The Grey Dust

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X

Name: X (pronounced “ecks”) The Voice of the Silent, The Lord of Whispers.
True Name: Apocrypha
Player Name: The Grey Dust
Domains (Portfolios): Knowledge ( Secrets ), Fate ( Mystery )
Alignment: LN

Symbols: A circle with an X, representing something not only disallowed once, but twice over as something truly forbidden. It is also a reference to his namesake.

Symbol of Secrets

Appearance:

To Mortals and Gods:

Appearing to both Mortals and Gods in the same form, X does not differ his appearance to either party. There is nothing to hide from Mortals in his appearance, as it reveals scarcely anything. It is easy to discern X is a God by the otherworldly manifestation, and yet knowing X is a God is meaningless in itself for no one but X knows anything more. A flowing robe conceals his physical manifestation, dissolving the God to little more than a pair of long slender hands emerging from the sleeves and a partial face beyond the veil of eternal mystery. There is no face beyond the lower half of his visage, and in truth nothing beneath the robes.

Personality: A mystic god who challenges the very idea of Omniscience. While it is possible to consider that X is a "fallen" god of knowledge, that is rather than sharing knowledge is the forces which obscures them, there are things which even the Gods themselves cannot answer perhaps of their own creation or the world before anything. It is the spirit of mystery and obscurity itself which awakened to manifest as X in moments after the Flash, for it existed long before the moment and the question was asked.

Being the essence of such, X is cryptic and indirect, and yet welcoming to those who seek him. A paradoxical combination which makes it difficult to understand X's motives and agenda, as befits a god of secrets. While it can be assumed since he is the progenitor of obscurities, would it be safe to say he is Omniscience incarnate, choosing to selectively censor and edit information as needed? In truth even X does not know and seeks to know, for the duality of his role is to also encourage others to seek the hidden truth even as he may conceal it. Which explains the nature of his paradox.

X is both a blessing and a curse, a curse for those who would fight against him to reveal who is plotting against them, but also a blessing to those who would seek to conceal a secret plot. Yet X is often receptive to bargains, for one block lifts the other, and perhaps a secret that is shared will create another in return. Thus the web of secrecy grows, and his Portfolio shall continue to expand. Much to his appeasement.

Dogma: If there was a Dogma for X, only X knows it and he has yet to share it. Some interpret his mantra to be to guard secrets, and protect the sanctity of the arcane. Others suggest the opposite, that is, to seek out truths and uncover secrets to revel in knowing the esoteric. As such the teachings of X are to be taken in either fashion, depending on the school of thought, as perhaps in truth X may encourage the constant struggle between two opposing ideas as a means to stabilize the flow of secrets and knowledge.

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Well, @Fubsy, I was thinking about that too and also about the first creation of life itself. I don't believe the dominion of Xeaniax is life but I can give the bodies of every living creature form and function. I believe @Marquise's Jhera would be better suited to breath life into the empty structures Xeaniax creates and Muorival giving them a soul.

@FoxFire

Isn't each god capable of creating life? But no one specializes in a particular sort of life. Since life in itself, along with creation is a vast domain that I encompasses much. I suppose it is possible to have multiple death gods too with the Pantheons if more people show up. But I was under the impression every god had the ability to create life and shape worlds as they see fit. But cannot do such things on a macroscopic scale, like perhaps a small settlement of a new race, but cannot fill the planes with them.

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@Sypherkhode822

You actually need to ride through a desert on a horse with no name for 9 days, then once you release horse, the desert would turn into X's realm.

X's realm can actually be accessed through all the realms since it's planned to be the realm between the realms. Some sort of Patchy Nexus which touches all the realms due to its weird spatial geometry. I haven't quite decide on how to access the realm between realms since usually if you're making a portal from one plane to another you'd actually step through X's plane which lies on the edge of the portal... A such if you could extend your portal to widen the gap, then travel down the path until you reach the Nexus where the sand begins...

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@The Grey Dust
Ah, but the rainbows and unicorns are merely the first level of hell in that realm. Beneath are much worse, like baby's laughter and glitter bombs and the lost testicle of a cyclist for some odd reason.

Honestly, though, I'm thinking of making it like a heavily forested labyrinth-esque plane with the center being a sort of 'Paradise' while the outer walls are reserved for lost/wicked souls. As for her servants, I'm thinking of almagamations that grow and evolve through devouring the souls of the damned. Or, y'know, pink unicorns. Either or.

@Sypherkhode822
Like giant mushroom trees and reverse waterfalls? That would actually be hella cool.

@Fubsy

I made a wonderful 9 layer hell once each layer given a sin and theme. First layer was "Pagan" and based off of Nordic Lands. Second was "Pride" based off of Feudal Japan. Then "Greed" Ancient Egypt. "Lust" Sultan's Arabia, "Wrath" Warring Rome. "Gluttony" Boyar Russia/Transylvania. "Sloth" Aztec. "Envy" Victorian England. And of course "Chaos" a burning lake of fire and torment.

Each Layer had a top boss of which in order: a Ghost, a Flesh Golem, a Mummy, a Ghoul, a Werewolf, Vampire, Gargoyle, Liche, and Demon :)

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@Fubsy

But Hades is boring.

You should have her rule over some sort of "rainbows and Happiness" afterlife which is so cute and innocent it's vomit inducing.
Her servitors are majestic flying unicorns. That kill people by impaling their flaming horns, and trampling them to the ground.

Then again X's plane is essentially a giant desert with a library build in the center.
But I've already thought up of his servitors, and they are quite fun and befitting of a god of mysteries.

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@The Grey Dust Aw, I wanted to create the stars and make a world with several Moons. I suppose there is no harm done in having something as a starting point though and that doesn't mean that there couldn't be some not-so-different principles.

@FoxFire

You could. I think there may a be a standard prime material planet, as implied by the AP actions list. And you can create stars and moons and what not. If you wanted you can add in a second sun or three.

But we could also start off in a blank void. Regardless I'm going to have my god create a plane for himself.

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I'd assume there's a prime material plane which is populated with mundane creatures and have the usual basic fundamental properties. So we aren't completely starting off in tabula rasa, but there is no sentient life thus far.

However I suppose it could be possible to give science. Although you'd be giving the scientific method, rather than science as a whole.

🦄 Duplicity - D&D Style Fantasy Rp Adventure (Completed)

Thomas Richard Harrison

Location: The Cave watching shadows on the wall.
Interacting with: No one in particular

In a sheer stroke of luck or perhaps fate, either way one must thank the stars, it appeared Thomas emerged unscathed from the entire ordeal. Which was to say something on there is looking out for his wellbeing, if not perhaps Sana despite her actions nearly ended up burning the sorcerer. Regardless now that the action has seem to fade into memory, and yes fade rather than become seared into the mind as a constant reminder to watch his arrogance. Yet it was nearly impossible for Thomas to control that which lifted him towards his true being, the snooty haughtiness which coldly demanded all other lifeforms be considered lesser. Even narrowly escaping death did not seem to deter this absurd mentality. Though it was because his master was more than a challenge to intellectually quell and defeat the star phase, Thomas has never learned to control it nor assume it for long periods of time.

As such perhaps it was time to meditate. Brushing the dust from his robe and sitting back down in inglorious defeat. A prideful cosmic soul humbled, yet when one's pillar was set above the stratosphere, a peg or two was scarcely much. He owed Sana and Kyra bit more perhaps Satilla too, and Ntaj, but Keystone was right out. Breathe, take in the universe, one breath at a time. Close your eyes, at worse death will return you to the stars. Listen to your heart, feel the flow of energy within your blood. Focus on unlocking yourself. For the Sun is but a star, a star we claim our own. May its brilliance be your brilliances, may its splendor be your splendor. Such long words from an orc, it was no matter to Thomas who stayed and who goes, why did his ears listen to the conversation going about him? Refocus your thoughts, feel the warmth, not the fever. Pull yourself towards us once more, and from the depths of space become the Sun.

And so another transformation begins.

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@Fubsy

My dragons don't breathe fire.

They exhale spores. Spores that grow nutrient-leeching parasitic plants upon contact.
You will die slowly being drained of your very life as their beautiful buds bloom.
At least it'll save everyone the cost of flowers for your funeral.

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@AlexanderML

In lieu of gaining domains, could it be possible to gain portfolios instead? Since Portfolios are part of a domain, gaining a portfolio outside one's own domain implies acquiring a domain, whereas acquiring another portfolio within one's own domain would mean the god has expanded its hold on the domain.

Else in order to be come an elder god you have to have multiple domains, but that would be weird to have a god of multiple things which may or may not be related to each other as domains could be something as weird as "God of the seas" and "God of Space."