Chiseki

Chiseki is a major character in the Gerald Mythos, being one of the twelve Rakshasha that rule over the world and its magic. Chiseki in particular is the manifestation of the sentient fear of water, and in particular water-based natural disasters such as tsunamis or hurricanes. Due to this, Chiseki prefers to make his habitation in Japan, where tsunamis and hurricanes can coexist. He often leaves this location, however, to torment those on scuba diving missions or poorly thought out expeditions to see sunken shipwrecks. He also likes to share his vast video game knowledge with the other Rakshasha, often striking up gaming sessions with Saq'wi and the like.

### Appearance

Chiseki, like all Rakshasha, looks like a hulking, rotting corpse with the head of an arthropod, in his case a giant water bug. Chiseki is the largest by far of the Rakshasha, clocking in at over eleven feet tall. Chiseki's flesh is spotted with microlesions, from which giant water bugs crawl around and within.

### History

The circumstances of Chiseki's and the other rakshashas' birth is unknown, as they likely were born in the creation of the universe or that of the Earth.

Chiseki may have been responsible for the diaspora of water across the planet, knowing that his power would be quite limited without any water to fear. This also had the result of creating a prime dispersing ground for all manner of life, making Chiseki potentially one of the most important Rakshasha to the history of life on Earth. As Saq'wi raised all manner of continents across the world, Chiseki became infuriated and began to throw water at the shores, causing massive, destructive tidal waves and activity that still carries on to this day. When questioned about this infantile behavior by the other Rakshasha, Chiseki blamed the Moon.

With the advent of terrestrial lifeforms came a competition between Saq'wi and other land-based Rakshasha and Chiseki as to who could induce the most fear in their respective groups of animals. This competition escalated into the late Permian, when Mooawa poisoned the entire atmosphere with carbon dioxide. Chiseki, shocked by this decision but unwilling to let his comrades best him, acidified the oceans. These two events nearly wiped out life on Earth, and the Rakshasha Council forbade such competitions in the future. Of course, this didn't stop them, but it did stifle them somewhat.

Chiseki encountered humankind at many points, especially the Polynesians, who learned to have a healthy respect for Chiseki's domain. Even better for Chiseki was when, after the eruption of Krakatoa, Plato got drunk and invented the idea of Atlantis, making many Grecians afraid of the seas as well.

After humanity invented video games, Chiseki finally came to like the little apes, and settled down in Japan, begrudgingly making his abode on a landmass, though he never strays too far from his true home, the wide open seas.

### Powers

Chiseki is an immortal entity capable of creating pocket dimensions, manipulating space and time, teleporting, creating Ripples and Scion Lycanthropes, and summoning hosts of insects, much like all the other Rakshasha. However, he does possess some abilities specific to his alignment, including the induction of tsunamis, hurricanes, and other tidal events.