The Nightmare Beast - Revision history

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	[[File:~~dagon~~.png \| ~~600~~ px \| x ~~400~~ px \| right \| border \| frame \| Dagon, Nightmare Beast]]		[[File:Nightmare-beast-surreal.png \| 400 px \| x 600 px \| right \| border \| frame \| Dagon, creating and shedding heads constantly.]]

			[[File:Nightmare-beast-person.png \| 400 px \| x 600 px \| right \| border \| frame \| The Nightmare Beast's anthropomorphic form.]]

	=Overview=		=Overview=

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Personality

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	The Nightmare Beast is understood to embody the [[Strange Epiphany]] of audition, granting it absolute mastery over sound, vibration, and the perception of hearing. Integral scholars caution that this does not imply a personality oriented around communication or expression. Rather, the Nightmare Beast appears to experience reality as a continuous acoustic field, in which identity, memory, and intention are patterns of resonance rather than discrete thoughts.		The Nightmare Beast is understood to embody the [[Strange Epiphany]] of audition, granting it absolute mastery over sound, vibration, and the perception of hearing. Integral scholars caution that this does not imply a personality oriented around communication or expression. Rather, the Nightmare Beast appears to experience reality as a continuous acoustic field, in which identity, memory, and intention are patterns of resonance rather than discrete thoughts.

	Like all Eldritch Gods, the ~~Stone Dripping Blood~~ does not display recognizable psychology. Its behavior is inscrutable and inconsistent, offering no evidence of intention, desire, or awareness. Integral scholars increasingly caution against assuming consciousness at all, suggesting that Soma may function as a masked phenomenon rather than an agent, analogous to a Chinese Room executing a process without understanding.		Like all Eldritch Gods, the Nightmare Beast does not display recognizable psychology. Its behavior is inscrutable and inconsistent, offering no evidence of intention, desire, or awareness. Integral scholars increasingly caution against assuming consciousness at all, suggesting that Soma may function as a masked phenomenon rather than an agent, analogous to a Chinese Room executing a process without understanding.

	=Abilities=		=Abilities=

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	=Overview=		=Overview=

	The Nightmare Beast ([[Commonspeak]]), also Dagon {{lang\|Elfspeak\|ˈdeɪgɔn\|\ˈdeɪgɔn\\|monster}}, and Ulg'thraxa ~~Veyruul~~ {{lang\|Farspeak\|ˌulgkˈθræksə~~%20ˈveɪrul~~\|\ˌulgkˈθræksə ~~ˈveɪrul~~\\|no known translation}}, is an Eldritch God associated with the [[Strange Realm]] of [[The Horizon]], specifically the region known as [[The Blue Palace]], and is recognized as the patron and progenitor of the [[Slaver Fish]]. Its Commonspeak name comes from its purely physical horror.		The Nightmare Beast ([[Commonspeak]]), also Dagon {{lang\|Elfspeak\|ˈdeɪgɔn\|\ˈdeɪgɔn\\|monster}}, and Ulg'thraxa {{lang\|Farspeak\|ˌulgkˈθræksə\|\ˌulgkˈθræksə\\|no known translation}}, is an Eldritch God associated with the [[Strange Realm]] of [[The Horizon]], specifically the region known as [[The Blue Palace]], and is recognized as the patron and progenitor of the [[Slaver Fish]]. Its Commonspeak name comes from its purely physical horror.

	Integral scholarship classifies the Nightmare Beast as a godlike phenomenon rather than a true god. It does not display consistent intentional agency, instead, seeming as a persistent source of Strange influence, around which madness, mutation, and auditory hallucination reliably manifest. Most reliable information regarding the Nightmare Beast derives from Horizon expedition logs, Slaver Fish cult testimony, and post-incident analyses of coastal and subterranean contamination events.		Integral scholarship classifies the Nightmare Beast as a godlike phenomenon rather than a true god. It does not display consistent intentional agency, instead, seeming as a persistent source of Strange influence, around which madness, mutation, and auditory hallucination reliably manifest. Most reliable information regarding the Nightmare Beast derives from Horizon expedition logs, Slaver Fish cult testimony, and post-incident analyses of coastal and subterranean contamination events.

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Terminal Corruption: Compulsive Auditory Obedience Disorder

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	Concurrently, comprehension of the alien whisper improves. The language remains impossible to consciously translate, yet its intent becomes intuitively clear. Subjects frequently report distress at realizing they understand something they cannot think about. The whisper begins to feel external, intrusive, and directive.		Concurrently, comprehension of the alien whisper improves. The language remains impossible to consciously translate, yet its intent becomes intuitively clear. Subjects frequently report distress at realizing they understand something they cannot think about. The whisper begins to feel external, intrusive, and directive.

	==Terminal Corruption: ~~Compulsive~~ Auditory Obedience Disorder==		==Terminal Corruption: Catastrophic Auditory Obedience Disorder==

	In the terminal stage, the afflicted loses all capacity to comprehend non-Eldritch language. The alien whisper becomes the sole intelligible mode of communication. At this point, the subject no longer merely hears commands; their body responds to sound without mediation by will.		In the terminal stage, the afflicted loses all capacity to comprehend non-Eldritch language. The alien whisper becomes the sole intelligible mode of communication. At this point, the subject no longer merely hears commands; their body responds to sound without mediation by will.

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Anthropomorphic Form

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	==Anthropomorphic Form==		==Anthropomorphic Form==

	Described inconsistently but with notable recurring features. Witnesses report a ~~towering,~~ vaguely humanoid figure composed of slick, scaled flesh, perpetually wet as if submerged. The face presented is typically smooth and unfinished, with vestigial eyes and a mouth that does not move when speech is perceived. When this form is encountered, sound behaves anomalously: voices seem to originate from behind the listener, echoes precede their source, and spoken words linger unnaturally in the air after silence has fallen. This form is widely understood to be a cognitive mask, adopted to prevent immediate psychological collapse in observers.		Described inconsistently but with notable recurring features. Witnesses report a vaguely humanoid figure three meters tall, composed of slick, scaled flesh, perpetually wet as if submerged. The face presented is typically smooth and unfinished, with vestigial eyes and a mouth that does not move when speech is perceived. When this form is encountered, sound behaves anomalously: voices seem to originate from behind the listener, echoes precede their source, and spoken words linger unnaturally in the air after silence has fallen. This form is widely understood to be a cognitive mask, adopted to prevent immediate psychological collapse in observers.

	==Surreal Form==		==Surreal Form==

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	=Overview=		=Overview=

	The Nightmare Beast ([[Commonspeak]]), also Dagon {{lang\|Elfspeak\|ˈdeɪgɔn\|\ˈdeɪgɔn\\|monster}}, and Ulg'thraxa Veyruul {{lang\|Farspeak\|ˌulgkˈθræksə%20ˈveɪrul\|\ˌulgkˈθræksə ˈveɪrul\\|no known translation}}, is an Eldritch God associated with the [[Strange Realm]] of [[The Horizon]], specifically the region known as [[The Blue Palace]], and is recognized as the patron and progenitor of the [[Slaver Fish]].		The Nightmare Beast ([[Commonspeak]]), also Dagon {{lang\|Elfspeak\|ˈdeɪgɔn\|\ˈdeɪgɔn\\|monster}}, and Ulg'thraxa Veyruul {{lang\|Farspeak\|ˌulgkˈθræksə%20ˈveɪrul\|\ˌulgkˈθræksə ˈveɪrul\\|no known translation}}, is an Eldritch God associated with the [[Strange Realm]] of [[The Horizon]], specifically the region known as [[The Blue Palace]], and is recognized as the patron and progenitor of the [[Slaver Fish]]. Its Commonspeak name comes from its purely physical horror.

	Integral scholarship classifies the Nightmare Beast as a godlike phenomenon rather than a true god. It does not display consistent intentional agency, instead, seeming as a persistent source of Strange influence, around which madness, mutation, and auditory hallucination reliably manifest. Most reliable information regarding the Nightmare Beast derives from Horizon expedition logs, Slaver Fish cult testimony, and post-incident analyses of coastal and subterranean contamination events.		Integral scholarship classifies the Nightmare Beast as a godlike phenomenon rather than a true god. It does not display consistent intentional agency, instead, seeming as a persistent source of Strange influence, around which madness, mutation, and auditory hallucination reliably manifest. Most reliable information regarding the Nightmare Beast derives from Horizon expedition logs, Slaver Fish cult testimony, and post-incident analyses of coastal and subterranean contamination events.

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Personality

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	=Personality=		=Personality=

	The Nightmare Beast is understood to embody the Strange Epiphany of audition, granting it absolute mastery over sound, vibration, and the perception of hearing. Integral scholars caution that this does not imply a personality oriented around communication or expression. Rather, the Nightmare Beast appears to experience reality as a continuous acoustic field, in which identity, memory, and intention are patterns of resonance rather than discrete thoughts.		The Nightmare Beast is understood to embody the [[Strange Epiphany]] of audition, granting it absolute mastery over sound, vibration, and the perception of hearing. Integral scholars caution that this does not imply a personality oriented around communication or expression. Rather, the Nightmare Beast appears to experience reality as a continuous acoustic field, in which identity, memory, and intention are patterns of resonance rather than discrete thoughts.

	Like all Eldritch Gods, the Stone Dripping Blood does not display recognizable psychology. Its behavior is inscrutable and inconsistent, offering no evidence of intention, desire, or awareness. Integral scholars increasingly caution against assuming consciousness at all, suggesting that Soma may function as a masked phenomenon rather than an agent, analogous to a Chinese Room executing a process without understanding.		Like all Eldritch Gods, the Stone Dripping Blood does not display recognizable psychology. Its behavior is inscrutable and inconsistent, offering no evidence of intention, desire, or awareness. Integral scholars increasingly caution against assuming consciousness at all, suggesting that Soma may function as a masked phenomenon rather than an agent, analogous to a Chinese Room executing a process without understanding.

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	The Nightmare Beast is understood to embody the Strange Epiphany of audition, granting it absolute mastery over sound, vibration, and the perception of hearing. Integral scholars caution that this does not imply a personality oriented around communication or expression. Rather, the Nightmare Beast appears to experience reality as a continuous acoustic field, in which identity, memory, and intention are patterns of resonance rather than discrete thoughts.		The Nightmare Beast is understood to embody the Strange Epiphany of audition, granting it absolute mastery over sound, vibration, and the perception of hearing. Integral scholars caution that this does not imply a personality oriented around communication or expression. Rather, the Nightmare Beast appears to experience reality as a continuous acoustic field, in which identity, memory, and intention are patterns of resonance rather than discrete thoughts.

	~~Behavior attributed to~~ the ~~Nightmare Beast suggests compulsive engagement with sound~~. It is ~~drawn to environments of extreme silence or extreme noise~~, ~~and its manifestations often follow prolonged periods~~ of ~~auditory deprivation~~, ~~sensory overload~~, or ~~ritualized chanting~~. ~~The creature does not appear to distinguish between meaningful and meaningless sound; screams~~, ~~prayers~~, ~~and ambient noise are treated with equal apparent interest.~~		Like all Eldritch Gods, the Stone Dripping Blood does not display recognizable psychology. Its behavior is inscrutable and inconsistent, offering no evidence of intention, desire, or awareness. Integral scholars increasingly caution against assuming consciousness at all, suggesting that Soma may function as a masked phenomenon rather than an agent, analogous to a Chinese Room executing a process without understanding.

	~~Attempts~~ to infer motive from these behaviors have proven unsuccessful. The Nightmare Beast does not respond predictably to supplication, threat, or negotiation. Its actions are best understood as the external consequences of an epiphany that renders all existence audible and therefore vulnerable.

	=Abilities=		=Abilities=

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Surreal Form

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	Vast and unmistakably inhuman, it appears as a kaiju-scale quadrupedal monstrosity with a long tail, a spined, scaled body, and multiple serpentine necks terminating in a variety of different heads. New necks and heads continuously grow from the rear of the body, while older heads detach from the front, dissolving into a viscous, translucent slurry in which the creature perpetually wades. At any given moment, between five and eleven heads are present. These heads display a wide range of forms, including animals, mortals, and anatomies that do not correspond to any known species. All share the same vacant, unblinking gaze. No head appears to act independently, nor do any show evidence of individual awareness.		Vast and unmistakably inhuman, it appears as a kaiju-scale quadrupedal monstrosity with a long tail, a spined, scaled body, and multiple serpentine necks terminating in a variety of different heads. New necks and heads continuously grow from the rear of the body, while older heads detach from the front, dissolving into a viscous, translucent slurry in which the creature perpetually wades. At any given moment, between five and eleven heads are present. These heads display a wide range of forms, including animals, mortals, and anatomies that do not correspond to any known species. All share the same vacant, unblinking gaze. No head appears to act independently, nor do any show evidence of individual awareness.

	The Nightmare Beast’s presence is associated with severe environmental distortion. Sound travels unpredictably, water becomes thickened or gelatinous, and living creatures experience intrusive auditory hallucinations, often described as remembered voices speaking words never heard aloud.

	=Personality=		=Personality=

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Description

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	The Nightmare Beast manifests in at least two known forms.		The Nightmare Beast manifests in at least two known forms.

	Its anthropomorphic form is described inconsistently but with notable recurring features. Witnesses report a towering, vaguely humanoid figure composed of slick, scaled flesh, perpetually wet as if submerged. The face presented is typically smooth and unfinished, with vestigial eyes and a mouth that does not move when speech is perceived. When this form is encountered, sound behaves anomalously: voices seem to originate from behind the listener, echoes precede their source, and spoken words linger unnaturally in the air after silence has fallen. This form is widely understood to be a cognitive mask, adopted to prevent immediate psychological collapse in observers.		==Anthropomorphic Form==

	The ~~surreal~~ form of the ~~Nightmare Beast~~ is ~~vast~~ and unmistakably inhuman~~. It~~ appears as a kaiju-scale quadrupedal monstrosity with a long tail, a spined, scaled body, and multiple serpentine necks terminating in a variety of different heads. New necks and heads continuously grow from the rear of the body, while older heads detach from the front, dissolving into a viscous, translucent slurry in which the creature perpetually wades. At any given moment, between five and eleven heads are present. These heads display a wide range of forms, including animals, mortals, and anatomies that do not correspond to any known species. All share the same vacant, unblinking gaze. No head appears to act independently, nor do any show evidence of individual awareness.		Described inconsistently but with notable recurring features. Witnesses report a towering, vaguely humanoid figure composed of slick, scaled flesh, perpetually wet as if submerged. The face presented is typically smooth and unfinished, with vestigial eyes and a mouth that does not move when speech is perceived. When this form is encountered, sound behaves anomalously: voices seem to originate from behind the listener, echoes precede their source, and spoken words linger unnaturally in the air after silence has fallen. This form is widely understood to be a cognitive mask, adopted to prevent immediate psychological collapse in observers.

			==Surreal Form==

			Vast and unmistakably inhuman, it appears as a kaiju-scale quadrupedal monstrosity with a long tail, a spined, scaled body, and multiple serpentine necks terminating in a variety of different heads. New necks and heads continuously grow from the rear of the body, while older heads detach from the front, dissolving into a viscous, translucent slurry in which the creature perpetually wades. At any given moment, between five and eleven heads are present. These heads display a wide range of forms, including animals, mortals, and anatomies that do not correspond to any known species. All share the same vacant, unblinking gaze. No head appears to act independently, nor do any show evidence of individual awareness.

	The Nightmare Beast’s presence is associated with severe environmental distortion. Sound travels unpredictably, water becomes thickened or gelatinous, and living creatures experience intrusive auditory hallucinations, often described as remembered voices speaking words never heard aloud.		The Nightmare Beast’s presence is associated with severe environmental distortion. Sound travels unpredictably, water becomes thickened or gelatinous, and living creatures experience intrusive auditory hallucinations, often described as remembered voices speaking words never heard aloud.