#eldritch gods

[nyxshadowhawk]

By explodinglobstercomics

[skullywullypully]

I like cosmic horror a normal amount. 😊

[cosmicourple]

dumb A.U where Odysseus is actually jst the aspecty-but-mostly-reincarnation of a very ancient n very Eldritch Deity of shadows, shadow play, morals n haunting memories, ironic tragedy, all that creepy / unnerving cryptid stuff bla bla bla,, and. Yeah, they always kinda. knew what they were / are but never felt the need to do anything w/ the info (mostly bc their true form is in a good ol’ coma deep in the depths of the Underworld so they don’t rlly feel their ‘normal’ self + they’ve never been giving a good enough reason 2 to start using their Eldritch Entity Powers :3)

until,,,,,, Thunderbringer. Idk why only then Ody’ would decide “ight that’s it, I’ve had enough” but I’m just thinking of a cool scenario w/ Neal Illustrator’s animatic where, right in front of Zeus’s face, Ody’ stills, then transforms. In a simple swish in motion, shadows dart under Odysseus, him dropping into the shadows, then whooshing out, ink black feathery tendrils swaying close besides their his unrecognisable form, flowing up, up, up with him into the air before snapping into them, gently pulsing inside them, his now haunting humanoid! owl face as white as porcelain, hair now a smooth yet ruffled mess of thick black feathers and plumage, their all consuming eyes burning like sparks into the amusing look of horror on the King of Gods face,,,,

The First Great War was Not Good For The Woods.

The First Great War was Not Good For Pan Of Whom They Followed.

These Disruptions by The Godlings Are getting Troublesome to Deal With.

How Inconsiderate Of Them

…and then. Andthentheyfucked—-

[little-bitch-frog]

I think dogs would be way more chill than us if they saw an eldritch god

We go incomprehensibly insane and those little fuckers are gonna be wagging their tails ready to play fetch with whole galaxies or some shit

Honestly, respect, I strive to be that totally awesome and chill

[psplf]

how would humans see the eldritch gods? would we fear them? would they understand us? do they even think in a way we can understand? do they know the warmth of the morning sun? do they know love like we do? do they fear us too? do they go to their 9-5 office job too?

[ivyprism]

"Once a temple, now a tomb... Step to me? I bury me. Light the match and walk away. I'm done with everything."

Archemoros warns as he flinches from your touch.

[dissonantia-goddess-of-chaos]

Rimilda, Bastard Daughter of all Great Ones: [ageless]

"All sounds range in tone, yet silence rings the loudest... Child of many, yet child of none... Bastardized child of a wedlock marriage, born into the world by empty womb... Birth by the blood of the limitless mother of all and her harem of souls... Parasite of the eggs of a whore, a holy nun, and an undead queen who lost her young to creatures untold... Fed by the blood of all cursed creatures of the night... Bonded to the blood of all Great Ones... Wrapped in the silver silk of arachnids... Fall, fall, fall into the arms of your mother, young Guardian of Yharham... Bare the face only They could love, with three pairs of wings to soar and quadruple the arms to wield your blades... And forever protect your name, O' Great One Rimilda."

Dissonantia— disguised as a hunter with a sickle + chain whip as her merge weapon, wearing a victorian era metal alicorn mask (like how Elise the Crow wears a bird mask) that has a curved horn, empty eye sockets and nostrils, and it's mouth is agape so Dissonantia can breathe out fire— created an "embryo" made out of her blood and the DNA of all of her spouses, the ovums of a whore (Adriana), a nun (Adelle), and a queen (Yharham), the blood of the drunken (almost every "normal" enemy in the game), a drop of blood from every Great One, and protected by the spiders' silk to form an artificial womb.

Rimilda was born similar to a butterfly, crawling up the side of the cocoon and slowly stretching and spreading out her feathered wings after ripping out of the spider webbing at the bottom, the fluids from her artificial womb pouring out.

Her face similar to Twisted Alice Angel from BATIM and BATDR, with the deformed side of her face covered with eyes and blemishes. Her right eye is a pale blue with a visible pupil, while her left eye is slightly swollen and completely black.

She has a forked tongue that acts similar to reptilian tongues.

Her body shape is slim and petite, half as tall as the Orphan of Kos. She has the same skin tone as him.

She thinks of him as an older brother figure.

She is mute most of the time, only talking to those who are worth her time.

She has six wings similar to Mergo's Wet Nurse, but with many shiny black eyes on them.

She has four arms, with the upper ones stretched out adorned with larger hands.

She has a serpent tail similar to the Godskins from Elden Ring.

Slimy purple snakes and black leech-like tendrils can come out of her mouth during a five-second grapple attack, biting the player and taking their health by 10 points.

She can be heard humming the Winter Lanterns' song from time to time.

She can form a blood whip by using her old umbilical cord that's attached to a bloody spiked morningstar. (Link)

She was given an unbreakable lanternflail. (Link)

She is constantly hungry, and often snacks on dead corpses to avoid eating the living if there isn't actual food nearby.

Her hair is made out of Kos's hair tentacles that slowly turn into black snakes at the tips. (Link)

She can become a giant hydra dragon (search up "false hydra") when "defeated" for the first round of a battle. (Link)

[cassandraxiv]

Saving this for worldbuilding purposes

Apparently a part of the reason why farmed bees stay in the beehives that humans build for them is because the farm hives are safer and sturdier. I don't know how a busy Discord server's worth of bugs that only have one brain cell each would logically conclude that the humans protect them from outside threats, illness and parasites, but if I understood right, the bees would be free to move away and build a new nest somewhere else any time they'd want, and they simply choose not to.

You know how in almost every culture, people have some concept of "if I sacrifice something that I made/grew/produced to the Gods, they will ward me and my harvest from evil"?

So, in a way, don't the bees willingly sacrifice a part of their harvest to an entity not only far greater than them, but nearly beyond their comprehension, in exchange for protection against natural forces wildly outside of their own control?

So tell me, beekeepers, what are you to your bees, if not a mildly eldritch God?

[hinamie]

trick or treat!

[nyxshadowhawk]

Hot take: Azathoth is just the Neoplatonic idea of the One, but with scary language.

[smak-annihilation]

this is just what happens in terraria when you forget to contain the evil biomes. like you go fishing for a quest to get a crafting component for the thingamabop or the goobers gizmo and the next thing you know the world is devoured by an ancient sickness that originated from the body of a dead eldritch god-like being. and there is like 3 different biomes that this applies to

While the Hero(es) was/were busy grinding crafting XP and rescuing kittens from trees, the plot was advancing and the evil grew.

[skullywullypully]

Sure the eldritch old gods are strong, but can they draw hands?

[cosmicourple]

Your reincarnated elderich horror Odysseus gave me a spark of an idea based on that au, but it’s kinda silly so I apologise in advanced for this.

Long ago before Hera, Zeus had a lover, a minor but powerful god of potential that challenged Zeus and was constantly at odds with him. However, that rivalry later turned them into lovers, with the small god being the few who can openly criticise Zeus and get away with it, though sometimes they suffered from a few… steamy punishments courtesy of Zeus.

However, that all changed when one day, a remnant of the Titans’ army killed them and cursed the god to reincarnate, always being able to reach their fullest potential but at the cost of tremendous suffering. And if they were to remember their past through talks about them or falling in love with Zeus, they would die painfully after a day. Zeus tried and tried to save his lover but no matter what, he’s forced to watch them suffer over and over until he’s unable to take anymore of the pain and gave up, making sure no one mentions their lover again before he eventually married Hera. Only the eldest of the pantheon knows of the god of potential’s existence and connection to Zeus.

Later on, during the Trojan war, as Zeus ordered Odysseus to kill the baby, he realised that this was his lover reincarnated. Even after trying to give up on his lover, he can’t bear the thought of making him suffer by him, the few times he did to other reincarnations are sins he can never forgive himself for. So, he lets Odysseus keep the baby after Ody found a loophole in the prophecy, and a minor part of Zeus’s heart squeezed painfully upon seeing that he still has their wit.

And Zeus, he can’t look away. He knows what will happen, he knows that Odysseus is going to suffer but despite Zeus wanting to pull away once more, the guilt that had built up over the years made him stay and watch.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

omg YES THIS LOOKS LIKE SUCH A FUN TAKE ON MY THOUGHTS 🤩🤩🤩 HEHESZDDSAAAAFVV

ooooo The God Odysseus Used to Be being a mysterious yet powerful Deity that was in cahoots w/ Zeus while also being his rival is SOO— *squeaking noises*

Auggggggggg the Tradgey is rooted far, far Deeper in Ody’s’ Blood than he would of liked it ta’ be oof 😔

SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS— NOOOOOO NOT THE BABY😭😭😭 ZEUS BEING FORCED TO ONLY LOOK NOT TOUCH AS ODYSSEUS DOOMS HIMSELF TO SUFFER YET AGAIN IS JUST—- AGFBFGGGGFFFFFFVFASAFFF

YES. JUST YES.

eats this ask like soup made of guts n blood >:)

[kentnaturaltribrid]

Shrunken Eldritch in Wekastics colors. I was playing around in the mind with some of the sizes but to fit them onto a 4 by 6, especially with the time at hand it wasn’t much to do. Except for that had basically not much of the time for the weekend so may only be getting about 2 or 3 of these done within a few days time if I have the extra time on hand.

[astroturf-enthusiast]

The Ties that Bind, and the Light that Beckons

[muffinlovingbirb]

Tales of Dungeons and Starvation