Agni Ifreed

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Trivia
-Agni's name is a Sanskrit word meaning "fire" and also connotes the Vedic fire god of Hinduism. His surname, Ifreed, is a corruption of Ifrit which are a supernatural creatures commonly depicted in Middle Eastern stories.

-Agni is based on Cthugha, a Great Old One who mostly appears as a giant ball of fire. Agni being a bull faunus is a reference to a form of Cthugha of known as Living Flame of Deepest Black which is described as a bull-like flaming beast while Agni's hostile relationship with Nysha is based upon the relationship between Cthugha and Nyarlathotep in August Derleth's short story "The Dweller in Darkness" in which the protagonists attempt to summon Cthugha to drive an avatar of Nyarlathotep out of a forest from northern Wisconsin.

-Agni's birthdate is a reference to the birthdate of August Derleth who wrote the short story of "The Dweller in Darkness" in which Cthugha was featured in.