Mator

Leviathan of destruction, chaos, and hunger; it is said he rests deep beneath the earth of Nibar after he was forced into a long sleep by the goddess Ona after the Great Feast within the Ether (often just called the Great Feast). He is one of the more powerful of the leviathans and one of the last as, after the Great Feast many were simply killed by the exusians but Ona spared him, for her own goals he would find out later on.

“Chaos is those who relish in the absurdity, Chaos is what guides the hand of the mad and the desperate, Chaos is the force that lays beyond the vision of the uninitiated, Chaos is forever those who create it.” - Theobold Gretch of the Order of the Devouring Hand (aka. The Cult of the Devouring Hand)

## General Information

### Titles

The AllconsumingThe DevourerThe One-who-whispersThe Hungry-oneThe Eyeless Cryer

### Portfolio

Chaos, greed, murder, power, servitude, slavery, revenge, vengence, order, death, hunger, trickery, deceit

### Common Symbol

Two hands cupped together with mouths on the palms

## Worship Information

### Worshippers

Hti Strixx, Chaos Races, Weak-willed humanoids

## Description

Being a leviathan, Mator is a being of innumerable size, a gargantuan but unmeasured he has an appearance akin to that of a massive skeleton several open maws litter the semi-fleshy body with the mouth on his face being widened to his chest appearing as if it is a bottomless hole. His eyes are matching pits to his mouth. This is his true form, but he has what many have deemed “Fake Forms” that he can project through illusion or into one’s mind.

### The One-who-whispers

A favored form of the Devourer, this form is far more tame than that of his true form as to put those whom he speaks to at a sort of ease while still intimidating them into accepting him into themself. The One-who-whispers is a being of huge size, its mouth can unhinge like a snake but far wider and a number of other mouths are placed on each shoulder, the base of the neck, the belly button, and on each palm; they move in tandem with the forms primary mouth amplifying its speech. The form prefers to wear just a simple pair of pants with ankle-high boots, allowing the mouths of his form to be in full view. As for the race the form takes, it often appears as either a Strixx or human with dark holes for eyes and a body covered in black ichor.

As for the habits of this form it is often used by Hungry-One to appear in individuals dreams, sometimes appearing during ones waking hours if they dose off and he prefers to make it seem as though the dream/vision is real; one may be attempting to fall asleep then feel a presence and open their eyes though in truth they have fallen asleep. It attempts to weaken an individual's confidence, moral, and ideals of the world; corrupting them over the course of several weeks, then worming its way into an agreement with the promise of better times, so long as they pledge servitude. While it prefers weakening strong individuals, it will also go after the already weak, unlucky, and corrupt to turn them onto its side.

### The Eyeless Cryer

A form of Mator that exemplifies the rage, sadness, and chaos that burns in the heart of the old leviathan. It is a strixx male (believed to resemble Mator before he was a leviathan, more on that in the mythology section) of pale blue skin and purple dragonfly-like wings, the ancient form of the strixx, its eyes are absent flat white spheres that act as a mirror into the soul of those who look within them. It has a constant flow of tears from the mirror eyes. The sound of crying women, children, and men in addition to the screaming of an extraplanar voice accompanies the form wherever it appears.

The Eyeless Cryer is often seen as an ill omen, appearing before a person before something extremely bad is to occur but then will appear again after the event; it is said looking into its eyes will cause one to the pain, sadness, and rage of Mator after his home realm of Udka’pei-qmel was destroyed by the goddess Zafrielia in an effort to stamp out the chaotic Hti strixx that conquered the planet and enslaved the native Dakfet race; this would be the event that would enable the exusians to make the ruling that they could not interfere in mortal means so long as a realm or the ether was not in danger of destruction.

## Servants

Beings that were created from the gods hunger, hate, or envy are also those that serve him. It is rare to see any of them as all are skilled in stealth in addition to having magical means of concealing themselves. One servant, Heqaj, is truly Mator’s son, born from a mortal woman who fell in love with the gods form of the One-who-whispers and so; through great effort; Mator blessed her with a baby boy, though this he would later know was a promise of her death to come.

### Heqaj

The son of Mator and a mortal woman named Khuura, Heqaj grew up on the realm of Xaekla knowing of his connection to the ether and the powers that came with it but with no guardian to contain him. After his mother was killed by the exusian Illa Everwon Heqaj went on a rampage of murder, torture, and rebellion against the Aabraz Empire until eventually being captured by Nurbier. After escaping containment, Mator, hearing of his son's deeds, made contact with him and commanded him to join his side; Heqaj saw the benefit of side with his father, the gain of power and knowledge and a larger sphere of influence. But still to this day Heqaj waits for the moment to strike back at his father, of course this is no secret to the devourer himself.

### The Followers-in-the-dark

An entity that acts an extension of Mator rather than exclusively a servant, it is semi-corporeal in the material realm and will follow an individual which might be a good target for Mator to corrupt. It is a thin and tall shadowy being with the skeletal face of a deer, Mator’s favored animal, and gangly silver-tipped fingers that burn coldly. It excels at stealth and perception, following an individual for weeks or months at a time while continuously sending information back to the Devourer through a constant mental connection.

## Personality

Mator is a force of intimidation, he uses the promise of a cosmic war to scare the weak of will to join his side and ultimately make this promise true. But he is not completely devoid of passion and kindness, though it shows itself in strange ways, Mator is caring of those who exemplify his values and shows this by being much, much harder on them; if they fail his tests and crumble under his criticism he withdraws in both attention and the amount of power he grants them.

While there are many different types of chaos; such as the chaos of the natural world, the chaos of a battlefield, etc.; Mator favors the type of chaos that dwells beyond the unknown and the vengeful type many deities shun one another for. He enjoys seeing such qualls and loves constructing them as true chaos is in the unpredictable and untamable forces of the world, force of which he enjoys slowly corrupting.

## Relationships

### Allies

#### Ona

Ona was tasked with killing Mator during the battle that was the Great Feast but chose to instead spare him for a reason that had not been revealed to him until several centuries later when she would begin working alongside the Order of the Devouring Hand and making contact with Mator in order to aid in his release.

#### Heqaj

Being his son, Mator has a certain leniency and so despite knowing of his son's goals to overthrow him he still considers him a useful ally; it helps that he doesn’t believe Heqaj would be able to defeat him in the first place.

Others

He is allied with various deities from the ancient and near forgotten Leviathan pantheon as well as gods and exusians from other pantheons who wish to take control of Xaekla.

### Enemies

#### Zafrielia

Mator holds a several millennium long grudge against the goddess for the destruction of his race, the Hti Strixx, and the decimation of his home realm of Udka’pei-qmel.

#### Illa Everwon

After she murdered his human lover, Khuura, Mator promised the goddess that he would ensure she be killed as well in the most painful and slow manner he could allow.

Other

Other enemies of his were the entire race of the Dakfet and their pantheon as well as those who allied themselves with them.

## Activities

Believed by some to be the creator of chaos on the realm of Xaekla and the reason the Chaotic races exist in the first place, Mator is often blamed for anything bad that happens that is on a nation-wide scale; there is a drought? Mator has whispered to the god of the waters and warped her mind so that she cannot properly perform her jobs; Though this is likely just superstitious belief. In truth the goals and activities of Mator are rarely known, his followers are carefully secretive while simultaneously sowing chaos whenever and wherever they can so as to weaken the forces of the exusians. Primarily, Mator acts through the Order of the Devouring Hand by communicating with the Speaker’s of the organization and giving them orders; but this happens only once ever several years as Mator is still regaining his strength after the death of his beloved Khuura.

In the down time between orders, worshippers dig their claws into polite society through means of trickery and bloodshed in order to ensure that in every place of power there is at least one member of the order so as to collect information on possible rituals and the like that could free their dark master.

## Divine Realm

Before Mator was confined deep beneath the surface of Xaekla, he was the owner of a divine realm known as the Quiet Fields. In Cosmic Web cosmology his realm was located within the realm of Uncharted Sands on one of its various moons (as a pocket dimension of sorts), though exactly which one is not known. The realm itself was a vast field that harbored no wind, weather, or beings with a sky the color of burning embers and grass the color of fresh snow. It was dead silent but for the sound of a quiet and rhythmic voice chanting in an ancient and dead language believed to be the language of the Hti Strixx. In the center of this vast field is a tower resembling architecture found in Hti Strixx ruins. It is made of iridescent glass, mithril, and Chuul Stone. The tower itself is inaccessible and so the interior is unknown as since the leviathan has been captured the realm is hard to access and the “doors” to his dwellings locked.

## Worshippers

The largest example of worship of Mator is the Order of the Devouring Hand, a fanatic group of murderer’s, thiefs, urchins and other undesirables of society which have been coerced or intimidated by the order or Mator himself into servitude of the Allconsuming. The exusians teachings of what many like to call “True Chaos” is the center of the organization and so the group has a structure of command but it is often ignored or trotted upon; for example it is common for a notable knight of the order to be killed by a lesser member who then is elevated in ranking. The only exception is the Speaker’s of the order, they stand outside the bounds of chaos and as such are treated with fealty and respect by those of lesser status as without the speaker’s Mator would have less ease communicating with his followers and subsequently the order.

Mator is commonly worshiped by those who descended from the few remaining Hti Stixx that remained after the destruction of their home-realm as many have been instilled with anger towards the other gods who did not stand up to Zafrielia. It is also common for him to be worshiped by orcs, goblinoids, and other Chaos races who enjoy his embodiment of chaotic order.

### Mythology and Beliefs

It is said by the races which live within the ether itself that Mator was not always a leviathan, not born into it like the others as Mator was in fact just a Strixx. A member of the noble Hti Strixx, Mator was transformed into a leviathan through his feelings of rage, sadness, and envy towards the exusians. Rage for none of the others stood up to Zarielia, Sadness for nearly all his people were wiped out, and Envy for he wished for the power to so easily destroy a realm, to wipe out a people. The welling of these emotions prompted a long and arduous transformation into what he is now and over the course of centuries he finally grew into his final form, the Devourer. Thus one of the forms, dedicated to what spurred his transformation, is him when he was mortal like any other though warped through his now changed eyes.

According to Nibarian superstition, those who look into the eyes of Mator’s form of the Eyeless Cryer are transformed into one of his mindless Followers-in-the-dark.

Deer are the favored animal of Mator because he likes the challenge of corrupting something so innocent, so pure in soul and heart that its eyes are filled with a soft sense of comfort. While the deer are his favorite of all he also favors panthers and tooga snakes.

### Dogma

* Show no mercy to those who would not show it to you.
* Power comes from strength and knowledge from both, the weak are meant to be stepped on.
* Chaos is a natural part of our world to attempt to be rid of it is to be rid of us all.
* Hold your tongue only to gain information or power, but when the time is right; or perhaps even wrong; let those you fell know your true nature.
* There is no good or evil, light or dark, right or wrong, only a sense of superiority we all chase; free yourself of this and you will see the truth of those around you.