Ego, Oniria's First
Death:The New Breaking of the Veil
Status: Alive (Ego Breakers) Gender/Pronouns: He/Him/It/They Age in [work]:Eons, mentally 25(VN), impossibly ancient (Ego Breakers) Race/Ethnicity:True God Relationships:The First Lights, Sirius, Paige, Ara Faction Affiliation(s):The First Obsidyans, The Maker, Paige Title:Veilbreaker, The Rebel Notable links: Dream ClawEgo was one of the First Lights, the benevolent Gods that helped the people of Obsidya to survive and eventually prosper. He had dominion over dreams and an unmatched affinity with the Oniric Plane, and was responsible for the Breaking of the Veil, the event that brought Gods and Oniric Magic into the world.
His most notable contribution was the affination of the technique that bears his name and that allowed him and his siblings to walk the Material World: Ego, the art of using the connection between the Oniric and the Material to one's advantage.
Background
Ego began as the One that Was' existence ended, as one of the fragments of Its Mind that escaped Its shattering body before It fell into its own blood.
This granted him, alongside him siblings , freedom from the chains of continuity that the Old Gods were begotten to, and allowed them to roam the world for eons, as it formed and gradually gave birth to life.
For reasons not even themselves could explain, they found themselves drawn to these people, and followed their lives as silent observers for generations, growing deeply enamored by them; Lyra in particular was smitten by their resourcefulness, creating brilliant systems to squeeze every advantage they could from their rough conditions, while simultaneously noting it down hoping for the next generation to continue their pursuit.
As the Twins watched, their forms changed and crystalized into the beliefs they held most dear.
There is no clear recollection of what made Ego so desperate as to Break the Veil: sources point to either a natural disaster or a large-scale military invasion; whatever the tragedy was, the people he loved were being slaughtered before his eyes.
He, for the first time, became aware of himself as an individual, but had barely any time to grow accostumed to his budding self; he was somewhere they were not, and he could not help them.
So, he grew himself a body; rough, monstrous, whatever was needed; he didn't care about becoming a monster, if it meant saving them.
As soon as he gained an arm, he grew it tough and ragged, so that it could pierce through anything that separated them.
His Claw tore through reality, bridging the realms of Fact and Perception; and thus, Ego was truly born, scared and trembling and ready to fight until the bitter end to protect the future of the people that had made him whole.
When the crisis subsided Ego grew into an aloof but loved teacher: he rarely took disciples directly under him, as he preferred his work to be foundational but unseen.
During his life in the Age of Gods he delved further into the nature of the Oniric Plane and its connection to the material, laying the foundations for every school of Oniric magic and standardizing practices such as The Awakening and Hubris; he was so influential that (much to his chagrin) basic Oniric invocations were defined as "Ego" in his honor.
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