Souldestroyer
the devourer
The Souldestroyer is one of the two oldest beings ever to have been in existence. The only other one equalling its age is the universe itself. But where the universe is order and light and creation, the Souldestroyer is chaos, darkness and destruction. Not even the spirits know where it came from, only that it has existed since before they were even created by the universe.
It lived in the darkest depths of the spirit world, the Void, the place of non-being. Avoided by all other beings, yet it's existence always undeniable. Despite ist constant threat on all that exists, none ever dared to challenge or attempt to destroy it for two reasons. For one, the monster is stronger than all the other spirits although no one knows its full power. And for another, contrary to common believe of mortals, its existence is not evil, it is meant to exist. It is the very negation of all creation, of existence itself, keeping the balance of existence. This cannot be fully understood by mortals but is as clear as the sun on a fine day for all spirits. It balances the existence of all within the universe and its destruction might cause the end of all things. For every living being has both a spark of light and of darknes within them.
It lived in the darkest depths of the spirit world, the Void, the place of non-being. Avoided by all other beings, yet it's existence always undeniable. Despite ist constant threat on all that exists, none ever dared to challenge or attempt to destroy it for two reasons. For one, the monster is stronger than all the other spirits although no one knows its full power. And for another, contrary to common believe of mortals, its existence is not evil, it is meant to exist. It is the very negation of all creation, of existence itself, keeping the balance of existence. This cannot be fully understood by mortals but is as clear as the sun on a fine day for all spirits. It balances the existence of all within the universe and its destruction might cause the end of all things. For every living being has both a spark of light and of darknes within them.
Divine Domains
- Darkness
- Greed
- Hatred
- Fear
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Of its past before the Summoning is known only but a little and that only to the spirits. It only enters the story of the mortal races at the end of the first Order during the years of the Great Demonwar. When this war seemed lost and the mortal races were close to their destruction, the spirits, those that had descended onto the Land to aid the mortals, called upon the monster and lured it with the promise of many souls. By their combined efforts they managed to control it. Thus they forced it only to davour the souls of the demons but not to touch any other mortal or immortal soul.
After this task was done however, the monster had become too strong to be banished into the Void again. It fought and struggled against it's bond, threatening to escape the control of the spirits to feast on all the remaining souls of the mortals. With a final effort, the monster was imprisoned on the Land, in the ancestral homeland of the dark elves. The deep magic of the Land itself, wrought over hundrets of years by the elves and added to by many new encantments, prooved strong enough to contain the evil and thus peace and light was brought back to the Land.
The monster remained long in its prison and would have so forever, if not greed and hatred and fear had found their way into the hearts of those that guarded it. At the edge of mass starvation and their pleas for help ignored or denied, the dark elves chose to brake the bonds of their eternal prisoner and let it fight the fight they could not.
But it proved too strong for their will and turned on them. It devoured the souls of any dark elf it could find, before falling upon the rest of the Land and spreading darkness all over it. It grew even stronger with every single devoured soul and had by now become too strong even for the remaining spirirts to be controlled. Neither could they banish it. In their desperation - for the monster would have easily devoured the whole Land if allowed to - the spirits united one last time and destroyed the monster, which cost many of them their lives. The magic and the destruction that followed it were so powerful and horrible, that the fabric of the world ripped was almost torn apart entirely. As the Land emerged from the darkness, most of its people had lost all memory of the past. The old days remained only a vague shadow in their hearts.
The Souldestroyer however had been destroyed utterly, but the essence of its mind lived on the hearts of all creation as it had since the beginning of time.
Just to lay eyes on it struck terror in the hearts and minds of even the bravest mortal. And even the spirits, though they by far did not cling to life, shuddered. For this was not death. This was annihilation.
After this task was done however, the monster had become too strong to be banished into the Void again. It fought and struggled against it's bond, threatening to escape the control of the spirits to feast on all the remaining souls of the mortals. With a final effort, the monster was imprisoned on the Land, in the ancestral homeland of the dark elves. The deep magic of the Land itself, wrought over hundrets of years by the elves and added to by many new encantments, prooved strong enough to contain the evil and thus peace and light was brought back to the Land.
The monster remained long in its prison and would have so forever, if not greed and hatred and fear had found their way into the hearts of those that guarded it. At the edge of mass starvation and their pleas for help ignored or denied, the dark elves chose to brake the bonds of their eternal prisoner and let it fight the fight they could not.
But it proved too strong for their will and turned on them. It devoured the souls of any dark elf it could find, before falling upon the rest of the Land and spreading darkness all over it. It grew even stronger with every single devoured soul and had by now become too strong even for the remaining spirirts to be controlled. Neither could they banish it. In their desperation - for the monster would have easily devoured the whole Land if allowed to - the spirits united one last time and destroyed the monster, which cost many of them their lives. The magic and the destruction that followed it were so powerful and horrible, that the fabric of the world ripped was almost torn apart entirely. As the Land emerged from the darkness, most of its people had lost all memory of the past. The old days remained only a vague shadow in their hearts.
The Souldestroyer however had been destroyed utterly, but the essence of its mind lived on the hearts of all creation as it had since the beginning of time.
Accomplishments & Achievements
- Devouring of all the demon souls and thereby ending the demonwars
- Almost completly destroying the race of the dark elves
Divine Classification
ancient evil
Children
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