Daoloth

Daoloth is an Outer God from the expanded Cthulhu Mythos, who first appeared in Ramsey Campbell's short story "The Render of the Veils". 
==Background==
Daoloth is an entity that dwells beyond the three dimensions known to humans. Worshipped on Yuggoth and Tond, and formerly in Atlantis, his astrologer-priests are said to be able to see the past and the future, and even how objects extend into and travel between different dimensions.
Daoloth's indescribable shape causes viewers to go mad at the sight of him; thus, he must be summoned in pitch-black darkness using the Daoloth formula, and is known to take a small amount of blood from the summoner. If not held within some kind of magical containment, such as the Pentacle of Planes, he continues to expand and expand — perhaps even at an infinite rate. Those enveloped by the god are transported to utterly bizarre and remote worlds, usually perishing as a result. Daoloth's worship is rare on Earth.
One request that can be made to Daoloth, magically contained, is to view things as they really are, not as our veiled senses perceive them. The sight is usually more than one can bear.
==In Other Media==
*In the Demonbane series, Daoloth was briefly mentioned as one of the Great Old Ones who was destroyed by Demonbane's Big Bang Impact in the short story "Lost World" from Storm War.
*In the mobile game Tower of Saviors, Azathoth gave birth to Daoloth at the beginning of the universe. Daoloth was initially just a white slime that drifted aimlessly, before it gained consciousness and transformed itself into a metallic irregular body with limbs. The entity's instincts drove it to bring fertility to the desolate universe, creating countless planets populated with lifeforms. Daoloth later teamed up with Arwassa, another higher entity who was devoted to creation. In contrast to Daoloth, Arwassa created things with its emotions, rather than instinct. This helped Daoloth's creations become much more diversified but the worlds they created were unfortunately doomed to die off. Unbeknownst to Daoloth, its actions had disturbed the slumber of Azathoth who, once awoken, set its sights to interfere with Doaloth's plans in every possible way. Despite this, Doaloth became more eager to create than ever, which eventually led the creation of the sky and the Earth. Ghatanothoa and Atlach-Nacha are the offsprings of Daoloth, with the latter ultimately being corrupted by Azathoth's influence.
*In the light novel series Ultimate Antihero, Sumika Hoshikawa can channel a portion of Daoloth's power with a grey bullet. After being fired, the target will be removed from the universe entirely, eternally frozen in a place where there is no light, no distance, no space and no time; only absolute nothingness. Much like in Campbell's original story, Daoloth can tear the boundaries between dimensions, as all the boundaries of space-time do not have any meaning to the deity.
==Gallery==
Daoloth (Call of Cthulhu).jpg|Daoloth (Call of Cthulhu)
Daoloth (Modiphius Entertainment Ltd).jpg|Daoloth (Achtung! Cthulhu)
Daoloth 1 (Tower of Saviors).jpg|Daoloth (Tower of Saviors)
Daoloth 2 (Tower of Saviors).jpg|Daoloth (Tower of Saviors)
Daoloth 3 (Tower of Saviors).jpg|Daoloth (Tower of Saviors)
Daolath (1).jpg|As depicted by Michael Bukowski
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Category:Characters Originating From Expanded Mythos Works
Category:Outer Gods