Chapter 1365 The Chaotic Arctic Circle
As an old friend, Dior certainly understood what Liu Xing was hinting at him, so while Yin Luyang was drinking water, he winked at Liu Xing to show that he knew what to do.
After leaving the room, Liu Xing called Zhang Jingxu and others to his room and told him everything that happened to Yin Luyang. However, Liu Xing did not tell the most important point, that is, why Atu did what he did. Everyone.
Of course, Alice also participated in the discussion at this time, because everyone already regarded Alice as one of their own, and also treated Alice as a player.
"I agree with Liu Xing's idea. This Yin Luyang should be a player from the Cthulhu area, and he should also be one of the top players in the current Cthulhu team game lobby. Otherwise, he would not be able to use advanced Using the character card method, I became a professor of occult science at Miskatonic University, and also conjured up so many NPCs out of thin air to support myself; if we use the general method now, we might be able to become a student or lecturer at Miskatonic University , but it is absolutely impossible to become a professor.”
Zhang Jingxu touched his chin and said with a smile: "But as a player, Mr. Yin Luyang has made wedding clothes for us, because as long as nothing happens, Dior should be able to ask Yin Luyang to help us. After all, as long as everything goes well in the Gongwu Battle , then we will go to Miskatonic University soon, and Yin Luyang will be our best tour guide and partner, and then as long as we work together on a few modules, Yin Luyang should become our teammate."
"Yes, originally the reason why we went to Miskatonic University should be Alice, or Alice's master, but now if we can have Yin Luyang to help us, we will have one more way; and Yin Luyang is Miskatonic University The current professor at Miskatonic University, plus he is also the head of the Yin family, should be able to provide us with more help when moving around Miskatonic University."
As soon as Yin En finished speaking, Alice nodded and said, "Although my master once worked at Miskatonic University, and there are still many friends living and working near Miskatonic University, they may not really help. We, after all, there is a generation between us, of course I can also ask my master to speak, but it must be for a legitimate reason... But having said that, my master recently went to the Arctic Circle."
"Arctic Circle?" Liu Xing asked subconsciously: "Alice, why are you going to the Arctic Circle when your master has nothing to do? Although the Arctic Circle seems to be a deserted and white place, in fact the Arctic Circle is very lively. , mythical creatures, secret churches, and even the Great Old Ones."
"Yes, there is more than one Old Dominator over the Arctic Circle, and they are all difficult enemies to deal with in terms of settings, because they all have a strong home field advantage." Li Hanxing also said.
Alice shrugged, nodded and said: "Of course I know this, and my master also understands it, so my master has not dared to set foot in the Arctic Circle casually these years, because he feels that the Arctic Circle is too dangerous, and he is in the Arctic Circle However, not long ago, an old friend of my master had an accident in the Arctic Circle, so my master formed an expedition team with several other people and went directly to the Arctic Circle without making much preparation. lock up."
"Huh? Did something important happen? Since your master's friend has already had an accident in the Arctic Circle, your master should be fully prepared before setting off, right? So as not to risk a few more lives." Ding Kun said with a puzzled look on his face.
Alice sighed and said with some confusion: "I don't know, I just know that the matter is very urgent and my master and his friends need to get to the Arctic Circle as soon as possible, so I have been paying attention to the Arctic Circle in the past few days. The latest news is that a strange snow storm is sweeping across the Arctic Circle."
Hearing the words "snow storm", Liu Xing and others all showed "I see" expressions, because Liu Xing and others already knew what the cause of this snow storm was.
The Old One - Itakua.
When Drake introduced the "four elements" setting into the Cthulhu mythology system, he discovered that most of the original Old Ones were divided into "water" and "earth", so they could represent "wind" and "fire" There were very few Old Ones, so Drake decided to take matters into his own hands. With enough food and clothing, he created a pair of Old Ones brothers - Cthugha and Itakua, representing fire and wind respectively.
It is worth mentioning that the mother of Cthurgia and Itakua is Sabu Nicholas, and the father may be Hastur, so Liu Xing suspects that the reason why Hastur in the Cthulhu Running Group game hall is Will be suddenly "seriously injured" and will be replaced by the King in Yellow, most likely because of the conflict between Shub Nicholas and Nyarlathotep.
As mentioned before, although there are many old rulers in the Cthulhu mythology, most of the settings are very simple, just a name plus a description of the appearance, and then delineating the activity area. After all, these To put it bluntly, the Old Ones are all tool people, or even background people, so they basically never really appear, but only appear in certain people's conversations.
Therefore, the old rulers with detailed descriptions such as Cthulhu can actually be described as rare, and Itaqua is one of them. After all, it is the one used by Drake to derive the "four elements" setting. important role.
This is like a fan novel at a certain point. Since the author wants to write a story that is different from the original work, then he must have a protagonist who does not exist in the original work and let him guide the plot in a new direction.
The Ithacua brothers are an important role that Drake came up with when he wanted to inject new vitality into the Cthulhu mythology system. Therefore, the Ithacua brothers can be said to be the most important characters in the Cthulhu mythology system. One of the most perfect ancient rulers.
Compared to Cthurgia, who is just a big fireball, Itacua is a little more human-like, and it also has multiple clones with different images, but because Itacua's prototype is a Wendigo, that is, We usually refer to it as a snowman or a snow monster, so this state is considered to be Itakua's true form.
Because its activity location is near the Arctic Circle, and Itacua represents "wind", every time Itacua moves, it will be accompanied by violent wind and snow, so outsiders will see a figure that sometimes disappears in the wind and snow. A giant appeared, but what was even more terrifying was that the giant's bright red eyes were very bright, like red lanterns in the dark.
Therefore, the indigenous people living in the Arctic Circle have spread a saying from a long time ago, that is, when you see two "big red lanterns" suddenly appearing in the wind and snow not far away, you can stop and wait for death to come. , because no matter how vigorous a hunter is with a powerful sled dog, driving a perfect sled, he can only watch the two "big red lanterns" getting bigger and bigger, and there are terrible howls all around. The cries were getting closer.
That’s right, I don’t know if the authors after Love Craft God forgot the setting that “the Old Ones were sealed by the ancient gods”. In short, many of the Old Ones can move freely after that, but They generally don't leave their own one-third of an acre of land, or in other words, they only move in a certain area on the earth.
That's right, in Liu Xing's opinion, one of the most special settings of Itakuya is that when Itakuya catches prey, he will not enjoy it alone, but will fly directly into the sky with the prey and run to have sex with him. Enjoy it with Hastur, your immediate boss and the highest representative of "Wind". . . Of course it could also be Dad.
Therefore, Itaqua is also jokingly called the most conscientious old ruler in the Cthulhu mythology, because it knows to respect its superiors and honor its father.
For players, a flying Old Dominator is scary enough, but it turns out that Itakua can also carry out sneak attacks!
That's right, Itaqua would often hide in the ruins of some cities or settlements in the Arctic Circle, and then create storms that would force nearby hunters to take shelter in these ruins, and Itaqua would launch an attack at this time. attack.
Thinking of this, Liu Xing couldn't help but said: "Alice, did your master's friend suddenly disappear due to that strange storm when he was exploring the ruins of a certain city in the Arctic Circle?"
"That's right!"
Alice looked at Liu Xing with some surprise and continued: "My master's friend was an Eskimo. He was the most famous local hunter when he was young, so once Miskatonic University organized an expedition to the Arctic Circle. At that time, he was hired as the guide of the expedition team, and it was precisely because of his good performance that the expedition team completed the set goals safely and quickly, so the leader of the expedition team invited him to study at Miskatonic University. Because there are so many places to explore in the Arctic Circle.”
"So my master became good friends with him, and heard many stories about the Arctic Circle from him. Among them, a snow monster named Wendigo caught my master's attention, because this snow monster has already It has existed for thousands of years, so my master realized that this snow monster might be a powerful mythical creature, or even an old ruler."
Having said this, Alice looked at Liu Xing, and Liu Xing nodded directly and said: "Yes, this Wendigo is an old ruler named Itakua, but it may also be just his clone. One of them, and its strength can be considered to be at the upper-middle level among the old rulers, but the things he usually does are a bit cheap, and he likes to capture people and give them to his father when he has nothing to do; but then again, according to the setting near the Arctic Circle The aboriginal people will hold sacrificial ceremonies because they are afraid of Itacua, so that Itacua will not come to trouble them, so your master's friends should have also participated."
"Yes, my master's friend once participated in this ceremony, so he always boasted that he was blessed by the Wendigo, also known as Itacua, so he has never been in danger during hunting, but he still One thing he mentioned was that he had encountered a group of beings called ice ghosts. These ice ghosts were originally excellent hunters from various tribes in the Arctic Circle. However, after disappearing, they turned into extremely terrifying ice ghosts. The presence."
Alice's words reminded Liu Xing of the White Walkers in "A Song of Ice and Fire", because the ice ghosts in Alice's mouth can be said to be very similar to the White Walkers, they are a group of frost versions of zombies. And they are the unlucky ones among the unlucky ones snatched away by Itacua, because they cannot live in peace even after death.
However, it is worth mentioning that, for some unknown reason, Itacua changed the appearance of these ice ghosts to look exactly like himself, a skinny monster with webbed fingers, red eyes, and Therefore, these ice ghosts will sway in the wind and snow, making them look even more eye-catching.
"I remember that an expedition team from Miskatonic University also encountered Itacua in the Arctic Circle, and one of its team members was captured, so is there no record of this incident from Miskatonic University? What if? If so, Alice, your master's friends should know about Itakua's existence." Ding Kun asked curiously.
Alice shook her head and said with a wry smile: "It's not like you don't know that the Miskatonic University expedition team will most likely never return, so it is even more serious for one or two team members to be captured by unknown entities. It is commonplace, so few people care about this kind of thing; and as far as I know, there are many expeditions sent by Miskatonic University to the Arctic Circle, because there are many ancient city ruins in the Arctic Circle, which have been excavated Lots of useful stuff.”
Fast forward to the companion piece to At the Mountains of Madness .
"Judging from the current situation, Alice, your master's friend should have met Itakua, but the current Itakua looks a little abnormal, because according to the setting, Itakua is catching prey. Then it will leave the Earth instead of hanging around the Arctic Circle like it is now, so this must be something big going on."
Liu Xing said this, but he had already guessed a possibility in his heart, that is, Itakuya followed in the footsteps of his father, and his body was "severely injured and comatose" for some reasons, which gave him several clone positions. opportunity, so several clones started fighting in the Arctic Circle. However, since the difference in strength between the clones was not large, it became the current inextricable situation.
Thinking of this, Liu Xing wanted to ask the King in Yellow if he knew about this, because the King in Yellow was either Itakuya's "uncle" or his "brother."