The Tethered Oracle

Seems I'm on a variations of a theme wagon bender again. I liked the H.I.M so much I decided to try out another one, this time a little more...creepy.

 

Based in a world of ritual and myth, the Oracle is summoned to give divine prophecies to those who seek them. It speaks without moving its mouth, and sees without eyes. Tethered to a tree, but able to move freely. Has a made up-py sounding mythos cos I literally just came up with this crap.

 

So let's do away with the fancy talk. The jist of this build is that it is a ritual ground for a being that can see into other worlds, and use this ability to predict the future in its world. It was once a free creature, a being capable of travelling between universes. Until of course someone managed to capture and enslave it, tying it to the universe it currently resides in.

 

It can only be summoned at night, via a ceremony that must be performed with the utmost care. It emerges from the dark, on the end of a tree branch, twisted and decrepit, and asks what question the summoner wants answered. It then goes into a meditative trance where it combs through universes, seeking an answer. It gives the answer via a story acted out by the black figures in the gold bowls, then retreats back into the darkness, vanished without a trace. Might be related to the Bloodteller from god knows how long ago, who really knows at this point.

 

Or it can do something and have origins you make up yourself, I dunno.

 

This was a fun build, got to re-use a few techniques I've used in other builds. Also made a tree which is...well not a first, but it's the first tie I've ever posted a build that includes one. It's a bit shite, but at least it's shrouded in darkness so you can't really tell. Might come back to it to make improvements, but it'll do for now.

 

That's the lot, be gone with you.

Done