Shayd
When the spark screamed itself into existence, the abyss lashed out and shattered reality. The concepts of pain and fear came into being at the beginning of everything, and have persisted to this day. These energies coagulated into two different primordials. Shayd became the embodiment of fear, and Makkaneth the embodiment of pain.
Shayd's very presence is considered an affront to higher life. Most entities from the first iteration had never experienced fear, and entities that get too close are sometimes overwhelmed and crushed by fear. The stink of Shayd's visage can even literally scare you to death.
Exiled by the pantheon, this entity set out to find a place he could belong. He found his true home when he encountered Makkaneth, the patron of pain. Makkaneth was also exiled by the pantheon, and had the ambitious goals of creating it's own realm. A dimension of raw untempered suffering was coincidentally a perfect environment for a god of fear to thrive.
The two discovered they had the same origin, and cooperated to create a full fledged realm, with infrastructure and denizens. The wretched souls that call this place home were specifically designed to have hopes and dreams, with the intention of causing fear and pain by crushing those hopes and burying those dreams.
These two, and the realm they created, are considered by almost everyone as the epitome of evil.
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Vestivious - as with all misunderstood beings, vestivious was willing to listen to Shayd's philosophies and the reasons behind them. Vestivious was even willing to help Shayd explore his abilities by letting Shayd crash wave after wave of sheer terror upon her being. She learned a great deal about fear, and was almost giddy at the prospect of tinkering with it in her research. Because of Vestivious's guidance, Shayd was able to hone his abilities to the point where he was on par with the Pantheon. Fear was new to the pantheon and they banished Shayd from Zambaleth using bizarre magics.
Pnumesthersept - the fae deity Pnumesthersept was so powerful that she didn't need to be scared of fear. One of the exceedingly rare entities able to fully function while in Shayd's presence, as she feels the crushing fear. But has no reason to fear the fear. What could possibly harm her? She is a Creator and Destroyer of worlds with a being of such magnitude that it became a sentient realm. Her expertise with realm stability was essential to the construction of the realms of suffering, and the realm's need for a populace gave her a unique opportunity to practice more with the progenation of entire races. Her ability to almost harness her fear gave her the skills needed to make these creatures feel the hope needed to make suffering relevant. The skills she learns here will be put to use for eons to come.
Makkaneth - this patron of pain is possibly the only true friend Shayd has. Together they build a realm of sheer suffering, and rapidly gained the type of power and skill that put them on par with the Primordials.
Zal'Thunas - this primordial is power incarnate and has made several attempts to destroy Shayd, but even Zal'Thunas can fall victim to fear. The two hate each other but are both too abstract for each other to kill. Zal'Thunas is too powerful, and Shayd is too unique.
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