Watcher from Beyond

## Watcher from Beyond( *Great Old One*)

Mark of Reynac

Reynac

The Watcher from Beyond is a Great Old One of immense power that exists in the Plane of Shadow but manifests directly through patrons of his power. He was a beholder who, through death and traversing the space between stars, became an entity of immense arcane power.

## Description

Reynac is seen as a scaly red beholder with a ruptured central eye that wears a helm-like crown. In his central eye socket, a crystal of pink and purple magic floats where an iris would be. He has a number of horns around his jaw and an extremely long tongue. Some statues of Reynac are depicted with a triangle at the bottom portion of the jaw or mouth and others still with secondary mouths on the sides of Reynac's orb.

## Worshippers

As a Great Old One, Reynac is relatively young when compared to others. Cults of Reynac are practically non-existent in Urz, but a number of individual worshippers who have been seen by the Watcher from Beyond and granted his power will keep information and lore concerning him close to the chest. It is known by these adherents that the Reynacist path is to observe and to understand, not to directly interfere unless no other alternative can be seen.

### Reynac's Pact

When a warlock forms a pact with the Watcher from Beyond, a crown of eyes and flesh forms directly over the creature's head. This crown is invisible to all, even the warlock, but can be seen by normal magics and means that pierce through invisibility. The more important the warlock is to Reynac, the more crowns appear above the wearer, oscillating inside one another like a macabre orrery of eyes and flesh. This crown is called a herald and it has its own personality, which it changes to best suite the warlock it acts as liaison for Reynac to.

As an option for the Warlock's Otherworldly Patron, Reynac can be used with the Great Old One, Undead, or Undying options. For a Warlock's Pact Boon option, Reynac's preferred boon is Pact of the Tome.

## History

### Early Life

Reynac was born of a Hive Mother in a section of the Multiverse called the Shattered Planes, which are segments of malformed existences that are loosely tethered to the Unending Spiral. In the realm in which he lived, he ruled north of the Thundering Fields in Watcher's Cliff. He was worshipped as a deity and followed as a monarch. He rarely left his throne room. As his kingdom started to turn against him, he had his most loyal entombed with him and turned into potent undead, and then had himself sealed away to be left alone and unbothered.

His throne room was discovered by a cleric, mage, and bladesinger who used cunning to kill Reynac. His ghost lingered in his throne room, until more wanderers entered his throne room. Reynac offered his powers to a blonde-haired elf in their number and a pact was formed between the two. After binding himself to the elf, Reynac was taken on a number of grand adventures, until ultimately the elf warlock fell into a fold in the realm and was shunted into the Phlogiston. Reynac was dependent on the elf, so he used his powers to keep him alive and to gather powers to strengthen himself. In this space, Reynac came unto himself as a Great Old One, and the elf became not only his most powerful servant but the key to his survival.

### The Binding

A scholar named Fionna Woods found a strange scroll in the Grand Library of Nock one day and, without consulting her betters, read the material on the page. It was slightly difficult to decipher, but as she made her way halfway through reading it she realized it was a ritual she was performing. Even if she had wanted to, she would not have been able to not finish it. Upon completion, Fionna felt as if she was being watched. That was because Reynac could see her and he used his vast power to move from where he was to the world of Urz. In his movements, he lost the elf somewhere in this Material Plane. He found himself connected to this new world, but he was locked within the Plane of Shadow because his nature was that of a once-living creature. So, he sent a herald to Fionna, that would later become known as Seymour.

The elf was still empowered with Reynac's favor, but he learned he was no longer bound to serve as he was before. He would start trying to find power enough to return back to the stars. In this effort, he would gain a reputation as The Renegade, a warlock who went against the nature and order of magic on Urz. Reynac sent heralds to other beings in the world in an effort to combat The Renegade, with warlocks such as Aedilhum and Peepers and others who have since fallen in combat.

### Reynac's Second Death

The Renegade found himself within a space called Sifford's Crypt in search of a power he could feel. Reynac found that he could slip into this space and form a body for himself. With this new flesh, he would devour The Renegade and no longer have his power siphoned by one who would not work towards his preferred ends. Reynac and The Renegade met within the innermost chamber of the Crypt, where The Renegade took up the Sword of Ultimate Sorcery and lanced out Reynac's central eye, killing the physical body. The power of the Sword was so strong that Reynac's eye in the Plane of Shadow was also ruptured. As Reynac tried to focus his power to heal this cosmic wound, he instead crystalized pure power in the cavity, which now floats inside and gleams with a pink and purple light. Reynac understands that The Renegade is bound within the Crypt, but does not underestimate that if anyone were to escape a certain fate, it would be him.

He is now directing all those who have formed a pact with him to converge upon The Renegade and do whatever they can in their power to destroy The Renegade, or to at least destroy all of his agents in the world so that his goals cannot be realized.