Blessing of the deep one
The blessing of the deep one is a powerful and dark blessing and curse in one, granting those afflicted by it both strength and weakness in equal measure.
Immediate effects
- The deep one sees what you see, senses what you sense and knows what you know
- Drowned blessing
- Slowly, over years and decades, you will gain knowledge of the Deep speech of the darkest depths
- You will slowly over years and decades start transforming and become physically and mentally altered to be more fish-like and more dependent on the ocean
Causes
Being touched by The deep one leaves a mark, this mark is in the form of a blessing, which is also by some considered a curse.
Symptoms
Slowly the ears start shrinking, the eyes start bulging and become unblinking, the head will start narrowing and baldness soon sets in as the skin pales and becomes scabrous as it slowly turns into scales.
Lastly, the neck develops folds that slowly turn into gills.
Sequela
Your ears will shrink, your eyes bulge and become unblinking, your head will narrow and gradually go bald, your skin becomes scabrous as it changes into scales, and your neck will develop folds that later become gills allowing you to breathe in water.
You will gradually become more dependent on water and find prolonged dryness annoying, then hurtful, and eventually staying out of water in warmth will be a fatal activity for one such as you.
Your pupils will expand until eventually your eyes are filled with nought but darkness, granting you exceptional vision underwater, but all above the surface will become blurry, and even dim light will be blinding in its intensity.
Your fingers and toes will develop a membrane between them and fins will start growing at your hands, feet, spine and if applicable, tail, allowing for far easier movement in water, especially when combined with the scales your skin is slowly turning into.
Your teeth will turn into a carnivore's razor-sharp fangs, and more rows will start growing within your mouth. You will become a carnivore and gain the ability to eat raw flesh with impunity, and find the flesh of all things lacking the blessing of The deep one to smell and taste utterly delicious.
As your skin and form change, you will become accustomed to the pressures of the deep, and your eyes will gain the power to see through even the deepest darkness of the depths.
With this change will a deep connection to the ocean form, granting you supernatural strength and swiftness underwater, at the cost of weakening you above the surface.
Those affected by the blessing will find part of themselves merging with sea-life if they make use of the Drowned blessing.
Type
Divine
Origin
Divine
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