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Rhan-Tegoth
Rhan-Tegoth is on of the Great Old Ones, a group of unique, malignant beings of great power in the fictional cosmology of the Cthulhu Mythos by H. P. Lovecraft.
First introduced in his short story "The Horror in the Museum", Rhan-Tegoth is described as a fifteen foot tall enormous insect, with a tremendous barrel-shaped trunk with six appendages ending in claws-like pincers, and a near-spherical head covered with hair-like filaments or feelers, a tentacle-like proboscis and three small, beady eyes.
Just like spiders, Rhan-Tegoth feeds by sucking out the blood and liquefied innards of its victims, the bodies of which are crushed and disfigured by the great strength of the monster.
First introduced in his short story "The Horror in the Museum", Rhan-Tegoth is described as a fifteen foot tall enormous insect, with a tremendous barrel-shaped trunk with six appendages ending in claws-like pincers, and a near-spherical head covered with hair-like filaments or feelers, a tentacle-like proboscis and three small, beady eyes.
Just like spiders, Rhan-Tegoth feeds by sucking out the blood and liquefied innards of its victims, the bodies of which are crushed and disfigured by the great strength of the monster.
The King In Yellow
"The King in Yellow" is some kind of terrible, otherworldly alien god in Robert W. Chambers' collection of interconnected short stories, first published in 1895.
This enigmatic entity, cloaked in tattered yellow robes, is both a symbol and a harbinger of madness, often associated with a forbidden play of the same name. The mere existence of the King in Yellow and his dreadful realm induces an eerie sense of dread and foreboding, driving those who encounter him to the brink of insanity. Its machinations appear born of a limitless desire for domination.
As noted by Mr. Wilde in "The Repairer of Reputations": "The ambition of Caesar and of Napoleon pales before that which could not rest until it had seized the minds of men and controlled even their unborn thoughts ... he is a king whom emperors have served."
This enigmatic entity, cloaked in tattered yellow robes, is both a symbol and a harbinger of madness, often associated with a forbidden play of the same name. The mere existence of the King in Yellow and his dreadful realm induces an eerie sense of dread and foreboding, driving those who encounter him to the brink of insanity. Its machinations appear born of a limitless desire for domination.
As noted by Mr. Wilde in "The Repairer of Reputations": "The ambition of Caesar and of Napoleon pales before that which could not rest until it had seized the minds of men and controlled even their unborn thoughts ... he is a king whom emperors have served."