Taiyn Avis

**Taiyn Avis** is the Alivuin God of Darkness. He is the main opposition to Nalantil, Goddess of Light, and the creator to many dark creatures that prowl Erdyn. Succeeding the events that led to his eventual defeat, Taiyn Avis fled to the Underworld, effectively becoming an disembodied spirit of divine energy.

## History

The essence of Taiyn Avis was created when the Primordial God Wirath split his soul into two in an effort in creating new life, resulting in Taiyn himself and his opposite, Nalantil. When it first came into contact with humans, Taiyn Avis and his personality was given form as a God of Darkness while his twin inherited the title of Light and his corresponding personality. While the two considered each other siblings, their spheres of influence led to them opposing each other in a war of ideals and morals. The fighting first began when the dragon Arumar was captured by Taiyn Avis to use as a power source for creating an army of monsters.

Taiyn and his army was challenged by Nalantil and her divine alliance of gods and heroes, forcing him to create the darklings and mass-produced pseudo-dragons which evened the odds. In the days before the fighting slowed to a crawl, Nalantil forged an alliance with Karai Enyula, Taiyn's daughter and Goddess of the Dead. Wishing to stop the conflict, Nalantil and her alliance was augmented with an army of the dead which finally brought Taiyn Avis to defeat. After suffering from a fatal strike, Taiyn's body was destroyed just as he abandoned it and was banished into the Underworld.

While he managed to escape his pursuers, he was critically wounded and forced to exile himself within the Underworld where he would feed on lost souls.

## Personality

Although aligns with evil, he believes there should be balance between good and evil with no one side being superior for too long, but not willing to accept complacency and will act when he believes he can stir competition. To strive for this balance, he hypocritically often breaks it when he believes that "good" has become to powerful.

## Powers & Abilities

As a primordial god, Taiyn Avis is an exceptionally powerful god before his defeat at the hands his other half, resulting in him being considered mid-level. As a god, Taiyn Avis is an immense supply of magic energy and a vast degree of knowledge that allows him to conduct powerful rituals and spells.

* **Immortality**: Taiyn Avis has a potentially indefinite lifespan that makes him immune to the effects of ageing and non-divine illness and diseases. After his defeat, Taiyn's body was destroyed which leaved him as a non-corporeal mass of energy that surrounds his soul. While weakened, he is still invulnerable to all forms of mortal attacks and can only be killed or injured through divine means, or power that rivals it.

* **Creation**: After he studied Arumar sufficiently, he was able to create lesser dragons and bend them to his will. He did something similar with the Darklings following to augment his own forces.

* **Shapeshifting**: Taiyn Avis makes extensive use of shapeshifting in order to better understand the mechanics that his creations may be limited by. He can mimic other beings nearly perfectly, with this ability being flawless if he has access to the soul of the being he is masquerading as.

* **Magic:** Taiyn Avis possesses incredible magical power that allows him to enact spells and rituals that mortals would never be able to comprehend. As he had gathered great knowledge and fed off Arumar's essence, he is capable of feats that rival Chief Gods.
	+ **Curses**: While he fought the war against the divine alliance, Taiyn Avis had developed a powerful curse that can turn even other gods insane, as he did to Tamirai.