The Great Runas

The door to The Great Runas's residence atop its transportation device

**The Great Runas** is a well-known god-like entity. It was first mentioned in *Temptation Stairway*. The Great Runas is never outright seen, but its residence is full of landscapes and code that are larger on the inside than it looks on the outside.

## Appearance

The Great Runas is implied to be a god of some sort in the *ENA* universe, though its true appearance is never seen. Moony comments on Runas's appearance, stating that it "doesn't look all that handsome in person", implying that she was able to see Runas in order to make her wish in *Temptation Stairway*.

Instead of through a physical appearance, The Great Runas's residence is shown as a form of transportation, representing the deity in its place. While parading through the Overworld, it rides atop a large gray structure shaped like a boat with two legs. Decorating the structure are large, thorny vines sprouting purple roses. Mannequins can be seen climbing and falling off of the structure, attempting to reach The Great Runas itself.

The entrance to The Great Runas's residence appears as a large arch, similar in shape to a door. The outside of the arch contains jagged points. The space underneath the arch has an orange wall inside it. The face on the wall has a design of a pair of black, empty eyes with tears streaming down it. While parading, the arch also wears a black cape with a starry texture. In the Dead God Graveyard, the arch emits a faint blue glow, while its transportation device and cape are absent.

It is unclear if it will have a role in Season 2, even if the Mannequins will appear.

## Trivia

* The Great Runas appears to have religious significance in the *ENA* universe.
* The Great Runas is able to grant wishes, usually with negative or strange results.
* During a Twitch stream, Joel Guerra revealed that The Great Runas was originally named "The Big One".
	+ It was also stated that the name "The Big One" would likely be used later for a separate entity in one of Joel's works.
* As evident by the Dead God Graveyard's name and appearance, The Great Runas is a single alive god among many dead ones.
* The Great Runas and Volley are currently the only named characters present in the series who are not shown to have any audible voices themselves.

### Cultural references and inspirations

* The Great Runas's name might be a reference to the Windows command, "Run As". The command allows for a user to run programs with different permissions than their current login, which may be the inspiration for Runas's wish granting abilities and god-like status.
* The design of The Great Runas's transportation device and door, alongside other entities, was heavily inspired by Polish dystopian/surrealist artist Zdzisław Beksiński. Runas specifically appears to be based on two untitled paintings by the aforementioned artist.

#### El Señor de los Milagros

It is very likely that The Great Runas took inspiration from one of the more worshipped figures in Peru, known as *El Señor de los Milagros*. It is a painting of Christ who survived an earthquake in Lima, Peru in 1655, which is said to perform miracles (wishes) to those who reach to him. During October, believers in the millions gather on one of the most important and massive processions in the Christian world as he is taken out through Lima streets on a pedestal that looks like Runas's, decorated with flowers and purple motifs. *El Señor de los Milagros* is represented as a crying figure, which matches the representation of Runas as a crying pair of eyes on a wall. Also of note, Turrón de Doña Pepa is mainly sold during this celebration in his honor as it is a food with religious significance.

## Gallery

Full image of The Great Runas's residence.Concept drawings of characters for *Temptation Stairway* including The Great Runas's residence.Cover featuring The Great Runas's residence. Used for the cover of GOD RACE on METAROOM's SoundCloud.A back view of The Great Runas's residence while it walks around the Overworld.Runas's door in the Dead God Graveyard.A closer look at The Great Runas's door as it appears in the Dead God Graveyard.The Great Runas's door on a shirt."MAKE A WISH" shirt with Runas's door in the back.
## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/JoelGuerraC/status/1364371184381554696
2. ↑ https://youtu.be/rDYEQW2XKAk?t=11
3. ↑ https://ojobionico.ojo-publico.com/articulo/fernando-lino-procesion-del-senor-de-los-milagros-es-la-mas-importante-y-mas-grande-del-mundo/