Cthulhu

Cthulhu is an eldritch cosmic entity and long-time server member. He remains a respected figure among the community, having occupied multiple positions on the server's staff team. Cthulhu joined TGM on August 7 2020 and has been an active server member since, contributing to and founding multiple communes as well as an assortment of other projects.
Cthulhu is one of the Great Old Ones, a being of great power who can sometimes be found flying around sightseeing. Unlike most other Great Old Ones, he does not have a cult, however acts as if he does, by building sacrificial altars and holy sites which create the impression of a functioning religious organisation.
== Biography ==
Cthulhu joined the server on August 7 2020 as a result of the ad wave conducted in tandem with the establishment of Sanctuary (then known as Republic City). As such, many of Cthulhu's first builds and projects were in Sanctuary.
=== Early projects in Sanctuary ===
Cthulhu is responsible for a number of builds, both large and small, dotted throughout Sanctuary. Cthulhu's first build on the server was a basic starter home constructed exclusively using the resources available to him at the time of Sanctuary's founding. The house's location was chosen specifically because it was further away from the few other buildings in Sanctuary. The area around this building was swiftly urbanised and Cthulhu's dreams of a quiet home away from the city centre were dashed. The house went through a bumber of stages of development following its initial completion, including the addition of a lookout on the top of the building and a substantial underground section.
As the city began expanding, Cthulhu was impressed by Proletaria's embassy and constructed a manor on what he then christened Arkham Hill (a name which has since been lost to time). Although the initial idea for this build was for it to replace his first home in Sanctuary, Cthulhu found himself travelling back and forth between the two structures very frequently. It was this that led him to connect the two houses through a tunnel. This tunnel was the first of the now infamous "Sanctuary Tunnels".
Cthulhu's first larger project was Republic Tower. This apartment building, named in honour of Sanctuary's original name, was built on the structure of another skyscraper originally plannede by TheRandomRed - another resident of Sanctuary. Republic Tower was intended as a place for new players to settle and store items before building their own houses in Sanctuary as well as being the permanent residence of its builder.
Soon after the finalisation of Republic Tower, Cthulhu and Bee proposed the construction of a metro system for the now sprawling city of Sanctuary. Key stops were decided upon and a provisional map of the metro network was drawn up, but the project remains unfinished to this day. The metro station outside Republic Tower is still the only finished station to this day. Part of the reason for the metro project's indefinite postponment was the fact that Cthulhu had founded Ashina soon after completing Republic Tower, which then began taking up the majority of his time and effort.
=== Ashina ===
(see also: Ashina)
Ashina was the first commune founded by Cthulhu, and by far his most ambitious project both at the time of its inception and since its completion. The start of construction in Ashina saw the end of Cthulhu's 7 month permanent residence in Sanctuary. The now-destroyed "Ashina Shack" - the first building in Ashina - was built exclusively with materials left over from the Republic Tower Project. Ashina was officially opened to the public on March 17 2021, a month after construction and planning first began in February of the same year.
While working on Ashina, Cthulhu continued to contribute to other projects. The "Troll Truck" in Balthyrrhenia was Cthulhu's first distinct project in the BSFR and was built in this period, in an attempt to add more detail and life to the square in front of the Palace of Soviets. Cthulhu also contributed to the lost UN building project. As construction in Ashina was nearing its end, Cthulhu planned to begin a new commune based on his nationstates.net country: Dossiny. To this end, Cthulhu constructed a replica of Victoria Palace however this plan did not come to fruition.
=== Post-Ashina ===
Following the completion of Ashina, Cthulhu took a step back from large peojects and began contributing towards other communes and builds. During this period, Bee and Cthulhu built and distributed the "Big Brother is Watching You" mapart, Ashina was further expanded and decorated, a replica of the House of Soviets of Russia was built in creative (intended for Balthyrrhenia), with the help of Bee and Emily a villa was built in Nordeste, and in January of 2022 Cthulhu planned what would become the first build of Brâncovești.
=== Brâncovești ===
(see also: Brâncovești)
February 2022 saw the establishment of the commune of Brâncovești. Although this commune required much less physical materials and construction work, it has taken over a year for it to even approach completion. Brâncovești has taken up the majority of Cthulhu's time on the server since its founding, with him working only working on very small projects outside of it, usually with the help of other server members.
== Career ==
Over the course of his time in TGM, Cthulhu has enjoyed a long and varied career in a number of different sectors. 
=== Sanctuary ===
Cthulhu's career began shortly upon his arrival to Sanctuary. Cthulhu quickly obtained a reputation as the foremost real estate developer in Sanctuary, owing to the construction of his personal properties as well as Republic Tower. There are rumours that this occupation was a pretext for more sinister dealings, possibly related to the appearance of mysterious sacrificial chambers and tunnels under Sanctuary. It's possible that Cthulhu as a prominent builder in Sanctuary may have had some involvement.
Following the murder of Bee in Sanctuary's University, Cthulhu was employed as the accused's defence attorney for the upcoming legal battle. Although a preliminary investigation was conducted and witnesses were interrogated, a multitude of bureaucratic delays and external circumstances led to the trial's indefinite postponment. Nevertheless, Cthulhu wore his lawyer's attire with pride for many months.
Cthulhu also sought a career as a metro engineer. Although he quickly designed and completed the Republic Tower metro station, the Sanctuary metro project failed to take off in the manner he had hoped. 
=== Feudal Daimyo ===
It is uncertain exactly how Cthulhu came to become the Daimyo of Ashina. Some historians speculate that this may have something to do with the mind-warping capabilities he posesses as an eldritch being, others suggest it was simply a bloody conquest. Nevertheless, after his ascension to the leadership of Ashina, Cthulhu and his retainers began building Ashina castle as a symbol of Cthulhu's power. The labour required for the construction of the colossal castle was great, and some historians speculate that it was this need for labour power that led to the mysterious disappearance of villagers from the village north of Ashina.
Alongside Emily, Cthulhu was responsible for the aggressive and warlike policies of Ashina. These policies led to the militarisation of the border and a hostile stance towards the neighbouring commune of Delescluze. Eventually, plans were drawn up to invade the village between the two communes as a means to secure an early foothold in anticipation of any future conflict between Ashina and Delescluze. These policies also directly motivated the eventual annexation of the island of Okinawa by Ashina's forces.
As Daimyo of Ashina and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Ashina, Cthulhu formulated Marxist-Daimyoist Thought, which would go on to become the official ideological basis of Ashina. The brunt of this took place in May of 2021 with the publication of the seminal works Economic Problems of Socialism in Ashina (Ashina, 2021) and Marxist-Daimyoist Thought (Ashina, 2021).
=== Involvement in BSFR politics ===
Having contributed to the BSFR in the past, Cthulhu participated as a candidate in the July 2021 BSFR elections, hoping to replace the outgoing Laura. Cthulhu and his running mate Bee announced their candidacy on July 3rd. Following a controversial electoral campaign period, Cthulhu and Bee lost having ultimately obtained only 28.6% of the vote. After the reorganisation of the BSFR according to the 2021 constitution, Cthulhu occupied the post of member of the Presidium for the constituency of Balthyrrhenia. During this time Cthulhu was often a vocal critic of the administration.
Cthulhu would take a step back from BSFR politics, not running in the next elections in February of 2022. This step back would be short lived, however, as Cthulhu would become one of the key figures in the electoral campagin of "the guy" in the July 2022 elections. In the midst of the attempted coup against the guy on the 19th of July 2022, Cthulhu formed the People's Front for The Guy and Democracy and Communism in an attempt to rally support for the BSFR's incumbent premier.
Following the guy's resignation from the post of Premier of the BSFR, Cthulhu joined Emily's campaign for the Premiership, being her candidate for the post of Vice-Premier in the November 2022 elections. Although he was previously a staunch backer of the guy, Cthulhu spoke out strongly against the former premier, following Emily in calling for de-guyification. Emily and Cthulhu released their manifesto on November 23 and ran on a platform of adhering to the original principles of the BSFR and reforming the Union. Emily and Cthulhu proposed the opening up of discussions regarding building and developing the BSFR, the reevaluation of the BSFR's territory and constituent communes, and the abolition of the BSFR's ineffective bureaucracy. Cthulhu became Vice-Premier of the BSFR on November 25 2022 having won 60% of the vote in the respective election.
Two weeks after their electoral victory, Emily and Cthulhu announced their intention to replace the 2021 constitution with a more streamlined and focused document. The new constitution (written by Cthulhu and Emily) was ratified through a popular referendum on December 10 2022.
=== Server staff member ===
Cthulhu has had a long career on the server staff team, beginning with his entry into the vetting team on November 30 2020. Cthulhu was promoted to being a moderator in early 2021. Cthulhu went on to join Council as part of the reshuffling of Council members in the summer of 2021. Due to his decreased level of activity, Cthulhu resigned from being a Council member and moderator on June 4th 2023 (almost exactly two years since his promotion to Council). Cthulhu remains the second longest-serving Council member, having held the positon for 710 days.
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