| Font of Avernus | |
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| About | |
| Associated With | |
| Heroes | Abaddon |
| Factions | House Avernus |
The Font of Avernus or Avernal Font[1] is a source of mystical vapors that grants powers to its guardians, the House Avernus. It flows from a crack in the stone, and breathed in by members of the House. The vapors resemble a black mist that absorbs light, and imbues strange powers over life and death.[2] Those attuned to its energies can also see fortunes and fates in the mist, revealing secrets of lordship, war-making, and dominance. For this reason, the powers of the Font are hated even by the immortal demons of hell.[3]
The black mist itself may be sentient, although its motives are unclear. It chooses mortals to defend it, allowing them to forge weapons in the mist.[4] The mist is also capable of conjuring up creatures for its defenders, such as Netherax.[5]
Lord Abaddon drank deeper than any from the Font, and has since become a supernatural being, a creature of the black mist. Abaddon states that it is the mist that controls him, not the other way around.[6]
Artifact[]
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Avernus' Blessing Improvement Card
File:Avernus' Blessing Artifact Artifact.png Illus. Livia PrimaIf Abaddon isn't willing to share the mist of Avernus, I'll just have to find a way to take it.— Traxex on her quest for power -
Mist of Avernus Improvement Card
File:Mist of Avernus Artifact Artifact.png Illus. Joseph MeehanTrue power awaits those who bathe in the Mist of Avernus...— Abaddon, Keeper of the Mist of Avernus
Trivia[]
- The Font of Avernus is likely based on theories regarding the Oracle of Delphi, whose prophetic visions may have be caused by inhaling natural gases seeping through the ground.
- Avernus is a volcanic crater, believed by the Romans to be the entrance to the underworld.
References[]
- ↑ Abaddon response: ▶️ I have known from an early age, since the Avernal Font's first and greatest revelation, that this one would be in the bag.
- ↑ Aphotic Shield description.
- ↑ Iceshard description.
- ↑ Mace of the Chosen description.
- ↑ Netherax, Nightmare of the Mist description.
- ↑ Abaddon response: ▶️ The mist chose me, it is not mine to command.