The Little Men

**The Little Men of Can’-Ka No Rey** also known as **The Pygmies** are inhumans initially born from the blood of the Little Man but after many generations and a mass genocide, they would grow very distant from their first ancestor until they eventually began to serve under JX4.

## Origins

During the Little Man's ascension into a Great One, his blood would spill across the ground, eventually blossoming into a crimson field known as the Can'-Ka No Rey or Akeldama. From the field, the very first of The Little Men were be born with inherited lesser powers and abilities stemming from their old blood.

The first of the Little Men would eventually father their own kin, and after hundreds of generations, their numbers would come to be incredibly large, all while continuing to contain amounts of the Little Man's old blood.

## Genocide

Given their connection with the Little Man, The original Little Men were considered vile bloods and a threat towards JX4, ultimately resulting in their mass genocide. The majority of The Little Men were consequently exterminated and the only survivors were distant generations of Little Men containing only trace amounts of old blood.

The Little Man genocide was felt across the universe as the Little Man mourned their deaths despite his status as a Great One and general disconnection from them. The genocide would also play a large part in the furthering of the Little Man's burning hatred toward JX4.

## Apostles of JX4

With the survival of distant ancestors of the Little Man, JX4 would instead show mercy and coerce them into servitude as an insult to their first ancestor, who they had little admiration for. These "new" Little Men understood their vile blood but were granted salvation from JX4 and slowly convinced to hate the Little Man who now longer even considered them his kin.

Moving forward, The Little Men developed a new fierce loyalty to JX4 even after its usurpation in 2009. Many of them who had shape shifting abilities as a result of traces vile blood within them, took on the forms of past JX4 members in an act of remembrance and devotion. In fact, new Little Men bore almost no resemblance to their old ancestors, cementing their abandonment of the Little Man.

## Little Men Incident

In 2011, during The House's golden age, Karim Nakad would unexpectedly encounter a group of Little Men during a covert operation in what would simply be referred to as the Little Men Incident. After successfully being able to fend off the small group of inhumans, one was captured by Karim to be secretly analyzed and understood back at his lab.

Through this incident and various "eldritch experiments" Karim was able realize truths surrounding the universe such as the presence of Great Ones and The Little Man, permanently scaring his mind while also founding a burning desire to attain omnipresence through ascension. Additionally, utilizing the trace amounts of extracted old blood, Karim was able to foresee events such as The Great Split and The House's destruction. Inadvertently, The Little Men Incident resulted in a major element in The House's downfall, that being Karim's "ascension" and achievement of omnipresence.