also known as The Crawling Chaos, Ahtu, The Black Wind, The Crawling Mist, The Faceless god, The Dweller in Darkness, The god of The Bloody Tongue, and The Skinless One; among many other names
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Most of the Outer gods are exiled, far from the known dimensions, however Nyarlathotep is not, he is active and frequently walks the Earth in the guise of a human being, usually a tall, slim, joyous man.
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He has numerous other forms, most of which are horrific, and would cause madness upon observation, he is also said to be the most "human" of the Outed gods.
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He is servant to his father, Azathoth, and is the "messenger of hidden and terrible powers", it is believed moreover that Nyarlathotep will help to bring about the end of the world.
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Lovecraft wrote about Nyarlathotep, as the entity was the subject of a recurring nightmare he had experienced since the age of 10.
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"It was the eldritch scurrying of those fiend-born rats, always questing for new horrors, and determined to lead me on even unto those grinning caverns of earth's centre where Nyarlathotep, the mad faceless god, howls blindly to the piping of two amorphous idiot flute-players."