Check Out This Early Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Artwork

As part of today's reveal of Ravenloft: The Horrors Within, Wizards of the Coast also released several pieces of early preview artwork for the new book. You can check the artwork out in all its full glory below:

And here's the cover artwork (by Anna Podedworna) and alternate cover artwork (by Pam Wishbow):

Ravenloft: The Horrors Within was one of several products announced today. You can find a full rundown here.

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[Remathilis]

I think part of issue is whether or not Chthulu in Ravenloft is supposed to be the actual Chthulu (as in, the actual same one from Lovecrafts work) or a generic version of him (akin to how the tarrasque is based on a specific entity but clearly not the same as the French creature). D&D is famous for taking unique creatures and making them generic (minotaur, medusa, goliaths, etc) or pulling mythological creatures and using them as named characters (Asmodeus, Orcus, and most of the demon lords and arch devils). If viewed under that light, Chthulu isn't much different than having Pazuzu or Mephistopheles in D&D. It just feels weirder because it's a fairly famous literary character and not something from mythology or obscure occult literature.