Tamahkarliq, the Grandmother of Woe

Other Names

• Tamacarlica (Biati and Dolobei humans)
• Toumëhkëdliq (Rënzhëksirn kobolds)

Tamahkarliq is one of the oldest beings in all the Spheres. The legends whisper that it was in her birth that death first came to be, for she burst forth from her mother and immediately consumed her father.

Divine Domains

Death, Knowledge, Order, Trickery

Some are surprised at the Grandmother of Woe's command of the Order Domain. They fail to understand that her mastery of it gives her the ability to sew its inverse - chaos.

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

Tamahkarliq manifests an enchantingly beautiful material form.

Apparel & Accessories

Her celestial robes flow endlessly, shifting in colors that mesmerize and distill fear, woven from the very fabric of nightmares.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

She was born of the Younger Titans Andarqin and Relisfarn, whom she slew at the moment of her birth. Their deaths sparked the manifestation of the Primordial Being Char.

Later, hoping to take some of their power and influence, Tamahkarliq seduced Asgorn and produced a clutch of eggs. Three of hatched to become just and good: Hanzhou, Chehnsu, and Efrang. The fourth became Rogiq, whose treachery and betrayal brought about the Fall of Dragons.

Gender Identity

Tamahkarliq identifies herself as a female and will usually manifest a physical form to match, but she is capable of either gender, or none, as the situation demands. She is also capable of taking on any form or shape, as she desires.

Intellectual Characteristics

The Grandmother of Woe seeks all power for herself. She is rapacious in her appetite for it.

Tamahkarliq is cunning and patient. She will go to great lengths to accomplish her aims

Morality & Philosophy

Tamahkarliq delights in suffering. She delights in pain. She delights in the torment of others. Loss, regret, and guilt are as food to her. She craves these things, along with power with an unending, insatiable hunger.

Taboos

There is nothing that is taboo to Tamahkarliq.

Social

Speech

Her speech echoes with a thousand harmonious tones, each syllable promising ecstasy while weaving bitter curses.

Relationships

Divine Classification

Elder Goddess

Realm

Ether

Spouses

Siblings

Children

• Rogiq, the Scheming Maws
• Efrang, the Clear and Knowing Crystal
• Chehnsu, the Platinum Paladin
• Hanzhou, the Ethereal Prime Minister

Eyes

Transfixing and golden

Hair

Long, blonde, and wild

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Pale blue