"Nyarlathotep" by H.P. Lovecraft | story of the Faceless God

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A man recalls when an ancient lord of the Dead arose from centuries of slumber to trouble the globe once more...
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[@DenWell-SeedsOfChaos]

This comment is going to be long with too many words... G.M. I've listened to almost every narration you have done ( that I know about, I am saving a few for rainy days). If you asked me to point out one I didn't care for I could NOT do it. So instead of commenting on every reading that "I loved it" just know that I did! I will save my comments for the ones that I adore so much that I just sit stunned and struggle for the words to explain how it made me feel. This ONE! Oh this one... With the drums in the background and the voice you use ; the only word that comes to mind is intoxicating. I listen to it often. As with all Lovecraft I am now experiencing, I understand it on a deeper level each time I listen. I apoligize for the length of this comment, I just wanted to describe how I feel when I hear Nyarlathotep. I still can't put into words the depths it takes me to. *groans* :)

[@TheTalemaster]

Den, HONORED by your comment, more your faithful following of my channel from almost the very first!

[@DenWell-SeedsOfChaos]

Your voice talent enriches every story you read and I admire that so much.

[@countdublevay7327]

i dont think your comment was too long.

[@vegaswoman7020]

........🖤🙄📖🖤.......

[@austinkent7447]

@@TheTalemaster are you really a vampire? Bc if u are that would be sick aka awesome we never had a vampire for a KZbinr

[@phantommagazine]

This was narrated beautifully. And the selection of music in the background was perfect.

[@TheTalemaster]

Appreciate it, Alex...Incompetech's drum ambient is still one of the best ambient beds I've ever found to date.

[@austinkent7447]

@@TheTalemaster gee I don't know which one is better the tales of spiders or ooh quick question have you ever heard of wwe?

[@AfroNinjia]

he deserves a movie.

[@TheTalemaster]

Thank you VERY much, i1am :)

[@blackfyre365]

i1am1afro1ninjia , Yes indeed he does....

[@sub7se7en]

Which movie does he deserve?

[@albertortega7160]

Pure Evil deserves to be shared!!!!!! We all need to learn what true power is like so we to can break our chains!!!!!

[@AcmePotatoPackingPocatello]

POTUS

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

I love that among the nightmarish, unknowable horrors that Nyarlathotep peddles to the unwitting masses are such things as “electricity” and “psychology.” Lmao

[@joshuawaring4180]

Freud and Tesla were, I believe, influences in this poem.

[@DijnoOfDoom-pb2rp]

At least its not an air conditioner

[@pericajuric7326]

I'm guessing that you aren't afraid and that you can never be afraid

[@extremetea]

Keep yourself from all those and medicine too. Cleanliness and public hygiene are also almost as dangerous as allowing women to speak or learn anything at all.

[@extremetea]

@@pericajuric7326 why must you scare me so? Forsooth goodman please do not see the yellow sign

[@godofzombi]

Yes! Finaly somebody who narrates this properly.

[@TheTalemaster]

Thank you, godofzombi.

[@liveandbreathHH]

Best reading on youtube. Perfect pacing, and the drums are a nice addition.

[@TheTalemaster]

Hi, Erich! Thank you so much for your comment! What can I say about Incompetech? His composition was...sublime.

[@austinkent7447]

@@TheTalemaster verrry quick question have u ever heard of five nights at Freddy's?

[@williamnorton9547]

Nyarlathotep does indeed look like a Pharaoh in the artwork for this story....... an evil Pharaoh.

[@TheTalemaster]

And he's American lit's evilest Pharaoh!

[@PoochyCast]

Well by today's standards every pharaoh was evil

[@kjgfgzfxchhg]

​@@PoochyCast why?

[@liamjm9278]

@@kjgfgzfxchhg You know how people look at the Kim family in North Korea. Pretty similar to how older civilisations like Egypt functioned. The King was a God. You had to worship him. You had to mourn him when he died, loudly. All those who oppose him are executed. Most of the wealth is spent on his family; just look at the Pyramids and the Tombs in the Valley of the Kings. Tutankhamun's tomb was dug up 102 years ago and all the artifacts within it still haven't been fully analysed and documented even with an entire team constantly working on it for nearly as long; he didn't even have a noteworthy reign, died before even reaching 20 before he could do anything and his tomb is still so lavesh that we still haven't finished analysing it.

[@Asator-Oðinnson]

Nyarlathotep is my favorite god from the Mythos, and I agree there should be a movie on him.

[@TheTalemaster]

Nyarlathotep...I have always wondered what the black Pharaoh of 47 centuries looks like...

[@albertortega7160]

Rayne Raison Hail the Crawling Chaos!

[@-Siculus-Hort-]

Horror Readings by G.M. Danielson his visage would cause.....madness? Perhaps. Perhaps.....

[@petertremblay3725]

Currently making a video games about him and all the other Lovecraft gods, currently undergoing the third year in development.

[@ndzapruder]

Designed and directed by Guillermo del Toro, I hope. If there's anyone who can depict a color that doesn't exist, it's him. The guy is the closest thing to a modern Goya that I can imagine.

[@MelancoliaI]

Evidently Lovecraft ripped this little gem directly from a nightmare...and it reads like a nightmare. The sense of societal collapse, fear slowly growing greater among the populace for vague reasons, nature itself shifting and warping. Everyone is beginning to feel that an immense and unimaginable evil is slowly taking hold of reality. Into this atmosphere walks Nyarlathotep, scientist, preacher, psychologist, and as everyone suspects something far, far worse. I love it. Beautiful narration and ambient pacing too!

[@Katastr0phic_Katicorn]

My bf just came in, saw the title and yelled "Nyarlatho-TAP DAT ASS!" -_- My atmosphere can only be accomplished when he's asleep.

[@TheTalemaster]

Haha...I completely understand, Ktana. He seems to have replaced the E with an A, lol.

[@blackfyre365]

Ktana Lynn , I know how you feel- I had the same exact issue with my ex. Hopefully your bf will spend a lot more time sleeping...( lol ) 😆

[@ndzapruder]

He's a keeper, hon. Silly is sexy ;)

[@ElectricBookWorm]

This narration is amazing. I scoured audible trying to find a decent production of H.P. Lovecraft's books but this easily beats all of the ones I found.

[@JoeyGee1000]

You can't stop what's coming. The picture and those persistent drums are perfectly suited to illustrating the idea of unstoppable doom approaching. Fantastically done!

[@-ShootTheGlass-]

My absolute favourite reading by far. You have done HP Lovecraft justice and then some. 👍👍👍

[@Rfink75]

This is probably my favorite short fiction story. You do it much justice sir. Well done.

[@TheTalemaster]

Thank you for finding an oldie narration of mine, lj5.

[@ElChuntyCabra]

Dude... you are insanely amazing at narrating H.P. Lovecraft!

[@bateman2112]

"...And where Nyarlathotep went, rest vanished, for the small hours were rent with the screams of nightmare..." Sounds like my wife in the morning when I forget to set up the coffee maker.

[@jamescheddar4896]

The most haunting part is that they go from this bold resistance to debating with themselves whether they're even alive

[@Clads112]

Dear GM, you have no idea how much I love this narration and story. Not only is the music well chosen, your voice for this narration is exquisite and very soothing . Definitely one of my favorites from your videos.

[@TheTalemaster]

When I narrated this a while back, my main goal was to communicate the strain and tension in the voice of the speaker, especially the weariness that might come on one under the strain of a world controlled by such a god.

[@coolyoshi3034]

This is my favourite narration of this piece, really gives the sense of cosmic horror

[@davehudlow_x3441]

I'm a fan of dystopian Genres. and i came across Love craft many times not knowing what love craft was. My first was Cthulu and wasn't intrigued, I saw this video cause the art work was fantastic and appealed to my interest, then i researched Nyarlathotep, became infatuated with it and came here to find a beautifully narrated video with a great music. Loved this and now i'm a Lovecraft fan for sure.

[@TheMechanic626]

the music fits so perfectly

[@TheTalemaster]

Courtesy of Kevin MacLeod.

[@thedarkestdawn1]

Beautifully narrated

[@TheTalemaster]

Thank you, Darkest Dawn!

[@thedarkestdawn1]

Horror Readings by G.M. Danielson No thank you for giving me a bedtime story worth listening to.

[@TheTalemaster]

New stories today, too :)

[@thedarkestdawn1]

Horror Readings by G.M. Danielson sweet!

[@thorneosgard]

Really love your Lovecraft stuff. I've been listening to it for days because I've never experienced any of Lovecraft's stuff before. Really loved your call of Cthulu and Dagon. I was curious, though, Robert .E Howard--a contemporary of Lovecraft--who was responsible for creating Conan, the Barbarian--does a lot of horror stories as well. Have you ever thought about reading one of those?

[@TheTalemaster]

Honestly, Gath, for a project like The Dunwich Horror, At the Mountains of Madness, or one of Howard's stories, I would need substantial capital to narrate it since, as a professional voice actor, I cannot do things for free. I plan to narrate such stories for my Patreon followers, and if you'd like to hear them, I invite you to join :)

[@pwlpc]

I'm working on a Web-Show with Nyarlathotep as main antagonist so thank you because this is really helpful

[@TheTalemaster]

Best of luck on the webshow, Pruefer, how exactly did my narration help?

[@pwlpc]

Horror Readings by G.M. Danielson Getting more in touch with Nyarlathotep and finding the right tone/atmosphere

[@TheTalemaster]

Huh, interesting! Thank you for the feedback.

[@turtleanton6539]

Fantastic reading of fantastic story.

[@datajacked4179]

A perfect story for Halloween

[@wobuziak7288]

the narration incredible, the closed caption hilarious

[@deathlarsen7502]

great drums in background! I like what you said here and fun theatrics!! "nod to the great radio dramas of the past. Danielson's pet project, a singular vision: to offer listeners and aesthetes of horror an unusually personalized experience. " Great artwork here.

[@TheTalemaster]

Thank you very much.

[@robbabcock_]

Fantastic! One of the best readings of Lovecraft I've ever heard!😲☠🐙

[@xxfazedjxxx8429]

Nylarthotep, Cythulu, Azathoth, and Yog Sothoth should all get they’re own movies

[@mooseman6273]

How did you manage to spell Cthulhu wrong? Not to mention Nyarlathotep who is in the title of the video lmao that’s even worse

[@INSANE40K]

@@mooseman6273 hahahahahahahahahha 😂😂😂😂

[@witchmoon11]

I love to listen to you read. Its tons better than any others. Thank you. Im not able to get around right now. One thing i love is a well read horror story! We are not worthy. Much peace and love. ❤🍷🦉

[@jean-christopheglisse5159]

I am French and I love listening to your videos, it is very useful for me to improve my pronunciation and especially the accentuation of words (which is the most difficult for a non-English speaker). This reading of Lovecraft is particularly spellbinding.

[@elbowpastatime]

This is the one I always come back to

[@TheTalemaster]

Thank you, Pasta.

[@0penthaughtz]

Good reading, the drums were a great touch.

[@Titaniusart]

Man that was awesome, those drums gave me the chills >w

[@TheTalemaster]

Hi Lucas! Nyarlathotep was just one of those videos that "fell" into place for me, and the drum ambient, that was just serendipity ;)

[@badnewsbruner]

YAY!! EGYPT! How's your Egyptian story coming along? I'm still eagerly awaiting :) I hope you're having a great weekend my friend! Thank you again for all of your time and hard work, and of course, your fantastic narrating skills!

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

As I walk with a stomach filled qith hunger through a dimly lit town with falling snowflakes and a bitter cold... this story resonates far stronger than I remember.

[@Chattygran]

Very professionally done on all levels 👍

[@TheTalemaster]

Appreciate it, Helen. One of my favorite stories for sure.

[@KitoTodd]

Great story👍 I use to have an old copy of H P Lovecrafts necronomican💀 I was always fascinated by Nyarlahotep☠️

[@TheTalemaster]

Thanks,Todd.

[@mikehughes9929]

This is very well done . One of my favourite .

[@TheTalemaster]

Thank you, Mike! One of my old narrations!

[@mauddib696]

Well deserving of the name. A true master tale teller.

[@88thSeigeArmy]

That was Magnificent

[@danbreeden68]

An excellent version inso many ways the effect and mood are perfect

[@albertortega7160]

Hail the Crawling Chaos!

[@TheTalemaster]

Out of dark realms stalk the terrors of our mind...

[@albertortega7160]

My little nephew?

[@paytopray1468]

Very good narration man

[@thedeadd.c.207]

My favourite Lovecraft story. And holy shit. That narration was one that I didn't know j wanted to hear. Well done good sir.

[@NigelJackson]

Darkly prescient...Lovecraft is a true prophetic visionary of the Kali Yuga. 'Nyarlothotep' captures the growing febrile crowd hysteria, sinister madness and darkness of our age. An amazing and profound piece by the Master and this was a very fine reading.

[@TheTalemaster]

Thank you, Nigel, it's one of my oldest. I've wanted to re-narrate it so it can be up-to-date with the rest of my material, but it's done so well that I think there's little need.

[@saysHotdogs]

You can figure out everything that’s going to happen in a song of ice and fire by just reading all of Lovecrafts stories.

[@TheTalemaster]

For real? I've read Tad Williams' trilogy years before I read Lovecraft...or are you meaning G.R.R. Martin? LOL getting rusty on my fantasy.

[@SouthernSultan]

Pure Magnificence

[@michaelmerritt7406]

Reading the story and given the societal confusion stated in the story, I can't help but think that it tells the story of figures that seem to come out of nowhere in such times. They give themselves otherworldly providence and their words pointed at a direction-less people of whom rhe insane prophecies or heresies hold greater power, preforming acts never seen by those to give themselves greater power over the mind's of the masses and confirming their professed authority. And even those who are defiant or are otherwise not convinced by this figure's acts or words still find themselves influenced by said figures against their own self-interest, leading tp the doom of all within rhe figure's space.

[@bretwilson8485]

Wow. The narration combined with the background score is excellent. Well done!

[@TheTalemaster]

Thank you, Bret. One of my oldest narrations :)

[@redfern03]

Loved this; thanks.

[@TheTalemaster]

Forza creepy Egypt!

[@turtleanton6539]

Good reading and choiche of music

[@deadman320]

And Im now realizing Dream Theater's The Dark Eternal Night is aboyt Nyarlethotop.... cool

[@TheTalemaster]

Wow really? Thank you for pointing that out!

[@koffieverslaafde627]

Will relisten now

[@Ever23last]

Shows what I know at first I didn't get why he narrated it that way then 2 minutes in it made perfect sense. Great read A++++

[@kennethkitchens88]

Thank you for the upload

[@fzsolt5156]

Awesome! I hope you'll keep uploading more Lovecraft stories.

[@TheTalemaster]

Thanks, I currently have 14 Lovecraft readings and another on the way.

[@whodoyouthinkiam8675]

Best story ever.

[@TheTalemaster]

Thank you.

[@lidlonez]

❤ wow thank you great narration!

[@danbreeden68]

Perfection

[@Garfunkarella]

Soooo good. Wow!

[@WolfShadowhill]

I'm glad I've finally found some great audio recordings of lovecraft also you do a great job on the simply scary podcast

[@TheTalemaster]

Hi, Wolf! Thank you very much for coming over to my channel. The pharaoh image, I think I googled "evil pharaoh" or something. The rest of the graphic cover art is me :)

[@guyvergrimlock5506]

and this is why hp was documenting it , he warned them but even today we didnt listen

[@thedutchessofdragonshyre4630]

Hello dear Sir Danielson.....havent been around for awhile.....did you change your channel name?? Anyway so good to hear my favorite storyteller again. How are you? Love your stories. Happy Christmas and Merry New Year to you sir.

[@confusedwolf7157]

yet another comment from me : a poor lovecraft crazed waif. this invocation of this tale / your narration is the best i have heard on this human channel. truly praises the great ..ultimate... ny (cough)

[@boltodj]

Very nicely done. Where did you find the art?

[@JuanFuentes222]

Can someone explain what happened when the protagonist visited Nyarlathotep? And what happened in the end? English isn't my first language and I had a lot of trouble imagining what was happening

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

It’s intentionally very, very vague. The idea is that it was indescribable, yet definitely awful. You didn’t really misunderstand anything.

[@geusprime577]

Gosh you're pretty great my dude!

[@TheTalemaster]

I appreciate it, Geusprime, but I am not great. I am just passionate about vocal entertainment and audiobooks.

[@gothicdragonwarriorqueen5819]

HELLO, My old friend, G.M.,I have been thinking of you lately! What you been up too ? I still love your scary stories and poetry! Carry on, my good man!!!☻🖤💀🦇

[@TheTalemaster]

I'm doing ok, things are difficult right now so forced to live stream a lot more than make dedicated videos for the channel. BTW, what happened to your channel avatar?

[@datatsushi2016]

Any chance you'll be reading Nytratliuphtrhrep next?

[@RankarSama]

Love it!

[@TheTalemaster]

Thank you, Ken! Working on a Lovecraft poem compendium, taking a while as I'm editing it around the rebooted podcast and new show debuting later this month, I think everyone will love it!

[@tashareally3959]

Merhaba. Shakran!

[@TheTalemaster]

Yes!

[@-Siculus-Hort-]

I've heard/read that Lovecraft based the crawling chaos on Tesla. Im not sure.... correct me if I am wrong, yes?

[@TheTalemaster]

I'm afraid I can't correct you, because that's the first I've heard of that.

[@waynealden425]

i have all of the books. i know nyarlahotep

[@sethscott1434]

Nice job pronouncing that. Looked painful until you did it.

[@TheTalemaster]

Haha! Painful :D Nah. Easy-peasy.

[@MaliciousMollusc]

You think Nyarlathotep was trolling everyone with videos from a cellphone he built? Just saying...

[@TheTalemaster]

He might have been...Egyptian static has been known to be a killer :D

[@hadeseye2297]

He invented Pepe for sure.

[@djoninstark1978]

Doesn’t really seem the type to make slice of life furry webcomics.

[@jamesshaw3230]

He's cold , mean , cruel , heartless , soulless, hates HUMANS. He's still alive. Walks amongst our PEOPLE drawing no attention to his old pharoes ways . He has walk from the sands to right in front of you today. He was cursed. I say he was lucky. .

[@nevert-nt4hc]

where did you find that artwork for the story, can't seem to find it anywhere

[@TheTalemaster]

The pharaoh image came from Google, just did a search on Nyarlathotep :)

[@williamnorton9547]

Horror Readings by G.M. Danielson The images that ChillySunshine finds on Google to use as thumbnails for episodes of CBS Radio Mystery Theater are at times positively INSPIRED, just like the artwork for this story.

[@mijiyoon5575]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@johnwallen5719]

weird use of greek letters for the title. it says Pylg(L)lthoter.

[@conusmersofbonez1487]

ngl i still dont understand the story

[@NWR_astrotrain]

Love the narration but The thumbnail is Haster

[@libbypowell4278]

Always thought it was pronounced nyarlat-hotep like the Egyptian?

[@errebusaether]

Do Eldritch Gods have genders?

[@rsmith4339]

I couldn't get past the drums .

[@classofrass5752]

That's Hastur in the thumbnail.

[@TheTalemaster]

Haha, I'm aware, but it's a dang cool image and has served the video well.

[@irony373]

Shouldn't have talked shit, main character

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

Great story, excellent narration and a very misleading choice of cover art.

[@TheTalemaster]

Interesting that you mention the artwork. Since making it the video traffic has increased 40%.

[@MrTheGuitarNerd]

We all know this story.

[@TheTalemaster]

I'm glad you are so knowledgeable. Knowledge should never trump the joy of listening, however.

[@MrTheGuitarNerd]

@@TheTalemaster I made no claim to being knowledgeable. I said we all "know" it, because we all "know" it, instinctively. Because we are living it. Anyone who isn't trying to be distracted is aware of this.

[@whodoyouthinkiam8675]

5:38

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

He really didn't do anything malign in this story, he travelled the world in the guise of a black man, holding lectures and scientific demonstrations, educating those who wish to learn. Its not his fault the truth is abhorrent to the selfish men of the world.

[@eviltoad746]

iä iä

[@SeymourButts7817]

Nice 👍🏼 I love these stories

[@WeedSmoker69]

imposture. static electricity!