a city in honor of the god nyarlathote,... its shape evoked that of an average - sized sphinx, a sphinx with the wings of a vulture and the body of a hyena. its limbs were equipped with sharp claws. and on its anthropomorphic head stood out the double crown, whose drawings had caused the fright of the natives. what was most impressive, however, was the facelessness of that dreadful image. it was a god without a face, the winged god nyarlathotep, the mighty emissary, he who walks among the stars, the lord of the desert, with his brilliant three - lobed eye by oil painting, digital art, ultradetailed, artstation