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Azathoth, also known as The Blind Idiot God, The Daemon Sultan, and The Nuclear Chaos, is the overarching antagonist of the Cthulhu Mythos, created by the late horror-fantasy writer H. P. Lovecraft.

He first appeared in the 1922 unfinished short story ​Azathoth, in name only, before being mentioned and appearing in multiple other Lovecraft stories (most notably The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath).

He is a cosmic and boundless deity of colossal proportion and the great and all-powerful ruler of the Outer Gods and creator of all of existence. He is omnipotent beyond the power of the Great Old Ones, such as Cthulhu, and even his fellow Outer Gods, including Yog-Sothoth and Yibb-Tstll, and all other beings — and is the sole most powerful being in the entire mythos.

According to Lovecraft, all of reality is merely a part of Azathoth's dream, unknowingly created by itself. When, not if Azathoth awakens, all things will end, once and for all, and all will once again be Azathoth. However, August Derleth portrayed Azathoth as being similar to Lucifer from Christian theology, warring against the Elder Gods and being rendered blind and witless by them before being banished from creation by their magic. At some point in the future after the second coming of Nyarlathotep, Azathoth and his armies will return and all of the entire creation will be destroyed.

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Azathoth is the most powerful deity in Lovecraftian mythology. It outperforms gods as emblematic as Cthulhu, Nodens or Yog-Sothoth, and their mere presence portends death and destruction. It is also the ruler of the abyss and chaos.

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