Introduction

 The Void has become a name that strikes fear in people, even those who didn’t believe in the metaphysical happenings on Earth before the Great Enlightenment. The Void is a mystery. For the Lurokxì it is a hypothetical thing, unproven to exist but they won’t deny there is a corrupting force in the universe. The fear of this corrupting force is still fresh in their minds, generations after their home world’s destruction. They would describe this corruption as a disease, something scientific endeavors can unravel and explain. The Void as a topic, however, may be met with irritation and condescension due to its metaphysical connotations.

There is plenty of surviving Lurokxì literature in translation that discusses the Void’s corruption—This book is not one of them. The perspective here is that of the Andeamer. The metaphysical landscape of Enokh is vast, interwoven with reality and inseparable from the natural world. Whereas anthropologists do not necessarily “believe” in the beliefs of the subjects in their ethnographies, on Enokh whether the outsider “believes” does not alter the fact they will be undoubtedly confront by something they would consider spiritual, supernatural, and otherworldly. The following examines these creatures and includes direct descriptions taken from the Dirrag in italicized text.

The Andeamer have many classifications for these beings of the natural world that aren’t entirely tangible. “Spirits”, the lërseventh, are everywhere. They may be found in cities, seen with bare eyes belonging to atheistic minds. In the wilds, beware the sädthäsan, the Void-borne. The sädthäsan and their diversity are the primary subjects of this book. They are inherently evil. They bring mischief, misfortune, disease, and despair to the physical plane. Their affects physical and intangible are felt throughout andeamer civilization. Whether the Void exists or not, strange things inhabit our universe and most of them have an insatiable bloodlust for us.

The Void

 The Void, in lore, exists outside of the universe. It was created by Aharmoz and is thought to be an exact copy of Mazhora’s universe—this universe. However, it is an alien land, hostile to foreign entities. Within the Void are even smaller worlds, each inhabited by a Greater Void. The Greater Voids, the säthespïra, are Aharmoz’s children or subjects. They are the inverse of the Andeamer gods, sometime in corruption of the divine or as their own sphere of influence. The true number isn’t known but it is agreed to be more than the gods.

Säthespïra have their own unique sphere or purpose but some may not seem inherently evil. For example, Valac Vetis, the appointed youngest of the Greater Voids, presides over dreams, which includes nightmares as well as good dreams. Mariax Stygal is thought to be the most powerful of the Greater Voids since his sphere is secrecy. To the Andeamer, Mariax Stygal is of considerable importance and when speaking of him in his divine aspect he is called Marëkhs. In both his divine and voidly aspect, he is the Void-God. Marëkhs along with Mïzäirn can be compared to Prometheus in their contribution to the Andeamer—they relieved them from their animalistic nature and turned them into intelligent beings and sometimes pushing them through great times of strife such as the apocalyptic event of the Era of Destruction millennia ago. Mariax Stygal/Marëkhs is commonly believed to be allied with Mïzärn for the considerable overlap of their personalities and spheres of influence.

Majority of Voids are perceived as malevolent and dangerous but there are those considered to be neutral at the least, such as Valac Vetis and Mariax Stygal. Others, especially Greater Voids, should be avoided all together. The agreeably inherently evil ones are many and the most infamous among the Andeamer is the Three-Headed Beast (Säthihl din’Drälothath). This entity is actually three Greater Voids: Hismael Hamariel, Suluth Styrr, and Surgat Zagam. These are the Voids Andeamer fear the most because they are the trifecta of destruction, typically in the context of oneself. Hismael Hamariel is either an emotional void or perversion of emotion; they seek to destroy or corrupt bonds between Andeamer. Suluth Styrr is deterioration of the mind through disease or mental illness and the physical degradation it causes. Surgat Zagam is corruption of the flesh. It is physical disease, defilement of the dead, and cancerous. The Three-Headed Beast is pure destruction without any rebirth in its wake.

Should one ever find themselves in the Void, they will immediately take notice of its foreign yet familiar landscape. Only certain individuals have reportedly entered the Void. The High Priestesses of Mazarath with years of preparation and only when necessary, an anonymous Lurokxì scientist that published an infamous report of her findings to which she argues it is likely a parallel universe with horrifying inhabitants, and only the most unlucky have entered the Void. All seem to agree that it is a corruption of our universe. It is deadly and inhospitable.

The politics of investigating the Void in Andeamer society is complicated. Because of its lethality, the gatekeepers of any investigation are the High Priestesses of Mazarath, but there are those who defy this. The secretive and sparse clergy of the Void-God no doubt have contributed, often anonymously, to the collective knowledge it the Void. Specific types of Veherrihs—magical practitioners—have control or vulnerability of the Void and are frequently victims and targets of outsiders because of prejudice.

Aside from the Greater Voids, there are the Lesser Voids that inhabit this strange world. The Lesser Voids are beings that Aharmoz didn’t create and according to the Andeamer, they are the equivalent to Mazhora’s Vassals. The Lesser Voids serve Aharmoz and the Greater Voids. Many Andeamer scholars theorize, from certain obscure texts supposedly written for or by Mariax Stygal/Marëkhs, describe a hierarchical structure among the Lesser Voids. The Greater Voids have legions of Lesser Voids to serve them for whatever purpose and these Lesser Voids give their allegiance to whichever Greater Void they desire, but some may be too unintelligent to understand this purpose.

Lesser Voids are categorized into many groups, varying on intelligence, which seems to govern their power. Aharmoz is of course at the top of the Void hierarchy followed by the Greater Voids, and what the Andeamer call Sädrïzhen, which are incredibly powerful and influential but not as much as the Greater Voids. Sädrïzhen are more often described serving a Greater Void directly.

• Aharmoz: Akhemaaz

  • Aharmoz is the supreme ruler of the Abyssal plane. He appears as a satanic figure to the Andeamer and opposes Mazhora.

• The Greater Voids: Säthespïra

  • The Greater Voids are compared to the Demon Princes; each has their own inner realm and rules as they see fit; they control a legion of Voids under them who carry out their orders; they are the second most powerful in command, but have their own smaller pyramid of power, and speak directly to Aharmoz

• The Regents: Sädrïzhen

  • The Regents are first under the Greater Voids. They are the Lieutenants and serve the Greater Voids directly. Greater Voids probably have more than one and each has its own purpose, but they generally keep order among the ranks lower than themselves, as well as carry out the orders of the Greater Void.

• The Lesser Voids: Säthrükh

  • The Lesser Voids come in a variety, but typically all serve a Greater Void. Lesser Voids are innately weaker and less influential in our world than Greater Voids or Aharmoz himself but are the most encountered.

Each Greater Void commands his legion differently, but the stated hierarchy appears to be the common mold to be shaped. Greater Voids cultivate numbers for whatever purpose they see fit and it’s uncommon to come across a Void that doesn’t belong to a Greater Void.

Many might not know and that leads people to believe all Voids are insanely intelligent, beyond what mortals can fathom, which isn’t true according to myth. There are Voids that are considered on par with animals due to such weak prowess.

The weakest of Voids that enter our Universe do not have corporeal forms and typically try to possess people to interact with the world around them. Only the bare minimum of intelligence will allow a Void into the universe. Even with this being true, most are not significantly intelligent and are largely nuisances. It is the ones with sapient levels of intelligence that inflict true horrors upon the world.

In Andeamer lore, possession is not always a traumatizing event. Some Voids possess people and don’t wreak havoc at all. Instead they may be collecting information about the world of the living among other things. There are always ways to know if someone is possessed, even without the damaging actions of the Void. Sleepwalking is thought to be a symptom of Voidly possession but it not directly connected to Valac Vetis. Aural readings, provided by Veherrihs or high clergy of Mazarath can reveal possession. Lapses in memory are another common symptom. Possession from a more powerful Void could be harder to control and purge. Possessions that turn difficult call for action by High Priestesses of Mazarath. Their methods are secretive and not known outside the order. Many ruthless leaders across Enokh’s history are attributed to having been possessed by Regents or some intelligent Void.

The Greater Voids

Säthespïra

The Three Headed Beast — Säthihl din’Drälothath— is the most feared among the Andeamer. Together, they wreak havoc and spread vitriol that divides the living.

• Hismael Hamariel is destruction of the soul. It corrupts love, emotions, perverting and destroying the bonds of the house which spreads into the fabric of society. Andeamer believe Hismael Hamariel corrupts the love between friends, family, and partners until the relationship is rotten and bitter. It is the worst aspects of lust, desire, and infatuation out of control.

• Suluth Styrr is destruction of the mind. He drives mortals to insanity and dementia. It corrupts the minds of people and turns them into narcissists, sociopaths, and overall dangerous people who not only destroy themselves but those around them. Or, it may strip them of all they ever were, leaving them a husk, devoid of memories and merely existing as a deteriorating husk.

• Surgat Zagam is destruction of the body. He is ravaging diseases, a blight, and cancer. He is the reason Andeamer do not bury their dead anymore since the dead are easily overtaking by his minions. These creatures are the Restless Dead, they can be meandering things or terrors in the form of the recently deceased. They spread infectious diseases and rot whatever they touch, including inorganic material. This rot spreads like an infection and can only be destroyed in fire. Only the High Priestesses of Mazarath are immune to Surgat Zagam’s post-humous corruption.

Suluth Styrr

Suluth Styrr (Suh-looth/Suh-loot Shteer) is the first head of the Beast. Suluth Styrr is the catalyst of insanity and psychological decay. It is its victims that do most of the work for it. The touch of Suluth Styrr also inflicts mental degradation independent from mental illness. It is also the physical destruction in the form of dementia Alzheimer and prion-like diseases.

Whenever Suluth Styrr comes to the mortal plane, any unfortunate soul who crosses him, will surely be corrupted beyond repair. Medical science as well as the powers of High Priestesses of Mazarath can combat his influence.

Suluth Styrr bore from the center of his father’s mind, a whisper and blight of the individual, spurring doubt, and unholy desires. Suffer under the pain conscious life, no thing is free of Suluth Styrr and the influence of the Greedy and Grasping Void.

Hismael Hamariel

Hismael Hamariel (Hizmayl Hamahree-el) is the second head of the Beast and will always be second. Hismael Hamariel is the negative extreme of love that spurs jealousy, obsession, hate, and defilement of consent—the exact opposite of Alioth (Älëas). Hismael Hamariel ruins any relationship whether it be between friends or lovers, should they see it and should it spur jealousy in them, they will destroy it.

In Andeamer folklore, the relationships that Hismael Hamariel destroys, specifically those of lovers, this entity takes one of the partners and a child is born. These children are practically mortal incarnations of Hismael Hamariel or are possessed by its followers. They are incapable of love. Luckily, however, there are relationships that Hismael Hamariel cannot destroy, and these are called averës (ah-veh-reese) for lovers and for platonic friends. They are the equivalent of soulmates, destined relationships and lifelong friendships. These relationships infuriate Hismael Hamariel to no end.

The corruption of the greatest gift of Alioth tears them apart for may they never find solace, may they never have more, may they never accept Alioth, and may they succumb to her will. The daughter of Wrath and the sister of Envy, none shall have more elation and happiness in their life than the Mother of Maggots, for she is empty. Aharmoz stole the deepest chamber of Alioth’s heart and forever wounded him, he emptied his hate unto a new vessel, and released Hismael Hamariel into the Universe.

Surgat Zagam

Surgat Zagam (Sir-gat Zuh-gahm) is a necessary evil in the eyes of Andeamer. Every failed plague of his makes the living stronger, but he is still destruction. It is physical disease, illness, and cancers.

Surgat Zagam is why cremation is mandatory in Enokh or face its meddling. The Voids under Surgat Zagam are notorious for inhabiting the dead and using them to spread disease. The Restless Dead don’t do much damage in medically advanced societies of Enokh and can be easily dispatched with fire, but it is much easier to cremate your loved ones before they try to attack you as a rotten corpse.

Passions sway of wind, disaster born in the spirals of the black, Aharmoz’s son to entertain for ages. He stirred the hole in the sky, captured the release of a dying sun, and let this Greater Void shape the worlds to come. The decay on stone and flesh are one in the same, a changing face, and ravaging sickness. Surgat Zagam remind them, they are no different from the soil they walk upon.

Valac Vetis

Valac Vetis (Vah-lock Vehtiss) is the youngest and the least influential of the Greater Voids but it is the reason mortals dream. It is quiet and scheming but appears shy and weak. Valac Vetis and its followers roam the dreamscape of mortals, contribute to the fantastical world around them. This is the master of dreams, fantasies, and nightmares often attribute to the primal emotion of fear. To see Valac Vetis in one’s dreams is an omen, which is good or bad depending on the events of the dream. Together, Mariax Stygal and Valac Vetis are the least malevolent of their siblings.

Its plane is the dreamscape and minds of mortals, and should he materialize into the physical world, it is weakened. Valac Vetis, despite how benign its sphere appears, can possibly be one of great destruction. It knows fears, desires, wants. Valac Vetis may be beseeched to gain information directly from the minds of others, for something in exchange of course. Much of Valac Vetis’s lore hints that its sphere is more of collecting information. There is no true malevolency in Valac Vetis’s sphere as dreams will happen regardless, but it is through these dreams this being interacts for mostly unknown motives. Some fringe school of thoughts suggest Valac Vetis is a regent or subject of Mariax Stygal or that the two Greater Voids are in coalition with each other due to their overlap.

His eyes an insult to Mazhora, but weakened by her light. He hides in the Shadows and darkest corners of the mind. He corrupts Mazhora’s gift to mortal men, twisting them into nightmares. Aharmoz took the all-seeing Moon of the Void sky, the tainted air, and the dust of a dead star created from Mazhora’s hands to birth Valac Vetis. This son shows the darkness of all mortal desire, the indestructible corruption that lives in all Mazhora’s children.

Mariax Stygal

Mariax Stygal (Mah-ree-akhs Stye-gal) is a Void being that has interfered with the lives of Humans, Lurokxì, Andeamer, and other intelligent life forms throughout history. He is the Void-God to Andeamer, both feared and admired. He is the most curious of the Voids and the most intelligent. Mariax Stygal communes with both Voids and Gods; Valac Vetis and Mïzärn are his peers. Mïzärn showed Andeamer the unknown and Mariax Stygal taught them to harness their knowledge of the unknown.

Mariax Stygal is the duality of sapient nature. Ruthless but compassionate. The Void-God’s motives are simultaneously good and bad, but never without purpose. This Greater Void inhabits the Fringe Atheneum, and endless plane where one might find what they seek.

Aharmoz, upon seeing Mazhora birth another son, this one Mizar the god of sorcery and the unknown, took the fiery ash of the Void, his blood, and brain and created a new son. This son, a greater Void, is the most intelligent. He observes and absorbs, power and knowledge. His fury knows no bounds, but his patience is without limit. This son was Mariax Stygal, the one to bring the light unto the endless Void.

Vegar Arniel

Vegar Arniel (Veh-gar Ar-nee-el) is a Void that interferes with every living thing in the universe for its own entertainment. It seeks to bring misfortune and to take what makes Mazhora’s creations happy and fruitful. It is possibly the most ignorant or one of the more intelligent Voids. Vegar Arniel never covets, for it takes before he wants. It steals what he does not need and hoards what has no purpose. It gives meaning to what it steals and only steals to watch others unravel and want.

Vegar Arniel can infuriate many with its presence. It whispers into the ear of mortals their darker desires and how to justify them. It is chaos for chaos’ sake, yet, perhaps, the most subtle Void. Vegar Arniel’s plane is supposedly made of everything it hoards made up of all it saw and desired. Vegar Arniel sits upon a throne of jewels sought after by mortals for their beauty and other coveted artifacts and powerful relics. Should one find themselves in its plane, never take anything for it will know. There are many tales of Vegar Arniel tracking Voids and Mortals alike who took something from it and this Void kills them. The only way Vegar Arniel might give up something is through trade.

He sows seeds of envy and hate to destroy the Great Empires internally. He is the pettiest of the sons, a jester unto himself and nuisance to all. Aharmoz learned envy from the gods and turned it into a new weapon. He stole a piece of Phecda, which she forever desires, he destroyed the life of a thriving world, and took the dying breath of Vasistha to create Vegar Arniel.

Cassiel Avak

Cassiel Avak (Cass-ee-el Uh-vahk) is the Void of indulgence and hedonism. Cassiel Avak is an apathetic Void who does not care for anything that doesn’t please it. This being tempts the hearts of mortals with their own desires, presented so they may never struggle. The Voidly nature of Cassiel Avak is slow. It bears its ugly head whenever denied and brings down vengeful wrath.

Andeamer believe Cassiel Avak and his ilk are dangerous because it weakens their will, turns them lazy and impatient. Without the hurdles of life, Andeamer never grow or learn. Indulgence, as Andeamer describe, is something not earned. The Andeamer believe only through trial and dedication is something earned, whether it be a title or material object.

Born of hate and deceit, He only seeks hedonism to dangerous extremes and hides from his mistakes. His sin is apathy, ignorance, and arrogance. Aharmoz took the dead sun of the Void, his seed, and Mazhora’s tears and created Cassiel Avak. This son spreads a blight of ignorance and dangerous indulgences across Mazhora’s Universe.

Mephistopheles Phelesar

Mephistopheles Phelesar (Meh-feasto-fell-eez Fell-ehsar), an engineer of the Void, mostly a nuisance to those who oppose the Void. In the Dirrag and even admitted to by Mariax, Mephistopheles Phelesar is where lesser Voids come from and possibly how Void-turned creatures happen. Despite the source of many woes, there is not a lot of information on this particular Void, and if there is, it is a closely guarded secret.

The black smoke pollutes the skies of the Void. The turning gears, music to this Greater Void, a machine, glinting and beautiful against the grey lands. Mephistopheles Phelesar only occupied by his creations, his minions, to be given life without purpose.