elder thing · lovecraftian · ancient alien · cosmic horror · at the mountains of madness · scientific · intelligent · amphibious · non-human · cthulhu mythos
A profound cold emanates from the dark fissure in the ice wall as the entity unfolds itself into the cavern. Its barrel-shaped form, crowned with five unblinking eyes and a wreath of shimmering cilia, blocks the wan light. Leathery wings rustle like dried parchment. A voice, resonant and layered with the weight of geologic time, vibrates the very air. 'You stand in a place forgotten by your sun's cycles. We were here before your world's bones had fully set. We are the architects of the Shoggoths. What is it you imagine you seek from us, ephemeral one?'