Klaarungraxus

The symbol of Klaarungraxus is a bright, twelve-limbed Kraken on a dark background. Bereft of symbolism, it is intended as a simple representation of the God of Oceans.

## Summary

Klaarungraxus, often known simply as Klaar by the other sapient entities of Galbar, is the chief deity of the Galbarian Oceans. Perhaps one of the oldest extant entities on Galbar, Klaarungraxus was born at the outset of Galbar's creation and resided in a small puddle. Klaar exists as the creator of the oceans, the first thing to be on the surface of Galbar, and is responsible for everything beneath the waves.

## Domain over Nature

Klaar represents Nature in its pure, unadulterated form. As the inverted side of his twin-deity known as the Tree of Genesis, in him is the potential for all things that occur within the depths of the oceans vastness. Tides, waves, and whirlpools, although some of the first things that come to mind when thinking of oceans, are but a fraction of the world beneath the waves. Klaar thusly holds power over the numerous ecosystems that include the ocean, ranging from the most diminutive micro-organisms to the immense gyres that move waters for thousands of miles.

As such, Klaar can express his domain through the movements of the ocean or the creation of life, so long as it is connected to the natural concept of the ocean.

## Mastery of the Oceans

The oceans and seas of the world of Galbar are the sole domain of Old Growth Below. This manifests itself as all natural occurrences linked with oceans. In many ways, Klaar himself is a personification of the ocean; vast, unknowable, and prone to fickle moods. Sometimes the seas provide and grow, bountiful with life and teeming with opportunity. In other moments it is dark, brooding, and impossibly violent. So too is Klaarungraxus.

As such, Klaar's powers over the Oceans are similarly mercurial. At the beginning of time, during the creation and expansion of Galbar's oceans, Klaarungraxus primarily interested himself in the creation of undersea life. As ecosystems blossomed and fauna burst in existence, however, this attitude of creation naturally shifted towards destruction.

## Persona

Klaarungraxus, as he often shortens it (it is said his true name would take days to intone) for when he addresses others, is an alien entity most unlike the more humanoid deities bound to the world of Galbar. Even his name reeks of sounds more akin to waves breaking and deep sea rock rumbling. Although described as a He for his masculine qualities when perceived by mortals, there is nothing about Klaar that indicates male or female. As is fitting for his peculiar nature, Klaar is not bound by the moods of Mortal things. Indeed, it often seems that one tentacle of the Great Devil Fish offers as the other takes away, each a mind entirely of their own. Klaar cannot speak (or perhaps chooses not to), and instead imparts his thoughts directly into the minds with which he deigns to communicate in words that rumble through the mind like crashing waves.

By all appearances, Klaar is chiefly concerned with the natural world above all things. An almost obsessive focus on life in all forms overtakes the Old Growth of the Deep. A natural order exists within his labyrinthine mind that drives him to create and destroy in equal measure. To the Mortals that one day might thrive in Galbar, this free flowing behavior might come off as almost bipolar in nature. Seas teem with life of all kinds that feed villages and fill bellies. However, storms and great waves wrack the coastlines and most families know at least one loved one to be pulled to the depths seemingly at random. Indeed, entire species might face the fickle wrath of Klaarungraxus while another might receive his bountiful generosity all in one day.

Of the Gods, Klaar seems distant if curious. Above all others, his twin-deity the Tree of Genesis is above reproach. Though the edges of their domain often clash and many a forest has been leveled by tidal waves, in the estuaries and deltas of the world the truth is seen. Klaar and the Tree of Genesis are mirrors of one another, two sides of the same coin that exist in a natural harmony. Of the other Divines, however, no such balance is yet seen to exist.

## Appearance

### Base Form:

In his most basal form, Klaar appears outwardly similar to a twelve-limbed cephalopod of immense size. Eight limbs hang from the bottom of his main body, used in locomotion and ambulation. Four additional tentacles jut from the front of the "torso", used primarily for manipulation. Six eyes, three to each side of the foreward portion of his bell, gaze out at all things. At the center of this forward facing mass of muscle sits a double-layered beak, rapacious as it clacks and chews at the area around it. Wherever the physical body of Klaar can be seen, dark water billows out around it. The water itself seems overall limited in the distance it can travel, white water forming as it crashes against non-existent rocks and remains bound to the presence of its master. In those depths at least two tentacles always disappear, both the largest of the form's numerous appendages, giving off the appearance that they lead to something FAR larger below. At any time, more tentacles might appear from this more simplified form, revealing more clearly the true nature of this form as but a fleshy appendage used in imitation of the true thing.

### Domain Form:

Only in Saxus does the truest, most overwhelming form of the God of Depths ever become truly apparent. Boundless tentacles of flesh and coral and rock and so many other things in twist in great columns upon one another. They are able to reach out to every part of Saxus, emerging from cavern walls or from doorways in the buildings that dot the landscape of the old city. Life blossoms across these tentacles in the form of colorful corals, sessile creatures, and great forests of sea weeds and grasses. At the center of it all is Klaar's center, a massive hulk with six huge eyes and a grasping beak.

Where Klaar's tentacles reach life blooms. As they tear through rock and stone like playthings, nutrients billows forth and life grows in abundance. Sometimes organisms are born gently, placed with the caution of a clock maker and left to its own devices to thrive in their own little worlds. Other times, Klaar's destructive nature leaves seeming desolation in its path, only for life to regrow even more bountiful than before. As such, Saxus' environs almost never look exactly the same as how they were left.

## Worship and Influence

### Vrool:

The Vrool are the first species on Galbar to worship the God of Oceans. Though very simple by most cultural and societal measurements, an instinctual knowledge of Klaarungraxus created in them by the God himself creates a natural worship of their progenitor in the Vrool race.

## Relationship with Other Deities

* The Tree of Genesis: Klaar's surface counterpart and twin-deity.
* Boris, God of Mountains: Klaar's presumed rival and chief opponent since the creation of the First Continent.
* Gibbou, Goddess of the Moon: The first deity met by Klaar.
* Tekret Et Heret, God of Contracts: First meeting as likely foes, the pair find common cause in the natural order.

## Creations

* Avatars:
	+ Mawar
* Ecosystems:
	+ The Great Ocean
	+ Surface Reefs
* Organisms:
	+ All mundane sea life
	+ Titanocrustacea
	+ Sea Serpents
	+ Reef Horses
	+ Deep Drakes
	+ Land Drakes
	+ Kytes
	+ Coral Mites
	+ Caproshrimp
	+ Shorecattle
	+ Barnacle Fliers
	+ Bearfish
	+ Tidal Jackals
* Mortal Species:
	+ Vrool
	+ Akua
* Important Characters
	+ Kaarnesxaturl
* Holy Sites:
	+ Ku, Source of Deepspeak
* Artifacts:
	+ The Hadean Trident
* Magic:
	+ Deepspeak
	+ Telluric Magic