

She is at least willing to consider that they may simply be evil. Aphra's culture considers this to be in play, but on further consideration and lengthy conversation with one Aphra finds herself challenged on this. Blue-and-Orange Morality: Aphra's gods are depicted as having a cold but beautiful view of the world.However, you should treasure what time you have on the Earth as well as the fact your race will be remembered by the Yith. Anti-Nihilist: Aphra's entire religion is based around this as it has the view eventually even the Deep Ones will die out and become extinct.but even they are capable of change, albeit requiring quite extreme methods. Always Chaotic Evil: Resoundingly averted with the Deep Ones and other species shown to be alien but not evil.As it currently stands, however, it's most likely the answer for the Yithians is Yes. The narrative itself doesn't pick a side, partly because most characters simply don't have enough information and there are a lot of conflicting accounts by people with reasons to lie.
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Are the Yithians an enlightened, Anti-Nihilist society dedicated to the preservation of knowledge and culture through eternity? Or on the other hand are they engaged in Immortality Immorality on a truly monumental scale and cynically manipulating Aeonists into not even trying to fight their stranglehold on the timeline? Are the Mi-Go an enlightened association of many species, and fighting for free will? Or are they trying to subvert the natural order through supposedly benevolent mind control? Alternate Character Interpretation: This drives the philosophical conflict between the Yithians and the Mi-Go, with humans caught in the middle.While the Cthulhu Mythos is Lighter and Softer here, it is not exactly "safe" either. Nonplussed by the audacity of the request, she is soon persuaded due to the number of people put in danger by tampering with forces they do not understand. Understandably bitter about her experience, she's become assistant to an occult bookstore owner in San Fransisco and lives there with a Japanese family.įBI Agent Ron Spector approaches her one day and reveals the US government has "changed" and wants her help in dealing with supernatural threats. Aphra Marsh is one of the two surviving Deep One hybrids from the original Innsmouth Raid, having spent her formative years in United States concentration camps (that would eventually be used for the internment of Japanese citizens during WW2).

The premise is the Deep Ones of Innsmouth, Massachusetts were actually a deeply spiritual and peaceful people rather than the depraved cultists in the novella. The Innsmouth Legacy by Ruthanna Emrys is a Deconstruction of and sequel to The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H.
