Avatar

Avatars are the physical projections of demons unto the mortal world. Constructs of energized flesh and bone which house the essence of the demon. These bodies are not the true form of the demon, and in material death, their essence is cast back into the Nether.

For the Greatmother, who is born of, and exists in the mortal plane, she has no bodily projection, and in her immobile state, has difficulty in maintaining contact with the outside world. To facilitate the promulgation of the Faith and to keep the perversity of her cult from ignorant visitors, the Greatmother has need to create a facade.

Avatars are generated within the Greatmother and gestate as needed before being birthed into the world, emerging from the Broodmother already half grown and tended too by the Handmaidens. These replicas are near perfect imitations of the mortal the Broodmother once was and remain dormant until She overshadows them, imbuing them with a portion of her power and they are sent about their tasks.

The inhuman mind of the Greatmother is able to divide her consciousness among her spawn, and this is no different. Functioning as semi-autonomous extensions of the Greatmother’s will, anything learned by these forms is learned by their creator, and any thoughts and desires of the Greatmother are their thoughts and desires. These bodies are not truly independent and cannot function on their own, and unlike the passive connection Lucaerna has to her offspring, to control these forms requires active focus, otherwise they shall become dormant.

If slain, the avatars rapidly decay to nothingness, and when their use has ended, the Greatmother returns them to herself, where they shall enter the birthing pool, and vanish into the essence imbued waters to be reabsorbed