Call of Cthulhu: Cults of Cthulhu

“Cthulhu still lives, too, I suppose, again in that chasm of stone which has shielded him since the sun was young. His accursed city is sunken once more, for the Vigilant sailed over the spot after the April storm; but his ministers on earth still bellow and prance and slay around idol-capped monoliths in lonely places. He must have been trapped by the sinking whilst within his black abyss, or else the world would by now be screaming with fright and frenzy. Who knows the end? What has risen may sink, and what has sunk may rise. Loathsomeness waits and dreams in the deep, and decay spreads over the tottering cities of men. A time will come—but I must not and cannot think! Let me pray that, if I do not survive this manuscript, my executors may put caution before audacity and see that it meets no other eye.” —H. P. Lovecraft The Call of Cthulhu
That final paragraph from The Call of Cthulhu story leaves us with an open door we cannot close. Or, a lid to a Pandora’s Box that can never be shut. We know that evil still lurks in the world and we have only seen a glimmer of that darkness. We can choose to ignore it and hope we are lucky enough to never cross its path or we can try and fight, no matter the cost and how hopeless it may be.
In Cults of Cthulhu we delve into the human side of a dark and horrific world. Where humans twist their minds and souls into crazed shapes to survive the hopeless universe, or seek to find meaning in their fleeting and insignificant lives. We delve into the world of the Cthulhu Cult and those who hear its master’s call.
In the Call of Cthulhu Roleplaying Game there are many people who serve the dark forces of the universe, from
sorcerers to cultists, who trade favors with all manner of malignant entities like Nyarlathotep, Hastur, and Shub- Niggurath. But, it is Lovecraft’s seminal tale—the story after which this roleplaying game is named—that paints the picture of an insidious cult. One that has secretly permeated human civilization…