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I had the idea to create a Servant profile based on Nyarlathotep, reasoning that him frequently taking human form gets around the whole 'God' issue and that public domain literary characters seem to be A-Okay with the debut of the Bride of Frankenstein (that's what I'm calling it and sticking to it).

But while looking up his page on Wikipedia, I stumbled across this little nugget of information:

Will Murray has speculated that this dream image of Nyarlathotep may have been inspired by the inventor Nikola Tesla, whose well-attended lectures did involve extraordinary experiments with electrical apparatus and whom some saw as a sinister figure.

So... apparently Nikola Tesla may very well have been the basis for Nyarlathotep, Crawling Chaos, God of a Thousand Faces, Son of Azathoth, Dark Messiah and all that jazz. Wow, as if the Internet hadn't convinced you of the Serbian inventor's Badassitude already.

On the subject of Nyarlathotep, I found another interesting tidbit on one of his alternate forms, a manifestation that goes by the title "The Dark One":

Appears as a pitch-black, eight-foot tall faceless man who can walk through any physical barrier.

Sound like anyone we know?