Nameless Things

**Place of Origin**

Unknown, can be found at the Aetherian Depths

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**Rarity**

Extreme

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**General Overview**

The Nameless Things are indescribable beasts, they are as old as the first settlements in Aether, some of them lay in the underwater caverns, while others live in ancient ruins and deep holes. They attack Deep Ones if they are not pleased by them, the Nameless Things are sentient and can talk, they do not have a gender and their voice is beast-like. Their lifespan is unknown, they seem to not get harmed by normal weapons. As of now nobody knows if they are born or created, but they seem to have a relation with the Deep Ones, the Deep Ones offer tribute as food, gold and ritual sacrifices to the Nameless Things in order for them to protect them, if the Nameless Things are not pleased, they are seen to destroy the Deep One settlement that displeased them.

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**Race Alignment**

Chaotic Evil

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**Natural Race Abilities/Affinities**

The Nameless Things have a lot of abilities and traits since all are unique, some may breathe fire, others can spit toxic goo like substances that burn the skin and cause blisters. Others can climb walls and breathe underwater, there is no exact specification, it depends on the body type of the specimen,some things that they all have in common is their almost impregnable skin which is hard to damage, as well as the insanity they cause to people that cannot comprehend with the existence of a grander being, most people leave confrontations with Nameless Things scarred for life. And almost every Nameless Thing can fuse through walls with a goo like black substance that if touched by a human melts them slowly. In the opposite side of the spectrum, they have certain weaknesses, for example, they cannot leave the underground, if they are touched by sunlight for some time will burn them and make them dust, this includes fire, fire burns them more easily and can cause them severe burns, light magic has an effect too but not as much as being directly exposed to the sun. There are also some sacred artifacts that can protect people from the insanity that comes by viewing the Nameless Things, and can oftentimes protect people from direct attacks for a short time, lastly, people with vast magical knowledge can too stop the insanity that follows being exposed to the Nameless Things, and these people cause more damage to the Nameless Things.

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**Appearances**

As stated before, the appearance varies a lot but has always the same kind of theme, dark, slimy, incomprehensible beast with a lot of mouths, arms, legs and eyes, their size may vary as well but they are not that big when compared to the

Old Ones, they are generally big enough to be able to fit through cave tunnels.

**History**

(This is not known by anybody except the Nameless Things themselves.) The Nameless Things were guardians, summoned with the help of the Old Ones by the old civilizations in order to protect them. These old civilizations paid tribute to the Nameless Things for protection against underground beasts and were created to suit each civilization based on their needs. The Nameless Ones did a great job of clearing the underground beasts that harassed the ancient civilizations, leading to them being seen as the messengers of the Old Ones, which were the “Gods” of the ancient underground civilizations. Which was not the case, the Nameless Things were more of servants to the Old Ones, which they did not like, they wanted to be free from the Old Ones grasp.

The fall of the ancient civilizations has started erupting (more info on this in the history of the Deep Ones), so the Nameless Things thought of this as a good opportunity to attack the very civilizations they protected so they are not putteted by the Old Ones no longer. So, the Nameless war sparked, which saw the Nameless Things fighting the ancient civilizations, the Nameless Things won the war, asserting dominance over the ancient civilizations and bringing their collapse. The Old Ones cared little, and the Nameless Things became tyrants of the remnants of the ancient people, being worshipped as Gods and given tribute. The Old Ones were displeased to hear they were worshipped as Gods, so one of the Old Ones known as “Egap’Gnuth” rose up from the great caverns below and brought death upon the population of the Nameless Things due to their heresy, after a decade of Egap’Gnuth rampaging his way on the depths it was finally stopped by having a whole cavern collapse onto its head by the Nameless Things, but still, Egap’Gnuth had made the Nameless Things go to their place, no longer being worshipped as Gods, but still terrorizing the Deep Ones. Their numbers were decimated by Egap’Gnuth, and now the Nameless Things are fighting among themselves for dominance over the Deep Ones.

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**Created by Rium**

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