Erith Fortaare

Erith Fortaare

Fortaare Leader

***"The man who refuses to judge, who neither agrees nor disagrees, who declares that there are no absolutes and believes that he escapes responsibility, is the man responsible for all the blood that is now spilled in the world. Reality is an absolute, existence is an absolute, a speck of dust is an absolute and so is a human life. Whether you live or die is an absolute. Whether you have a piece of bread or not, is an absolute. Whether you eat your bread or see it vanish into a looter's stomach, is an absolute. There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil. The man who is wrong still retains some respect for truth, if only by accepting the responsibility of choice. But the man in the middle is the knave who blanks out the truth in order to pretend that no choice or values exist, who is willing to sit out the course of any battle, willing to cash in on the blood of the innocent or to crawl on his belly to the guilty, who dispenses justice by condemning both the robber and the robbed to jail, who solves conflicts by ordering the thinker and the fool to meet each other halfway. In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit. In that transfusion of blood which drains the good to feed the evil, the compromise is the transmitting rubber tube..."***

## ***— Erith, Goddess of Dark***

*Erith is the God of Darkness, the great and horrible forebear of the Fortaare clan. He is a controlling, doting parent - Keeping tabs on his children constantly, and revelling in their recounted trials and tribulations to him. However, for all the gifts he gives, and the praise he showers upon success, he just as harshly punishes disobedience. To break trust or loyalty to Erith is to wish for a fate worse than death, if his offspring do not find out before him. The Darkened Patron is the master of the Void, and the source of the Fortaare clan’s Dark Divinity.*

Through his blood, they hold the gift to wash away the Divinity of Hiraeth, and by his command, they will do just that, until the world is once again dark, and cold. He has had just over 100 years to let his desire for vengeance against Reesis grow, as well as his madness - But, he has also been able to plan, and now seeks to walk the lands once more as a living God among the people of this world. If his children cannot wipe clean the filth and noise that has grown on Hiraeth, then he will help them do it himself.

## **Personality**

Erith's original personality when he was known as a human and beautifully charismatic than when compared to his later self. His later self is stated by Reesis to be much more stoic, composed, almost lifeless, and almost always looking bored, the reason being that he had supposedly purged himself of the seven vices (this "purging" seems to have been incomplete, since he acts in sinful manners that reflect the seven vices).

For the most part, he is menacing, dark, and foreboding, though he didn't have traces of humanity, until the fortaare clan was founded, Erith shows a somewhat comical, lighter side to his personality, similar to that of a evil god, but almost immediately after switches back to his very serious demeanor. Although this change may have been due to the presence of his abilities within him.

Erith is also narcissistic, callous, merciless, pitiless, egotistical, megalomaniacal, deeply selfish, and believes that everyone around him are nothing but tools to be used as part of his plans. The only exceptions to this may be his clan Fortaare "children", as Reesis had stated during their battle that one of the reasons he had created them was because he wanted a family of his own, hence his title of *Father*, a fact which annoys him but which he also does not deny. The Fortaare personalities vicariously reveal more about Erith, since, as he tells them himself, they were born out of his own vices, as well as the subconscious emotions that drove them, and everything they feel he has felt himself. This is particularly true of half of the fortaare. Erith desire for possessions was really an attempt to escape the loneliness and desire for close friends he felt deep down, whilst his grandiose hatred of humans covered up a deep-seated inferiority complex and envy of humans, particularly their sense of emotional intimacy, and his great disdain of the human race covers a certain lack of self-reverence. These revelations suggest that deep down, part of what Erith wanted to purge was his own unbearable loneliness and jealousy that humans had each other for social, emotional, and physical support whilst he was originally the only Fortaare on Earth. Since he could not be like or part of the human race, and since he feels done with the sickening social deprivation he suffered through for what he felt was too long a time, he resolved to break free of the flask that prevented him from having physical contact with people, and to shun all the "burdensome" feelings he previously desired- longing for experiencing intimate physical and familial companionship with other people- as "inferior" by going for what he deems infinitely greater- the power to chaotically abolish the physical laws imposed upon everything.

His thirst for power seems to be the only thing more important to him other than himself, noted when he does not hesitate to abandon his fortaare "son's" in exchange for resupplying his dark divinity or to absorb them into his body to resupply it. Also, though he considers the them to be his children, he never expressed grief for any of their demises. Erith has also stated that he feels no such hatred or contempt towards humans. He confesses to Reesis that he merely sees humans as nothing more than stepping stones for himself, explaining his outright indifference and apathy towards them.

Despite his normally calm, brooding personality, he is shown to be extremely excited when his plans finally come together, showing a wicked, gleefully evil side to his personality, as he was giggling with delight as the darkness to a effect of area. When outside of his god body and revealing his true form, he is often seen with a sadistic and homicidal grin.

## **Backstory**

Erith is the God of Darkness, the great and horrible forebear of the Fortaare clan. He is a controlling, doting parent - Keeping tabs on his children constantly, and reveling in their recounted trials and tribulations to him. However, for all the gifts he gives, and the praise he showers upon success, he just as harshly punishes disobedience. To break trust or loyalty to Erith is to wish for a fate worse than death, if his offspring do not find out before him. The Darkened Patron is the master of the Void, and the source of the Fortaare clan’s Dark Divinity. Through his blood, they hold the gift to wash away the Divinity of Hiraeth, and by his command, they will do just that, until the world is once again dark, and cold. He has had just over 100 years to let his desire for vengeance against Reesis grow, as well as his madness - But, he has also been able to plan, and now seeks to walk the lands once more as a living God among the people of this world. If his children cannot wipe clean the filth and noise that has grown on Hiraeth, then he will help them do it himself.

Like Reesis he was born on Earth also in the same country of Japan, he died in prison after murdering over 22 people before he got caught. Strangely enough he was given a second chance at life born into one of the most evil and tarnished clans in the world of Hiraeth. He noticed his strength from the moment he could open his eyes and already decided to get as strong as possible, unlike everyone else he was aware of the Gods and afterlife of the world due to the fact that his clan made a pact with a very powerful devil from the lower realm. As time passed he met a girl from the Elyenora Clan, and straightaway he noticed her pure strength along with her clan skills and for the first time in his life he was scared for his life, his skin crawling and his body shaking. That’s when he decided that this clan was in his way and they couldn’t exist anymore, manipulating Reesis and tricking her in many different ways. Once he got close enough and got the strongest member out of the way he took out each member of the clan in the most vile way possible with the widest smile on his face, this was the event they call the “Massacre Of The Elyenora” and it was what put the Fortaare clan on the map before the Zero Age hit. Many years later Erith rose to Godhood and became the ruler of the land of Hiraeth, reshaping the world in his image, unfortunately he had to watch his clan die off due to old age but he ruled over the world all the same - Until Reesis rose to Godhood during the Zero Age. Erith was fearful and surprised at the immense growth she made even while she was drowned in darkness and having to fight off his corruption. In the end Reesis couldn’t kill him but she managed to seal him away in a Mortal Body that the Divine Council sent down to her as they watched this fight take place. Now after 103 years he has awakened once more ready to take back what was his but this time with a different image of the world in mind, putting him, his goal and his clan first.