Ythogtha

**Ythogtha** or **Abyss Abomination** was the second son of Cthulhu and the former guardian deity of several yugg cults. He was slain in battle while fighting **Izanami**, **Izanagi** and **Ebisu**.

## Appearance

Ythogtha's true form was a gigantic, humanoid frog, or Deep One, with but a single, huge eye in the center of his forehead like a cyclops. A dense mane and a beard of writhing tentacles grows from his head. He was described as incredibly large, his body spanning several mountains.

Ythogtha's chosen human appearance was a tall man with black, messy hair. His most notable feature was a black, cross-shaped mark on the left side of his forehead and it extends down across his left eye. He wore a black shirt with a high collar and black pants that tuck into brown boots. Additionally, he wore a dark blue fur coat with a short, light gray fur mantle on top.

## Personality

Ythogtha was a cold, emotionless being with no deeper motivation outside of following his father's orders and effectively carrying out his tasks. Unlike his siblings, who are all motivated by a strong emotion (Ghatanothoa by his sadism, Zoth-Ommog by his jealousy and Cthylla by her curiosity), Ythogtha was a passionless servant of Cthulhu who did whatever was ordered of him. This one-track 'follow orders' mindset made him a troublesome opponent as he would just go on the offensive without engaging in any pointless conversations and would not get distracted by taunts. However, it also made him an extremely predictable opponent and prone to traps and ambushes as his mind does not even consider such details in the first place.

His personality, or lack thereof, has had people mockingly compare him to a robot or a program that doesn't think for itself. Naturally, Ythogtha does not humour them with a response.

## History

Ythogtha was the secondborn of **Cthulhu** and **Idh-Yaa**. He was born a little after Ghatanothoa. When came out, his body was damaged and battered. It was assumingly caused by Ghatanothoa, who may have already started exhibiting his notorious sadism straight from the womb. Whatever the case, these injuries severely impaired Ythogtha's mental capabilities leaving him as an emotionless husk of an Old One that can barely think for himself. Nevertheless, he recognized Cthulhu as his father and superior and followed him on his dark crusade.

After Ghatanothoa was demoted, Ythogtha replaced him as one of the high commanders of Cthulhu's army. Ythogtha's relentless pursuit of his enemies achieved a few major victories for their forces, which pleased his father. When Amenominakanushi and his allies faced off against Cthulhu's forces, Ythogtha fought with the **Original Shinigami**. While he lost, the Original Shinigami was unable to destroy him so he sealed him away in **Abyss of Yhe**.

Eons later, the seals to the Outerverse were undone and all the Old Ones were released from their prisons, flooding the Multiverse like flies. This included Ythogtha, who quickly located his father and joined his side before his brothers did. He ended up facing off against the Original Shinigami's replacement - **Izanami**, her ex-husband **Izanagi** and their child **Ebisu**. With outstanding teamwork, the three managed to completely overwhelm and destroy the Old One.

## Powers & Abilities

**Immense Strength**: Ythogtha was considered the third strongest of Cthulhu's children, right after **Ghatanothoa** and **Shaurash-Ho**. In the past, his power was somewhat comparable to the Primordial Shinto God of Death **the Original Shinigami** as he could go toe-to-toe with him for hours. While locked away in the Abyss of Yhe, he gathered the surrounding abyssal energies, making himself even stronger. Later, Izanagi confirmed that Ythogtha's power was on the tier of the **Kotoamatsukami**, whom are perceived as far superior to any other japanese gods. He was slightly stronger than Izanami, who has transcended into an imperfect **Archreaper** and far stronger than both Izanagi and Ebisu. Still, his strength was unable to compete with the trio once they started actually cooperating with each other.

**Immense Speed**: Ythogtha was fast enough to keep up with Izanami, Izanagi and Ebisu at the same time.

**Immense Durability**: Ythogtha in the past could endure full-powered attacks from the Original Shinigami. In the Third Creation War, he could withstand a combined attack from two Second-Generation Primordial Deities and one of the Seven Lucky Gods.

**High-Speed Regeneration**: Ythogtha, just like his brothers, had an insane regeneration ability which made him troublesome to deal with. Even the Original Shinigami found himself unable to fully destroy him due to his regeneration. Thus, he sealed him away instead. It was a combination of the dualistic force of Life and Death from Izanagi and Izanami's energies, as well as a special technique of Ebisu's, that allowed his final enemies to kill him off for good.

**Bone Magic**: Ythogtha specialized in bone magic. He could summon an infinite number of bones of various shapes, sizes, sharpness and sturdiness. While attacking Izanami, he was able to decimate entire country-sized islands in Takamagahara with bones alone. Izanami admitted that Ythogtha was far better at using bones in battle than her, because she could only utilize the bones of the deceased, while Ythogtha could create his own bones to control.

**Eye of Yhe**: Ythogtha can store residue abyssal energies in his giant eye (in his true form). The eye filters and mixes up that residue energy. Ythogtha can then unleash a large portion of it in one lethal blast. This blast not only can deal immense damage to even Second-Generation Primordials, but it also paralyzes them and dampens all of their divine abilities severely. Depending on how strong the target is, the side-effects either last a lifetime or for just a few minutes. Ebisu and Izanagi needed hours to recover fully, while Izanami was back in shape after half an hour.

## Equipment

**Book of Yhe**: An ancient book Ythogtha found floating in the Abyss of Yhe. It was apparently written by a follower of Maveth who converted to the Cult of Nyarlathotep. The author's book was likely found by an enemy and flung into Ythogtha's prison. Coincidentally, it contained a lot of spells which could amplify Ythogtha's bone magic and make it even deadlier.

## Trivia

* Ythogtha's appearance is based on Zenon Zogratis from Black Clover.