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| − | + | The Xo Tl’mi-go are from [[T.E.D. Klein]]'s “Children of the Kingdom”. | |
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| + | ==Description== | ||
| + | [[File:XoTlmigo.png|200px|thumb|right|Xo Tl’mi-go]] | ||
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| + | "I saw, dimly in the streetlight, the empty craters where its eyes had been — empty but for two red dots, like tiny beads — and the gaping red ring of its mouth, like the sucker of some undersea creature. The face was alien and cold, without human expression, yet I swear that those eyes regarded one with utter malevolence — and that they recognized me.... I struggled to rise, and felt... the touch of naked limbs, smooth, rubbery flesh, hands that scuttled over me like starfish. | ||
| + | <br>— [[T.E.D. Klein]]'s “[[Children of the Kingdom]]” | ||
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| + | The Xo Tl'mi-go are a loathsome troglodytic humanoid race with pale skin, webbed hands, and tapeworm-like head. They are a parasitic life form that requires human women to reproduce. They have been known to be driven out of their subterranean world by electrical storms. | ||
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| + | ==Heresies and Controversies== | ||
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| + | * A tribe of Native Americans called the Chibcha believe that the Xo Tl'mi are semi-divine offspring cursed by the gods with barrenness for their sins. ([[T.E.D. Klein]]'s “[[Children of the Kingdom]]”) | ||
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| + | ==Keeper Notes== | ||
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| + | ==Associated Mythos Elements== | ||
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| + | * location: [[Hollow Earth]] ([[K'n-yan]], [[Yoth]], [[N'kai]]) | ||
| + | * race: [[People of K'n-yan]] | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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| + | * fiction: [[T.E.D. Klein]]'s “[[Children of the Kingdom]]” | ||
| + | * Sourcebook: ''[[Malleus Monstrorum]]'' | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:34, 30 June 2022
The Xo Tl’mi-go are from T.E.D. Klein's “Children of the Kingdom”.
Description
"I saw, dimly in the streetlight, the empty craters where its eyes had been — empty but for two red dots, like tiny beads — and the gaping red ring of its mouth, like the sucker of some undersea creature. The face was alien and cold, without human expression, yet I swear that those eyes regarded one with utter malevolence — and that they recognized me.... I struggled to rise, and felt... the touch of naked limbs, smooth, rubbery flesh, hands that scuttled over me like starfish.
— T.E.D. Klein's “Children of the Kingdom”
The Xo Tl'mi-go are a loathsome troglodytic humanoid race with pale skin, webbed hands, and tapeworm-like head. They are a parasitic life form that requires human women to reproduce. They have been known to be driven out of their subterranean world by electrical storms.
Heresies and Controversies
- A tribe of Native Americans called the Chibcha believe that the Xo Tl'mi are semi-divine offspring cursed by the gods with barrenness for their sins. (T.E.D. Klein's “Children of the Kingdom”)
Keeper Notes
Associated Mythos Elements
- location: Hollow Earth (K'n-yan, Yoth, N'kai)
- race: People of K'n-yan
References
- fiction: T.E.D. Klein's “Children of the Kingdom”
- Sourcebook: Malleus Monstrorum
