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Votorimin, Left Hand of Garukavar
Votorimin is a powerful Endon. Votorimin himself has been often labelled the shadow elemental; his connection with above-human mental prowess has led people to believe he has psychic power. Many scholars believe that The Enemy and Votorimin are the same being, mostly because of what the Dutri states. The Order of Dualkedor also enforce this as fact. If it is, it means that Votorimin also commands every monster of Garukavar to attack humans however he wishes. The creation of Votorimin was Garukavar's way of tainting the human race. The first humans, born through Renin's power, were Votorimin's first and primary targets. He went to each of the first eight humans and tempted each one. Each one succumbed, and as a consequence, all humans thereafter grow increasingly weaker in every way with each generation. Each of the eight tempted had children, and each one died. The list below describes the circumstance of each. The poisonous consequences of their mistakes spread to their offspring. According to the Dutri, Votorimin appears as a twisted figure with black claws, a red crest of feathers, and dark eyes. It also says he wields a blade which once belonged to Lord Renin called Evamahti. This is believed to be the same sword that Renin used to kill Karomaroc. He then proceeded to supervise Garukavar's creation of monsters, and then organised them into armies to attack mankind. Jadon, known as a visual prophet, visualised Votorimin to be clad in powerful armour, with a cloak that turns to smoke at the ends, and a crest of red feathers atop his ominous helmet. He painted Votorimin thrusting his shadow sword into the stomach of a soldier not even Jaron knows the identity of. The Eight Tempted1. Strength, aggression. The first man to meet Votorimin was called Matheon. Votorimin came to him in the form of a black bull. Matheon wrestled the aggressive bull in a field to defend himself and he overpowered it but the animal ran away and taunted Matheon to follow it into the woods and finish what he started. Each time Matheon caught up, they fought again, but the bull came a little bit closer to winning each time by wounding a part of Matheon's body with its horn. By the time the bull had run out of places to run, it ran its horn through Matheon's stomach. Matheon died and so Votorimin withdrew. It was this event that marked the beginning of the downfall of the physical strength of humans. 2. Possessions, greed. The first woman to meet Votorimin was called Veryeth. Votorimin came to her in the form of a black stone lying outside a cave. Veryeth admired the stone for its beauty and had it turned into a pendant for her to wear. She received compliments on the stone and returned to the place she found it in the hopes of discovering more. Each time she returned, she found one more stone, but she also had to delve deeper into the cave. Eventually, she came to a point where she had to pull a black stone from the rock. By now, she had a large collection of the beautiful stones, but she did not want anybody else to have them for fear of being less popular. She pulled the stone free and the cave collapsed on her and killed her and so Votorimin withdrew. It was this event that marked the beginning of greedy desire in humans. 3. Knowledge, arrogance. Horatian was the first man to write on paper and, in fact, actually invented paper. He was a clever man who would travel and record all things he saw, so that others would know how much he had figured out on his own. Votorimin came to him in the form of a flower. When Horatian first discovered it, it was yellow. The next day, it was blue and slightly larger, so Horatian hastily changed his notes in fear of being proven wrong. The following day, it was red and larger again, as big as his head. In anger, Horatian tied cloth around the leaves to see if somebody was exchanging the plant for a different one during the night. The next day, the flower was very large and it was purple. Horatian held a torch to it to burn it but the flower leaned over and devoured him. It was this event that marked the beginning of the desire to be always correct and to know all things. 4. Creativity, seclusion. Mannara was a young woman who had such a gift with creating words that she named many of the places and animals around Tasif. Her language was beautiful, as was the music she played, and the paintings she did. Votorimin came to her in the form of a melody she named Theodoren. Mannara loved the melody so much that she would sing it over and over; it filled her with inexplicable joy to hear it. She began to love the music more than the people around her and she believed the music was more real, stronger, and more careful. She thought Theodoren loved her more than any mere human could. She hid away in a deep valley and sang the melody at the top of her voice until the echoes grew so loud that she became deaf. She did not hear the following avalanche and was killed, far from the eyes of those who would have helped dig her free. It was this event that marked the beginning of the desire to put fictitious creations above the surrounding reality. 5. Love, lust. Devaan was a young man who, needless to say, fell in love with a woman he did not know the name of who lived in the forest. This woman was a form that Votorimin took. He did not exactly know who she was, or what she was like, but he was captivated by her beauty. He watched from afar, dreaming and thinking, but never approaching her. He thought that she would reject him, but also thought that she was the only one capable of fulfilling his dreams. He ignored the other girls who wanted to be intimate with him and concentrated all his energy on the distant woman in the forest. One day, this woman beckoned Devaan to approach. Devaan did so, but as he drew nearer, he saw that she seemed terribly old and unsightly. As he drew even nearer, she began to look like she was covered in fur. By the time she was at arm's length, she was a great grey bear. The bear ate him. It was this event that marked the beginning of mankind's sexual desire to have what is unobtainable or truly dangerous. 6. Humility, submission. Jariliya was a widely-loved woman, renowned for her kindness and generosity. Votorimin came to her in the form of a great eagle. The eagle landed in her yard one day and beckoned her for food. She gave the eagle some meat and it flew away. The next day, it returned and did the same thing. She gave the eagle twice what she gave it yesterday. The following day it came back. It did not appear starved but also did not appear any fatter. A little low on food, she gave the eagle double the amount of food again, as much meat as one could find on a pig. With its black talons, the eagle carried it away. On the fourth day, it came back. She told it to turn around because she had already given it too much. The eagle picked her up and carried her to a nest of eagle chicks as big as people. She did not survive. This event marked the beginning of both unwise giving and declining help to others in all humans. 7. Wonder, madness. Chronnan was a keen man who found pleasure in experimenting with the fundamentals of the world as it was; he is said to have been able to wield magic, unlike the other first seven humans. He made potions, cast spells, studied all things mystical, and longed to discover the greatest secrets of the world. Votorimin came to him in the form of a simple thought. Chronnan was aware of this thought but could not grasp it. It teased him from the corners of his mind. He delved deeper, wrote endless notes, studied everything he could get his hands on, and kept away from people. He gave up sustaining his life, thinking that wordly things were restraining his potential, and that the thought would grant him the ability to live forever anyway. He drove himself mad, chasing something that refused to reveal itself to him, and starved to death. This event marked the beginning of mankind's tendencies to give up true living in order to chase fatal ideas and dreams. 8. Vulnerability, disease. Rentuira was a quiet, small woman. Votorimin came to her in the form of a bump on her left wrist. She showed it to her friends, concerned as to what it could be, but they told her not to fear; it was only a bite from a small insect and would shrink within days. Rentuira was more suspicious. How could they know such a thing? She scratched it but it did not recede. She applied ointments but it did not recede. She thought on it day and night, thinking it was growing ever more disgusting. And it was. It grew larger, swelling up her arm and down her hand until he fingers could not move. She brought it to healers who told her that it was a manifestation of her worry. She mocked them, claiming that if that were the case, it wouldn't have been there initially, as she was a worry-free girl in her youth. One day she slept on it, hoping to just squash it out, but it reacted and began to spread up past her shoulder, into her neck, and then it reached her head. She died immediately. Votorimin withdrew, satisfied. This event marked the beginning of unreasonable worry and stress in humans which manifests as ailments.
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