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A very obscure entity known to be capable of resisting the powers of Nyarlathotep. I portrayed it surrounded by bat-like Night Gaunts that are it's servants.I also gave it small horns as there is apparently some conection between Nodens and Pan.
"He spoke, too, of the things he had learned concerning night-gaunts from the frescoes in the windowless monastery of the High-Priest Not To Be Described; how even the Great Ones fear them, and how their ruler is not the crawling chaos Nyarlathotep at all, but hoary and immemorial Nodens, Lord of the Great Abyss."
H. P. Lovecraft, The Dream-Quest Of Unknown Kadath
"(...)the grey and awful form of primal Nodens, Lord of the Great Abyss. And the conches of the tritons gave weird blasts, and the nereids made strange sounds by striking on the grotesque resonant shells of unknown lurkers in black sea-caves. Then hoary Nodens reached forth a wizened hand and helped Olney and his host into the vast shell, whereat the conches and the gongs set up a wild and awesome clamour."
H.P. Lovecraft, The Strange High House In the Mist
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I just had a feeling this was Nodens. Then I saw the Night-Gaunts and was like, "Aw! 
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Yeah, they do. XD Who wouldn't love big daddy that doesn't take shit from Nyarlathotep?
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No joke, it's good somebody can stand up to that guy. I'd like to see him try to boss the Gaunts around and they just lay about passively like apathetic cats.
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Well, even the Shantaks fear the Gaunts
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Wow. Wow.
ThatΒ΄s without a doubt my favorite interpretation of Nodens.
How do you interpret him, character wise?
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Could you specify what do you mean?
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How would you interpret his role and such?
Also,there are people that think Nodens is actually nice, tho you don't seem to be one of them.
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Nodens is the hunter. I don't think he is kind to humans, he just likes killing beasts of Nyarlathotep for sport.Β
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I kinda like the Fall of Cthulhu interpretation of Nodens tbh.
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The Great Old Ones cause horror and even insanity to those who see them, whereas the Elder Gods (Nodens, Bast,...) cause reverence and awe.
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While this is true to post-Lovecraftian mythos I think he originally saw things otherwise. Nodens' name is inspired by Machen's "Great God Pan" where it is clearly portrayed as an evil creature. His servants' the Nightgaunts and title of "Lord of the Great Abyss" do not hint a very nice character either. Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath more strongly suggests their rivalry with Great Old Ones rather then being friendly to humans.
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In my Chaosium guide, calling Nodens for help is iffy, as indeed they are only marginally involved in human affairs and only when paths cross. Even then you need "Oratory" to persuade Nodens to consider your appeal.
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Like Jeckyl & Hyde, reference is made to "transcendental medicine" .Machen did mention some undescribed & undefined things such as the jeelo,the voola, the green and scarlet ceremonies , the Mao games, and so on,
I was in Bath, seeing the ruins there and found an inscription dedicating something to "Nodens, lord of the Great Abyss" on a wall in the bath. The water needs purging with strong acid.
Chaosium suggests that meeting or evoking Nodens, you must then present your case with skilled oratory, for helping humans is not on his docket, and he'd do it only if doing so would further his purposes.
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That's understendable as Chaosium is intebded for RPG players. It surely must be fun to make the player present his case in some creative and convincing way but it isn't very coherent with the stories.
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He came and had tea with Olney and the Old Man, and Olney was never quite the same since.
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Thank you for all the long and interesting comments!
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Im gonna read every book of him! OLD MEN THAT ENDURE POWERS OF GODS? LOL!
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Some of his stuff is pretty weak to be honest. But dream cycle and cthulhu mythos are pure awesomeness.
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welp, your drawings make me want to read EVERYTHING lovecraftian
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Hope you'll find the books fun then.
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Oh, yes! With one look, you don't know exactly what he can do, but know that he is extremely powerful.
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Thats' good, I wanted to make him look mysterious and menacing.
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Superb! How else would the one being that hunts Nyarlathotep appear other than this Abyssal King? Marvelous job once again.
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I bet direct confronation between these twou would be indeed an epic battle.
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Perhaps the end of all things as well.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2tYRq⦠your comment reminded me of this cartoon.
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Larwy moΕΌna wszystkim straszyc
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I love this, I love the more obscure lovecraftian deities
I really need to read the dream quest
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Read it! It's a great tale.
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I'll get it next chance I have
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Ten TwΓ³j 
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Amazing work. Your lovecraftian pictures are fantastic!Β
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Ah. I'm surprised you drew Nodens, but I'm very glad you did. I would have loved to see you draw him as described in The Strange High House, with all of the wild and wondrous color and energy, but this drawing is more unique, depicting him as a shadowy figure surrounded by the bat-winged Night Gaunts. I absolutely love it, and it hints at perhaps a stranger form beneath his hoary form.
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