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Lost Queen : Oh yes, the Brokt has the most Gods actually, but then again, Brokt were VERY common Kuros. There were the Guardian Gods, then the Blacksmithing God who is also Brokt. Not every breed has their own major God, I’ve only spoken about a handful but we do have plenty of other lessor deities (sort of like Bhailiu is to the Yinvaht). But let’s see… there was another Goddess that I always found incredibly fascinating, yet one of the most terrifying of the Gods.

Adanbarinthen, also called “Araudan”, is a deep sea Goddess that lives in every form of water among the Kurosian mountains. She keeps to the deepest, blackest waters more so than commune with the people. Sort of like Breithonakt, who kept to himself and his duties. And, like Breithonakt, there are very few depictions of Araudan since she can change her form, but she’s rumored to look similar to some deep sea creatures with mossy, underwater tree branches along her body. She has, like most of our gods, multiple arms that are long and spindly ,with two of the longest and biggest arms being near her head.

To all but the Kuros, she can be the very embodiment of water fears, as she loved to torment her victims by tickling their legs while they swam. Then, when they were scared enough, she’d pull them under to the blackest parts of the waters only to drown as she forced them to stare into her apparently hideous face, with only the luminescence of her skin and teeth lighting it up.

Her tale is that when Skylands began to form seas and lakes, those of Light and good would hide in the watery depths from evil. Mahoura saw the need to fix this imbalance, and with the aide of her children (the other Gods), she created Adanbarinthen to bring darkness to the water. Araudan started as a tiny sea dragon, but as she learned the fears of others, evolved her body to bring the most terror. She can travel to any body of water not purified by Light, but is known to stay among the Kurosian mountains the most.

After her creation, Adanbarinthen laid a single egg. That egg hatched into Inbarrnán, the blue and black Yehshire believed to be the one to give Kuros the water ability.

Kuros with water abilities often worshiped Adanbarinthen so they could master the evils of water like she. She’s over-eager to do so to not just the Kurosian people, but any being of evil and darkness. However, she won’t reach out on her own. Kuros with water abilities had to study in colleges and cities built around large bodies of water that held special temples to contact her. Within Kurosia, there was a single college with a temple within it as a last resort when less and less cities survived. 

Araudan was often rumored to be very mischievous and playful in her own sick way. Taunting her victims, and even playfully scaring her own worshipers. She has been known to giggle, though it’s no pleasing sound. She can mimic other underwater creatures, as well as people. 

I’ve never met Araudan, but she was one of the most interesting goddesses. I loved studying her and reading all the stories about her. I still have a lot of them in my personal library, if I’m seen reading a book, it’s usually about her. 

OOC : This is actually a god I’ve been dying to make, because I AM VERY MUCH AFRAID OF SWIMMING IN LAKE WATER. This god, I knew from the start, was going to embody that fear of mine. It all stemmed from when I was a kid swimming in a lake, saw a tree in the middle of the lake, swam up to it only to look down and realize the tree was upside down in the water so far I couldn’t see it’s top. It’s limbs were covered in algae and looked more like shriveled corpse arms reach up to me. Sufficed to say, I was scarred for life x,D Ever since, I imagined lakes were infested with dead bodies. I wouldn’t say I have a phobia, but lakes make me nervous and I will avoid swimming in them.

I was very uncomfortable the ENTIRE time I drew this thing, and that’s exactly what I wanted. I kept myself on edge the whole time, not too much to cause any severe anxiety, but enough so I translated that uncomfortable feeling to 

Araudan. I had tons of pictures of Dragon Fish, which were the main inspiration, and lots of other deep sea creatures. I also listened to creepy underwater noises, and an hour long video of whale calls. I find deep sea creatures fascinating and I looooove reading and watching videos about them, even if it scares me. 

So, ENJOY! 😀

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Lost Queen : Oh sure, these were some of the most interesting deities I studied, I really enjoyed them myself ^u^

Here’s the typical explanation of them – 
The Yehkshir
There are fairytales of a shapeshifting dragon species within Kuros lore. The Yehkshir (yeh-keh-shire) were said to be the birthmothers of the Kuros as a species. They would disguise themselves as regular elemental dragons in order to find a desirable mate. Once found, the Yehkshir would then trick the male into breeding and then either kill them, or vanish to lay the eggs somewhere safe. There can only be female Yehkshir, and not all offspring end up Yehkshir. Most are born Kurosian, while one in 40 end up their mother’s species. None end up as regular elemental dragons either, although they may share their sire’s abilities.

These origin species have never been proven to exist, but instead live in fairytales and are often worshipped as Goddesses.

Our mother Goddess, or the Goddess of Love Mahoura, was said to be the very first Yehkshir. While we’ve never been able to prove they were real, unlike our other Gods, Mahoura once gave her people a description of them, and we carved statues and drew them off her descriptions. They were legend to be very large dragonesses in their natural form, some ranging from giants to as small as elephants. Those that did study their myth say that there were very few of them, possibly just a dozen, as they had constant hunters of light after them. We know nothing of these hunters of light either, and are just as much a myth as the Yehkshir.

They were also thought of as very agile, silent dragons. Stealthy, and precise. Their bones completely black, while their organs bright colors. Most depictions I see of Yehkshir show them as jet black with partially transparent frills/membranes, and glowing Bloodgems embedded in their skin. Usually black and red, but their secondary colors change. They don’t typically look much different, but then again, we’ve never seen them before. All we know of them are from Mahoura’s tales of them. 

I wish I could provide more, but that’s all I know. I studied them, but more out of curiosity than a practice. I leave that to the priests and priestesses ^u^