Elder Things

The Elder Things are an alien species in the Cthulhu Mythos, appearing in H.P. Lovecraft's stories At The Mountains of Madness and The Dreams in the Witch-House, as well as being mentioned in various other stories.

They originally came to Earth from a triple star system between Hydra and Argo Navis, and built cities both on Earth and underwater. A scientist race, they created the first life forms on Earth, including possibly the entity Ubbo-Sathla (although some sources claim it to have been an Outer God), and warred against the Great Race of Yith, the star-spawn of Cthulhu and the Mi-go. They also may have worshipped Nyarlathotep, as they apparently awed the Shining Trapezohedron and placed it in a box of alien construction.

However, the downfall of the Elder Things came when they created the shoggoths as a slave-race. Although initially docile, the shoggoths soon rebelled, and this, combined with the gradual end of the Ice Age, forced the Elder Things to retreat into their underwater cities. Over time, the warming of the Earth killed off all of the terran Elder Things, with only a few surviving located in Antarctica, who were fossilized when the city collapsed.

Despite their otherworldly appearances, the elder things are actually highly intelligent, perhaps moreso than humans. Though they are also very cold, indifferent, apathetic, and pompous, still viewing themselves as mighty despite how far their race had fallen and viewing humans as mere guinea pigs.

The Elder Things were about six feet tall; they were barrel-like shaped and had appendages similar to starfish. At the top of their bodies were five stalks with an eye on each end (they also had a set of cilia to see without light), along with five eating tubes. In the mid section they had five set of tentacles as well as five retractable wings. At the bottom of their bodies were five tentacles they used for motion.

Interestingly they possessed traits from both animal and plant kingdoms. They also possessed large ability to adjust to their environment; being able to fly as well as they could walk or swim. They preferred however, to live underwater, as they were able to withstand great pressure.

Understandably, The Elder Thing's natural language is something completely foreign to us but they're also capable of speaking Earth languages. They're also well spoken.

When mimicking human speech, the Elder Thing's voices basically sound like a conglomerance of different accents.