Hastur

"*Hedonists just get a sick pleasure by indulging themselves in the temporary. Now, I have the power to go wherever the wind takes me. The Daemon Sultan gifted me the strength to live in the moment, and I am eternally grateful for that privilege.*" - Hastur to Adam on why he is an Outer God

**Hastur, the Unspeakable One,** is an Outer God and a Lovecraftian. He currently rules over the void of Carcosa and is Cthulhu's half brother.

## History

Hastur was born to a family of nobles in Neruzavim, Carcosa. Hastur's family raised him under the typical formalities, status, and principles of a traditional noblemen. However, they found one problem. Hastur was a thrillseeker and despised the hedonistic lifestyle that the nobles had grew up with and had saw his peers as weak and unable to endure real hardships should the nobles ever have to face them. Although Hastur could have any amount of money, friends, or women he wanted, he had no care for the kind of life nobles lived. Hastur eventually after coming of age, fell in love with a woman of the working class. He conversed with the woman, but the nobles chastised him for talking with a member of the working class. Hastur was gradually becoming more and more tired of the noblemen. He ran off from the noblemen, and got engaged with the woman he was in love with, Arielle. After the marriage was finalized, the noblemen caught wind of the wedding and banished Hastur from the Upper Class. When they went to seize his wealth though, Hastur had escaped with all of it. Ultimately, Hastur's thrill-seeking nature overtook him, saying to his wife that he would be gone on a trip. His wife was understanding, but his thrill-seeking nature led him to become a member of the Lovecraftian occult, where he eventually encountered the Daemon Sultan. Although the Daemon Sultan despised his nature and attitude, he was more than happy to make him an Outer God due to his many talents he had acquired on his adventure. Hastur enjoyed the life of an Outer God and was more than willing to fulfill his duties as an Outer God. However, his status as a noblemen greatly estranged him from his half-brothers and he had finally reunited with them through the Lovecraftians. However, when he and Cthulhu returned to Neruzavim, they found ruins and devastation and the grave of Hastur's wife. The Outer Gods had already been formulating a plan to destroy the Primordial Kinship, but now Hastur wished for the destruction of all Primordials. Hastur was frustrated at his inadequacy to defend his people, but his 2nd half-brother Kthanid explained to him that he was responsible for not being there for his people. Hastur, infuriated, struck Kthanid right in the face with his weapon before being held back by Cthulhu. Cthulhu chastised Kthanid for his insensitivity while telling Hastur to walk away. Hastur stormed off, with his drive for the death of all Kinship members revitalized.

## Personality

Hastur is boisterous, flashy, and commanding. Likely from his past as a noblemen, Hastur is proficient at leading, which allowed him the position of leader of the Great Old Ones. While the Daemon Sultan despises his boisterous nature and his unnecessary flashiness, he no doubt places extreme faith in Hastur, as he leads the only independent Lovecraftian faction.

## Physical and Mental Analysis

Mech and Physicus have done a hypothetical analysis on Hastur, here is what they've found:

* Hastur is easily the most agile and nimble of the Lovecraftians.
* The Daemon Sultan's gift to Hastur was the Unnamed Darkness, a haze of blackness that erases anything enveloped within it.
* Hastur is the leader of the Great Old Ones, a group of Lovecraftians that act independently of the Daemon Sultan, but follow orders if given to them.
* More than any Lovecraftian, Hastur despises the Four Horsemen, seeing the absolute worst kind of people in them.
* Hastur wields a cane with an end that he switches from blunt to gun.
* He is Cthulhu's half-brother and Kthanid's half-brother as well. Apparently, Kthanid and Hastur don't talk to each other much due to Kthanid disliking Hastur's demeanor.
* Hastur is the agent of espionage for the Outer Gods and is often responsible, along with Yog-Sothoth, for conducting most of the spy activity on behalf of the Lovecraftians.
* Hastur is regarded as the King in Yellow by many civilizations, a figure that was so powerful and so merciless that the dead seemed to form at his feet.
	+ This is because Hastur, along with his brother Cthulhu, are two of the Outer Gods most proficient killers. He was trained by Darkness and Yog-Sothoth in his magics, and his brother Cthulhu, in physical combat.

## Relationships

Daemon Sultan (Neutral): As a member of the Outer Gods, Hastur is one of the many people at the command of the Daemon Sultan. While the Daemon Sultan does not respect Hastur's attitude, he ignores it for his talent and expertise as an agent of espionage.

Cthulhu (Positive): Hastur and Cthulhu are brothers and are often found fighting together and as Nyarlathotep put it, "joined at the hip." Cthulhu had promised to free Hastur from the Neruzavim nobles while Hastur has vowed to be there when Cthulhu needs him.

Nyarlathotep (Positive): Nyarlathotep enjoys Hastur's crude demeanor, which is very atypical of Nyarlathotep's behavior, but perhaps it is due to Hastur's invaluable work to the Outer Gods.

Yog-Sothoth (Positive): Yog-Sothoth was Hastur's mentor when joining the Lovecraftians and is the only person Hastur has faith in to join him in espionage.