Old Ones

The Gods of the Obtrude Species, who are said to have brought them here. It is theorized that these beings are somehow children of the Primordials who formed in the Primordial Aether before the Big Bang. Each God is associated with a school of magic, and two divine domains - and each brought with them an obtrude species as a servitor race.

The eight Old Ones are listed below:

***Abul***, The Unclean represents the school of Necromancy, the divine domains of Death and Nature, with a servitor race of Trasgu.

***Azzat***, The Creator represents the school of Transmutation, the divine domains of Light and Tempest, with a servitor race of Nefil.

***Seax***, The Desirous represents the school of Enchantment, the divine domains of Life and Trickery, with a servitor race of Janus.

***D'ael***, The Render of Veils represents the school of Conjuration, the divine domains of Arcana and Knowledge, with a servitor race of Tuatha.

***Rath***, The Destroyer represents the school of Evocation, the divine domains of Tempest and War, with a servitor race of Uft.

***En'Jaar***, The Messenger represents the school of Illusion, the divine domains of Trickery and Death, with a servitor race of Svart.

***Chav***, The Mother represents the school of Abjuration, the divine domains of Nature and Life, with a servitor race of Silvan.

***Yog***, The Traveler represents the school of Divination, the divine domains of Knowledge and Arcana, with a servitor race of Polu.

## OLD ONES SECRET

The **Old Ones** are not what people think. They are beings so powerful and ancient we cannot begin to comprehend their true motives... but we know our well-being is not among them.

The eight Anteon are listed below:

***Abul***, The Unclean represents the school of Necromancy, the divine domains of Death and Nature, with a servitor race of Trasgu. In truth, it is ***Abhoth***, The Source of Uncleanliness. It is a horrid, dark gray protean mass and is said to be the ultimate source of all miscreation and abomination. Obscene monsters constantly form in Abhoth's gray mass and crawl away from their parent. No two of Abhoth's children are alike. In general, they are complex life forms, but the majority of them are simple-minded, acting on impulse. Their forms can be anything from amorphous blobs and singular body parts, to queer humanoids and monstrous mutants. Abhoth's tentacles and limbs grab many of them, pulling them back and devouring them. Most of those that escape simply wander off, only a few of them tend to their sire's needs. Abhoth has a twisted and cynical mind, and can communicate telepathically with others near him.

***Azzat***, The Creator represents the school of Transmutation, the divine domains of Light and Tempest, with a servitor race of Nefil. In truth, it is ***Azathoth,*** The Blind Idiot God. There can be no definite description of Azathoth because everybody envisions him differently and he is always changing. There is evidence the physical manifestation of Azathoth in the universe is continuous with a spot in the central region of the galaxy, the supermassive black hole at the center.

***Seax***, The Desirous represents the school of Enchantment, the divine domains of Life and Trickery, with a servitor race of Janus. In truth, it is ***Cxaxukluth,*** The Illimitable Androgynous Desire. It sometimes has an Insectoid form, but is usually in a unameable, amorphous form. The Second Epistle of Eibon unto his Disciples, or The Apocalypse of Eibon reports that Cxaxukluth divided itself into a masculine and feminine aspects, the masculine was called Nug, the feminine being called Yeb, and then produced their various offspring together. This text also refers to Cxaxukluth prior to the split.

***D'ael***, The Render of Veils represents the school of Conjuration, the divine domains of Arcana and Knowledge, with a servitor race of Tuatha. In truth, it is ***Daoloth***, The Render of the Veils. It dwells in dimensions beyond the three we know. His astrologer-priests are said to be able to see the past and the future and even how objects extend into and travel between different dimensions. Daoloth's indescribable shape causes viewers to go mad at the sight of him; thus, he must be summoned in pitch-black darkness. If not held within some kind of magical containment, he continues to expand and expand—perhaps even at an infinite rate. Those enveloped by the god are transported to utterly bizarre and remote worlds, usually perishing as a result. Daoloth's worship is rare on Aarde. One request that can be made to Daoloth, magically contained, is to view things as they really are, not as our veiled senses perceive them. The sight is more than one can bear.

***Rath***, The Destroyer represents the school of Evocation, the divine domains of Tempest and War, with a servitor race of Uft. In truth, it is ***Ghroth***, The Wandering Destroyer. It is an Outer God that resembles a rust-colored moon with a single gigantic red eye that it closes to avoid detection. It's made up of molten iron, ash, and gas, and splitting the surface are cracks or faults. Below its crust are vast seas, which are used to form a giant eye. It drifts throughout the universe while singing its siren song, The Music of the Spheres. Any Great Old Ones or Outer Gods sleeping on a planet it's passing is awakened by its call. As it gets closer to a world, the planet experiences natural disasters in the form of erupting volcanoes, tidal waves, earthquakes, changing tides, and horrific storms.

***En'Jaar***, The Messenger represents the school of Illusion, the divine domains of Trickery and Death, with a servitor race of Svart. In truth, it is ***Nyarlathotep***, The Messenger. It appears as a tall, lean man of dead black coloration but without the slightest sign of negroid features: wholly devoid of either hair or beard, and wearing as his only garment a shapeless robe of some heavy black fabric. Nyarlathotep differs from the other deities in a number of ways. Most of the Outer Gods are exiled to the stars, like Yog-Sothoth and Azathoth, and most of the Great Old Ones are sleeping and dreaming like Cthulhu; Nyarlathotep, however, is active and frequently walks Aarde in the guise of a Svart, usually a tall, slim, joyous man. He has "a thousand" other forms and manifestations, most reputed to be quite horrific and sanity-blasting. Most Outer Gods use strange alien languages, while Nyarlathotep uses human languages and can easily pass for a human being if he chooses to do so. Finally, most of them are all-powerful yet evidently without clear purpose or agenda, yet Nyarlathotep seems to be deliberately deceptive and manipulative, and even uses propaganda to achieve his goals. In this regard, he is probably the most human-like among the Outer Gods. Nyarlathotep enacts the will of the Outer Gods, and is their "messenger, heart and soul", "the immemorial figure of the deputy or messenger of hidden and terrible powers" He is also the servant of Azathoth, whose fitful, spastic wishes he immediately fulfills. Unlike the other Outer Gods, spreading madness is more important and enjoyable than death and destruction to Nyarlathotep.

***Chav***, The Mother represents the school of Abjuration, the divine domains of Nature and Life, with a servitor race of Silvan. In truth, it is ***Shub-Niggurath***, The Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young. One of the few Anteon with a gender, she is a perverse fertility deity, said to appear as an "evil cloud-like entity". An enormous mass which extrudes black tentacles, slime-dripping mouths, and short, writhing goat legs. Small creatures are continually spat forth by the monstrosity, which are either consumed into the miasmatic form or escape to some monstrous life elsewhere.

***Yog***, The Traveler represents the school of Divination, the divine domains of Knowledge and Arcana, with a servitor race of Polu. In truth, it is ***Yog-Sothoth***, The Key and the Gate. Yog-Sothoth knows the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the key and guardian of the gate. Past, present, future, all are one in Yog-Sothoth. He knows where the Old Ones broke through of old, and where They shall break through again. He knows where They have trod Aarde's fields, and where They still tread them, and why no one can behold Them as They tread. Yog-Sothoth is a cosmic entity and Outer God. Born of the Nameless Mist, he is the progenitor of Cthulhu, Hastur the Unspeakable and the ancestor of the Voormi. There seems to be a common agreement that Yog-Sothoth visually manifests as a mass of glowing orbs, with eyes or tendrils in some versions, and in others simply the orbs. It is heavily implied, if not outright stated, that Yog-Sothoth is omniscient, and is locked outside the universe, meaning he can know and see all of space-time all at once, which means there is no secret hidden from Yog-Sothoth. His Polu Servants are the only race that remembers the truth of the Anteon.