At the Mountains of Madness · Character
The Shoggoths
Shapeless, protean servants bred by the Old Ones, whose whispered name in a madman's mouth carries five hundred million years of dread.
supporting
Also known as Shoggoths
First appearance: ix
As a supporting figure in At the Mountains of Madness, The Shoggoths is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Described as viscous, shape-changing slave entities that later develop dangerous independence.
The Shoggoths appears in At the Mountains of Madness as supporting figure.
The Shoggoths first appears in 0008 ix.
In VII: Described as viscous, shape-changing slave entities that later develop dangerous independence.
Later, in VIII: Bred by the Old Ones for labor in the new underwater city; described as growing to enormous size and intelligence.
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See The Shoggoths in ix