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Origins[]

Azotharoth,[2] also known as Azoth[4] and Azotheroth,[3] was one of the Outer Gods,[5] though he was stated to be one of the Old Ones,[3][2] a mistake occurring often enough to be considered the same.[5]

Early years[]

In the times before the apparition of mankind, the gods stalked the Earth and warred against each others. Azoth battled one of his peers, who defeated him by removing his horn from his forehead.

He went to sleep in his lair, in the Hasperas' Temple on Azoth Peak (only accessible by the Labyrinth of Azoth), and could only be awakened when the stars aligned in a particular pattern.[4]

Mortal worship[]

The forefathers of Rammon, along with black-skinned warriors in the Temple of Ibis, guarded the Eye of Ibis and had the ancestor of the Kezanki to guard the Crypt of Shadows of the Kezankian Forest where was hidden the Horn of Azoth (which could be retrieved only by using the Eye of Ibis).[4] Azoth was among the evil entities opposed by the god Ibis.[6]

Since allegedly about a million years ago (it was stated in the Hyborian Age circa 10,000 BC that the worshipers of Azoth had schemed for "a thousand thousand years"), Azoth was later worshiped as the Dreaming One, including by Strabo. His monks allegedly fed the poor and buried the dead, in honor of their god, but those bodies were in fact stockpiled in Azoth's temple for "a thousand thousand years" in order to sustain him with blood. Others feared him as a god of pain and hate whose reign would mark the end of man as ruler of Earth.

The Iron-Bound Book of Skelos decreed that the daughter of Azoth's high priest would stand naked before him, to restore his horn unto its place.[4]

Hyborian age[]

Karanthes led the worship of Azoth in Zamora, with white-robed monks doing good deeds, such as feeding the poor and burying the dead, in Shadizar, while processing at night.

In order to awaken Azoth (for him to strike down the temples of Mitra, Ibis, Ishtar, and all other gods, and establish himself as the just and eternal ruler of all humans, with his priests elevated as his intermediates), High Priest Karanthes had his daughter Natari, with Strabo, convince Conan to steal the Eye of Ibis from the Temple of Ibis, then use it in the Crypt of Shadows to recover the Horn of Azoth.

Soon, panic struck the people of Shadizar, who fled as Karanthes was awakening Azoth. Meanwhile a party composed of Conan, Rammon (son of Rammon), Shumballa, and Dahomi entered the temple to stop Karanthes.

Upon his awakening, Azoth slew Karanthes and the priests, and tried to take ahold of Rammon and Natari, until Conan managed to remove the horn again, killing him and ending the curse. The horn withered in dust.[4]

Modern Age[]

The Grim Reaper invoked the names of Azotharoth and Nigguraab in order to transform captured humans into the Legion of the Unliving to battle the Avengers.[1]

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At least the Horn of Azoth wasn't destructible.[4]

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