WILD DOG WATCHING

an enigmatic deity imprisoned in crystal and trapped within VAST\/TOWERING.

in lieu of being able to interact with the universe directly, communicates with other beings through ophanim carried by its messengers, and employs the aid of chosen to carry out its will across the cosmos.

## Personality

WILD\_DOG WATCHING knows nothing if not patience. despite its fearsome appearance, controversial origins, and monumental power, it is by far the most amicable and approachable deity in jamverse. though its tone may come off as solemn, it counts its chosen as genuine friends and confidants and deigns to interact with all sapient beings as if they were equals. it is still, however, very much an aberrant god who's been cut off from the universe for centuries, so its attempts to understand and relate to others often range from 'limited' to 'misguided'. such misunderstandings only occasionally go on to be serious issues, as it is well aware of its outsider perspective, and perfectly willing to sit and talk through things.

it cares little for the usual conventions of gods, being quite content to intervene in mortal affairs even outside of extreme situations, and being in avid support of things most gods condemn or find uncouth.

## Story

after sufficiently refining the warp junctions, orisis researchers turned their attention to the material's other properties; namely, its penchant for holding highly saturated amounts of accord--levels that had otherwise only been recorded in the bodies of gods. binding crystal to body and body to mind, they gave their own being to guide its sapience.

with the prior knowledge of spatial distortion gained from working on the warp junctions, they breached into TVT to harvest some of its raw accord. but, while their vessel readily took to and did well in processing this energy, it soon became clear that it was neither sustainable outside nor separable from the source through normal means. despite being amongst all the unused power in the universe, it could neither act on its own nor return to its former existence, with only a single caveat could grant its freedom; a great many unified minds created it and set it to its place, and so likewise only a great many unified voices could call it from its prison.

the final time wilddog was called, those who summoned it sought to use it as a weapon to conquer their enemies. wilddog did not take kindly to this, and instead turned on its summoners to wipe them out instead. following this betrayal and its subsequent return to dormant state within TVT, its reputation fell to unrest, and there would never again be enough people in agreement about calling on it to successfully pull it from TVT.

as it sat waiting ever longer in its pristine prison, anticipation of its next release gave way to the realization of the consequences of its prior actions, then to anger at its situation, and eventually to acceptance of its fate. it began to work out potential other ways to interact with the universe; ultimately this would come through the use of ophanim, and through its reaching out to other like-minded individuals to accomplish goals and ideals shared between them, offering them immortality and free use of its power if they would become its allies.

WILD\_DOG WATCHING now enjoys the company of a healthy number of these "chosen" individuals, and remains unreachable in VAST\/TOWERING as something as an overseer. it no longer wishes to escape dormancy, as it would be unable to maintain the chosen in active state, and values them over its own freedom.

### other

wilddog does not know where it came from or what it was before becoming wilddog. it is aware there was a "before", and that it is a being made by others, but it has no knowledge of those others.

ophanim are something of a "manifestation" of wilddog's power; extensions or projections of itself that allow it to see, hear, and speak wherever the ophanim are present. they are, however, immobile and not particularly physical, so they cannot take any real kind of action and must rely on other entities to transport them around.

## Relations

wilddog is generally not well looked-upon. those who know the tales of its past summons-particularly the final one-speak of it as a cursed name, a being whose capricious wrath you dare not invoke. other deities question its nature and motivations; its disregard for common god conduct, insistence on cavorting with mortals and involving them in matter typically only attended to or discussed among deities.

Most chosen reciprocate wilddog's own sentiments as a friend and confidant, though it's not uncommon for them to have trouble getting over the general intimidation factor that comes with conversing with an arcane deity. even so, willddog would never raise a hand against them, and as their immortality wears on they often come to view wilddog as something of an anchor amidst the rest of the universe's shifts.

Eclipse, since having been decomissoned, is an exception to the above. they view wilddog's actions as a betrayal and have since sworn vengeance on it

HERETIC holds nothing but distrust, resentment, and perhaps some jealousy for wilddog. it has made it its sole focus to eliminate willddog and its chosen, with the belief that it is doing nothing more than manipulating and puppeting others. it is also of the belief that neither itself nor wilddog should exist. wilddog is unaware of HERETIC's existence.

Io has crossed paths with chosen in the past, usually to her own benefit. She holds wilddog in high regards despite never having interacted with it directly, though is well aware it operates on its own agenda.

## Skills/Abilities

in dormant state, WILD\_DOG WATCHING wields theoretically boundless power; raw accord filtered through its orisis grants it catalyst energy, though it has essentially no use for it. in active state it uses this energy much like any chosen would, though in far higher volumes and with greater attunement than the single specializations chosen usually pursue.

the ophanim are able interface with the warp junctions due to their both operating on orisis. they cannot warp themselves, and their use of this on others seems to be limited to chosen, or those who otherwise carry catalyst-type accord.

wilddog is currently, and indefinitely, confined to dormant state

##### direct influence

* numerous design cues taken from album cover of 2yr, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KyHp6ct1HPU/maxresdefault.jpg