[center][h2][color=orange]The Many-Eyed Monarch[/color][/h2][b]The King of Eyes. The Living Cloud. The Immortal Hive. The Wandering Swarm.[/b][sup][/sup][/center]
[u][b]Domain[/b][/u]
Swarm
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The Swarm Domain grants the holder dominion over insects, arachnids, and vermin. Flying (or scuttling) creatures of various shapes, sizes, and forms. This includes ants, bees, wasps, mosquitoes, flies, locusts, spiders, rats, and more. The Many-Eyed Monarch may seize control of any insect in their vicinity, forcing it to join a hivemind (even if it does not normally have a hivemind) and thus gaining access to all its knowledge. The Monarch may will new insects into existence almost on a whim, and equip them with all manner of new abilities to either aid in their survival or make them more lethal. These insects can be made to serve as spies, workers, or soldiers, and can be put to work in such vast quantities that the results can be truly terrifying. 
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The Many-Eyed Monarch most commonly takes the form of a swarm of flying insects. Sometimes these insects will cluster together to form a humanoid shape, and will communicate through a series of buzzes perfectly timed and pitched to resemble speech. The insects which make up its form can be of any type, size, and shape - they are all linked to the Monarch's hivemind which forces them to act in perfect harmony with one another, even if they wouldn't normally be compatible. This swarm can vary wildly in size - either stretching across miles or being no larger than a human's head.

While acting as a part of the Monarch's form, these insects are effectively mutated into a 'divine' version of themselves - everything about them is enhanced or made more potent. They can persist in environments that would normally kill them, their venom can be made far more lethal, and so on. However, one side effect is that the insects still feel hunger (even though they no longer require sustenance) - and this hunger becomes part of the Monarch. Should the Monarch take on a form that is too large, the hunger will increase, and may grow to an extent that compels the Monarch to begin devouring everything in their path.
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[u][b]Description[/b][/u]
The Many-Eyed Monarch is not a deity that usually inspires loyalty or adoration - though it may sometimes seek these things. If anyone worships the Many-Eyed Monarch, it is often either to bribe or appease them - in the hope that locusts won't devour their crops and bedbugs won't invade their mattresses. In the hope that the local beehives will produce ample wax and honey, that dragonflies will keep the local mosquito population trimmed down, and that spiders will entrap the more unwelcome visitors.

The Many-Eyed Monarch is neither malevolent nor benevolent. They are a force of nature, but that does not mean they lack personality or ambition. They are not overly-familiar with the morality of their fellow deities or that of sapient creatures, but they are nonetheless curious about them. They often attempt to make contact, and sometimes with disastrous results as their form tends to provoke fear and terror. Additionally they sometimes fail to see a significant difference between the life of an insect and the life of a larger, more intelligent and independent creature.

The Many-Eyed Monarch has no true name, although if another creature tries to bestow a name upon it, they will not reject it. The Many-Eyed Monarch has no gender, though they will not object or correct anyone anyone who assigns one to them. Additionally, they always refer to themselves in plural - 'we' instead of 'I.'

Fundamentally they believe that everything is better with cooperation. They do not actively seek conflict unless provoked, but many seemingly-harmless actions may provoke them nonetheless. In some ways they can be almost childlike - quick to trust but also quick to anger. They feel emotions very intensely, and are not fully used to processing those emotions.

If one is visited by a dragonfly or a butterfly, that is believed to be a sign of the Monarch's favour. Alternatively if one is bit by a mosquito or stung by a wasp, some may think they have earned the Monarch's ire.

The Monarch's personality may change over time, as the Monarch learns more of the ways of mortals and its fellow deities. Or perhaps not.

[u][b]Musical Theme[/b][/u]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAmVcjRPh0g[/youtube]