Inata

"What they called a gift was so unbearably garish it was an affront to physical and metaphysical senses. To look upon that was to know the most nauseatingly rich constructs you will ever perceive."
- Marathoth describing Inata's creations during the Cerulan Incident.
Inata is an independent Outer God known as the Numbered Artisan. An Outer God who delights in trickery and jests, Inata is a mischievous artist who leaves their creations around to be found and experienced.
== Description ==
Inata is best known throughout the Weave as an artificer and trickster, mingling with both Bound and acausal beings alike. Most of their recorded interactions are with their fellow Outer Gods, though tales abound of their meetings with the common denizens of the Weave. Transcends, Old Brethren, Shardbearers and countless different entities have stories of meeting with Inata, either leaving them with a boon or on the receiving end of a jest. While most of their pranks are harmless (if rather annoying) and instructive, Inata delights in humbling the arrogant and hubristic. 
Inata is ultimately considered a benevolent deity among the civilisations of the Weave and its remnants, as they tend to tip the odds in favour of the its denizens. Inata's intervention is almost exclusively indirect, granting boons to a few key figures rather than openly moving to destroy the opposition. 
== History ==
Inata arrived in the Weave shortly after the conclusion of the Second Aeon War. Stopping at a Weave Node, Inata was greeted by one of the Weave's Outer Gods and introduced themselves as a travelling artist. For several millennia, The Weave hosted the Outer God as they travelled the network. During this time, they travelled amongst both Bound and acausal civilisations in the guise of their natives, occasionally leaving an artifact for others to discover and experience. This continued for a few centuries until Cerulan, an Outer God, confiscated several of Inata's creations from a Transcend. Cerulan was riding the high of their recent ascension, and acted without care for their actions. When Inata approached the young upstart to retrieve their artifacts, Cerulan insulted Inata on its construction. Inata departed from the meeting without a word, leaving only with an amused expression. 
Shortly after Inata left, Cerulan headed to their personal Pool of Possibility, having created it on their ascension to serve as their home and domain. After they had entered their abode, Cerulan noticed the sudden appearance of an immense Pool of Possibility next to their own. To Cerulan's perception, this Pool in particular was made so garish that it was an affront to their metaphysical senses. The young Outer God's only consolation was that despite all the different sets of physical and metaphysical laws within there was no life of any kind in the structure's infinity of realities. Despite being harmless, the thing was an offense to their senses and Cerulan could abide its existence no longer. The little deity erased the ugly entity with a thought, only to witness two more similar Pools appear up around his domain. Cerulan destroyed the two structures, and four more garish Pools sprung from nothing. The young deity decided to move their abode elsewhere instead, only to be have their way blocked by the constructs. Cerulan annihilated the ones in front of them, running with their home as the hideous entities followed in pursuit. As Cerulan desperately destroyed the pursuing structures during their flight, the number of Pools behind them grew exponentially, until what was chasing the Outer God was a mass that dwarfed their domain to the point that it appeared miniscule in comparison. 
Recalling the earlier insult that they dealt to Inata and the timing of their misfortune, Cerulan made their way to where they met the trickster. The Pools chasing Cerulan slowed down and followed the young deity at a distance. When Cerulan reached Inata they apologised for their conducted and pleaded with the artificer to call off those creations. Inata accepted the apology with a smile, and the Pools completely disappeared. Waving off the younger deity, Inata left for other regions in the Weave. 
Inata witnessed the Overmind shattering Adremer Tor, but did not take part in that fateful battle. After the collapse of the Weave after the Tor Crisis, Inata wanders the remnants of the network. Tales abound of their sightings, from humbling Ulemedi lords with their jests, to gifting intrepid heroes just the artifact they need to tip the odds in their favour. 
 
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