Nyarlathotep

## The Crawling Chaos

*He has many names and wears many faces. He alone of the Outer Gods walks the Earth, the puppetmaster pulling the strings of a thousand cults, wearing the masks of a thousand gods.*

### Gameplay

* When you have  Eldritch tokens equal to or greater than your maximum  Sanity, you are devoured.
* **:** Investigators as a group gain  Eldritch tokens equal to half .
* When 2 Mysteries have been solved, **investigators win the game**.
* When Nyarlathotep awakens, **flip this sheet** and resolve the "Nyarlathotep Awakens!" effect on the back.

#### Setup

Set aside all Nyarlathotep Special Encounters.

## Awakening

**Sealing the Great Gate**
*Nyarlathotep awakens...* **[ Show/Hide the Back ]**
**Nyarlathotep Awakens!**

Place  1 Eldritch token on the  red space of the Omen track. Then move the omen to that space withoud advancing Doom.

**Final Mystery**

After you resolve an Expedition Encounter or a Mystic Ruins Encounter, you may gain the Eye of Light Unique Asset or the Eye of Darkness Unique Asset.

At the beginning of the Mythos Phase, if 2 Mysteries have been solved, and all investigators are on the same space, and they possess both the Eye of Light and the Eye of Darkness, each investigator may spend a total of 6  Health and/or  Sanity to complete the Final Mystery; **investigators win the game**.

**The Crawling Chaos**

* When you have  Eldritch tokens equal to or greater than your maximum  Sanity, you are devoured.
* Each time  Doom would advance, each investigator gains  1 Eldritch token instead. Then, if all investigators have been eliminated, **investigators lose the game**.
* When the Omen advances to the  red space of the Omen track, **investigators lose the game**.

## Lore

*In the shadowed pages of forbidden tomes, there lies an ominous narrative, a tale that speaks of Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos—a malevolent entity whose dark presence traverses the realms of mortal understanding. Born from the obsidian depths of the Outer Gods, Nyarlathotep manifests as an enigmatic and shape-shifting deity, a force that weaves its malevolence through the fabric of reality.*

*Known by the moniker of the Dark Pharaoh, Nyarlathotep is an anomaly among the cosmic horrors, delighting in the orchestration of madness and chaos upon the mortal realm. Unlike its incomprehensible kin, Nyarlathotep assumes myriad forms, often adopting guises that range from beguiling charisma to grotesque horror, leaving mortals in perpetual disarray.*

*Legends and lore recount the entity's descent upon Earth, clad in masks of allure or nightmare, as it traverses cities and villages in an insidious procession. The indelible mark of Nyarlathotep taints reality itself, spreading like a virulent contagion, and those who encounter its elusive presence find their sanity unraveled, their minds ensnared by the malevolent will of the Crawling Chaos.*

*The whispers of Nyarlathotep resonate through the corridors of time, captivating seekers of forbidden knowledge who dare to tread the precarious line between curiosity and insanity. Its dark influence infiltrates the dreams of the susceptible, constructing a tapestry of nightmares that entwines the minds of those drawn into the eldritch realms. Once ensnared by its insidious charm, individuals become pawns in a cosmic game, forever bound to the unpredictable will of the enigmatic deity.*

*lathotep's motives remain shrouded in mystery, and its machinations unfold with an unpredictable rhythm. Encounter with this cosmic malevolence is a confrontation with the embodiment of chaos, a force that waltzes on the precipice between nightmare and reality.*

*Thus, if ever the distant whispers or chilling touches of the unseen assail your senses, heed caution, for Nyarlathotep may be at work, unfurling its dark tapestry within the concealed recesses of shadows, ready to ensnare the unsuspecting in its web of eldritch horror.*

## References

1. ↑ An avatar of Nyarlathotep in the story *The Madness Out of Space* by Peter Cannon.
2. ↑ Haunter of the Dark (Monster)
3. ↑ Possibly Cthulhu, one who dreams in his house at the sunken city of R'lyeh.