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VIII Great Old Ones and Outer Gods in the area influenced by its evil This will eventually come to pass if any person in the affected area has the slightest desire for oblivion Long-lived beings more commonly attract Quachil Uttaus, perhaps because Quachil Uttaus in Combat Anyone touched by Quachil Uttaus experiences a the tedium and repetitive nature of prolonged life vastly increased rate of decay and typically crumbles to inspires a subconscious spark of existential ennui The dust in a matter of seconds, especially if the victim has nihilistic souls of undead, in particular, are vulnerable been living in an area under its influence Newcomers to whatever attractions Quachil Uttaus offers may have a better chance to take direct action, if they have not been there for long It is hard to injure Quachil Uttaus, because any weapon or spell brought to bear ultimately withers and expires when it nears the Great Old One Quachil Uttaus does not distinguish between its summoner and others present, and brings destruction and devastation to all, even should they hate and fear death and annihilation with their whole souls “It was a figure no larger than a young child, but sere and shriveled as some millennial mummy Its hairless head, its unfeatured face, borne on a neck of skeleton thinness, were lined with a thousand reticulated wrinkles The body was like that of some monstrous, withered abortion that had never drawn breath The pipy arms, ending in bony claws, were outthrust as if ankylosed in a posture of an eternal dreadful groping.” —Clark Ashton Smith , The Treader of the Dust 269