Protas-Cosmic Horror War

The **Protas-Cosmic Horror War** was a long-lasting war lasting 700,000,000 years between 1,000,000,000 BR and 300,000,000 BR. This event led to the death or banishment of many Cosmic Horrors to the Desolate Dimension. This war led to the relative peace and sanity required for life and civilization to develop the way it did.

## Reasons for the conflict

Originally, the first two races (Protas and Cosmic Horror) knew nothing of each other, but when the **Cosmic Horrors** began their objective to infect and consume worlds eventually including those that the **Protas** had an interest in and their inhabitants, the god-like race chose to go to war with the mysterious **Cosmic Horrors**.

## Timeline

#### Pre-War

The god-like Protas start their empire cultivating worlds and races, a collective race known as the Cosmic Horrors starts to infect and consume the worlds and their inhabitants, causing the **Protas** to go to war with them. The Lesser Old One, Cthaggua Luth, The Overseer is discovered enslaving races for their projects across the known verses, it is chased off from the worlds the **Protas** has interest in but continues to enslave other worlds.

### Protas-Cosmic Horror War

#### The Protas-Cosmic Horror War starts

The Prime Protas The Source creates magic out of chaos and two of the Protas use it to create new races to help during the war, Metatron creates the Akeros becoming their god, while **The Source** creates the Fey, and their offshoot the Necrophages (one for a variety of purposes, the other to help dispose of the bodies of fallen **Cosmic Horrors** safely.)

#### The Battle of The Storm (968,032,169 BR)

**The Source** finds and battles the Great Old One Alengremyak, The Storm who is killed. An echo of the Cosmic Horror's power is used to create the element of Air, and its elemental plane. The first of the Chaotic magics, Air Magic is born and is spread amongst the **Protas** and to a lesser extent the Fey and Akeros races.

##### Casualty Report

* (x200) Necrophages
 Victor

#### The Battle of The Man-Eater (941,079,574 BR)

**Asherah** finds and battles the Great Old One and child of Stlanitherath, The Pestilent Discord known as Earkorlidipar, The Man-Eater who she banishes to the Desolate Dimension.

#### The Battle of the Living Flame (937,047,615 BR)

Both Asherah and The Source come across the Great Old One child of Ximeshassanth, The Flame of the Khemaami-I known as Cthugha, The Living Flame who they banish to the Desolate Dimension.

## Factions Involved

* The Protas
	+ The Source
		- Elementia
			* Elemental Primordials
		- The Fey
			* Ancient High Fey
			* Necrophages
	+ Asherah
		- Metatron, God of the Akeros
			* The Akeros
		- Xaknera, The Goddess of Duty, Promises and Oaths
			* The Protasic Army
		- Ritarin, The God of Law & Order
			* The Paladins of Ritarin
		- Wijun, The God of Beasts and the Hunt
			* Anterions
			* Dragons
			* Therianthropes
			* Vrans
			* Werebbubbs
		- Cimbris, The God of Wisdom and Healing
* Non-Malevolent Cosmic Horrors
	+ D'Hoomaumis, The Vampiric Witch of the Finder (Originally on the Cosmic Horrors' side but converted to the Protas' side)
	+ Nagnos, The Seducer (Originally on the Cosmic Horrors' side but converted to the Protas' side)
	+ Nag-Sarg, The Vampiric Humanoid Begetter of the Mayhem (Originally on the Cosmic Horrors' side but converted to the Protas' side)
	+ Rhyeb, The Shifter (Originally on the Cosmic Horrors' side but converted to the Protas' side)
	+ Zarkash-Yomqu, The Pattern Inside The Night (Originally on the Cosmic Horrors' side but converted to the Protas' side)

Vs.

* The Cosmic Horrors
	+ Outer Gods
		- Zsch-Kar, The Emperor
			* The Darkness, The Living Entropy
			* Gorthelek, The Cosmic Mists
				+ Iukhuztotl, The Gate of the Cosmic Horrors
			* Isgua'Smantal, The Sovereign
			* Zulthembl, The Malevolent Commander
				+ Thanitharzat, The Commander
	+ Great Old Ones & Lesser Old Ones
		- Great Old Ones
			* Alengremyak, The Storm (Deceased)
				+ Tuluth, The Begotten Thunder
			* D'Hargah, It That Usurped the Sun
			* Nathrosh, The Unspeakable
			* Stlanitherath, The Pestilent Discord
				+ Earkorlidipar, The Man-Eater
				+ Gna-Limer, The Dull Bloodsucker (Deceased)
			* Takarneph, The Sublime Digger That Reigns
			* Th-Shath, The Phaser of the Mind
				+ Um'Hrdaph'Na, The Master Sin
			* Ximeshassanth, The Flame of the Khemaami-I (Deceased)
				+ Cthugha, the Living Flame
				+ S'Gah-Zab, The Smouldering Ignitor
			* Zo-Kag, The Typhoon
				+ Dagon
				+ Haakom, The Envious Ocean That Gathers
				+ Xicllaniparan, The Abysmal Tundra of the Moper
				+ Yindishadonio, The Smothering Ocean of the Wastelands
		- Lesser Old Ones
			* The Children of Stlanitherath
				+ D'Hoomaumis, The Vampiric Witch of the Finder (Originally on the Cosmic Horrors' side but converted to the Protas' side)
				+ Nagnos, The Seducer (Originally on the Cosmic Horrors' side but converted to the Protas' side)
				+ Nag-Sarg, The Vampiric Humanoid Begetter of the Mayhem (Originally on the Cosmic Horrors' side but converted to the Protas' side)
				+ Zarkash-Yomqu, The Pattern Inside The Night (Originally on the Cosmic Horrors' side but converted to the Protas' side)
			* Cthaqqua Luth, The Overseer
			* Kotheem'Ha, The Helper
	+ Servitor Races
		- The Children of Stalnitherath
			* The Undying (Species completely exterminated)
		- The Elder Things
		- Misathy-Dotha, The Horde (Species completely exterminated)
		- Qhucrot, a race of beings colossal in size, they have tentacle-covered mouths. They have three arms. They are easily addicted to certain substances. They are a hermaphroditic race. They are telekinetic. In their culture, military tactics are a highly prized ability. Once slaves, they overthrew their Cosmic Horror masters and rule their realm now. No one knows where they came from.
		- Vureline, a monstrous-looking race with bony-plated bodies and light colored eyes. They learn quickly. As a people, they are generally good at linguistics. They are exceptionally good at air magic. They worship a hierarchical, matriarchal pantheon of gods and goddesses. They believe the powers that be are generally distant and uninvolved in their lives. Their modern government is a theocracy that is non-functional. Once slaves, they overthrew their Cosmic Horror masters and rule their realm now.

## Notes

* The span of time known as **The Protas-Cosmic Horror War** is a purely fanon creation as such there is no official proof of their existence in the Witcher works outside the fanon community.