Sannom
Growing up, Sannom was a shy, insecure child. He wasn’t considered an outcast by his village, but he was treated as a runt by his peers; often teased, but rarely maliciously. One day while playing in the forest bordering his village, he came across a strange man wandering in the woods. Intrigued by the man’s strange behavior, Sannom followed him to study from afar. Every once in a while strange magic would appear, and disappear in the vicinity, seemingly following the man. He would hear whispers in the wind, and the man murmured to himself like he was answering these whispers in a strange language unknown to Sannom.
Eventually, the trees in the forest all seemed to bend and stretch their limbs toward the man, and the air around the man began to violently split open like tearing a loaf of bread apart. The air turned frigid, and frost began to spread from this tear in the forest. Soon, the light from the overhead sun began to fade, as if it was being consumed by the tear, and everything began to get darker, and darker, and it felt like Sannom might faint. Right when things were at their darkest, a creature appeared, and began to attack the man. Sannom instinctually leapt to the man’s aid, and the two were able to defeat the creature. Sannom asked the man what the creature was. The man said, there was no name for such things. He asked the man if he had a name. The man replied; Marwin Avelade .
Enamored with Marwin, and his stories, he felt like he had found his first true friend. Sannom happily left his old life behind to accompany Marwin on his journey. Along the way, Marwin regaled Sannom with stories of his life, but nothing was more enthralling than the stories of The Far Realm Sannom became obsessed with The Far Realm.
After many years together, the two came across a town who had caught word of 2 wanderers, sometimes leaving a wake of destruction, and sometimes harmlessly passing through, but always bringing nightmares and horror to anyone unlucky enough to cross their paths. The town was ready for their arrival, and attacked them on sight. During the battle, the two were separated. Suddenly, there was a blinding light, followed by a crushing darkness so black that Sannom couldn't even see the torch he was carrying. When the darkness lifted, Marwin was nowhere to be found. Panicked, Sannom fled the battle, and began searching for his friend. Hours turned to days, days into weeks, weeks into months, and soon months turned to years.
Unwilling, and unable to give up his search for his friend, he turned further toward his only connection point to Marwin: his connection to The Far Realm. His obsession eventually led him to unnatural discoveries. He turned his reverence of The Far Realm into an abomination of his former druid circle. He found the first Circle of The Unspeakable, turning himself into an Abomination Druid.
Sannom and Hastur crossed paths at some point many years ago. Hastur reminded Sannom of Marwin, and the two began a friendship. Over the years, Sannom grew his circle, corrupting, and enticing other druids to explore the unnatural aspects of the Far Realm. Members of his circle are quite powerful, and are elite members within Hastur’s Cultists, and are sometimes used as enforcers. Members of Sannom’s circle are referred to as “The Nameless.”
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