Duck of the Depths
Your Duckly Overduck (a.k.a. The Mighty Quacker, The Resounding Flap, The Deepdiver, The Dawnfeather[1], The Masterer of Waves, The Mightiest of Feathered Ones)
Few humanoids speak of the Duck of the Depths, the Resounding Flap. However, those that do, does so with a respect stemming from either reverence or fear. Whichever the case, everyone who knows of the Mighty Quacker speaks of them earnestly, with truth in their hearts. For nobody meets the Dawnfeather and forgets it; they leave an unmistakable print on their souls, and it is in the shape of a duck's webbed foot. More than humanoids, with the exception of avian folk, the followers, the believers, the in the know, are feathered creatures, animals of the fowl variety, ducks in particular, and the odd dragon who knows what's what. They know, that there is no being quite like the Dawnfeather, not on this plane of existence, nor on any other. They know, that the Mightiest of Feathered Ones is the uppermost being of chaos, and of creation.
Personality
The Mightiest of Feathered Ones is a rambunctious, yet steadfast creature. They enjoy basking in the sun-speckled pools of water in the vastness of the Through-Planes but at the same time, they like to take trips to the Planes of Existence to stir trouble among the mortals with pranks and tricks. They draw their enjoyment from the randomness of their whims, be it by lazing about or rummaging around. They are a divinity like none other,Yet they are a divinity like many of us, a creative soul who seeks fulfillment and excess. Not for the finer things, no, a home-made nest of straw and trinkets is good for a bed, and for food they will eat whatever they feel and find. No, what they yearn for is masterpieces, in creatures, in souls, more than anything. Yet as their Ducklings spread chaos and order and strife and peace and joy and grief, all to their hearts content, the Masterer of Waves themself, as they look at the ocean tapestry a soul makes, has found few that they may truly nurture.
And really, isn't that disappointment enough to sometimes turn you into a grumpy old one, for all you're usually a cheerful young rake[3]?
Appearance
The Mighty Quacker knows that their truest form - because who can ever say that a being so much pure cosmic energy has a proper true form? - has a tendency to scare all that are not brave enough. This means that to all but its mortal feather creations, the duck, is met with the simple shape of a cheeky looking duck at initial meeting. It may be in any duckly shape, of any or mixed sexes in feather coat, but they are appearing as though they are a completely normal duck. Almost, at least. There's no way to completely hide the Being that is the Mightiest of Feathered Ones, unless the person facing it is particularly obtuse. The more that the Dawnfeather believes in a soul's capabilities to withstand their fuller presence, the closer to reality (or further from it, as far as most see it) they reveal themself. Eyes increase, as does the size of the bird, they sprout horns. Feathers shimmer as though made from holographic material, in a way impossible to replicate in Ivaenni. Their colours constantly shift, their shape much the same. They're bubbles, sea foam, the gloss of a rainbow. The more someone looks upon them, the more they know that this unfathomable creature is the most absurd, most amazing creature, as fish swim in corals on their scales and birds nest in the tufts of their down. They are, no matter if the one looking upon their growing form with dread or with awe, the most majestic being in all worlds.Abilities
Though the Deepdiver's powers have a wide spanning, unimaginable expanse of abilities, that is not conductive to writing down what they are capable of. So a few of these abilities will be summarised in this section.Knowledge
They speak your tongue, no matter which folk you belong to. After all, any basic deity ought to have this skill down pat. And the Mighty Quacker has them down better than that. They technically know everything there is to know, but anyone's mind might get swamped with so much knowledge, so they tuck the knowledge they don't need for the moment into little pockets of their dimension, little seeds that will grow into trees, from which they simply can pluck the fruit which they need. These trees can be planted all over the Through-Plane, however, and while they do have a mind map of where every tree is planted, and knows which ones are planted in spaces that move about in the emptiness of the spaces in-between, it can be a hassle to interrupt the fun of chasing various impulses. Nobody else ought to eat these fruits, however, or their mind will be overloaded with just a speck of that information.Elementalist
As a being of the elements, the Resounding Flap is a great manipulator of the elements. Though they are able to control all elements equally, their favourites are water and wind, as befits a duck. They may conjure storms, create elemental creatures, make mountains out of mole hills, or seas out of puddles. The only limitation they have is their imagination, and that's something that can be both vast and minimal, depending on their mood.
Shapes
Naturally, the Masterer of Waves is well-versed in shaping their form. After all, they can rarely show their truer self to people. So they mastered the art of taking any shape they like - at least presumably - and found a particular affinity for the feathered variety of shapes.Far-Seeing
In the drops of water falling on their shape, the Deepdiver can see where they are not. The drops are like a myriad of crystal orbs, through which portals through space and time opens. This is not a skill that they use very often, however, (unless they feel like it, of course) as the dew is actually droplets of pure non-matter, caught in their coat as they traverse the through-planes at a leisurely pace. These beads of poison liquid start tiny, and must grow over time into suitable sizes to be seen through.Soul Adept
Perhaps as the creator of all except itself (which even that is debatable) the Masterer of Waves is capable of peering directly onto a being's soul. This isn't something that they're intentionally doing, it is simply something that is. They see a bein's soul before they see it's appearance, and it sees these souls, be it of a humanoid, a plant, an animal, or a tool, as tapestries, finely crafted with threads, beads, knots, ropes, bones, all manner of things, all kinds of colours, scents, and sounds, over the course of the soul's entire existences. The soul is what most fascinates them, and what they seek to see with their sharp vision.Divine Favours
As a deity, as the deity, really, Your Duckly Overduck may grant their gifts to others, if they see fit. They grant visions, powers over nature, accept oaths, adjust bloodlines, and can sometimes choose to be a patron. They have in their fold many a believer with divine blessings of all sorts, knowingly or otherwise. Many of these blessed carry a certain aspect of wildness in them that they may not completely understand. These people often find themselves mysteriously in the possession of a rubber duck that represents them, be it in appearance, in temperament, or in skills, though they have no idea how they simply are unable to lose this strange little trinket.- All Blessed by the Dawnfeather has the ability to swim, even if they never learned.
- All Blessed by the Dawnfeather has random ducks showing up wherever they may be.
- All Blessed by the Dawnfeather is unusually skittish around all creatures canine.
- All Blessed by the Dawnfeather is fiven a "free" first-level spell as a free-for-all cantrip. All Dawnfeather-granted cantrips have Constitution as spellcasting ability.
- However: Every time a Dawnfeather-granted cantrip is cast, the caster has to roll on a wild magic table. Any wild magic effect has a strangely duck-like quality to it, such as a beak, a tail, webbed feet, quacks, etc.
Personal(?) History
Word has it, that the Duck of the Depths is older than the Depths itself. And not just that they hatched from nothing, a being born out of sheer randomness, but that they, by one of their many whims and spurts of inspiration, that the Mighty Quacker indeed is mighty, and with a few flaps on their wings, created air, time, matter, energy, planes, and existence of what would one day become what currently is. As such, they are known (to only those they are known) as the Creator of Worlds. Is this true? Who knows, really. Except, of course, the Duckly Overduck themself.The Divine Stuff
Footnotes
[1] Not to be confused with the Dawnfather, a minor deity from another land.[2] Rubber has, in fact, barely been invented in this world. The mastery of it is definitely not so advanced as to craft rubber ducks out of it.
[3] In this case, the definition of rake is A long-handled gardening tool that can also mean an immoral pleasure seeker.
[4] Note that all blessings marked with an asterisk (*) indicates that this blessing will be replacing any one of the abilities that comes built in with the race etc unless otherwise stated, such as if the character is given a blessing during a session.
Divine Classification
Deity
Alignment
Wildly Chaotic
Species
Conditions
Realm
Church/Cult
Age
Older than creation
Date of Birth
Before the dawn of time
Children
Pronouns
We / Us / They / Them
Sex
Anything and everything
Gender
All of the time
Weight
As heavy as a mountain and as light as air
Ruled Locations
- Arcana
- Death
- Knowledge
- Life
- Nature
- Tempest
- Trickery
- War
- Petals in the form of a duck's foot.
- The print of a duck's foot in a washed-up coin.
- Stone formations that look like ducks.
- Rubber ducks[2].
- Strive for chaos.
- Seek harmony.
- QUACK.
- Swim Freely.
- Fly swiftly.
- Be capricious.
- Enjoy ducks.
- Enjoy ducking.
- More QUACKS.
- Any feast where duck or other fowl is consumed
- Any event where fowl are celebrated in any form
- The Great Duck Marathon
- The Goose Rise
- The Poultry Fest
- Augabjod Race
- Feather Fall
- Spread the feathers, the feast, the Duck!
- Find and craft masterpiece souls.
Your Duckly Overduck's Blessings[4]
Badge by Tillerz using MJ
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