Editing Nyarlathotep

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[[File:nyarlathotep erkanerturk.jpg|thumb|Pray to all space you do not meet him in his thousand other forms.]]
{{topquote|A tall, slim figure with the young face of an antique Pharaoh, gay with prismatic robes and crowned with a golden pshent that glowed with inherent light . . . that regal figure; whose proud carriage and swart features had in them the fascination of a dark god or fallen archangel, and around whose eyes there lurked the languid sparkle of capricious humour.|H.P. Lovecraft, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath}}

'''Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos,''' is arguably the best known of the Outer Gods created by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] for his [[Cthulhu Mythos]]. Unusually for an Outer God, Nyarlathotep is actively aware of humanity and even takes something of a direct interest in us. Unfortunately, he's a manipulative ''dick''. Basically, think of him as Lovecraft's take on Satan and you've pretty much got him in a nutshell. His most unique defining trait is that he has countless Avatars, each with its own unique name, title and horrific appearance. The three most common of these are:
*A tall, dark-skinned, handsome Egyptian pharaoh - How he usually appears in Lovecraft's stories 
*A winged creature with a three-lobed eye - From "The Haunter of the Dark", by Lovecraft
*A three-legged humanoid with a single giant tentacle where its head should be - Popularized by the [[Call of Cthulhu]] RPG
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Much like how [[Shub-Niggurath]] appears as the final boss of [[Quake]], the spiritual successor Dusk has Nyarlathotep as the final boss.

==Pathfinder==
{{Infobox Deity
|Name = Nyarlathotep
|Symbol = [[File:Nyarlathotep symbol PF.png]]
<center>Upside-down Ankh (pharaoh) <br> Featureless Face (sphinx) <br> winged circle (haunter)</center>
|Aliases = Crawling Chaos, Faceless Sphinx, Haunter of the Dark, Black Pharaoh
|Alignment = Chaotic Evil
|Divine Rank = Outer God
|Pantheon = Dark Tapestry
|Portfolio = Conspiracies, Dangerous Secrets, Forbidden Magic
|Domains = Chaos, Evil, Knowledge, Magic, Trickery, Air, Darkness <br> '''Subdomains:''' Arcane, Divine, Memory, Thought, Deception, Thievery, Cloud, Wind, Loss, Night
|Home Plane = Kadath, Leng, [[Dreamlands]]
|Favoured Weapon = Quarterstaff (pharaoh) <br> Punching dagger (sphinx) <br> Dagger (haunter)
}}
The three avatars used by [[Pathfinder]]'s Nyarlathotep are the ''Black Pharaoh'', the ''Haunter of the Dark'', and the ''Faceless Sphinx'', the last of which is identical to the form of the demon lord [[Areshkagal]]. While most sages agree there is some connection between the two deities, none have definite explanations.
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
nyarlathotep CoC.jpg|Call of Cthulhu
nyarlathotep SPFG Cthulhu Monsters.jpg
haunter of the dark Creature Companion 5e.jpg
nyarlathotep CC4.png|Pathfinder
nyarlathotep SA1.png
nyarlathotep Dust 1947.jpg|Dust 1947
outer entity nyarla.jpg|Outer Entity Nyarla from [[Yu-Gi-Oh]]
NyarlathotepDusk.jpg|[[Dusk (Video Game)]]
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Tzeentch]], his [[Warhammer]] and [[Warhammer 40,000]] equivalent

[[Category: Cthulhu Mythos]]