Hahdremro
I've been running a D&D campaign for a while, and I have a few ideas for it here and there, but nothing I've created there is as interesting to me as Xyndith-Ghol, a Great Old One based on Hermaeus Mora. He's the patron of the party's warlock at the moment, and I've been having fun with him.
Xydnith-Ghol, Keeper of Tomes, Knower of the Unknowable, Holder of the Impenetrable Secrets
A Great Old One, depicted as a writhing tangle of long, thin limbs that end in spindly, skeletal fingers, all seething around an amorphous mass of eyes and eyestalks of every imaginable shape. Every one of the hands is holding a book that one of the independently moving eyes is focused upon. He speaks in paradoxes and riddles, his will unfathomable and his machinations unending. He often traps mortals in his Eternal Library, the realm in which he exists, which is made up of infinite rows of bookshelves arranged in a vast building with non-Euclidean architecture.
Xyndith-Ghol has knowledge on every possible subject, ranging from the mundane and insignificant to the impossible and cosmic. He shares this information when he believes it will benefit him, whether in the short- or long-term, although his goals are unknown to all but himself. He often shows himself to downtrodden scholars and seekers of knowledge who have been forgotten by society, and promises to guide these lost souls, granting them power and limitless information if they will do his bidding. Rarely, he will gift these individuals with inhuman abilities, and urge them to achieve great accomplishments in his name.
He believes that mundane and arcane knowledge alike are meant to be shared among those who can understand it, but there is much knowledge that may damage the minds of the unprepared. Often, Xyndith-Ghol treats his followers as students, with the end goal of bringing them into his realm to learn of information that they might not have previously been capable of comprehending. He trains his acolytes to become resilient to the impossible and paradoxical truths of the cosmos, so that their minds do not shatter upon receiving such revelations. Sadly, many followers of Xyndith-Ghol are too eager to discover such forbidden knowledge, and their unprepared minds are torn asunder by the incomprehensible facts they seek.
Xyndit-Ghol has obvious influences from Hermaeus Mora of the TES series, but I'm hoping to tie him in with the Cthulhu mythos as well. Perhaps he is the offspring of Yog-Sothoth and Shub-Niggurath? Might as well go with that. It would explain the knowledge aspect that's so inherent to his character. He's more interested in spreading knowledge, and although he doesn't yet have a complete grasp of all knowledge yet, he's always striving to learn as much as possible from his Eternal Library. Like any good librarian, he doesn't know everything, but he knows where to find it.
Hahdremro
February 27, 2018 |
I've been running a D&D campaign for a while, and I have a few ideas for it here and there, but nothing I've created there is as interesting to me as Xyndith-Ghol, a Great Old One based on Hermaeus Mora. He's the patron of the party's warlock at the moment, and I've been having fun with him.
Xydnith-Ghol, Keeper of Tomes, Knower of the Unknowable, Holder of the Impenetrable Secrets
A Great Old One, depicted as a writhing tangle of long, thin limbs that end in spindly, skeletal fingers, all seething around an amorphous mass of eyes and eyestalks of every imaginable shape. Every one of the hands is holding a book that one of the independently moving eyes is focused upon. He speaks in paradoxes and riddles, his will unfathomable and his machinations unending. He often traps mortals in his Eternal Library, the realm in which he exists, which is made up of infinite rows of bookshelves arranged in a vast building with non-Euclidean architecture.
Xyndith-Ghol has knowledge on every possible subject, ranging from the mundane and insignificant to the impossible and cosmic. He shares this information when he believes it will benefit him, whether in the short- or long-term, although his goals are unknown to all but himself. He often shows himself to downtrodden scholars and seekers of knowledge who have been forgotten by society, and promises to guide these lost souls, granting them power and limitless information if they will do his bidding. Rarely, he will gift these individuals with inhuman abilities, and urge them to achieve great accomplishments in his name.
He believes that mundane and arcane knowledge alike are meant to be shared among those who can understand it, but there is much knowledge that may damage the minds of the unprepared. Often, Xyndith-Ghol treats his followers as students, with the end goal of bringing them into his realm to learn of information that they might not have previously been capable of comprehending. He trains his acolytes to become resilient to the impossible and paradoxical truths of the cosmos, so that their minds do not shatter upon receiving such revelations. Sadly, many followers of Xyndith-Ghol are too eager to discover such forbidden knowledge, and their unprepared minds are torn asunder by the incomprehensible facts they seek.
Xyndit-Ghol has obvious influences from Hermaeus Mora of the TES series, but I'm hoping to tie him in with the Cthulhu mythos as well. Perhaps he is the offspring of Yog-Sothoth and Shub-Niggurath? Might as well go with that. It would explain the knowledge aspect that's so inherent to his character. He's more interested in spreading knowledge, and although he doesn't yet have a complete grasp of all knowledge yet, he's always striving to learn as much as possible from his Eternal Library. Like any good librarian, he doesn't know everything, but he knows where to find it. |
