Petohtalrayn

**Petohtalrayn**, was the youngest and supposedly one of the weakest of the Outer Gods which are *the oldest and most powerful* of all the Cosmic Horrors.

Unlike a majority of his kind, he was not killed or banished following the events of the Protas-Cosmic Horror War and still freely roams the worlds of the Spiral, however he is known for favoring The World and Earth.

## Physiology

No one knows what **Petohtalrayn's** true form is, he is called the 'God of a Thousand Forms' with good reason. He is partial to a few forms however such as his human disguise which usually varies based on his backstory for the disguise as well as his restrained god form.

The Black God-King

## Behaviors

#### Served By

* Albaonafh, The Noiseless Hounds
* Lilit
* The Patriarch
* The Servitors of the Outer Gods: Like the other Outer Gods **Petohtalrayn** has a population of this race that attend to and serve his needs.

#### Effects on an area

**Petohtalrayn's** mere presence induces madness and insanity to mortals, this effect is limited to his more eldritch form with his human avatar form being able to full mask this effecrt.

## Abilities

* **Eldritch Physiology**: **Petohtalrayn** was an eldritch abomination, a being whose very existence defies the rules of nature and/or existence and is defined by its disregard for the natural laws of the universe as we understand them. He wielded godlike powers and are, for the most part, was not bound by the laws of the universe. His true form cannot be grasped by mortal beings and may be interpreted differently by different individuals/species, with others creating a collective delusion of their form. These interpretations can range from the unusual to the awe-inspiring, to the mind-shatteringly terrifying. It is rare, but not unheard of, for the presence of such a being to benefit the universe it currently inhabits.
	+ **Alien Mind**: The inner workings of **Petohtalrayn's** mind differ greatly from what could be considered "normal" or "sane" by the standards of most living things.
	+ **Contagious Influence**: **Petohtalrayn** can taint those around him with a physio-psychoactive influence that can twist and warp their very appearance and mindset to whatever **Petohtalrayn** desires.
	+ **Fanaticism Inducement**: **Petohtalrayn** could induce fanaticism, the belief in something with uncritical zeal or obsessive enthusiasm.
	+ **Incomprehensible Form**: **Petohtalrayn** possessed a true form that others cannot grasp with their mind.

### Personal Abilities

* **Collective Unconscious**: **Petohtalrayn** is the collective unconscious will of the Outer Gods, particularly Zsch-Kar. It embodies all that Zsch-Kar's unconscious thoughts and desires and act as an impartial executor of its will.
* **Divine Wind Manipulation**:
* **Eldritch Being Manipulation** (Hunting Horrors)
* Existential Manifestations/Multi Hive Mind - Thousand Masks of Petohtalrayn
* **Madness Aspect Manifestation**: **Petohtalrayn** possesses the ability to embody or be empowered by different causes of insanity.
	+ **Chaos**: Abject anarchy, one of the most prominent forms madness can take on. With absolutely no form of structural stability to hold the world in place, all things in the universe in any universe are thrown completely out of balance. Absolute freedom of stability will always lead to absolute discord in the end.
	+ **Despair**: Despair. Depression. To be without hope is to live without a reason to live. When you look in the mirror, despair gazes back at you. Gaze too hard into the mirror and the urge to shatter it will only grow.
	+ **Evil**: Evil. The very notion of it can drive those seeking it to unparalleled extremes, people compelled or corrupted by malefic acts are renown for hysterical nature or causing mass pandemonium for their own cruel ends.
	+ **Fear**: Fear. The word itself fills users' heart with it. Fear makes them question the loyalties of others and themselves, it makes user take irrational actions against anyone who might be against them.
	+ **Fraud**: Lies & deceit, a cruel, cruel way to predominantly lose touch with reality. With so many lackluster truths living in a time of falsehoods, individuals can forget what is deemed fact and what is TRULY fact, not artifice, as told from another's view entirety distorting our own.
* **Mental Manipulation**: **Petohtalrayn** can manipulate the mind, the mechanism of proceeding information and set of immaterial facilities that are linked to it. They can create, control, customize, negate and otherwise fashion parts and functions of mind as perception, desires, thoughts, beliefs, memories, emotions, attention, personality, behavior and intelligence in variety of ways.
* **Omnifarious**: **Petohtalrayn** has complete and absolute control over their own ***physical*** being, allowing them to manipulate their shape, density, size, quantity or to be solid, liquid, gaseous, or pure energy. They can spread their form into smaller segments that keep their ability to transform and recombine as they wish. The user can take any form that they can imagine, independently from the laws of Physics and Logic.
* **Powers Via Object**:
* **Soul Embodiment**:
* **Subordination Manipulation**:
* **Total Mimicry**:
* **Transcendent Connection**:
	+ **Psionic Godhood**:
		- **Psycho Warping**:
* **Transcendent Mage Physiology**:
	+ **Eldritch Magic**:
	+ **Ultimate Alchemy**:
* **Treachery Embodiment**:

### Gaunter O'Dimm (Avatar Form)

* **Conctract Bestowal**: **Petohtalrayn** as his avatar **Gaunter O'Dimm** has the ability to give a power, object or change an event through an agreement.
* **Time Stopping**: **Petohtalrayn** as his avatar **Gaunter O'Dimm** has the ability to stop time while being unaffected themselves, or may also allow others to be unaffected. If the user moves before this ability ceases, it would appear to everyone that the user teleported. **Gaunter O'Dimm** activates this ability by snapping a wooden spoon.
* **Wish Granting**: **Petohtalrayn** as his avatar **Gaunter O'Dimm** has the ability to make limited wishes come true. With this ability, he can fulfill some wishes and dreams, creating or destroying many things according to those wishes or dreams.

## Trivia

* A rare rumor names Gaunter O'Dimm as one of Petohtalrayn's avatars or forms but this has not been confirmed.

## Notes

* **Petohtalrayn** is based upon H.P Lovecraft's Nyarlathotep, evidenced by his name being the Crawling Chaos true name backwards..
* The existence of **Petohtalrayn** is a personal iteration inclusion for the fanon by Adalwulf of Aedirn, as such their existence in the fanon is not 'definitive' and is subject to the decision of inclusion in others head canons.
* **Petohtalrayn** is free to use in stories and articles, all I ask is that you honor the lore present.