#the great old ones

[ibrithir-was-here]

All the Eldritch Monster High Kids together: Helen Vaughn, Wilber Whateley, and Marigold

@see-arcane , thank you again for the wonderful idea of Marigold, “Mean Girl-ing” these three, and the ichor line xD

#my art #monster high #monster high OCs #the great god pan #arthur machen #the dunwich horror #hp lovecraft #the king in yellow #robert w chambers #the yellow wallpaper #charlotte perkins gilman #Helen Vaughn #wilbur whateley #the great old ones #yog sothoth #hastur #(even though the king in yellow isn’t really technically hastur but whatever wider tag range) #(I suppose for that matter Chambers pulled Carcosa from Ambrose Bierce so I guess Lovecraft can head canon too) #(I mean I am for the wallpaper connection xD ) #the yellow sign #have you seen the yellow sign? #literary horror monster high #helen vaughan

[spacebarbarianweird]

Hi, saw your Archfey warlock headcanons and since I made a foul mouthed elven durge who was a great old one warlock can I have some headcanons for Astarion x Great Old One Warlock? Wrote that the eldritch patron relies on her making blood offerings for their pact.

I am playing the Great Old One Warlock in one the DnD campaigns and I am a sucker for Lovecraftian Horror! Couldn't resist to write it!

There is a list o Great Old Ones you can choose as your patron. Ghaunadaur, Dendar, Zargon, Kezef, Moander. All equally ancient, evil and insane.

Masterlist

Headcanons

Astarion x Great Old One Warlock!Tav

Your patron is a mysterious entity whose nature is completely alien to the fabric of reality.

Unkillable and utterly insane.

An eldritch abomination.

You have been cursed with the pact when you were a child.

Something saved your life and made you a warlock.

Erasing your memories in the process.

You have no idea who your patron is.

What is the price of your abilities?

And what will happen to you once you are in debt?

You were cast away from your home.

"You reek of unimaginable horrors," the elders said. "Begone!"

You want to suppress your magic, you don't want to use it.

But here and there you have to protect yourself.

And the creature you belong to grants more and more spells for you to use.

Phantasmal Force, Dominate Person, Summon Aberrations...

In exchange, you lose your sanity.

The madness grasps your mind and forces you to do awful things - murdering, torturing, and using the most disgusting spells on people you love.

By the time you are kidnapped, you've become a hermit, barely speaking to anyone for ages.

"You have this aura of desperation," Astarion notices, trying to get past your guard.

"No way," you bitterly chuckle.

But you like having someone by your side, to forget madness at least for a night.

The patron casts nightmares upon you forcing you to see the Abyss and dimensions so terrifying a mortal mind can't apprehend it.

One night you wake up restrained in Astarion's tent.

The vampire looks terrible, he has burns and bruises, and his hand is broken.

You attacked him in your madness and he barely survived.

"Now you tell me everything. Everything you know," he orders.

You want a break-up. You can't let him die from your hands. He won't become a sacrifice to your evil master.

He brushes it all off. He will help you. You are in this together.

But you need to find who is your master.

Astarion teaches you Abyssal - the language of the evil deities and demons of the Abyss.

"I actually was thinking to summon one of those evil bastards to set myself free. But the language is so profane and cursed I never dared to use it."

You fear to see your master. You have been looking for answers all your life but you know you won't like them.

You make a treaty with Rafael to betray the Emperor but once you try to sign the papers with your blood, the devil refuses to keep the deal.

"You are already bound with the force I don't want to have anything in common. Cazador's profane ritual is just fae magic in comparison with your servitude."

But you can't allow the Emperor to control the Absolute.

You summon your patron, spewing words in Abyssal.

The world around you disappears.

You are floating in the primal darkness.

And you finally see it.

Your master.

Zargon.

The Devourer in the Depths, the Invincible Tyrant.

You aren't told the reasons, the purpose. It's all beyond your comprehension.

You are given the powers to save the world from Mindflayers, but it comes with a price.

Zargon the Returner is back to the Prime.

With you as its loyal devotee and priest.

You lose yourself to madness.

You remember who you are. Who you were. But there is nothing left of the person Astarion fell in love with.

You are someone utterly evil, someone he can't even recognize.

"Are you even the one I loved?"

You force him to stay with you. You can do it as Zargon's warlock.

You stripe Astarion of his freedom, his free will, making him your consort and forcing him to see the horrors you at your patron's orders.

He runs away. At least once a year. You let him do it before sending one of your slaves after him.

"It's not real you. It's not you"

Decades pass and the cult of Zargon spreads through Faerun with its unholy rituals.

Astarion still hopes the person you once was is locked somewhere. He just needs to set you free.

Even if it means challenging the Great Old One.

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#spacebarbarian headcanon #astarion #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 astarion #bg3 #astarion romance #astarion bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #astarion headcanon #astarion headcanons #astarion x tav #astarion x you #astarion x reader #tav x astarion #dnd warlock #baldurs gate 3 astarion #astarion ancunin #the great old ones

[windsweptinred]

The relationship between the Archangels and the Endless needs to be explored more! I mean, for eons of existence that was the all powerful neighbourhood. Just God and his darling four/seven archangels (depending on what relgious tradition you're going with) and the family next door, Father Time and Mother Night and their brood of Endless babies... Both trying to win the award for multiverses biggest train wreck of a family. Long before humanity started dreaming up their own disaster pantheons for them to play with.

And then what? Did the Great Old Ones pop into existence and it was like, there's quite enough drama here without your special brand of chaos thank you! Goodbye!

Or are they related, if we go with Supernatural the Darkness is God's sister. Is that it? Is Mother Night God's Sister? Father Time is actually N'yog-Sothep, The Nameless Mists (Mists of Time... Get it? 😆) Which means they're all cousins.. And doesn't that quite frankly explain SO VERY MUCH! Just one cosmic, calamity family that needs serious therapy ... Does Hob want to study psychology for his next life jump? Set up as a supernatural family therapist so his bae can have some occasional peace and sanity. 😆

These families were their own personal soap opera long before humans popped into existence... I need to discuss theses things!!

#the sandman #Supernatural #lovecraft #The endless #the archangels #The great old ones #dream of the endless #hob galding #In this essay we shall discuss...

[pseudo-lovecraftian]

Zu-Che-Quon, The Dark Silent One

#eldritch #hsichenart #my art #mythical creatures #nephren klamm #nephrenklamm #cthulhu #the great old ones #cthulhu mythos #lovecraftian #the dark silent one #god of death

[victusinveritas]

#the great old ones

[ambientworld]

#ambient #dark #lovcraft #chtulhu #the great old ones #bandcamp #Bandcamp

[foxs0x]

A rough doodle of my Drow Tav, Istdrin

He's a sorcerer/warlock and his patron wants him to seek out forbidden knowledge. He doesn't know why or to what end, but he likes the power that comes with it.

He started off romancing Astarion in my game, then I fell in love with Karlach and the rest is history.

#bg3 tav #bg3 fanart #baldurs gate tav #tav #my tav #dnd drow #drow oc #drow #lolth sworn drow #seldarine drow #warlock #the great old ones

[chewsyourfate]

The Great Old Ones

Cosmic Primacy:

The Great Old Ones are ancient beings that hail from distant corners of the universe, predating the emergence of humanity. They represent a primordial and chaotic force that exists beyond the comprehension of mortal minds.

Vast Power:

These entities possess incredible supernatural abilities, often capable of warping reality, manipulating time and space, or exerting control over the fundamental forces of the cosmos. Their power is immense and awe-inspiring, far surpassing the capabilities of ordinary mortals.

Alien Forms:

The Great Old Ones have diverse and often indescribable physical forms. They can manifest as colossal, monstrous beings, with grotesque mixtures of human, animal, and alien features. Their appearances are often accompanied by a sense of unease and horror, challenging the limits of human perception.

Indifference to Humanity:

The Great Old Ones are indifferent to the affairs of humanity. Their motivations and goals are unfathomable, and they exist on a scale that renders human existence insignificant. The mere presence of a Great Old One can invoke a sense of cosmic insignificance and existential dread.

#the great old ones #the lore

[spinel-loving-geek]

Spinel sheds tears of terror as she stands in the presence of the great old one...CTHULHU!!!

Art belongs to MazkelArts.

#spinel steven universe #spinel #su spinel #art #fanart #cthuhlu #the great old ones

[lisascraftycrafts]

Please welcome our lord and savior Cthulhu! If you would like to get the Great Old One, it's available on my website!

#yarn #crafting #handmade #crafts #craft #crochet #doll #plush #plushie #amigirumi #cthuhlu #the great old ones #halloween

[billanony-art]

Atlach-Nacha & Yibb-Tstll

My IG @Billa.sketch

#Atlach-Nacha & Yibb-Tstll #Atlach-Nacha #Yibb-Tstll #lovecraft #lovecrafian #hp lovecraft #the great old ones #billa nony #billa nony art #procreate

[lesdeuxmuses]

The Great Old Ones - Cosmicism (Season Of Mist, 2019)

#the great old ones #season of mist #2019 #Youtube

[theminecraftbee]

also btw, for the new hermitcraft fans who haven’t been around for the turn of one season to another before: get excited! I cannot overstate how much the creative energy is entirely reinvigorated and how FUN watching the “brand new server” episodes are when they first come out like START OF SEASON TIME IS SOME OF THE BEST HERMITCRAFT TIME. get hyped for that!!!!

#hermitcraft #to be clear: you can be sad season 10 is over this is not me saying don’t be that #this is me saying BUT THERE ARE MANY GREAT THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO SOON #DONT BE ONLY SAD. THE END OF ONE THING IS THE START OF ANOTHER ONE! #it’s like a forest fire. you’ve gotta burn the old to get some good new growth.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Lan Wangji Goes To Lotus Pier AU: Part 3: Enveloping Feelings.

(Part 1, Part 2, Part 4 (soon))

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #lan wangji #Yungmeng Jiang training arc AU #I wanted to try out a different paneling style for this one - sorry I'm a day late! (there will still be a post tomorrow to keep on track) #The original 3 panel comic idea was fine but the point of this new schedule was to take time to push myself a bit more. #I was taking a look back through some comic artists I felt inspired by #and I really loved how Lynda Barry fills her gutters with patterns and doodles! #Obviously I'm not going as absolutely wild with it as she does but it was a great exercise! #I truly think the gutters are the most important and most overlooked part of any comic. There's lots going on in that space. #It's the same with timeskips. The implied movement between moments that we don't see changes depending on how wide that gap is #You're here for the funny tags so here's some that ties this time talk together: #I think LWJ was thinking about that second note from day 2 but it took him 7 days of hazing to commit it to paper. #I think he sends it a day later and immediately regrets it. Chasing down the messenger and everything. #You know if something actually happened to his brother he would never ever forgive himself for putting the bad vibes out there. #Third time skip was the hardest because there was so many possible flavours of jokes here. Day 8/9 was a personal favourite. #day 14 was also funny (week by week). I think the debate on 'how long does lwj take to catch feelings' is more or less: #'how long does it take for him to arrive at a particular stage of grief and yearning (and awareness of it all) #This is a symphony. There is an act by act structure. Every day he is fighting to keep his old sensibilities. He is losing so badly. #(I'll be returning to the main comic soon but there is more of this AU to come!)

[northernfireart]

woohoo to me staring a new sketchbook:))) I customized the cover myself just because. yeah

#NEW NEW BRUSHPEN!!!! #I finally found the one. the one I like and can afford #and since my old brushpen is noticeably lighter it looks great when I need to make a nice block of black(that doesn't fight the lineart) #but still make it artsy #life is great #doctor who #dw fanart #dr who #dw #doctor who fanart #tenrose #doctor x rose #timepetals #ninerose #doctor donna #the doctor #10th doctor #12th doctor #14th doctor #tenth doctor #twelfth doctor #fourteenth doctor #rose tyler #Donna noble #ninth doctor #9th doctor #northernfire art

[horizonjv]

Cthulhu (The Great Old Ones)/Carnage

#art #drawart #drawing #artwork #amatureart #art detail #art style #artdraw #sketchpad #sketch #justartwork #just art #drawdrawdrawdraw #cthulu #the great old ones #marvel carnage #drawdrawdraw #sketch drawing #sketching #drawingartwork #art details #amature artwork #amature art #sketch draw #sketching sketching #sketched