Hastur (HaHS-Toor)

"Forget the so called truth... Forget the Black and White nor Good and Evil. Within Calagon there is chaos, In the deep it lies, And I am not he -Hastur"

The Last Nyalanth

Hastur was one of the Nyalanth, before Human history even began he waged a silent war against the populace of the continent in an effort to drive mad those that inhabit this plane. He was known to have been the last surviving Nyalanth in this plane though no clear evidence of his death was found.

Appearance

Not much is known about his appearance nor any of his peers as they haven't been seen since the age of ancients. Some speculate him to be a mountain sized behemoth made of copper plates resembling a humanoid, Others say he's just an unknowable amalgam of flesh and tissue.

History

The Silent War

In the ancient age before human history, A silent war was being waged by the Nyalanthi to disrupt and take over the lands, however because their power was shared amongst them, This left them at a weak state where they couldn't just outright attack the races with brute force. The Nyalanthi consequently took to indoctrinating and using the lesser races to bolster their support in hidden cults as a subtle way of gaining power before striking down those they saw to conquer, Alas this was not enough as an alliance of races eventually saw through their plans and sought to find a way to destroy them before it they became too powerful.

Hastur's Plan

The remaining amount of Nyalanthi that day had left Hastur enraged and saw that he had to come up with a plan. Though less of them remained, He knew that sharing power with the others left him weak and that he could share their fate. Therefore he devised a plan to convince the remaining of his kind to adopt more humanoid features to better fit into society touting that if they could themselves be the heralds of the Nyalanthi that they could amass an army faster than any cult ever could. Completely restless and enraged most of the others agreed to go through with this plan, Shifting into what is now known as Giants; humanoid beings the size of trees that closely resembled earth shapers. They went through the land indoctrinating and manipulating others that were too awestruck at these creatures led by familiar races through their great psychic abilities. In the background however Hastur had been busy draining their powers from his mountaintop hideaway, Slowly he took everything from them without arousing suspicion, Too preoccupied with the success that his plan had wrought. Eventually taking all their power from them, The ability to shift, manipulate and psychically connect with other creatures, Making sure to take their memories from them as a precaution to the inevitable retaliation he would receive, He sat in his mountain throne leaving the giants to roam as beasts of the land, and over the years taking in all the power that was divided amongst the other Nyalanth for himself.