The Tokyo Afterschool Summoner's interpretations of the Great Old Ones and how it ties into their source material - a thread

To preface: I don't know anything about this game or its characters, really. I'm just using the wiki. Why am I covering it, you ask? L..Lomvecrmaft.....

Starting with Azathoth, the Representative of this particular class. Representatives are the ultimate power of their respective world, representing a particular concept they're adept in. He's the ultimate creator of all of the worlds, fitting in with his role in the mythos as the

ultimate creator of life. His aesthetic is based around virtual reality games using which he projects an avatar. In the mythos, Azathoth is constantly sleeping and gives orders presumably through avatars. As for the design, since Azathoth has no confirmed form (it's based on

whoever's looking at him) it's hard to make design comparisons, but ya got the tentacles, which is really the most important part

Cthugha isn't actually one of Lovecraft's creations, but rather one of August Derleth. He appears as a great ball of pulsing and twisting fire, which is reflected in his form, a red dragon, which are usually fire-breathing. Also, I'm probably reaching a bit, but his character as

sort of naive and manipulatable could be a reflection of Cthugha's second appearance in The Dweller in Darkness, in which the protagonists attempt to summon and use him to kill or otherwise fight off an avatar of Nyarlathotep. That's about it, unfortunately, given there's not

much on Cthugha to begin with. Onto Dagon, the Pillar of the Old Ones. Dagon is the name for a Canaanite/Mesopotamian god of fertility and also one of Lovecraft's creations, Father of the Deep Ones, and isn't actually an Old One himself, funnily enough.

Dagon rests at the bottom of the sea and cultivates worshippers in an attempt to free Cthulhu from his resting place. His classification as an ocean architect in Housamo is reflective of how the Deep Ones built grand structures under the water (such as R'lyeh) and many of his

lines are demanding sacrifices or something similar, something the Esoteric Order of Dagon (the cult that worshipped him) did often in The Shadow Over Innsmouth. As for design, he's mostly just a regular guy, but notable are the fins on his arms, which fit cause he's.. a fish.

Onto Nyarlathotep, my personal favourite from the mythos. Starting with backstory, Nyarlathotep in Housamo and Nyarlathotep in the mythos are roughly the same; travelling performers with the ability of incredible influence and a desire to just kind of chill. On the design front,

bundles of hands are often symbols of influence or control and Nyarlathotep in the mythos is often described as writhing or grabbing, as if with hands. Also I could stretch and say Nyarlathotep's avatar skin is usually black and his fur is black but..

As for Nyarlathotep's lines.. umm... well.. yaknow. he's gay

Tsathoggua, the Sleeper of N'kai! A creation of Clark Ashton Smith, he's described as incredibly lazy and barely ever moves even if disturbed. This is paralleled in Housamo Tsathoggua's nature as a 'hikikomori', or shut-in. The description of Tsathoggua in the mythos varies

between Lovecraft and Smith, with Smith describing him as being short, like a toad and having short fur while Lovecraft described him as being gargoyle-like, with thousands of legs. As for the slime creatures that follow him in Housamo, those have a direct parallel to his

formless spawn in the mythos, amorphous goo creatures that shapeshift to serve their master. They also reside within a basin at Tsathoggua's temples, much like the pot he carries around in Housamo!

Now.. I'd say onto Yog-Sothoth, but it appears he's either not implemented yet or there's no information on him on the wiki. Plus his design's a little too hot for Twitter, so I guess this is the end of the thread? Boring.

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