Six beings from the absolute upper ranks of the Great Old Ones gathered together, huddling in whispered discussion over whether they could agree to the Mysterious Lord's request.
Quite some time passed.
Only then did Nyarlathotep, acting as their representative, speak.
"That's unlikely. You should know that, of the mere six large worlds in our finite multiverse, only two could give birth to an existence on Kregya's level, and both those places have already been taken!"
The Mysterious Lord knew they meant those two middle-tier large worlds. One was the Crimson Sun Flame Large World, known as the Sea of Sun Stars.
Its size alone was equivalent to a Mid-Rank Great Thousand World in the outside realm—in other words, the rank of the mortal world in the Primordial World, which had declined to its lowest ebb.
The Crimson Sun Flame Large World was reputed to be the gathering place of all the world's rules of flame.
Within it stretched a boundless sea of stars, every part of that sea composed of one expanse of suns after another!
The Flame-Based One, Kregya, was one of the exceedingly few Middle Great Old Ones who wielded the authority of flame, and she was the only life this world had ever produced!
The other world was the Deep Sea Starry Sky Large World!
That was the world currently occupied by Hastur, the King of the Deep Sea Starry Sky.
Of course, that world's rank had now fallen to that of a Primary Large World.
The reason was that, although it had failed to produce a complete Middle Great Old One of that special level,
it had produced two special beings who each counted as half of one!
And they were brothers, no less!
The wielder of the source authority of water, Cthulhu Fhtagn!
And