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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The world is named after the collective term for the various beings that reside on Earth or the system it is located in, known as the Great Old Ones. | * The world is named after the collective term for the various beings that reside on Earth or the system it is located in, known as the Great Old Ones. | ||
** | ** {{Transient icon|Tsathoggua}}, {{Transient icon|Dagon}}, {{Transient icon|Cthugha}}, {{Transient icon|Hastur}}, and {{Transient icon|Y'golonac}}are considered Great Old Ones in the mythos. | ||
*** {{Transient icon|Azathoth}}, {{Transient icon|Nyarlathotep}}, and {{Transient icon|Yog-Sothoth}} are in the group called Outer Gods as they reside beyond the Earth's system. | *** {{Transient icon|Azathoth}}, {{Transient icon|Nyarlathotep}}, and {{Transient icon|Yog-Sothoth}} are in the group called Outer Gods as they reside beyond the Earth's system. | ||
*** {{Transient icon|Nodens}} is an Elder God, benevolent beings that created the Outer Gods and trapped the Great Old Ones. | *** {{Transient icon|Nodens}} is an Elder God, benevolent beings that created the Outer Gods and trapped the Great Old Ones. | ||
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** {{Transient icon|Tindalos}}, named Hounds of Tindalos, were created by the author Frank Belknap Long and were properly codified into the Cthulhu mythos by August Derleth; described as beings of unimaginable form that lurk in the angles of time, hunting those that dare try to trespass it. | ** {{Transient icon|Tindalos}}, named Hounds of Tindalos, were created by the author Frank Belknap Long and were properly codified into the Cthulhu mythos by August Derleth; described as beings of unimaginable form that lurk in the angles of time, hunting those that dare try to trespass it. | ||
** {{Transient icon|Hastur}} was created by Ambrose Bierce; a vaguely octopoid figure that takes many forms and half-brother of Cthulhu. | ** {{Transient icon|Hastur}} was created by Ambrose Bierce; a vaguely octopoid figure that takes many forms and half-brother of Cthulhu. | ||
** {{Transient icon|Y'golonac}} was created by Ramsey Campbell; his true form is unknown, but when he possesses a human host to manifest, he appears as a grotesquely obese man with no head or neck and a mouth in the palm of each hand. | |||
* {{Transient icon|Dagon}} originated from a deity in [[Canaan]] of the same name. | * {{Transient icon|Dagon}} originated from a deity in [[Canaan]] of the same name. | ||
* {{Transient icon|Nodens}} has connections to the world [[Tír na nÓg]] through his basis in Irish folklore, Nuada. | * {{Transient icon|Nodens}} has connections to the world [[Tír na nÓg]] through his basis in Irish folklore, Nuada. | ||