Arudun the Execrable

"*He already swelled to such a size that Baron Zarath was afraid. If he gets the whills...*"
―Jesse O'Hara[src]
**Arudun the Execrable** is a supporting antagonist in *Before The SMSB* and is one of the most terrifying cosmic entities in the Sol System, taking the form of a Great Arachnid, and he may as well be the personification of consumption, greed, and nihility itself.

## Biography

### Dark Union

#### Alliance with Baron Zarath

"*That's where these dark webs of gloom come from. The spider spins them after each feeding.*"
―Jesse O'Hara[src]
Eventually, Arudun the Execrable breached into the universe through a fissure in the space-time continuum, appearing on the Earthly Plane and establishing a base of operations and taking the physical form of a monstrous spider, and craved and sucked up all light he could find. After each feeding, he spun dark webs of gloom that strangled all passing light.

He possessed an ominous poison that could turn the purest of hearts evil. He eventually communed with the Star Consumer and, alongside a satanic terrorist named Baron Zarath, oversaw the laying of the Black Star Eggs, creating the Spawn of the Black Star, as Zarath had intended. Arudun agreed to form an alliance with him so they could both obtain their personal ends in accordance to the will of "the One". Arudun wove a shadow around himself and Zarath, that enabled them to slip in unnoticed. However, his consumption of power of the whills caused him to swell to a size and shape so vast and hideous that even Baron Zarath began to grow afraid.

#### 2000

"*The Baron sends his sentiments. Yet so long as the political infrastructure of the star system remain intact, acting openly art still most unwise. Do as I bid; and if thy hunger remain when all is done, then I shall give thee whatsoever thy lust may demand. Await my word... Arudun.*"
―Mr. Stupid NoHead[src]
Following the disastrous Attack on Centerpoint, he gladly accepted a task from Mr. Stupid NoHead himself to give the NoHeads time for the political infrastructure of the star system to fall.

#### Downfall

"*What more would you have? Do you desire all the star system for your belly? I did not vow to give you that. I am its Lord.*"
―Mr. Stupid NoHead[src]
Subsequently, he became a target of investigations of Jesse O'Hara. Upon realizing this, Arudun the Avaricious began spinning nets of Mist so dark that they halted the whole cavalry of the Halo Guardians.

Shortly following the murder of Aurora Black, Arudun the Avaricious attacked Mr. Stupid NoHead out of the blue for reasons that ultimately remain a mystery. Having grown greatly, he rose against his lord, and his cloud closed about him, and he ensnarled him in a web of clinging thongs to strangle him. After the Dark Lord dealt the mammoth beast several grievous blows, he split into five smaller spiders after shrieking. When they began surrounding themselves with dimensional electricity, Mr. Stupid NoHead goaded one of them into making a grab to eat the other Arudun Spiderlings. Even as each Arudun Spiderling was shooting out an electrical beam to connect to another and move about in random patterns, they were turning the barrier in upon each other, leaving each other gravely injured and craving more than ever before. The Dark Lord revealed he had no intention of killing his former pawn and still had uses for the Arudun Spiderlings.

### Encounter with Ronan

Eventually, the Arudun Spiderlings encountered Ronan again, who ultimately slew the separated entity. When her darkness was destroyed, arcs of light poured from her mouth and Ronan delightfully noted that what had been swallowed was now being ejected. Light came from many regions where it has been hidden for a long time.

## Powers and abilities

* **Organikóskinesis**: He can split into five smaller spiders, called Spiderlings.
* **Inter-dimensional Travel**: Arudun the Execrable could travel between dimensions.

## Behind the scenes

D. Isaac Thomas confirmed Arudun the Execrable is male, as he only oversaw the Star Consumer laying Spawn of the Black Star eggs.

## References

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