It was the maniacal precision of the game that really got me into chess; the inescapable fatality of it all--the Queens, Bishops, Knights and Rooks in their endless war, the Pawns marching relentlessly to their doom--or to glorious victory as new-born Queens at the far end of the board...but it was the Endgame I lived for, the final dance of death...the most intense satisfaction is to be found there, as a lone King shepherds his last few Pawns across the killing squares, outwitting his equally denuded opponent.
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H.P. Lovecraft's poetry has had a major influence on me since 2007. He has a way with words that's truly amazing.
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There's no better way to get some insight, than to read some of H.P.'s stuff concerning Cthulhu in one way or another. Call of Cthulhu would be an obvious starting point www.hplovecraft.com/writings/t…
Also he isn't necessarily evil, he's just the way he is.
Also he isn't necessarily evil, he's just the way he is.
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