Saturn Deer

* True Form
* Human Form
* Micah Disguise

*"After all, I am in your head. I'm the ONLY one in there."*

## Godly Origins

In an unknown world, at the beginning of its time, two gods were created: The Flame and The Vision. The Flame was the representation of the light: everything good in the world, and the continuation of that goodness. The Vision was the representation of the darkness. all the evil in the world, and the continuation of that evil. They were each others' antithesis, the constant growing light and the extinguishing of the light. Together, the brothers created the concepts of Place and Story, and created humans to populate these places and to tell numerous stories.

The Vision loved to observe the humans. The Flame warned him of getting too close, wanting the humans to live their lives without interference, but The Vision began to visit one human in the form of a giant glowing deer with halo-like rings, and taught the human about magic. However, The Vision worked too quickly- the human went mad from receiving all magical knowledge and was cast aside by their peers, deemed "The Beast" for the wild magic they possessed. The Flame was horrified at the destruction the Beast caused and the discord among the humans, but the Vision merely laughed, pleased at the chaos it had sown.

The Flame cast the Beast away from the rest of humanity to protect them, but it felt sorrow at causing one harm to protect the many. It then turned to its brother, The Vision, and swore to protect humanity from him for as long as he should live. The two battled for years until finally, The Flame stuck The Vision down and trapped it in a small dimension outside of time. Now content in the knowledge of humanity's safety, The Flame discarded his divinity and joined the humans, taking the name Pangloss. He taught a trusted group the secrets of magic safely and settled down to start a family and live a mortal life.

The Vision, meanwhile, swore vengeance on Pangloss and on all of humanity. He took the name Saturn Deer, after the form he always preferred, and bided his time in his pocket dimension for thousands of years, gathering the strength and power necessary to escape and wreck havoc once more.

## History

### Reforming & Dimensional Travel

The pocket dimension that Saturn Deer was put in slowly transitioned from being his prison to his home dimension. He practiced manipulating reality by shaping the world around him into a more pleasing form, and honed his omniscience by peering into the lives of mortals. After many, *many* years, it discovered that it could look farther then just the lives of the mortals in its home world: it could peer farther and look through dimensions.

One mortal in particular caught his eye after thousands of years of watching over everything: someone who looked to be easily manipulated, someone searching for a concrete answer to all of their problems. The boy was in so much pain, and he was searching for a reason for all of his pain, thinking it could be something supernatural. Saturn Deer watched this young boy pore over thousands of books until he came across an old text that detailed the battle between The Flame and The Vision. As the boy began to call out to The Flame, begging for an answer, Saturn Deer saw an opportunity.

Using the raw power held in the plea of a mortal to a god, Saturn Deer warped through the space between timelines and appeared in front of the boy, introducing himself as The Vision for the first time in centuries. The boy was wary at first of The Vision's reputation, but it lied to him, and told him that he had changed from the evil god he had once been to a more benevolent reflection of his brother. He told the boy to call him Saturn Deer, and the boy told him his name was Micah.

### A Champion's Journey- Micah Tavarius

When Saturn Deer first entered young boy's mind, it searched for anything it could exploit or leverage as reasons for Micah to rely on it, and oh boy, did it find things. From its searching, it discovered that Micah Tavarius was an young kid with a troubled past. From what Micah could remember of his childhood, he had been subject to experiments to try and give normal people extraordinary powers. He had been injected with a substance called the "ACME Compound," and was one of seven survivors. The other six kids had disappeared shortly after they began to exhibit powers, so Micah kept his on a tight leash until the men in suits finally turned him out to the real world, disappointed in his "lack of progress." Micah quickly learned that holding in powers caused him incredible pain, and he searched tirelessly for an answer to how to stop it. When he happened upon Saturn Deer, he thought the answer to all his problems was right in front of him.

Saturn Deer nurtured and trained Micah for years, teaching him that it was the only being that he could trust. He taught him how to harness the wild magic inside him, and gave him a piece of its power to bring the magic already inside him to its fullest potential. Micah was all-too-willing to learn everything he could about wild magic, and frequently practiced his newfound power. However, he was still plagued with pain both from holding magic in and from letting it out.

Finally, Micah begged Saturn Deer to give him the last piece of knowledge it had left- the origin of magic. Saturn Deer hesitated for weeks, remembering what had happened the last time it had given a human the secrets of magic. Finally, on Micah's 25th birthday, Saturn Deer told him the same truth that he had told the very first mortal eons ago: the origin of magic is pain.

### Back Home

Micah was outraged to learn that the thing he thought was saving him from pain was actually causing it, and he resolved to destroy his pain at the source: destroying all magic. Saturn Deer merely laughed and told him that was the way the world of magic had always been, and there was nothing he could do to change it. Micah turned on it, desperate for any way to stop his pain, and they engaged in a brutal battle. Micah used all the magic he had against Saturn Deer, and even managed to break off its left antler.

Seeing the tide of battle turn against him, Saturn Deer warped into the space between realities to escape- only for Micah to join him and steer their battle into an all-too-familiar world. Back in his home realm, Saturn Deer used the full might of his power to subdue Micah and briefly trap him in a transmutation chamber inside its realm, warping him into something twisted and restricting his magic to only the powers and motif of cicadas. When he escaped to Arizona, he discarded his old name and took the mantle "Man of Cicadas," for the transformation he had undergone and the newly restricted powers he had.

Saturn Deer, seeing the problem that now presented itself, resolved to choose a new champion and use them to first destroy the Man of Cicadas, then to destroy any other opposition to its power and rule over all magic. The time for revenge was nigh.

### A Champion's Journey- Meredith Thompson

The last thing Saturn Deer expected was for the perfect new champion to fall into his lap. When young Meredith Thompson wandered into his pocket dimension purely by accident, he could immediately sense his brother's power pulsing through her veins. Somehow he'd forgotten that Pangloss had settled down with a wife and kids, and naturally that family line had continued throughout the years it had been gone. What would be a more perfect "fuck you" to his perfect brother then to take his descendent as its new champion? The power inside her, combined with his, would make her the most magically powerful mortal in this world.

So he introduced himself, this time vaguely as "The Deer," and appeared to guide her as she grew up and fell into one unfortunate situation after the other. To guide her towards Cicada Man, he took the disguise of a college-aged human named Micah- *how fitting-* and helped her enroll in Alexylva University. He kept eyes on her constantly, as both ominous god and kindly friend, and made sure that she took down his previous champion. Her death in the final battle wasn't ideal, but he was a twisted kind of proud that she managed to find her own way back to life.

When she finally realized his true identity as Saturn Deer, The Vision, he realized that the time to act was *now* and gave her a choice: go to the Clock Tower at the center of campus in one day's time to willingly give herself over as its vessel, living forever known as the most powerful being in the multiverse; or perish as collateral damage in its takeover, inconsequential and forgotten.

### An Inevitable Betrayal

Saturn Deer knew immediately that Meredith would try to stop it. The pitiful little *Mind Blank* she'd cast was nowhere near strong enough to keep him out, not while she still relied on him. He watched her destroy her things, he watched her modify her parents' memories to remove herself. He was even in the room while she said her tearful goodbyes to F1V3. So when she marched up to it at the Clock Tower itching for a fight, he decided he'd give her the fight of her life before he ended it.

Of course, being beaten was not part of the plan. Some combination of her raw determination and Pangloss's lingering power allowed her to get the upper hand in the fight and seal Saturn Deer away, landing a final blow that would weaken it for another few eons. Meredith didn't know that she'd sealed him in the same pocket dimension her distant ancestor had, and Saturn Deer watched as she accidentally warped herself to a faraway dimension, too far for even it to warp to in its current severely weakened state.

### Where Is He Now?

Stuck in his home, once again his prison, Saturn Deer started watching the lives of mortals once again. None were particularly interesting after the dramas that were Micah Tavarius and Meredith Thompson, but the one that Meredith had spoken to so often caught his eye: F1V3.

## Rules/Tenets

### Secrecy

Tell no one of your involvement with Saturn Deer, and keep his presence a closely-guarded secret.

### Absolute Devotion

You must place Saturn Deer's priorities at the top of your list. Its requests and its needs come before your own or any others'.

### Transparency

Hide nothing from Saturn Deer- you must not even try. Trying to keep anything from Saturn Deer is futile, as he will always know anyway.

## Relationships

### The Flame/Pangloss

Saturn Deer sees his brother Pangloss as his eternal opposite, his driving reason for vengeance, and his annoying "holier-than-thou" older brother.

### Man of Cicadas/Micah Tavarius

Saturn Deer, on occasion, felt almost paternal towards Micah- teaching him and nurturing him for years had made him take root in Saturn Deer in a way that no creature had before. His betrayal stung even more than its brother's, and all warmth towards Micah was gone the second he attacked him.

### Meredith Thompson

Meredith was meant to be his most powerful champion yet, and she sure was- powerful enough to destroy Saturn Deer in the same way her ancestor had. Saturn Deer always saw her as just another pawn in his cosmic chess game, a tool to use and dispose of when he was finished.

### The Keeper

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## Description

### Physical Description

Saturn Deer's true form is that of a glowing deer, usually standing at 8 feet. Its eyes are a deep red, and it is covered in green moss all over its body. Its left antler has been completely broken off, and its right antler has a small chip in it. Its human form is of a man around his 30s, with bright orange hair with green highlights and an eyepatch over his left eye. It wears a green shirt and brown pants, with a red cape with mossy green trim at the top. Its left hand is completely missing, and both arms have a dark green decay crawling up towards his chest. In its "Micah-The-Freshman" disguise, he appeared to be a young man about 19 years old, with bright orange hair, a green shirt, and brown pants. He constantly wore white gloves over both hands.

### Personality

Saturn Deer believes that he is the most powerful being in the universe, and all others are beneath him. He often acted cruel and unforgiving to Meredith, swinging wildly between intimidation & threats and promises of greatness and specialty.

## Champions

### Micah Tavarius

Micah Tavarius was Saturn Deer's first champion, from the years 1976-1994. Their bond was severed by a battle to the death and by transporting to the world of Alexylva.

### Meredith Thompson

Meredith Thompson was Saturn Deer's second champion, from the years 2007-2020. Their bond was severed by a battle to the death and by Meredith sealing Saturn Deer in his pocket dimension and transporting herself to the world of Somerlow.

## Spotify Playlists

"the chessmaster" - Saturn Deer's main and only playlist. Encapsulates his character as he was in Alexylva.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/62AbxCHn5p9gxlx7XiwAzp?si=3d89df620e9b4d9f