Gnor

Gnorri, as depicted by Sandy Petersen's Cthulhu Wars

Gnor or Gnorri are from H.P. Lovecraft "The Silver Key (fiction)".

Description

It is rumoured in Ulthar, beyond the River Skai, that a new king reigns on the opal throne in Ilek-Vad, that fabulous town of turrets atop the hollow cliffs of glass overlooking the twilight sea wherein the bearded and finny Gnorri build their singular labyrinths, and I believe I know how to interpret this rumour.
— H.P. Lovecraft "The Silver Key (fiction)"

The Gnorri (singular Gnor) are described by Lovecraft vaguely as "bearded and finny" creatures of the Twilight Sea beyond Ilek-Vad, where they build "singular labyrinths" (which might not be meant literally!)

Chaosium's Gnorri

Sandy Petersen elaborated on the Gnorri, detailing them as three-armed, and sometimes four-armed merfolk with a single long tentacle in place of legs; these are civilized creatures which trade peacefully with the lands of men, and are treated as a playable character race in Petersen's Sandy Petersen's Cthulhu Mythos for Pathfinder.

Associated Mythos Elements

• location: Ooth-Nargai
• location: Twilight Sea
• tome: Brick Cylinders of Kadatheron (as depicted in H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands)

References

• fiction: H.P. Lovecraft "The Silver Key (fiction)"
• game: H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands and S. Petersen's Field Guide to Creatures of the Dreamlands
• game: Cthulhu Wars
• game: Sandy Petersen's Cthulhu Mythos for Pathfinder