[hider= Zhystkrexas, the Corrupter] [b]Name[/b] Zhystkrexas, the Corrupter [b]Essential [/b] [b]DOMAIN[/b][u] Hunger [/u] [b]TASK/CURSE/BURDEN:[/b] Devour all Creation; Destined to consume all existence every cataclysm, growing more powerful as each day marches closer to oblivion, harbinger of apocalypses as he sows his essence across the mortal and immortals bringing out the worst in them. [b]Appearence[/b] [hider=The Appearance of a Devil to Unsuspecting Mortals] [img]http://pre15.deviantart.net/299d/th/pre/i/2012/223/c/0/slave_king_by_lappisch-d5arpdb.jpg [/img] He appears to those who are unaware of the true nature of the beast as a living idol. A perfect human being as they believe it, often seeing him as a man befitting the role of a chief of the desert tribes. The aspects they value most exemplified within him, a paragon of their own hopes and dreams to what they desire to be. For it is not his power to change himself, no rather it is his power to change how others see him. Dressed in finery of gold with a body of a worthy of worship, regally moving with the power and awe, the splendor of a true god-king to be envied and admired. [/hider] [hider=The Appearance of a Demon to Those Who Wish to See Beyond] [img]http://pre15.deviantart.net/f004/th/pre/i/2016/058/3/8/harbinger_by_vollelune-d9td0zt.jpg [/img] But to those who wish to see him for what desire truly is, for those who desire truth, they shall see him for what he is. A smiling devil with twisting horns which flow like hair around him. Sharp teeth and fangs, a gaunt face like a skull and hollow eyes with which he eats your very being. Though dressed in his robes and finery, he is nothing more but a skeletal terror as his ribs are visible against his open robe. That is the true nature of desire. The insatiable hunger that consumes you, and though you may eat, there is nothing to show for it. Life becomes meaningless, and you are nothing more than a walking corpse: Empty. [/hider] [b]Personality[/b] [hider=A Glimpse into the Mind of a Monster] Zhystkrexas, the corrupting influence of it all, that which dwells with the deepest reaches of the mind. Patient, devious, and cunning, an immortal who uses immortality best of all to sow the seeds of his grand design for the harvest. How many seasons shall he wait until his bounty becomes full and rich? But starve yourself completely waiting for the harvest to come? Why not feast on the spoils of another? Oh yes reap what is yours, but also devour the yields of others. let them savour their small victories, their piecemeal battles, let them dine upon their riches and let their praises be pleasing to their ears. Let all their plans align and designs unfold to their whim, but in the end it matters not. For when the crops are ready to be harvested, the locusts shall come to eat it all. And so this is why perhaps of all the evils in the world, Zhystkrexas is most despised, for he leeches off the work of others, and dares to manipulate even his peers as he would mortals. Such is he who hungers. A façade of benevolence over a pit of pure malice, a voice so tempting, so pleasing to hear from a true cosmopolite, and yet beneath the veil a ravenous fiend. It is his hand that feeds, and also he that bites the hands that feed, and those that he fattens to feast upon. Nothing can sate him for he is hunger, and he shall lead you to consume yourself before he consumes you, both physically and spiritually as he devours your flesh and captures your soul. And once he has led you down the path, he shall take deepest pleasure in devouring your envious eyes, your lustful heart, your prideful tongue, your wrathful limbs, your greedy mind, your gluttonous gut, and your weary head. And why does Zhystkrexas do this? For it is his nature. He hungers. He is hunger. Though his kingdom is plenty, he is the starving lord who eyes upon the kingdoms of others. In time, he shall consume them, and then when there is nothing left to be consumed, he shall be forced to consume himself. [/hider] [b]Powers List[/b] [Hider=The Powers of Desire] [i]Ravenous Mind:[/i] The Devouring King exemplifies not a strong physical force nor magical one amongst his peers, but do not mistake this for weakness for his powers lie elsewhere. While he is merely slightly stronger than the average paragon mortal, and commands arcana within reach of the most learned of mortal magi, His unique power lies in his ability to bring out the worse in things. His presence is toxic, changing the very essence of beings and non-beings. It is his hand which cultivates the seed of desire, the primal shard preexisting, tending it to become an overgrowth that bursts through the nature of a thing. His work is to accelerate the inner hunger, the rest comes naturally as torment ends with feeding and overfeeding. Yet satiation never happens, and so indulgence becomes wickedness, carnal desires feasting upon morality, and moral desires feasting upon carnal needs. No one is safe from his abilities, to woo and tease out the hopes and dreams of a person, then taint them into a twisted reality. Where the pleasure may never end, but all meaning to it is lost. [i]Dark Contracts:[/i] While it is with this psychic force that the Corrupter eats away at the will. Appearing as he would to mortals in a form they find desirable by dulling their beliefs in anything but to conceal the truth of his horror. But this illusionary self-delusion is merely a front for the true abilities he possess in the form of his magical contracts that taint reality with unyielding fantasy. It is his contracts which create kings out of men who lust for power, and scholars out of men who long for knowledge. Those who crave wealth find their coffers filled by the connections the Corrupter creates, and those who seek the pleasures of flesh shall find it so. By the magic of his magical contracts innocently offered to drag them deeper into their obsession, the shrewd negotiator can make those fantasies come true at a price. Already they have had their freedoms taken from them by his invisible chains, to sign a pact with him was undeniable. [i]Bound Soul:[/i] And with these contracts, he may tap into the power of those poor souls, sealed away in their personal heavens but bound to be squeezed and abused at his pleasure. They who are trapped in an endless dream, but tormented in the same nightmare, used to lull another unsuspecting victim. He may channel the powers to seemingly warp reality to his desires, but ever able to twist the wishes of others. Take for example a man who wishes to be a king, but to do so would need to raise an army to raise a coupe. An army would be offered, perhaps summoned by the magic-users eternally bound by his contract or even comprising of fallen warriors who have sealed their future in the past. And the price for a regicidal army would be the future king's own soul. A bargain that the wise would be so wary, but the cunning would attempt to outwit. Nevertheless, when under the influence of desire, both wisdom and cunning become a hubris. And by the Corrupter's whim and will, that was so easily gained becomes so easily lost. So a collection of lost souls the Corrupter gains, each trapped in their own prisons of eternal paradise. Such is his title, for he rules his subjects within their own kingdoms. [i]Myriad Forms:[/i] A thousand faces for the lord of hunger. Taking on the various forms to better serve his function. While not omnipresent, he is able to perfectly assume the form of anything he desires, blending in innocently in the world of mortals as whatever he pleases to corrupt them. Perhaps the form of a shrewd merchant to broker a trade between two parties and swindle both sides, or that of a song bird chirping sweet whispers in the ear of a honest man to drive him into deceit for the things he wants most. For hunger is in everyone, just as every atom holds an innate drive to sate their needs, so too does hunger take the form of everything. [/hider] [b]Stats[/b] [u][b]Mortal Affairs:[/b][/u] 1 [u][b]Influence:[/b][/u] 7 [u][b]Power:[/b][/u] 3 [b]Perks[/b] (( )) [b]RELATIONS[/b] (( )) [/hider]