I don't know how to articulate an answer to this right now, but I wanted to say that this was a great question, OP — there's some really cool answered here
I am terrified of your ineffebale, unspeakably niche eldritch knowledge that is so arcane as to be impossible to articulate in human language. I ask only that you let me and my family live when you rise to power as a Dark Lord. We are good followers.