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"In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming." - H.P. Lovecraft

Cthulhu is a Great Old One of great power who lies in a death-like slumber beneath the Pacific Ocean in his sunken city of R'lyeh. He remains a dominant presence in the eldritch dealings on our world. He appears as the main antagonist in Alone in the Dark: Illumination.

Biography[]

Cthulhu is the Lord of R'lyeh, and an ancient being that came from the stars hundreds of millions of years ago with its people to war against the Elder Things of Earth. After the task was completed, the being retreated to R'lyeh where the rise of the ocean trapped it in its sunken tomb.

Cthulhu is also known by the following names:

  • High Priest of the Great Old Ones
  • The Great Dreamer
  • The Sleeper of R'lyeh

Alone in the Dark[]

Cthulhu and anything related to him is heavily mentioned in some of the books found in Derceto, due to the fact that the owner of the house, Ezechiel Pregzt, became an acolyte. The Great Old One was rumored to have given Pregzt immortality.

Alone in the Dark: Illumination[]

Cthulhu is the main source of the forces of Darkness in Lorwich, Virginia. An Obelisk was made use to enable Cthulhu to walk the Material World.

The summoning device is destroyed. However, it does not stop Cthulhu from being unleashed into the world. Upon defeat, he is banished back to his dimension indefinitely, and the following statement appears:

"You have driven back the Old Ones and prevent great calamity

But evil of this magnitude can never be truly defeated. Even now, from between folds of eternal darkness, Cthulhu waits dreaming.

One day he will rise anew. Already there are rumors of strange, swirling portals materializing around Lorwich.

When the time comes, will you be ready to face the darkness once again?"

Strategy[]

Cthulhu is incredibly easy to defeat. The best strategy is for the player to keep shooting it and hitting with grenades, while avoiding his hits and energy blasts, until his health bar drains completely.

Trivia[]

  • According to the Mountains of Madness. Cthulhu and his spawn came to earth when the continents began to split, so he is estimated to be at least 175 million years old.
  • It could be speculated that whilst Cthulhu was able to be summoned after the last Obelisk was destroyed, he was not at his full power, unlike the game overs during the Obelisk boss fights.
  • Despite having been mentioned several times in the first game, Cthulhu appears for the first and so-far only time in Alone in the Dark: Illumination.
  • In contrast to the description given by Lovecraft in the story The Call of Cthulhu, the creature in the game has no wings.
  • In the game files there are two other models of Cthulhu, called mine and cemetery, meaning it was probably planned for it to be faced in the scenarios Lorwich Mines and Beneath the Graves bearing different shapes.

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Alone in the Dark: Illumination
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