Cuomo Kayat
Goddess of memories and lust
Innately connected to the magic of the spirit realm, Cuomo Kayat is a mysterious fox-like shifter in search of her place in the world. Having become a somewhat reluctant and empathetic predator since entering mortal society, she prefers to manipulate her prey's emotions before partaking of their life essence—receiving flashes of memory and insight from each soul she consumes.
History
Ahri past memory are foggy to say the least, myth and legends say she was an icefoxe, dwelling among the snowy tundra, but was blessed by the spirits, and Jaden Kor Deer to become the being she is, before turning into a god. In fact, her earliest memories are of running with icefoxes in the northern reaches of Tall tree. Though she knew she was not one of them, they clearly saw her as something of a kindred spirit, and came to accept her within the pack. In that wild, predatory existence, Cuomo nonetheless felt a deeper connection to the forests around her. In time, she came to understand that this was the magic of Toriel that coursed through every fiber of her being, and she felt a deeper connection with the spirits. With no one to teach her, instead, she learned to call upon this power in her own ways—most often using it to quicken her reflexes in pursuit of prey. If she was careful and close enough, she also found she might soothe a panicked deer so that it remained serene and calm even as she and her packmates sank their teeth into its flesh. The world of mortals was as distant and unsettling to Cuomo as it was to the icefoxes, but she felt drawn to it for reasons she could not explain. Humans, in particular, were coarse, gruff creatures... and when a band of huntsmen camped nearby, Cuomo watched them from afar as they went about their grim business. When one of them was wounded by a stray arrow, Cuomo could feel his life seeping away. Knowing nothing but the instincts of a predator, she savored the spirit essence leaving his body, and through it, gained brief flashes of his memories—the lover he had lost in battle and the children he had left behind when he came north. Cuomo subtly pushed his emotions from fear to sorrow to joy and comforted him with visions of a sun-soaked meadow as he died. Afterward, she found that human words now came to her easily, like something from a half-remembered dream, and Cuomo knew the time had come to leave the pack behind. Keeping to the fringes of society, she felt more alive than ever. Her predatory nature remained, but she was caught up in a riot of new experiences, emotions, and customs across Toriel. Mortals, it seemed, also became fascinated by her in return—and she often used this to her advantage, draining their essence while charming them with recollections of beauty, hallucinations of deep longing, and occasionally dreams colored by raw sorrow. She grew drunk on memories that were not her own and exhilarated in ending the lives of others even as she felt the grief and woe she brought to her victims. She experienced heartbreak and joy in tantalizing flashes that left her craving more. She wept at the images of brutal invaders from a faraway land of iron and stone. It was overwhelming, but she sensed her own power fading whenever she tried to stay away and could not help but partake again and again... as much as it pained her heart to do so. Through countless stolen visions, Cuomo began to abord more than just the people's memories, but also their power, their abilities. The nine-tailed fox girl grew stronger, wiser, and more intelligent with the collective mind of all the soul she had absorbed. Cuomo was timeless, absorbing the year left from the soul she consumed, aging was no problem, and many tell legends that the nine-tailed fox has as many lives as tails. With the apparition of shifters, descendants of lycanthrope, inheriting only partially of their curse, turning it into a blessing, many of them believed Cuomo to be one of them and promoted her as a leader of their people. Along the year, the girl with the fox feature grew to be adorated by her people and worshipped as a goddess, this, along with her power growing ever stronger with her soul consumption actually allowed her to access godhood, becoming the goddess of memories and lust.
Cuomo Kayat
(Goddess of memories and lust)
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