Fathomless

Fathomless. A towering, formidable creature of the void, born from devastating circumstances out of its control.

## Corruption Of The Soul

*(A brief summary of the events that occurred in and prior to WHO COULD FATHOM THE SOUNDLESS DEPTHS?)*

In a world long forgotten, Fathomless was once a human known as Maximus Atticus, an Entomologist working at the renowned B.A.I.T. *(Biological Advance Institute of Terrian)* Laboratory, alongside his husband Archer Atticus, a Zoologist. The two met during their studies, and had been together for almost a decade prior to the Aberration.

The B.A.I.T. laboratory was located in Iacon, a city that neighboured Fallespont -- ground zero of the Aberration Event. As it occured, Iacon, and by extension B.A.I.T., were hit immediately with immense amounts of cosmic energy and Aberrrant Radiation.

Both were trapped within the B.A.I.T. laboratory when all hell broke lose, Maximus luckily being within a break room at the time, and Archer less-luckily being within his office. Archer put up a valiant fight against a mass outbreak of sculk, but eventually succumbed to the effects of the radiation after 2 weeks. Maximus, unbeknownst that he was now a widow, went looking for his husband another week or so after the aforementioned death, as he couldn't stand not knowing the fate of him any longer. Any hopes that he was still alive were swiftly crushed when Maximus discovered Archer's lifeless body slumped against one of the tables on his office, his motionless hands still grasping onto the fragments of a seemingly failed experiment.

Maximus' anguished cries that followed this discovery alerted the sculk outside the office, pinpointing a Warden to his location. Wracked with grief and now terrified for his life, the Aberration that had worked its way into his body 'activated', due to the inconceivable and overwhelming amount of emotions he was experiencing in that moment. Rapidly and catastrophically, Maximus was reshaped into what is now Fathomless, a being too corrupt by the Aberration to exist in this world any longer.

Dragged through the fabric of reality by a force unknown, he was placed on Chorus, where he was greeted by an eldritch void being named Infinity. Infinity told him where he was, what had happened to him, and gave him his new name. Having nowhere else to go, he had no choice but to embrace what he had become.

## The Soundless Depths

Presently, Fathomless continues to inhabit Chorus, given it has little other choice. A full century has passed since he was human, yet his humanity remains. Despite his daunting appearance he is relentlessly polite, well-mannered, and pacifistic. Having lived as Fathomless for almost triple the amount time it lived as Maximus, its memories from when it was human have faded as a result. He has retained attributes that are core to his being, such as a continued love for bugs and the remembrance of Archer, but almost all of what once was has been lost to time.

Fathomless spends its days aimlessly wandering Chorus and tending to its wildlife, occasionally accompanied by Infinity. Though now acclimated to his home, Fathomless attempted to escape Chorus several times after he had initially been brought to it -- only for any future hopes to accomplish this be extinguished when during one of his escape attempts, his left arm was violently wrenched from his body by the same force that dragged him there. He has not attempted to leave Chorus since, initially due to not wanting to risk further bodily harm, presently due to little to no recollection of the overworld as a whole, and therefore no desire to return to it.

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