Zetna Siacen

Zetna Siacen is the current and original Angel of Agony, who overpowered one of the Old Gods during The Collapse.

## Appearance

Zetna is quite tall, with a slim but muscular build. He has blond hair and piercing red eyes which are usually narrowed in disgust when not complementing a sardonic smile. Every inch of his skin is covered in white scars, and he's frequently seen with nails sticking out of his body.

He wears a sleeveless black robe with gold trim and matching boots and trousers. A bag of nails sits at his hip. While fighting, he holds a seven-bladed flail called Guilt.

## Personality

Zetna is incapable of love or compassion and is only motivated by his own goals. He finds most people repulsive and treats them with disdain, viewing them "like flies" that he will not hesitate to kill if they inconvenience him. He does not consider such murders to be sinful because in his eyes, those he kills are unrepentant degenerates. He believes himself to be truly free of sin.

Zetna holds that the only way to absolve oneself of sin is by blood, almost viewing it in a transactional manner: "blood is the price one pays to indulge in sin." Nothing, however, is more vile to Zetna than the idea of "self-forgiveness." To him, it is the ultimate sin of pride to claim the right to be one's own judge.

Zetna is at least capable of seeing a slight degree of nuance. Although to him all humans are sinners undeserving of life, he will only go out of his way to hex or kill the most depraved among them.

## History

Following The Great Separation, Zetna quickly became one of the most powerful magic users in the world. He saw how the sins of those around him brought the world to its knees during The Collapse and raged against the gods for their inaction. He resolved to be the one to bring them the punishment he felt they deserved. To this end, he subjugated the Old God of Agony.

Although shortly after, Amelaset erased his and all others' memory of magic, Zetna retained the power granted by his essence; however, it was of little use as his body was severely disfigured and rendered nearly immobile after his battle with the Old God of Agony. [EDIT] used it to rampage unchecked across the world for decades. During this rampage, he killed the original Angel of Death, causing his Aspect to take root in a random soul - the event which led to the creation of the cult Salvation's Hand. Over his centuries-long life, Zetna's rage has abetted, but he never lost his hatred for humanity or the feeling that they all get away with far too much.

## Abilities

### Agony

The essence of Agony manifests for Zetna in the following ways:

**The Contrapasso Hexes:** Zetna can inflict hexes which correspond to the sins he perceives in his victims:

**Hex of Gluttony:** Anything the bearer attempts to eat or drink will be vomited back up in seconds, dooming them to a slow death by starvation and dehydration.

**Hex of Wrath:** Any harm the bearer of this hex inflicts upon others will also be inflicted upon them.

**Hex of Pride:** Blocks all positive memories others have of the bearer, leaving only memories of their flaws and mistakes to shape others' impressions of them.

**Hex of Lust:** Afflicts the bearer with physical deformities and diseases, turning their body into a hideous mass of oozing sores incapable of experiencing carnal pleasures.

**Hex of Sloth:** Blocks the bearer from sleeping. Causes a slow descent into insanity and eventual death. Until then, they will never rest.

**Hex of Greed:** Inlays a sphere of pure Caborium (an extremely rare and valuable precious metal) in the forehead of the bearer, placing them at the mercy of others' greed.

**Hex of Envy:** Blocks all memories of the bearer, leaving them unable to use magic, helpless, confused, and terrified; for their envy, they shall be pitied.

### Ritual Magic

**Corrupted Form:** A ritual Zetna undertook sometime before The Collapse which allows him to modify his physical form at will. He can grow extra limbs, claws, and animal body parts, as well as rearrange and modify his skeletal structure, giving him incredible speed, strength, and agility.

What the ritual itself entailed is unknown as Zetna refuses to speak of it, making it the only thing he seems ashamed of.

**Divine Intervention:** A ritual perfected by Zetna over his unnaturally long life. Allows him to survive and immediately regenerate after receiving fatal damage. The ritual requires at least one human sacrifice, and each sacrifice increases the amount of damage he can take. It also stacks with itself, so that if he performs the ritual once with three sacrifices and once with one, it will take damage capable of killing five people to kill him (four from the rituals + his own life).

Zetna began work on the ritual shortly after his battle with the Old God of Agony, which left him weak and disfigured.

## Scratch

"Blood is the price one pays to indulge in sin. To sin without paying the price is theft. It's an affront to the natural order."