Yikilth

Yikilth was a colossal iceberg-fortress created by Clark Ashton Smith for his short Cthulhu Mythos story "The Coming of the White Worm".
==Description==
An enormous chunk of seaborne ice which followed the direction of its master Rlim Shaikorth, Yikilth emitted a pale light for many miles which froze solid anything it touched: living beings which fell victim to its lethal caress were forever transformed into marble-like statues which emitted an intense cold and could not be thawed by even the heat of a large bonfire.
Yikilth grew as its master consumed the bodies and souls of sorcerers, and absorbed the domiciles of these dead unfortunates into its mass. Thus, as the wizard Evagh witnessed "dwellings such as men had never built … that might belong to other ages or worlds" in the deepest crevasses, it may be inferred that Yikilth and its master were both incredibly ancient and utterly alien.
==History==
Yikilth appeared on Earth in the Hyperborean Age where it devastated Hyperborea's coastline with impunity. It was finally destroyed when the sorcerer Evagh inflicted a mortal wound on Rlim Shaikorth, releasing a seemingly endless stream of hot black "blood" which melted the iceberg and sent its frozen contents to the bottom of the ocean.
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