ZALGO

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Zalgo is an ominous entity believed to cause insanity, death and chaos.

He is known by many titles including "He Who Waits Behind the Wall" and "the Nezperidian Hivemind of Chaos".

Zalgo is often associated with scrambled text on webpages and edits of innocuous comic strips and cartoons done to make them seem horrific and Lovecraftian. He is believed to relate to the death of the world, along with insanity, and unspeakable things.

Most of the time disfiguration, gore, and dismemberment go along with the creature. Many who look upon him go insane. Gaping, toothy maws, stingers, and masses of tentacles are the norm. Invariably, the eyes turning to black slime and run down their cheeks like tears of oil. Fonts will scramble and lose coherence as well.

Generally speaking, most people do not agree on what Zalgo himself actually looks like, and portrayals vary greatly. Zalgo is depicted as a jet-skinned knight in silver armor surrounded by a corona of black lightning.

Later he is described as having seven mouths speaking in six foul tongues, the seventh waiting to sing the song that will end the world, and four arms holding a dead star and a candle that sheds darkness rather than light. He has also been described as an amorphous, eyeless being.

Since Zalgo is malevolent chaos incarnate, it is possible that all of these descriptions of the character are true, as well as countless others. Despite extreme differences in portrayals, Zalgo is commonly portrayed as being red and black and having a floating head, rather than light.

Zalgo appears to have abilities similar to Slender Man (video corruption, mind control, a virus-like sickness, etc.) though the results appear more severe and life-threatening. Many who look upon Zalgo end up crazy, disfigured, or even dead.

Zalgo is featured in the Creepypasta comic series, "I Eat Pasta For Breakfast", and is portrayed to be Lazari's biological father.

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