The Lord Beneath the Ice

The Lord Beneath the Ice is an enigmatic, evil entity mentioned a scant few times in older GURPS books. GURPS: Religion references the Lord Beneath the Ice as the god of a maltheistic religion, one bent on destruction of some kind.Classic: Religion, p.138 The Lord's unnamed cult is known to have high priests, and may have access to some level of clairvoyance.Classic: Horror (3e), p.17 and p.104
== Comparison and Relationships ==
The Lord Beneath The Ice likes two things: The beautiful quiet of a dead world, and cold temperatures. This brings the Lord in line with other deity-concepts who prefer their quiet realms, like Hades (who prefers the Underworld so quiet that even the flames are silent) or Tiamat and Apsu (who were quite annoyed when mankind and monsters got into loud battles on Earth). One could easily see parallels between TLBTI and "is-not" gods like Sithis from The Elder Scrolls, or even the world-swallowing Alduin who represents the End of All Things—although the latter feels less likely in practice, as Alduin is rather noisy and fiery.
== Sects ==
===The Cult of Apophis===
The Cult of Apophis is implied to be worshiping the Lord Beneath the Ice.http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=880
=== The Children of the Snow ===
GURPS: Autoduel had a paragraph mentioning an entity of the same name, written below.The winter of 2042 brought severe weather with temperatures as low as -150º [F]. Citizens had to withdraw or freeze – many chose to stick it out and paid the ultimate price. Today, the only residents of Antarctica are the temporary occupants at jointly-operated research stations and the congregation of a fanatic cult calling itself “The Children of the Snow” who believe that the winter of 2042 was a sign that the “Lord Beneath the Ice” will soon rise again.
== References ==
* The Cult of Apophis article — seemingly the only Pyramid mention of the Lord, from originally published in 1999 
Category:Religion
Category:Extradimensional Beings