Ipiki

A beast from Marore myth and part of The Ocean's Teeth, Ipiki is said to be the avatar of the ceaseless march of life, uncaring if an individual dies so long as life itself remains on Minlorem. Just like how a single insect matters little to the rest of the swarm, a single city does not matter to Ipiki, as long as others yet shine in the abyssal black. Legends claim that Ipiki will be killed by Ahaune as Minlorem heaves its final sigh, only to be reborn on another world, in another time.
While stories claim that Oseos the Leviathan-Keeper banished Ipiki and the rest of the Teeth to the deepest part of the ocean, in a time long before the marore united, artists nonetheless claim to have accurate depictions of the monster. Most commonly, Ipiki is shown as something akin to a crab, though the upper half of its shell yawns open like a clam, revealing an uncountable number of beady eyes, and each of its claws breanch into innumerable tentacles instead of the typical pincers.
Just like Karakta and Ahaune, Ipiki occupies the comfortable spot of "deity" in the eyes of The Song of the Deep. The cult believes Ipiki and its fellows will reward the members of the Song when they finally consume the galaxy in an event known only as The Subsuming. The Song remain a notable presence despite numerous attempts to shut them down, as most minloral governments are unable to find evidence of any actual wrongdoing on the cult's part.
Category:Fexalere
Category:Fexalere Mythology