Azathoth

"Comprehensible" form

"***Blitzø**: We wanted Azathoth. Who the fuck are you?
**Azathoth**: YOU'RE LOOKING AT HIM, YOU PESTILENCE-SUCKING SUB-ORGANISM!!! I AM AZATHOTH! FORGOTTEN GOD OF THE ELDRITCH!!! PRESIDER OF THE DARK TAPESTRY!!!! WHO THE FUCK ARE **YOU**, BITCH?!*"
— Azathoth to Blitzø.

**Azathoth** is a one-shot character in *Hazbin Hotel: Journey to the Light*.

Standing as a monumental Colossal, Azathoth serves as the "shadow" of God, earning profound reverence from both demons and celestials as the sovereign of shadows and master of the uncanny. Its nature is so tremendously cosmic and existentially horrifying that attempts to erase its very existence have been made. Enshrouded in dormancy, it resides within the depths of the Lake of Blackness within the Dark Tapestry—a cosmos beyond time and space—where it dreams entire planes of reality into being. It holds court over all Colossi, who worship it, sing hymns, and terrorize Earth and Universe in its name.

Despite fading into obscurity, certain ancient denizens of Hell pay homage, notably among them the Ars Goetia and the Von Eldritch family. As recounted by Leviathan, this entity bestowed upon him unparalleled eldritch might, exacting eternal devotion and servitude from the serpent in return.

## Biography

### Background

The origins of Azathoth are shrouded in enigma. The sole confirmed detail is that it stands as one of the most ancient beings ever to exist, quite possibly the most ancient of all. Its dwelling is nestled within the obscure and profound recesses of existence referred to as the Dark Tapestry, a dimension beyond time and space which is the resting grounds for the Colossi who serve and serenade Azathoth.

According to Leviathan, eons removed from the present era, he approached Azathoth in pursuit of immense power. The ancient deity acceded to the sea serpent's entreaty, on the stipulation that Leviathan, along with his forthcoming family, would perpetually offer worship and servitude to the primordial entity. Empowered by his newfound might, Leviathan wreaked extensive havoc upon the mortal realm, causing utter destruction and disorder to the extent that life could no longer thrive among humans. His subsequent endeavor involved an attempt to eliminate God for creating light and humanity, an endeavor that ended in defeat at the hands of the Almighty. This defeat led to his banishment to Hell, where he ascended to the position of ruler over Hell's Envy Ring.

In due course, Leviathan sired a multitude of offspring with his partner, Bethesda. Strangely, he would go on to murder all but two of his progeny shortly after their birth. This act served both his sadistic inclinations and, seemingly, functioned as a ritualistic means to appease Azathoth and fulfill the eldritch god's craving for the essence of living beings that had never truly experienced the fullness of life.

### Season 5

In "Let Blind Idiot Gods Lay", Stolas and Blitzø embark on a journey to the Dark Tapestry with the intent of consulting Azathoth regarding the impending apocalypse of Hell. After navigating through the dark expanse, Stolas initiates a ritual to rouse Azathoth from its dormant state. As the ritual progresses, Blitzø observes other Colossi within the Dark Tapestry converging around the asteroid, bowing reverently. Upon the ritual's culmination, Azathoth emerges from the depths of the Lake of Blackness, towering above them. It is encircled by a maelstrom of dark matter, "Azathoth's Tears," and supernovas.

Following its dramatic entrance, Azathoth berates and complains to the duo for interrupting its slumber, chastising them for obliterating countless metaverses while it was enjoying its nap. Amidst a brief altercation with Blitzø, Stolas inquires about the origins of Hell's impending doom. However, Azathoth's ire and annoyance remain palpable as it shrieks at Stolas, attributing a trillion apocalyptic events to its abrupt awakening.

Despite Stolas persistently seeking answers from the Colossus, Azathoth's attention remains consumed by its unruly Eldritch horrors. After persistent entreaties from Stolas, Azathoth reluctantly begins to elucidate the nature of the impending apocalypse. Yet, before it can fully convey its insights, Stolas and Blitzø come under attack from five Glaciesdaemonium, dispatched by Andrealphus to eliminate Stolas and likely glean information about the apocalypse from Azathoth. During the ensuing conflict, Andrealphus communicates through the ice demons to address Azathoth. However, before Andrealphus can pose his queries, Stolas employs his abilities to open a portal using a grimoire. This portal draws Stolas, Blitzø, and the ice demons out of the Dark Tapestry and back into the mortal realm.

Azathoth and the other Colossi bear witness to the altercation, observing as Andrealphus interacts with the ice demons. Frustrated by the interruption, Azathoth commands the other Colossi to resume their duties, presumably before returning to its prolonged slumber, left in a state of vexation due to the disturbance of its rest without substantial cause.

## Personality

"*Honestly, it was a bit of a simpleton and quite... Whiny. It couldn't tell an archdemon from a fucking cherub. But, to give credit where it's due, it had the aptitude to sense my grander and right to wield a fraction of its awesome power, which is more than can be said for that infantile fool, Lucifer.*"
— Leviathan to Seviathan about Azathoth.

Azathoth possesses boundless power, yet it maintains a true neutral disposition. Its reputation is marked by such overwhelming horror and repugnance that numerous individuals have attempted to expunge its very existence from their thoughts. Even the other Colossi are apprehensive of invoking Azathoth's anger, understanding the dire consequences if they were to falter in ensuring its continued slumber.

Contrary to the daunting legends and esteemed reputation encircling its name, Azathoth's actual nature is marked by profound stupidity, neurotic tendencies, eccentricity, narcoleptic episodes, irritability, and a rather pitiable demeanor. Blitzø draws a comparison between its disposition and that of a sleeping baby that throws a "bitch fit" when its sleep is disturbed. Despite its ostensibly all-knowing status, it often displays shallowness, as evidenced by its mistaking Leviathan for a cherub during their purported initial encounter. In addition, Seviathan has hinted at Azathoth's susceptibility to manipulation and intimidation, indicating that beneath its veneer of immense power, it possesses a feeble resolve, indifference, and a propensity to be easily coerced. Leviathan's assertion that Azathoth endowed him with substantial eldritch power based on worthiness appears contradicted by Seviathan's subsequent revelation that the entity merely granted Leviathan a fraction of its abilities to quell his protests.

Azathoth exhibits a pervasive apathy towards nearly all matters, let alone the predicaments and aspirations of others, deliberately turning a blind eye to the preoccupations of the Ars Goetia and their ostensibly grand but "mundane world-ending concerns". It granted Leviathan substantial eldritch capabilities without apparent concern for the serpent's subsequent usage of these powers to wreak havoc upon Earth. Azathoth's sole preoccupations center around two distinct priorities: slumber and the collection of tears from unrealized existences. While this demeanor may appear unsympathetic, it primarily arises from its profound detachment from conventional reality.

Despite its incomprehensible might and capricious temperament, Azathoth displays an unexpected passivity towards those audacious enough to disrupt its slumber. Upon being roused, Azathoth curiously refrains from inflicting harm upon its disturbers, although it ceaselessly bellows at them to depart. Its ire at being awakened is not entirely unwarranted, considering that when Azathoth stirs, the realities it conjures into being dissolve instantaneously, resulting in an immeasurable loss of lives. Should others pester it incessantly, Azathoth begrudgingly yields to their demands merely to quell the nuisance and hasten their departure. This is exemplified in its bestowal of eldritch power upon Leviathan, appeasing the serpent's insistent desires. Moreover, Azathoth was on the cusp of divulging the cause of Hell's impending apocalypse to Stolas, an act thwarted only by the intervention of Andrealphus' icy minions.

In the company of its fellow eldritch abominations, Azathoth takes on a demeanor reminiscent of a fatigued, weary father or a mob boss overseeing his underlings. It issues commands to its eldritch adherents, stepping in to mediate disputes among them. Its interactions often resemble those of a parent managing squabbling children. It compels them to sing lullabies to lull itself to slumber, or else it becomes angry. Notably, Azathoth even addresses the eldritch horrors under its dominion as "kids," alluding to a subtle sense of superiority and control it holds over them.

## Appearance

Though its true, incomprehensible form cannot be glimpsed, Azathoth possesses a "comprehensible form" that can be likened to an enormous, galaxy-length amoeba. Its entire corporeal form is enveloped in an unyielding blackness, marked by a pattern reminiscent of stars. The entity is adorned with a total of ten eyes; nine of these eyes grace its lower region, while a substantial, solitary eye dominates its upper expanse. These eyes are vividly hued in a luminous green shade, with the primary eye featuring a striking red sclera. Completing its form are two pseudopodia protruding from its lower extremity, akin to appendages that function as its arms.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Omnipotence**: Based on what legends and myths claim, Azathoth is an almighty and incomprehensibly powerful deity, possessing the power to easily tear apart existence itself and plunge everything into chaos, and can casually create entire planes of existence simply by dreaming.
	+ **Cosmic Manipulation**: Endowed with nearly boundless power, Azathoth commands an unparalleled mastery over the cosmos, affording it the capability to sculpt and govern entire solar systems. Its dominion extends to cosmic forces, which it bends to its desires—summoning comets and meteors, igniting celestial phenomena, and conjuring dark matter. This omnipotent sway over the universe is a testament to Azathoth's supremacy.
	+ **Supernova Inducement**: As Azathoth ascended from the depths of the Dark Tapestry to confront Stolas, its emergence was accompanied by a spontaneous spectacle akin to firework-like supernovas, creating a breathtaking display that marked its grand entrance.
	+ **Madness Inducement**: Azathoth's visage is capable of turning a mortal or sane mind to "mush". When he visited Azathoth to consult him, Stolas had to enchant himself and Blitzø's vision so that they would see Azathoth and the Colossi in a comprehensible form.
	+ **Power Granting**: Azathoth can seemingly grant incredible eldritch power onto others, as it allegedly gave Leviathan his immense eldritch power that helped him reach power that most demons can only dream of. Just a sliver of Azathoth's power allowed Leviathan to plunge Earth and later the seven rings of Hell into chaos and destruction.
	+ **Reality Dreaming**: During its slumber, Azathoth possesses the extraordinary ability to engender an infinite multitude of universes, dimensions, and metaverses through its dreams. Yet, with each awakening, the entirety of these realities succumbs to annihilation, persisting only as memories retained solely within Azathoth's consciousness.

### Weaknesses

* **Idiocy**: As Leviathan claims, Azathoth is extremely stupid and gullible, mistaking Leviathan for a cherub on their supposed first meeting and granting him with some of its eldritch power, only because Leviathan easily manipulated it into doing so.
* **Carelessness**: It granted Leviathan immense god-like power without having to consider the consequences of doing so or if Leviathan truly deserved it, although this action can be done out of pure stupidity and gullibility.

## Quotes

"*Okay! Okaaaay! Shit! Enough with the pestilential whining! Hey bud, I hope you know that you destroyed, like, 50 macroverses when you woke me up. I hope you're proud of yourself. That's like, 16 billion-sextillion-suckomillion organisms gone because of you. And one reality. BUT WHO'S FUCKING COUNTING?!*"
— Azathoth to Leviathan upon being woken up.

"***Stolas**: ...Kyrie, qui generat creaturam. Domine, quem urit creatura, exaudi orationem meam, et in nomine tuo invoca auxilium... (he kneels in respect, awaiting Azathoth)
**Azathoth**: (it rises from the Lack of Blackness, towering over Stolas as dramatic music blares in the background) **What**... **DO YOU WAAAAANT**?! I'll have you know I was **very** comfortable before your idiotic babbling!
**Blitzø**: Yeah, well Stolas dragged me out here to watch him have a Q&A sesh with some prick named ass-cum-sock or some fucking shit, so let's get that the fuck out of the way so you can go back to fucking masturbating in your cum cocoon or whatever the fuck goes down in there, 'kay?
**Azathoth**: (he gasps loudly) THE SASSSS!!! What even are you creatures? (it uses its limbs to poke, pull and prode at Stolas as he stands there awkwardly) We have an avian organism with digitigrade features, subpar bone structure, bald spots, likely from stress and 95,000 feathers, which is an unusual number for a bird of your girth.
**Stolas**: G-girth?!
**Azathoth**: You must be one of those cherubs! The feathers are a dead giveaway. Given your size you must be one of God's favorites! (Azathoth faces Blitzø) And a... is that some kind of fire toad?
**Blitzø**: The FUCK did you just call me?!
**Azathoth**: (he groans) Nevermind everybody! It's just another run-of-the-mill Goetia and his pet imp! (the other Colosso sigh in disappointment, some of them leaving dejectedly)
**Blitzø**: Wow, you're not gonna give ME a physical exam? Not even a good dick stroking? (he sighs) So uh, we wanted Azathoth. Who the fuck are you?
**Azathoth**: YOU'RE LOOKING AT HIM, YOU PESTILENCE-SUCKING SUB-ORGANISM! I'M AZATHOTH! FORGOTTEN GOD OF THE ELDRITCH!!! PRESIDER OF THE DARK TAPESTRY!!!! WHO THE FUCK ARE **YOU**, BITCH?!
**Blitzø**: Well, Christ on a stick! (to Stolas) Guess you were right, Stols. (to Azathoth) I'm Blitzø, the guy who's gonna kick your fucking ass! You wanna nap? (Blitzo goes to draw his flintlock pistol) I got your Sleepy Pillz right here, you fucking narcoleptic sperm!
**Stolas**: (he stops Blitzø) Thanks, Blitzø, but the Lord of Darkness does not require demon-made supplements! (he laughs nervously before facing Azathoth, bowing) We are but humble congregates of yours truly.
**Blitzø**: 'Congregate'? I don't even know who the fuck- (Stolas slaps Blitzø on his back, making the imp fall to his knees)
**Stolas**: Forgive me, your Darkness, but I've been plagued by visions of an event which threatens the very existence of Hell itself, and I'm at my wit's end. Have you, God of the Eldritch, any inclination to bestow upon me the source of this catrosophy?
**Azathoth**: Are you fucking kidding me?! Who gives a fuck about your apocalypse?! Need I remind you whiny organisms that you brought on, like, 500 jizzillion apocalypses WHEN YOU WOKE ME UP!!! HAVE YOU DIPSHITS STOPPED TO THINK IF THIS APOCALYPSE IS **YOUR DOING**?!*"
— Stolas consults Azathoth.

"*(to Stolas) Hold on, (to Nyarlathotep) NYARLATHOTEP! Leave Cthulhu alone, you little shit! You want me to get Yog-Sothoth on your ass?! Get the fuck back to Earth! (to Stolas) I'm telling you, man, **this** is why I stay asleep. (looks to the side) N-M?! Remind me to convince G-Man to take care of these kids, because they're getting on my fucking nerves!!! (to Stolas) I'M NOT EVEN KIDDING AROUND, IT'S A FUCKING **NIGHTMARE**!!! ...So, as you were.*"
— Azathoth.

"***Azathoth**: Why the fuck should I care about Hell!? What is it with you Goetia shitbirds always bothering me with your mundane, world-ending concerns? I am **Azathoth**! I am infinite, I am all-encompassing! I have more than enough things to concern myself with! You and your kind are lower than a nanobe on the ass of a fairyfly! BEGONE! If another word comes pouring out of your pathetic little apparatus... I will eat every chicken in the omniverse. **I swear it**! Let. Me. **SLEEP**!!!
**Stolas**: ...But-
**Azathoth**: (groans extremely loudly) OK, **MOM**!!! SINCE YOU ARE SO INSISTENT, **MOM**, I SHALL TELL YOU THE ROOT OF YOUR PROBLEM!!! ARE YOU HAPPY THAT YOU BULLIED INTO SUBMISSION?! (he groans loudly) You're almost as insufferable as that Leviathan fuckhead who came by a few eons ago.*"
— Azathoth and Stolas.

"*Well, that was a waste of fucking time. 500 metaverses torn asunder, and for what?! CTHULHU!!! Get Tru'nembra in here to serenade me back to sleep! AND EVERYBODY GET THE FUCK BACK TO WORK!!! IS THIS WHAT YOU ASSHOLES DO WHEN I'M ASLEEP?!*"
— Azathoth after Stolas was forced to leave the Dark Tapestry.

### Quotes Pertaining to Azathoth

"*Once every one thousand years, our corner of reality is treated to an incredible sight from the deep eldritch recesses of the cosmos; the tears of a forgotten Colossus begin to fall. Tears made of the hopes and dreams of every living thing that never came to be. Condensed and sent shooting across the night sky in a dazzling final display. What appears to mortal beings as a meteor shower, we can see for what it is: Azathoth's Tears.*"
— Stolas reading a bedtime story to Octavia.

"*One of the most powerful entities in the multiverse! It is an absolute abominable horror worthy of our reverence. A sight to behold, truly and utterly maddening, the likes of which turns the mortal mind to mush, and one would be almost as stupid as the Great One itself to get in its way.*"
— Leviathan on Azathoth.

"*The Great Old One, for all its staggering, infinite power, is an incredibly dimwitted creature. It took almost zero effort to manipulate it. (laughs proudly) It's no wonder it was imprisoned at the center of the universe. It was just so... **STUPID**.*"
— Leviathan on Azathoth.

## Trivia

* It is based on Azathoth, the supreme Outer God from the Cthulhu Mythos written by H.P. Lovecraft.
	+ One notable difference between this Azathoth and H.P Lovecraft's original Azathoth is that the latter is oblivious to the worlds created in its dreams and all the life within. Conversely, this Azathoth is not only aware that its dreams create realities, but can apparently calculate the number of the lifeforms that resided within them.
* According to Stolas, what mortals perceive as meteorites are, in reality, the tears of every living thing that never had the chance to live, which are referred to as "Azathoth's Tears".
* Its theme song would be "Sure is Fun" by Shinedown.
* Hellsa at one point mentions a holiday made in commemoration of Azathoth, known as "Azathothmas".
* Stolas' Latin invocation while summoning Azathoth roughly translates to "Lord, who begets creation. Lord, whom creation burns before. Hear my prayer and plea for help, in your name".