HP Lovecraft-Gobi Desert-Lurker-Uyghurs People
Update (2/23/25) 2012portal — planetary situation update Lovecraft Fandom — Khalk'ru Extra-dimensional tentacle entity. The lore surrounding it is associated with the Uyghur people of the Gobi Desert, who migrated there from Europe (R1b haplogroup DNA origin, most likely). Can be summoned from the void by a mysterious ring. Believed to be "a force of chaos and entropy, antagonistic to the very principle of life." In this narrative, the Lurker's presence and this lore are framed as the reason the Gobi Desert — and likely other places in the world — is degrading ecologically into a desert wasteland. The Uyghur People & Ancient Migration Wikipedia — Uyghurs Recognized as the titular nationality of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwest China . Traditionally inhabited a series of oases scattered across the Taklamakan Desert within the Tarim Basin . An estimated 80% of Xinjiang's Uyghurs still live in the Tarim Basin; the rest mos...