Who is Hastur in Lovecraft’s Mythos? What powers does he have?
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Hastur, also known as The King in Yellow and the Yellow King, is a character from Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos. He doesn’t have any overt powers of his own.
“One Christmas night, after a family dinner and their annual digesting-day nap, Mr. Ullman was on his way back to the music room with some of the children when they heard in all too plain evidence something that made them run at full tilt for home. But before he ever had time to see if it might be one of Debbie’s ‘games’, she was whisked off by her mother who remained less than steady on her feet; no doubt due much more to father’s frequent slugging than to actual intoxication.