Great Ancients

The **Great Ancients**, known to the angels as **Grandchildren of Tehom** or to antediluvian sorcerers as **Demons of the Ancient Night**, are monstrous and abyssal beings that were born from the "eggs" of the Monster Gods, and are therefore descendants of Tehom. Currently, they are scattered throughout the Cosmos, inhabiting the darkest pits of galaxies.

## History

After surviving the Primeval Battles, Enuma the Destroyer decided to hide from the archangels across the Universe, waiting for the opportunity to counterattack. During the billions of years in hiding, Enuma gave life to thousands of beings of similar characteristics to himself and his brothers, the Monster Gods. In addition to Enuma, other gods of darkness have laid their eggs in the Universe, such as Behemot the Horrendous.

Following Enuma's defeat, the Great Old Ones spread across the Universe, hiding between galaxies or in parallel dimensions. Most of them harbor contempt for the angelic race because of Yahweh's rivalry with Tehom, but others decide to close themselves off in their cosmic spheres forever or even bond with the humans of Haled.

## Characteristics

The Grandchildren of Tehom are, for the most part, chaotic and evil creatures. Those born in the early days of Creation have abstract and shapeless features, while the younger ones have more human and figurative patterns. Because of their progenitors' rivalry with the archangels and Yahweh, most of the Great Old Ones are antagonistic to the winged, known to hunt, attack, and even devour angels.

Like their physical form, the minds of the Great Old Ones are also confusing. Their morality, like their intelligence, is an enigma. Some of them have related with angels and also with human beings, visiting Earth from time to time and being confused as deities.

## Members

The Great Ancients are numerous, having countless members scattered throughout the Universe. The best known of them are present in a list in the Sixth Heaven, namely:

* **PSAO:** Described as a dark stain, with a putrid odor and oily consistency. It inhabits the edges of black holes to feed on objects disintegrated by them, in addition to being able to cease any type of light.
* **Chync'eyya:** Resembling a flaming sphere and composed of red flames, this entity passes as a crimson-looking star, using fire as a kind of camouflage. When close to an enemy, it approaches with thunderous speed and explodes on top of rivals.
* **Ereshki Ghal:** This monster has a crab-like body, with many claws, pincers and mouths. Observed more than once on planet Earth, it is assumed to have a portal to its original dimension in the sea trenches.
* **N'glalek:** This gigantic, tentacle-and-eyed entity, resembling a demonic octopus, was worshiped by antediluvian wizards as a deity known as The Creeper. In 35,000 BC, he was summoned by the archmage Kothar-wa-Khasis in the middle of the desert of Nod, but was killed by Ablon, Ishtar, and Inanna with the Spear of Nod.
* **Gabu:** With an elephant's head and a human body, Gabu was different from most of his brothers, as he was described as a kind-hearted entity. He was worshiped by the Aryans before the Flood, perhaps as a way to harass the archangels by helping the human race.
* **Nayra:** Born on the Sixth Day of Creation, Nayra had escaped the attacks of angels by hiding in the center of planet Earth. Described in ancient texts as a giant spider with an enlarged belly, it hunted and devoured primitive men who explored its caves.
* **Onhg:** A bipedal humanoid entity with a gray head and large eyes, Onhg was once taken as an alien by humans, appearing to them wearing a black robe. In the Temiscyra Isles, he was known to Utu, the Father of Demons, and they made pacts with him for power and knowledge.
* **Sgoruatyhm:** Invisible, insubstantial and odorless, this entity is perceived as a deafening noise, according to angels who have already encountered it. His "death trumpets" are capable of driving anyone insane.
* **Thuho'ga:** Some say that Thuho'ga is a splash of PSAO that came to life and now roams the Universe devouring and liquefying anyone who crosses its path.
* **Yina-Dorath:** Known as the Destroyer of Worlds, he is perhaps one of the most powerful beings to roam the shadow of space. It is said that this "pillar of light" can obliterate planets in a matter of seconds, and he seeks to destroy the Earth, but because he is blind, he has never been able to find his target (yet).
* **3:** This colossal worm would be about the size of a solar system and would “dig” holes in the fabric of space, transiting between physical reality and parallel dimensions. Its purpose may be to destroy the Universe, but some Malakins say that 3 opens up vortices and passageways, contributing to the galactic ecosystem.

## Nikarath, Lord of the Pit

Nikarath, Lord of the Pit is one of Tehom's Grandchildren. This monster was born from one of the eggs that Behemot the Horrendous had released before he died in Primeval Battles. In the magical grimoires he is described as a demon endowed with great sexual rage. He was venerated by different cultures, before and after the Flood.

In 1976 AD, while in Netherlands, the cherub Denyel visited a small whorehouse in Amsterdam known as the Hellfire Club, run by an Elohim named Prisca Ryke. Inside the club, he discovered that the celestial served Nikarath, attracting people and demons so that the abyssal consumed them. Denyel managed to kill the beast using a vial of holy water he acquired on his travels.

## Trivia

* The Great Ancients have similar characteristics to creatures created by H.P. Lovecraft. Most are beings as old as the Universe and have forms and minds incomprehensible to human standards, and can end humanity and Earth in the blink of an eye.
* Most of the Great Old Ones are children of Enuma, the only one of the monster-gods to survive Primeval Battles. However, other gods also laid their eggs in the Universe, such as Behemot and Leviathan, who created Nikarath and N'glalek, respectively.
* Onhg may be a reference to the Greys, thin-bodied, gray-skinned aliens with large heads and dark eyes.
* Both N'glalek the Creeper and Nikarath the Lord of the Pit have RPG characteristics described in the Expanded Universe bestiary chapter.