Urizen the Old King

A Lovecraftian Eldritch Thing who schemes to subvert other powerful Eldritch Things

## Appearance

Urizen is a large, physically imposing Humanoid. His size eclipses most other Eldritch Things and common-sized Kaiju fits in the palm of his hand.
He seems to have a "base" physical body that has been long covered up by black branch and root-like projections which cover his body. His eyes are a seething deep red resembling that of a Star that can barely be noticed through the dark vines that make up his mask and crown.
He has 4 main tentacles which originates from his actual body's back and produces massive amounts of Psychic Presence within them. Other tentacles originates from the plant-like armour he wears.

## History

In the ancient past, Urizen was an extremely powerful Eldritch Thing. After a mass conversion of his entire planet into Eldritch Things through an unknown mean, Urizen became the strongest of an incredibly weak race of Eldritch Things and came to believe himself a King Over All Under Heaven.

Because of him deeming himself to be the Ultimate King, he had no actual hatred of The Titans and the Titan Princes as they would qualify as beings from Heaven, and therefore none of his concern. This made him unique in that his main competition was with the other Eldritch Things, and caused him to go to war with them over the Titans.

To spread his influence further, he produced 7 Heirs to carry out his will; 3 Daughters representing the Soul, Body, and Mind and 4 Sons representing Wind, Fire, Water, and Earth.

His first encounter with an actual Titan however, was during a battle with another Eldritch Entity. The Titan Akreious intercepted the battle and laid waste to both sides. His ego non-impacted however, finding himself an opportunity to gain "Divinity", Urizen moved to absorb Akreious into his being only to find himself cripplingly burnt by even approaching the Titan.

This not only put Urizen in a comatose state, but lost him the enemy Eldritch Thing who also fled. Weaker than ever, Urizen developed a seething hatred of the "Divines" for their role against his Conquest.

Once he woke up, Urizen had lost the majority of his powers through the sheer anguishing process of healing the wounds and had still not actually healed. Urizen now travels the Multiverse in his world tree, feasting off of lesser Eldritch Things in a futile attempt to heal and start gaining power once more- trapped in a cycle of desperation to regain his former glory. Through this, he was eventually forgotten by History.

## Personality

Urizen is incredibly egotistical even for the standards of Eldritch Things. However, he is also an extreme intellectual and schemer which coupled with his knowledge about the Universe lead him to adopt a "lesser" disposition than other Eldritch Things and to avoid the God-Complex altogether, at least until the opportunity to become a God through the absorption of Akreious got the better of him.

He is also incredibly lazy, physically. If it isn't involved in his conquest or he considers the opponent before him not worth his while, getting him to do more than lift a hand would be difficult. He prefers to stay on his vine throne and continuously siphon power whilst delegating roles to his Heirs.

He he as an incredible hatred for other Eldritch Things, considering their God Complexes "idiotic" and reaching well beyond their means as well as hating them for their need to vie for power rather than submitting to him as the one true King. This hatred initially didn't extend to the Titans or Titan Princes, but after his scarring from Akreious, he considers the Divines "petty" and worthy of execution for belaying his plans for so long.

## Abilities

* **Telepathy:** Urizen is a powerful Telepath and does most sabotage through psychological or mental damages, combining it with Telekinetic capabilities in order to further induce psychological damage.
* **Madness Aura:** Like all Eldritch Things, Urizen produces an aura of madness which drives Mortals insane. Urizen can seemingly control this aura.
* **World Tree:** The Vines which he wears as armour made of the same material as his Ship. Once but a normal tree, the World Tree has branches and vines which are incredibly durable and can be freely manipulated by Urizen and through his influences even has Psychokinetic Properties.
	+ **Absorption:** Through assimilation into the World Tree, Urizen is able to absorb one's life energies and properties. This is siphoned into Urizen on his throne, increasing his lifespan to Nigh-Immortality and granting them his power. Manual Absorption is also commonly done through impalement using the vines on his armour.
* **Fission**: Urizen is able to produce weaker clones of himself, producing 3 Females and 4 Males. This temporarily weakens him, but each clone is fully independent yet possesses undying loyalty to Urizen himself.
* **Power Bestowal:** Urizen can give fragments of his powers to others, be it mental or physical capabilties.
* **Elemental Manipulation:** Urizen is able to manipulate the 4 base Elements freely through Magic, although to an unknown degree.
* **Reality Warping:** He is able to induce local Reality Warping to change the battlefield or to trick wary interlopers who are attempting Urizen's assassination.
* **Forcefield Generation:** Urizen is capable of producing a strong and powerful magical shield to defend himself with no physical movement involved.

### Former Abilities

* **Decomposition:** Urizen can immediately decompose anything his vines touches, leaving their physical existence a mere husk and free for absorption.
* **Vines of Sin:** A lost power-up for the World Tree. Flowing with his own blood, the very armour he wears gets empowered and adopts his abilities as if its own.
* **Nightmares:** Actual nightmares given physical form. These vary in power and are born out of the intensity of the origin's emotions; be it terror or sadness.
* **Blood Manipulation:** Urizen was able to manipulate Blood in another's body. This was particularly effective on powerful Mortals whom while blessed by another powerful entity, remained weak at their core.