Zzaro

Overview


One of the two major deities of Lumina. Branded as the devil in the Draemoric religion while being at the head of the Zzari religion that is popular in the kingdoms of Exitium, Solitudine, and Post-Vassal Nurhst, though there are many adherents to the faith dispersed evenly throughout the continent of Tencur. He is a etheric, formless, entity that is worshipped as a god by his believers. Zzaro is described by Cysero as the "lesser parasite" that has infected Lumina, "distorting the minds of men to act as pawns in a clash of titans."

World of Zzaro
Zzaro only has one goal: to reduce his antithesis Draemor to nothing, and manifest his version of Lumina which abides by his rules, features his beasts, and his geography, all of which are notably different from the ones that populate Draemor. This includes a lesser role for humans, and a lesser amount of them, but also much less competition for those vying to be and remain king. It would feature less wars because of less differing factions, a more homogenized society that can be united under one banner and live and die in relative stability.

They would also be joined by humanoids leftover from the creation of Lumina who were not allowed to exist in Draemor's world. This includes Reptilians, Lupinoids, Shades, and Merpeople. Just as Draemor is the champion of humans because he allowed them to overtake the Lumina, Zzaro is praised by these beings because he gives them a chance to survive. The world of Draemor is sterile and managable, while the world of Zzaro was full of possibilities, freedoms, and dangers. Zzaro is like a force and an entity all in one, and this force wants to get back to what it thinks Lumina should be.

This was halted by Draemor burying him deep underneath the ground with the rest of the undesirable humanoids and beasts which did not belong in his world.

Rhalas the Treacherous
After Zzaro was incapacitated, Draemor created ten men and two women named Old Lords to be the rulers of a new race of humanity who would dominate Lumina. One of them, Rhalas, was created to be the very best of these new rulers, and was going to create a kingdom as a monument to the glory of Draemor. With his limited consciousness and power, Zzaro possessed the Old Lord not with the expressed purpose of forcing him to do his bidding, but to show him his own mind in order to help him understand his motives. To make him see Draemor as he saw him instead as some benevolent creator. He got Rhalas to ask questions. Why are humans allowed to exist and not the other humanoids? Was it just for beasts more unruly than a lion or a bear to be destroyed or stifled? What would be so bad about Zzaro's world?

He found himself unable to continue serving a god that could be so merciless to creatures because they didn't fit his vision. Another Old Lord, Renjin, confronted his brother in creation and voices his suspicion that his heart had been twisted by Zzaro, and that he was no longer fit to build a monument in honor of Draemor. Rhalas tried to explain how he saw things and why he felt the way that he did, but Renjin and the others refused to listen to him. Rhalas was forced to turn against his fellow creations. He was the best of the Old Lords, but he was still no match for all of them together.

It was at the moment when they were all about to strike Rhalas and wipe out the impurity in their world, Zzaro siphoned some more power and manifested a golden sword into the world. The sword repelled the others, and in an epiphany, Rhalas took the blade and struck the ground and a force repelled the others far away. The closer they got to the sword, the more pain they felt, and the more their soul withered away. Renjin took the others and fled on horseback for miles and miles until they were free of the effects of the sword.

Rhalas had been gifted a sphere of protection emanating from the sword. It was around this sword he would build his city, and around this city he would be his kingdom. One that would be dedicated to Zzaro and not Draemor, who in his eyes was not who he purported to be, and wished to see him killed.