Lord Astithrai Nyarlathotep

Lord Astithrai Nyarlathotep (username LordNyarlath0tep) Is an ancient member of the Outer Beings race cast to Earth, now a resident of the land of Eldham. He currentlly lives in The Sovereignty of Wolfswoods, where he rules alongside a Prime Minster and (currently not related to) Queen. His home city is the small town of Xialan, on Wolfswood’s eastern coast. He is the leader of the Black Sun Cult, which worships a being known as That Which Lies Beyond the Gate, whom Astithrai served before his banishment, as well as Pengism, a religion dedicated to the beings of the Ulftartunga forests.

Arrival in Eldham
Dates and events are unclear, but Astithrai's fall appears to involve a catastrophic failure leading to his banishment from the Court of Chaos (the source of his title of Lord), the stripping of most of his powers, and his fall to Eldham. Astithrai landed on the Eastern coast of Wolfswoods, in the central southern region of Eldham. Immediatly recognizing the danger that his weakened form put him in, he set to work founding the settlement of Xialan, building the titular fort and establishing a home base in the new world he found himself in.

The Black Beacon
After ensuring his safety, Astithrai's next priority was contacting his masters. To acheive this goal, Astithrai set to work building a large blackstone tower just off the coast of Xialan. The structure is built in the manner of an elaborate torch, lit with soulfire, and floating atop it lies a glass sphere containing lenses that can be manipulated and arranged using incantational magic. Utilizing this, Astithrai established basic communication with the Court of Chaos, from which he now recieves occasional orders.

Life in The Pale
Astithrai joined The Pale shortly after it's annexation of Wolfswoods from Avaria. He was met with and contacted by Barrett, Oathmarshall of the Pale, during the annexation process, and soon registered as a Freeman of The Pale, inside the Ulftartunga Hold. Originally living in relative obscurity, Astithrai acquired some recognition for his propoganda created in the leadup to the Sand War. This, combined with his composition of a national anthem for The Pale, would lead to his promotion to the High Council and Minister of Culture. Astithrai would also be the one to bring the town of Stonegrove and the settlement of Svinheim into The Pale. Other events falling under his jurisdiction were the planning of Palemas celebrations, and the organization of the planning of a new grand church of Skjotunra. Seperate from that, he would also build in Xialan of Skjotunran church dedicated to the minor god Pengy. He wrote many marches for the Pale, including the wedding march for the marriage of the High King and Queen. He was a High Council Member through the Second and Third Sand Wars, working in propaganda, defense engineering, and engaging in defensive skirmishes. He continued his service up until the dissolution of the Pale, and would be one of the few of it’s leaders to stay behind.

Wolfswood
After the dissolution of the Pale, Astithrai helped govern Dawn, a Vulperian puppet state comprising most of the Pale’s Wolfswood territories, before joining Anemone Lee in seceding as the Grand Sovereignty of Wolfswood, where he became one of two Sovereigns. Around this time, Astithrai also came into possession of Kar-Al-Gor, a city in the far east of Wolfswood on Snowflake Isle. Astithrai was present in the discussions of Wolfswoodi vassalization, and agreed to be a vassal of Regonia. When the Syndicalist Revolution broke out, Astithrai fled into hiding, taking refuge in a stone circle deep in the Ulftartungan forest. He announced his reemergence by retaking back Kar-Al-Gor, after which the Syndicalists and he formed a truce, creating a single government under a Syndicalist Dual Monarchy. After this upset, Astithrai turned to an old friend, the prince Ironback in Eldkarth, and through his advice transferred vassalship of Wolfswood to Anglunia.

Service to the Court of Chaos
A major factor of Astithrai's prescence in Eldham has been service to the Court of Chaos, in order to regain his status there. Currently, he has been given two major tasks: one is to collect wide-ranging samples of Eldham natural material (rocks, organic matter such as leraves and flowers, dirt, gems, liquids) and sacrifice it atop the Black Beacon so that the Court of Chaos may learn more of Eldham. Another is the fostering of crystals realting to certain titanic entities that govern this universe. His service has also put him in conflict with the druid Laina, given her allegience to growth and preservation of the natural world, and his alignment with titans of loss, death, corrpution, and the like. Though he does not serve them, Astithrai's alliance with these powers stems from his hope that they will strenghthen the Black Sun, so that it may tear a hole in the fabric of reality and let That Which Lies Beyond the Gate in so that it may claim this universe as rightfully it's own.

Other Information
Pronouns: Generally uses he/him/his, but his status as an Outer Being and thus apart from mortal conceptions of gender

Age: 12,964,675,000 years (roughly equivalent to the maturity of a 20-something-year-old for Outer Beings), has existed in this universe for 929,646,750 years

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