Yuggoth

Yuggoth is a planet that features in the Cthulhu Mythos.

History

Yuggoth was a planet that was said to exist in the outermost edge of the Solar System.

Overview

In appearance, Yuggoth was a dark, distant planet, generally believed to be Pluto, located at the very rim of the solar system where the sun shone no brighter than a star. It was depicted as a cold, inhospitable world featuring vast, cyclopean cities with black, windowless towers. Its surface was scoured by savage winds and marked by oceans and rivers of a warm, black, tar-like substance, bridged by ancient basalt structures built by an even older, extinct race. The Mi-Go, the primary inhabitants encountered by humans, did not require light for sight, hence the windowless architecture. (The Whisperer in Darkness)

Inhabitants

• Tsathoggua :
• Cxaxukluth :

Notes

• Yuggoth was created by H. P. Lovecraft where it featured in the setting of the Cthulhu Mythos universe.

In other media

Video games

• In The Whisperer in Darkness, Yuggoth appeared in the setting of the 2014 video game. Events surrounding Yuggoth centered on the dark planet as the ultimate destination for humanity's subjugation rather than an explorable location. The narrative primarily dealt with the protagonist, Albert Wilmarth, corresponding with Henry Akeley and eventually visiting his farmhouse in Vermont, where the horrifying proposition of traveling to Yuggoth was made clear. A "voice" from a brain in a cylinder, claiming to be Akeley, described the dark world of Yuggoth as a cosmic outpost and attempted to lure Wilmarth into accepting the procedure—having his own brain removed and canned for interstellar travel. The Mi-Go used deception, with one creature wearing Akeley's severed face and hands to maintain the charade while attempting to convince Wilmarth to give up his evidence and join their journey. Ultimately, unlike the original story where Wilmarth escaped, the game's major twist ending revealed that Wilmarth's escape attempt was unsuccessful. The story he had been narrating throughout the game was being recounted via the speech mechanism attached to his own brain cylinder, confirming that he had been captured, "canned," and was awaiting a one-way trip to Yuggoth. The distant, dark world therefore served as the constant, looming symbol of Wilmarth's final, inescapable doom and the successful stripping away of his humanity by the alien entity.

RPGs

• In CthulhuTech, Yuggoth featured in the setting of the RPG setting. Identified with the dwarf planet Pluto, it served as a major outpost for the alien Mi-Go civilization in the solar system. The Mi-Go used it as a mining colony and staging ground, establishing vast cities of black stone and emerald pyramids, which they built upon the ruins of an even older, extinct native race. The planet played a pivotal role in the setting's history during the initial conflicts with humanity. The Mi-Go launched their invasion of Earth from the outer solar system, operating from a vast hive ship which initially orbited Earth, but their homeworld (Yuggoth) was eventually ambushed by human forces from the Independent Solar Colonies (ISC). This surprise attack on Yuggoth forced the Mi-Go to divert the second hive ship to defend their colony, a critical event that provided the New Earth Government (NEG) with an opportunity to gain alien technology and turn the seemingly hopeless Aeon War into a winnable conflict. While Yuggoth served as a strategic base, its surface remained an inhospitable, dark, cold world with a tar-like ocean substance and savage winds.

Appearances

• The Whisperer in Darkness:

External Links

• Wikipedia Entry

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