Chromus (Crow-Mus)
Time ebbs and flows, bringing about new wonders, and destroying them all the same. Men try to avoid it, outrun it, or even defeat it, but all are subsumed in the tides of time. In the beginning there was one, and in the end there shall be one. Of all beings to harness time, it alone belongs to Chromus, Weaver of Fate.
Divine Domains
Knowledge and Time
Artifacts
Chromus Stones- Chromus will occasionally bless it's followers with stones of power, which can help them in various different ways, depending on what kind of stone was imbued with magical energy.
Holy Books & Codes
Chromus is unique in that it does not have a set holy book for its followers to study. Instead, once one has begun to venerate Chromus, they learn more about their god passively, while studying other writings, and learning more.
Divine Symbols & Sigils
An hourglass in mid-motion.
Tenets of Faith
Chromus is a rather passive god, not truly expecting much of it's followers. If anything, it expects these two things;
1. Gather knowledge, and allow oneself to never be ignorant where it can be stopped. Chromus demands that all it's subjects be learned, scholars of many things. If there is something one does not know, they must set out to correct themselves and indulge in knowledge.
2. Protect knowledge. There are those that would attempt to destroy knowledge, and set back all creatures for arrogant means, but those that follow Chromus must prevent that at all turns. But as well, knowledge must be protected from those interlopers that seek to learn for unrighteous means, or spread knowledge to such a degree that knowledge becomes useless in the face of misunderstanding. For these reasons, it is of utmost priority that followers of Chromus jealously guard the knowledge that they come across.
1. Gather knowledge, and allow oneself to never be ignorant where it can be stopped. Chromus demands that all it's subjects be learned, scholars of many things. If there is something one does not know, they must set out to correct themselves and indulge in knowledge.
2. Protect knowledge. There are those that would attempt to destroy knowledge, and set back all creatures for arrogant means, but those that follow Chromus must prevent that at all turns. But as well, knowledge must be protected from those interlopers that seek to learn for unrighteous means, or spread knowledge to such a degree that knowledge becomes useless in the face of misunderstanding. For these reasons, it is of utmost priority that followers of Chromus jealously guard the knowledge that they come across.
Divine Goals & Aspirations
While being the god of knowledge and time, Chromus is not omniscience. It does not possess knowledge which it has not sought out and actively learned, nor does it technically know things that have not transpired.
Thusly, Chromus craves knowledge in all things, mundane, magical, useful, useless, it does not matter. It simply seeks to know all things, present, past, and future, and bless itself with earned omniscience.
Thusly, Chromus craves knowledge in all things, mundane, magical, useful, useless, it does not matter. It simply seeks to know all things, present, past, and future, and bless itself with earned omniscience.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Chromus is depicted as a being made entirely of pages of a big with sand that seeps from a cloak that always covers it's face. Chromus never reveals himself to those that aren't of enough intelligence to be deemed worthy, and thusly, it is one of the few bits of knowledge that men will likely never know.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Chromus was born from the innate sense of existence that Doppelt felt towards himself, combined with the idea that time flows, and cannot readily be reversed. From these thoughts, Chromus was given life, and as a result, existed before and after Doppelt. The first god to be made after Doppelt himself, Chromus quickly learned from its creator, and watched Malevolence sprout from Doppelts body.
And not choosing a side, and wanting to study both of Doppelts heads, Chromus eventually grew bored, and wanted to know more. But what was there to learn in the empty void that had not had creation occur yet. So it meditated, and waited. And then, Vicnor and Ishmaar were born. Siblings for Chromus to study, and learn from. But alas, after the endless expanse of time crept along, it became bored again. It had learned everything it could, but still, nothing felt complete. So again, Chromus waited.
And then, before it knew it, more gods had come, and planets, stars, and mortals populated the expanse. Finally it had an endless wellspring of knowledge to delve into. Nothing brought more joy to it than to learn from its siblings, its people, mortals, and the brimming existence it gazed upon.
And not choosing a side, and wanting to study both of Doppelts heads, Chromus eventually grew bored, and wanted to know more. But what was there to learn in the empty void that had not had creation occur yet. So it meditated, and waited. And then, Vicnor and Ishmaar were born. Siblings for Chromus to study, and learn from. But alas, after the endless expanse of time crept along, it became bored again. It had learned everything it could, but still, nothing felt complete. So again, Chromus waited.
And then, before it knew it, more gods had come, and planets, stars, and mortals populated the expanse. Finally it had an endless wellspring of knowledge to delve into. Nothing brought more joy to it than to learn from its siblings, its people, mortals, and the brimming existence it gazed upon.
Divine Classification
Pelta God
Church/Cult
Children
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