Chthon

## Jutsu

* Summoning Technique
* Summoning: Great Temple of R'lyeh
* Water Release: Screwball Technique

**Chthon** (クトニ, *Kutoni*) is one of the strange beasts feared as the "**Great Dreamer**" (大夢想家, *Dai Musōka*). He was captured and experimented on by Kirigakure, turning him into the jinchūriki of Isobu, the Three-Tails. He later escaped Kirigakure's labs and joined Mushin as an Upper, becoming an S-class missing-nin.

## Background

Chthon is the spawn of a much larger ocean-dwelling strange beast. As part of a larger mission to increase its military power, the village of Kirigakure began researching the strange beasts. Their hope was to either learn how to make a jinchūriki with one, or to perhaps recruit one as part of their naval forces. They captured the larval Chthon as part of this project, unable to contain its much larger, and much more dangerous parent. However, Kirigakure's scientists found themselves unable to seal Chthon away in a human host. Nevertheless, they were able to seal one of the tailed beasts into the creature, turning it into the jinchūriki of Isobu.

Chthon was able to learn hand seals and ninjutsu during his experimentations. However, he grew to resent his captors and used his tremendous power to escape. Kirigakure attempted to hunt him down. However, agents of Mushin gave him refuge and asylum in the Land of Shadows. Afterwards, he was labeled a missing-nin. His escape earned Kirigakure an admonishment by the Shinobi Union, as the country had lost one of the tailed beasts and potentially provoked one of the strange beasts.

## Appearance

* Chthon.
* Chthon as a larva.
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Chthon is an eldritch creature standing taller than most humans are able to grow. He is a muscular, humanoid squid with red skin, a manilla underbelly, and a black torso. He has featureless white eyes and a cephalopod beak concealed by dozens of red face tentacles. Despite this beak, he is capable of human speach. Though his arms, hands, legs, and feet are humanlike, he also possesses a set of red wings protruding from his waist. These do not appear to enable him to fly, though they may have some use in deep sea swimming.

When he was younger, Chthon had a larval form. In this stage of life, he was much less humanoid and more insectlike. He had a mostly red body with a squid's head. He also had two large black eyes and dozens of face tentacles. Devoid of limbs, the lower half of his body was covered by chitin. He also wore a white towel-like cloth over his head and body to conceal himself from humans. Despite being a larva, Chthon was still large at this stage of life, easily reaching the shoulders of a grown human man.

## Abilities

### Ninjutsu

Despite not being human, Chthon was taught ninjutsu by the Kirigakure scientists experimenting on him. Thanks to his large volume of chakra, he is able to put this skill to great use and is capable of performing several catastrophic techniques.

## Trivia

* Chthon's name comes from Chthon: an Elder God and the author of the Darkhold in the Marvel comics. Both are based on Cthulhu, one of the Great Old Ones from H. P. Lovecraft's writings and the Cthulhu Mythos. Cthulhu also bears the moniker of the "Great Dreamer."
* Like the other Uppers of Mushin, Chthon has a face claim from the anime and manga series *Jujutsu Kaisen*. His face claim is Dagon.
	+ Dagon was a god worshiped in ancient Syria. He was considered the "father of the gods" and a diety capable of granting kingship over the western areas of Mesopotamia. Some 19th and 20th century scholars have posited that Dagon might have a fish-god. This has led to modern popular culture associating him with the deep oceans. In the United States, one such interpretation led to Dagon's name being given to an older member of Godzilla's species.
* Chthon might also be a reference to Kisame Hoshigaki and the anime-only Hoshigaki clan. Both have features of sea creatures, with Kisame and his clan possessing shark features, while Chthon possesses squid features.