Industrial Cthulhu: Starting as an Island Lord

In "Industrial Cthulhu: Starting as an Island Lord," a chilling narrative unfolds through firsthand accounts of an encroaching, incomprehensible force. Towering beasts sculpt the earth, creating subterranean cities for their "steel carriages." Everlasting stellar furnaces ignite, their brilliance eclipsing the sun, fueled by glowing ores. This world is dominated by "iron birds" filling the sky, "steel ships" swarming the oceans, and "war machines" that rend the land. The author, dismissed as mad, insists these sights are real, warning that "it has already seen you." This entity, powered by oil as blood and smoke as breath, consumes ore and steel, its countless cargo ships its offspring. Despite their claim of being mere mortals, their incomprehensible technology, unimaginable production capacity, and fanatical zeal pose an existential threat. Their creations, glimpsed, drive men to madness. The protagonist, having just built a factory, confronts a world he believed ran on idealism, questioning the nature of his creations against this industrial leviathan. How can one possibly stop such a force?