Zaramesh, the Veil of Drowned Stars
Zaramesh, the Veil of Drowned Stars
Aliases: The Mourner of Lost Suns, Drowner of Light, the Star-BinderStatus: Imprisoned within the Abyssal Dreamfold
Domain: Cosmic Entropy, Gravitational Collapse, Starlight Corruption
Location of Last Known Activity: The Dreaming, specifically the Abyssal Dreamfold
Among the dread Harbingers who sought to unravel Alathor’s fragile order, none embodies such profound, sorrowful ruin as Zaramesh, the Veil of Drowned Stars. A weeping terror clad in the shroud of lost heavens, Zaramesh is not a destroyer of flesh, but of light itself, dragging hope and brilliance into silent oblivion.
Origins and Eternal Grief
Zaramesh was born into a universe already dying, a cradle of stars falling dark even as her first thought flickered into existence. She was forged not by hatred or hunger, but by grief—an endless mourning for a creation doomed to fade. When the Harbingers came to Alathor, Zaramesh did not come seeking conquest or tribute. She came bearing a terrible mercy: the drowning of stars before they could suffer the long agony of decay.The Drowning of Stars
Zaramesh's power lies in the slow, inevitable death of brilliance:- Gravitational Entropy: She collapses light and matter into miniature voids, drowning radiance into formless dark.
- Soul Gravity: Her presence creates metaphysical currents that pull hope, memory, and life downward into despair.
- Veil of Drowned Stars: A shimmering mist trails her, woven from the lamentations of extinguished suns, smothering all who draw near.
Myths and Echoes
Across Alathor, scattered legends speak of Zaramesh's mournful touch:- The Weeping Skies: In Helvania’s highlands, nights of endless mist and unseen stars are said to mark her passing.
- The Black Lantern: Yeorian sailors fear spectral ships with lanterns that emit no light, bearing away the lost to Zaramesh’s silent dominion.
- The Ashfall Fields: In Virondia, blasted plains where stars seem absent from the sky are whispered to be scars of her ancient wars.
Current Status
Zaramesh was bound during the Great Conflict, her sorrow chained deep within the Abyssal Dreamfold—a realm where even the memory of light is thin and failing. Yet her weeping never ceases. Her influence still seeps into Alathor wherever despair thickens—wherever hope dies, a soft, unseen tug pulls at the living, calling them to surrender their light and fall willingly into the deep. Many believe she now finds solace in Alathor’s vast oceans, the only domain on the mortal plane that mirrors the cold, endless void she once drifted through. Sailors speak of her as a spirit of the deep, a demoness of the black tides, glimpsed beneath glassy waves or felt in the mournful groan of whalesong. Where the sea forgets the sky, there too is Zaramesh. It is said that one day, if Alathor’s guardians falter and too many stars fall silent, Zaramesh shall rise again—and then, the sky itself shall drown.
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