Skaft

Legends say Skaft began life as an ordinary mortal but demonstrated such ingenuity in her youth that Kuros (or, in some tellings, Ytar) uplifted her as a Chosen Scion, proclaiming her the greatest inventor they had ever seen. And it’s true; while many of Atlantis’ Gods have created technological miracles, Skaft’s innovation, creativity, and tireless labor are without peer.

Skaft has a mind full of machines and blueprints, leaving her workshop only when called to perform maintenance on Atlantis’ miracle-machine infrastructure (though some legends say that her love for Hesbon also calls her away from work). Every Atlantean worships her, both as an indefatigable worker who protects them, and because they believe she holds the secrets of Apotheosis. If that’s true, she hasn’t shared them. In person, she seems perpetually distracted, never paying more than partial attention to the present situation — unless she’s working on an invention or work of art, in which case her mind is laser-focused. She rarely Incarnates in the World; perhaps her original taste of mortal life proved sufficient.

Skaft’s Scions are almost universally Created in her many laboratories, excepting those she sires with Hesbon. They’re architects and engineers whose projects define the skylines of cities, DIY advocates, artists working with cutting-edge technology, and futurologists inspired by childhood dreams of comic books and sci-fi stories.