Mastema, The Hatred, I am Disaster
Mastema (a.k.a. The Hatred, I am Disaster, Unending Persecution)
Mastema is his name, but he is known as Hatred or He who is Disaster by those who know of his existence. This is the entity responsible for architecting the coming of the rifts.
Divine Domains
Hatred, Pain and Persecution
Divine Symbols & Sigils
The image of Mastema is of a man with a curly beard of dripping blood.
In iconography, Mastema is often depicted as an eye dripping blood.
Tenets of Faith
- When you act out of spite, you gain favor in the eye of Mastema
- When you ruin hopes and plans, you gain favor in the eye of Mastema
- To build is hopeless, to destroy is meaningless, to cause dismay is to come closest to Mastema
Divine Goals & Aspirations
Mastema wants to gain a more active presence on Rifts Earth, with the ultimate goal of achieving actual incarnation in this dimension.
Ultimately his goal is to become the supreme entity in control of this dimension so he can craft it in his own image.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Working through witches since the dawn of time, Mastema's knowledge of and influence upon human history has been prolific. After the Egyptian dieties departed the planet, he got the idea of creating a breach to earth, allowing him better access and control, perhaps even allowing him to exist there. Needing practical people to implement his plans, he allied with the Splugorth, convincing them they would be able to create a dimensional market hub there, just what their expanding empire needed.
The plan worked better than he could have hoped, but also worse. It allowed him much better access to its inhabitants and their life force than he had ever before enjoyed. The unintended consequence, however, is that it also opened breaches to countless other dimensions, relegating Mastema to being just one of a host of supernatural intelligences with access. This was surely due to the Splugorth influence. How long will he be able to leverage his own invested influence with humanity before it trickles away to the competition?
Mental Trauma
Unknown to all but the best informed, Mastema is actually one of the first creations. He was charged with providing guidance to the inhabitants of earth, among other worlds. Cursed with an abundance of pride, he was unable to cope with the idea that he had to do what the Creator tasked and he had to share this task with others who had their own thoughts on how things should go. He distanced himself from the creator and made it his own mission to make all other creations rue their collective existences. He managed to defeat and consume two of his brothers, gaining more power in the process and fueling his pride to even further heights.
Intellectual Characteristics
As a supernatural intelligence, Mastema is capable of dimensional thought beyond the comprehension of mortals, seeing infinite permutations and possibilities of any action or choice. If he were the only being of such capacity, he would be all-knowing, capable of seeing into the future, the present and the past simultaneously. But he is not the only one. The involvement of others with similar capacity and the annoying habit of individuals to exercise their free will irrationally has rendered him to be merely one of many very smart power players in the cosmic game of games.
Morality & Philosophy
Mastema absolutely despises mortals with a disdain that falls well into irrational. Like a sadistic child at an ant hill, he takes great pleasure in causing as much pain and suffering as he can to those he believes to be lesser creatures.
The eye of Mastema
The Eye of Mastema by Tulcor
Divine Classification
Supernatural Intelligence
Children
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