"The Deep Ones were wiped out?"
"Was it really Emperor Xuanyuan who descended? Not Hastur, the King in Yellow, impersonating him?"
"A long, large head, a pointed snout, small nose, eyes, and ears, large eye sockets, high brow ridges, sharp teeth, a protruding forehead, a long, pointed tail, and two wings on its back... Isn't that Yinglong, the Yellow Emperor's mount?"
"So that's what dragons looked like? I always thought they had deer antlers, ox heads, shrimp eyes, donkey mouths, snake bellies, and fish scales. No wings, just claws underneath. Then you'd classify them as four-clawed, five-clawed, or nine-clawed Gold Dragons."
"What you described is a dragon too, but that form appeared during the Tang and Song dynasties. In the Qin and Han dynasties and earlier, dragons had wings. Zhang Guo's Star Classic says, 'With wings to aid it, it is a true dragon.' In other words, only a winged dragon was a true dragon. The many Western Zhou vessels unearthed with winged dragon designs proved that long ago. Likewise, depictions of the Azure Dragon on pre-Qin artifacts also show it with wings."
"I'm confused. Was it Hastur, the King in Yellow, or the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan who descended? Everyone says it's Hastur, but what god kills his own followers the moment he appears?"
"Can someone look it up and confirm who descended? It's getting harder and harder to find anything about Cthulhu. The encyclopedias have been scrubbed cleaner than snow."
"It must be Emperor Xuanyuan. Emperor Xuanyuan has come to save us..."
What had happened in Han City left countless people confused. If the resemblance had been only physical, no one would have questioned it. After all, every sign so far had pointed to Hastur, the King in Yellow, and changing one's appearance was as easy as breathing for