Wednesday, 20 March 2013

Puzzle: The Azathoth Game!


Hi kids! Did you know that, when Azathoth is summoned to this plane of existence, he grows to an infinite size at an exponential rate? How cool is that? Let’s help him by completing this fun puzzle!

Start by solving all the questions below. Once you have all the answers, fit them into the spiral above, starting at the centre – the last letter, or letters, of the previous word will be the first letter, or letters, of the next word. There is a solution to the puzzle, but it may not be the only one! How maddening is that?!

Questions

1 What is the name of the androgynous spawn of Azathoth who was the progenitor of both Hziulquoigmnzhah and Ghisguth, who was in turn Tsathoggua’s father?

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2 These summoned steeds, while handy, will, if not adequately controlled, fly the unwary rider straight to the Throne of Azathoth!

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3 The Throne of Azathoth is surrounded by many idiot ______.

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4 The Magnum Tenebrosum is a child of Azathoth who spawned Shub-niggurath at Shumath-Ghun in the Black Nebula. It is more commonly known as “The ________”.

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5 Common cry of the cultist: “__! Azathoth!”

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6 The Earth Dreamland’s Moon is said to be menaced by a green-glowing, orbital immensity; a planet-destroying object known as a “____ of Azathoth”.

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7 Azathoth’s only known avatar is the being Xada-____.

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8 Azathoth is considered to be the ruler of absolute _____.

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9 Azathoth is sometimes pejoratively referred to as the “blind, _____ god”.

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10 What is the name of the dancer around the Throne of Azathoth who appears as a column of green flame and who is occasionally worshipped in its own right?

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11 The Gnoph-keh of Iceland are said to comprise Azathoth’s only contemporary _______ ____.

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12 What is the name of the being composed of violet gas who lives near the constellation Deneb and who is considered to be Azathoth’s cousin?

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13 Among Azathoth’s many titles, the best known are the “Primal Chaos”, and the “______ ______”; this last cognomen is used especially in the al-Azif.

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14 Azathoth is said by some physicists to be a seething, _______ mass.

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15 What was the name of the dark country of the Hyborian Age which was known to worship Azathoth, amongst other entities?

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16 Some believe that the heretical worship of the sun disk, or ____, in the time after Tutankhamun was a move to establish the cult of Azathoth in Ancient Egypt.

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17 A book of verse by Arkham poet, Edward Pickman Derby – “Azathoth and Other _______”.

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18 A rite for summoning Azathoth can be found in the pages of __ ______ _________ and calls for a large amount of fissionable material.

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19 The 1908 ________ Explosion is thought by some to have been a failed attempt at summoning Azathoth to our world (aww!); others believe that the event was caused by an ________.

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20 The spawn of Azathoth are known by this term.

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21 Found in a hotel room in Midium’s Grove, New York: Book of ________.

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22 Azathoth is primarily worshipped by the Shan, otherwise known as the “Insects of _______”.

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23 Who is the Outer God known to act as Azathoth’s herald on occasion?

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Solution to last month’s Puzzle:

 

 

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