A cyclopean city is found in Antarctica. Its scale many times that of mere men, the ruined tower of five points was a citadel of the Elder Race of legend. Those antedeluvian minds roamed the universe, and conquered all challenges, and became bored with their omnisicience. The Elder Race felt evolution had left them behind. They conceived of a way to jump start their evolutionary progress, stalled at the zenith of flesh. They would create the ultimate predator, a devil god possessed of unlimited aggression and power. They would call it Fthlagen. All of these years later the son of Fthlagen, called Simyan by adherents, has returned to find that which inspired the folly of the Elder Race. Excerpted from the Starry Ones, our daily 3d comic strip