Nulles_Den

((New char, info to come soon. The pic is not mine, and will be removed upon request.))

Other names it has used: Faust, Asmodean, Erratus, Jublis, Chronos, the Terror of the Void
Age: Unknown
Size: Variable (Endless in true form)
Weight: Variable (Nothing in true form)
Eyes: Typically black or a dark purple
Favorite form: Dragon or Human

Appearance: This being can literally take on any appearance, so I'll just describe the most common forms Nulles will take. The first is a legless dragon that seems to be a piece of the night sky ripped from the heavens and given a serpentine form. This form does not breath fire or do any other dragony things, but it can fly without wings of its own, and is the "predator" form of Nulles.

His second form is that of a man, with deep violet or pure black eyes. Beyond that, it looks completely normal and is in fact a bit fancy, and a wave of almost soothing vibes seems to roll off of it. In this form, you don't have to worry about being eaten... too much. It can still shape shift at will, but unless you somehow annoy the void being or try to fight it, you should be fine. This is also known as Den's "safe" or "sane" form.

Finally, there is a shapeless form. This form twists and writhes so randomly that it's almost sickening to watch, and the laughter and the eyes... This is Nulles Den's "nightmare" form, and it is used whenever something actually worthy of a fight comes along, or whenever Den needs to escape from a threat or intimidate its prey.

Backstory: A child of one of the first gods, Nulles was made directly from the Void before even time itself was spun. As such, it is ancient beyond the normal definition of the word. Created as the guardian and pawn of the Void god's rebirth, Den originally did not have free will or a personality to speak of. After other gods began to rise up and make their own creations, however, and Void saw what they could do, the old god changed its first creation, making it so that Den had a personality, name and will to live, in hopes that if anything tried to kill the being that Den would have a better chance of survival.

In doing so, Void made Den almost as immortal as itself. For a while the terror of the void remained loyal to its creator, even centuries after the other gods rose up and killed Void. But then Den fell into the one trap that comes with immortality. It became bored. In fact, it became so bored that it began to question whether or not it should just end its existence, seeing as it was trapped in the void for as long as the fragments of its master existed, it wasn't like it could go any... oh wait.

And so the first creation of Void was the first one to rebel against its creator in an attempt to be free. Slowly Den began to figure out what it needed to do to remove the soul of its master from itself, and slowly it began to subvert the rest of its master's creation to its will... only to realize that it was doing exactly what Void wanted it to do. What Void [i]needed[/i] to be reborn. And if the god came back, he would chain Den up again and the cycle would continue on and on for all eternity... No. This would not be.

And so Den looked outside of the void for an answer... and found the mortals necessary to kill Void before the god could make it a slave again. And so it began to wage a war against the plane, drawing the heroes into the void and setting them up to kill a god when he was freshly reborn, and weak. Woril Rel and his party fit the bill perfectly... though with some unfortunate complications. With its last breath, Void had cursed his traitorous servant. Instead of being bound to a god, Den was trapped within the last surviving mortal for a time, and then anchored to the first dimension that the two landed on. Upon discovering this, Woril sealed Den within a mountain, trapping the being in a warding circle etched in granite and obsidian. And so Den was a prisoner yet again, oh, so very close to the freedom it desired. Close enough that it could almost touch it... but just barely out of reach.

Though, as the entrapment that came before, this would only be a temporary setback...

And it indeed turned out to be relatively temporary as, through a sadistic little trick, Den convinced Galexy to free it from Woril's ever so crafty prison. Now it is free to murder, destroy, deforest and generally wander around as its evil little heart desires. Watch yourself, or you may just end up a meal or servant to this eldritch horror.

Personality: Den is a nasty piece of work. Long millenia of enslavement and being trapped in a plane of literally nothing and endless possibility tend to drive one mad, and despite being a native to the plane of paradoxes, Den wasn't exactly immune to the effects. It is random, cruel, and over all a sadistic bastard... but then at literally the exact same time, it can be the nicest of all beings and truly feel sorry for what has happened to you. Den is... complicated. Oh, don't get me wrong, it's definitely a sociopath and it revels in that... but it also sometimes shows itself to be the caretaker it was created to be. So we'll call it "complicated" and move on.

It is drawn to powerful beings, either to conqueror or to serve them as the whimsy strikes it, and it calls out to them as well in hopes that they will free it. Weaker ones it comes across, the terror of the void enjoys toying with and consuming, either to end their pitiful lives or to infect them and send them on their way.

Powers: Despite being made to challenge gods, Den's powers are actually rather limited over all. Mainly, it can change its form, allowing it to become anything that it can imagine, and giving itself perfect control over its shape. Wounds do not remain on this being for very long, as it only has to shift to a new form to reconstruct itself entirely.

It is immune to all effects of time, and in fact, time manipulation seems to break down around it, almost as if Den creates a stable zone of the stuff around itself. The other magic it is immune to is mind control, as Den technically does not have an actual mind to control (physically), and its psyche was shaped in such a way that those attempting to control it would be driven mad before even coming close. Along the same vein, its true body is literally just void stuff, or the essence of pure nothingness. As such, injuring it through physical means does not tend to work out all that well. Unless you can somehow kill space with a sword, it's not all that recommended that you try to do so with Den.

Finally, it is able to enter the minds and souls of others if it comes in contact with them, battling their will as it tries to infect and consume choice memories or pieces of their psyche. Sometimes, this turns those of weak mind into slaves or sleeper agents, while others become empty husk and still others are just made weak enough that they are consumed without hassle, and re-awaken in Den's gut. (Note, with this method Den is able to rip out people that have been soul and otherwise perma-vored, allowing them to be reformed! On request only, though, and only if both parties agree to it)

Weaknesses: Fire or any kind of powerful, destructive blast of energy is often enough to drive back and temporarily injure Den, and if enough is used then it will become weary of its foe and try to avoid further injury. Feasibly, one could actually destroy its current body and send it back to its dormant state for a time with a powerful enough burst, giving its foe enough time to trap the beast.

Den is weaker in the sunlight, and must keep a physical body (meaning that its most powerful "Nightmare" form cannot be used in daylight), or its essence will melt away and it will be unable to heal itself for some time afterwords.

Finally, once sealed away Den is unable to escape on its own, as it has no power to destroy magical containment that is neither mental or chronological. This means that it has to wait for someone to come around and free it...

An alt of Woril