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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==

<blockquote>
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"
</blockquote>

===Identification, Psychology and Behavior===


==Resources==

* race: [[Mi-Go]] (aware of and apparently in contact with the cult)
* location: [[Yuggoth]]

==Heresies and Controversies==

* 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 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]]'')

==Keeper Comments==


==Appearances==

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

[[Category:Mythos:Cults]]
[[Category:LovecraftMythos]]
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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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−	* race: [[Mi-Go]] (aware of and apparently in contact with the cult)
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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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-* 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 and/or cultists of Nyarlathotep, of varying descriptions and abilities; no stats or description are provided because they could be anything.  (''[[Malleus Monstrorum]]'')
+* 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]]'')