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{{Infobox character|title =Darkness |alias = Molech, Absu, Ba'al Zebub |current =Earth |origin = Outer Space|relatives = Nyarlathotep(sibling), The Nameless Mist(sibling), Cxaxukluth(sibling), Tiamat(sibling), Ghadamon(sibling), The Blackness from the Stars(sibling)|spouse =Tiamat |affiliations = Outer Gods, Great Old Ones, Titans|image = |species =Titan |race = Titan}}The '''Darkness''' is an Outer God, and the progenitor of [[Shub-Niggurath]].
 
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|image = Darkness_by_beastrider9-daqcf6m_enhanced.jpg
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|alias = Magnum Tenebrosum, The Unnamed Darkness
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|relatives = [[Azathoth]] <small>(parent)</small><br>
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[[Nyarlathotep]] <small>(sibling)</small><br>
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[[Nameless Mist]] <small>(sibling)</small>
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|offspring = [[Shub-Niggurath]] <small>(offspring)</small><br>
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[[Nug and Yeb]] <small>(grandchildren)</small><br>
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[[Cthulhu]] <small>(great-grandson)</small><br>
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[[Tsathoggua]] <small>(great-grandson)</small>
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|affiliations = [[Outer God]]s
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|first = "[[Selected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft]] II"
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|created by = [[Howard Phillips Lovecraft]]
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}}{{Lovecraftcircle}}
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The '''Darkness''' is an Outer God, and the progenitor of [[Shub-Niggurath]].
   
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==Behind the Mythos==
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The [[Elder Gods|Elder God]] equivalent of '''Darkness''' is [[Enlil]].
 
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Lovecraft mentioned [[the Nameless Mist]] in a family tree of Cthulhu he jokingly wrote in a letter.
   
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The Magnum Innominandum and The Nameless Mist were unified as the same entity later by other writers, notably by [[Lin Carter]] and by the ''Call of Cthulhu'' RPG. For this reason, Darkness is sometimes known as "Magnum Tenebrosum" or "The Unnamed Darkness" as a parallel to its sibling.
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'''Darkness''' has no true form, and can assume any form he desires. Technically '''Darkness''' does have a true form but he is made completely out of Dark Energy.
 
   
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Lovecraft's tongue in cheek family tree: (HPL: ''[[Selected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft]]'' 4.617)
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'''Darkness''' had an affair with his brother, [[Nyarlathotep]]'s wife [[Yhoundeh]], twice, each time it birthed it birthed one of his fifty children. The ones birthed by Yhoundeh are [[Dagda]] and [[Shub-Niggurath]].
  
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[[Azathoth]]
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___________________________/__________________________________
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/ / /
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[[Nyarlathotep]] [[The Nameless Mist]] '''Darkness'''
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(The ancient patrician / /
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gens Viburnia of Haec / /
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RESPVLICA.ROMANA) [[Yog-Sothoth]]------------+---------[[Shub-Niggurath]]
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/ /
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/ ____________/___________________
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L. Viburnius Marco / /
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/ [[Nug]] [[Yeb]]
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/ / /
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P. Viburnius Marco / /
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Legatus of Legio 11., [[Cthulhu]]* [[Tsathoggua]]*
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station'd at Isca Silurum, / /
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in Britannia Secunda / /
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in A. D. 103 [[Shaurash-ho]] [[Yabou]]
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/ / /
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/ / /
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/ [[Yogash the Ghoul]] [[Nush the Eternal]]
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/ / /
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/ / /
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/ [[K'baa the Serpent]] [[Gilles Grenier]],
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/ / Lord of Averoigne
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/ ** / /
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[[Viburnia]]-----------+-----------[[Ghoth the Burrower]] /
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/ (one of the Little People) [[Hippolyte Le Sorcier]],
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/ ancestor of
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[[Llunwy of Wales]] [[Clark Ashton Smith]]
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ancestor of
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[[Owen Gwynedd]]
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and of [[HPL|H.P.L.]]
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> First of their respective lines to inhabit this planet.
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<nowiki>**</nowiki> This union was an hellish and nameless tragedy.
   
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==References==
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Whenever '''Darkness''' is called from the realm he resides in, he commonly assumes the form of a titanic, black, horned, winged dragon.
  
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{{Reflist}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Darkness}}
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'''Darkness '''is known to make pacts with random [[Humans]].
  
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'''Darkness''' could be the twin brother of the [[Nameless Mist]].
  
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Another one of '''Darkness'''' forms:
  
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Revision as of 20:50, 16 August 2019

This subject contains information from the "Lovecraft Circle" Myth Cycles, and while guided by HPL are not based on his work alone. The Darkness is an Outer God, and the progenitor of Shub-Niggurath.

Behind the Mythos

Lovecraft mentioned the Nameless Mist in a family tree of Cthulhu he jokingly wrote in a letter.

The Magnum Innominandum and The Nameless Mist were unified as the same entity later by other writers, notably by Lin Carter and by the Call of Cthulhu RPG. For this reason, Darkness is sometimes known as "Magnum Tenebrosum" or "The Unnamed Darkness" as a parallel to its sibling.

Lovecraft's tongue in cheek family tree: (HPL: Selected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft 4.617) 

                                     Azathoth
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             ___________________________/__________________________________
            /                          /                                  /
      Nyarlathotep            The Nameless Mist                       Darkness
(The ancient patrician                 /                                  /
gens Viburnia of Haec                 /                                  /
RESPVLICA.ROMANA)                Yog-Sothoth------------+---------Shub-Niggurath
            /                                          /
           /                              ____________/___________________
   L. Viburnius Marco                    /                               /
            /                           Nug                             Yeb
           /                             /                               /
   P. Viburnius Marco                   /                               /
    Legatus of Legio 11.,            Cthulhu*                       Tsathoggua*
    station'd at Isca Silurum,           /                               /
    in Britannia Secunda                /                               /
    in A. D. 103                    Shaurash-ho                        Yabou
            /                           /                               /
           /                           /                               /
          /                     Yogash the Ghoul                 Nush the Eternal
         /                              /                               /
        /                              /                               /
       /                        K'baa the Serpent                Gilles Grenier,
      /                                 /                       Lord of Averoigne
     /              **                 /                                /
 Viburnia-----------+-----------Ghoth the Burrower                     /
                   /        (one of the Little People)        Hippolyte Le Sorcier,
                  /                                             ancestor of
          Llunwy of Wales                                       Clark Ashton Smith
            ancestor of
            Owen Gwynedd
            and of H.P.L.

* First of their respective lines to inhabit this planet.
** This union was an hellish and nameless tragedy.

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