Bast—or Bastet—is the Egyptian Cat Goddess, typically appearing as a woman with a cat's head, though she can appear as a regular person or a regular cat (large or small) as well. Those who enter the Sacred Light (an avatar of Daoloth) becom…
Bast—or Bastet—is the Egyptian Cat Goddess, typically appearing as a woman with a cat's head, though she can appear as a regular person or a regular cat (large or small) as well. Because deities aren't really something you can combat in Cal…
Those who enter the Sacred Light (an avatar of Daoloth) become aware that it is a living, alien presence. At first, the person experiences euphoria, but as the subject’s mind fills with knowledge, terror follows as this knowledge mounts and…
Atlach-Nacha sends out spider-like creatures which can take over the mind of others. I almost missed this monster (and the Splinter of Daoloth) because they were in the deities volume instead of the monsters one, so I'm adding them in now.
The Great Race of Yith—also known as Yithians—are a race that swap minds with other races throughout time and space in an effort to learn everything they can about the universe. The most famous of their inhabited forms are the conical being…
In prehistoric Australia, the technologically advanced Yithians were attacked by the Flying Polyps. In order to escape, the Yithians transferred their minds far into the future. Unheroically, they traded places with a race of hive-minded in…
The Spawn of Yig are the offspring of Yig and a human, and take on the characteristics of both parents. Skin is scaly and coloured similarly to that of a snake, while limbs are shrunken and dangle uselessly from the body. The face is partia…
Yuggs are large, aquatic, pale grey worm-like creatures up to four feet in diameter and twelve or more feet in length. Yuggs have a large, round sucker-mouth similar to a lamprey or hagfish. This mouth contains several rows of hornlike teet…
The Children of Yog-Sothoth—previously Sons of...— are the result of Yog-Sothoth mating with a human female. The most famous of these progeny are Wilbur Whately and his twin brother from The Dunwich Horror, in which instance one was born as…
Wind-Walkers—previously Wendigos—are hoofed humanoids who worship Ithaqua, and are typically depicted with a antlered deer skull for a head, and skeletal frames. Despite living off moss, fungus, and frogs, they consider human flesh a delica…
The Denizens of Yaddith are a race of brilliant scientists and powerful wizards whose planet was destroyed by Dholes. Having developed teleporting machines known as "light-wave envelopes", some denizens were able to escape Yaddith's destruc…
Much like the Shan, Travelers invade a host's brain and take control of them. Unlike the Shan, however, Travelers are physical beings, and enter their victim's body through their mouth. They start off in a larval form (shown below) and matu…