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The '''Star-Spawn''' are otherworldly beings who serve eldritch gods from beyond the stars. They have been written about in various texts on [[Terra]] and by [[Mordenkainen]] on [[Oerth]] in [[Greyhawk]]. | |||
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== History on Terra == | == History on Terra == | ||
It is said that the Star-Spawn of Cthulhu arrived on [[Terra | Earth]] sometime after the [[Elder Things]] | It is said that the Star-Spawn of Cthulhu arrived on [[Terra | Earth]] sometime after the [[Elder Things]] (more than 1 billion years ago) and likely before the arrival of the [[Flying Polyps]] (600 million years ago). They are said to have come from some far-off region of space, or from another dimension entirely. They fought wars against the Elder Things, eventually arriving at some kind of armistice and a division of territory. | ||
In ''At the Mountains of Madness'', the narrator, Dr. William Dyer, describes an alien race (who looked vaguely octopoid) who came down to the earth from "cosmic infinity" to wage war on the Elder Things. Dyer himself says that these alien octopoids and the Star-Spawn of Cthulhu are probably the same beings, so most other occultists, xenobiologists, and other scholars just assume the Star-Spawn look very squidy. They're often portrayed as looking like tiny Cthulhus, so that's kinda fun. | In ''At the Mountains of Madness'', the narrator, Dr. William Dyer, describes an alien race (who looked vaguely octopoid) who came down to the earth from "cosmic infinity" to wage war on the Elder Things. Dyer himself says that these alien octopoids and the Star-Spawn of Cthulhu are probably the same beings, so most other occultists, xenobiologists, and other scholars just assume the Star-Spawn look very squidy. They're often portrayed as looking like tiny Cthulhus, so that's kinda fun. | ||
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I'm not sure why Cthulhu wants this, but hey, he's the big squid, not me. | I'm not sure why Cthulhu wants this, but hey, he's the big squid, not me. | ||
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== Endnotes == | == Endnotes == | ||
<ref>"Don't talk to me or my son ever again"</ref> | <ref>"Don't talk to me or my son ever again"</ref> | ||
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