Hastur is the name of a hunter in the video game Identity V who is also known as The Feaster and The King in Yellow. Hastur also appears as a character in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.

Hastur the Unspeakable is a fictional deity in the Cthulhu Mythos. Although the being is associated with H. P. Lovecraft, it is only mentioned in one of his stories, The Whisperer in Darkness. It was originally the creation of Ambrose Bierce, whose short story "Haïta the Shepherd" describes...

Hastur, also known as the King in Yellow, is one of the many Great Old Ones and Cthulhu Mythos deities, acting as one of the most mysterious of Lovecraftian gods. First appearing in Ambrose Bierce's Haita the Shepherd, the god has been stated …

The Hastur Mythos is a term coined by John Tynes to describe the Great Old One Hastur through his manifestation as the King in Yellow, though it can also be used to connote the more Hastur-centric versions of The Yellow Mythos in general.

Nov 10, 2023 · In Tynes' reimagining, Hastur is described as an impersonal force of the universe, entropy, which assumes an individual role only in response to the entropy caused by human beings – “our destruction gives it form, our violence gives it name, our screams give it a voice”.

Hastur (The Unspeakable One, He Who Is Not to be Named, Assatur, Xastur, or Kaiwan) is a being usually referred to as part of The Cthulhu Mythos. Hastur first appeared in Ambrose Bierce's short story Haïta the Shepherd (first published 1891) as a benign god of shepherds. Robert W. Chambers later...

Mar 11, 2024 · No, the Jester in Yellow is not the same one as Hastur, the King in Yellow. Jester in Yellow is an entity representing the lack of free will. He embodies the true people who exist beyond the 4th wall and the Malicious puppet of the narrative layer.

Derleth reimagined Hastur as one of the Great Old Ones, tying it to Lovecraft’s pantheon of cosmic entities. Hastur became a half-brother to Cthulhu and a figure associated with madness, decay, and forbidden knowledge. Derleth’s interpretation gave Hastur a more defined identity, but this also sparked debates among fans.

Jan 5, 2024 · Hastur is an insanely cool Lovecraftian horror, as well as terrifying. Wherever he goes madness soon follows and based on the existing illustrations of him, anyone could understand why just by how he looks.

As its name might suggest, The Hastur Cycle focuses on the Great Old One Hastur, first incorporated into the Cthulhu Mythos by H. P. Lovecraft from a short story by Ambrose Bierce. It also explores the mythology of the King in Yellow as invented by Robert W. Chambers and elaborated by other authors.