Yog-Sothoth
Yog-Sothoth
The Old Ones were, the Old Ones are, and the Old Ones shall be. Not in the spaces we know, but between them, they walk serene and primal, undimensioned and to us unseen. Yog-Sothoth knows the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the key and guardian of the gate. Past, present, future, all are one in Yog-Sothoth. He knows where the Old Ones broke through of old, and where They shall break through again. He knows where They have trod earths fields, and where They still tread them, and why no one can behold Them as They tread. . . As a foulness shall ye know Them. Their hand is at your throats, yet ye see Them not; and Their habitation is even one with your guarded threshold. — H. P. Lovecraft In our dimensions the transcosmic entity known as Yog-Sothoth appears as a conglomeration of iridescent globes. These globes undergo continuous motion and reorganization, shifting, flowing into one another, and breaking up to coalesce again. The globes are not always attached to one another, and may spread over quite a large area. Even primitively-equipped investigators can contact Yog-Sothoth. However, this entity is notoriously dangerous, and non-specialists should avoid contact. Prolonged or indeterminate contact with YogSothoth has been demonstrated to be deleterious to the local continuum (Fallworth, 1928).
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Yog-Sothoth is one of the cryptic Old Ones, whose contact with humanity has fortunately been minimal of late. It is unknown whether Yog-Sothoth is a representative example of those beings. Unfortunately scant data suggests that contact with any Old One is most inadvisable (cf. Mustoll 1984, 1987). Habitat : Yog-Sothoth primarily inhabits an interstitial zone between various dimensions and planes, rendering it coterminous with all time and space. Distribution : Yog-Sothoth can be encountered anywhere in this universe. Life and Habits : even in ancient texts, Yog-Sothoth is the Opener of the Way and the provider of strange wisdom. This attribute was confirmed by Hutchinson (1864); most hard metaphysicians still routinely turn to Yog-Sothoth as the key intermediary for reconnaissance and exploration of otherwise inaccessible interstellar bodies and dimensions. Our knowledge of Yog-Sothoth and the other Old Ones is at present so minimal that printed speculation concerning origin, powers, rank, or significance would be disinformational. Distinguishing Yog-Sothoth : •
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Shub-Niggurath is a vague mass, not a series of discrete spheroids.
