Akumu

**Akumu** is a young male IceWing and the God of Misfortune, being Chance's successor and son. He is also the son of Bea, the former Goddess of Fortune, and is Kiaria's twin brother, being slightly older than her by a minute or so. He appears in *The Poisoned Oath* as a minor character, and reappears in *Sincerity*.

He currently resides in the Dimension of Fortune, on his side.

## Appearance

Akumu is short, albeit stocky, with dark, brownish grey scales. His underbelly is a rusty red colour, with the same colour being present on his wing membranes. His back spines are shorter than normal, being a cream colour that fades into red. His eyes are also blood red with a dark grey sclera. His talons are short and relatively blunt, yet they are still in a decent shape.

His neck is long and thick unlike his sister, his tail is also thick and long, which often leads to teasing from Kiaria. His scales have an appearance similar to that of a mortal IceWing, but they are much thicker and armour like, offering better protection. His horns are slightly curved downwards and are slightly asymmetrical, with one pointing higher than the other. His IceWing neck spines also jut out at odd angles.

## Personality

Unlike what mortal legends make him out to be, Akumu is friendly, outgoing and goofy, an adventurous soul who loves pulling harmless pranks on people. He hates being seen as a monster purely for his dominion, and will go to extreme lengths to prove he means no harm to anyone. He is also competitive, loving races and games that require skill and effort to win, although he isn't a sore loser and will congratulate the rightful winner, unlike Eunice.

He loves reading and comfy seats, preferring to sit down and relax rather than go to meetings and do work. Bright lights also make him uncomfortable as well as large spaces, making him feel exposed and vulnerable, so he lingers in more cramped, darker areas, making him seem creepy to some.

## Biography

This caused Akumu to become somewhat distant towards the rest of his family, his father and sister especially, but that didn't mean he didn't love them so. Despite the negative attention towards him, Akumu still strived to befriend everyone and talk to people, though he struggled with fitting in and talking to others as they often walked away as soon as he tried.
Akumu didn't give up, however, and eventually met a deity around his age that seemed to have the same issues as him.
Upon finding out their similarities, they became better friends, hanging out often and deflecting the negative comments and insults that were directed towards them. They had each other.
And her name? Makoto.
However, as time went on, Makoto was met with more work and eventually couldn't find the time to hang out with him anymore, leading to the two's relationship to become strained and break. Akumu was ridden with grief at this, but he knew it wasn't her fault. He began his hunt for a new friend again, trying but failing to talk to other Celestial residents.
Over time, Akumu began to go through a period of self loathing. He knew he was destined to be the God of Misfortune due to his name and the way he was treated by others. He hated it, he wanted to be the God of Good Luck instead of bringing bad luck to others. He thought it was wrong.
His parents comforted him in this, but he found it never really helped.
When Akumu became a teenager, Bea and Chance decided it was time to hand over their positions to their children. Astra officially denounced Kiaria as the Goddess of Good Fortune and Akumu as the God of Misfortune while taking the souls of their parents. Akumu was extremely upset with his parents being taken and begged for them back while screaming and crying, but it was no use, he was alone now, or, rather, somewhat, considering he still had his sister.
Akumu was unhappy with his job and powers, though he got more used to it as time went by, he still disliked it, swearing a oath he'd never use his powers for bad. Unfortunately, though, as he continued through his godhood, he came across several situations where he had to use his magic, mostly being mortal prayers. Every time he cursed someone with bad luck, he'd be overcome with guilt. Kiaria told him every time to stop being a baby and get over it, but he couldn't.
As time went by, however, he got back in touch with Makoto and began building up their friendship again, but also, he developed a strange friendship with the God of Cooking, as well as the Goddess of Nightmares, Discord, and her brother Harmony, God of Dreams, whom he developed a strange crush on.
Akumu began feeling better about himself again, and he regained the confidence to begin talking to others again, who saw him in a much different light this time.
Upon seeing several deities with blessed spirits, he got an idea, immediately going to Kiaria and striking up a race to see who could steal a spirit from Makoto and bless them first. The race started off rough and in good fun, but Makoto caught the two everytime. Kiaria eventually lost interest in the race and went off to the do her own thing while Akumu continued trying, though Kiaria did still seem to express interest in having a blessed of her own.
Akumu had his sights set on a certain spirit, Kuri.
Going to Makoto's dimension while his sister was seemingly distracted, he managed to locate his target without being caught, however, he spotted Kiaria off to the side, eyeing his target. He quickly jumped out and blessed Kuri, being congratulated by Kiaria before being discovered by Makoto and chased out, but it was too late, he'd already caught a blessed.
Akumu and Kuri got along extremely well, and Akumu eventually learned to forget worrying about his dominion, though this can often come back to bite while meeting new people.

## Relationships

### Kiaria

His fraternal twin sister, he is the polar opposite to her in terms of dominion and personality. He thinks she is a buzzkill as she doesn't pay too much attention to competitions the two set up together. He occasionally teams up with Makoto to annoy her and trash her dimension.

### Makoto

Although Kiaria hates her because she is constantly distracting her and ruining her dimension, Akumu likes her and wants to help in her darker times, but isn't sure how. He will occasionally gang up on Kiaria with her and finds her jokes hilarious, although he is also concerned for her mental health. Akumu also has a special respect for Makoto as she was his first friend when he was struggling to fit in with the others.

### Kuri

His first and only blessed spirit, he loves Kuri and makes sure to always look out for him, although he cannot trust him on his own and will often recruit someone to look after him if he has to attend something important, like a meeting. The two are constantly wandering around Celestial annoying the heck out of the other deities and residents there. He finds Kuri fun and is glad he blessed him.

### Kagayaku

Akumu assisted Kagayaku in taking down Era as he was one of the uncorrupted Deities she hadn't targeted yet, and so, she's thankful for his help. Akumu likes Kagayaku and will be glad to help her out again if she ever needs it. The God of Misfortune thinks she is a peculiar soul and hopes she has a great life as a mortal.

## Trivia

* Akumu loves hot chocolate and other hot drinks. He doesn't get arguments about tea or coffee as he enjoys both. He thinks water is bland and boring.
* He thinks jewellery is sickening.
* Akumu often refers to others as 'buddy' or 'friend', even people he doesn't know well.
* His eyes are very sensitive to bright lights and he can have a seizure if exposed to lights that are too bright. He has bad epilepsy too.
* He shares a birthday with Goldie.