Dweller of the Abyss
Original Version Anders Sandberg (nv91-asa@nada.kth.se)
Original HTML by Will Franqui (wfranqui@nmsu.edu)Stolen and Modified for Purpl(Z) by MamaChud.
Original Version Anders Sandberg (nv91-asa@nada.kth.se)
Original HTML by Will Franqui (wfranqui@nmsu.edu)Stolen and Modified for Purpl(Z) by MamaChud.
Choronzon is a thing of dissolution, physical, mental and spiritual. Everything around it will begin to decay. It will do its best to hasten the dissolution of everything it can reach. Matter will slowly dissolve. Living beings will age and sicken. It derails the trains of thought, and turns people insane. In the vicinity of it, nothing remains untainted.
It is said that every mage must some day confront and overcome it in order to ascend. Choronzon will do its best to hinder anybody from reaching Ascension or any other goal. Its greatest triumph is when a mage loses hir will. On December 6, 1909 Aleister Crowley foolishly let himself be possessed by the demon (Se Liber XXX Aerum, The Vision and the Voice, for more detailed descriptions). The end result was close to a disaster, and according to many mages Crowley lost the path towards Ascension.Choronzon is confused and often quite stupid. But it is also extremely cunning and dangerous. It can manipulate people subtly while appearing to make crude attacks. The demon will almost always retreat from any attack, not even defending itself. But it will never give up, and will reappear later, in a more insidious form. The only thing it cannot abide is order and discipline. Any form of highly ordered thought, speech or behavior is abhorrent to it, and it will flee if possible (unless it could topple the order in a subtle way).
The demon seldom appears threatening to a mage. Instead it appears to be a quite confused and irritating little being, unable to do much harm. In fact, it often behaves entertainingly, incoherently discussing things that seem important to the mage. While the mage listens to the confusing demon, it will slowly plant the seeds of dissolution in the soul of the mage. Choronzon will strengthen the flaws and illusions in the victim, making the victim believe in his own self image. As the demon works on, the mage will be derailed from the path towards Ascension and turned towards dissolution and insanity. A mind infected by Choronzon will slowly decay, and the victim will be a simple matter to possess for the demon, regardless how strong-minded the victim believes he is.
Choronzon dwells in the realms of Interface, the boundaries of daath to the mixture of exitence and non-existence. To summon Choronzon is quite simple, almost any fool can do it see the Mass of Choronzon). It sometimes acts as a kind of freelance paradoxical spirit, appearing when a mage has used entropy (Chaos) effects. In many cases it has secretly encouraged the mage to continue, thus spreading entropy even more.
CHRNZN very seldom manifests physically, preferring to possess people. It does this with great skill, making his victims think they are in perfect control over their own minds. When it does manifest, it will only appear as a voice. Sometimes it will manifest using many bodies and voices, giving the impression of a great horde of demons.
