The Many-Angled Ones

### Aliases

The Cosmic, The Great Old Gods, The Ones That Are One, They Who Watch From Behind, The Legion

### Creator(s)

Morpheus

> We will never discover why they exist nor we will we succeed in defeating all of them. **I know too much... And The Legion still lives.**
>
> **Edward Nalence**

**The Many-Angled Ones** are an unknown quantity in the known universe. They are terrifying and unending. They have no rhyme or reason and prey on humanity for an unknown purpose other than reminding them that they are there; lurking within the shadows of humanities lives. They exist between the reality of what we see and the curtains behind it all. They are a legion and manipulate humanity to drive them insane, forcing them to die in their names or suffer worse fates. The Many-Angled Ones are everywhere yet nowhere. They have their own agendas and schemes, unfathomable to humanity. They exist within the pit of fear and the summit of imagination. And humanity may never know why The Many-Angled Ones do what they do. What is known about them is that they were here **before God** and they will be here **long after**.

## **Subsects**

As **Ethan Graves** has begun to investigate The Many-Angled Ones and utilized the pantheon contacts he has managed to scrounge some knowledge of how The Many-Angled Ones operate and who is in-league with who. Using H.P. Lovecraft's books as a "lore guide", Ethan uses the method Lovecraft created to generate a semi-understandable grouping of these beings.

### **Elder Gods**

The Elder Gods are extraterrestrial beings that exist beyond the scope of comprehension but seemingly are benevolent, or at the very least, will assist humanity when it serves them.According to lore, they are historically seen as beings that resemble those of pillars of fire and being inimical to "evil gods" such as The Great Old Ones or Great Ones. The notable members are Vorvadoss and Nodens.

### **Great Old Ones**

The Great Old Ones are unique, malevolent beings who reside in the darkest reaches of Earth. The ones that have attacked, harmed, or intercepted humanity are historically Great Old Ones. According to Lovecraft's writings and **Edward Nalence'**s discovery of R'lyeh, they were beings who ruled the Earth as malevolent Gods and Kings. Notable members include the alleged Cthulhu, The Unbecoming, and Hastur. Their emissaries include **Armie Luther** who serves The Unbecoming, **Hurr Sherman** who works for Hastur, and **Ambrosia** who allegedly serves Cthulhu, however this is unknown.

### **Outer Gods**

The Outer Gods are beings of cosmic significance who are more powerful than the previous two subsects as they operate as a they are located beyond the confines of what humanity consider to be the universe. They reside beyond the dimensional plane that humans walk on but quite a few have taken up residence on Earth. Notable members include The Nameless Mist, Nyarlathotep, and Yidhra.

## **Known Attackers**

According to H.P. Lovecraft's writings, there countless of Many-Angled Ones but only a handful of ones have actively begun to disrupt the natural order.

### **Zo-Kalar**

Zo-Kalar is considered to be one of the "Great Ones", a subsect within The Many-Angled Ones that are subservient to The Outer Gods. Zo-Kalar has only appeared once and it was under the command - allegedly - of Cthulhu who took the distraught Edward Nalence to The Velvet Room in 1935. Zo-Kalar has seemingly no allegiance outside of The Outer Gods.

### **Magnum Innominandum/The Nameless Mist**

The Nameless Mist an immensely powerful entity that is the progenitor of many of the other Many-Angled Ones and prominent member of The Outer Gods. His presence and subsequent power was enough to terrify Tobe Nwigwe, renowned witch-doctor into swearing an oath of neutrality. According to what wisdom was imparted onto Tobe by The Nameless Mist, he is the great-grandfather of Cthulhu or, as described by The Nameless Mist, "Kin to He Who Sleeps Under The Sunken City."

### **Nyarlathotep/The Great Nothing**

Nyarlathotep, or The Great Nothing for short, is the combination of darkness and the vast nothing that is the empty void. His powers are vast and indescribable and he is one of the many powerful Many-Angled Ones to exist. He is noted for his deEthan-long feud with Katherine Merlyn, his ongoing encounters with Ethan Graves, and his relentless assaults on humanity.

### **Vorvadoss/Who Waiteth in the Outer Dark (deceased)**

Vorvadoss was an Elder God, son of Nodens, who fell from grace and preyed on humanity. He would appear as a hooded figure shrouded in darkness and with green flame eyes. Through Ethan, Bastet, and Sekhmet, Vorvadoss was killed. This marked the second time humanity killed a Many-Angled One.

### **She Who Devours Light (deceased)**

The real name of She Who Devours Light was never revealed but she looked ghoulish in nature. Her strength was uncanny and she revealed herself to be a member of The Outer Gods as she caused an eclipse during the French Revolution. Nocturna killed her on the eve of the eclipse, just before she plunged Earth into eternal darkness and entropy.

### **Yidhra/What Lurks Among The Dunes (deceased)**

Yidhra or What Lurks Among The Dunes was a powerful Outer God that was worshipped by death cults as a beautiful, awesome and terrible Earth-mother who resided within The Mojave Desert. Known for her penchant to absorb life-energy from humans to remain immortal, she nearly killed Ethan during their encounter. However, Yidhra was later killed by Ambrosia and The Necronomicon when Ethan was saved by **Bruiser Brigade**.

## **References**

1. ↑ Occult Studies Volume I
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 They Called For Me, By Name
3. ↑ And Then There Were None
4. ↑ The World Is Going Up (In Flames)
5. ↑ Frīgidus Was the Ground
6. ↑ For Whom The Bell Tolls
7. ↑ Nocturnal Was the Night
8. ↑ What Lurks Among The Dunes