Nyarlathotep by H. P. Lovecraft. Short summary

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The end of the world came and in the lands of Egypt appeared Nyarlatotep — the embodiment of Chaos, the messenger of the ancient gods, who took human form.

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The protagonist of the poem is the only witness to the end of the world. First, crises and climate change come to the world. People experience unaccountable fear and wake up at night with nightmares. The universe takes over from the Known Gods to the Unknown Gods. And then Nyarlathotep, the embodiment of Chaos, the messenger of the Ancient Gods, appears in Egypt.

Nyarlathotep travels through the cities and gathers crowds of followers. Nyarlathotep leads the people, taking away «that which could not be taken. He leads the people into the fog, where the electric light fades and the moon turns green. The crowd breaks up into three columns. The first column goes into a narrow alley, the second disappears into the subway. The narrator’s column moves toward a swamp covered in dark snow. The narrator drowns in the snowdrift, watching the world collapse.