𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 [UPDATED VERSION]

XVIII. Father of Serpents

Faceclaim: Yig, a deity from H.P. Lovecraft

Full Name: Yig

Aliases, Nicknames, & Titles: Father of Serpents

Species/Domains: Great Old One of Snakes

Age: 175 million years old

Sexuality: Bisexual

Description & Personality:

● Yig is a very protective Great Old One who wants to keep all of his snakes safe.  

● As long as you do not harm any snakes in any way shape or form, Yig is a rather calm, reasonable, and  overall a nice dude. I mean, what else can be said? He created all snakes in existence except for the Leviathans and just wants to keep them all safe. That's it.

Powers & Abilities:

~ Curse Inducement

~ Poison Manipulation

~ Snake Manipulation & Snake Creation

~ Snake Physiology

~ Wing Manifestation

Likes: all snakes, nature deities, elves, Rosemary, Luvon, protecting his nests, Sebek

Dislikes: humans, anyone who hurts his snakes, his eldritch siblings and creator

Weaknesses: the death of snakes, divine power, angelic magic, archangel weaponry

A story involving Yig:

While researching snake lore in 1925 the Narrator finds that while most of the residents of Oklahoma are unwilling to talk there is a rumor that Dr McNeill is keeping a terrible relic in the Guthrie Asylum.

He is well received by the aging doctor who reveals that the relic is in fact a live victim of the curse of Yig. After being taken to see it in the basement the horrified narrator is gently led back to the doctor's plush office to hear the full story from the afternoon till late at night. After explaining the local customs surrounding Yig the Doctor moves on to the story of Walker and Audrey Davies.

In the spring of 1889 public land was opened in Oklahoma and the Davises left Arkansas to settle north of the Wichita River with all of their worldly possessions and Wolf (an ancient dog) in a covered wagon pulled by 2 mules. They made slow progress but given the time of year they were unaffected by Walker's crippling fear of snakes. However after hearing the Legend of Yig from a settler in Okmulgee he became obsessed with protecting himself against the Serpent god and its minions.

22 days in they were forced to shelter from the wind against a cliffside. Searching the rocks Audrey found a nest of newborn rattlesnakes which she promptly crushed with a rifle butt but rather than being reassured Walker was petrified. He believed that she had angered Yig and so sought out a Wichita Chief who taught him a long protective charm to ward off evil.

Finally arriving at their plot north of the Wichita River they began ploughing their land before building a wide-chimneyed 1 room log cabin. They soon found friends in the surrounding area including the nearby Comptons. Sally Compton told Aubrey a story from Scott County about a man who was bitten by so many snakes that his body popped. By midsummer they had managed to raise a barn, dig a well and take in a fair crop without encountering many snakes. Though he would often go to the main Wichita village for advise they were far from reassuring and warned him to keep up his prayers when the autumn con harvest came.

With the constant ritualistic drumming from the village and Walker's chanting, his paranoia began to wear on Aubrey who became increasingly aggravated. The harvest-home festivities and the fiddle playing of Lafayette Smith brought a welcome respite until a Halloween celebration on Thursday 31st of October when the long hot spell came to an end. By 4 in the afternoon a large party including Laffayette, the Comptons and the Rigbys crowded the Davises' cabin. After hours of dancing their guests returned home at 10 o'clock, leaving the Davises alone. After this point Dr McNeill admitted that the details would become more vague.

Awaking from a dream where Yig appeared to her as the devil Aubrey found Walker sitting up, listening to a distant cricket-like singing mixed in with the tom-toms. Walker decided that the sound must be varmints outside and lit a lantern to deal with them only to find that the floor was covered in an innumerable mass of rattlesnakes. Fainting, Walker fell to the floor and left Aubrey alone in the pitch dark. Panicking she felt helpless to save Walker and Wolf, wondering why she hadn't been killed first before realising that as per the curse she was to be turned into a snake. As time ticks by she is unable to utter any protective chants but still the snakes don't attack. Though she had come to despise it over the preceding months she found that when the drumming stopped the defense against evil was gone. Emerging from the covers to look out of the window she heard the pop of Walker's venom filled corpse and watched as a figure began to block the light of the window and stumble towards her. Terrified she begs for her life before lashing out with a nearby axe, cutting down the lumbering shape.

The next morning Sally Compton went to investigate the inactive cabin and found the door unlocked. The light of day revealed that the popping sound had been the bite covered body of Wolf and not Walker, who in fact hadn't been bitten once, but had instead been hacked to death with an axe. Aubrey lay on the floor lay mindless on the floor hissing and writhing.

In the following years she showed brief signs of sanity but before her death she gave birth to four abominations, only one of which survived in Room B 116 by 1925.

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