Abyssal

Squirming Tentacle

Seafood

This tentacle is not going down without a fight! ...It doesn't seem to realize that the rest of its body has stopped.

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Blue Dragon Seaslug

Seafood

This ingenious creature devours and assimilates the biological defenses of its prey, making it a difficult target for larger aquatic predators.

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Barnacle-Encrusted Bottle

Chests

This small treasure cache is also home to a variety of tiny guardians.

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Sinew Net

Dragonmade

This net has been expertly patched many times.

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Barnacle-Encrusted Relic

Trinkets

Its difficult to tell whether this belonged to a Maren or a seafaring Longneck. It belongs to the barnacles and you now.

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Red Octopus

Seafood

The name 'Red Octopus' is a bit misleading, as they are known to change color and are rarely red.

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Chewy Tentacle

Seafood

If you swallow a chewy tentacle it stays in your stomach for 7 years. It's true!

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Benthic rules the deep, a ruthless king in one of the most harsh and forbidding domains of Sornieth. Though an omnipotent being, even Benthic cannot be expected to supervise every sector of the alien world he commands. Thus, the god appointed stewards, each a minor deity of their respective oceanic division.

Abyssal is one of those stewards, the overseer of the zone to which she's given her name. The abyssal zone is dark and deep, shallower only than the overseer Hadal's kingdom, a land of eternal midnight and mystery, roamed only by invertebrates. Abyssal's realm is likewise consumed by darkness, but she is not as hostile to life as Hadal—or Benthic, for that matter. She experiments with life, makes towering hydrothermal vents rise from the barren landscape of her kingdom, and allows organisms to flourish in an environment most would have deemed a lost cause.

Her creations are monsters by typical standards, but the unusually kindly goddess loves them unconditionally, believing them champions of life for successfully colonizing such an unforgiving realm. Where Benthic seeks only to pull dragons down to his stygian domain, Abyssal accepts her place and creates life adapted to a world of perpetual night.




In draconic mythos, Benthic is widely credited with the creation of all deep-sea life. Draconic mythos is mistaken. Each overseer deity is the source of life in their dominion, Abyssal included. It is she who shaped anglerfish and ghostly squid, tube worms of the vents that sway in the current, and all other unworldly beasts that lurk in the depths of Sornieth's seas. Each and every one she regards as a triumph, no matter how bizarre in appearance or lifestyle.

Considering how hostile her environment is, Abyssal's clemency is surprising. However, this makes her more venerated than most of the other stewards, and is even prayed to more frequently in certain regions than Benthic.

The Water dragonflight regards her as a benevolent goddess of survival, one who encourages the blossoming of life in places where it would seem nearly impossible. Dragons regularly sacrifice to Abyssal alongside her fellow stewards, although Benthic is prioritized in religious ceremonies due to his eminence.

Dwarf Octopus

Seafood

Dwarf Octopuses may live for two decades, far longer than their larger counterparts.

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Seashell Mantle

Apparel

A collar and cloak made from discarded treasures. (Wavecrest Saturnalia 2015 Holiday Item)

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Cyan Delver's Lamp

Apparel

A wrought-iron lamplight emitting an eerie cyan glow. Cave seekers favor and rely upon this item whilst exploring caverns and rocky depths.

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- Abyssal is the patron goddess of the Abyssopelagic Zone.

- In mythology, she is portrayed as far kinder than her superior. In one myth, she turns a dead dragon found sinking into her domain into an octopus instead of letting it fall into Hadal or Benthic's clutches.

- Her sacred animal is the dumbo octopus

- Her sacred item is a delver's lamp.

- Abyssal is mostly worshiped by Water clans, specifically those that make their homes in the Leviathan Trench. Clans located within her zone are especially devoted to appeasing her.





Lore by @IdesOfBlood



Art by @Bearded