Maritesa
Undying Divinity
Maritesa (a.k.a. The First Lich)
I once feared death like any other mortal. That all that life may die and fuel new life in an endless cycle with no beginning nor end. But I am beyond life.
I am beyond death.
I am eternity made manifest, and I can wait.
Maritesa is known as the first Lich, the one who codified the concept of necromancy and the deity of all that is Undead. A name feared by those aware of their cult but cherished by others who seek eternal life. All they seek is to outlive death itself and control life, to break the cycle that haunts all living beings and exists above its rules by any means necessary.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Mortal Appearance
The few records that remain of Maritesa’s mortal form do not mention their former sex, gender or ancestry. All that is known is that they were a smaller individual, slender in build, with sunken eyes. Waist-length hair kept tied in a single low ponytail, kept in place with silver rings.
Depictions often display them of a higher class, an one-sleeved outfit with bandages keeping their chest covered up. Their left hand adorned in rings with various gems embedded in each, while walking barefoot wherever they went. Though the accuracy of this is uncertain.
Lich Appearance
During their reign as a Lich, Maritesa kept most of their attire similar to when they were once alive. However, skin and flesh rotted from their bones, preserving very little of their former self.
Depictions show their skull to be caved in with the entire upper half removed down to the eye sockets. A single candle stands upright within the hollow remains, lighting an amber flame.
Special abilities
Maritesa’s capabilities as a spellcaster are second to none, refined through centuries of practice. A mixture of every spell and ritual, handled with the strength of a deity.
Centuries of association as a divine being between life and death granted them control over these concepts. The mere wave of their hand may raise Undead armies, while a single word can remove the soul of a living being. Myths even speak that they may kill and reanimate someone at once, converting those freshly slain to her side at a moment’s notice.
Their Lich nature makes destroying any physical form of theirs unable to kill them. The destruction of any physical form only removes their soul, allowing them to possess another body some time later. Only the destruction of what anchors them to the material plane may kill them.
Personality Characteristics
Likes & Dislikes
Likes
- Occult knowledge
- Gardening
- Wood carving
Dislikes
- The cycle of life & death
- Limitations
- Kharon
Virtues & Personality perks
Maritesa is not one to toss aside knowledge. Eager to learn and study, they seek out information from everywhere and examine it with a critical eye. It does not matter whether it comes from great scholars or mere peasants, for everyone’s word is equal to be heard.
Such behaviour makes them open to invite anyone at their side, even if only for research rather than an actual bond. For as imposing their appearance may be, the god of Undead knows the struggles that others go through and helps ease those pains somehow.
Vices & Personality flaws
How many lives are you willing to destroy to maintain this obsession of yours?!
Maritesa’s obsession with true immortality haunts them even in divinity. Their willingness to stoop low to maintain it is legendary, as is their lack of moral compass. Everything and everyone is only a tool to achieve their end goal, no matter the consequences that may come from it.
They distance themselves from others, either incapable or unwilling to form long lasting bonds. If they do, it is often as a means to an end. Offering greatness by deceiving or manipulating those beneath them, only to ditch them once they become of no use.
As many as are willing to destroy their own lives to do so.
Their willingness to stoop low makes them no stranger to inhuman practices either. If someone is not useful to them in one way, they may serve as a test subject instead. Either to refine the deity’s understanding of immortality further, or to entertain their Undead self.
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