Vadik

Harbinger of Cosmic Destinies, Weaver of Time's Tapestry

The Starforged Oracle

In the beginning, there was but the silent void and the eternal dark, until Vadik, the celestial dragon god, stirred from the abyss, his vast wings unfurling to embrace creation. His scales, myriad and gleaming, bore the enigmatic canvas of the cosmos; a tapestry of distant nebulas and stars, ever-shifting, ever-eternal.
He, the primeval dragon god, the arbiter of time's ebbing tide, wove the threads of fate with his talons. Vadik, the seer of all that was and all that ever would be, held dominion over dragons, those majestic kin birthed from the ichor that danced upon the winds of creation, the very lifeblood that dripped from his celestial veins.

History

When the seas roared into existence, it was Vadik who sundered the land, raising continents from the deep. From a tooth, cast into the churning abyss, arose leviathans of the deep, the Kaiju, Krakens, and other denizens of the dark waters, each a reflection of his boundless might.
Mystery surrounds the twin offspring of his sorrow and his essence—a creature born of a tear, another from a scale. One, a harbinger of solace, the other a testament to his enduring legacy. Yet, the chronicles speak not their names nor their fates.
Vadik's presence was as the fleeting comet, a herald of change, his appearances and absences woven into the very fabric of history. Each return marked by portents and prophecies whispered on the winds of time. In an epoch now shrouded by the mists of the Age of Nothingness, the enigma of Vadik's final disappearance weaves the most haunting of tales. This divine being, whose eons of presence had been marked by sudden vanishing and prophetic returns, withdrew into the shadows of legend for one last time, leaving behind a silence that resonated through the ages.
As mortals gazed upwards, their eyes beheld a celestial enigma—a body vast as the dreams of gods, encircling their world like a dormant sentinel. It was as grand as Vadik's fabled form, and so, in whispers and awe, they named it his final resting place, a mistaken moon where a god lay dead.
Yet, truth often eludes the grasp of mortality. The supposed moon was not Vadik, but a seal, radiant and profound, a glowing monument visible from every corner of creation. Within this cosmic sarcophagus lies not the dragon god, but a mystery profound, a power locked away at the dawn of time by Vadik's own inscrutable will.
This seal, a testament to the god's undying influence, hangs aloft, a silent guardian over a world that has learned to look upon it in wonder and fear. And so the legacy of Vadik endures, not in the corporeal but as a beacon of the eternal, a watchful eye from which no secret can hide, a riddle that whispers of powers beyond the ken of mortals—forever a part of the world's unending tale, waiting for the day it might unravel.

Worshipping Vadik

In the shadow of the celestial seal that looms in the heavens, the followers of Vadik—the Order of the Cosmic Scale—conduct their sacred observances, a testament to their unwavering faith in the absent dragon god. Their worship is not one of joyous songs or bright festivals, but of quiet contemplation and the ceaseless search for understanding the divine mysteries left behind by their inscrutable deity.
The temples of Vadik are open to the sky, with grand observatories reaching towards the heavens, their lenses perpetually fixed upon the glowing seal that serves as an eternal reminder of the dragon god's presence and power. Here, the priests and acolytes gather, draped in robes of midnight blue, embroidered with silver thread to mimic the celestial firmament. They align their rituals with the movements of the stars and the waxing and waning of the cosmos itself, seeking to glean the future from the dance of the universe, a practice said to have been taught by Vadik himself.
The most sacred rite is the Vigil of the Endless Night, a solemn ceremony held on the darkest of evenings when the seal glows brightest against the backdrop of the void. Followers gather in silent reverence, offering up scales—meticulously crafted from obsidian and lapis lazuli—as symbols of their god's unyielding strength and eternal nature. Incantations, old as time and as cryptic as fate itself, are whispered, not to call Vadik back, for they respect his mysterious ways, but to affirm their readiness to receive his wisdom should he choose to return.
The Order teaches that through meditation and study of the ancient prophecies left by Vadik, one may attune oneself to the threads of fate that the dragon god once wove. In this way, his followers strive to become vessels of his divine will, interpreters of his cosmic design, ever hoping to unravel the sacred enigmas he imparted upon the world and within themselves.
In the current times, when the age-old patterns of belief have been challenged by the absence of their deity, the followers of Vadik hold fast to their convictions. They believe that the seal in the heavens is not a sign of an end, but a promise of renewal and a harbinger of profound revelations yet to come. Their faith is a beacon in the darkness of uncertainty, a thread connecting them to the divine mystery of Vadik, the dragon god who shaped the stars and their destinies.

Pantheon
Greater Gods
Areas of Concern
Dragons, fate, prophecy, time
Domains
Knowledge, Luck, Scalykind, Void
Subdomains
Aeon, Dragon, Education, Fate, Isolation, Memory, Saurian
Favored Weapon
Bite or unarmed strike
Symbol
Fang
Sacred Animal
Dog
Sacred Colors
Blue, gold