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Interestingly, while most angels in The Bible look like what one would expect from religious art, some of them do appear as this type.

Adorable Abomination: An eldritch being which actually looks rather cute (though maybe deceptively so, or perhaps it's genuinely friendly).Adaptational Abomination: An entity which was not so eldritch in the original story becomes more of an abomination in the adaptation.Thanks to the nature of this trope, potential Real Life examples are very vague and questionable at best. However, an Eldritch Abomination who has clear agency and is sufficiently heinous by the standards of the story or its own established Grey-and-Gray Morality can qualify as a Complete Monster. May be the cause of a Bizarro Apocalypse.ĭo not confuse this with Complete Monster, which is more about evil than (physical) monstrousness, especially since a Complete Monster isn't necessarily a literal monster, and an Eldritch Abomination isn't always evil. An Eldritch Location is not necessarily an Eldritch Abomination that takes the form of a Genius Loci, but it can be. Sister Trope to Brown Note Being, since eldritch or abomination doesn't describe every creature which causes a Brown Note, nor does every Eldritch Abomination cause one (though it is common for them). When regular humans look like (or legitimately are) Eldritch Abominations to other species, that's Humans Are Cthulhu. More candidates for being Eldritch Abominations are: God of Evil, God of Chaos, The Old Gods, Paradox Person, and Starfish Aliens. The monster must break the established internal logic of the work.įor specific storylines involving Eldritch Abominations, see the Did You Just Index Cthulhu? page. Though note that a monster being really powerful, weird or ugly is not, in and of itself, an example of this trope. The most often used element for a Cosmic Horror Reveal, at which point, expect such a creature to be the Final Boss.Ī Sub-Trope of Our Monsters Are Different, Our Monsters Are Weird & Cosmic Entity. In some cases, we simply stop them being fully summoned into our world. Many stories involve only a proxy, incarnation, representation or some manner of reduced form of theirs being defeated or otherwise ejected from our reality with the greater whole/source entity remaining uneffected, able to wait out the end of the current generation, civilization, planet or reality itself, or it being noted that it has already done so in the past to impose itself once more in the present. In the Cosmic Horror Story genre, however, these beings are usually unbeatable, or are technically beatable, but will result in a Pyrrhic Victory with an incredible cost unless the story is a bit "lite" in comparison to your usual fare against Eldritch entities.

Some of which can be defeated by mortals, usually via a special weapon specifically meant to kill them, some of which are more powerful than gods, but are often still able to be defeated. The power of these beings can greatly vary. However, common physical characteristics include similarities to internal organs, animals with tentacles, or celestial bodies. They can range from humanoid to animalistic to physically impossible to inconceivably bizarre. Physically, the Eldritch Abomination is only defined by seeming somehow "off", hinting at their incomprehensible nature. As they are defined by existing outside reality as we conceive it, most also come from somewhere beyond the stars or before the dawn of time or outside our universe. They are often used as a Greater-Scope Villain, Outside-Context Problem, Mad God, God of Evil or Sealed Evil in a Can - though they hail from somewhere beyond our petty parameters of good and evil in the typical sense. Howard, the Eldritch Abomination has become a mainstay of horror and fantasy works, along with numerous others that popularly derive inspiration from Lovecraft. Native to the Cosmic Horror Story genre dabbled in by authors such as H. Any rules that they do follow are beyond our understanding, as are what motives they might have for any of their actions. Humans suffer Brown Note or Go Mad from the Revelation effects just from witnessing their Alien Geometries. They are grotesque mockeries of reality beyond comprehension whose disturbing otherness cannot be encompassed in any mortal tongue. The Eldritch Abomination is a type of creature defined by its disregard for the natural laws of the universe as we understand them. Kurt Busiek, "Storms of the Heart", Astro City