Great Old Ones

### Powers

Same powers of a Darkling, but to a much higher degree, as strongest horrors to have ever existed.

## Production

### Appearences

Tribes of EastApocalypse

The Final Primordial Conflict

> "These poisonus and clever creature have gone far beyond what we have imagined! We must annhilate them all before is too late, or the Earth will be forever lost in eternal darkness! " Gabriel, about the corruption spread by the Great Old Ones.
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The Great Old Ones are a group of unique, malignant beings of great power. They reside in various locations on Earth, born from the separation of the Outer Gods.

## History

### Birth

The Great Old Ones were generatedas the offsprings of the Outer Gods. They soon grew and they proved to be perfectly loyal to their creators, willing to serve them, since their minds were bound to the Outer Gods. They soon became the generals of the army of Darklings, creating many creatures to augment their numbers and fight against the Angels of Heaven.

The Old Ones created and corrupted many races, forming a tremendous and giant army that started to move between worlds, starting to bring an eternal darkness to the world.

### Dark War

As they continued, however, Angels started to realise that there was a massive shift in the balance between light and darkness in favor of the other one and so they saw the Outer Gods and the Great Old Ones corrupting and bringing everything closer to eternal destruction: to prevent this, the Angels went once again in war and so it started the Dark War.

Despite the Angels best effort, the Darklings continued to take the upper hand, defeating their foes with ease: this was due to the fact that the Great Old Ones and the Outer Gods were capable to command their minions much easier than the Angels, who were also untrained against the unique powers of the Great Old Ones. As the time passed, the Great Old Ones continued to decimate the Angels' ranks, destroying their minds and even corruptimg many of them, turning them into abominations, such as Absalom, who would later become the Vampire God and progenitor of the Vampire species.

However, when Lucifer defeated Azatoth and the other Outer Gods were sealed away, things started to change in favor of Angels, so much so that they managed to gain the upper hand and win the war, however, this war left a dark legacy that affected the entire Universe: the Great Old Ones had killed and corrupted the minds of many Angels. As such, many of the,m started to question whether it was right or not to follow Anu or his laws.

### Banishment

The Great Old Ones, although defeated, had managed to connect themselves to the Earth so much so that it was impossible to eradicate them without risking to destroy the entire planet: as such, the Archangel Raphael and Barachiel sealed and trapped them deeper than even in the Earth, hoping to prevent that they would ever rise again.

The Earth became the eternal jail of the Old Ones, meant to trap them for so long that they would not ever be capable to rise again, however, this would soon proved useless, since the Old Ones were still capable to use their minds powers and together, they started to plan their escape.

### Corruption

As they managed to open a way to the world, the Great Old Ones started to corrupt all the formes of life in their way, however, to avoid being detected as it had happened before, they chose at first to corrupt the minds of animals and plants, planning to slowly bring a corruption among them, making them the cause of many pestilence and disease, which would later bringing a great augmentation in the ranks of the Riders of the Apocalypse. As the diseases continued to spread, the top came with the Black Plague, where humanity started to ask to God for help to be saved.

The Great Old Ones took advantage of this and they whispered inside the minds of these people, especially Druids, who belived that nature was punishing them unfairly. The Great Old Ones continued to corrupt humanity until many Druids and Shamans chose a different path: instead of serving nature, they would have force Nature to serve them. From this, the Dark Druids were born as servants of the Old Ones.

The Old Ones continued to corrupt the world, but they always ordered their disciples to wait and to never reveal who they really served, since it was necessary to free the Outer Gods to restart the invasion and to bring the darkness in the Universe.

## Characteristics

The Great Old Ones are described as being smart and dangerous beings, with incredible and advanced mental powers, capable to bind the will of many to their bidding. In fact, the Old Ones are mostly known not because of their dark powers or their monstrous appearence, but for their skill into manipulating the minds of others, having orchestrated countless events to bring the Earth closer to corruption and for creating the Vampire God Absalom. The Old Ones are cunning and their mind is rather unique, making them immune to many emotions such as fear or remorse, making them the ultimate expression of what evil truly means.

The Great Old Ones are also seen by many as deities, with many creatures being fearful of them, since they are capable to make you insane, using every mental torture an indidual could possibly device. Even the However, they also know how to hide their tracks, since they have bound and corrupted to their will cities, animal and plants, all without dragging unwanted attention, showing a genious intellect.

## Known Great Old Ones

### First Generation of Great Old Ones

* Cthulu
* Hastur
* Itaqua
* Dagon
* Mordiggian

### Second Generation of Great Old Ones

* Yig
* Byatis
* Tsathoggua
* Cthugha

## Powers and Abilities

* **Biokinesis -** The Great Old Ones are capable to disfigure an individual without taking too much effort: in this way, they created many Darklings and this is also how Absalom was created, turning an Angel into a monstrous vampiric like being.
	+ **Pain Inducement -** By just waving a hand, an Old One is capable to cause a tremendous amount of pain, killing with little effort even the strongest creatures.
* **Fatal Countenance -** Due to their monstrous and unnatural appearence, watching the true form of a Great Old One is lethal to the many creatures. Even Primordial Species Entities can be greately affected by it, although it cannot kill them.
* **Immortality -** The Old Ones are one immortal and they will live forever, unless someone kills them, however, doing this will also seriously damage the Earth, since the Old Ones are linked to it.
	+ **Nigh-Invulnerability -** The Great Old Ones are very difficult to kill: they are immune to any human weakness and they can resist many weapons that would kill even more powerful beings than them. Their strange nature allows them to resist even some Primordial Species attacks, although they will eventually die after a while. The Great Old Ones are among the most resilient beings, capable to use their powers also to resist certain attacks better than before.
	+ **Super Healing Factor -** The Great Old Ones posses a very advanced molecular level, to the point where they can even regenarate mutulated parts with ease. The Great Old Ones are nearly impossible to destroy physically and their healing factor also makes them capable to regenarate many wounds that would normally kill beings that can match their power.
* **Mental Manipulation -** The most dangerous ability of the Old Ones is how much they are capable to affect the minds of those around them, to the point where they can corrupt individuals with ease and make them monsters: the Old Ones have corrupted and enslaved many beings and even Absalom, a Seraph. The Great Old Ones are capable to bring people to madness and they can also use this power to become very persuasive, since they were capable to turn Druids and Shamans into Dark Druids and Dark Shamans, making them the very things they had sworn to destroy.
	+ **Insanity Inducement -** Due to their nature, the Old Ones are capable to drive people closer to insanity by just being closer to them, destroying their mind in the process. In fact, the Old Ones are seen by many as one of the most skilled race into bringing people to madness.
	+ **Parafrosýnikinesis -** The Great Old Ones are very skilled into manipulating the insanity of their opponents, using their appearence and their powers to draw their opponents completely insane: at full power, an Old One can even permanently destroy the mind of an individual, bringing him back permanently to the same level of a baby.
* **Reality Warping -** The Old Ones are capable to manipulate all the reality to a much higher level than many other beings, to the point where they can even change the logic of the world. The Old Ones are capable to affect reality on a scale that is very close to Primordial Species Entities, although they cannot achieve their same level of ability.
* **Shapeshifting -** The Great Old Ones have incredible shapeshifting powers, so much so that they can cause people to go insane by changing their physical appearence countless times. The Old Ones can appear as either human beings or they can reveal a portion of their true self.
* **Super Stamina -** As the offsprings of the Outer Gods, the Great Old Ones are immune to any human need such as food, drinking and sleeping.
* **Super Strength -** The Great Old Ones are among the strongest beings in the world and they can tear apart even First Sphere Angels and defeat even many Half Breeds with ease, showing a tremendous level of strength.
* **Telekinesis -** The Old Ones have immense telekinetic powers and they are capable to use it in many different ways, allowing them to even chocke or snap the neck of their opponents, killing hundreds of foes in seconds.
* **Telepathy -** The Old Ones have immense telepatic powers and they are capable to read and hear the voices of hundreds of creatures at the same time without being driven insane by it.
* **Umbrakinesis -** As descendants of Shelob, the Great Old Ones are capable to summon vast amounts of darkness to their aid and use it to kill many Angels with ease and to consume and destroy everything around them.
* **Unnatural Presence -** The Great Old Ones possess a poisonous aura that infects their surrounding areas, rendering them barren and sterile.

## Weaknesses

### Harming, Weaking, Banishing and Trapping

#### Beings

* **Angels -** Although Angels cannot kill the Great Old Ones, they can harm them seriously and even stop some of their powers, especially when they are using their Light Attribute powers.

#### Items

* **Hive Mind -** Although the Great Old ONes are among the strongest Darklings, they must still obey the will of the Outer God or the Great Old One that created them.
* **Light Attribute -** The Great Old Ones are highly vulnerable to Light powers, which can seriously harm them. The second generation in particular is highly affected by Light, but even that of First Sphere Angels is not powerful enough to kill them.
* **Magic -** Magic can be used to trap the Great Old Ones, but it would require a very hard time.
* **Poor Concealment -** When someone come close to an Old One, they will feel their unique aura, since their mere presence is more than enough to affect reality, however, this does not work if the Old One is speaking from great distance.

### Killing or Destroying

#### Beings

* **Cosmic Entities -** The Fragment of a Primordial Being can destroy any Old One with ease.
* **Higher Half Breeds -** Powerful Half Breeds can defeat many Great Old Ones, but only those as powerful as a Primordial Species Entity can kill any of them with ease.
* **Messiah -** The child of a Primordial Being can kill any Old One with ease.
* **Primordial Beings -** Any Primordial Being can destroy all the Great Old Ones.
* **Primordial Species Level Entities -** Beings like Archangels, Archdemons, Outer Gods, Grim Reapers, Apocalypse Horsemen, Protogenoi, Elemetal Emperors, Dragon Aspects, Chronologistes and Monarches are capable to defeat any Great Old One, although they can match some of them if they join forces.
* **Top Tier Beings -** Beings like Oberon, Lilith, Cain, Seraphiel and others stands a chance against all Old Ones except for Chtulu, but it would still be a hard fight.

#### Items

* **Primordial Weapons -** Weapons used by Primordial Beings can kill any Great Old One.
* **Primordial Species Weaponary -** Weapons used by Primordial Species can kill any Great Old One, but only if they strick through the heart, otherwise the wound will just heal.
* **Vice of Cain -** Even when empowered by just one Mark, this weapon can kill any Great Old One with ease.