Cthulhu

Cthulhu is a great old one, a dark elder god (great gods). He is greatly feared in Daventry, and worshiped by few.

Background

Cthulhu is a great squid.

Iä R'lyea! Cthulhu ftagn! Iä! Iä! is a great spell of power to those who worship the god Cthulhu. The spell speaks of both the god and the city R'lyea where he lies dreaming.

The inhabitants of Whateley Manor, the former people of Innsmouth were great sorcerers and may have been worshipers of Cthulhu. When they withdrew, most went into the sea perhaps heading for R'lyea. He maybe one of the paradimensional deities.

Cthulhu may have been encountered near Daventry. Some weeks after his return to Daventry, Alexander cast a great storm spell on the pirates that tried to enslave him, destroying their ship and stranding them in the sea. Some were consumed by sharks and others swallowed by a great squid after being crushed in its tentacles.

One lone survivor washed up on shore babbling about the fate of his crew, and whimpering a word that sounded something like "Cthulhu," but his mind had been shattered by the experience and he only continued to chatter incoherently.

Behind the scenes

Technically speaking the sharks, squid and Cthulhu maybe three separate things that were drawn to the commotion of the survivors in the water after their ship was sunk.