Hello! I've been struggling with how to depict and voice an eldritch horror entity. They are far removed from this universe, so I'm at a loss at how they would speak and act when interacting with a host/human. Can you help me and/or give me examples of what that might look like?
How to Give an Eldritch Horror Entity a Voice
-> feel free to edit and adjust pronouns as you see fit.
The entity may observe humans like a scientist would observe test subjects. It is not inherently evil, just so far removed that it doesn't comprehend pain or morality.
Example: "You break so easily. Such a soft mind, blistering with thoughts. Why do you weep?"
Example: "Fear. I recognize the shape of it now. Like heat in the bones."
The entity is aware of its power but it enjoys the chase. It is patient, and speaks low and slow to stretch out the dread.
Example: "I can hear your pulse like music. Louder now. Louder still."
The entity is innocent and sounds sweet and playful, but does not understand the reality of what it is doing.
Example: "You're leaking! Why do you leak like that? Should I put it back in?"
The entity speaks as if it has witnessed countless lives, deaths, and civilization. Everything the human feels is insignificant.
Example: "You are not the first to beg. The first was a king with gold in his mouth."
The entity is just beginning to understand language, humans, and itself.
Example: "Pain. You... do not like it."
Example: "Lonely. That is the word. I have never been lonely before you."
The entity can't (or won't) use grammar like a human. It might communicate in fractured bursts, in symbols, in numbers, etc.
Example: "Lightlightdarkfolding--fold--fold--fleshwrongYES."
Example: "WE--I--MANY come through the not-between. Hello. Hello. Nothello."
The entity doesn't speak in the traditional sense. It communicates via dreams, hallucinations, physical sensations, etc. Words might appear as taste, as pain, or involuntary thoughts in the character's mind.
Example: She smelled salt and rotting roses. Then the message came: "Let me in."
Example: He tasted metal and heard weeping in the back of his mind.
what i bring to the table:
vibes
good taste in music
a very interesting collections of books
a few generational curses
a peculiar amount of knowledge about very niche topics and historic events
a quick lil sketch of the dusty, dreary, and yet somehow loveable lawyer we all know and love since j&h weekly motivated me to actually bang out a (somewhat) acceptable reference image for ol johnny boy
i can't casually listen to music. unfortunately everything i like makes me want to drop to my knees.
THE SAME SHIT SANDWICH !!! No voy a mentir literalmente todo lo que hice ayer fue escucharlos en bucle todo el día Y FUE GLORIOSO!!
''This is all I need: grief counselling from my own assassin.''
Greg Egan, 'The Walk' (Axiomatic, 1990).
If the gluttony song is this sexy how the hell am I supposed to survive the lust one????
It’s either going to be filthy or extremely political
Andrew is a big believer in the “everything is about sex, except for sex, that is about politics” quote