User blog:Battlefan237/The War of Gods:Darkseid vs. Cthulhu

The most merciful thing in the world is mankind's inability to see and to link, all the unspeakable horror which only poetry and madness can describe hidden in the darkest corners of our world, on the verge of our sanity. What will happen when two sources of cosmic horror come into clashes, in this case, the Highlord of Apokolips and a Great Old One. Only you can decide, who is the deadliest tonight !

Cthulhu (Lovecraftian Myth )
"It seemed to be a sort of monster, or symbol representing a monster, of a form which only a diseased fancy could conceive. 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."

- Description of Cthulhu found Among the Papers of the Late Francis Wayland Thurston, of Boston (extracted from 'Call of Cthulhu" by H.P.Lovecraft ) "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn. (In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.)"

- Cultists on Cthulhu Cthulhu is an alien entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft and first introduced in the short story "The Call of Cthulhu". He is considered a Great Old One within the pantheon of Lovecraftian cosmic entities. While the Great Old Ones are not truly all-powerful gods as the Outer Gods are, they are nonetheless terrifying and godlike in mortal eyes.

Being a Great Old One (gods in the fictional universe Lovecraft created ), Cthulhu and his kin arrived on earth billions of years ago, searching for a new home after leaving the green binary star Xoth. However, the planet had already been claimed by a species known as the Elder Things, leading to a war between Cthulhu's Star Spawn and the Elder Things' Shoggoth monstrosities. Eventually, an uneasy peace was reached and the two factions each claimed their own half of the world.

During this time, Cthulhu constructed the city of R'lyeh, a place composed of structures so complex, the human mind would be unable to fathom them. However, a change in the stars caused Cthulhu to fall into a deep slumber, his city and the majority of his race sinking to the bottom of the ocean with environmental changes. Though the Elder Things' only adversaries had vanished, their victory was cut short when the Shoggoth slaves gained sentience, rebelling and destroying them. With the masters of the old world gone, life evolved from the Elder Things' left over experiments, and the war was forgotten with time. However, Cthulhu still lies dormant at the bottom of the sea, immune to the changing of the universe. Cults devoted to him can still be found at the darkest corners of the earth, whispering dark blasphemies that one day, when the stars are right, the sunken city will rise and its lord shall return to claim what is his.

In the late 1920s Cthulhu was accidentally awakened by a group of sailors that stumbled upon R'lyeh through using flashlights that somehow resembled the correct formation of stars required to summon it. Enraged, it killed most of the sailors but got temporarily defeated and sent back to the sunken city by a sailor who drove the steamboat into its head at full speed. Most people attributed this defeat to the fact that star wasn't right, which banned Cthulhu from unleashing his full potential.

However, this time, the stars are right, and Cthulhu will be engaging Darkseid with his power full on. Physiology= Cthulhu, while being a Great Old One, is actually quite powerless when compared to other absurdly powerful beings of Lovecraft's tales such as Nyarlathotep and Azathoth. However, this doesn't make him lame in power. In fact, even as a lower-tier cosmic entity of his universe he is still absurdly powerful by the standard of common sense. Listed below are the special features of his physiology.


 * Unique Body Composition:Cthulhu's body is composed of an unknown material similar to plasma, it is described as "tenebrous", “slobberingly”, “gelatinous”, and "greasily", giving him an incorporeal quality, as such he is capable of withstanding solar heat, as well as shapeshifting into the three states of matter: Solid, Gaseous, and Liquid. The mere fact that this full physical form is (presumably) in another plane of reality make this body undying and virtually immortal.This composition grants him with God-like endurance, strength, stamina and the ability to regenerate from large wounds such as being ran through by a steam boat.


 * Omniscience:Cthulhu and the other Great Old Ones know all that is occurring in the universe due to being able to telepathically communicate with and control any sentient beings, regardless of location. However, from his sunken city, Cthulhu's reach is restricted by some "primal mystery" in the waters, allowing him only to know everything that is transpiring on earth.


 * Extroardinary Size:As described by Lovecraft, Cthulhu is as large as a small mountain in size.Based on the Call of Cthulhu and At the Mountain of Madness, it is safe for us to estimate that its height is in the region of 100m to 150m.

Cthulhu has various minions at his disposal.
 * -|Weapons,Powers & Abilities=
 * Feelers:As a deity with a cephalopodic appearance, Cthulhu's primary weapons are its feelers which he use to grab/smash/strangle his opponents (presumably).
 * Telepathy: Cthulhu has massive telepathic abilities that enable him to speak to individuals or groups of beings whether in their subconscious or conscious mind, this also enables him to devastate minds of mortals or immortal creatures.
 * Mindmash: Interacting with Cthulhu, either through telepathy or direct confrontation, leads to insanity.The effect of such mindmash varies from one individual to another. For a human, a single stare is enough to break his mind (Briden went insane after one single stare in the original novel).Cthulhu, like other Lovecraftian gods, is also capable of planting illusion/abnormal fear/strong impulse to commit suicide/etc. in targeted individuals' minds.
 * -|Minions=
 * Star Spawn:The Star Spawn of Cthulhu are an extraterrestrial civilization of land-based octopus-like beings which colonized Earth sometime during the Paleozoic period and fought a long-lasting war against the Elder Things (giant, plant-like creatures with high intelligence and technology), eventually causing their opponent's withdrawal to the sea. They look like mini versions of Cthulhu and likely possess similar but downgraded powers.
 * The Deep Ones:The Deep Ones are a sapient, humanoid form of aquatic life who possess amphibious and fish-like features. Deep Ones do not age and cannot die of natural causes, living forever unless killed. The beings also seem to continue growing throughout their lives, some of the largest reaching heights of over 30 stories. While they normally reside beneath the waves in sunken caverns and temples, they can survive on land for quite a long time and will often do so to fulfill various purposes. In the story The Shadow Over Innsmouth, the Deep Ones strike a deal with the people of a fishing town which is beginning to dry up. The creatures offered to keep the fish plentiful and give the townspeople vast quantities of gold, but in return, the people of Innsmouth had to do two very important things.They possess superhuman strength and durability, superhuman swimming capabilities and some sort of control over fish. It has been heavily hinted in several stories that the Deep Ones worship Cthulhu as their god. Larger versions of their race attack with their claws and body while human-sized versions tend to use human made weapons (such as firearms, spears,etc) when fighting on land.

Darkseid
"I. Am. The. New. God. All is one in Darkseid. This mighty body is my church. When I command your surrender, I speak with three billion voices. When I make a fist to crush your resistance, it is with three billion hands. When I stare into your eyes and shatter your dreams, and break your heart, it is with six billion eyes! Nothing like Darkseid has ever come among you: Nothing will again. I will take you to a hell without exit or end. And there I will murder your souls! And make you crawl and beg! And die! Die! Die for Darkseid!"

- Darkseid "FOR DARKSEID !"

- Common chant among followers of Darkseid Darkseid is the tyrannical ruler of Apokolips, a merciless tyrant who has invaded and conquered multiple worlds throughout the entire Multiverse within the DC universe.

Formerly a farmer named Uxas, Darkseid hated the deities of his world. So he traveled up to their mountain while they slept and tricked them all into fighting each other. As they were all weakened from the war, he killed them one by one with his scythe (similar to Kronos of Greek mythology) and stole their power, before destroying his world and creating Apokolips, a planet filled with violence and sheer desperation and locked in eternal conflict with another equally powerful planet named New Genesis ruled by his brother Izaya.

As Apokolips's ruler, Darkseid invaded and conquered many worlds with his power and attempted to seek a transcendental mathematical formula known as "Anti-Life Equation" that is said to allow those who knew it to dominate the will of any sentient race. Naturally Darkseid came across countless enemies during his crusade of violence, including the Justice League, the Green Lantern Corps, Justice League Dark, etc.. Physiology= Darkseid is one of the most powerful beings in DCU from the race known as New Gods. Being a New God, he has the following physiological characteristics. NOTE:FOR THIS BATTLE DARKSEID WILL NOT BE PACKED WITH ALL THE NON-STANDARD POWERS/WEAPONS HE HAVE GAINED THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF DCU, ONLY THE MOST ICONIC ONES.
 * Super Strength:His strength is immensely high, effortlessly breaking a lantern ring with hie bare hands. He has overpowered Superman, Wonder Woman, Shazam and other powerful beings in duel of strength.
 * Super Speed:Darkseid is super fast in speed, being able to react in nanoseconds and catch Superman off guard.
 * Super Durability:Darkseid is super durable and is rarely seen tired in comics.
 * Super Endurance:Darkseid has tanked immense amount of damage,being able to withstand blows from some of the most powerful beings of DCU.
 * -|Weapons,Powers & Abilities=
 * Omega Beams:The Omega Beams are powerful optic rays Darkseid uses (which he fires out from his eyes). Darkseid gets this power from an energy called the Omega Effect. This energy allows him to emit Omega Beams which are powerful bio-electric energy beams that can be concentrated, and fired from his eyes which can lock into a target to ensure it never misses and disintegrate a selected target, however anything Darkseid destroys with them can be recreated with a thought. They are powerful enough to harm Kryptonians and fast enough to catch speedsters. Darkseid once boasted that no living being had ever withstood the full force of the Omega Effect, but Doomsday and Superman have both withstood the Effect.The Cyborg Superman has demonstrated a degree of resiliency to them as well.
 * Anti-Life Equation:This equation is a formula consisting of the phrases below :loneliness + alienation + fear + despair + self-worth ÷ mockery ÷ condemnation ÷ misunderstanding x guilt x shame x failure x judgment n=y where y=hope and n=folly, love=lies, life=death, self=dark side

The full formula typically manifests itself physically as a series of fiery, inscrutable alien symbols and glyphs which form around the one who uses it, while incomplete fragments are projected as singular glyphs.

By speaking the Equation, Darkseid can insert the full formula into people's minds, giving them the mathematical certainty that life, hope, and freedom are all pointless, thus effectively rendeirng the targeted individual the inability to fight back.

Mister Miracle (Shilo Norman) was able to break free from this with the help of Metron, gaining immunity from the Equation in the process.

The only known antidote to the Equation are the concepts of Freedom and Hope; the New Genesis hieroglyph of Freedom, called the Metron Emblem, significantly wears down the formula's ability to dominate other wills, allowing the infected to fight against the Equation and win while exposed to the symbol. A Metron Emblem, if large enough, is able to massively disrupt the Anti-Life Equation's powers, as transmitted through various frequencies, and even wear down those wearing Justifier helmets if they are in the vicinity. Flash (Barry Allen), was also able to use the Speed Force to negate the effects of the Equation on a person under its influence. Individuals or beings with strong will power will likely reduce the effect of the equation as well.


 * -|Minions=
 * Parademons:Parademons are the personal shock troops of Darkseid of Apokolips. They are genetically created in Apokolips' laboratories and serve as his loyal army. Some Parademons are bred from human stock, culled from the lowly Hunger Dogs that reside in the Armagetto district of Apokolips. When Apokolips decides to mount an inter-planetary invasion (usually Earth), he sends in waves of Parademons as the advance force. The Parademons have engaged in combat with several of Earth's super-heroes, notably the Justice League of America.They are larger than average human (comparable to large animals such as bears and elephants) and their iconic weapons are razor sharp, cutting and piercing bladed wings with a refined edge. They possess superhuman strength, sharp fangs, fire breathing and the ability to detonate themselves and create a large explosion around them when deeming their mission as possible failures.

Battle
Will be a direct confrontation between Darkseid and an army of parademons & Cthulhu and his minions (number equals to that of parademons). No prep time given to both sides. Set in Ryleh, which has risen to the surface in the Pacific Ocean of DC Universe.