Ogdru Jahad

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> I want you to realize why I never want to fight those abominable creatures again. It's not that they won't die because it's more like they can't, but they are the antithesis to all of creation. If they get out of their prison, order would collapse at the seams.
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> Metatron.

The **Ogdru Jahad**, also known as the **Outer Gods** or the **Seven Gods of Chaos,** are a group of beings that defy human and celestial imagination. They are stated to be among the most powerful beings conceived in the primordial nothingness that predated the universe, rivaling beings like the Primordials themselves.

## History

Their origins are widely unknown, but scholars believe that the Ogdru Jahad are comprised from fragments of the original primordial Chaos that existed before anything else in the universe. Before the creation of existence, an ancient battle between Azathoth and God is believed to have taken place. When Azathoth was brought forth from the shadow that God cast unto Chaos, Azathoth used Chaos to form pieces of itself that turned into separate entities known as the Outer Gods, commissioned to be the main fighting force in the battle against the forces of God. Ultimately, God had prevailed and the Almighty imprisoned Azathoth and its creations.

However, it soon became apparent that God was unable to truly destroy the Ogdru Jahad. While He was successful in destroying a few, the rest proved to be immune. According to the archangel Gabriel, since the Ogdru Jahad are in actuality the ultimate representations of the great unknown, depravity, and chaotic nothingness, they cannot be truly destroyed due to the fact that one cannot simply destroy "nothing" and something that exceeds the understanding of even the likes of a celestial being. Consequently, God had to imprison the Ogdru Jahad in the confines of the realm known only as the "Outerverse" which is the space that exists outside of our physical universe, and is only ever accessible to God Himself and whoever holds the Right Hand of Doom.

However, it was revealed by their followers that very few lesser Outer Gods have taken residence on Earth, but are currently inactive. Despite the fact that the Ogdru Jahad are imprisoned, their influence still lingers throughout the cosmos. And that is evidenced through their "soul" and herald, Nyarlathotep and even later formed the Ogdru Hem. The Ogdru Jahad serve a cosmic function that their children do not and although they may be worshiped as gods by madmen and heretics, they care little for such things and are dedicated to their tasks without question. The old empire of Lemuria appeared to know about the Outer Gods, referring to them as the Ogdru Jahad, but did not worship them.

## Description

Their chaotic and highly destructive characteristics make the likes of even the Great Old Ones seem tame in comparison. While the Ogdru Hem represent the vast unknown confines of space, the Ogdru Jahad exceed that, as they are metaphysical manifestations of the deep and bottomless charts of the universe, the likes of which would utterly shatter a human's mind.

Whilst the Archangels battled them and thus knew of their existence, they were so ancient and mysterious that the likes of demons, angels, monsters, and even many deities did not believe that they existed. Both Heaven and Hell thought it to be a "myth" or "scary bedtime story", told to keep others in line. The only other angel, aside from the archangels, that is aware their existence and where they are is Metatron, who swore an oath to not breathe a word of their existence to anyone unless told to by God. The archangels even admitted that they would rather fight the Ogdru Hem again than to face the Ogdru Jahad in combat for a second time. This implies that the Ogdru Jahad possessed power that either rivals or even overwhelms the Archangels, even ones as old and powerful as the likes of Michael and Lucifer. The Ogdru Jahad are also infamously known for creating the Ogdru Hem, a collection of abominable alien races that would later come to be known as the **Old Ones**.