Loathsome Wurm That Will Consume The Sun

Skill 12
Stamina 46
Initiative 7
Armour 3
Damage as Gigantic Beast

Mien
1 Tormented
2 Writhing
3 Envious
4 Phlegmatic
5 Rancorous
6 Malevolent

Once upon a distant time the gods banded together to mould the dripping flesh of the Monad into all the creatures of the earth. One Divine Architect, sneaky, lazy, or mad, consistently came up short on their daily quota of flesh-given-shape. At this point an exceptional storyteller would usually improvise a series of didactic vignettes of gods or animals asking why the god’s work was lacking until finally the god revealed that they were saving scraps to create the Loathsome Wurm. The Thief-God was usually punished and their mad unfinished creature confined to the veins of the earth since destroying either was beyond the scope of their siblings’ combined godly might. A trite story about the permanence of evil, but a popular and partially true tale. In reality the Loathsome Wurm is the width of an elephant, with great tusks and grinding scales. Its unfinished, infinite body coils back into the depths and it can surely level the sunlit world were it not confined to the darkness from which it stares. If one listens closely at the thresholds of caves they may hear its whispers and promises. Treasures thrown down pits and left in cave mouths temporarily silence it.

Special
If killed, the stub of the creature’s neck can be descended and used as an entry to the Primary Underworld. The Wurm will reform in 5,125 years.