Harbinger of the Far Tide

Billy Wakeland is a normal teenager ... except he is also the Harbinger of the Far Tide, the prophesied messiah of the Deep Ones and their hybrid-human cultists who worship the Unspeakable One. Though the hybrids were thought exterminated in America following a military raid in the early 20th century, the cult actually dispersed throughout the country. Deep One lore held a male would one day be born with one green eye and one gray eye, the Unspeakable One’s chosen on Earth. When this child’s birth occurred 17 years ago, plans were made to groom and instruct the boy for his destined role. However, his birth parents were killed in a car accident soon after, and Billy Wakeland passed into the state’s care. He passed through a succession of foster parents before settling into a stable existence with a family. Billy has no inkling as to his heritage.
As he nears maturity, Billy’s true nature can no longer be denied. The Harbinger emerges during times propi­tious for the Deep Ones: when the tides rise high and the moon is swollen red. As the Harbinger, he travels along coasts and rivers, instinctively attacking the enemies of his people and spreading genetic corruption to spawn more hybrids. Inherently adept in arcane prac­tices but lacking any real knowledge of the necessary rituals, the Harbinger attempts vile rites to release the Unspeakable One.

Physical Description

Special abilities

Though its powers are undeveloped, the Harbinger can invoke terrible storms, conjure otherworldly beasts, and project burning venom. Preternaturally strong, vicious, and resistant to wounds, the Harbinger is especially dan­gerous in the water. Its tentacles propel it through ocean and sky at astonishing speed. Most disturbingly, the Har­binger infects others with the Deep Ones’ taint, inducing madness and mutations in ordinary humans and perma­nently changing them through repeated contact.

Mental characteristics

Intellectual Characteristics

The Harbinger of the Far Tide exists to spread the Un­speakable One’s influence and prepare Earth for its master’s return. While the Harbinger is single-minded, the creature is still susceptible to Billy’s influence, and the mortal teenager’s emotions and thoughts can sometimes cause the Harbinger to hesitate or become distracted from its heinous pursuits. The Harbinger sometimes acts errati­cally, targeting people Billy sees as threats or protecting those for whom its alter-ego has an affinity.
Billy is a decent, mostly well-adjusted kid. Smart, soft-spoken, and loyal, his only knowledge of the Harbin­ger’s activities consists of occasional nightmares and half-formed memories. Despite his normalcy, Billy is drawn to water, dislikes being around animals—which sense his “otherness” and don’t care for him—and can be temperamental and moody, even for a teenager.

Social

Contacts & Relations

The Harbinger of the Far Tide’s allies are the Deep Ones, the Serpent People, human cultists of the Unspeakable One, and a few other supernatural beings devoted to in­sanity and destruction. All of these groups are currently searching for him, hoping to find him, educate him, and let him fulfill his purpose.
The Harbinger is a foe to all humanity. He is opposed especially by the mystic champions of good, but even most supernatural villains oppose the Harbinger’s apocalyptic designs.

VISCOUS OGRE

These slimecoated brutes are not native to Earth-Prime; they dwell in the fetid, stinking lakes of a pocket reality created by the Unspeakable One.