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This category enumerates Strange Gods associated with the Obyrith.

Eldritch Gods (Commonspeak), also , are a class of godlike phenomena associated with the Strange Realm known as the Horizon. Integral scholarship recognizes exactly seven such entities, a number understood to be mandatory rather than coincidental, though the underlying principle enforcing this limit remains unknown. This constraint is commonly referred to as the Law of Seven, and it appears consistently across all manifestations of Strange divinity.

Integral authorities classify Eldritch Gods as godlike phenomena rather than true gods. Unlike the Gods of the Integrum, Eldritch Gods do not appear to govern Grand Designs, enforce universal laws, or exercise consistent intentional agency. Their power is vast, but it manifests indirectly, through distortion, influence, and symbolic resonance rather than obvious command.

The seven Eldritch Gods came into existence during The Shattering, and have posed a threat to The Integrum ever since. When The Shattering destroyed The Orrery, forever damaging the Grand Design of Destiny, Servitors of Destiny (called Fates) were driven insane. They all emerged from The Apparatus, no longer compatible with its function.

It is believed that where they emerged from The Apparatus became the first Strange Realm (called The Horizon), from which The Strange Sea and all other Strange Realms poured forth. There, Strange transformed the Fates into the Obyrithin, and for unknown reasons, seven of the most powerful or enlightened of the Obyrith became the Eldritch Gods.

The names of the individual Eldritch Gods are typically coined by the first Mortal cultures that encountered them.

Eldritch Gods are a specific category of Strange Gods. As creatures of Strange, they do not fit any rational definition by Integral measures. Moreover, Eldritch Gods are all associated strongly with incoherent madness, and the corruption of both mind and flesh.

Eldritch Gods, like the Obyrith, are obsessed with perception and cognition, presumedly in an effort to understand their place in a universe that no longer has a place for them. They seem to believe that through unravelling the mystery of perception and cognition that they do not comprehend, they will regain what was lost to them in The Shattering.

If there is an association of Eldritch Gods, it is not known.

If there are ecological qualities to Eldritch, they are not known.

Like many Strange species, there are seven unique Eldritch Gods.