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| − | '''Moon-Beasts''' are | + | '''Moon-Beasts''' are from ''[[The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (fiction)]]'' by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] (1943). |
| − | The | + | ==Description== |
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| + | For they were not men at all, or even approximately men, but great greyish-white slippery things which could expand and contract at will, and whose principal shape—though it often changed—was that of a sort of toad without any eyes, but with a curiously vibrating mass of short pink tentacles on the end of its blunt, vague snout. | ||
| + | <br>— H.P. Lovecraft, ''The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath'' | ||
| + | </blockquote> | ||
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| + | Inhabitants of the far side of the Moon in the [[Dreamlands]], the Moon-Beasts live in [[City of the Moonbeasts|windowless cities of stone]]. They sail [[Black Galley]]s between the moon and the Dreamlands, trading rubies for both slaves and gold, at the port of [[Dylath-Leen]]. When there, they employ the [[Man of Leng|Men of Leng]], disguised in turbans, as their go-betweens and stay hidden below deck, lest the merchants of Dylath-Leen learn the terrible secret of with whom they are dealing. | ||
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| + | ==Associated Mythos Elements== | ||
| + | * setting: [[Dreamlands]] | ||
| + | * deity: [[Nyarlathotep]] | ||
| + | * deity: [[Mnomquah]] | ||
| + | * race: [[Man of Leng]] | ||
| + | * location: [[Lunar Dreamland]]; [[Plateau of Leng]], [[Sarkomand]], [[Temple of Mnomquah]], [[Lunar Dreamland]], [[City of the Moonbeasts]] | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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| + | * fiction: H.P. Lovecraft, [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath] | ||
| + | * scenarios: [[Season_of_the_Witch|Season of the Witch]], [[The_Dreaming_Stone:_Beyond_the_Forbidden_Lands|The Dreaming Stone: Beyond the Forbidden Lands]] | ||
| + | * sourcebook: ''[[Malleus Monstrorum]]'', ''[[H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands]]'' | ||
[[Category:Races]] | [[Category:Races]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Dreamlands]] | ||
| + | [[Category:LovecraftMythos]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:19, 5 August 2022
Moon-Beasts are from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (fiction) by H.P. Lovecraft (1943).
Description
For they were not men at all, or even approximately men, but great greyish-white slippery things which could expand and contract at will, and whose principal shape—though it often changed—was that of a sort of toad without any eyes, but with a curiously vibrating mass of short pink tentacles on the end of its blunt, vague snout.
— H.P. Lovecraft, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
Inhabitants of the far side of the Moon in the Dreamlands, the Moon-Beasts live in windowless cities of stone. They sail Black Galleys between the moon and the Dreamlands, trading rubies for both slaves and gold, at the port of Dylath-Leen. When there, they employ the Men of Leng, disguised in turbans, as their go-betweens and stay hidden below deck, lest the merchants of Dylath-Leen learn the terrible secret of with whom they are dealing.
Associated Mythos Elements
- setting: Dreamlands
- deity: Nyarlathotep
- deity: Mnomquah
- race: Man of Leng
- location: Lunar Dreamland; Plateau of Leng, Sarkomand, Temple of Mnomquah, Lunar Dreamland, City of the Moonbeasts
References
- fiction: H.P. Lovecraft, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
- scenarios: Season of the Witch, The Dreaming Stone: Beyond the Forbidden Lands
- sourcebook: Malleus Monstrorum, H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands
