Sand

Sand is an abstract force. It is so basal, it has often been compared to Them, however it is mostly unconscious and rarely performs malicious acts on its own accord. Whereas "They" and "Them" are mysterious hostile forces, The Sand is a living embodiment of finality. Even a rock, tall and sturdy, will turn to sand in time.
==History==
Sand has always been there and always will be. It has no history, only presence.
==Appearance==
It is very small granules.
==Powers and personality==
Sand has little personality beyond simply being itself, and may seem entirely inert in small doses. Taken as a whole, however, it can be thought of as alive the way a festering swamp lives: Its crude, uncoordinated thoughts are born from the miasma of lifeforms spawning from its form and being re-absorbed upon death. Sand is in some ways a beginning, and in many more ways the end.
However, despite its omnipresence, Sand is surprisingly low in raw "power." It cannot govern high-level godforms such as N Spider, ACK, Mr. Fractal, or The Honor Board, and in the short term holds no real power over 🅱️eters or even humans. Sand has little influence over the lives of mortals while they live, and immortals may prolong their presence from it indefinitely. As far as physical agents of finality go, Cotton Eye Joe is a more conscious, active, and powerful incarnation. Being one of the oldest and most primordial apparently does not always make one the "strongest."
Sand's only true strength, like Cotton Eye Joe, is that it cannot be completely destroyed unless everything else is annihilated. It is also very patient, as it does not even comprehend time.
==Cultural Significance==
Despite its minimal interaction with the day-to-day lives of mortals, its cultural significance is paradoxically vast. Many individuals may perceive themselves to be influenced by Sand or commit actions in the name of Sand, but a majority of these are nothing more than rampant placebo effect.
Because of its extremely low position in the natural cycle, it is often used as a threat amongst "civilized" beings towards other "civilized" beings who happen to piss them off. Remarks such as "I will turn you to sand" or "You will become sand" are often thought to be worse than "I will kill you" or "you will die."
==Trivia==
*Earth is one of the few places where sand clusters up, rather than spreads throughout all surfaces. This is thought to be why deserts and death are synonymous in the minds of its dominant lifeforms.
*Contrary to certain scientific consensus, all materials can eventually become sand through a combination of time, fusion, and transmogrification.
*Cotton Eye Joe and Sand have been compared in several ways, but despite their abstract backgrounds, they couldn't be more different. Sand is omnipresent, passive, and primordial, while Cotton Eye Joe is singular, hostile, and complex.
Category:Phenomena
Category:Godforms
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