Ghatanothoa

**Ghatanothoa**, also known as the **Dark God**, was the firstborn of **Cthulhu** and **Idh-Yaa** from the Xothic System. He was one of Nyarlathotep's most advanced acolytes and was considered Cthulhu's strongest offspring during the **Third Creation War** or the second war with the Old Ones.

He was slain in battle by the Tenth Sefirot **Malkuth** and her son **Malek**.

## Appearance

Ghatanothoa has a truly devilish appearance, even when compared to its eldritch siblings. In deep contrast to his little sister **Cthylla**, Ghatanothoa's true form is a huge, amorphous monstrosity, whose appearance is so hideous that anyone who gazes upon it (or even a perfect replica) is petrified into a living mummy. His body oozes a deathly stench that decays any living being's lungs faster than almost any toxin in existence and his aura is so dark it can even eclipse the light of the Sun in broad daylight.

Ghatanothoa's preferred humanoid form was that of a tall man with green eyes and black, combed-back hair and noticeable facial hair. His most notable feature is a black mark that runs along the entirety of his forehead. He also has a large scar from his left shoulder to his right hip where **Benzaiten** once slashed him with **Amenominakanushi**'s blade.

While fighting Malkuth and Malek and receiving huge damage, Ghatanothoa's form slowly began to regress to its monstrous appearance, but was also severely distorted due to his body attempting to cover up the many injuries. At the end of his life, he looked like nothing more than a giant blob of fleshy dark substance with hundreds of jaws and tiny disgusting eyes, radiating anger and murderous intent.

## Personality

Out of all of Cthulhu's offsprings, Ghatanothoa was undoubtedly the worst. His personality was somehow even more monstrous than his own appearance to the point that even his immoral brother **Zoth-Ommog** was somewhat creeped out by him. Cthulhu himself barely treated him as a son and more of a mildly useful tool for destruction. He was universally hated by everyone that opposed the Old Ones and even Benzaiten, one of the most pacifistic deities in existence, has once tried to destroy him for all his sins.

Perhaps due to a necessity to escape his father's shadow, or perhaps he was the first, strongest and most talented of his siblings - whatever the reason, Ghatanothoa not only has no qualms about committing any sort of heinous act, any abuse, violation and defilement, he *actively* makes it his life's work to make people around him as miserable as possible. He believes everyone's true nature is revealed when they are at their most miserable state. He detests positive individuals and will try his best to strip them of all their morals, ideals, dignity, honour, etc. He is a crazed and delusional lunatic who sees no other purpose to life than to crush others beneath his feet and savor their screams of agony.

This is not to say that he hasn't ever tried broadening his views or changing his perspective. In fact, his father and uncles have more than once urged him to do that. And while he has attempted a quieter life, with a loving spouse and happy little children, doing good for others around him, it had no effect on his psyche. In fact, it only intensified his desire to plunge others into depravity. He found this kind of lifestyle dull and illusionary, but in term he gained better understanding of how to improve his torture methods.

Even as he was dying, he showed no sympathetic traits, instead cackling madly and growling demonically at his killers like a mad beast.

Ghatanothoa was also notably perverted and sexist, as he consistently made degrading remarks towards Malkuth, treating her as nothing more than an object of lustful desires and repeating that he will have his way with her before killing her.

## History

Ghatanothoa was born of the union of Cthulhu and Idh-Yaa, two exceptional Great Old Ones. Naturally, he was born an exceptional Old One himself and was thus appointed as one of Cthulhu's main commanders.

During **Cthulhu**'s Dark Crusade, Ghatanothoa would intentionally try to bring out the most misery out of anyone he laid eyes on, regardless if they were foes, bystanders or even his own subordinates. The unspeakable atrocities he committed, the rate at which he committed and the huge amount of beings it affected became notorious throughout the universes until even the **Council of Godheads** were made aware of this. That is how he originally gained the title - **Devil-God**. This actually threw a wrench in Cthulhu's plans and so his father punished him and demoted him to a foot soldier with no military authority. This did not anger him one bit as now he had more time to indulge in his own sadistic pleasures, even if on a smaller scale.

During the battle with **Amenominakanushi** and his companions, Ghatanothoa faced off against **Benzaiten**, who was furious at him for all the horrible things he has done. Seeing his utter lack of any remorse and gleeful attitude angered Benzaiten to such a point that she took her husband's sword and cut the sadistic Old One in two. She then blasted him until he was a charred heap of flesh. He narrowly escaped being destroyed thanks to Ythogtha attacking the goddess from behind and distracting her.

Ghatanothoa was still alive, though heavily damaged. He fell on Earth and his location was soon discovered by Mi-Go servants of **Nyalrthotep** who had been observing Cthulhu and his army's movements carefully. The Mi-Go brought the damaged Old One to the Crawling Chaos, who helped him make a steady recovery. Nyarlathotep found Ghatanothoa to be a kindred spirit and offered to teach him some new tricks. Ghatanothoa, who knew of Nyarlathotep's reputation, eagerly took the offer and became one of his first apprencties.

Under the Crawling Chaos's tutelage, Ghatanothoa's prowess and magic skills grew tenfold, as did his repertoire of torture methods. One day, Nyarlathotep told him his training was complete and that he was free to cause chaos in whichever way he wanted. Ghatanothoa gleefully thanked his mentor and went on his merry way. Ghatanothoa had also learnt of the true structure of the multiverse from the Crawling Chaos and was thus a little wiser and more patient this time around. He hunted his preys like an expert predator and savoured each and every one of them. He also caused some minor disturbances in several factions and human countries, such as the deaths of a hundred chinese thunder deities, driving several emperors and kings mad and stealing a few artifacts.

Once Ghatanothoa heard the ominous melody of **Tru'nembra**'s cosmic opera, he knew the great times his teacher had spoke of had come. With an excited smirk, he left his latest victim to rot and went to find his teacher immediately. He helped Nyarlathotep in decimating armies of the opposing factions, slaying mortals and gods by the thousands. He faced off against Malkuth and due to having an army of Old Ones backing him up, was able to easily overwhelm her and nearly destroy her, if not for the interference of **Benzaiten**, **Eris** and **Amenominakanushi**.

Ghatanothoa would rejoin his father's side during their assault on the Eastern Factions, whom were rallied behind Amenominakanushi and met his father's forces with equal vigor. He faced off against Malkuth again, but this time she was backed up by her son and an avatar of Amenominakanushi. With a blast of her full power, boosted by Amenominakanushi's blessings, Malkuth completely eradicated the devilish firstborn of Cthulhu forever more.

His remains were apparently devoured by **Zoth-Ommog**.

## Powers & Abilities

**Immense Strength**: He was immensely strong from birth, just like his parents. While he was alive, he was always significantly superior to his siblings. He was comparable to the Great Old Ones, though still not at the same tier as his father. In the past, he could overwhelm ten high-class angels with ease and even make an archangel feel unnerved just by his aura alone. Even most gods were weaklings to him and only beings on the level of Primordial Entities could engage him in a one-on-one fight. Under Nyarlathotep, he grew ten times stronger, with the Crawling Chaos even stating he was on par with his father in the past. He was strong enough to fight equally with Malkuth, though he needed assistance to overwhelm her. Similarly, Malkuth herself needed some help to defeat him.

**Immense Speed**: Ghatanothoa was easily able to evade hundreds of light beams fired by an army of angels and could keep up with Malkuth fairly well.

**Immense Durability**: Ghatanothoa's resilience was great, even in the past, being able to survive a slash by the Yamato and then a dozen blasts by Benzaiten. An attack from Eris barely inflicted any injuries on his body and Malkuth needed to use her strongest spells just to inflict lasting damage on him.

**High-Speed Regeneration**: A shared trait between Ghatanothoa and his younger brothers was their quick regeneration, which made them troublesome to deal with. It only dampened the overall damage they would receive, it made them hard to defeat, as even if their bodies were torn apart and burnt, they would still regenerate if their sole existence was not destroyed. However, heavy damage with over-time effects can somewhat weaken their regeneration and cause them to bloat into fleshy blobs - a tactic Malkuth exploited to get Ghanathoa into a position where she can throw all her power at him and not fear him recovering.

**Shadow Manipulation**: Ghatanothoa was shown to be able to manipulate shadows, reshaping them into tendrils and solidifying them to use in combat.

**Madness Manipulation**: Ghatanothoa can inflict madness on any mortal who merely gazes at his true visage. If he focuses, he can even disrupt the concentration of a Primordial Entity.

**Fear Manipulation**: Ghatanothoa can sense and induce fear in his opponents.

**Destruction Blasts**: Ghatanothoa can fire blasts of destructive energy which decimate most things in existence.

**Black Space**: Ghatanothoa's special spatial ability. It is an innate technique which he perfected while studying under Nyarlathotep. It proved to be a good counter to Malkuth's **Space Supremacy**, as most of his abilities were corrupted variants of hers. He could distort gravity, reverse it, remove it or amplify it with eldritch energy. He could also summon black holes, break apart the fabric of space-time and resist similar space-related spells.

## Equipment

**Book of the Dharke**: A book given to him by Nyarlathotep, containing many of the Crawling Chaos's recorded spells and techniques. This book held immense power and was a perfect conductor for Ghatanothoa's overflowing dark energy, converting into complex, destructive spells.

## Gallery

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## Trivia

* Ghatanathoa's appearance is based on Dante Zogratis from Black Clover.