Udri
Lord Udri is a Naraka and lord of Mahâraurava.
Overview
After Mahâraurava's near total destruction in 1999, most of the naraka have chosen to abandon their homeland in search of more hospitable climes. This exodus was not total, though. Lord Udri was a learned astronomer, as well as a wise ruler, and contemplated the works of heaven from his great jeweled observatory. When the spiritual shockwaves ripped through the Dreaming from the Samvarta or Doomsday Cloud, Udri was looking straight into the heart of the explosion. White heat and forces unmentionable tore around him, laying waste to the region and killing everyone in his kingdom... except for him. Udri now lives in the jeweled slag remnants of his palatial observatory and has taken on the trappings of a holy man. Those naraka who remain in Mahâraurava view him with religious adoration and follow his commandments in the hopes of currying celestial favor. Indeed, to many Udri has become synonymous with the Samvarta (even approaching godhood in many of their minds) and not without reason. Udri appears as a black, male outline surrounded by the nuclear fires that facilitated his rebirth. His followers sacrifice the trespassers who come through the lands to the Samvarta. Unfortunately, such visitors are few and far between, and some of the more zealous converts travel to other Dream Realms and even the Waking World to procure sacrifices for their god. Meanwhile, Udri himself is seldom seen but spends most of his time in his observatory pondering the Lemniscate and the wheels of creation.
References
- CTD. Denizens of the Dreaming, p. 92.