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Revision as of 17:19, 28 January 2023
Found a spell that invokes this being on March 12, 1925.
Dr. Victor Lester remembers seeing a poster for the great Nyarlathotep during the group dream he shared in New York. The more he thinks about it, the more he remembers many posters plastering the walls of the post-apocalyptic world entreating everyone to come see the great Nyarlathotep[1].
Mary Elise St. Dennis' research uncovers references to him being a messenger, like Hermes or Loki[2].
A conversation with Amery Wendy-Smith on March 15, 1925 connects Nyarlathotep to several other referenced beings. See aka section below.
Research on the G'harne Fragments written by Amery Wendy-Smith connects the Nyarlathotep name again to several other beings. See aka section below.
Also Known As
God of the Bloody Tongue (name is from Africa, but with cults in many far flung cities) worshiped by the Cult of the Bloody Tongue
King of the Night (sometimes called the Black King or Lord)
God of the Black Wind (in Kenya and Australia)
Spiraling Worm (in the Belgian Congo)
The Black Pharaoh (in Egypt) Worshiped by the Brotherhood of the Black Pharaoh
Ndura Oteba, The Sender of Great Illness (in Somaliland and Abyssinia)
Sand Bat, Father of All Bats, or The Black Wind by Aboriginal tribes in Australia
The Crawling Chaos named so by Robert Huston
Dark man named so by Robert Carlyle but has an upside down forehead ankh that is a reference to The Black Pharaoh
Skill Checks