The Fire Vampires of Fthaggua are a type of creature created by Donald Wandrei which appear in H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.
Overview[]
The Fire Vampires are living extensions of the cosmic entity known as Fthaggua. Traveling the cosmos in their interstellar ship, the Ktynga, they appear as bluish electrical discharges resembling lightning. They feast upon the life energy of sentient creatures. The victim will burst into flames during this process, with the Fire Vampires consuming their essence and memories using heat instead of internal metabolization. These stolen memories are added to Fthaggua's gestalt consciousness, allowing them to learn better and adapt to consuming more.
After Fthaggua came to Earth in the year 2341, it was destroyed by the scientist Gustav Norby and the Fire Vampires died with it (CIRCLE: "The Fire Vampires").
Trivia[]
- Despite Norby's statement at the conclusion of "The Fire Vampires" that all of the Fire Vampires bar Fthaggua were blue, this is contradictory to all prior descriptions of them.
- The Fire Vampires are often conflated with the Flame Creatures of Cthugha. The two species were first identified as synonymous in "The Horror in the Gallery", by Lin Carter, and the identification was popularized by the role-playing game Call of Cthulhu and The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana.
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