¶ Pahnu, Demigod of Nature
Pahnu was the Demigod of Nature. His responsibility was to shepherd the Land, Sea and Sky. One of Kethra's earliest children, he was also among the very few still living in the time of The Last Vessel. He was forced, a millenia ago, to retreat to his labyrinthine temple by the acts of the First Inquisition of Bast, and had been there ever since, waiting, wilting...
The Vessel approached him at the behest of the mystic, Amara, with the goal of obtaining his very Essence.
Some say the Vessel, through tactful use of diplomacy, philosphy, and reason, convinced Pahnu to offer up his Essence freely. The Vessel argued that Kethra was beyond redemption. She had become a plague upon the land, corrupting and tormenting all living things, and was the cause of untold suffering. Pahnu came to understand the truth of the Vessel's words, for they confirmed his own doubts after having felt her foetid presence himself upon her return. And so Pahnu offered up his Essence in order to aid in the defeat of his own mother, but with one exception: The Vessel was to take up the Mantle of Nature, vowing to steward Land, Sea, and Sky in Pahnu's absence. The Vessel agreed, and fate was written.
Others say the Vessel challenged Pahnu to a battle, and stood toe-to-toe against a Demigod — a thing which had not happened for a hundred years. The Vessel took what was necessary, an agent of death in the never ending cycle of life, of which even the Demigods were intrinsically tied.
Whatever the true story is, the Vessel carried Pahnu's Essence to the Shrine of Ascension, and poured the ancient power into the storied monument, taking the first irrevocable step upon their fated path to defeat the God-Queen once and for all...
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