One.
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He's worshipped as a god by mortals and that's pretty much the definition of a good in this fantasy series.
Edit: if you want to get TECHNICAL, none of the Lovecraft gods are anything more than super powerful alien beings beyond mortal ken. Azathoth is literally the chaos at the universe's nucleus.
peregrine:
Yeah, but the Mythos does broadly differentiate between Great Old Ones, Outer Gods, and a variety of other categories.
groinkick:
--- Quote from: Foxed on June 21, 2018, 05:01:17 PM ---... Nyarlathotep isn't mortal. He's the most personable, but he's not mortal. He's canonically the devil that the Salem witches got their powers from (Dreams in the Witch House), the custodian of the gods in unknown Kadath in the Dreamlands (The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath), and a techno-cult leader based on Tesla (Nyarlathotep).
When he shows up, it's usually to have fun with the mortals.
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Drakul isn't mortal either. He's trapped in a mortal form, that doesn't make him mortal though. I think these characters from Lovecraft inspire Jim, I don't expect him to make carbon copies of the characters though, which is why I think Nyarlathotep is inspiration for Drakul, an Outsider who's trapped here in mortal form, but none the less an Outsider.
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