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I know he has countless forms, but I only know these couple:

Tesla (Black Pharaoh?)

Bloody-Tongue

Haunter of the Dark

Maybe someone could tell me what the others are?

I remember reading (somewhere on Wikipedia) a table of his forms, but the page seems to be non-existant. Much thanks to anyone that helps.
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One of his avatars was named Lostalus Black. Unfortunately, I can't remember much about said avatar ....
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Some annotions have implied that in Whisperer in Darkness, Nyarlathotep might have disguised himself as Henry Akeley, the human who stumbled upon the mi-go.
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Randal Flagg from many of Stephen King books is sugested to be one of the masks of nyarlathotep
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Lord_Pruitt wrote:One of his avatars was named Lostalus Black. Unfortunately, I can't remember much about said avatar ....
If I remember right, I think Black just showed up in one adventure ("Look to the Future," in Shadows of Yog-Sothoth) and was only described as an occultist. Once again if I recall, he was responsible for creating some gates to the future.
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Talum wrote:Randal Flagg from many of Stephen King books is sugested to be one of the masks of nyarlathotep
While The Dark Tower gave Flagg's origin, I prefer to think of him as Nyarlathotep to the Crimson King's Azathoth. I prefer the old demonic Flagg from The Stand. While we're on the topic of Nyarlathotep in Stephen King, Leland Gaunt in Needful Things could pass as him, too.
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The black goat of the wood
the black farao
even the strange shopkeeper Leland Gaunt in Needfull things (stephen king) is a candidate to be one of his avatars
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I believe you mean "The Black Man of the Woods" - an avatar that is mentioned in Case of Charle Dexter Ward and appears in Dreams in the Witchhouse.

Shub-Niggurath is "The Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young".
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The Cthulhu wiki has a very good list of his forms and citations to sources! :)
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The Black Man of the Woods is correct, I was confused :lol:
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