Ananke

**Ananke** (Ancient Greek: **Ἀνάγκη**) sometimes known as Mother Time, formerly known as the **Grim Reaper**, is the primordial personification of necessity and inevitability. She is a lesser primordial who can see all of time and the inevitable, inescapable, and grim future. She works to make sure that what is meant to happen always happen across the Multiverse.

*Ananke is based on Ananke/Necessitas from Greco-Roman Mythology*

*This article is about the former Grim Reaper, Ananke, you may be looking for a different Grim Reaper*

## Physical Description

Ananke is a large necessity-based Primordial Entity with a massive, amorphous, grey and red body that cannot be comprehended by lower life forms. In her true form, she has no face or other discernable features. She is sexless but self identifies as a woman, and uses a female Avatar to interact with the world. Ananke's Avatar is a thin and ghostly pale woman with glowing pale red eyes, long and wavy silver-grey hair. Her Avatar appears to be constantly crying,

## Biography

### Early Life

#### Goddess of Destiny

Chronos was the fifth born child and third born daughter of the Goddess of the Abyss, Khaos. She was formed from the Dark Energy as an embodiment of fate and necessity. Unlike her siblings, and thanks to her special connection to the multiverse, Ananke already knew who and what she was, as well as her purpose. As the godness of Necessity, she was struck with eternal sadness and guilt knowing all of the bad things to come, but unable to fix anything.

#### Holiest Matrimonies

Ananke was in attendance for Gaia and Ouranos' wedding, however, she was far from happy with their union, already knowing how it will end. She and her twin brother, Chronos, also approached Phanes some time after the wedding and had a secret ceremony uniting the two.

### Starting a Family

#### Leaving the Pantheon

Knowing about the impending Titanomachy, Ananke, accompanied by her husband Chronos, left their family in favor of the Temporal Plane where they made their new home. From the Temporal Plane, Ananke guided fate across the Multiverse.

#### Mother Time

Ananke and Chronos eventually settled in the Citadel of Time and had several children together, specifically the twelve hours, the Horae. Ananke's daughters help manage the flow of time by embodying the hours.

### Grim Reaper

#### Goddess of Fate

With Azrael, the Angel of Death, only being allowed to kill whomever Yahweh tells him to, the rest of the Multiverse fell short. People across the Multiverse were essentially immortal unless God said otherwise. To keep everything in balance, Ananke took it upon herself to correct these wrongs, and cause death in the Multiverse.

She employed the daughters of Erebus and Nyx, known as the Fates. The three Moirai, under Ananke's command, measured Threads of Life and snipped the threads of those who had come to a natural end, allowing Ananke to deliver their soul to a Dead World. The Goddesses of Fate continued to do this for billions of years.

Several millennia of causing the deaths of innocents took its toll on Ananke. Despising the killing of others and only continuing to uphold the natural order. Ananke fell into a depression but continued to do her part until Thanatos took the mantle of Grim Reaper.

### Necessity of Time

#### Prince of Time

In an attempt to cheer Ananke up, she and Chronos had another child together, this time a son. Aeon was a primordial unlike his sisters and was the embodiment of the year. He was a new pride and joy of Ananke who, while still permanently crying, got better.

## Personality

Ananke, the goddess embodying necessity, fate, and destiny, bears the weight of a cosmic burden that transcends time and existence. She is the embodiment of Necessity itself, serving as the first Grim Reaper and the leader of the Moirai—a position that carries profound implications for the natural order of the universe.

Unlike her siblings, Ananke was acutely aware of her purpose upon her birth, a destiny irrevocably entwined with the fabric of time. To preserve the delicate balance of existence, she assumed the mantle of the first Grim Reaper, a role she reluctantly embraced for the sake of cosmic necessity.

Recognizing the magnitude of her task, Ananke appointed the Fates to aid her in maintaining the order of destiny. However, this path led her down a dark descent into depression, haunted by the weight of foreseeing all of time and witnessing its inevitable conclusion.

Even as Thanatos assumed the mantle of Grim Reaper, Ananke persisted as a Psychopomp, guiding souls to the afterlife. Her dedication to maintaining balance and order transcended personal comfort, reflecting a deep sense of responsibility that surpassed the confines of her own well-being.

Amidst the shadows of her cosmic duty, Ananke found a glimmer of joy in the form of a child, born of her union with her husband Chronos. This newfound pride and joy became a source of solace, briefly alleviating the weight of her depression and providing a semblance of happiness in the vast expanse of her existence.

In essence, Ananke's character is a poignant exploration of the complexities of necessity and cosmic responsibility. Her journey unfolds as a deity who, despite grappling with the melancholy of her role, remains steadfast in upholding the natural order. The interplay of duty, sacrifice, and fleeting moments of joy weaves a narrative that delves into the profound depths of her existence as the guardian of fate and destiny.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Protogenoi Physiology:** Ananke is the fifth eldest of the Protogenoi, the Primordial Classical Deities. She is a massive and powerful primordial embodiment of Procreation.
	+ **Transcendence:** Like all Protogenoi, Ananke exists above all Timelines and Universes as the only version of himself in existence. This is especially so as Ananke is a temporal goddess.
		- **Fate Embodiment:** Ananke is the true, primordial embodiment of fate, destiny, and necessity of the whole Multiverse. As the chief fate goddess she can manipulate the destinies of all lesser lifeforms but chooses to make sure destiny plays out as it is meant to.
			* **Clairvoyance:** As the goddess of fate, Ananke is knowledgeable of everything around her, as she already knows everything that can or will happen. She is unable to be snuck up on or attacked without her knowledge.
			* **Precognition:** Similarly, Ananke is aware of everything that will happen in all of time and space, and even has knowledge of things that could happen. Her Precognitive abilities are far more advanced than other seers, inadvertently leaving her in a state of depression.
			* **Fixed Point Creation:** A part of being the embodiment of necessity, is being connected to all Fixed Points in Time. She can not only change Fixed Points, but can also add or remove them entirely. On top of this, Ananke has the power to force lesser lifeforms to follow fixed points.
	+ **Omnifarious:** The Protogenoi have no true physical form, Ananke is no exception. To interact with the material world, Ananke creates an female humanoid Avatar. This Avatar is a complete fabrication of Ananke's subconscious and can look like whatever she wants it too.
		- **Wing Manifestation:** Ananke often forms large wings on her back which can be brought out and hidden from view at will.
			* **Flight:** She uses her wings to quickly traverse the Universe from the skies.
	+ **Immortality:** Ananke is well over 30 billion years old and is still in her prime despite the outward age of his Avatar. She was born an adult and has not aged physically since, as she is incapable.
	+ **Atemporality:** Ananke, like all Multversal Entities, is immune to shifts in time and time based magic. She is unable to be frozen in time and will not forget all that happens in alternate timelines and temporal shifts, even if they are erased.
	+ **Nigh-Invulnerability:** Especially since her Avatar is not her actual body, it is nearly impossible, if possible at all, to harm Ananke and her true form is all but invincible to physical attacks.

## Facilities

* **Temporal Plane:**
	+ **Citadel of Time:**

## Relationships

* Protogenoi
	+ Gaia - Sister
	+ Tartaros - Brother
	+ Phanes - Brother
	+ Erebus - Brother
	+ Nyx - Sister
	+ Chronos - Brother and Husband
	+ Physis - Sister
	+ Ouranos - Nephew
	+ Aeon - Son
* Horae - Daughters
	+ Auge
	+ Anatolia
	+ Musica
	+ Gymnasia
	+ Lavatia
	+ Mesembria
	+ Sponde
	+ Elete
	+ Cypris
	+ Hesperis
	+ Dysis
	+ Arctus

Allies* Thanatos/Grim Reaper
* Grim Reapers
* Moirai - Subordinates
	+ Clotho
	+ Lachesis
	+ Atropos
	+ Oceanus
	+ Coeus
	+ Crius
	+ Hyperion
	+ Iapetus
	+ Kronos
	+ Theia
	+ Rhea
	+ Themis
	+ Mnemosyne
	+ Phoebe
	+ Tethys
* Olympians
* Keres
* Karma/Dark One - Situational Ally

## Trivia

* Ananke was acting a the Grim Reaper in Thanatos' stead before he was born.