#We should def have Numen and Sigurd (did I remember right?) hang out next weekend during the OC meetup thingy!

[lady-quen]

I just listened to The Horror and The Wild by The Amazing Devil and a couple of the lyrics in the chorus remind me of Numen:

“Think of all the horrors that I promised you I’d bring / I promise you, they’ll sing of every time / You ran your fingers through my hair and called me child”

You're soooo correct and thank you for sending this to me! 🥺 It's such a good song. Even if not all of it necessarily fits, the chorus specifically really hits for the horror vibes of Numen, for sure. Though they aren't doing it willingly, and quite literally only want to observe and love all of existence, they're still acting on Jormag's orders and abducting people. Plus killing whoever gets in the way of it, I'd imagine. All the while, their creator's words ringing in their head: it's for their own good.

In the end, all they can do is ask the Commander and Braham to kill them and remember them - not for their own sake, but the memories of all the innocent people they used to live as before inevitably awakening to their purpose every Cycle. Though it was doomed, the love that did exist mattered. This, coupled with the numen being a divine spiritual presence manifesting in the movements and actions of birds could mean that the birds would quite literally be singing and remembering their story, passing it onto norn shamans as a cautionary tale.

Even though it's up to the Commander to make the call, there are def verse possibilities where they survive and learn to reconcile the ancient dragon persona with their current incarnation, Arnfinn. That, and thankfully, since they're the one in charge of the Frozen magic in this AU, they can undo it and return the spirited away people to (what remains of) their former lives. Even if some had been frozen for decades by that time.

In short, amnesiac shapeshifter creature who's the final vestige of young, pre-corruption Jormag's love commits crimes as a tool to their crazed parent and tries to fix it while learning to accept themself for everything they were and are!!! Argh!!!

Also they like mango pie