Kabal

## Kabal, God of Earth

Traditional symbol of kabal

Gem Hoarder

**Kabal** (also known as Kabbi) was a Lunar Deity of the Nibirian Pantheon. Known as The Earth Shifter, the Terra Dancer, and the Gem Hoarder, Kabal’s portfolio included anything relating to earth, stones, or precious metals. Kabal is also known as the patron deity of miners, quarry workers, and smiths. Kabal is also said to watch over jewlers, though that is a hotly debated topic. Worshipers of Kabal are known as Geodancers or Kabalists.

## Description

Kabal was mostly portrayed as either dwarf or gnome-like in appearance. In both forms he wears ragged brown clothing with sturdy black boots and many rings on each finger, decorated with jewelry.

Other less common depictions of Kabal include an Orc, giant mole, or even the rare, and often consider blasphemous, yellow canary. This is due to the canary’s stereotypical usage in mines, being a warning sign to miners if they hit pockets of toxic gas.

## Mythos

Kabal was once the son of Arcanus, and brother to Fengu, Imogyo, and Shena. However, during the Chaos Wars Kabal was killed by Co-coa, their eldest brother. His body descended onto the world of Nibru and created it's continents. His soul was captured by Shena and transformed, rebirthing him into the goddess Nue. The remainder of Kabal's essence was sealed within a place known as the Garden of Eroth, a sacred place guarded by Nue herself.

It was not until the 2nd cycle that a new Kabal would be named. The formerly known as the Valian god Ubtao, worshiped primarily in Kalt Vali would become his replacement. He ascended to true godhood at the end of the 2nd Cycle and became more widely known as Kabal during the events of the late 3rd Cycle.

### Ubtao the Primordial

Ubtao was created when the elements first came to Nibiru. He was one of the original primordials that formed from the power of Imogyo's star, Shena's waters, Fengu's winds, and Kabal's body that became the land. Ubtao created an island all for his own that he called Kalt Vali.

Ubtao was obsessed with mazes, the idea that everyone's life was a maze that they must explore with expertise. He transferred this idea to those who would follow him. Gathering so many followers, Ubtao became an actual god. Transcending his basic Primordial form.

Ubtao physically ruled over Kalt Vali from his palace in Mezro. There he would answer to the prayers and whims of the masses to help them survive and thrive in the dangerous and deadly jungle. However, Ubtao grew fed up with his people. They would constantly come to him with menial issues, and eventually grew to rely upon him entirely. Frustrated with his people, he left. Ascended beyond the plane Material to let his followers thrive for themselves.

When his followers died they had to prove that they've learned to navigate life by themselves. They had to navigate the maze of their life. If they were successful, they would join Ubtao in his eternal paradise.

### Salvation of the Minotaur

During his reign as ruler of Kalt Vali, Mezro was infiltrated and assaulted by a Minotaur cult of Baphomet. The attack was unsuccessful, and the cultists were captured. The minotaur leaders of the cult were brought before Ubtao for judgement. When asked why they attacked his city, they responded "Our father disgusts your civilization. He wishes us to tear it down." Ubtao responded, "Your father abandons you. He has lead you to a maze from which there is no escape. Abandon your father, pray for forgiveness, and I will let you live. And guide you through not the maze of a crazed demon, but one of your own lives."

Most refused, and they died. Crushed under the enormous foot of Ubtao. Two repented. They abandoned Baphomet, and agreed to follow in Ubtao's footsteps, covered in blood as they may be. It is said those two surviving Minotaurs became the start of a new order devoted to Ubato. The order would go off-shore, and become wanderers until they finally settled years later on a series of islands in the Razorback coast, now known as the Isles of Minos, named after the Minotaurs that live there to this day.

### The Defeat of Dendar & Ubtao's Second Ascension

During the 2nd Cycle, the island of Kalt Vali was threatened by a great Primordial, Dendar the Night Serpent. She threatened to devour the land, and eventually the entirety of Nibiru. When Ubtao saw his former home was in danger, he lept to his people's aid from his celestial isolation. Ubtao clashed with Dendar over the isle of Kalt Vali, imprisoning her deep within the Underdark, sealed away by gates built into the bottom of the Peaks of Flame. This stunning victory caught the attention of the newly returned Gods.

The Nibirian Gods offered Ubtao a higher purpose. The role of Kabal laid dormant for millenia, waiting for a rightful replacement. Ubtao gave one final farewell to his people before ascending fully to the true divines and became the new Kabal for Nibiru and her people.

## Realm

Kabal is said to be one of the gods that rule over Elysium. He is said to rule in his underground fortress that sprawls the entirety of the plane of Elysium. It is also said Kabal keeps hundreds of portals in his fortress that lead to different parts of the Earthlands.