Board Thread:Fan-made Monsters/@comment-30400574-20170325142734

Family: Divine/????

Habitat: Outside Time and Space

Disposition: Wise, Utterly Neutral

Diet: Food of the Gods, if she needs to eat at all

In the domain of magic and wisdom, there is none more revered that Yog-Sothoth. Her infinite knowledge of magic and all things has made her a primary deity to many magic practitioners, most notably the Dark Mages. It is through Yog-Sothoth’s teachings that man were able to learn the secrets of magic rather than have to join with the Sabbath and become Witches. So it is because of this open knowledge that the Dark Mages have become the most outspoken in the Yog-Sothoth Faith.

There are no true places of worship to Yog-Sothoth. Instead, each practitioner holds a shrine to her somewhere in their homes. Although the shrines can vary from small convenient tabletops to elaborate ritual rooms, the prime practices remain the same. The main tenant being that all knowledge has a price and that Yog-Sothoth does not give anything to anyone for free. Far from foreboding, it merely means that any kind of boon requires practitioners to truly understand what they seek from her and know that anything she gives demands an equal price so that the practitioner can appreciate what they have been given.

Although some accounts vary, Yog-Sothoth is primarily seen in a human shape of a woman with dark purple skin which seems to shift shades whenever she walks. Her hips swell and shrink along with her breasts depending on what form she desires to take. Her purple/black hair can be long and curly one moment, or short and straight the next, but she always has a fringe covering one golden eye. Decorating her body are numerous glowing orbs which rest on her collars, down her arms, back, and down her thighs. Some argue these are mediums of her power, while others claim that they are extra eyes she manifests despite taking a human form. Others claim she has no true humanoid form at all and the glowing orbs are her main body. Of course, most practitioners all agree that Yog-Sothoth is the epitome of wise beauty, just like any Dea Monstrum is.

Yog-Sothoth’s domain is that of magic and wisdom. Often, she is called upon by Dark Mages to grant them knowledge into new magic or to advance what they know. She also shows favor to human women who seek her help by granting them magical knowledge and transforming them into Dark Mages. She even helps men who ask and can pay her prices. What she asks for in return can be mundane, such as eternal faith, tribute, or even more extreme such as allowing her to have sex with them or building shrine rooms to her. She desires men and women equally and when she can, often asks for her followers’ bodies for times of pleasure in return for what they seek, often leaving her worshippers exhausted, but satisfied in ways only a god can produce.

The mythos would have us believe that Yog-Sothoth only appears when a follower enacts proper rituals to get her attention. Otherwise she never comes to the realm of mortals. Since the beginning of her life, she has exiled herself to a place outside of time and space so that her knowledge cannot be stolen and she cannot be pestered by those who seek to take knowledge from her instead of learning it themselves. She holds knowledge of everything from the past, to everything in the present, and what will happen in the future. Knowing this knowledge is dangerous, she began her exile so that the knowledge could never be put to ill use.

Perhaps her most famous appearance was in the village of Dunwhich. The Wheatley Family, a particularly well-known family of magic-users, or although not the most pleasant of folk, invoked Yog-Sothoth’s attention and asked her for an audience. The head of the family, nicknamed Wizard Wheatley, told Yog-Sothoth that their illustrious line of magic was dying and his daughter was unable to conceive both due to her health and because of her albino looks, no man wished for her. So he wished for his daughter Lavinia to be impregnated so that he could pass on his knowledge to his grandsons.

Yog-Sothoth took pity on the woman who was so sad and lonely, being ostracized for her looks and poor health. Bartering a deal, she took the sickly woman and impregnated Lavinia herself. How the God did so in a female form was unknown. Lavinia soon became radiant and round with child, happily expecting her new children.

However, the Wheatley patriarch had lied to Yog-Sothoth. Using spells to hide his intentions, he intended to use his future grandchildren and the power they would no doubt possess to take over the land and establish himself as a king. His intent was to use his grandchildren as magical batteries, never letting them see the light of day and revere him like a god.

The children were born, two healthy daughters. One appeared to be human while the other was purple-skinned, looking much like Yog-Sothoth herself, only without the glowing orbs. Once they were old enough, Wizard Wheatley began teaching them magic, but only enough to ensure they had magic and would be dependant on him. His intent was his granddaughters to depend on him for everything, and allow him to use them as his plans intended.

However, he didn’t know the growth cycle of mamono and as the two girls matured, so did their abilities. As daughters of Yog-Sothoth, they had a connection to her wisdom. They learned more that what Wheatley intended and were able to soon discern what his plan was.

When the girls were old enough, Whatley began the ritual in which he thought would connect the girls to him and allow him to take their potent magical power. Unbeknownst, the girls, with instruction from their ‘father’, sabotaged the ritual. Rather than drain them of their magic, the ritual instead transformed Wheatley into a lump of gray flesh armed with tentacles and had his face on it. Horrified, he burst from his house and in a flurry of panic, sent the town into hysteria. The two girls were quick to put an end to him, banishing him with their magic, likely to a place their mamono mother prepared for his punishment.

Lavinia and the girls told their story, revealing that Yog-Sothoth wasn’t fooled by Wheatley’s lies and had foreseen what he intended to do with his grandchildren. So, she orchestrated events by speaking to her daughters and to her lover Lavinia so that the ritual would fail. In return, the family would establish a place of worship to Yog-Sothoth. Faith was hardly an issue as the three had seen Yog-Sothoth and felt her power. Dunwich is now considered one of the largest places of worship for the Yog-Sothoth faith.

<p class="MsoNormal">The Order calls this incident The Dunwich Horror and often uses it as an example of how evil Yog-Sothoth is and how her religion must be stamped out. They also preach about her unnaturalness in being able to impregnate women, something which goes against the laws of nature. Often they seem to forget that the Dea Monsturm exist outside the laws of nature and have proven capable of manipulating them for themselves.

<p class="MsoNormal">In truth, Yog-Sothoth is utterly neutral in the grand scheme of what is good and evil. To her, good and evil is constantly shifting. To mamono, their acts of converting lands to Demonic Realms and changing women into mamono is good, but to The Order it is evil. Inversely, the act of slaying groups of mamono is considered good by The Order, but outright evil to mamono. Yog-Sothoth instead keeps an eye on a grander picture of balance, although the nature of balance is just as fluid, she seeks to maintain it. So anyone who asks her for a boon will be heard, but if they prove unwise, such as Wheatley or threaten the balance, she will take steps to punish them, making them believe they got what they wanted until they are dropped into a nightmare of their own making. Like her fellow Dea Monstrum, Yog-Sothoth also has daughters who double as her servants. Their names are unpronounceable in human speech, but the closest translation amounts to Lurkers at the Threshold. These Lurkers travel as emissaries of Yog-Sothoth, often meeting with her followers to share information or meet with potential new followers. Often, they are the ones who make deals on their mother’s behalf, consulting with her through a spiritual and mental link. This strange link has given Yog-Sothoth the nickname One-in-All, and All-in-One.

<p class="MsoNormal">The Dea Monstrum Pantheon as we know it: http://monstergirlencyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:715347 <ac_metadata title="Yog-Sothoth, God of Dark Mages"> </ac_metadata>