With the death of First Selectman Cthulhu a power vacuum has formed. But not a metaphorical one. The disappearance of Cthulhu has caused an actual rip in the fabric of space-time and various Great Old Ones and their allies and servants have been sucked into our space-time and hurled down to Dunwich.
Sighted so far are:
- Hastur; the polypous, ravenous floating mass endowed with tentacles, drills, and suckers, or more frequently, as the King in Yellow, a humanoid being wearing tattered, yellow clothes and a mask hiding the face. He is said to be Cthulhu’s (half-)brother.
- Idh-yaa; A gigantic, pale, worm-like horror dwelling beneath the crust of the star Xoth. She has been Cthulhu’s first bride, and with him spawned three sons—Ghatanothoa, Ythogtha, and Zoth-Ommog—and a younger daughter, Cthylla.
- Yog-Sothoth; The “All-in-One and One-in-All”, co-rules with Azathoth and exists as the incarnation of time in the cosmos, yet is somehow locked outside the mundane universe.
- Shub-Niggurath; The “Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young”
- Nyarlathotep; The “Crawling Chaos”, is the avatar of the Outer Gods, existing as the incarnation of space and functions as an intermediary between the deities of the pantheon and their cults.
- Azathoth; Sometimes referred to as the “Blind Idiot God”, is a dreaming monster who rules the Outer Gods, created them (along with many other worlds) and thus effectively serves as the supreme deity of the Cthulhu Mythos.
With these Great Old Ones wishing to succeed Cthulhu as the leader of storied Dunwich, these demonic beings have each filled out the necessary paperwork and paid the fees to be placed on the November ballot for the office of First Selectman of Dunwich. The Town Clerk has posted the ballot in the Dunwich Complainer and a series of debates will take place. But not in the Town Hall as is typical but rather in an open field on Sentinel Hill where the larger Great Old Ones can more easily fit.
Due to the short window for campaigning there was not sufficient time for any of the candidates to obtain the endorsement of either of the two major parties but since the Democrats are rightly considered the sowers of chaos, any monstrous entity would more or less qualify as a Democrat candidate.
When contacted by the Complainer, only Hastur made himself available for comment. The polypous, ravenous floating mass endowed with tentacles morphed into his King in Yellow, humanoid wearing tattered, yellow clothes and mask hiding his face form. But before speaking he morphed into a very Trump-like monster. He was quoted as saying, “These debates will be the greatest debates and all these other Great Old Ones will be shown to be not very great. In fact, except for me they will all be terrible. They will all be like Sleepy Joe Biden; very confused and very stupid. Especially Azathoth who really is the “Blind Idiot God.” But he’s not really blind. He’s just pretending to be blind for the sympathy. Very sad. By the end of the debate all of them will drop out and I will be first Selectman. This I guarantee.”
We at the Dunwich Complainer will follow this race diligently and will shamelessly favor whichever candidate pays us the most advertising revenue. Stay tuned for this titanic struggle. Winner take Dunwich.