Lost and Found
The City of the Elder Things was discovered by William Dyer, a professor at Miskatonic University and a grad student, Danforth. They were part of a larger expedition to explore the uncharted areas of Antarctica. They went searching for some members of their party who had gone missing. In their search, they flew over a massive mountain range, and it was then that they saw the City of the Elder Things.
The Most Alien of Cities
The city that Dyer and Danforth saw was unlike any they had ever seen before. The structures were mainly built from black stones, but their construction was odd and puzzling to the explorers. Though the city was perplexing, the explorers were able to make out urban areas, agricultural areas, and areas for mining and manufacturing. This was once a bustling and thriving city.
The most significant discovery were the many carvings on the walls of the structures that told the history of this once great city. The Elder Things, as Dyer called them, came to earth from space. They arrived shortly after the formation of the moon. They settled in what is now Antarctica and built their city with the help of shoggoths — creatures created by the Elder Things and used as slaves.
The Elder Things were brilliant scientists, but their work was often interrupted due to the many conflicts they got into with beings from other worlds. They fought wars against the Star-Spawn of Cthulhu and beings known as the Mi-Go. An even larger setback was the shoggoth revolution, where the shoggoth rose up and gained independence from their masters.
Due to these factors, and the eventual changing of Antarctica’s climate, the Elder Things abandoned their city and moved to a subterranean ocean. Some life still remains in the city, though. Dyer and Danforth spotted a shoggoth amongst the ruins, as well as bizarre, six-foot penguins.
Lastly, there seems to be an unknown evil lurking in the mountains just beyond the city. The carvings of the Elder Things allude to this evil, but only vaguely. Danforth perhaps caught a glimpse of this evil since just as they were leaving, Danforth glanced behind himself at the mountains and this simple glance was enough to drive Danforth completely mad.
