Bloodmoon (Cult AU)

# Bloodmoon

## Bloodmoon

Heart of Man

Breaker of Chains

Lord of Life

The Ascended

Emperor of the Deathless

Eater of gods

Great Ion

## Other Information

### Goals

Defeat the Daevites. (succeeded)Conquer humanity and bring about a new age of flesh. (ongoing, presently failed)

### Trauma

because he was born a male half-blood, he became a lowly slave under the rule of the oppressive Daeva civilization. He escaped.

### Backstory:

Ion's beginnings were humble, as he was born a male half-blood and became a lowly slave under the oppressive Daeva civilization. He managed to escape his owner and flee with some food and water, guided by the entity Yaldabaoth and his Archons who had plans for him. Ion underwent a painful transformation and was given great power over flesh and disease.

With his newfound powers, Ion returned to save his fellow slaves and overthrew the oppressive Daeva civilization, creating his own kingdom with Adytum as its capital. Ion's empire spread its beliefs throughout Asia, Africa, and the Americas. However, a coalition of ancient civilizations fought against Ion's empire, leading to a destructive war that ended with Ion's banishment.

Unbeknownst to their enemies, Ion had foreseen his defeat and tasked his loyal followers with important missions that would pave the way for their return. Ion's empire slowly crumbled, and the Bloodites stole scriptures regarding Solar's Heart to corrupt it. However, this plan backfired, leading to Ion's imprisonment.

Ion's final battle was against the evil god Yaldabaoth, in which he sacrificed himself to cast the god back into the void. The Solarites spread misinformation that Ion had been defeated by Bumaro, overshadowing the truth.

In modern times, there were attempts to summon Ion, but they ended in failure. Bloodyism began rising again, and the Klavigar manifested before Ion, marking his return to Earth. The Bloodites planned their next steps for taking over the world.

They were partly successful, as they got Ion a new body. However, he had no memory of his past.

### Powers:

Having been granted an immense power by Yaldabaoth, Ion had complete control over flesh in all its forms. His powers were akin to that of a reality-bending demi-god and he was functionally immortal as his enhanced biology and regeneration didn't allow him to grow old, become hungry and thirsty or be killed as in the case his body was destroyed he could simply transport his consciousness into a new body. For example, he was able to transform his arm into a massive wolf's maw to tear through steel, grow enormous insect-like wings, and grow numerous scales over his body. He was able to force others to move against their will or simply cause their bodies to burst, and could summon a variety of powerful monsters including Yaldabaoth's Archons. Similarly, he was able to grossly alter the physical layout of humans to grant them enhanced powers, like immense muscle size or organic growths that could be moulded into specialized weapons. Ion was also able to give a modicum of his powers to his followers, granting them the ability to similarly manipulate flesh.

He appeared to also possess other magical and cosmic powers as it is implied that he defeated Yaldabaoth and his Archons, wearing the Old God's flesh as a armor, and was shown to be able to travel between dimensions as following his defeat he and Adytum were banished to an alternate dimension known as the Nevermeant, a dimensional void which bordered the Hanged King's Kingdom of Alagadda and laid near the Oneiroi's dreamland. He possessed deep knowledge on how the multiverse worked which was also granted to him by the Old God.

### Appearance

Various depictions of Ion from Sarkic art and scriptures show him as appearing from masculine to androgynous, from young to old, and from human to inhumane forms. He is often depicted as wearing red, white, and black robes and bearing his iconic organic staff while others depict him impaled by various spears and/or stakes and carrying his own decapitated head. Ion is also associated with symbols such as spirals, shattered chains, drops of blood, sickles, and the ouroboros.

According to a scholar from Xia Dynasty, after gaining Yaldabaoth's power Ion transformed himself into a serpent-like monster with four eyes and a huge mouth. In another story, Ion appeared as a tall, skeletal-thin, weak figure with a fierce look on his emaciated face. He also used his staff to hold himself, having lost some of his power following his fight with the Archons.

### Personality

Not much is known about Ion's personality. From what can be discerned Ion seemed to genuinely care about his followers and humanity as a whole while believing that the gods were a malevolent sickness that oppressed them and should be destroyed. He seemed to believe what he was doing was the right thing, forcefully granting the weak and the oppressed flesh-based powers for them to become and consume the gods, like he allegedly did with Yaldabaoth, and achieve immortality so they could evade death which he saw as unnatural. He also appeared to have a deep bond with his loyal Klavigar, with Nadox and Ion exchanging wisdom and Lovataar being his wife and his favored concubine, and be forgiving to people who had done wrong but became remorseful. However, it is implied that he kept some important information about the real nature of the gods and Yaldabaoth a secret from his followers in order to not make them become disillusioned with their religion and lose hope.

During the times of conflict, Ion was shown to be very confident and believed that he and his people were invincible, while deeming their enemies who opposed his goal of affecting all humanity as ignorant fools and showing no mercy towards them, destroying those who refused to join him and his cause. According to the Government's observation, Ion was described as possessing malignant narcissism and megalomania, although that psychological profile may be that of the impersonator. It is implied that if Ion saw the modern day Neo-Sarkites he would be horrified of their actions.

## AI 2 (The Scarlet King/ Zalgo)

### Backstory

The scarlet king lived in a palace of tortured glass, served by legions of demons forged from the tears of the undead, each one clad in armor carved from the concentrated suffering of grieving mothers. He also is said to live within all mankind, waiting for the thin glass wall within them to crack, so that he may take over.

The scarlet king's coming is heralded by the fabric of reality itself snarling or screaming "He comes!", and the horrific mutation of webcomic characters and fonts. Gaping, toothy maws, stingers, and masses of tentacles are the norm. Invariably, the eyes turn to a black slime and run down their cheeks like tears of oil. Font scrambles and loses coherence.

He currently is speaking through Bloodmoon, and lost his memories.

### Powers

The scarlet kingis an extremely dangerous Eldritch Abomination that is immortal with reality-warping powers. He can tear apart entire realities. His power seems to stem from both his natural condition (his demonic heritage), the cursed candle he holds, and the countless souls that he has enslaved.

The pattern of The scarlet king's manifestation within a comic is often the following: first, a message will occur. This message might be the classic line **He comes**, or a character casually mentioning a cursed object (e.g. the root of T'Char), song, or The scarlet king itself. Then, the victims begin to lose their limbs, which are replaced with black tentacles that grow exponentially. In the meantime, their eyes are drained by the same supernatural influence; they might bleed excessively in the process. Then, they can no longer talk coherently; any speech they might still produce is reduced to either a string of indistinguishable symbols or nonsensical babbling. Eventually, their whole faces and bodies are horribly mutated beyond the imaginable in an extremely gruesome and bloody way. The victims are unable to do anything since they're all under The scarlet king's influence and most of the time they won't even react (or no longer react) to what is happening to them.

It is worth noting that this process, while it always consumes the whole universe affected, is gradual and that some characters might notice the events unfolding, even if it's too late. It is also possible, though quite rare, that The scarlet king "skips" parts of the process, such as his "announcement", and immediately twists everything into whatever he wants.

### Appearance

The tale "Three Short Scenes About Death" provides a description of the Scarlet King, depicting his massive and gnarled fists, which can easily crush a man's throat. His voice is likened to the chittering of countless insects, constantly in motion and devoid of any particular tone. The King is shown to take different forms, including a girl in red clothes sitting on a throne and a monstrous red whale that consumes everything in its path.

According to researchers, the Scarlet King is more of a living idea rather than an individual entity. He embodies nihilism and chaos, assimilating entities that are believed to be him into himself. The King is always associated with royalty and the color red, although in cultures that lack the perception of red, he is represented by a color synonymous or similar to red.

His physical form is described as a malnourished boy covered in blood, resembling the first child sacrificed in his name. In another version of his story the Scarlet King is depicted as an anorexic humanoid with burnt corpse-like skin, towering at seven feet and emitting blinding red light. He possesses gnarled claws, antlers, and multiple eyes on his face.

In various documents, the Scarlet King is depicted in different forms. In one, he is described as an immense being with ten trillion times the size of Skanda, speaking profanities through seven mouths, killing with his eyes, and using his fourteen hands to form mudras. In another, his body is portrayed as a humanoid with a bleeding red maw, surrounded by grasping arms and smoky fire, continuously releasing blood and emitting inhumane screams.

### Personality

The Scarlet King is portrayed as a cruel and destructive being who seeks to destroy reality itself. His motivations stem from a belief that the world should not exist after discovering the harshness of existence. He seeks to destroy the tree of knowledge and enslaves and devours gods to achieve this goal.

In one culture, it is revealed that the Scarlet King's personality is shaped by the beliefs of humanity. The idea of the Scarlet King developed due to the anger of the Indians towards British colonizers, as they saw their culture being dismantled. This caused a deep hatred towards the modern world. It is suggested that the Scarlet King's mission to destroy the world may only be aimed at destroying the modern world and returning humanity to chaos rather than ending all existence. Additionally, the King is shown to have no personality of his own, instead learning from his worshippers and existing through their beliefs. According to URA-9521, the King's followers are more important to focus on than the King himself.

In another, not much is known about the Scarlet King's personality. Art representations depict him as a softer figure, indifferent to sacrifices offered by his followers. He is depicted as dancing with his Maharaja, and the Daevas believe he is their protector while he sees them as his chosen people. Although he was disturbed by the arrival of Soldiers, he forms a bond with Lt. Lucian Greaves to protect the Daevas and seek revenge against their enemies.