Editing The Gods of Polesia (section)

==The Old Ones==

These being creatures so much more powerful than mortal races as to seem like true gods in might and span of life. Creatures with forms of madness and monstrous minds, they like the Primals care little more about humanity than a king cares about the ants in his forests.

'''Cthulhu, The Dreaming God, Lord of R’lyeh, The Highest Priest of the Outer Gods (CE):''' We all know who he is. Domains are Chaos, Destruction, Madness, and Void.

'''Cthugha, Fiery Vampire of the Stars, Elder Flame (CE):''' More of monster occasionally summoned by fools than a true deity, he’s made of fiery energy and sucks the life out of any he encounters. His domains are Chaos, Evil, Fire, and Destruction.

'''Chaugnar Faugn, Horror of the Hills, The Elephant God (CE):''' A regional “deity” worshiped mostly in Dhumarja’s less inhabited portion of the Ganju Forest, most of the time he looks like some horrific statue of an anthropomorphic elephant, until he needs to feed. Domains are Chaos, Evil, Death, and Destruction.

'''Eihort, Shub-Niggurath’s Handmaid, The Crawling Womb (CN):''' A monster who does not accept worship but rather hosts for her monstrous young, looks like a bloated sack on hundreds of insectile legs. Domains are Animal, Chaos, Destruction, and Madness.

'''Father Dagon, The Shadow in the Sea, The Fisher From Below (CE):''' The demon lord patron of the deep ones and many other aquatic races. Domains are Chaos, Evil, Destruction, and Water.

'''Hastur, He Who is Not Named, The King in Yellow, Master of Carcosa (NE):''' A great shapeless mass concealed mercifully beneath a tattered yellow cloak, said to be from a distant star. Hastur is one of the most powerful and least understood of the Old Ones, but one thing that is clear is that, like Nyarlathotep, it has a concerning amount of interest in the world of Polesia. Most of his followers come from nobility, or aspire to nobility, decadent souls who cloak themselves in secrecy and perform vile rites both to satiate their dark hungers and in the name of their patron. His domains are Destruction, Evil, Madness, and Rune.

'''Ithaqua, Wind Walker, Elder Wendigo (NE):''' The oldest known windego who haunts the far north of Antanides, though he can quickly go anywhere in the world that he wants. Domains are Air, Evil, Madness, and Weather.

'''M’har, Ethavos, The Thundering Fire, The Burning Heart (CN):''' A monstrous worm like creature that lurks in the heart of Mt. Keitos, but can also erupt from any mountain. Domains are Destruction, Earth, Fire, and Vengeance.

'''Magdos, The Forbidden Scholar, Unwanted Answer, The Riddle of Insanity (CE):''' This monstrous creature may possibly be an avatar of Yog-Sothoth or one of Nyarlathotep's many forms, yet it seems at times to work against both entities and furthers separate and unknowable goals. It does not seek to invade the material world or to possess followers, but rather to impart potentially harmful knowledge on all who seek his seemingly limitless incites or who accidentally hear his insane whispers. Acting more like a twisted oracle than a true patron, Magdos demands heavy prices in return for his priests' powers that are often confusing and seemingly random. Sometimes he might ask one to murder a homeless vagrant at a specific time and place, other times he may demand that a seemingly mundane object be transported to a city and delivered at an inn where no one is waiting to collect it. Whatever the demand, it must be followed through without delay or one might start noticing strange shapes following them in the shadows and at the edges of thought. Since he seems to dwell in a dark place, few people have actually seen Magdos fully, and those that do are rarely the same person afterwards, as if the Old One's very appearance somehow unlocks some cosmic puzzle in their psyche. The scattered reports detail the smell of sulfur, a great writhing bulk amidst impossibly long ropy appendages, and great yellow eyes with slitted pupils. Domains are Chaos, Evil (Corruption), Knowledge, and Travel (Exploration).

'''Nyarlathotep, Kelim-Shetek, The Crawling Chaos, The Haunter in the Dark, The Black King, the Dark Protean, Larva of Azathoth, et al (CE):''' The Avatar/agent of Azathoth, he functions like the devil, trying to corrupt and destroy everything around him, never in the same form twice. Domains are Chaos, Darkness, Evil, Knowledge, Madness, Magic, and Trickery.

'''Xamen-Dor, The Star Seed, The Fallen Messiah (NE):''' This monster fell from space millions of years ago amidst some remote mountain range where it has bided its time, though with the rise of the mortal races it has become strangely active, creating a cult of undead-like creatures. Death, Evil, Plant, Trickery