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
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