Picture Book: The Tale of the Eldritch Horrors

Table of Contents

The Tale of the Eldritch Horrors
by AmélieIS

At the begining of time, dark beings lived all over Earth.
They were called Eldritch Horrors.

They were very big and very hungry.
They ate everything and everyone around Them.

Nobody was safe.
Everyone on Earth was terrified.

People built temples for Them to make them stop.
But the Horrors ate them too!

Since begging the Horrors did not help, people begged the universe itself to save them.

And one day, the universe answered.
The gods were born.

But the Horrors were very hungry.
They immediately started to eat the gods too!

The new gods were very distressed.
They came together and decided to form an alliance.

Together, they fought against the Horrors.
The fight was very long and very fierce.
But the Horrors' skin was too strong and they could not hurt Them!

Some of the gods stopped fighting.
Instead, they built prisons.
Very deep and very cold ones.

The alliance of the gods was powerful.
They won.

They throw the Horrors in the prison.
But the Horrors swore revenge.

The gods went through the kingdom to talk to everyone.
They said to be careful and to not listen to the Horrors.

However, the Horrors continue to rattle Their prisons and make a lot of noise.
They were going to escape!

But then, a small boy stepped forwards.
"My name is Jacques," he said. "And I'm going to help you."

"If the Horror's skin is so strong, we obviously have to hit Them from the inside!"

The gods were sceptical.
"And how are you going to go inside?" they asked.

But Jacques said, "You're going to give me your magic, and I'm going to become a snack. Once the Horror eats me, I'll be inside It!"

And so, for one year, the gods fed Jacques with their magic.

And once they were done, Jacques went to the Horror and told It to eat him.
And It did.
But then, the meal made It very tired and It fell asleep!

Everyone was very happy and celebrated.

But after one year, the Horror woke up!

But again, someone said they would make themselves into a snack and save everyone.

Since then, every year, the gods ask if someone else wants to save us.
And every year, someone very nice says yes.
This is their generosity that is keeping us all alive.

---

You can find the adult explanation of the Eldritch Horror feeding ritual here: