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| − | + | The '''Shugoran''' are from [[T.E.D. Klein]]'s "[[Black Man with a Horn]]". | |
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| + | The hide which hung over the bar at the Traders' Club in Singapore, and which, according to tradition, represented the infant of this fabulous creature: its wings were black... [and its face was like a] man wearing a gas mask or scuba outfit.... Near the window they've discovered footprints that may have been made by a heavy man in swim fins. | ||
| + | — T. E. D. Klein, “Black Man with a Horn” | ||
| + | <br>— [[T.E.D. Klein]], "[[Black Man with a Horn]]" | ||
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| + | '''Shugoran''' is the name of both a servitor race and an avatar of Nyarlathotep. These creatures look like smaller versions of Nyarlathotep’s Shugoran form: something like manta-winged humanoids with black, catfish-like hides, with webbed feet, fins, and long gas mask-like proboscises. | ||
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| + | The creatures are a sort of bogeyman wherever the [[Tcho-Tcho]] cults of [[Nyarlathotep]] can be found - remote areas of Asia and Africa, where the cult revers the Shugoran as an avatar of their god - the "Death Herald", and are served by the beasts as guardians and hunters. Victims of a Shugoran are pounced upon by the beast, which then cover the victim's nose and mouth with its proboscis, and sucks the victim's lungs out, turning the victim inside-out and leaving grotesque contusions and abrasions on the victim's face. | ||
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| + | ==Heresies and Controversies== | ||
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| + | ==Keeper Notes== | ||
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| + | ==Associated Mythos Elements== | ||
| + | * deity: [[Nyarlathotep]] (both a servitor race and an avatar) | ||
| + | * cult: [[Cult of Nyarlathotep]] | ||
| + | * cult: [[Tcho-Tcho]] Cult of the Death Herald | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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| + | * fiction: [[T.E.D. Klein]]'s "[[Black Man with a Horn]]" | ||
| + | * sourcebook: ''[[Malleus Monstrorum]]'' | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:43, 4 July 2022
The Shugoran are from T.E.D. Klein's "Black Man with a Horn".
Description
The hide which hung over the bar at the Traders' Club in Singapore, and which, according to tradition, represented the infant of this fabulous creature: its wings were black... [and its face was like a] man wearing a gas mask or scuba outfit.... Near the window they've discovered footprints that may have been made by a heavy man in swim fins. — T. E. D. Klein, “Black Man with a Horn”
— T.E.D. Klein, "Black Man with a Horn"
Shugoran is the name of both a servitor race and an avatar of Nyarlathotep. These creatures look like smaller versions of Nyarlathotep’s Shugoran form: something like manta-winged humanoids with black, catfish-like hides, with webbed feet, fins, and long gas mask-like proboscises.
The creatures are a sort of bogeyman wherever the Tcho-Tcho cults of Nyarlathotep can be found - remote areas of Asia and Africa, where the cult revers the Shugoran as an avatar of their god - the "Death Herald", and are served by the beasts as guardians and hunters. Victims of a Shugoran are pounced upon by the beast, which then cover the victim's nose and mouth with its proboscis, and sucks the victim's lungs out, turning the victim inside-out and leaving grotesque contusions and abrasions on the victim's face.
Heresies and Controversies
Keeper Notes
Associated Mythos Elements
- deity: Nyarlathotep (both a servitor race and an avatar)
- cult: Cult of Nyarlathotep
- cult: Tcho-Tcho Cult of the Death Herald
References
- fiction: T.E.D. Klein's "Black Man with a Horn"
- sourcebook: Malleus Monstrorum
