Lore
Deities of Imarel - by T.A. Saunders ©2013 v1.0
| Classification | Ethos | Sphere of Influence | Home Plane |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old God, unaligned | Chaotic | Perfect entropy, utter destruction of all life, all energy. | Qinah, The Rift |
| Symbol | Animal | Servant | |
| A black, thirteen pointed star, with a fanged maw in its center | None | Rift Crawlers | |
Little is known about The Neverending, its name forgotten by even the most astute mortal scholars. It's very existence had been a thing of lost lore, until 1352 AC, when explorers, aboard an airship managed to find ‘The Rift' by way of a heavily modified Chaos Engine. In so doing, they also discovered The Neverending itself, narrowly escaping the terrifying encounter, to bring the tale back to the world.
Legends linked to The Neverending seem to fit ancient Asyndi texts, that tell the tale of Lhordach the Endless, Father of Kaal and Miron, casting a creature of unimaginable malice and appetite for life into a place between worlds, where no souls, no energy could feed it. If the lore is accurate to the encounter had by the passengers of that airship, then The Neverending could predate this Universe.
The otherwise nameless creature was coined ‘The Neverending' by the builder of the ‘'Riftspace Engine,' Khasyr uth Braegon, who calculated its overall size to be several million miles across, guessing it, as a whole, to be roughly the size of a moon, or planetoid. In his account, Khasyr described the creature as “Utterly black, even against the impossible void of the Rift itself. We only knew it was there at all, for the sheer malevolence in the one, sickly yellow eye we could see, and the very faint aura about it, in the same color.” It is assumed this is its natural form and it is unknown whether it, if it chose, could take others.
There are no ‘official' temples dedicated to the Neverending. There are however, aggressive cults, dedicated to the creature, or what they believe the creature stands for, having no real documentation or guidance for answers. They pray to The Neverending, it grants their prayers, but never to heal, or to bring life. This has led many to believe The Neverending is actually answering those prayers, given its bend towards consuming lifeforce. The Church of the Neverending is generally disregarded as another ‘doomsayer' cult, that comes and goes with fashion trends and the seasons. Yet, many occultists and scholars warn that worship of such a being should not, under any circumstances, be considered wise for one's self, or the world.