Inspired by the elder gods of the Cthulhu Mythos, We have the Elder Gods of the Something Wicked Universe known as the Nak-Thraankuul. I will probably edit this post later with a few more gods as well.
The Nak-Thraankuul- The Dark Primordial elder gods. These nightmarish creatures from another realm found their way into the earthly plane. They gained the worship and terror of the early civilizations of Asnorit. They attempted to conquer the world and the earthly realm but the combined might of Stratokus, Pherata, and Terophite fought back these monsters and banished them to the pit from whence they came. However, the Nak-Thraankuul still had some followers who continued to worship them through out the ages, gaining many a spell from these creatures, and summoning bizarre and horrific aberrations native to their realm. A majority of Nak-Thraankuul are generally portrayed as tentacled, crab-clawed monstrosities that if a mortal gains a glimpse of their horrible likeness, he will be driven completely insane.
Gothuulgah- The greatest of the Nak-Thraankuul and believed to be the great lord of Graan-Mal-Gal, the realm of the elder gods. He is often the most worshipped among them. It is believed that Gothuulgah possesses the power to create small extra planar rifts that allow creatures from his realm to the earthly plane. He is generally portrayed in a similar fashion to his children, the Illithids or Mind Flayers, possessing an octopoid-like head with black eyes. The rest of his physique is a bit varied, sometimes portrayed as thin with long fingers, sometimes fat and sluggish, sometimes with bat-like wings, and sometimes with hoofed-feet.
Scyllnapog- One of the Nak-Thraankuul and King of the Dark Depths. Scyllnapog is sometimes fabled as being the progenitor of a majority of sea life and demanded sacrifices of his servants or else he would bring forth terrible destruction from the ocean. In most mythology, he was expunged from the oceans by Pherata and sent to Graan-Mal-Gal with the other Nak-Thraankuul. Some legends however contradict this saying that after a battle with Pherata, he fell into a deep slumber and was sealed in the deepest pit of the oceans, awaiting the day when he will awakening once more. His appearance when depicted tends to vary a little. Sometimes he is portrayed like a large merman while other times like an amalgam of various sea creatures like octopus tentacles, fish fins, several eyes, or multiple hands with chitinous plating.
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