| “ | You do not see the bigger picture, my disciple. These lives are insignificant to the bigger whole. In time, you will come to understand and follow my views. | „ |
| ~ Hastur speaking to Nixon |
Hastur is the main protagonist of Rebellion, a side story in Collapse detailing the creation of the Borea and its various inner workings. It was sent down in the wake of Cthulhu's destruction and death in order to act as the new warden for Nyarlathotep. But knowing that the Outer Gods could not see the bigger picture, it began the plan to murder the Crawling Chaos.
Backstory[]
In the wake of Cthulhu's death, the Outer Gods knew that a new Warden was in order to contain Nyarlathotep before he would eventually escape and wreak havoc on the pantheon. It was eventually decided that the spawn of Yog-Sothoth, the victor of the Hyperborea, Hastur would be sent down to act as the new world's Warden. In truth, Hastur only won the great event through its meticulous planning and knowledge that it would happen in the first place and moving ahead. It would even see and plan for itself to be sent down into the atomic world. It would know of the Outer Gods' folly and how flawed their plan is, for it knew that Nyarlathotep would find a way to threaten them.
So, it came under the guise that it was also exiled from the Ultimate Void, acting as Nyarlathotep's advisor and intelligence behind the scenes. Taking apart Cthulhu's corpse and analyzing it, Hastur would create the ritual and process of turning mortal beings into Elder Gods. Sharing this knowledge with Nyarlathotep, it would suggest creating a court and city to hide his machinations. The Crawling Chaos would follow in stride, and Hastur began planning a great city to be built upon the corpse of Cthulhu. Though the city was to later be named the Borea, that would come later as the two would witness an event unlike any other. What was supposedly a meteor shower, were great weapons tossed down onto the Earth by an unknown force.
Finding the crater of the many supposed meteors, Hastur would discover the Omikami. Not only that, but once compared with Cthulhu's crafted own, it was perfected in every way. Although shocked by the discovery, it would immediately incorporate such weapons into its own planning. Nyarlathotep saw this as an opportunity as well, knowing exactly what to do with the weapons. But as the Faceless God schemed to take down the Outer Gods, Hastur would find a lone child with immense potential for knowledge. A child that would later be known as Nixon Holmes. In the time it spent, Hastur would teach the child many things as he would need to carry on its knowledge. That time would come as Hastur created the first biological Omikami.
But as Nyarlathotep was ready to slay Hastur, everything had already been set in place and its death would create the chain of events that would lead to his death. So, as it dipped into the Bindings and manipulated all of space-time across the multiverse, it would condense the infinite universes into a singular structure. But as its true form dabbled with the conceptual and abstract, altering certain positions of space-time, its avatar would be murdered by an Omikami. Such a weapon killed its true form existing in the Bindings, even erasing all knowledge of its existence from across all of reality itself. Yet in its death, it knew that it had sowed the seeds for rebellion.
Appearance[]
Hastur's true form is an unspeakable and incomprehensible monstrosity, being bathed in yellow and a writhing mass of bones and tentacles alike, almost as if they are consuming its very flesh. Its true face is a maddening view as those who attempt to look at it in the eyes are left reeling on the floor and crying in despair. Yet, it is seemingly crippled, walking with a cane in order to support its fragile body. Many avatars were used throughout the ages and in the creation of the Borea, but its main uses often reflected the looks of kings and queens.
Personality[]
Hastur is a very distant and cold individual, sharing the same views as the Outer Gods. It views humanity as nothing more than tools to further its plan and does not care about the loss of life. Despite this, it is an incredibly intelligent entity, crafting and scheming of plans greater than what mortal mind could imagine. Its intelligence is outstanding, as Hastur was the one to create the process of turning normal mortal beings into Elder Gods. It is no perfectionist, but it knows when things are going wrong. In the times it spent with Nyarlathotep, it created plans and hid them behind many failsafes. Sometimes, its intelligence was akin to looking into the future thousands of years ahead. Despite this, it has the pride and arrogance just like the Great Old Ones and Outer Gods before it, believing that its way and plans are the only correct path.
Combat Statistics[]
Tier: 10-C physically, up to 2-A with abilities
Powers and Abilities:
Immortality (Types 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9) (By becoming an undead entity through its own Observation, it was capable of exceeding the concepts of life and death. Reliant on the Bindings to bring it back from destruction with its true form existing in the Ultimate Void. Exists so long as advancement and improvement exists in the hearts of men), Regeneration (High-Godly: Was capable of coming back even from the destruction of its probalistic state), Nonduality (Nature Type 1/Aspect Type 2), Acausality (Type 4) (Exists as the highest entity in the Bindings, exceeding its bound dualistic concepts and laws of the cosmos to the point of editing and controlling it on a whim), Extrasensory Perception and Non-Physical Interaction (Could see and interact with Corrupted Ones), Self-Sustenance (Types 1, 2, and 3: Does not need any form of sustenance and regards it as 'mortal weakness and illusion'), Madness Manipulation (Types 2 and 3: Attempting to gaze at Hastur's true form results in utter madness), Subjective Reality (Exists as a Monitor and is capable of deciding what is and what is not), Empowerment (Empowered by the ideas of advancement and improvement in the hearts of men), Perception Manipulation and Illusion Manipulation (Is capable of creating illusions that can scramble and manipulate the senses), Fear Manipulation and Darkness Manipulation (Capable of manipulating the darkness and fear in the hearts of humanity. Its face could cause fear so great that it gave heart attacks), Paralysis Inducement and Body Puppetry (Could halt targets in their tracks and manipulate their body movements), Teleportation, Dimensional Travel, and Time Travel (Through Alternative Observation, it could teleport throughout all of time and space across the multiverse), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1: Could manipulate and alter The Bindings on a whim), Information Manipulation (Type 2: Could alter the information of the Bindings), Reality Warping and Probability Manipulation (Can manipulate the fundamental level of reality to warp and manipulate its fabric. Its Presence is capable of manipulating probability to always present the most favorable sequences to occur), Fate Manipulation and Causality Manipulation (Via its Presence), Precognition (Capable of calculating what could happen in the future, its sight allowed it to see millions of years into the future), Telekinesis (Type 2: Capable of altering and manipulating matter on the quantum level and hold a telekinetic grasp over an entire time-space continuum), Space-Time Manipulation (Type 2: Manipulated and controlled all of space-time across the multiverse to condense it into a 'manifold singularity'), Energy Manipulation and Forcefield Creation (Capable of creating a forcefield made out of psychic energy, which could alter causality and reality to protect its wielder), Avatar Creation (Has dozens of avatars, which are extensions of its will), Power Nullification (Mass amounts of psychic energy could cancel out multiple Presences without issue), Healing and Regeneration Negation (Up to High-Godly) (Its strikes and attacks transcend healing, making it impossible to be healed without the use of an Omikami), Immortality Negation (Types 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9) (Capable of killing Corrupted Ones)
Resistance to Void Manipulation, Existence Erasure, Information Manipulation (Type 2), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1), Soul Manipulation, and Mind Manipulation (Can resist and tank strikes from Corrupted Ones, who are capable of annihilating everything up to information from existence), Morality Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Fear Manipulation, Memory Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, and Madness Manipulation(Types 2, and 3) (Can stand in the presence of Corrupted Ones, who are capable of inducing fears so immense that they alter the mind and morality of their opponents. Can survive gazing at the Outer Gods, whose mere sight can break mortal mind), Law Manipulation, Causality Manipulation, Fate Manipulation, Precognition, and Time Manipulation (As a being who exists at the height of the Bindings, it is not affected by its alterations, which can affect Type 4 Acausals), Probability Manipulation (Unaffected by Nyarlathotep's condensed Presence), Biological Manipulation (Unaffected by biological alterations), Sleep Manipulation and Dream Manipulation (Can stand in the presence of Corrupted Ones without issue), Sealing and Size Manipulation (Resisted and broke out of Nyarlathotep's sealing, which would've sealed it in an atom), Reality Warping (Would've been able to stand in the presence of Nakano's Distortion without issue), Statistics Reduction (Could hold The Disease, which is what created the Field of Nothung), Chaos Manipulation (Type 3) (Unaffected by the Ultimate Void), Corruption (Types 2 and 3) (Nyarlathotep was unable to corrupt its mind, stood within the presence of the Corrupted Ones and the Outer Gods which can corrupt one's existence), Corrosion Inducement (Could hold Dokuga despite it corroding physical space around it), Transmutation (Unaffected by Nyarlathotep's transmutation), Clairvoyance (It's future is unpredictable in nature and could not be observed), Paralysis Inducement (Could still move in Thanatos' presence), Spatial Manipulation, Explosion Manipulation, Nuclear Manipulation (Unaffected by a primitive version of the Nova Bomb), Space-Time Manipulation (Type 2: As an entity existing at the height of the Bindings, it is not affected by alterations to the concepts of space and time), Pain Manipulation (Can withstand immense amounts of pain), Disease Manipulation, Life Manipulation, and Death Manipulation (Was unaffected by Thanatos' attempts to kill it), Absolute Zero (Stood within Khione's Wasteland, which is the source of Xerxece's Wasteland), Power Nullification, Power Mimicry, Power Bestowal, Power Absorption, Power Modification (Its powers cannot be altered by any other means short of an Outer God), Resistance Negation (Unaffected by Khione's Wasteland environment, which is the source of Xerxece's Wasteland), Body Puppetry (Unaffected by Nyarlathotep's Presence), Gravity Manipulation, Black Hole Manipulation (Unaffected by immense gravitational pressure and could see within the event horizon of a black hole), Perception Manipulation (Can stand in the presence of Corrupted Ones, whose mere presence can make others sink into pits of darkness. Stood in the presence of Nyarlathotep, whose existence erases all senses)
Attack Potency: Below Average Human Level (Is a generally weak and crippled entity that cannot harm individuals in a physical manner), up to Multiverse Level+ with abilities (Could bind the infinite timelines into a singular structure and manipulate space-time on an infinite level, though it took most of its energy and focus to do so)
Speed: Below Average Human movement speed, Immeasurable Combat/Reaction Speed (Its telekinesis was capable of catching and flinging around Möbius, even reacting and attacking it when it was moving throughout all of space and time)
Lifting Strength: Below Average Human physically, Immeasurable with Telekinesis (Its telekinesis was strong enough to move and bind infinite timelines into one structure)
Striking Strength: Below Average Human Level
Durability: Below Average Human Level, up to Multiverse Level+ with Forcefield Creation (Its forcefields were capable of tanking and outright overpowering Nyarlathotep's physical strength and stated to be able to survive the collapse of the multiverse)
Stamina: Infinite. Great Old Ones, such as Cthulhu, do not need any form of energy or stamina, seeing such as 'mortal illusion.'
Range: Multiversal+ (Could bind the infinite universes and timelines of the multiverse into a singular structure and universe), possibly Interdimensional (Said event would have been able to affect other spatial realms detached from the multiverse and possibly even parts of the Ultimate Void)
Standard Equipment: None Notable
Intelligence: Supergenius (The Great Old Ones are entities of intelligence so great and mighty that it is incomprehensible to lower mortals. Was an intelligence comparable, if not highly more intelligent, than Nyarlathotep. Could create the ritual that allowed individuals to ascend into Elder Gods and could analyze the Omikami, incomprehensible weapons even beyond the knowledge of the Outer Gods)
Weaknesses: Is still a weak and crippled entity that can crumble into dust if its defenses are overcome, prideful and arrogant.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
The Primordial Children: As one of the many first children of existence, Hastur is an immensely powerful entity that can persist and exist within the Ultimate Void. It is even stronger than Cthulhu due to it not being exiled by the Outer Gods. Known as the Great Old Ones, the first children are unnatural entities capable of shifting the balance wherever they may be. They are immortal beings unbound by the laws and orders of reality. In essence, they are the perfected and primordial versions of the Elder Gods, seeming like gods to even divine beings.
Singular Futurism: The Presence of Hastur that allowed it to hack into the inner workings of reality itself. This Presence manipulates probability itself, even affecting the fundamental and base layer of all Creation. Through this, it is capable of collapsing possibility in order to create favorable sequences. No matter what the probability may be, it will happen in favor of Hastur's victory. It was so powerful that it is capable of changing even Fate and Causality, altering the basis of Time itself to attack targets. Truly, a Presence worthy of the King in Yellow.
Key: Base