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== Background ==
== Background ==
Much like the [[Quelmar Creation Myths|Quelmar Creation]] Myths of the gods and four powers that shaped the universe, the [[Underdark]] has it's own ancient accounts of higher beings. These beings, like the underdark itself, are shrouded in mystery and haunted horror.
Much like the [[Quelmar Dieties|Pantheons of Quelmar]], the [[Underdark]] has it's own ancient lores of higher beings. While those rich in religious knowledge have learned a little about [[Torog]], the creator of the Underdark, those on the surface will find sparse literature about the Underdark's true gods.  


While those rich in religious knowledge have learned a little about the divine entity [[Torog]], said to have shaped the Underdark, those on the surface will find sparse literature about the Underdark's true gods.  
The Old Ones exist purely mythological, opposed to the Quelmar Gods, who interfere and rebuke and send forth holy warriors. The lack of evidence for these powers has led to very little documentation on whether they actually exist or not.  


The Old Ones exist in purely mythological ways, opposed to the Quelmar Gods, who interfere and rebuke and send forth holy warriors. 
Despite all of this, the names of the Old Ones are often whispered in prayers in the darkest corners of the Underdark, and those who listen closely can hear tales of the dark pantheon.
 
The lack of evidence for these powers has led to very little documentation on whether they actually exist or not. The few that claimed to have found proof have themselves gone insane, losing their mind and all sense of reality in the hunt for these powers.
 
Despite all of the intrigue surrounding them, the names of the Old Ones are often whispered in prayers in the darkest corners of the Underdark, and those who listen closely can hear tales of this dark pantheon.


== List of Old Ones ==
== List of Old Ones ==
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* [[Att-Annalo]]
* ''[[Cot]]''
* ''[[Cot]]''
* ''[[Culo]]/Cthulhu''
* ''[[Culo]]''
** On the surface, Culo is often referred to by the name Cthulu.
* [[Dagon]]
* [[Dagon]]
** The central focus of the [[Esoteric Order of Dagon]]
** The central focus of the [[Esoteric Order of Dagon]]
* ''[[Groth]]''
* ''[[Groth]]''
* ''[[Nyog]]/''Nyarlathothep
* ''[[Nyog]]''
** On the surface, Nyog is often referred to by the name Nyarlathothep
* ''[[Rhan]]''
* ''[[Rhan]]''
* ''[[Shug]]/''Shub-Niggurath.
* ''[[Shug]]''
** On the surface, Shug is often referred to by the name Shub-Niggurath.
* ''[[Shudde]]''
* ''[[Shudde]]''
* ''[[Vile]]''
* ''[[Vile]]''
* ''[[Yoth]]''
* ''[[Yoth]]''
* ''[[Ythog]]/''Yog Sothoth.
* ''[[Ythog]]''
** On the surface, Ythog is often referred to by the name Yog Sothoth.
* ''[[Zhar]]''
* ''[[Zhar]]''
* ''[[Zukala]]''
* ''[[Zukala]]''
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