Inuhr the Cannibal Character in Cycles of Infinity | World Anvil

Inuhr the Cannibal

When the mother was being consumed, only two gods stood by and didn't consume her. One was disgusted by the gluttony of her siblings, the other was simply overwhelmed with possibilities and waited too long to act. As their mother stirred, Inuhr realized his moment to eat was gone. Ravished with hunger, he turned on his defenseless sibling and consumed her, leaving only the whimper of her cry as he swallowed her whole.   The other gods knew what Inuhr had done immediately and hated him for it. Killing a god, as they saw it, was a crime against the cosmos, and Inhur had done it to the most innocent of the gods. While the others were thrown to the world below, shattering it into he cosmos that is known, Inuhr was cast into the void to wallow in his own sins. There he sits, hidden from all and taking only the scraps of the cosmos as his own.  

Description

Inuhr is wrapped in more mystery than even Shunu of the Breath, but simpler in nature. As a cannibal, he desire only to consume the other immortal, cosmic powers of the world, including the consumption of the souls of mortals. This destruction of the ever-lasting leads him to be hated by all. Even the most corrupt and evil shun Inhur as they hope to exist beyond their mortal shells if they are downed.   This does not upset Inuhr, who is anti-social at best. Inuhr only concerns himself with finding and eating parts of the immortal when he can, and does so as a tool for great and crazed mortals and as a force of nature more than an actual intelligent being. Part of this is his inability to contain his hunger long enough to have servants that can act on his behalf, and when his presence comes, the sudden lose of life in the area calls a unique alliance of the gods and guardians alike.   With this nature, Inuhr is a cosmic vacuum to the world, an eternal black-hole that consumes the immortal and forever destroys it. The bulk of his being hovering somewhere in the cosmos, lost to all, only channeling through in these small moments of destruction.  

Personality

Whatever Inuhr is like beyond hunger is impossible to be known. All any mortal or immortal would ever see is the hungry maw that consumes the souls of those nearby. Even the gods know nothing of Inhur except his hunger.  

Shrines

An impossibly black hole pricked into a stone or metal slab. Anything that reaches into this hole is instantly dissolved into nothing.
  There are no true shrines commonly built for Inuhr. In Embodied Temples, an empty spot sits where a shrine would normally sit. This emptiness both represents what Inuhr is, and what someone gets if they worship him. The true shrines of Inuhr are less shrines in the traditional sense and more of a doorway that is worshipped. A very particular ritual must be completed to create the shrine, and once done, all those that were involved in the ritual are consumed immediatly. What is left is a doorway that starts closed, but can be opened by a strong will or powerful magic, allowing a direct line to Inuhr, and generally consuming everything on the other side of the door.  

Cults

Here and there, doom-cults spawn up with a general hatred for all things. They seek nothering else but total obliteration of life. These cults are generally really small, but will come into existance purely to snuff out life in the world. Life, in this sense, is anything that holds the spark of divinity, or souls. This includes the undead and sentient machinery. A world that they see come true is a world of rock and leaf and nothing else.  

The Embodied

Inuhr does not embody, he simply consumes. It wouldnt' be surprising if some of the doom-cults that existed attempted to be embodied, but that doesn't happen. Inuhr simply consumes the spark of divinity within each of them, and moves on.  

Worship in Setting

The only people that will worship Inuhr are those seeking their own eternal destruction.   D&D 5e
Intervention
Inuhr intervenes Never, at a rate of 0 - 1%. When he does, it is Overwhelming.   If Inuhr responds to a call, he causes destruction accross the entire battlefield. It doesn't matter what was happening before, now it had become a new event where all players try to escape Inuhr or endure until the other gods come to intervene.   Influence
Inuhr's shrines give off an Overwhelming influence if he looks at all. When he looks, the PC's must make a Wisdom Save DC 20 or begin taking psychic damage until they escape his presence. When this happens, the shrine destroys itself.
 
Pantheon
Embodied Gods
  Worshipers
The Damned
Children
Influence
Overwhelming - Shrines only
  Intervention
Never - Overwhelming
  Embodiment
Impossible
  Alignment
Neutral Evil
  Realm
Edge of Creation in the Astral Sea   Domains
Blood, Death, and Secret

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