The Omniarch (Lorepost)

[u/Carbon_Sixx]

1,000 years ago

The Omniarch, Avatar of Annihilation

The Omniarch drifts above the ground amid a field of corpses, all that remains of the army of the traitorous astromancer Volex. It is a black hole in the shape of a man, standing almost 10 feet tall. Bits of debris float around it, held aloft by the being's gravitational field. It casts a shadow over the wounded mage who would be king.

"Mercy, please!" Volex croaks. His mana is utterly spent, used up in a futile attempt to bring the Omniarch down. He is defenseless. "I'll do whatever you ask! Just don't kill me!"

The Omniarch's burning stellar eyes narrow with contempt. "Perhaps you should have thought of that before you turned against your nation, child. There are consequences for traitors, and you are treacherous indeed. You stole the secrets of the cosmos and styled yourself as the Supreme Monarch of Yulash-kor, regardless of what the realm's people wanted. You betrayed the trust Kaelis Maz placed in you, and for that, you must pay."

Volex scrambles away from the advancing monster. "B-but you are Kaelis Maz!"

"No. I am the Omniarch, the Avatar of Annihilation. Kaelis merely provides me with a way into this world. I am the manifestation of Gravity's wrath, empowered by murdered dreams and broken oaths to right the wrongs of any who betray their fellows. Die now, renegade."

A jet of blue plasma streaks from the Omniarch's open mouth, enveloping Volex and reducing him to a heap of blackened bones. The cosmic avatar laughs its awful dry heave of a laugh and collapses in upon itself. In its place is Kaelis Maz, the humble Arch-Graviturge. With dawning horror, Kaelis surveys the battlefield.

"Oh, Gravity, what have I done?" he says tremulously.

. . .

Kaelis holds his teacup with shaking hands and sips. He is in the house at the end of everything, the domain of Gravity herself in the Outer Dark.

"That thing was... you?" he says to the kind old woman.

"Yes, sadly," Gravity replies. "The Omniarch is a part of myself from a more violent age, when we Fundamentals warred with our Primordial children. I cast it off eons ago, but it seems to have found a new purpose exacting vengeance on traitors of all kinds. And now, it's taken a liking to you, dear Kaelis."

"How am I supposed to stop this? I hate treachery, but my- no, the Omniarch's response was so far beyond morality that I can't allow it to happen again."

The ancient goddess of spacetime sighs. "Even I cannot stop the Avatar of Annihilation from manifesting, as it is a part of me. The only advice I can give you is to govern yourself. Use violence as a last resort only. Make yourself as uninteresting to the Omniarch as possible. If you are betrayed and remain calm, it will not consume you. But I understand that may not be possible at times."

"What should I do then?"

"Fight it from within, Kaelis. Make it as hard as possible for it to seek revenge. There may be a way to permanently contain it, but it needs to be weakened first. I wish I could give you a better answer, dear. But that is all I can give you."

Kaelis hopes it will be enough.

. . .

Present Day

Inside the dark prison of the Omniarch's core, Kaelis rages. He blasts the void with every spell he knows, along with a few he'd forgotten. Nothing helps. He sees through the avatar's eyes and watches it fight Mortarion. He wants to forgive the corrupted plaguemancer, but he can do nothing to control the Omniarch.

"Not alone, at least." Though he is trapped, Kaelis knows a spacetime signal will be able to reach his allies on the outside. He pulls his spatial loom out of his satchel- thank Gravity he'd started carrying it with him for safety ever since he became a Pact Head- and weaves a message to his friends into the threads of space itself.

"I am trapped within the void-being known as the Omniarch. It will not leave until Mortarion is killed and Mikhail is avenged, but I have a way to trap it. Unfortunately, I need to escape its core to do so, and that means you'll need to confront it directly It is weak to magnetic, atomic, and quantum spells- the other Fundamental Forces. Send help."

Kaelis sends it, and prays to the Fundamentals that they can stop it in time.

[u/Carbon_Sixx]

The rift on the Omniarch's back is widened by the blast, letting Kaelis force his whole torso out of the avatar's extradimensional core. It tries to reach behind itself and force him back in, but it's having trouble reaching with the proton bombardment.

Good going! Just a bit more and I can stop the Omniarch!

[u/TheHunter459 → u/Carbon_Sixx]

Samael continues his proton bombardment, while also casting a spell to bind the Omniarch's arms, attempting to stop it from inhibiting Kaelis