Cyclops

The **Cyclops** are a near-extinct race of powerful Giant-Kin who once ruled across Kalkatesh in ancient times. With their one eye, they have a special type of sight that allows them to see creation as it truly is: a wheel, which allows them to see and even interact with time itself.

## History

Not much is known about the very early history of the cyclops, but it is known that the race emerged from the lost eye of Odin, the first cyclops. In addition to having mastery over the powers of time, the cyclops also gained mastery over the power of mirrors, giving them a further ability to interact with the nature of creation itself. These abilities allowed the cyclops to rule across Kalkatesh, having many influential societies.

### The Rise of the Violet

Using their powers of future-sight, one of the cyclopian oracles foresaw their destruction at the hands of a mysterious force called the Violet, at that time unknown. Looking for a means to save themselves, they looked further into the future, and saw the Violet contained by a group of adventurers called the Seven, who they thought would be their salvation. So, the cyclops reached into the future and stole back into time the spirits of some of the Seven, which manifested into the first race of humans, called the Vega.

Little did the cyclops know however that their mastery over creation went further than an ability to reach through time, for in actuality the cyclops reached into the parallel existence of the Forgotten Realms and stole the spirits of individuals who lived there. This interaction opened a tear between the two existences that ended in the city of Tyr's Drop, the original home of the Colors, being pulled to the bottom of the Sickened Sea from the Forgotten Realms. This event, combined with the betrayal of the Enemy, is what caused the other six colors to be sealed and the Violet to begin their war on creation. So, in an effort to save themselves, the cyclops gave rise to the very thing that would be their destruction: the Violet.

### Downfall of the Cyclops

Seeing how their doom was inevitable, the Cyclops sealed themselves along with the Vega in amber in an effort to evade the sight of the Violet. These efforts were noticed however, and the Violet turned the amber protection into their prison, sealing them away. This caused the downfall of Vega society, and over time as the sealed populations dwindled and the Iterations passed the existence of these societies were forgotten.

After many millennia had passed, the existence of the Vega societies was rediscovered by the *Gambler's Delight* group, a small band of pirates of the Black Lion crew. At the cyclopian burial site of Ang'galosh, they unsealed and met Xetor, who is possibly the last of the descendent cyclops remaining. This group was also responsible for the resurrection of the Vega, though it is unknown whether any other cyclops populations remain.

The legacy of the cyclops is kept alive by Moe Kowbull of that group, who learned to speak cyclopian from Xetor and from that became among the most powerful individuals in Kalkatesh, serving as the first Shaper of Annareth. Additionally, it was he who helped Odin and his people to return at Camp Last Stand, beginning the return of the Viakin people after Ragnarok in the Yggdrasil Isles. Furthermore, it was using a cyclopian power word that Moe forced the final confrontation against the Enemy during the Great Cataclysm.

## Known Cyclops

* Xetor
* Moe Kowbull
* Odin