G4 | NHR | DAUGHTER OF POLYTHEMIUS THE FIRST
GODDESS OF THE GREAT HUNGER.
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“Your word and my word and her word is
Yesterday, today and tomorrow
And twilight gives me an inner sanctity
And you're feeling
And you're hungry for her
And you don't understand it
But you know you haven't planned it”
-Twilight (Bôa)
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TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR:
-VIOLENCE
-RELIGIOUS THEMES
-FAMINE/HUNGER
-DEATH/DEAD THINGS
-CANABALISM
DO NOT PROCEED IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO THOSE THEMES. STAY SAFE.
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REAL NAME & KNOWN NAME:
Esperatu (Esper-aa-too) | The Famine
She/Her
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SYMBOLS:
-Ravens
-Crows
-Bones
-Skulls
-Fasting/Hunger
-The colors: Black, Gold, & Red.
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DESCRIPTION OF REALM:
Before you stretches a desolate field, carcasses of rotting beasts litter the earth along your path. The smell of rot fills the air. You crest a hill and in front of you rests a decrypted crypt. The stairs are creaky as you step down them, you didn’t know that was possible with concrete. As you continue downwards you begin to notice that skulls line the walls, each one etched with the name of a different lion.
At the end of the long staircase is a black sheet, you lift it and suddenly… you are in a cemetery. Complete with dark and gloomy headstones, and a church. The lights seem on inside, though as you begin walking through the cemetery you hear crows and ravens alike cawing… are they saying your name? You run, scared up the steps to the cemetery, practically kicking the door down.
When you enter you see an infinitely more horrifying sight. Lions and lionesses sitting in pews, faces replaced with skulls of various beasts, eyes hollowed out to nothing but sockets. They all turn their blank eyes to stare at you.
A lioness at the front of the church, laying on a golden throne, lifts her head to look at you lazily. Her face resembles those of her followers, black and charred skull with empty eyes. She says nothing but despite that you feel your stomach growling as you are called towards her, your paws moving on their own.
Laying back down she seems to look at you curiously. What is the point of you being here again?
All you feel is hungry.
She offers you a piece of meat from her hoard, you don’t even question it as you take a bite.
“Welcome to the Realm of Great Hunger.
You will never be hungry again.”
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DESCRIPTION OF TEMPLES & FOLLOWERS:
Her temples are small golden crypts hidden throughout elephant Cemeteries, they are a small flight of stairs down to an altar meant for sacrifices. Most sacrifices are that of prey animals which the priestesses will bleed out on the altar before eating the flesh, though during times of severe drought/famine, the children of the priestesses are chosen to sacrifice instead. These lions later become the skull faced followers of her realm.
All her followers wear masks made of other animals/lions skulls/pelts, meant to symbolize their lionesses' realm. To them, getting there is the highest honor.
There is no official name for them.
Priestesses often starve themselves between offerings, giving offerings to The famine once a month. They are often very frail, & require extra help when defending the temples from hyenas.
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THE BEGINNINGS:
TBD! I NEED TIME TO WORK IT OUT
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FOLLOWERS:
-Thing 1 (Needs New name Recs, #794200621054)
-Trouble (Needs new name recs, #794191117058)
-NEEDS NAME (#794206215836)
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FUNNY LIL INFO BITS:
-All of her crows & Ravens have names! The four on her decor are Silas, Panoole, Dimsunt, & Vagrant Respectively.
