Beiträge von Harry2017 im Thema „Lovecraft's Geschichten und Parallelen zur Arkham Horror-Welt“

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    Cthulhu


    Harry2017 asked for the sources of all the critters in CW. Here's my first pass:
    Cultists: various
    Cthulhu: The Call of Cthulhu
    Deep Ones: The Shadow over Innsmouth (SOI)
    Shoggoths: At the Mountains of Madness (ATMOM)
    Star-Spawn: ATMOM
    Shub-Niggurath: The Whisperer in Darkness (WID), other mentions (game version original)
    Ghouls: Pickman's Model
    Fungi from Yuggoth: WID
    Dark Young: Notebook found in a Deserted House (Robert Bloch)
    Nyarlathotep: Nyarlathotep, others (game version from Than Curse the Darkness (David Drake))
    Nightgaunts: The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (DQ)
    Flying Polyps: The Shadow out of Time (TSOOT)
    Hunting Horrors: DQ
    Hastur: The Return of Hastur (August Derleth)
    Undead: (game version original)
    Byakhee: The Festival
    King in Yellow: The Repairer of Reputations (Robert W. Chambers)
    Yog-Sothoth: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (game version original inspired by The Horror in the Museum (HITM))
    Mutants/Abominations/Spawn of Yog-Sothoth: The Dunwich Horror (inspired by Wilbur Whateley's transformation)
    Tsathoggua: The Seven Geases (7G) (Clark Ashton Smith)
    Wizards: unknown inspiration
    Serpent Men: The Shadow Kingdom (Robert E. Howard)
    Formless Spawn: The Testament of Athhamaus (Smith)
    Ithaqua: The Thing That Walked on the Wind (Derleth)
    Rhan-Tegoth: HITM
    Wendigos: The Wendigo (Algernon Blackwood)
    Gnoph-Kehs: HITM
    Azathoth: DQ (game versions original)
    Dimensional Shamblers: HITM
    Elder Things: ATMOM
    Servitors of the Outer Gods: The Haunter of the Dark (HOTD)
    Star Vampires: The Shambler from the Stars (Bloch)
    Tcho-Tchos: The Lair of the Star-Spawn (Derleth)
    Ubbo-Sathla: Ubbo-Sathla (Smith)
    Proto-Shoggoths: The Thing on the Doorstep (TOTD)
    Quachil Uttaus: The Treader of the Dust (Smith)
    Great Race of Yith: TSOOT
    Dhole/Bhole: DQ ("Dhole" was an early misreading of "Bhole")
    Eihort: Before the Storm (Ramsey Campbell)
    Insects from Shaggai: The Insects from Shaggai (Campbell)
    Gla'aki: The Inhabitant of the Lake (Campbell)
    Y'golonac: Cold Print (Campbell)
    Satyrs: The Moon-Lens (Campbell)
    Daoloth: The Render of the Veils (Campbell)
    Moonbeasts: DQ
    Gnorri: DQ
    Shantaks: DQ
    Ghasts: DQ
    Gugs: DQ
    Leng Spiders: DQ
    Byatis: The Room in the Castle (Campbell)
    Nyogtha: The Salem Horror (Henry Kuttner)
    Tulzscha: inspired by The Festival
    Abhoth: 7G
    Chaugnar Faugn: The Horror from the Hills (Frank Belknap Long)
    Cthugha: The Dweller in Darkness (Derleth)
    Yig: The Curse of Yig
    Mother Hydra: SOI
    Father Dagon: SOI
    Ghatanothoa: Out of the Aeons
    Gobogeg: inspired by ATMOM
    Librarian: inspired by The Trail of Cthulhu (Derleth)
    Custodian: inspired by The Trail of Cthulhu (Derleth)
    Zoogs: DQ
    Watcher of the Green Pyramid: inspired by WID
    Slime Molds: [?]
    Hound of Tindalos: The Hounds of Tindalos (Long)
    Vooniths: DQ
    Wamps: DQ
    Worms of Ghroth: Shaggai (Lin Carter)
    The Ancients: The Mound
    Un-Men: The Mound
    Reanimated: The Mound
    Yothans: The Mound
    Dark Demons: The Dark Demon (Bloch)
    Shadow Pharaoh: inspired by The Faceless God (Bloch), others
    Bloated Woman: The Masks of Nyarlathotep (Call of Cthulhu role-playing game campaign)
    Haunter of the Dark: HOTD
    Nodens: The Strange High House in the Mist, also DQ


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    Antwort 2:



    @chris Jarocha, @Harry2017, this is a recopilation made from various guys from OS2 about the source of all factions and independent monsters + the new Ancients factions:
    Black Goat
    - Shub-Niggurath -
    “The Whisperer in Darkness” HPL, “Out of the Aeons” HPL and Hazel Heald, “The Moon Lens” Ramsey Campbell.
    - Ghouls -
    "Pickman's Model” HPL, “The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath” HPL
    - Fungi from Yuggoth -
    The Whisperer in Darkness” HPL
    - Dark Young -
    “Notebook Found in a Deserted House” Robert Bloch (They are Shoggoths in the story, but the Call of Cthulhu RPG, ie Sandy, made them into Dark Young)
    - Ghroth -
    “The Tugging” Ramsey Campbell


    Great Cthulhu
    - Cthulhu -
    “Call of Cthulhu” HPL
    - Deep One -
    “The Shadow over Innsmouth” HPL
    - Shoggoth -
    At the Mountains of Madness” HPL
    - Star Spawn -
    “Call of Cthulhu” HPL (also “At the Mountains of Madness” HPL)
    - Y'ha Nthlei -
    “The Shadow over Innsmouth” HPL
    Crawling Chaos
    - Nyarlathotep –
    Many stories “Nyarlathotep” HPL, “The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath” HPL, “The Dreams in the Witch House” HPL, “The Haunter of the Dark” HPL
    - Nightgaunt -
    “Night-Gaunts” HPL (poem), “The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath” HPL
    - Flying Polyp -
    “The Shadow Out of Time” HPL
    - Hunting Horror -
    “The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath” HPL, “The Lurker at the Threshold” August Derleth
    The Yellow Sign
    - The King in Yellow -
    “The King in Yellow” Robert Chambers (mainly “The Repairer of Reputations” and “The Yellow Sign”)
    - Hastur -
    “The King in Yellow” Robert Chambers (mainly “The Repairer of Reputations” and “The Yellow Sign”), “The Whisperer in Darkness” HPL (brief mention), “The Return of Hastur” August Derleth, “The Feaster from Afar” Joseph Brennan
    - Undead -
    “The King in Yellow” Robert Chambers (mainly “The Yellow Sign”)
    - Byakhee -
    “The Festival” HPL, “The Trail of Cthulhu” August Derleth
    - Zingaya –
    movie reference “Dead Alive”
    Opener of the Way
    - Mutant, Abomination, and Spawn of Yog-Sothoth -
    “The Dunwich Horror” HPL
    - Yog-Sothoth -
    “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward” HPL, “The Dunwich Horror” HPL, “The Horror in the Museum” HPL and Hazel Heald, “Through the Gates of the Silver Key” HPL and E. Hoffmann Price
    - Dragon Ascending and Descending -
    “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward” HPL
    Windwalker
    - Ithaqua -
    “The Wendigo” Algernon Blackwood, “Ithaqua” August Derleth
    - Wendigo -
    “The Wendigo” Algernon Blackwood
    - Gnoph Keh -
    “The Horror in the Museum” HPL and Hazel Heald, “The Scroll of Morloc” Lin Carter and Clark Ashton Smith
    - Rhan Tegoth -
    “The Horror in the Museum” HPL and Hazel Heald, “The Scroll of Morloc” Lin Carter and Clark Ashton Smith
    Sleeper
    - Tsathoggua -
    “The Tale of Satampra Zeiros” Clark Ashton Smith, “The Seven Geases” Clark Asthon Smith, “The Horror in the Museum” HPL and Hazel Heald, “The Mound” HPL and Zealia Bishop
    - Wizard –
    “The Seven Geases” Clark Asthon Smith, “The Door to Saturn” Clark Asthon Smith
    - Serpent Man -
    “The Shadow Kingdom” Robert E. Howard, “The Seven Geases” Clark Asthon Smith,“The Haunter of the Dark” HPL, maybe “The Nameless City” HPL
    - Formless Spawn -
    “The Tale of Satampra Zeiros” Clark Ashton Smith, “The Mound” HPL and Zealia Bishop
    Tcho-Tcho
    - The Tcho-Tcho -
    “The Thing that Walked on Wind” August Derleth, “The Lair of the Star Spawn” August Derleth and Mark Shorer, “The Shadow Out of Time” HPL, “The Man with the Black Horn” T. E. D. Klein
    - Proto-Shoggoths
    – mentioned in “At the Mountains of Madness” HPL, expanded upon in the Call of Cthulhu RPG (notably “The Asylum”)
    - Ubbo Sathla -
    “Ubbo-Sathla” Clark Ashton Smith
    Ancients
    - Cathedral/Yothan/Reanimated/Un-men/Acolyte
    “The mound" Zelia Bishop & H.P. Lovecraft
    Independent Monsters and Terrors
    - Dark Demons -
    "The Dark Demon" Robert Bloch, 1936
    - Dimensional Shambler -
    “The Horror in the Museum” HPL and Hazel Heald
    - Elder Thing -
    At the Mountains of Madness” HPL
    - Servitor of the Outer Gods -
    “The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath” HPL, “The Haunter of the Dark” HPL
    - Star Vampire -
    “The Shambler from the Stars” Robert Bloch
    - Ghast -
    “The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath” HPL
    - Gnorri -
    “The Silver Key” HPL
    - Gug -
    “The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath” HPL
    - Spider of Leng –
    maybe “The Seven Geases” Clark Ashton Smith, mostly from the Call of Cthulhu RPG as far as I know
    - Moonbeast -
    “The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath” HPL
    - Shantak -
    “The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath” HPL
    - Hound of Tindalos -
    “The Hounds of Tindalos” Frank Belknap Long
    - The Great Race of Yith -
    “The Shadow Out of Time” HPL
    - Dhole -
    “Through the Gates of the Silver Key” HPL and E. Hoffmann Price
    - Quachil Uttaus -
    “Treader of the Dust” Clark Ashton Smith
    - Insects from Shaggai -
    “The Insects from Shaggai” Ramsey Campbell
    - Satyr -
    “The Great God Pan” Arthur Machen, “The Moon Lens” Ramsey Campbell
    Map-Specific Independent Units
    - Zoog -
    “The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath” HPL
    - Bhole -
    “The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath” HPL
    - Brain Cylinder -
    “The Whisperer in Darkness” HPL
    - The Watcher of the Green Pyramid and Slime Mold - “The Mine on Yuggoth” Ramsey Campbell
    - Librarian –
    Sandy Petersen Original
    - The Custodian -
    Sandy Petersen Original
    Independent Great Old Ones
    - Azathoth -
    “Azathoth” HPL, “The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath” HPL, “The Haunter of the Dark” HPL, “The Dreams in the Witch House” HPL
    - Abhoth -
    “The Seven Geases” Clark Asthon Smith
    - Atlach-Nacha -
    “The Seven Geases” Clark Asthon Smith
    - Bokrug -
    “The Doom that Came to Sarnath” HPL, “Something in the Moonlight” Lin Carter
    - Chaugnar Faugn -
    “The Horror from the Hills” Frank Belknap Long, “The Horror in the Museum” HPL and Hazel Heald
    - Cthugha -
    “The House on Curwen Street” August Derleth
    - Father Dagon -
    “Dagon” HPL, “The Shadow over Innsmouth” HPL
    - Ghatanothoa -
    “Out of the Aeons” HPL and Hazel Heald
    - Gobogeg –
    Sandy Petersen Original – based on Danforth's final vision from “At the Mountains of Madness” HPL
    - Mother Hydra -
    “The Shadow over Innsmouth” HPL
    - Yig -
    “The Curse of Yig” HPL and Zealia Bishop
    - Eihort -
    “Before the Storm” Ramsey Campbell
    - Gla'aki -
    “The Inhabitant of the Lake” Ramsey Campbell, “The Last Revelation of Gla'aki” Ramsey Campbell
    - Y'Golonac -
    “Cold Print” Ramsey Campbell
    - Daoloth -
    “The Render of the Veils” Ramsey Campbell
    - Byatis -
    “The Shambler from the Stars” Robert Bloch, “The Room in the Castle” Ramsey Campbell
    - Nyogtha -
    “The Salem Horror” Henry Kuttner
    - Tulzscha -
    “The Festival” HPL
    Miscellaneous
    - The Dreamlands –
    various stories “The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath” HPL
    - Yuggoth –
    various stories “The Whisperer in Darkness” HPL, “The Mine on Yuggoth” Ramsey Campbell
    - Library at Celaeno -
    “The Trail of Cthulhu” August Derleth, expanded in the Call of Cthulhu RPG
    - Asenath Waite -
    “The Thing on the Doorstep” HPL
    - Crawford Tillinghast -
    “From Beyond” HPL
    - Ermengarde Stubbs -
    “Sweet Ermengarde” HPL
    - Herbert West -
    “Herbert West--Reanimator” HPL
    - Lady de la Poer -
    “The Rats in the Walls” HPL
    - Lavinia Whateley -
    “The Dunwich Horror” HPL
    - Wizard Eibon -
    “The Door to Saturn” Clark Asthon Smith
    - Pitpipo –
    The Great Petersen Games Community Manager
    Insect from Shaggai: Ramsey Campbell "The Insects From Shaggai (1964)."