The Great Race's Earthly History

The Colour Out of Space

This flow traces the Great Race of Yith from its migration to Earth through its rise, its conflict with the Elder Things, and its planned escape into the far future.

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Bearing strength in each event

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Migration from Yith Migration from Yith from "The Colour Out of Space". A Race Seeks a Future Minds Across Time The Great Race transfers its collective minds from its dying home world into the bodies of Earth’s cone-shaped beings.

Migration from Yith from "The Colour Out of Space". A Race Seeks a Future Minds Across Time The Great Race transfers its collective minds from its dying home world into the bodies of Earth’s cone-shaped beings.

A Race Seeks a Future Minds Across Time The Great Race transfers its collective minds from its dying home world into the bodies of Earth’s cone-shaped beings. Survival Through Exchange The migration establishes a civilisation whose defining power is the projection of consciousness across time.

Conquest of Time Conquest of Time from "The Colour Out of Space". Knowledge Without Precedent Minds in Transit The Great Race sends minds into past and future eras, temporarily exchanging bodies with other intelligent…

Conquest of Time from "The Colour Out of Space". Knowledge Without Precedent Minds in Transit The Great Race sends minds into past and future eras, temporarily exchanging bodies with other intelligent…

Knowledge Without Precedent Minds in Transit The Great Race sends minds into past and future eras, temporarily exchanging bodies with other intelligent species. A Planetary Archive Captives are studied and invited to record their knowledge, helping build an immense history of Earth and its life.

The Elder Dominion The Elder Dominion from "The Colour Out of Space". An Earlier Power Alien Occupation The Elder Things arrive from distant universes and establish cities on Earth and other worlds.

The Elder Dominion from "The Colour Out of Space". An Earlier Power Alien Occupation The Elder Things arrive from distant universes and establish cities on Earth and other worlds.

An Earlier Power Alien Occupation The Elder Things arrive from distant universes and establish cities on Earth and other worlds. An Incompatible Enemy Their alien nature makes exchange with the Great Race impossible, turning coexistence into a struggle for control.

The Sealed Underworld The Sealed Underworld from "The Colour Out of Space". Victory with a Cost Driving the Enemy Below The Great Race uses technology to defeat the Elder Things and force them into subterranean regions.

The Sealed Underworld from "The Colour Out of Space". Victory with a Cost Driving the Enemy Below The Great Race uses technology to defeat the Elder Things and force them into subterranean regions.

Victory with a Cost Driving the Enemy Below The Great Race uses technology to defeat the Elder Things and force them into subterranean regions. Vigilance and Silence It seals passages but preserves strategic openings, while taboo and fear guard knowledge of the continuing danger.

The Future Migration The Future Migration from "The Colour Out of Space". Escape Through Time A Foreseen Doom The Great Race learns that a future catastrophe will make its earthly civilisation unsustainable.

The Future Migration from "The Colour Out of Space". Escape Through Time A Foreseen Doom The Great Race learns that a future catastrophe will make its earthly civilisation unsustainable.

Escape Through Time A Foreseen Doom The Great Race learns that a future catastrophe will make its earthly civilisation unsustainable. A New Host Its keenest minds plan a mass transfer into the bodies of the future beetle race.

Before the Great Race era

The Great Race era, about 150 million years ago

About 600 million years ago

After the Great Race defeats the Elder Things

At the end of the Great Race's earthly era