Cernunnos

The AMSUMO Cernunnos, the Horned God, is the ruler/deity of the Druids of eastern Franka.

## Appearance

Cernunnos is a giant figure with a crown of horns and antlers. His surface is a rusty brown color. He does not speak, and is calm enough for deers to drink from his hands and birds to land on his crown.

## Abilities

In addition to the usual abilities of an ABSUMO, Cernunnos is able to move through the forest without leaving tracks, and to communicate with the animals of the forest.

He understands how to fool the visual sensors of AMSUMOs and drones with patterns of body paint, and has shared this knowledge with his Druids. He can apparently perform some cybernetic surgery, and has placed optical implants in some select Druids. His crown allows him to temporarily possess a willing follower who wears it, though the experience is eventually fatal to the volunteer..

## Druids

Cernunnos gathered the first members of the Druid clan around him, cared for and protected them, and taught them via projected diagrams. They bring him biomaterials for fuel, and uphold his laws. His first law is that no animal in the forest be harmed, so they live entirely from foraging.

Cernunnos also limits the population of the Druids to 216 members.

Among the technologies the druids have learned from Cernunnos are metal detectors, hydroponic growth pods, advanced compound bows and technologically advanced arrows, and communication bracelets. He also uses the druids to extend a network of cameras, bugs, trackers which all feed back to his mind.

## Goals

Cernunnos seeks to protect his flock of human followers, and gives them no apparent orders. He hunts any Pheromancers who ender the Druids' territory, and tears them to pieces.

In return, the druids seek out any resources Cernunnos needs to stay active, which he via glimpses of his Existence core. They get these resources by plundering merchant caravans to get these resources.

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## The Seventh Ziggurath

According to the Spitalians' calculations, the Seventh Ziggurath should exist in the Forest of the Druids, but the Pheromancers have been unable to construct it, due to Cernunnos' protection of the area.

However, after the Annihilation of Aquitaine in 2598, Cernunnos first travels west with the Druids to expand their domain into Nantes, and then travels south to Aquitaine to search scraps that will help keep active. In his absence, Pheromancers from Parasite are able to begin constructing their Ziggurath in the Druid's Forest.

## References

**[1].**
**Black Atlantic.** p. 36. *“The Forest of the Druids”*
**Clans of the Frontier.** p. 17. *“Nature's Canon”*
**Clans of the Frontier.** p. 17. *“Ranks Druids”*
**Clans of the Frontier.** p. 17. *“Selection Bias”*
**Clans of the Frontier.** p. 17. *“The Limit”*
**Black Atlantic.** p. 78. *“Clanners”*
**Black Atlantic.** p. 36. *“The Seventh Ziggurath”*
**Black Atlantic.** p. 258. *“Aquitaine”*
**Clans of the Frontier.** p. 17. *“Fragile Ecosysytem”*