Time Rikama

> *"How can Time be so abundant, so plentiful, and yet the most valuable treasure of all?" - Aaron Ashbourne*
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Time was one of the first Rikamas to roam the Earth. Rumoured to be the first child of the Existence, Time entered the world to ensure the planet would spin, and give the creatures of the land the ability to distinguish between day and night. Time takes its roots in the Afterworld- albeit barely- as it partially bleeds into Zerospace.

### Guardian

The Time Guardian Kronak, dubbed Divinix of Orbit, is one of the largest and oldest Guardians. Little is known or recorded about its origin, but from what is written, Kronak was dubbed with the task of separating the days and nights. It would ensure the planet would never slow its spin by keeping a watchful eye on the life cycle of Turoc’s surrounding nature. The aged reptilian stretches around fifty metres tall, a cracked and withered turtle shell broad across its back. It has an unusually elongated neck and tilted skull, meaning Kronak’s head cannot look down, and its snout always points towards the heavens. It is bipedal, elephant-like feet on the rear, and small, clawed upper appendages. Kronak has been weathered by the ages, and moves incredibly slowly. Its eyes are kind and wise.

### Civilisation

Jarjin, loosely translating to ‘land’s basin’, was a large indented crater that spanned over 500 miles to the south of Kronax’s only mountain range. Widely believed to be the birthplace of the beast of Time, Kronax’s first civilisation was built in the centre of the sacred crater, as well as its temple overseeing its edge. Most of the temple’s materials used stone from the land, carved partially into the crater wall- but some marble from neighbouring land masses were used to coat the floors of the temple, and integral parts of the main chamber. The use of ‘x’ in early Kronai language indicates ‘multiple of’, and as such the early society dubbed the land mass ‘Kronax’- under the guise they were all united under their Guardian.

### Events of The Imbalance

Kronak was heavily affected by The Imbalance. Instabilities in the flow of time itself surrounded its temple site, and while the Guardian itself was not hostile, seasons stopping and starting at random caused the crops to wither and a mass famine to hit Jarjin. Wiped out by disease and starvation, and in their reluctance, Kronak was stabbed multiple times by the village’s swords and spears, and laid to rest in the temple site’s main chamber. Kronak’s Rikama bled out, bringing stability back to its society- but after having lost their god, Jarjin’s faith in Time vanished within two generations. A boulder was placed across the temple fifty years after its sealing, but shortly after, the temple site was subject to a mass landslide, and the entirety of Jarjin’s crater was buried. In the present day, Kronak still continues to sleep in the rubble.

### Abilities, uses, and dimensional anchor

[kronax's blessing/natural abilities]

In modern technology, the Time Rikama’s powers are incredibly influential, but the energy required makes it impossible to upkeep for long. The Rikama, when infused with area-of-effect weapons or generators, has the power to highlight a radial distance and freeze, slow, or rewind its contents in time. Although the current technology only allows this response for a few seconds at most, when resumed to normal, the selected area’s flow of time functions out-of-sync with the outside. This response can also be applied to the velocity of small objects, ie bullets. Time struggles to use its Rikama on other human beings.

In terms of where the Time Rikama sits on the Dimensional Spectrum, Time takes its roots in the Afterworld- albeit barely- as it partially bleeds into Zerospace. This unique anchoring on the cusp of two dimensions gives its Rikama an astounding ability of perception, and higher understanding. It is representative of stability, awareness, and routine.