Hello! I've been struggling with how to depict and voice an eldritch horror entity. They are far removed from this universe, so I'm at a loss at how they would speak and act when interacting with a host/human. Can you help me and/or give me examples of what that might look like?
How to Give an Eldritch Horror Entity a Voice
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Emotionless Curiosity or Cruel Fascination
The entity may observe humans like a scientist would observe test subjects. It is not inherently evil, just so far removed that it doesn't comprehend pain or morality.
Example: "You break so easily. Such a soft mind, blistering with thoughts. Why do you weep?"
Example: "Fear. I recognize the shape of it now. Like heat in the bones."
Predator and Prey
The entity is aware of its power but it enjoys the chase. It is patient, and speaks low and slow to stretch out the dread.
Example: "I can hear your pulse like music. Louder now. Louder still."
Childlike and Curious
The entity is innocent and sounds sweet and playful, but does not understand the reality of what it is doing.
Example: "You're leaking! Why do you leak like that? Should I put it back in?"
Timeless Watcher
The entity speaks as if it has witnessed countless lives, deaths, and civilization. Everything the human feels is insignificant.
Example: "You are not the first to beg. The first was a king with gold in his mouth."
Curious but Growing Self Awareness
The entity is just beginning to understand language, humans, and itself.
Example: "Pain. You... do not like it."
Example: "Lonely. That is the word. I have never been lonely before you."
Foreign Language
The entity can't (or won't) use grammar like a human. It might communicate in fractured bursts, in symbols, in numbers, etc.
Example: "Lightlightdarkfolding--fold--fold--fleshwrongYES."
Example: "WE--I--MANY come through the not-between. Hello. Hello. Nothello."
Nonverbal Communication
The entity doesn't speak in the traditional sense. It communicates via dreams, hallucinations, physical sensations, etc. Words might appear as taste, as pain, or involuntary thoughts in the character's mind.
Example: She smelled salt and rotting roses. Then the message came: "Let me in."
Example: He tasted metal and heard weeping in the back of his mind.

















