Selkram

Selkram is the god of time. Unlike the other gods who have become powerful by amassing followers, Selkram receives magical energy from the negative emotions of prophecy receivers.

## Appearance

In his earthly form, Selkram takes the shape of a faceless, male human. Rather than flesh, his body is made of a solid blue light and radiates with magical energy. He has no distinguishable features, save the few small blue flames that appear and disappear throughout his body at random short time intervals. He floats in mid-air.

His voice sounds as if three male voices were speaking simultaneously, and reverberates throughout an entire area.

## Personality

Selkram is confident in his abilities, and because of the power he's gained over his lifetime, considers many others as below him. He equates his appearance before mortals as a blessing to them, and believes that they should gaze upon his being with admiration. Given that he has absorbed spirits from the magical plane, he seems to value his own gain over the harm of those that he considers insignificantly weak.

Arraka states that she doesn't take him as the cowardly type, yet he has run away from her twice.

## History

### Arraka's Exile from the Magical Plane

It is unknown how long the God of Time has lived, but his earliest known involvements deal with Arraka's banishment from the magical plane five thousand years ago. During this time, Arraka began absorbing female spirits to grow in power, some of which were Selkram's friends. In order to stop her, Selkram allied himself with other powerful spirits, including Memphir, the God of Fate, and Ulruk, the God of Death. Their efforts led to a stalemate, and the gods endeavored to gather more followers. However, seeing that it would be impossible overcome Arraka's absorption rate, they decided to banish her from their realm. Using the Magium, Memphir exiled her to the earthen plane. To prevent future absorption incidents, all the current female spirits of the civilized races, as well as any new ones, would face the same fate.

In reality, these female spirits were no more dangerous than the others. After their first battle against Arraka ended in a stalemate, Selkram and Ulruk themselves began to absorb spirits that were similar to them in aura. But because their spells were imperfect, their voices retained remnants of the absorbed spirits, and resembled several male voices speaking simultaneously. Neither of them attempted the spell again after the first few failures. This was kept secret from the other spirits.

### The Still Winter

Roughly six hundred years ago, Selkram visited Eleya and Eiden when they received their prophecy. His involvement with the still winter is unknown, besides his reunion with Arraka after she fused with Therius, the leader of the stillwaters during the war. This would be the second time he had run away from their unfinished duel, the first being her banishment from the magical plane.

## Relationships

### The Gods of Fate and Death

While Selkram allied himself with both Memphir and Ulruk to banish Arraka, he is close with neither of them in the current era. Memphir doesn't associate with him. Ulruk is distrustful of Selkram, whom he fears might steal his followers, as the God of Time has none of his own.

## Abilities

### Time Magic

Having titled himself the 'God of Time', Selkram naturally specializes in time magic.

* **Time Trials**: by hijacking a time weaver during a prophecy deliverance, he can send the prophecy's receivers into time trials. They are built to elicit as as much negative emotions as possible, which can then be converted into magical energy. Selkram uses this as his primary means of gaining power.
* **Manipulation of the Time Weaver**: while he is associated with one, he is also able to reverse time. He is also able to release time weavers from their trances by waving a hand in front of their faces.

### Other

* **Aura Manipulation Technique**: using the pressure of his aura, he is able to force his opponents to the ground with enough weight to rupture their internal organs.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Book 2 Chapter 11
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Book 2 Chapter 6
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Book 3 Chapter 1