Azathoth

==Summary==
Azathoth, sometimes called The Blind Idiot God, the Nuclear Chaos, the Daemon Sultan, The Deep Dark, and The Cold One, is a deity in the Cthulhu Mythos, portrayed as an Outer God and a supreme omnipotent being, and the ruler of all existence, governor of the outer chaos that serves as the residence of the all-powerful Outer Gods and primordial creator of all things, who resides on a black throne at the center of the Ultimate Void, from which he rules all of time and space, lying in a seemingly dormant state while his subjects mindlessly dance around it, playing chahotic music for their Master for reasons yet unknown, while the Daemon Sultan himself "gnaws and mutters" his own dreams, which lie "beyond even his own understanding".
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: 1-A+
Key: Azathoth
Name: Azathoth, The Daemon Sultan, The Nuclear Chaos, The Blind Idiot God, The Lord of All Things, The Deep Dark The Cold One, Him in the Gulf
Origin: The Cthulhu Mythos
Gender: Inapplicable
Age: Inapplicable
Classification: Eldritch Being, Outer God | The Ultimate/Absolute Reality
Powers and Abilities: Beyond-Dimensional Existence (Type 2), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1), Large Size (Type 11), Nonexistent Physiology (Type 2) and Abstract Existence (Type 1 - All Outer Gods exist purely as archetypes within the Ultimate Void), Acausality (Type 5. The nature of the Ultimate Void is different from any conceivable cosmos and is a changeless totality), Immortality (Type 5), Omnipresence, Transduality (Type 4; As the ruler of the Outer Gods, Azathoth exists in the highest level of reality, the "All-in-One and One-in-All" and true oneness of existence that "belies all local perspectives and partial views" and the multiplicity that comes of them, abolishing and trivializing distinction and making everything identical), Bodily Weaponry, Sound Manipulation, Madness Manipulation (Type 2 and 3), and Body Control (should be comparable to its lesser counterparts, which are described as 'shapeless bat-things' with 'monstrous paws and being 'Formless, Ineffable' beings. Hypnos merely viewing the visage of the Outer Gods drew him to complete insanity and horror. The Outer Gods are capable of making noises of 'whirring, drumming, and thundering' as 'Bands and rays of colour utterly foreign to any spectrum of our universe played and wove and interlaced'), Reality Warping, Axiom Manipulation, Matter Manipulation, Physics Manipulation, Ontologically Transcendent Physiology, Immaterial Physiology
Attack Potency: Outerversal+ (Azathoth resides at the center of the Court of Azathoth as the ruler of all of existence. The Court of Azathoth operates on laws of physics and mathematics unknown to any conceivable cosmos which encompass the Dreamlands and the Physical Reality.)
Speed: Omnipresent
Lifting Strength: Immeasurable
Striking Strength: Outerversal+
Durability: Outerversal+
Stamina: Inapplicable
Range: Outerversal+
Standard Equipment: None
Intelligence: Unknown (Exists in a realm of ultimate Chaos beyond dimensioned space and mathematics and is described in the same manner as the Ultimate Gods - being perceived as idiotic, blind, ravenous and muttering the chaotic contents of his dreams, although is ultimately inscrutable)
Weaknesses: None notable
Note: As explained in this page, the common idea that Azathoth dreams the cosmos into existence and will destroy it when he wakes up is a misconception. The oft-cited passage from Fungi from Yuggoth to support this notion only says Azathoth sits on his throne at the center of the Ultimate Void and mutters the contents of his dreams, which he can't understand, which isn't evidence for all of reality being Azathoth's dream. Eldrich entities existing in a state of "dreaming" is a common motif in Lovecraft's stories, as shown with Cthulhu's "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn" (In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming) and the Ancient Ones partaking in cosmic dreams; there's no reason for Azathoth to be any different. Ample evidence exists for him existing on the same general level as his servants despite being superior to them; the Ultimate Gods play music and dance around him, Nyarlathotep strikes his head, and he's only tiered higher than them due to additional context regarding the Ultimate Mystery and Supreme Archetype.
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