[CHAR] Divinus Mk. 8: The Eleventh Cycle (A God Roleplay)

[Vec]

Ull'yang

Ull'yang

DOMAINS

Domain: Astral

The Astral Domain unfolds as an infinite realm, presenting itself as a vast canvas of endless potential. Amidst its expanse, a shimmering sea of starlight and cosmic winds ebbs and flows, carrying within its tide the nascent seeds of future galaxies. These seeds linger in a state of primal chaos, quietly awaiting the divine spark that will usher them into existence. Within this domain, the myriad mysteries of the celestial realm find their home, veiled in a silken shroud of cosmic enigma.

With a divine mandate, deities of this domain channel the primal forces of the cosmos, orchestrating a cosmic dance that sets the stage for monumental events yet to unfold. Their dominion represents a precursor to reality, a realm of cosmic wisdom where the seeds of celestial bodies bide their time, awaiting the divine touch to stir them from slumber. Thus, a deity of the astral domain can harness and guide the energies that influence the birth of stars, planets, and potentially but unintentionally, life itself.

Domain: Mind

The Mind Domain reigns over the intricate pathways of consciousness, encompassing thoughts, emotions, and memories. A deity who commands this domain isn't just an observer of these mental processes but a sculptor, capable of molding the mind's very fabric, potentially even infusing sentience into previously non-sentient beings.

Imagine having the ability to amplify someone's senses, making the mundane seem magical or the painful become invisible - a deity of the Mind Domain can do just that. They can dip into the streams of thought, subtly planting ideas or reshaping emotions, acting not with overwhelming force but with the deftness of an artist. Memories, too, are within their grasp; they can bring forgotten ones to the forefront or let painful recollections fade away.

Beyond these interventions, the Mind Domain can allow one to stand as a guardian against external threats. In a world where one's thoughts might be vulnerable, the deity acts as a bulwark against psychic invasions or manipulative mind control. Their voice doesn't need to be heard aloud, for they can easily communicate with a silent clarity, unhindered by distance or language, a whisper in the minds of those they address.

And it's not just about influencing individuals; the Mind Domain can make a deity's touch ripple through entire cultures, inspiring thinkers to innovate or leading them to momentous epiphanies. The Mind Domain isn't just a force of power but of potential, guiding and shaping the very essence of thought and emotion in the world.

Appearance: Dashing

Ull'yang is a radiant and awe-inspiring deity whose form is a celestial symphony of light and cosmic energy. He appears as a figure of towering height, wrapped in robes of blinding light studded with countless stars, constellations, and nebulae.

His skin - much like his garb - takes on a luminous, golden hue that seems to emit a warm, gentle glow. His hair flows like a river of liquid sunlight, cascading down his broad shoulders, with the the occasional twinkle of tiny stars making momentary appearances here and there. His eyes are deep pools of cosmic knowledge, their irises resembling swirling galaxies, radiating wisdom and tranquility. His form is surrounded by a radiant corona that merges seamlessly with the background, making it seem like he and the world are one and the same at all times.

His mere presence instils a sense of awe in mortal beings that can, very possibly, render them in a vegetative state - if not dead - and thus he usually takes on a more "normal" form when the need arises. In this form, the stellar deity takes on of the physical characterstics of the most populous species on the planet/plane that he decides to appear in. However, while everything else about him might change, his mystifying eyes and golden colored hair always stays the same.

General Description:

Ull'yang carries himself with an unorthodox and independent demeanor, navigating through both material and divine realms with a sense of determined ambition and meaningful purpose. His nature is outgoing and adaptable, unafraid to venture into the unknown with confidence and not significantly swayed by the externalities of his cosmic domain.

His general disposition towards his fellow deities is measured but welcoming, allowing ample opportunity for the fostering of friendly relations whenever the opportunity might arise. Nevertheless, his friendliness cannot, and should not, be confused with naiveté; do not mistake gentleness for weakness. The storm does not ask permission before it razes the land.

As for mortals, Ull'yang used to and still does view them as something in-between useful tools and dependable comrades. He is not averse to bestowing the occasional blessing upon one seeking his favor, however he does not go out of his way to seek much worship from mortalkind - the nature of the astral is not intrisicly tied to mortal belief, thus rendering worship of Ull'yang practically useless to him.

metametameta!

At the end of the day, getting drawn into a brand new reality, his old siblings suddenly being replaced by strangers, and himself being compelled - once again - to take part in the creation of a new Universe by powers beyond his comprehension - one cannot fault Ull'yang for being a little more cranky than usual.

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[Loki the Liar]

NAME: Loki (MARVEL), god of magic, fire, and lies.

Loki is the Norse trickster god. He is a complex and multifaceted deity known for his cunning, mischief, and shape-shifting abilities. He is both a friend and a foe to the other gods in the Norse pantheon, frequently causing trouble and chaos while also aiding them in various situations. Loki possesses strength, durability, and longevity far superior to humans. The most powerful sorcerer in all of Asgard, Loki's magical abilities include astral projection, shape-shifting, hypnosis, molecular rearrangement, energy blasts, levitating, conjuration, Cryokinetics, telekinesis and teleportation. In addition, Loki can connect to others telepathically and see into their memories, mystically imbue objects, and create rifts between dimensions. A master of manipulation and deceit, Loki is highly intelligent with immense knowledge and skill in wielding mystical artifacts, arcane lore, and human as well as alien technology. A highly-tactical thinker, Loki is able to manipulate opportunities and events in his favor; his cunning mind far exceeding Thor and Odin's. Loki, an expert combatant, typically wields throwing knives and other small blades.

[Vel]

Talyr

The Wandering Gourmand

Domain
Cooking

Description

Cooking is taking various ingredients to combine and make a safer and better tasting meal. While not particularly expansive beyond that, within its own domain it has almost infinite potential with as many combinations existing being as many as ingredients could exist. And the only thing determining what an ingredient can be is only determined by what a creature can eat, meaning so long as new things continue to be made and evolve there is always more to do.

Deities of this domain would be ones to sanction and inspire this level of creativity and experimentation. While again not a reality defining power food finds itself at a center of many cultures and most events. Meaning their presence is around practically everywhere intelligent life will find itself. While not heavily expansive beyond making incredibly good food and creative combinations, like with the mortals they'd inspire the deities would find themselves often present in a lot of dealings by the fact that cooking itself needs to deal with many basic domains to be even possible.

Appearance

Talyr is one to keep her common forms as unassuming as possible. To mix with her domain being small, she herself doesn't want to keep a high profile in her frequent visits the mortal realm. When in the mortal realms she often shows up as a rather plain individual based on the area. Matching what could be seen as a normal person if intelligent creatures are in the area, but if there is not she will follow her usual divine appearance. From her personal preference she usually aims to appear as a female, but she is not limited to that and can show up as a man if it is needed for whatever reason

Talyr when outside in the more divine realms and among other gods still attempts to often play a lower profile and keep extreme features hidden. She often shows up as a rather plain-faced person with a long, mid-back length black hair. Her only real defining features is a mix of seemingly random features based on whatever personal experiments she'd been doing lately. Some examples may be her skin switching to color of grains, claws of a predator recently added to a dish, growing stems of herbs added, and other defining features of the various things put in the food. She almost always wears a dark blue apron over whatever clothes she happens to be at the time.

Description

Talyr is a deity which one would often called obsessed with her domain. She rarely cares about anything else that couldn't relate to cooking in some way. In some senses she's an incredibly active deity in influencing things, in that she will often actively seek out new ingredients from things recently created on the planet. She visits actual areas with mortals often, in order to either investigate what they are doing or to acquire ingredients in specific ways. In another sense she is a very inactive deity, very rarely interacting with anything outside of the context of trying to make new meals and have others try them. For whatever follows her obsession with their own there is a high chance of her appearing in some form to give inspiration to them to reach greater heights of creativity in the craft. While she rarely interacts outside of cooking, she seems to take a keen interest in other forms of discovery and exploration. After all creativity in creating new creatures from other gods, discovering areas where life may have flourished in some way from evolution, all of these things are fuel for more recipes for the goddess.

[Kalmar]

The Many-Eyed Monarch

The King of Eyes. The Living Cloud. The Immortal Hive. The Wandering Swarm.

Domain
Swarm

Description

The Swarm Domain grants the holder dominion over insects, arachnids, and vermin. Flying (or scuttling) creatures of various shapes, sizes, and forms. This includes ants, bees, wasps, mosquitoes, flies, locusts, spiders, rats, and more. The Many-Eyed Monarch may seize control of any insect in their vicinity, forcing it to join a hivemind (even if it does not normally have a hivemind) and thus gaining access to all its knowledge. The Monarch may will new insects into existence almost on a whim, and equip them with all manner of new abilities to either aid in their survival or make them more lethal. These insects can be made to serve as spies, workers, or soldiers, and can be put to work in such vast quantities that the results can be truly terrifying.

Appearance

The Many-Eyed Monarch most commonly takes the form of a swarm of flying insects. Sometimes these insects will cluster together to form a humanoid shape, and will communicate through a series of buzzes perfectly timed and pitched to resemble speech. The insects which make up its form can be of any type, size, and shape - they are all linked to the Monarch's hivemind which forces them to act in perfect harmony with one another, even if they wouldn't normally be compatible. This swarm can vary wildly in size - either stretching across miles or being no larger than a human's head.

While acting as a part of the Monarch's form, these insects are effectively mutated into a 'divine' version of themselves - everything about them is enhanced or made more potent. They can persist in environments that would normally kill them, their venom can be made far more lethal, and so on. However, one side effect is that the insects still feel hunger (even though they no longer require sustenance) - and this hunger becomes part of the Monarch. Should the Monarch take on a form that is too large, the hunger will increase, and may grow to an extent that compels the Monarch to begin devouring everything in their path.

Description
The Many-Eyed Monarch is not a deity that usually inspires loyalty or adoration - though it may sometimes seek these things. If anyone worships the Many-Eyed Monarch, it is often either to bribe or appease them - in the hope that locusts won't devour their crops and bedbugs won't invade their mattresses. In the hope that the local beehives will produce ample wax and honey, that dragonflies will keep the local mosquito population trimmed down, and that spiders will entrap the more unwelcome visitors.

The Many-Eyed Monarch is neither malevolent nor benevolent. They are a force of nature, but that does not mean they lack personality or ambition. They are not overly-familiar with the morality of their fellow deities or that of sapient creatures, but they are nonetheless curious about them. They often attempt to make contact, and sometimes with disastrous results as their form tends to provoke fear and terror. Additionally they sometimes fail to see a significant difference between the life of an insect and the life of a larger, more intelligent and independent creature.

The Many-Eyed Monarch has no true name, although if another creature tries to bestow a name upon it, they will not reject it. The Many-Eyed Monarch has no gender, though they will not object or correct anyone anyone who assigns one to them. Additionally, they always refer to themselves in plural - 'we' instead of 'I.'

Fundamentally they believe that everything is better with cooperation. They do not actively seek conflict unless provoked, but many seemingly-harmless actions may provoke them nonetheless. In some ways they can be almost childlike - quick to trust but also quick to anger. They feel emotions very intensely, and are not fully used to processing those emotions.

If one is visited by a dragonfly or a butterfly, that is believed to be a sign of the Monarch's favour. Alternatively if one is bit by a mosquito or stung by a wasp, some may think they have earned the Monarch's ire.

The Monarch's personality may change over time, as the Monarch learns more of the ways of mortals and its fellow deities. Or perhaps not.

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[Goldeagle1221]

The River God

Tuuni

The River God ^esquire

Rivers

Description

The domain of rivers is the simple power over moving liquid, with an emphasis on running water. The God of Rivers can alter the flow of liquids, create new natural channels or heads, and decorate such areas with riverine flora and fauna. An example of all three would be slowing the speed of a river, creating a web of tributaries, and then littering it with web-footed duck-bears and hydraulic soils. Conversely, the domain of rivers allows the River God to remove flowing water and river heads as well, to drought the area from riparian waters.

Appearance

Description

Description

Tuuni has a narrow scope of cares and not a lot of oomph to back it up. He isn't bloodthirsty or violent, but he isn't against doing his best to keep the peace through mild shows of force. While he doesn't ask people to recognize him as great, he is a whore for praise and is easily buttered up. In respect to that narrow scope of cares, he favors a healthy riverine ecosystem that can be enjoyed by all and is forever fascinated with helping sapient peoples progress and grow their societies and civilizations. Coincidentally, Tuuni is of a democratic mind, and favors structures that allow everyone to share their opinions and separate the balance of powers to the many rather than the few.

Tuuni does his best to never judge new faces or even old ones. He believes in the ultimate good of everyone as well as the need for opposite parts to create harmony. He doesn't find value in violence or cruelty, but won't disregard someone for partaking; however, Tuuni recognizes his ability to help others and will do his best to reduce suffering around him and instead promote prosperity.

Prosperity to Tuuni is synonymous with freedom, joy, and health for both the individual, the habitat, and the group.

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https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=river+ambience+chinese+harp

[Commodore]

• Ir-Vaeri •

ALIAS-TBD

Domain
Space

Description

The Domain of Space encompasses the concept of physical reality, while broad its focus is actually rather specific when it can be applied. While having great power over space as a physical reality, and even the complicated applications therein, it does not have dominion over all things that physically exist or are present in that reality. The domain’s metaphysical connection does not extend to all that may exist in space, rather it connects to the base reality itself.

For example, a divine of this domain may warp space, making a building larger once entered than it should be able to, or one may connect two points bending the normal routes to shorten or lengthen a passage, even make a portal of sorts. As well this core understanding of a reality may aid in the manipulation of lesser realities or planes of reality. However, limits obviously arise when dealing with more metaphysical aspects or derivations of the principles in complex creations- knowing applications of space doesn’t make one an expert on trees or forest wildlife even if they take up and exist in and with physical reality, and especially has no connection to more metaphysical alterations or ideas upon reality.

Appearance

She has many different forms and won’t always hold true to them without modification. Somewhat fickle in choices, she may appear as a distorting sphere, similar to an event horizon around such phenomena that generate such, or as a woman whose very flesh seems to shift in color and texture- appearing as if reflecting a nebula in one moment before a void in the next. Of course she may also take forms to blend in, or generate awe or horror as her mood takes. Sometimes appearing gaseous and vague, others a sharp simple form, only hints of her power and focus.

Her exact form often depends on mood and purpose, often with some degree of mirroring- especially if she doesn’t actively dislike you.

Description

Ir-Vaeri can seem quite fickle to those unacquainted with her, but those who know her truly and deeply know that she actually is incredibly fickle at times. However, this is often tempered not just by moods or ambition but rather opinion. The more strongly she feels about something, often even as simple as disliking or liking, the more solid her decisions and plans stay. This is not to mention her mischievous streak, which may be a bit out of tune with mortal expectations- but then again which gods always are?

Even though she does connect strongly with a domain of complex reality and rules, this is not reflected as a hidebound expression or one for rules and proper behavior whatever that may mean. Ordered chaos is likely the closest one gets with her at times free or fickle spirit.

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[Scarifar]

Qlippy

Qlippy

The Laughing God ^{The Fool}

Domain
Trickery

Description

The Domain of Trickery grants the specialty of acts of, well, trickery. This includes all forms of lies, deception, craftiness, treachery, and everything in between. With this degree of influence, lies can easily be constructed to seem like the truth, while the truth can be distorted and deconstructed to seem like a lie.

Should Qlippy exercise his Might, he can even create elaborate illusions to fit his needs and wants. None of the five senses can be trusted while Qlippy is around. One's perspective on reality could change in subtle ways, turning an apple into a pear, turning a blue tapestry purple in color, etc. Or the world around him becomes unrecognizable. An inch becoming a mile in length, the blue sky suddenly turning dark and back again in a second, or even experiencing death by violent means only to realize nothing around you was real. Be wary around Qlippy, lest you get caught up in his antics.

Appearance

Description

Qlippy is a mischievous god. Qlippy is always keen to get a laugh out of someone, always planning the next joke and/or punchline for the right moment. He gives off a goofy attitude, often making anyone who meets him not take him seriously. He will often speak in riddles and rhymes, believing it to be more fun than speaking plainly. And sometimes, when it comes to creating laughs... someone else will be the butt of the joke. It doesn't matter whether he ruins someone else's plans or anything; to Qlippy, the laugh is all that matters. He doesn't mind which end he screws over when performing one of his silly little pranks either. He would drive a pure angel to fall into corruption or ruin a lich's century-year plan if they end up being the target for Qlippy's next punchline. Fortunately, he is not that vindictive, as such extremes would only happen if a joke he was planning gets ruined by them.

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[Kho]

Longsight

_{Artist: Iain McCaig}

Description

Longsight is a fair-skinned human lad of the northern wastes, brown of hair and eye, some eleven years of age. Social, like all of his clansmen, he does maintain a certain sombre streak. His penchant for standing dramatically on the nearest rise to stare into the fading horizon has given him the name Longsight, in line with his clan's convention of flexible and ever-changing names. Longsight's clan (though village band would be more accurate) has taken to calling itself the Renevits, after their village of Renev. After strange beasts from the mythic past emerged to raze their village and way of life, the Renevit survivors escaped northward in the hopes of finding shelter in one of the fortified northern keeps. However, all they found was an endless wasteland unlike any of them knew, remembered, or understood. Though many died, Longsight has survived. It has now been years since, and the once-villagers have somewhat taken to their new nomadic existence on these harsh sand-wracked wastes.

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ROISIN MAGNOLIA

^{The LITTLE GOD of the LITTLE THINGS | The FEIGHDFULC MATHAIR | LADY of the FADE | The KHODEXBORN
LADYPRINCE of the FAE-FINTE | The FAERIE QUEEN | The GREAT VEILED ONE | MISTRESS of the PLACE BETWIXT ALL PLACES
HIGH QUEEN of the FAIRIES}

Domain
Glamour

• Description

  Glamour defined. Glamour, also known as gramarye, is the magick of the fairy queen. Glamour emanates from her being and so springs from a source altogether independent of any other magick. It exists with her existence, and with her cessation must cease. Glamour is the magick of the faerie queen who dwells within the Veil - not beyond, but within the Veil - that separates the material realm from the astral realm, the afterlife, and all other dimensions within the world of the Khodex. The great hallways of her kingdoms and wildwoods are the fabric and walls between the dimensions of the world, and by her will is the material melded into the immaterial so that the onlooker, should she so will, can no more know the mundane from the ethereal.
  
  Glamour as All-magick. By virtue of Roisin’s creation out of the Khodex, glamour also acts as the great harmoniser of all existent and potential magicks into what may be termed the All-magick. By means of All-magick, Arcana can be accessed, the energies of the Astralis Lumen harnessed, and Chaos magicks be called forth. By means of it secrets can be channelled - though the greatest secret in existence, ever beyond the Eidolon’s grasp in keeping with its writing into the Khodex that no being be omniscient, is how the All-magick is able to act as a conduit for secret magick. By means of the All-magic also can runes be carved into rock, water, or air, and can new runes be discovered or created. By its means also can the tenets of tradition be fortified or by foul means shattered - and repaired and brought aright too, for the glamour of the All-magick is such a thing. By means of glamour the magicks of the R'kava are tamed for the All-magick, the hallways of past lives are negotiated, the pathways of death are traversed and the dead are summoned unto life. Moreover, by means of the All-magick are the meanings of things altered - not by science and prodigious learning and such cumbersome things, but by glamorous arts, words and songs of power, and mysterious crafts that none comprehend. Thus is the All-magick of the Little god of the Little Things.
  Needless be said, the All-magick also permits those who harness it - witches, beldams, druids, mystics, shamans, wizards, and ten hundred other names - to access the glamorous magicks of the Fairy Queen. This allows practitioners, by means of magickal items (such as wands and magic carpets), potions and concoctions, and words of power (incantations and spells - or sometimes, sheer will!) to shapeshift, fly, vanish, move objects and even buildings, heal or inflict disease, listen to or see far-off happenings through the Veil, deceive the senses by means of illusions and other deceptions, create potions of love and madness and much else, and even bind creatures of the astral realm to them as familiars. If a word of power, or a song or dance, can be found for it, then no magickal feat is beyond the willing practitioner.
• Appearance

  

Description

Wise beyond measure and kind beyond words, the magnolious queen of the fairies sprinkles her magicks unto existence, and wherever the echo of her impossible beauty is felt all swoon and are smitten... and driven to madness and pain! Bitterly does she hide her countenance and her beauty from all, sadly does she by glamourous arts and phantasmic potions and crafts scatter from the eyes of all the very thought or memory of her face. Like a rippling mirage on sun-scattered sands is her countenance, hidden not beyond the Veil of the immaterial but within it, inside it - and only by the laughter of her Fae children - and by poor glamorous disguises! - will her existence be known!

Full of love, most resplendent love, is the heart of the Little god of the Little Things, and though she cannot wander in her splendour from the Veil, still is she a most eager and most munificent host. If her countenance is never to grace mortal eyes beyond her kingdom, and if she is not to dance there in the world of blood and soil or hold court, then mortals - and their eyes - must be brought to be graced by her! Could one such as her, who knows only love, wisdom, and kindness, wallow away in her exile and be thought a world-hating recluse, a veritable scrooge, a dragon on her mountain of gold, a most vile and evil hag? Why, let her love-drowned heart burst and perish before such would be said of her! Here in her court, where her countenance shines most sweetly on all eyes and brings only pleasure and delight, will the song of great hospitality and generosity be sung.

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I. Wherein Longsight goes forth with the Renevits
II. Wherein Longsight runs his mouth off at a god and is condemned to the dungeons of the world
III. Wherein Longsight and Badboy hunt beasts in the world dungeon
IV. Wherein Longsight and Badboy meet a god of heroism, knowledge, and time, and wherein Longsight ascends to Chronomancy and comes to command a quartet of goblins and greatgoblins
V. Wherein Rockpetter and the Renevits meet a strider named Elutil, who promptly joins their merry company
VI. Wherein Rockpetter and the Renevits - but for Reaper and six others of their number - are transported by means of a storm into the dimensional sideplane of the Three Indias, and there is much monkey business
VII. Wherein Roisin Magnolia is birthed from the Khodex, befriends a life goddess, realises what lethal splendour is hers, blesses Arbor with boons, and thereafter retires into the Veil
VIII. Wherein Longsight, Badboy, and the goblin quintet go forth in search of a cave and, while doing so, engage in fierce combat a party of outer beasts who profess loyalty to one Hylsek Adech, and wherein Longsight is wounded gravely while Badboy proves himself an exceptional warrior aspirant
IX. Wherein Roisin Magnolia brings forth the Veil in an image dear to her and wherein the War of the Trees is fought, the Feighdfulc are brought into being, and Roisin Magnolia the High Queen weeps upon her High Throne at the Highholt of Taramanca
X. Wherein Longsight goes forth to save Badboy and both are sculpted into most heroic forms, enabling them to subdue a mighty wyvern in the depths of their newly-found cave system
XI. Wherein Longsight and Badboy go forth to subjugate the cave system, and wherein Badboy gains a beast army, Longsight is swallowed by an ironwyrm, and the Battle of the Cliffs rages between dragons, beasts, heroes, and wyrms
XII. Wherein Roisin Magnolia calls forth Brentylwtih the King, first faerie to rise to kingship, and bestows upon him the Heart-horn
XIII. Wherein Roisin Magnolia befriends Su'ulek and aids her in the creation of an Academy of Beauty and Virtue as well as a Crown of Wisdom

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Named Renevits (19/43):

1. Longsight (m.) - Exiled by Sylia
2. Badboy (m.) - Exiled by Sylia
3. Rockpetter (f.) - Taken by Indic storm
4. Reaper, formerly Firmplough (m.) - Abandoned on the wastes
5. Lifedancer (f.) - Taken by Indic storm
6. Galloper (m.) - Abandoned on the wastes
7. Donkeywhacker (m.) - Abandoned on the wastes
8. Treesbane (m.) - Taken by Indic storm
9. Greatsaw (m.) - Taken by Indic storm
10. Herbsprinkler (f.) - Taken by Indic storm
11. Justroastit (f.) - Taken by Indic storm
12. Sandskipper (m.) - Taken by Indic storm
13. Taleweaver (f.) - Taken by Indic storm
14. Fishlancer (m.) - Abandoned on the wastes
15. Netter (m.) - Abandoned on the wastes
16. Horsebreaker (m.) - Abandoned on the wastes
17. Claymender (m.) - Abandoned on the wastes
18. Soilturner (m.) - Taken by Indic storm
19. Goatwrestler (m.) - Taken by Indic storm

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CREATIONS

• The Feighd | The Feighdfulc

  RACE NAME:
  

  the Feighd ^{(pronounced: Fade; Fay; Feed)} | the Feighdfulc | Fairies | the Little Folk | Faeries | the Wee Folk | the Fae | the Fair Folk | the Fey | the Siardha Folk | the Fade | the Fay | the Good Folk

  
  
  RACE APPEARANCE
  

  Appearance

  

  
  
  RACE DESCRIPTION:
  

  Description

  Feighd exhibit an astounding level of diversity. Some take on the appearance of children from any sapient race. Others appear barely distinct from monsters. Others yet take on plant- or water-like features. As a rule, they are all generally humanoid and very small in size: Lesser Feighd can be up to 3 inches tall while Greater Feighd can reach 7 inches. While faeries can shapeshift into larger forms or possess natural phenomena – such as trees and plants in the case of dryads – their true forms will always be in the aforementioned range.
  Lesser Feighd childlike in appearance while Greater Feighd appear as adults. Some may have tails, wings, or more than two arms or none (if, for instance, wings replace their arms). Whether they have wings or not, all Feighd can fly though not all may choose to do so. Though capable of synchronising their lip movements to make it appear that they are speaking from their mouths, the speech of Feighd is strange and does not emanate from their throats. Instead, it reverberates through the very ether and may be perceived mentally, audially, or both.
  
  While Feighd may appear to be either male or female, they do not reproduce or procreate physically, and so these appearances are purely aesthetic. The more powerful a Feighd is the closer to adulthood it appears and the bigger it is physically. Being creatures of pure magic, the Feighd have no fixed lifespan. So long as they have a source of magic, they are unlikely to die. They are born when a Greater Feighd of substantial power wills a Lesser Feighd into being. When a Feighd dies it simply explodes into magical dust. Feighd feed on magical energy alone, meaning that they can cannibalise one another unless socialised against it. Other things that produce magic - like a particularly pure spring or a well-cared-for forest or astralis lumen or even forces such as lightning or fire - are also a food source for them.

  
  
  RACE BEHAVIOUR:
  

  Behaviour

  Feighd enjoy dancing and will do so both alone and in groups. While some Feighd are communal in nature and others solitary, they generally organise into loose or centralised clans, courts, princedoms, and kingdoms. They will usually obey the most powerful individual amongst them. The ultimate authority in the Feighd world, greater than the greatest princes or queens, is the Faerie High Queen Roisin Magnolia.
  
  While their progenitor is in all ways kind, that is not universally true of Feighd, who were irremediably marked by the bileblood that corrupted their tree ancestors during the War of the Trees. They can be broadly separated into Malign Feighd, in whom the bileblood's effects are predominant, and Benign Feighd, in whom the bileblood's effects are present but subordinate to their ultimately kinder natures.
  
  

  Malign Feighd can be quite predisposed towards mischief and mayhem, and they can exhibit extreme sadism and cruelty. Malign Feighd may nevertheless at times carry out arbitrary acts of kindness or reward those who please them – just as they may well punish those who help them. They are characterised by this sort of arbitrariness alongside ungratefulness and uncaringness. They tend towards planting forests and helping rivers and lakes to develop. They do not do this out of any kindness per se, but in the same way other races may build cities and grand structures: to live, as a mark of their civilisation, and to establish kingdoms and domains. The rivers and forests nurtured and shaped by Malign Feighd will often harbour malevolent forces – the spirits are more likely to be unfriendly, dangerous creatures are more present, so too diseases, noxious fumes, and so on. Malign Feighd often display exceptional martial prowess. They are attuned with the spirits permeating all things and are capable of harnessing Glamours that allow them to manipulate them into doing their bidding. It is often possible to guess the malevolent predisposition of a Feighd by the extent of its bestial features when in its true form.
  
  While Benign Feighd have the same capacity for cruelty as their Malign kin, Benign Feighd tend not to pursue chaos and mayhem quite as earnestly. They are more likely to repay kindness with kindness and carry out random acts of generosity for no apparent reason. Moreover, the forests and rivers and other places of nature they nurture are more likely to be in all ways more benevolent. Benign Feighd are quick to benefit those whom they see as their friends. However, they will also punish those who displease them - though perhaps in humorous ways that are not gratuitously cruel or sadistic. While Benign Feighd also have great Glamorous power over the spirits permeating all things, they are frequently not as martially capable as their Malign kin. It is often possible to guess the benign disposition of a Feighd by the extent of its adherence to the form of the sapient species it takes after - e.g. one whose true form is perfectly goblinlike, or humanlike etc. without any bestial features, is likely entirely benign.

  
  
  FEIGHD GLAMOUR
  

  Glamour

  Through Glamour, Feighd can deceive the senses, create illusions, vanish, fly, shapeshift, move objects and fixtures, inflict disease, death, and curses, grant good health, healing, and other blessings, cast hexes and charms with the wave of a wand, as well as numerous other powers. Feighd have tremendous healing powers, having an intimate knowledge of herbs and being adept at using them to heal or undo the malign actions of others of their kind. They can use such magic to take away physical disability or to cripple and maim if they choose. Those who incur their ire may sometimes be lamed, paralysed, or rendered dumb. Less Benign Feighd may deploy their Glamour to make people believe that they are in grand homes or halls, that they have been offered delicate and delicious food, or that they have been given Feighd gold. What they will have really experienced is, respectively, a cave, some dung, or some dried leaves.
  
  Even as their forms are highly changeable, their magical nature means they can also be quite insubstantial. By letting themselves become almost gaseous or melding into pure spirit, Feighd can float through the air with ease. They can go beyond this entirely and by means of Glamour become nigh impossible to see. Those who are busy with much more important things are unlikely to see a Feighd in its true form, and if they do will probably just catch sight of something out of the corner of their eye before losing it again. Most animals are much more alert and perceptive than sapient mortals and so are not as easily fooled by the Feighd. Dogs, cats, and horses will often become agitated by the presence of invisible Wee Folk. While Feighd are adept shapeshifters, the eagle-eyed observer may realise their truth by subtle hints and oddities that addle the Feighd form, for their Glamour is so potent that it can hardly be prevented from randomly doing fantastical, wondrous things. Such oddities may include, for instance, a spark of intelligence in the eyes of an animal that betrays it is truly of the Feighd. Feighd masquerading as other sapients may have exaggerated features or abnormalities, such as pointy ears, a long nose, club feet, or other such things not to be found in the given race. Through the Veil, Greater Feighd can use Glamour to hear the words that people are speaking even when they are distant and so avoid deceptively or invisibly wandering in the first place. Further assisting Greater Feighd is their ability to use Glamour as a means of transport from the Veil into the material world and back – Lesser Feighd can only travel to and from the material realm via locations of great magic, such as Feighd mounds. Bold mortals are able to tag along with a Feighd travelling by repeating the same spell. They may however end up in an unusual or unexpected place. As other races can sometimes eavesdrop on Feighd spells and so use them without permission, Feighd often seek to hide their magicks from them. When Feighd use spoken spells, they will be heard to utter fantastical magical phrases, such as “Horse and hattock”, “Abracadabra”, “Hocus pocus”, “Double double, toil and trouble!”, amongst other innumerable phrases. While Lesser Feighd say their spells, very little is needed for Greater Feighd to wield their magical power. Intention alone (perhaps combined with some spell recited in the head) is sufficient to achieve their purpose. A mortal affected by unspoken such magic may not be entirely sure whether magic is being used or whether it is simply coincidence - indeed, Feighd can sometimes be quite subtle with their curses and blessings.
  
  Feighd cast magic in many ways. This includes songs, chants, spells, poetry, herbs, potions, and dances. Various items can be employed too – magical bows are frequently used to fire fae-shots that hold curses or blessings. They can also use wands and enchanted items to channel their powers. Uniquely, as they are beings of pure magic and Glamour, Feighd are in fact able to cast magick without wands and similar items that are otherwise necessary. An example of this is the Feighd ability to change things simply by blowing upon them. In some cases, the sheer presence of a faery, radiating an aura of Glamour, is enough to work magic, quite frequently subjecting those they have met or spoken with to inadvertent curses or blessings. Even though fairies are mostly deliberate when it comes to hexing and blessing, it is possible for them in this and other ways to cast magic unwittingly or unintentionally on mortals. Extremely powerful Greater Feighd may even be able to cast magicks from vast distances or even into the material realm without leaving the Veil.
  
  Feighd can be Astral beings and can, by various means, be bound as a familiar. While it is possible to learn Glamour and All-magick without a Feighd familiar, such will be extremely difficult until knowledge of All-magick has become sufficiently widespread amongst other races.
  
  Mortals can see through Feighd Glamour if they apply a special ointment to their eyes. This ointment, salve, or oil is made only by Feighd and with it mortal eyesight can penetrate Feighd Glamour and see things as they really are. It can also penetrate many spells and illusions, including those that cause invisibility. Such concoctions are necessary in cases where Feighd and mortals intermarry; the resultant hybrids are unable to naturally see Glamour and require the ointment to be applied to their eyes. The effects of the ointment can be undone by violent blinding, depriving the victim of their sight completely, or more mercifully by a Feighd breathing on the eye to return it to its original state. While they are powerful beings, a person with prudence can ward off Feighd and their trickery through various charms and wards. These have no power in and of themselves, but Feighd are obligated to respect their warding nature due to Roisin Magnolia’s decree. Minerals, plants, and animal matter that ward off Feighd include:
  

  • Iron in any shape, whether a knife, a horseshoe, a pin or needle, pairs of tongs, or the bolt of a door.
  • Amber beads sewn into a child’s clothes prevent Feighd abduction.
  • Salt drives off Feighd.
  • Adder stone, a naturally holed stone that can be worn around the neck to protect an individual can be hung to safeguard home or a stable. When not in use, the stones should be protected or may otherwise be stolen by Feighd.
  • Buildings and large public fixtures such as wells can be protected by circling them with stones painted white.
  • Sprigs of rowan repel Feighd.
  • Vervain and dill can dispel evil influences, as can milkwort and mugwort. Other handy herbs are mistletoe, nightshade, yarrow, groundsel, rue, and the sap of Ash trees. Burnt bindweed is good for protection, as are four-leaf clovers.
  • Sugar water, especially if served from a silver spoon or cup (or at least, from a receptacle containing silver) can help ensure that a mother and her newborn baby are safe from unwelcome Feighd attention.
  • Even tea can drive Feighd away.
  • An elder branch can guard against Feighd, and Elder springs can also be carried to ward them off or even strike them.
  • Drawing blood from oneself, someone else, or any animal can drive off Feighd.
  • A black cockerel is a good ward against the Feighd.
  • Red threads tied around the throat, wrist, or into one’s hair.
  • Holy items, such as artefacts created by gods, can act as a ward against Feighd.
  • Some Feighd, particularly the sort with bad intentions, are unable to cross flowing water.
  • This is not an exhaustive list, feel free to come up with your own! Ask me if unsure!

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Su'ulek

ALIAS The Mother Of Monsters

Domain Monsters

Appearance:

Hider

[u]Description
She is a kind mother. She is capable of being a predator on those who would hunt her children. She is by nature kind, but she is too kind towards her own. As such, she struggles to overcome her inner predator to be good. Su'ulek's nature is summed up in one word. "Mother." She loves her children with genuine ferocity and simultaneous tenderness. The old saying "He had a face only a mother could love" probably had Su'ulek in mind.
Sometimes Su'ulek will intercede for mortals who cry out to her for deliverance from monsters and she will respond in different ways. Giving her children different targets, such as live stock, wild life, trying to talk them down, or most rarely and with great regret, even taking them out as a threat, as though Su'ulek often waits too long to save others, she does do so, and is not evil.

Musical Theme
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