Atum Earth Lord (ah-tum)
Lord of Earth, That Which Lies Beneath, God of Earthquakes, The Black Earth
Atum was born amid the elemental chaos of the multiverse's earliest days, Existing on the infinite plane of earth until one day he discovered a weak point in the prime material plane. He and his fellow lords stepped through the chaos and began an eon long war for control of the portal into the prime. The Lords of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water struggled to establish the dominance of this material world. No elemental lord ever gained full supremacy or control of the world. The world was locked in a four-way stalemate without an end in sight.
This all ended with the arrival of the Great Dragon. A world dragon of immeasurable might and power descended on the primordials to claim this realm as their own. Even with the combined effort of all four Primordials and the forces under their command. They were no match for this draconic Overgod.
Atum's Followers come from the ranks of Stone Giants and Stone Elementals. As well as any elemental earth-based creature. A growing number of Dwarves follow Atum and the other elementals since the discovery of Godshards.
Artifacts
Shatter Stone: This dire flail was forged by a great hero and seems made entirely of stone sourced from the depths of the underdragon. The metal parts are made of iron.
The Crown of Autm: This Stone Crown is said to give the wearer the ability to dominate earth elementals.
Godshards:
Holy Books & Codes
Rituals
- Performed at major celebrations (e.g. weddings) or agricultural works (e.g. harvest). The head of the household would spill some of the drink on the ground and say a short prayer.
- The bones and other scraps are to be sacrificed via burning and buried in offering to the god.
- Other recorded rites included burying bread baked from the last crops of prior harvest in a field before.
- Followers will also kiss the earth and say a short prayer thanking Atum for the gifts of life and land and acknowledging that one day they will return to it.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Atum takes the form of a massive rocky titan with various numbers of muscular arms. He can cause catastrophic earthquakes, open deep chasms, and raise mountains
Mental characteristics
Failures & Embarrassments
In the battle with the Great Dragon, Atum was killed and his Material body was used by the Great Dragon to form an Earthen Prison around Ingus half of the Sundered Fire Lord.
Mental Trauma
After the battle with the Great Dragon, much of what was left of Atum's mind was broken.
Because of this, it has become It is long and laborious to commune with the Lord of the earth. The closer one is to Atum's actual Material
Body the easier this task becomes. So to best commune with Atum one must often delve into the depths of the Under Dragon.
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