Deigom's Judgement

<sub>"Do you seek power, child?"

"N-no,"

"Let us see if your heart matches your lips."

The massive creature fell forward onto two tripod-like legs, revealing the eye upon it's chest. Macaicu could not look away from its piercing gaze. Fire began to blaze in the pupil, and soon the landscape became what Macaicu saw.

"Ha, it seems... that you are a terribly lucky child"

"Wha-"

"You are the one we are looking for. I cannot pass my judgment at this time."

Its head descended towards Macaicu, and the third eye started to open. It was then he realized those were not eyes on its head, but mouths; one of which swallowed him up.</sub>

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So Dheighamhot wandered to the front of my mind today and wouldn't leave with a simple pencil drawing, or two... or three... so I did this. Sad thing is, is that it took about as long to write that little bit of story as it did to paint it... yeah... and I don't paint fast...

Anyway, I should explain why Dheighamhot, or Deigom, as the Ferox call him, looks like this instead of that little inanimate bat-like thing. [link] What you see here is the mental projection of Deigom, which is seen when someone touches Deigom's body, which is that little bat thing (I do have a more official name for it, but it would be a bit of a spoiler.) Physically, he is a living creature with conscious thought, but he's immobile. The hard inorganic shell effectively protects the soft tissue on the inside.

The mental projection is not necessarily restricted, but it usually resembles the physical form. The size of the projection is relative to the amount of energy he has at the moment (or in other words, how well fed he is.)

Some other random notes:

He is associated with fire, personality wise, appearance, among other things...

Only one mouth can open at a time, and each mouth results in a different consequence. The left and right mouths are used at the conclusion of his judgment, but the middle one is special. C:




Deigom/Dheighamhot and Macaicu belong to me.