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Elder Things

The Elder Things are the fivefold, star-headed beings whose fossil-like bodies and Antarctic city reveal an immense prehuman civilization. At the Mountains of Madness reconstructs their biology, engineered life, wars, art and decline, then turns an apparent monster attack into a disturbing encounter between displaced explorers.

9 min read · 1,821 words

Entities & creatures

Shoggoths

Shoggoths are mutable organisms created by the Elder Things as living labor. Their changing bodies, developing intelligence, resistance to control and survival beneath the Antarctic ruins turn the history of an ancient civilization into an immediate threat for Dyer and Danforth.

7 min read · 1,354 words