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Message: <blockquote data-quote="seasong" data-source="post: 1029574" data-attributes="member: 5137">Academia: And in the darkness bind them...Hsethmah (sometimes spelled Hhsethmah)Little is known of this ancient god, save that His name lies on the tongues of spiders, and that Allas cast Him into the Infernal Realms by Allas when He unwisely bit Her ankle. And even that little tidbit is largely lost to time - now He is just an obscure demigod mentioned in passing among musty tomes that few read, and the source of blame for myths of giant spiders that few in living memory can even claim to have seen.The God of Spiders is not a very big god, you see.Still, He is a loyal ally of Luccas as they are allied in matters of venom, and within the scope of his arachnid kingdom, He is powerful enough for his own purposes. His fell subjects have dominated several layers of the Inferno, casting vast swaths of the realm in silken death and shadowed tapestry mazes, and while He is not entirely happy about being Infernal, it is adequate.Origins: Long ago, an evil god who wished to destroy the world was shattered into a million pieces, and those pieces flew and crawled and burrowed into the dark places of the world to await the day that they would be strong enough to return. And though the many gods hunted them, could not reach into the places they had hidden. And Gaia, who could feel them crawling about within her earth flesh, cried out for aid, but none could help Her.Hsethmah then spoke to the Gods. At the time, Hsethmah was a fat, bloated, hairy dwarf. He was unwanted, but He was the son of a god now long gone and forgotten, so they tolerated Him. He knew this, and sought a niche for Himself, one that would not earn Him beatings. There were only six gods who He spoke to, and He spoke thus, "Let those most perceptive among You give Me one eye each; and let those swiftest among you give me one leg. For I am the smallest among us all, and I believe I could fit into one of those cracks, but I lack Your wisdom and speed to spot and capture and kill. Give these things to Me, and I shall hunt out every one of the Enemy."The gods were proud, and none would admit to being less perceptive or swift than any other. And so to prove it thus, they each gave him a leg and eye each. And when Hsethmah had attached these things to himself, He wrapped his powerful, dwarfish arms around himself and began to squeeze, shrinking himself so long as his arms were tight, and He set upon a lonely quest to hunt all of the pieces of the Enemy.And this is why spiders hunt vermin.</blockquote>

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