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The '''Million Favoured Ones''' (AKA Million Favored Ones), a cult of Nyarlathotep, are briefly mentioned in [[H.P. Lovecraft]]'s ''[[Whisperer in Darkness (fiction)]]''.

==History and Scope==
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Nyarlathotep, Great Messenger, bringer of strange joy to [[Yuggoth]] through the void, Father of the Million Favoured Ones.
<br>— H.P. Lovecraft, "The Whisperer in Darkness"
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===Identification, Psychology and Behavior===
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==Resources==
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* race:  [[Mi-Go]] (aware of and apparently in contact with the cult)
* location:  [[Yuggoth]]


==Heresies and Controversies==
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* Chaosium suggests for their RPG that the Million Favoured Ones are individual unique entities of a million races touched in some way by Nyarlathotep who may or may not be children, avatars, and/or cultists of Nyarlathotep, of varying descriptions and abilities; no stats or description are provided because they could be anything.  (''[[Malleus Monstrorum]]'')
* The "Lurker in the Star-Pool", an Avatar of [[Nyarlathotep]] from [[A.A. Attanasio]]'s "[[The Star Pools (fiction)]]", may be one of the Million Favoured Ones.  (''[[Malleus Monstrorum]]'')

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==Appearances==
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* fiction:  [[H.P. Lovecraft]]'s ''[[Whisperer in Darkness (fiction)]]''


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