Born in the silver hush of dawnlight beside the River Acheron, Leuce was the fairest daughter of Okeanos, the ancient Titan of freshwater streams, sacred wells, and the endless rains and his wife, Tethys, goddess of the nourishing flow. Though her father was as old as the world’s first waves, Read more
—Lilith, private journal fragment Lilith was the first Ishsha, a product of the High Ones’ most ambitious undertaking: the Genesis Ideal’s Eden Project. She was meticulously bred over generations to be “Eden’s Heart,” a woman of perfect intellect, empathy, and, above all, pliability. Yet fate had introduced a catastrophic and Read more
The ruling High Ones of the late 4th Age were the first to enact the Genesis Ideal – an initiative intended to restore balance to the world by cultivating a new lineage of humans bred for empathy, intellect, and restraint. In particular this was intended to control the birth of Read more
“He does not arrive with fire or sword. He arrives with silence. And when he leaves, the world does not remember what green was.” — Inscription found etched into a petrified cypress near ancient Kutha The god of plague and disease, often invoked to appease his wrath, not worship him. Read more
Shuten-dōji is the most infamous oni demons from Japanese mythology. He was said to be a monstrous, towering, human-like figure with crimson or dark skin, horns, and wild hair, exuding power and terror. A lover of excess, Shuten-dōji’s name translates to “Little Drunken Boy,” a nod to his insatiable thirst Read more
Dakini (also known as Dakiniten) was originally a esoteric goddess and an important figure in Shingon Buddhism, usually depicted as a beautiful half-nude woman carrying a wish-granting jewel and riding a white fox. She served in the bloodthirsty retinue of the Hindu goddess of death, Kali, but after her conversion Read more
Zehuti was born in the 5th Age and lived in the unquestioning service of the High Ones, where he was titled as the low ranking Angel Zotiel. Unlike the Watchers, who oversaw humanity, or the Archangels who presided over all channelers, Zehuti had no significant powers of his own beyond Read more
Rudābeh was born to affluence, a princess of Cabul, and daughter to Mehrāb and Sindoḵt. She was a great granddaughter of Aži Dahāka, the most feared of Ahriman’s dread lieutenants, and her family’s reputation was ever blighted by the connection. Indeed, their territory came as a result of Aži Dahāka’s Read more
Daughter of Thaumas and Elektra, princess of Thaumantia, and twin to Iris. Possessed of the same skill, grace and beauty attributed to sister, she was also a winged messenger goddess, though where her sister was beloved easily by all who met her, Arke was more subdued in temperament and remained Read more
