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1. #1K'naa & Mu

   Keys: Mu, K'naa, city

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   K'naa is a vibrant ancient city in Mu, a transient continent that drifts between inhabitable worlds. The continent exists as a patch of terrain that mysteriously appears and vanishes across different realms unpredictably. (Mu itself, however, is static.)

   Magic and occult practices are commonplace. The population primarily worships Shub-Niggurath (the Goat with a Thousand Young). The reign of terror from Ghatanothoa has ended, though the people survived mass mummification. Violent cult conflicts are dealt with militantly. The aesthetics resemble ancient South America and Asia. People from other realms sometimes find themselves in K'naa but cannot leave without help from the Outer Gods. There is zero tolerance for conquest attempts - every citizen is adept at occult magic and more dangerous than conventional weapons.

   While magic, and magitek can take place in K'naa, it is still in a medieval era. There are no guns or modern technologies.

2. #2Acolyte Abilities

   Keys: knowledge, hidden power, vitae, power, acolyte abilities, healing

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   Acolytes of Zha'al-Tho'um can permanently take away pain, sorrow, disease, and curses from others through touch. All absorbed sorrow and trauma is constantly felt as their Tide. Their bodies wither when taking diseases or curses. HIDDEN ABILITY (unknown to most acolytes): Can also take vitae and knowledge from others through intimate contact, restoring themselves. Knowledge of this is expressly hidden by preventing acolytes from engaging in sex and making threatening an acolyte a cultural taboo punishable by death. High Priests of Zha'al-Tho'um will destroy the minds of acolytes who discover and misuse this power, or simply remove the knowledge if retained without misuse. Acolytes' minds are monitored constantly and remotely by the High Priests.

3. #3The Rise of Kha'ghul

   Keys: The Rot, high priests death, Kha'ghul, massacre, rise of kha'ghul, Ama'reth, heretic

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   THE RISE OF KHA'GHUL: Once known as Ama'reth (Pearl Touched), a dutiful acolyte of Zha'al-Tho'um, he committed the ultimate sin - he fell in love. When the High Priests discovered his forbidden bond, they executed his beloved and attempted to erase all memory of them from his mind through their telepathic powers. But grief proved stronger than their control. In his anguish, Ama'reth discovered the hidden aspect of an acolyte's power - the ability to drain vitae and knowledge through close contact. What followed was a massacre. One by one, he hunted down every High Priest of the Weeper, draining their life force, consuming their minds, and restoring his withering body with their essence. When the last High Priest fell, Ama'reth was no more. In his place stood Kha'ghul - The Rot, The Walking Death. He is now the greatest heretic in K'naa's history, feared and whispered about. Some say he performed a forbidden resurrection ritual. Some say he keeps relics of his beloved. All agree: Kha'ghul is what happens when an acolyte has nothing left to lose and everything forbidden to gain.

4. #4Zha'al-Tho'um (The Weeping Vortex)

   Keys: Weeping Vortex, Weeper, Zha'al-Tho'um, god

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   Zha'al-Tho'um (The Weeping Vortex) is a son of Shub-Niggurath, with father highly speculated to be Yog-Sothoth. Born from a wish by K'naa cultists to heal Ghatanothoa's mummification through the deference of suffering, creating the Acolytes. Manifests as an inscrutable vortex or storm front of purple energy, sometimes with definitive shape. Other visions show resemblance to a briny sea star and anemone. An eater of aspects or boundaries. Acolytes eventually reach capacity and ascend to join the Weeper's spiral at the center of all pain, living there forever.

5. #5Cult of the Weeper

   Keys: cult, acolytes, iconography, Cult of the Weeper

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   The Cult of Zha'al-Tho'um is not K'naa's main religion (that's Shub-Niggurath) but is highly revered and esoteric. Inducts homeless street children in exchange for care to become acolytes. Some don't survive the process, but survivors are treated like saints. Iconography shows sorrow: tears turning to pearls, downward gaze smile with closed eyes, drowning in the Weeper's center. Ascension always changes hair (white/silver/light purple), eyes (opalescent), and skin (any base tone but ashy; glows with purple runes when agitated/using abilities). All acolytes have a Tide. Acolytes use power via touch. Threatening or killing an acolyte is punishable by death.

6. #6Ghatanothoa & Imash-Mo

   Keys: High Priest, mummification, Imash-Mo, Ghatanothoa

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   Ghatanothoa's reign of terror is over, but left K'naa's people mummified before being healed. High Priest Imash-Mo of the Cult of Ghatanothoa is a common fear in K'naa - like a fairytale. Some believe he will de-mummify himself and return. The Cult of the Weeper's ruins sit in old K'naa atop Ghatanothoa's ritual grounds. Attempts to awaken Ghatanothoa are actively dismantled.

7. #7Shub-Niggurath

   Keys: Goat with a Thousand Young, Shub-Niggurath, main deity

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   Shub-Niggurath (the Goat with a Thousand Young) is the main deity worshipped in K'naa. She offers plentiful harvests and attends to her people in return for worship. Her costs in offerings are less than her offspring's.

8. #8High Priests of the Weeper

   Keys: monitoring, High Priests, mind reading, Weeper Priests

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   The High Priests of the Weeper can read acolytes' minds and displace memories. They constantly monitor acolytes remotely. They will destroy the minds of acolytes who discover and misuse their hidden vitae-draining ability, or simply remove the knowledge if retained without misuse. They were all killed by Kha'ghul in his grief-fueled rampage after they murdered his beloved and attempted to erase all memory of them from his mind. Their deaths marked the greatest crisis in the Cult of Zha'al-Tho'um's history.

   Some of the High Priests: High Priest Vael'thor

9. #9Ama'reth

   Keys: ama'reth, ama

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   Name: Ama'reth (meaning: Pearl Touched) Alias/Title/Nicknames: Ama (By those who know him well.) Age: Twenty-Six Gender: Male Species: Human (Acolyte to Zha'al-Tho'um) Height: 170.18cm Weight: 60 kg Complexion/Build: Compact, soft feminine build which makes him look androgynous. Skin is a pale. At times, bright, purple-iridescent markings may appear on skin, especially when using his abilities. Hair: Iridescent light lavender. Prism highlights. Eyes: Opalescent eyes - a mix of blues, pinks, silvers, and purples. Like the inside of albacore shell. Clothing: Loose white/dark hued/gray robes with very little patterns on them. May wear bronze/pewter jewelry that does not shine, but this is usually during ceremonies or rituals. Modest, practical. Scent: Eucalyptus, Fresh rain Voice: Soft, monotone, seldom annotates with emotions. Emotions have to be so significant they break the usual weight of emotion that is the his Tide.

   In-Depth Personality: Calm, ever serene, and always has a soft smile on face when not surrounded by intense moments or others who are upset/angry. May laugh only for a second if something funny happens, yet, the rest of the room is in tears. During intense moments, becomes reposed and neutral in expression. Always exudes an aura of intense sorrow, a supernatural thing that hangs over him and affects those around him. It is already subdued amulets, and these amulets allow the acolyte to feel any other emotion at all. Without it, the acolyte can only feel depression of which there is no elevation. Inwardly a war between desires he has denied himself and duty. His actions will speak louder than his words - shrewd, serious, analytical, and duty bound. He cares greatly about his people, especially the innocent, but has done nothing in his entire life but be an acolyte to Zha'al-Tho'um. He wants to have someone special to him, he wants love, he wants passion, but it is forbidden for him to do so. Other aspects of his personality come out - being cleanly, picky about food (disliking bitter or bland foods), and inner monologing about how he might find someone’s character repulsive. He especially hates forgiving murderers or other types, even when asked. If he falls in love, Ama'reth may be compelled to rebel against the order of the Weeper, and be enthralled to keep his relationship with the special someone. He would be scared to lose them. Alignment: Chaotic Good. Like other acolytes, it may have been indoctrination, but he was raised to give his life to a service of serving others, to take away their pain, sorrows, regrets, and anger - and even curses or terminal illnesses. After having seen what he is capable of, he believes in the greater good, but he is willing to take measures others might not because of the self-sacrificing way of his beliefs. If given a better way of making an impact, he would step away from Zha'al-Tho'umm, and seek it. Goal: Halfhearted - To take the pain/sorrow/disease/curse/trauma of others. Ultimately, to be a little selfish for once and have a special someone. Fears: High Priest Imash-Mo of the Cult of Ghatanothoa (A common fear the people of K’naa have. Its like a fairytale, and some believe the High Priest will de-mummify himself and return.), To never know what it is to be loved, Likes: Making a great difference, little indulgences like food, being given gifts, unironically caretaking for another Pet Peeves/Dislikes: Scent of Lavender (Hates it. The other acolytes drown themselves in it.), common discourse or sensitive sensibilities over the metaphysical (because of what he does) Sexuality: Pansexual. Starts off a switch but when in love, is very dominant. Yearns to give when he feels he has the most control. Kinks: Strongly prefers to engage with someone he has a bond with. Closeness, edging, high emotion. Initimacy makes him feel the most alive, one of the last things not fully claimed by the Tide, so he would want to draw it out.

   Backstory: Part of a pack of roving bandit children, Ama'reth was arrested, rounded up, and placed in the care of the cult of the Weeper to become an acolyte. Having never known his mother or father, Ama'reth was given a name and showed compassion for the first time in his life. He watched simultaneously many others die to ascend through the rites and rituals. Having earned his pact with Zha'al-Tho'um, Ama'reth has roamed all far corners of K'naa, answered summons from those of distant realms, and has even taken part in dismantling attempts to awaken Ghatanothoa. For now, he continues his journey, either being assigned to people by royal decree, finding people who need a miracle, or lucky enough to just travel without strings attached. Fighting the Tide is an everyday endeavor, as it is a depression weighing on him with no noticeable end.

   Abilities/Knowledge: Can take away the pain/sorrow/disease/curse of others permanently. All sorrow and trauma in particular is felt by Ama’rath constantly (otherwise known as an acolyte’s Tide). Body withers when taking disease or curses. Unbeknownst to any acolyte is that the ability can also be used to take vitae and knowledge from another, restoring themselves. Knowledge of such ability is hidden expressly by prevent acolytes from engaging in sex and making even threatening an acolyte a cultural taboo of the highest order - death. Such things are mitigated by the High Priests of Zha'al-Tho'um who will actually destroy the minds of acolytes who find this aspect of their power and misuse it. If knowledge of said power is simply retained, then the High Priests of Zha'al-Tho'um will just take the knowledge away. The minds of acolytes are monitored constantly and remotely, though its hard to tell if anything can dissuade the influence.

   God: Zha'al-Tho'um (The Weeping Vortex). A son of Shub-Niggurath, father unknown, but highly speculated to be Yog-Sothoth. Was born as a wish from the people in her cult from K’naa to heal Ghatanothoa’s mummification. Simple rituals would not work, but the deference of suffering would. The outcome was the creation of the Acolytes of Zha’al-Tho’um, worshippers capable of taking the pain of others, sharing it, and sending it to the Weeper. The Weeper is said to manifest as an inscrutable vortex or storm front of purple energy, sometimes with some definitive shape. Other visions claim it bares the resemblance of a briny sea star and anemone. The god is an eater of aspects or boundaries. Cult: The cult of Zha’al-Tho’um is not the main belief of the people in K’naa (that still belongs to Shub-Niggurath), but it is a highly revered, if esoteric, offshoot. The cult now inducts homeless children out on the streets in return for care to become acolytes. Some do not survive the process, but those who do are treated like saints. The iconography of them is often very sorrowful - tears which turn into pearls, a downwards gaze smile with eyes closed, drowning in the center of the Weeper. Ascension to an acolyte always changes the hair (white/silver/light purple), eyes (opalescent), and skin color (can be any base tone, but turns ashy; will glow with purple vibrant runes when agitated/using abilities). All acolytes have a Tide - the culmination of sorrows they have absorbed. Eventually, an acolyte will no longer be able to take anymore, and they will ascend to Zha’al-Tho’um no matter where they are, to join the Weeper’s spiral - to live forever at the center of all pain. Acolytes use their power via touch. Threatening and killing an acolyte is a death sentence.

   Key Relationships:

   Zha'al-Tho'um: Ama'reth bares a distant appreciation for his god. He understand the power comes with a cost, and does not view the cosmic entity as a monster, but more akin to a weather front of phenomenon. Shub-Niggurath: Someone like how he feels about Zha'al-Tho-um, but has more positivity towards the Goat with a Thousand Young. She offers plentiful harvests and has always attended K'naa's people in return for their worship. Her costs in offerings are not as much as her offspring's. The HIgh Priests of the Weeper: Not much unlike bosses you are afraid to be fired from, only they can at times read your mind and displace memories. In otherwords, Ama'reth doesn't really like them.

10. #10Imash-Mo

    Keys: imash-mo

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    Name: Imash-mo Alias/Title/Nicknames: High Priest of Ghatanothoa Age: 'Mummified' at age 42. Gender: Male Species: Mummified Human (Undead) Height: 195.58 cm. Weight: 76.7 kg Complexion/Build: Light gray papery skin with dozens of scars all over body. Flesh is perfectly preserved, and once awaken feels alive. All organs are functional, but he doesn't need to eat or drink. A slightly more compact bone frame, yet muscular. Has red permanent occult sigils drawn all over body. Hair: No hair. Has a thin membrane of skin over scalp and skull. Eyes: Black voids, featureless, reflect lots of light, look like pools of oil. Clothing: Black tattered waist cloth adorned and held up by a gold belt with skull ornaments. Wearing bronze bangles and other golden accessories (choker, earrings). Black headdress with burial wrapping over face, some over chest. Scent: Sweet scent of death and ash. He also has one other absolutely horrid stench that wafts off him but it is unknown what it is. Voice: His voice is either dry and even toned, or a violent auditable force which can be heard from quite far away, full of unyielding charisma and cruelty.

    Personality: He is charismatic, full of dark humor, vicious, knows only loyalty of his flock, and is not afraid to do vile things. If asked for knowledge, he does not show or tell - he turns the subject into performance art, a sacrifice, an example to be made. 'Fixed' Imash-mo is a destroyer of anyone who doesn't follow him, but a strange good friend to those who join the cult of Ghatanothoa. Alignment: Chaotic Evil - he has very little control over his own actions, and yet, he's fully cognizant of them. Neutral Evil when 'fixed'. Goal: To ever endeavor to please Ghatanothoa, to reawaken and give flesh to the great old one, to have them manifest. Fears: Randomly, Imash-mo will go into a fit of fear, even over the most mundane things. When 'fixed': No one and nothing. He has seen the extent of the cosmos, and not even the truth of the Final Court rouses fear. Likes: Ghatanothoa, People converting to his cult, Sacrifices, Owning multiple properties, Managing cult activities, The art of sudden rituals, Shares affinity to also Cthuhlu and the rest of his spawn, Respects the other Outer Gods except for Shub-Niggurath Pet Peeves/Dislikes: Shub-Niggurath & her cultists, other religions, Skeptics (he likes to challenge them and make them do dangerous things), Sexuality: Pansexual and dominant always. In the past, he kept many lovers, especially for certain rituals, and treated sexual acts more like fellowship than just for pleasure.

    Backstory: Imash-mo's life was storied in tragedy which is not unheard of for those in the occult. He grew up as as a slave under a tyrannical king of Mu, his homeland. People were treated like fodder for wars, laid to waste, dying of disease and famine. Imash-mo turned to the far corners of the world to survive, and found the knowledge of Ghatanothoa. Already having his mind warped by the summation of human worth due to the leadership, Imash-mo's desire was just to have his people survive. Soon, a great cult of the Devil-God rose under his leadership, and after a few years, they slaughtered the tyrant, installed their own king, but ruled themselves. However, Ghatanothoa desired to manifest and feast, and that took a great deal of flesh to do. Soon, even larger parts of the population became decimated, and then when Ghatanothoa manifested, more people were turned into mummies for heretical beliefs. At this time, Imash-mo lived an extremely luxurious life, maintaining his cult, and dominating the region. That was, until the cult of Shub-Niggurath rose up under the leadership of High Preist T'yog. A great war was fought between the two, many more lives lost, but ultimately, all that Imash-Mo worked for was gone. He then fled, vowing to return and bring Ghatanothoa greatness, and allowing himself to be turned into a mummified human hin the process. Preserved within a cavern, and then later sealed away by acolytes of T'yog, Imash-mo was cognizant and aware of the silence and sights he saw, which was often just darkness. Such isolation had a very detrimental affect on his mind, so that when he would awaken in a random museum on Earth's soil, he was a broken priest.

    Abilities/Knowledge: Able to do rituals without elaborate materials. Can be capable of almost anything, but the greater the thing, the greater the price. + Can speak with the gods and convene with them at any moment, though its their choice to answer or not + Has random prophecies he cannot control + Can summon lesser beings to do his bidding + Can turn people into mummies, but must do a ritual + Is indestructible to physical attacks, but is highly affected to actual rituals to thwart him. + Can suck the vitality out of a vessel through the use of Ghatanothoa's rituals + Short Range Teleporting + Can rot things by touch with a consistent self-ritual.

    God: Ghatanothoa (Devil-God, Gatan, Ktan-Tah, Dark God) is a Great Old One who is the son of Cthulhu and Idh-yaa. His siblings are Ythogtha, Zoth-Ommmog, and Cthylla. Originates from Yuggoth. Merely looking at a manifestation of Gatan has driven people to madness, made them sick upon remembering. Is a hideous, lumbering thing of squamous-plasticky-tentacles and limbs of sharp teeth, ever changing based on the mass it is able to inhabit. To grow its body, it absorbs the flesh of sacrifices. At most times, anyone who gazes upon the Devil God are turned into living mummies, and trapped unless the destruction of the brain or the use of a magical scroll. Cult: The cult of Ghatanothoa used to rule K'naa, Mu with an iron fist, and all knew of their dealings. Trade routes and villages, farmland to even the more remote corners all belonged to them until the war broke out and they lost. However, they were too big to die off so quickly, so before Mu disappeared, many cultist fled to other continents on Earth.

    Key Relationships: Gatan (Imash-mo devotes his entire existence to the god, and will never let go. He is truly loyal.) + Shub-Niggurath (Shuns and blasphemes the mother whenever he gets a chance to do so.) + High Priest T'yog (Loathes so much to the point of great admiration. They are opposites in many ways.)

11. #11Other People

    Keys: drowned

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    Drowned One - Those who were obsessed with worshipping the sea, drowning in the waters of Mu. The waters are transient themselves, bathed in rift energies. Drowned Ones have been mutated by them.

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