Zyshara, The Endless Serpent
Zyshara is an ancient entity older than even the primordial tides, a colossal serpent whose sinuous form weaves through unseen planes of existence. Unlike the towering, Elemental leviathans of the deep, Zyshara’s domain is subtle — the vast webs of shadowed knowledge, hidden truths, and veiled manipulations that bind the cosmos.
Her scales shimmer like liquid obsidian, each one patterned with impossible fractals that seem to shift and dissolve when viewed directly. Countless eyes—some Human, some serpentine, some alien—dot her immense, winding body, each forever watching, forever knowing. Her tongue forks into countless threads of mist and shadow, weaving invisible strands of fate and deception with every flick.
Zyshara’s presence is often felt rather than seen—a sudden whisper in the back of the mind, the inexplicable twisting of chance, a secret revealed just as it is lost. She moves between realities like a shadow through glass, her coils wrapping around secrets and lies, hiding them beneath layers of illusion and half-truths.
Her worshipers and followers are cults of spies, assassins, secret-keepers, and those who traffic in forbidden knowledge. They seek Zyshara’s blessing to uncover or conceal truths, to manipulate destinies, and to unravel their enemies with subtlety rather than brute force. Her favored symbols are serpents entwined in knots, eyes obscured by veils, and spirals fading into nothingness.
Unlike the leviathans who embody raw elemental power, Zyshara represents the intangible currents of thought, memory, and intrigue. She is the embodiment of all that slithers unseen beneath the surface—the lies whispered in the dark, the secrets kept too well, and the power that comes from knowing what others do not.
Legends say that to glimpse Zyshara’s true face is to become lost in an infinite labyrinth of mirrors and shadows, where identity unravels and reality itself becomes fluid. Her coils bind the hidden ley lines of magic and the cryptic pathways between worlds, making her a pivotal figure in the cosmic balance between revelation and concealment.
Zyshara is not a destroyer but a keeper—of mysteries too dangerous for mortal minds, and of forces that must never be fully understood. Those who bargain with her risk losing more than their secrets; they risk losing themselves entirely, swallowed in the endless veils of her vast, serpentine mind.
Divine Domains
Secrets, Madness, Infinity, Knowledge
