Moøawa

Moøawa is a major character in the Gerald Mythos, being one of the twelve Rakshasha that rule over the world and its magic. Moøawa in particular represents the fear that life has of air and air-based natural disasters in particular. Moøawa makes his residence in the fields of Kansas, where he runs a farm of various edibles. He generally stays in this location unless absolutely necessary and doesn't have many friends. Moøawa is a very humble type and likes flowers as well as milk.

### Appearance

Moøawa, like all Rakshasha, looks like a hulking, rotting corpse with the head of an arthropod, in his case a bumblebee. Moøawa is one of the shorter Rakshasha, only being 6' 9". Moøawa's skin, like the other Rakshasha, are covered in microlesions that swarm with insects, specifically bees.

### History

The circumstances of Moøawa's and the other rakshashas' birth is unknown, as they likely were born in the creation of the universe or that of the Earth.

Moøawa was dissatisfied with the early Earth, as its atompshere of thick sulfuric fumes made him ache on the inside. He longed for some fresh, ignitable air. Luckily for him, the bacteria beneath the surface of Chiseki's oceans were hard at work manufacturing this new air en masse. As the Great Oxygenation occurred, Moøawa reveled, even as much of life on Earth died. Eventually, however, Moøawa became used to these changes and began getting bored. Being a terrestrial Rakshasha, there wasn't much he could do to the life that dwelled in the seas, and so his power was wearing thin.

Fortunately, terrestrial life, spurred on by Saq'wi, began to emerge across the continents, providing many new opportunities for Moøawa to prove his might. Moøawa created a host of tornadoes, dust storms, whatever he could spur up to make these new animals fear him. This evolved quickly into a competition between him and Chiseki, leading up until the Late Permian when he poisoned the entire atmosphere with carbon dioxide, nearly killing all terrestrial life in the process. As a result, the Rakshasha Council had to ban any future competitions.

After this point, Moøawa settled down and began to establish his farm in the north of South America. Unfortunately, this was relatively short lived, as somebody threw a rock at his house and missed, making a rather large mess and forcing Moøawa and many other Rakshasha to vacate. After wandering for a bit, Moøawa decided to make his home in Kansas, where he could dump his trauma into working the deserted soil. At this point, he became a dairy and vegetable farmer, and became much more isolated and less warlike than in his younger days. Initially, Moøawa decided to settle alongside Saq'wi, but they got into a heated dispute and Saq'wi started pulling up dirt and throwing it around, causing the famous Dust Bowl. Moøawa kicked Saq'wi out, and Saq'wi then left to go to Los Angeles.

### Powers

Moøawa is an immortal entity capable of creating pocket dimensions, manipulating space and time, teleporting, creating Ripples and Scion Lycanthropes, and summoning hosts of insects, much like all the other Rakshasha. However, he does possess some abilities specific to his alignment, including the induction of tornadoes, windstorms, and dust storms.