The Millions-Upon-Millions

The Millions-Upon-Millions
"We call upon the Millions-Upon-Millions, who feasted upon its own remains."
Origin	Stone
Titles	The Millions-Upon-Millions The Many-Legged Worm The Omnipede
Names	Unas, the Gatekeeper
Aspects
Date of arrival	Always And Never
Owner(s)	Will

The Millions-Upon-Millions (The Many-Legged Worm, The Omnipede, formerly known as The Cycle) is the Twenty-First Hour of the Fansus, created by Will. Its aspects are Heart, Winter, and Grail. The Omnipede presides over life, death and rebirth; reincarnation and decomposition. It is nature embodied in a swarm of insects; consuming the Dead so that the living may thrive in their place. It is the Cycle that will not, will not, will not end.

Its Tarot card is The World.

Description

History

Once there were the Gods-from-Stone. When they were slain, so too was the Millions-Upon-Millions. But as long as there is life, the Cycle continues anew. The Millions-Upon-Millions feasted on itself, and gave birth to itself. Thus it escaped Nowhere, and found itself trapped in a prison.

Appearance

True to its name, the Millions-Upon-Millions manifests as an unending swarm of scavengers, blanketing the floor of the Wood. It might also appear as a great millipede, its legs beyond counting or reason.

Principles

Grail, for blood and birth. Winter, for death and ultimate endings. Heart, so that the Cycle may never cease. The Many-Legged Worm stands alongside the Solemn and Abbess Sunset as an Hour associated with the Dead. The Millions-Upon-Millions takes the body, the Sun-Eyed Maiden the Soul, and at last the Gravedigger preserves the memories left behind.

Worship

Cult

To those aware only of the Millions-Upon-Millions's nature as a god of death, the myriad of cults devoted to it must seem strange indeed. They are for the most part cheerful places, with little of the grim solemnity often associated with chthonic cults. But the Many-Legged Worm is also a god of life and rebirth, and so its worshipers do not fear dying and do not overly mourn the departed.

Common rites include eating the dead, whether literally or symbolically; and self-cannibalism, also sometimes in symbol only.

Mark

1. Temptation: X:
2. Dedication: X:
3. Ascension: X:
4. Ascension: X:
5. Ascension: X:
6. Ascension: X:

Servants

Names

Unas, the Gatekeeper

Those who wish to enter the dominion of the Many-Legged Worm must first pass Unas. Once a mighty king, he codified funerary rites and earned the favour of the Cycle. Now he is the implacable guardian of the Dead. Unas is Knock and Edge.

Locations

The Fansus

The Ossuary

A prison within a prison. Guarded with the strongest wards and deadliest curses the Omnipede could create, the Ossuary is where those it judges to have zero worth or redeeming qualities are sealed away. Even the Gravedigger is forbidden from entering here, and those that do not heed the warnings carved into its walls will soon learn to regret it.

The Histories

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Items

Tools

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Ingredients

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Influences

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Books

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Rites

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Relationships

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