Glaaki

Glaaki, also Gla'aki, is a Great Old One created by Ramsey Campbell for his short story "The Inhabitant of the Lake" and since expanded upon by many others. It dwells in a lake near the fictional town of Brichester, in the Severn Valley, located in the West Midlands of England.
== Description ==
As old as the stars themselves, Glaaki has a vast reservoir of knowledge, not only of the supernatural entities that exist on Earth, but of those which predate it. Whilst he is aquatic in nature, in his physical form Glaaki resembles nothing so much as an enormous slug with slender spines which appear to be made of matte metal, but which are in fact organic in nature. These quills can inject a substance to ensure its victims' compliance. Those skewered in such a way are granted Glaaki's gift of everlasting life, albeit as an undead puppet. In addition, it is capable of forming tentacles tipped with eyes, so as to keep its true nature hidden whilst observing the world from beneath the water's surface.
Interestingly, although Glaaki is believed to have landed on Earth in the Severn Valley, sightings of it have been reported from many other bodies of water across the globe. How Glaaki is able to achieve this is unknown.
==The Cult of Glaaki==
Glaaki's cult, a group of depraved humans both mortal and undead, wrote a series of scriptures known as The Revelations of Glaaki. What these writings contain is for the most part unknown, though it cannot be anything good.
==Behind the Mythos ==
In 2017, an anthology of works focused on Glaaki, titled The Children of Gla'aki, was published by Dark Regions Press. It contained Glaaki's first appearance in "The Inhabitant of the Lake" along with 17 stories by contemporary Mythos authors, and an afterword commentary by Ramsey Campbell.
==Gallery==
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Glaaki_hub.png | Gla'aki by Hubert Spala
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Category:Characters Originating From Expanded Mythos Works
Category:Great Old Ones