User blog:Godkombat21/Titans of Terror: Typhon vs Cthulhu

I must say, it's been a while since I've been to this wiki. About 5 years in fact, lots of things have changed for me but for nostalgia sake I've decided to post a battle just for fun.



Today will be a battle that will truly scorch the Earth and heavens above as these two titans of terror battle for the right to rule over all. Typhon the father of all monsters and a beast so horrifying that the gods themselves fled in terror at the very sight of him. And Cthulhu the great old one whose very vissage is enough to drive men insane. These titanic beast will enter the ring but only one will emerge the Deadliest Warrior!

Typhon


"In size and strength he surpassed all the offspring of Earth. As far as the thighs he was of human shape and of such prodigious bulk that he out-topped all the mountains, and his head often brushed the stars. One of his hands reached out to the west and the other to the east, and from them projected a hundred dragons' heads. From the thighs downward he had huge coils of vipers, which when drawn out, reached to his very head and emitted a loud hissing. His body was all winged: unkempt hair streamed on the wind from his head and cheeks; and fire flashed from his eyes."

When the Olympians triumphed and imprisoned the titans, Gaia, the Earth, was angered by the fate of her children. In her grief stricken rage, she mated with her brother, Tarturus, the fiery depths of the Underworld. This unholy union spawned a monster so terrible that the gods themselves would come to fear him. Typhon, the father of all monsters was born. Said to be so massive that his head nearly touched the skys, and so powerful that he could toss mountains with ease. When Typhon was sent to challenge the rule of Olympus, the gods themselves fled in fear of him. All except for one, Zeus, the king of th gods. A fierce battle raged between the two that shook the very Earth itself, but eventually the king of the gods prevailed and imprisoned the fearsome monster beneath Mount Etna where the beast remains, still trying in vain to escape and have his revenge.

Powers/Abilities

 * Emmense Size: In every telling of the myth, Typhon is described as the largest monster in all of greek mythology.  He is said to be so tall that his head brushes againts the sky, his wings were said to block out the sun when properly spread, and his arms were said to reach both East and West when he stretched them.
 * Titanic Strength:  Many tellings state Typhon as the strongest of all of the Earth's children, depicting him as being able to battle Zeus on even ground and, in some tellings, being capable of completely overpowering the king of the gods and ripping out his tendons.
 * Multiple Heads: Typhon is often described as having one hundred dragon heads each of which being fully capable of acting on their own, in some versions, the heads on his shoulders can form full fledged monsters when detached.
 * Fiery Breath: Most, if not all, versions of Typhon are described as being able to breath fire or even magma from his mouth.
 * Incredible Durability: It is said that it took one hundred thunder bolts and a mountain being dropped on him to actually subdue him, and even then he survived and continues to cause the mountain to errupt whenever he's angered.
 * Immortality: Sometimes described as a god who also happens to be a monster, it is safe to assume that Typhon is immortal given he is a child of Gaia.
 * Serpent Coils: Typhon's serpentine coils have often times been shown to be strong enough to restrain Zeus.
 * Horrifying Visage: Typhon's very appearence is said to be so terrifying that the gods of Olympus fled to Egypt upon seeing him.

Cthulhu
''The Thing cannot be described - there is no language for such abysms of shrieking and immemorial lunacy, such eldritch contradictions of all matter, force, and cosmic order. A mountain walked or stumbled.''

If I say that my somewhat extravagant imagination yielded simultaneous pictures of an octopus, a dragon, and a human caricature, I shall not be unfaithful to the spirit of the thing. A pulpy, tentacled head surmounted a grotesque and scaly body with rudimentary wings; but it was the general outline of the whole which made it most shockingly frightful. Beneath the waves of the Pasific, lies the lost city known as R'Lyeh, and in the heart of said city resides the great old one known as Cthulhu. A being older than the Earth itself, Cthulhu waits in a death-like slumber so that he may be properly awakened and join his bretheran. A being said to be able to drive men insane just be gazing upon him, Cthulhu speaks to humans in nightmares, tormenting them and breaking their minds so that they will obey his will so to advance his goal to raise R'Lyeh perminantly so he can control the minds of all of humanity.

Powers/Abilities

 * Mountainous Size: Cthulhu is usually described as being comparable to mountains in size, but as a shape-shifter it is likely he can become bigger.
 * GodLike Strength: As a great old one, Cthulhu naturally posses godlike strength comparable to his breathren, even staking up to his half brother, the Great Hastar.
 * Flight: Unlike Typhon, Cthulhu's wings appear to be more than just cosmetic.
 * Madness Manipulation: As a god of madness and dreams, Cthulhu can mess with the minds of others, and drive them completely insane.
 * Immortality: Regularly described as unkillible, though Cthulhu has shown to be defeatable in the past, he is regularly described as being deathless.
 * Telepathy: Goes without saying, Cthulu can communicate through minds and completley take over the minds of those with weak wills.
 * Omnipotence: Cthulhu is said to be an all knowing being, as he knows all that goes on in the universe at once.
 * Durabilty: Possibley in part to his size and status as an old one, Cthulhu is extremely tough, in some parts of the mythos, being shown to withstand nuclear weapons.
 * Madness inducing Appearence: Those who gaze upon Cthulhu's form are almost immediatly struck with fits of insanity, with some even succoming to death after gazing upon him.

X-Factors
Strength

Both combatents, in their respective tales, are described as immensly powerful beings. But in terms of raw power, I must give the edge to Typhon. While Cthulhu can hold his own against his fellow old ones, Typhon fought and overpowered Zeus, who to the greeks was basically the god of gods at the time, and regularly is described as being able to chuck whole mountains with no difficulty.

Edge: Typhon

Intelligence

This one is pretty much a no brainer, as Cthulhu has been described as all-knowing and extremely intelligent. While most stories hardly touch upon Tyhpon's intelligence, though going off of most depicitons, he appears to be a mindless force of nature simply bent on doing his mother's will.

Edge: Cthulhu

Durabilty

This one is somewhat difficult. Both combatants display the ability to withstand massive amounts of damage and continue on. Typhon in many versions, shrugged of Zeus' thunderbolts with little difficulty and after being trapped under a montain, still bellowed fire in a rage. While Cthulhu has been shown to be defeated by a steamboat while weakened, he has later been shown withstanding a nuke during the cold war era. Overall both combatants show incredible durabilty neither having quite a clear advantage.

Edge: Even

Abilities

Both combatants bring an impressive array of abilities to the table, in terms of effectiveness in battle, Typhon edges out Cthulhu for his abilites being purely for combat. Cthulhu's abilites seem more fit for manipulation and breaking minds rather than direct combat, and given Typhon's bestial mindset and equally terrifying visage, it's unlikely Cthulhu would be able to drive him mad.

Edge: Typhon



Scenario
This battle takes place after the fall of the Olympian gods. Gaia, angered over the destruction of her kin, sends Typhon to challenge the great old one for dominion over the Earth.