Demantu

Demantu, the Abyssal Queen is a Apocryphal Lunar Patron or Maslunim.

Overview

<<Creature of forest and sand, you, too, once lay in the shallows as I do. You once learned from tide and wave. Sit. Listen. Show me you have the capacity to relearn what you have forgotten. Then, I may teach.>>

Demantu most often appears as a massive, five-headed turtle. Each set of eyes reflects the phase of Moon. Her shell is likewise ringed with lunar patterns and glyphs. She sometimes appears as a pregnant older woman, or as gleaming sea lioness, salmon or an albatross. Most often, she can be approached on some boundary lie of water, the ocean surf or a rock in a rushing stream that leads to the sea.

She encompasses the lunar aspects of deep understanding, mastery of the sea, maternal love, fecundity, but also the mystery of the depths. She has great knowledge of hidden lore, especially concerning the sea and its Shadow.

Demantu is slow to act, but a juggernaut once in motion. She would loathe inciting a crusade, but if convinced, would be an excellent patron as she is a caring mother. She may become aware of some threat from the Shadow sea itself, which could well motivate her into action. It is said that great beasts and some of the idigam lurk there - far away from the territories of the Forsaken.

As one of the most amenable of the Maslunim, she may be a stepping stone to finding one of her kin.

Any Lune may be found in her retinue, often holding court on her back. She also commands respect from water elements, nature-spirits attached to the water, conceptuals (knowledge) and emotionals (love).

Chiminage: An act of great kindness to a mother or child, an act of self-sacrifice for the same, wealth or knowledge sacrificed to deep water.

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