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THERE WERE THINGS like bodiless legs or arms that flailed in the slime, or heads that rolled, or floundering bellies with fishes fins; and all manner of things malformed and monstrous. that grew in size as they departed from the neighborhood of Abhoth. And those that swam not swiftly ashore when they fell into the pool from Abhoth, were devoured by mouths that gaped in the parent bulk.
~ Clark Ashton Smith , "The Seven Geases"


This subject contains information from the "Lovecraft Circle" Myth Cycles, and while guided by HPL are not based on his work alone. This subject contains information from the Expanded Cthulhu Mythos, and not based on H.P. Lovecraft's works directly. The Children of Abhoth are a fictional species first mentioned by the late American author Clark Ashton Smith in his short story "The Seven Geases", and subsequently expanded on by Scott David Aniolowski for Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game.

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The Children of Abhoth are the creatures which sloughed off the Outer God's bulk. They are complex life forms, although some do not appear to be "finished", with vestigial limbs and half-formed bodies, while others seem fully realized. No two offspring are alike: they range in looks from prehistoric creatures to singular body parts, weird humanoids, monstrous mutants, unfinished bodies, amorphous blobs of living flesh, and so on. Most of them are simple-minded, reacting and acting on impulse, but a few seem to demonstrate intelligence and cunning. Therefore, their abilities are equally varied: depending on their bodies, they may fly, crawl, swim, run, or be immobile. Some of them are re-absorbed by Abhoth whilst some remain with their sire, tending to its needs. Those that scurry away to dark corners can mature into larger manifestations. A few eventually find the angles to be transported to the the Dreamlands and other dimensions [1].

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