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'''Gnorri''' | [[File:PetersensGnorri.png|150px|thumb|right|Gnorri, as depicted by [[Sandy Petersen]]'s [[Cthulhu Wars]]]] | ||
''Gnor'' or '''Gnorri''' are from [[H.P. Lovecraft]] "[[The Silver Key (fiction)]]". | |||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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It is rumoured in [[Ulthar]], beyond the [[ | It is rumoured in [[Ulthar]], beyond the [[River Skai]], that a new king reigns on the opal throne in [[Ooth-Nargai#Ilek-Vad|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. | ||
<br>— [[H.P. Lovecraft]] "[[The Silver Key (fiction)]]" | <br>— [[H.P. Lovecraft]] "[[The Silver Key (fiction)]]" | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
The Gnorri are described by Lovecraft vaguely as "bearded and finny" creatures of the Twilight Sea beyond [[Ooth-Nargai#Ilek-Vad|Ilek-Vad]], where they build "singular labyrinths". | The Gnorri (singular Gnor) are described by Lovecraft vaguely as "bearded and finny" creatures of the Twilight Sea beyond [[Ooth-Nargai#Ilek-Vad|Ilek-Vad]], where they build "singular labyrinths". | ||
==Chaosium's Gnorri== | ==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. | [[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|Sandy Petersen's Cthulhu Mythos for Pathfinder]]''. | ||
==Heresies and Controversies== | ==Heresies and Controversies== | ||
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==Keeper Notes== | ==Keeper Notes== | ||
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* game: ''[[H.P._Lovecraft's_Dreamlands|H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands]]'' and ''[[S. Petersen's Field Guide to Creatures of the Dreamlands]]'' | * game: ''[[H.P._Lovecraft's_Dreamlands|H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands]]'' and ''[[S. Petersen's Field Guide to Creatures of the Dreamlands]]'' | ||
* game: ''[[Cthulhu Wars]]'' | * game: ''[[Cthulhu Wars]]'' | ||
* game: ''[[Sandy_Petersen's_Cthulhu_Mythos_for_Pathfinder|Sandy Petersen's Cthulhu Mythos for Pathfinder]]'' | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:27, 31 July 2022
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".
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.
Heresies and Controversies
Keeper Notes
Associated Mythos Elements
- location: Ooth-Nargai
- location: Twilight Sea
- tome: Brick Cylinders of Kadatheron (as depicted in H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands)