Hastur

Hastur is a Persona in the series.
==History==
While Hastur is best known as part of the Cthulhu Mythos, he was originally created by Ambrose Bierce in the short story "Haita The Shepherd." He later appeared in one work by HP Lovecraft, but is best known for his role in August Derleth's stories. Hastur is the half-brother of Cthulhu.
He is also known in other names:
* The Feaster from Afar, a black, shriveled, flying monstrosity with tentacles tipped with razor-sharp talons that can pierce a victim's skull and siphon out the brain
* The King in Yellow
* He Who Is Not To Be Named as saying Hastur's name three times in a row (Hastur Hastur Hastur) brings the chanter death.
The King In Yellow is also the title of a fictional stage play within the Cthulhu Mythos, where Hastur is mentioned, as well as a real-life short story collection in which the stage play appears several times. Hastur's Material Card features the cover of this book.
The Byakhee serve as Hastur's servants, carrying out various tasks for their master across the cosmos.
==Appearances==
*Persona 2: Eternal Punishment: Tower Arcana
**Persona: Tsumi to Batsu: Tower Arcana
*Persona 5 Royal: Star Arcana
==Profile==
===Persona 2: Eternal Punishment===
Hastur appears as a Persona in Persona 2: Eternal Punishment. This is a secret persona whose material card, The King in Yellow, cannot be acquired by normal means. The game itself does not provide information about its existence. To get it, the party must talk to the Wang Long-obsessed girl in 2X Slash, located in Aoba, and say "HASTURCOMEFORTH" as their birth month when prompted. After that, Hastur's material card will be found in a package by Maya Amano's desk, in Kismet Publishing.
===Persona 5 Royal===
Hastur is the eighth Persona of the Star Arcana, and can either be found within Maruki's Palace or otherwise available to be fused after 1/12. As a Shadow, it is known as "Warped Abyss." One appears as Takuto Maruki's right hand in the Palace's first investigation, and attacks the protagonist and Goro Akechi to stop them from taking Sumire Yoshizawa back from Maruki. Proper encounters with this Shadow will occur after the Monitoring Room.
Hastur is the only Persona to learn Abyssal Eye, an Almighty Attack that does Severe damage to all foes. This skill is exclusive to it and cannot be transferred to other Personas. When Itemized by Electric Chair execution, Hastur offers the Spiral Gale Ring accessory, which allows whoever wears it the ability to cast Magarudyne. Under a fusion alarm, it will instead grant Storm Sculpture, which unlocks Panta Rhei.
==Stats==
===Persona 2: Eternal Punishment===
===Persona 5 Royal===
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== Battle Quotes ==
=== Persona 5 Royal ===
These quotes are only used by the boss variant encountered on the 2nd of January. The regular enemy version encountered further into Maruki's Palace use the same dialogue as other male enemy Shadows.
* "Stubborn imbeciles, rejecting our lord..." (Start of battle)
* "Come!"
* "Kneel..."
* "How's this?"
* "Fear me!" (Using Evil Touch)
*"Know my power." (Using Bloodbath)
* "No mercy!" (Using Abyssal Eye)
* "Soon..." (Party member at low HP)
*"Feh..." (Party member dodges)
* "Fools!" (Hastur dodges)
*"What!?" (Inflicted with debuff)
*"You insect." (Inflicted with debuff)
*"Know and submit." (Randomly, at start of party member's turn)
* "No... Such pathetic attempts won't be enough!" (After reduced to low HP)
* "Accept his mercy... Give yourselves over to him!" (Before battle ends)
==Gallery==
King in Yellow EP.jpg|The "King in Yellow" Material Card
P2 TtB - Hastur.jpg|As it appears in Persona: Tsumi to Batsu
Hastur_P5R.jpg|Hastur in Persona 5 Royal
==In Other Languages==
Language	Name
English 	Hastur
Japanese	ハスター (Hasutā)
French 	Hastur
Italian 	Hastur
German 	Hastur
Spanish 	Hastur
Category:Lovecraftian Mythology
Category:Persona 5 Royal Personas
Category:Star Arcana
Category:Persona: Tsumi to Batsu Personas