Asa

The Divine-Demonic Snake (Art by New Nayerb)

**Asa** is an enigmatic figure and god of snakes in the Wyrdtraum mythos.

## Overview

Asa appears to people in their dreams to spread fear across the minds of humans, specifically children. Very few people actually know his name, but the few who do fear it. When appearing in dreams he would stay in the corner of the room before devouring his victim. Most of the time the victims just wake up as if it were a terrible nightmare, however there have been documented cases of children either going missing or even becoming full on corpses from his attacks.

## Appearance

There are not many things known about Asa's appearance. His appearance is different from person to person, sort of like the Bogeyman. There are a few things that stay consistent however, he has always appeared as a red serpentine figure, always towering over his victims.

## Personality

Asa is a pathetic husk of a deity who believes that because he exerts power over those who are much weaker that he is somehow "strong". That is why his main victims have been human children, they're weak enough for him to attack who won't be able to fight back. He isn't "evil", as evil requires a sense of order, a reason for existing, and the crimes of Asa have no reason but either pure rage or petty spite. He is incredibly stubborn, no one can change his perspective because he "doesn't care" or it "doesn't matter" whenever he's questioned.

Asa is very prone to anger, often lashing out when questioned further or when things don't go his way. Whenever he's wronged even in the slightest fashion, he lashes out further, because every inconvenience is too much for him to handle. It is due to all of this that no one wants to interact with him, not even his immediate family. Being alone also gives him reason to lash out, predictably, however with no one to listen or react it is likely he will just die of exhaustion before the problem is "fixed".

## Powers and Abilities

Asa's powerset is very undefined, while we know he is incredibly powerful, that is all we have. He could be a lesser spirit or even a cataclysmic god an we wouldn't know. At one point Asa said that God was "funny", so it's possible he's more powerful than what we think though that is likely him boasting due to his arrogance.

There isn't even a god that can be compared to him because he specifically chooses not to get into fights with other supernatural beings. The crimes he's committed aren't egregious enough to get a deities attention, which is why no one has tried to fight him. He either can't fight them due to being weak, or he chooses not to.

## History

Asa's origin is incredibly shrouded in mystery, even he himself has stated that he doesn't remember how old he is.

However, we do know that he is at least as old as around 1200 BCE, when the Hebrew Bible was first created, as his first documented existence refers to him as "The Devil". Apparently, depending on the story teller, the town was either an avid worshiper of "the Serpent" and forgot to give him his sacrifices, or the town constantly killed snakes as they believed that it would give them good luck from God due to the correlation of snakes and evil in the Bible. Either way a large red Serpent noticed, and swallowed the town whole, leaving only rubble in his wake.

Neither Lucifer nor Satan has claimed to be responsible for this event, so it has been assumed that Asa was the serpent here.

## Myths and Legends

Asa is an original character created by Nayerb for the GaD wiki. He is based off a dream the author had where a giant red snake appeared in the corner of his room before launching himself at Nayerb. Asa was named after the biblical figure Asa of Judah, who Nayerb thought was associated with serpents.

## Trivia

* Asa should not be confused with the similar evil beings Apep and Nachash.