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Cthulhu dwells in the corpse-city of black R'lyeh, sunken deep beneath the surface of the Pacific. Cthulhu is in a sort of living death while there, but someday the city will rise, freeing him to raven and slay across the world. In the city are also entombed other members of Cthulhu's race. Cthulhu is evidently the high priest and ruler of them all and is by far the most potent.
Cthulhu's cult is the most widespread and popular cult of all the Great Old Ones on earth. The cult doctrines are as follows: Cthulhu plunged from the stars with his kin and built a great prehistoric city at R'lyeh, ruling the world. When the stars changed and their continent sank beneath the sea, the city and its inhabitants fell into a death-sleep where they await their reawakening by members of Cthulhu's cult. When R'lyeh rises above the waves, members of the cult will be required to come to it and open the vast black door behind which Cthulhu waits, when he will awaken and rise to revel across the world in wild abandon with the faithful.
Entire tribes worship Cthulhu, from remote Eskimos to degenerate Louisiana swamp-folk. He seems to be most worshipped among sea-folk, or beings that live near the sea. He is served by the beings known as the Deep Ones as well as the octopoid things known as his Spawn.
Cthulhu's cult is prehistoric in origin, and has several variants. Cthulhu himself has many names, most of which can be traced back to their original form. Two of his known names are Tulu and Thu Thu.
Description: "...A monster of vaguely anthropoid outline, but with an octopus-like head whose face was a mass of feelers, a scaly, rubbery-looking body, prodigoious claws on hind and fore feet, and long, narrow wings behind. This thing... was of a somewhat bloated corpulence... It lumbered slovveringly into sight and gropingly squeezed its gelatinous green immensity through the black doorway." --The Call of Cthulhu, by H.P. Lovecraft.
Cthulhu's cult is the most widespread and popular cult of all the Great Old Ones on earth. The cult doctrines are as follows: Cthulhu plunged from the stars with his kin and built a great prehistoric city at R'lyeh, ruling the world. When the stars changed and their continent sank beneath the sea, the city and its inhabitants fell into a death-sleep where they await their reawakening by members of Cthulhu's cult. When R'lyeh rises above the waves, members of the cult will be required to come to it and open the vast black door behind which Cthulhu waits, when he will awaken and rise to revel across the world in wild abandon with the faithful.
Entire tribes worship Cthulhu, from remote Eskimos to degenerate Louisiana swamp-folk. He seems to be most worshipped among sea-folk, or beings that live near the sea. He is served by the beings known as the Deep Ones as well as the octopoid things known as his Spawn.
Cthulhu's cult is prehistoric in origin, and has several variants. Cthulhu himself has many names, most of which can be traced back to their original form. Two of his known names are Tulu and Thu Thu.
Description: "...A monster of vaguely anthropoid outline, but with an octopus-like head whose face was a mass of feelers, a scaly, rubbery-looking body, prodigoious claws on hind and fore feet, and long, narrow wings behind. This thing... was of a somewhat bloated corpulence... It lumbered slovveringly into sight and gropingly squeezed its gelatinous green immensity through the black doorway." --The Call of Cthulhu, by H.P. Lovecraft.
Now all of you lose 1d10 sanity in the face of this forbidden lore... or just 1 point if you've already been aware of most of this.
