Cthulhu

"*I did what it took to save my city. All of that is futile however...When you cannot save yourself.*" - Cthulhu to Cronus

**Cthulhu, the Great Dreamer,** is an Outer God and the second-in-command of the Great Old Ones. He is the current ruler of the Deep Ones and R'Lyeh. He is also the half-brother of Hastur and the biological brother of Kthanid.

## History

Cthulhu was once the leader of Relex, Carcosa, but before that, he was born as a nobleman in Neruzavim, and enlisted as a soldier, which as a result, got him banished from the upper class. However, Cthulhu defected to the side after Relex as a result of countless atrocities committed by the Neruzavim soldiers. His defection resulted in the Relex military fighting the Neruzavim military. However, his defection resulted in his entire family of nobles being imprisoned or killed. The only exception was his younger brother, Hastur, who was raised under the nobles who adopted him. Cthulhu promised to free his younger half-brother from the Carcosan nobles. However, his defection and actions in the war between Relex and Neruzavim led him to become a great hero in the eyes of the citizens. However, Relex was a shoreside village, and the rising sea level from the melting ice caps doomed Relex. Most of the citizens of the town, knowing the port town would be submerged in a few years, left and Relex had become a ghost town. Cthulhu, refusing to leave the city, continued to preside over the town. However, someone he met promised that the city of Relex still could continue. Cthulhu asked him how that was possible, and the being remarked that Relex could become an underwater civilization. Cthulhu, smart enough to understand that this was an exchange and not a simple act of kindness, asked what he wanted. The man revealed to him his alias, "Daemon Sultan," and requested he become one of his Chosen. Having been a soldier, Cthulhu had been used to serving, so he accepted. In the years that had passed by, the city of Relex was completely submerged and christened R'Lyeh. Cthulhu created the Deep Ones from the marine life and presided over the city with assistance of Dagon and Mother Hydra, Dagon's consort. Cthulhu's status allowed him to go and find Hastur, who he promised himself to free so many years ago. Cthulhu instead however, found Hastur waiting for him. They met for the first time and greeted each other. Cthulhu asked Hastur if he enjoyed living as a noble, to which Hastur replied with disgust toward the former lifestyle. Cthulhu was most shocked to hear about the family Hastur had raised, and asked for an introduction. Upon their return, Neruzavim was destroyed. Cthulhu accompanied Hastur while the latter mourned the loss of his family. Cthulhu agreed to help Hastur destroy the Primordial Kinship, but promised it would be best to rely on the aid of their new peers.

## Personality

Unlike Hastur, Cthulhu is efficient, blunt, and modest. He despises ego and overconfidence and never lets it get the best of him. As the ruler of Relex, he did only what he did in the interest of his own people and not himself. When he recognized the chance of being able to preserve his kind even in the face of their inevitable demise, he was more than willing to accept it.

## Physical and Mental Analysis

Mech and Anthropos have done a hypothetical analysis on Cthulhu, here is what they've found:

* The Daemon Sultan's gift to Cthulhu was access to the Dream Realm, a realm where he could sleep and rule over the Abyss, the darker half of the Dream Realm. He is revered so much by the Dream Realm's denizens that no one dares enter, lest they meet a watery grave.
* Cthulhu wields a Greatsword called the Trench Splitter and a Greatbow called Tsunami.
	+ The Trench Splitter can split seas and create Trenches within Oceans.
	+ The Tsunami can create enormous waves just from the force the arrows are shot.
* Cthulhu is physically the strongest Outer God aside from Ptmak and the Daemon Sultan.
* Cthulhu has many disagreements with his half-brother Hastur, it is said that they were estranged prior to them reuniting as members of the Outer Gods.
	+ Cthulhu and Kthanid are on better terms, although they disagree with each other's methods.