Great One

Great Ones, also known as Serpents, are a species of spacefaring evil deities featured in Hypathia and Mierre. They are incredibly powerful, and seek to consume planets with large amounts of life-force energy.

= Creation = Great Ones are created when an astronomically unlikely circumstance occurs during a casting of a spell, known as a Primal Magic Failure. During this event, a massive explosion occurs where the spell was cast immediately vaporizing all within a 5000 km area, which is immediately followed by a malleable multicolored liquid spreading from ground zero. While certain magical methods can slow down the advance of this material, nothing can completely stop it. Within a year it completely consumes the planet and all lifeforms, before compressing and coalescing into a singular, extremely powerful lifeform.

The appearance as well as the specific powers of Great Ones depends on the spell in particular that went through a Primal Magic Failure. Yggdrasin was covered in a multitude of eyes as it was created through True Seeing. Orzrah had greater control over its own meteor as it was created from Meteor Swarm.

= Abilities = In addition to abilities granted by their individual spells, Great Ones are incredibly powerful in their own right, as Orzrah on its own was able to fight six wielders of Heaven's Vision to a near-standstill. They possess incredible physical strength and magical prowess, able to overcome nearly any singular foe in an individual test of either, with the exception of other Great Ones. On top of this, they have incredible speed and durability, able to outspeed the fastest monks and stalwart barbarians. Every instance of a Great One being fought has been in scenarios where neither was able to operate to their full power, as Yggdrasin was still partially sealed and its corporeal form was tied down to Thaumiel's damaged body, and Orzrah was intensely concentrating on directing its meteor towards Mierre.

Great Ones are in their own nature divine, as they are able to tempt mortals who seek power to join their cause of consuming planets. Those mortals who prove themselves worthy and powerful in their own right are granted a piece of the Great One in question's power, giving them the power of the fruit from the tree of life. Thaumiel is the only known individual with this power.

= Known Great Ones =
 * Yggdrasin - True Seeing
 * Vah-T’Loch
 * Iac'althe
 * Marvelous Man / Yovh'ybh'zhun - Mirror Image
 * Orzrah - Meteor Swarm