Collosis
Planar marut inevitable [it/its] / LN
Collosis, a marut who towers the same height again over most cutters, is a faithful servant of the Fated. Nobody knows exactly how long the marut’s enforced the faction’s will, but the being’s the last resort of the Tax Collectors’ office. Rumours abound as to how the marut ended up in the hands of the Fated (some reckon it was taken as payment when some demi-power owed the faction jink, others claim that the Fated are hiring the thing from Rudra himself). Whatever the truth, there are few Cagers who don’t quake in their skins when the earthquaking footsteps of the marut shake their cases, and it always gets its way in the end. It was Collosis who forced the parents of the crier of commerce Harys Hatchis to declare their bankruptcy and hand over everything they owed (and though it was later found to be a mistake and the money was, at least partially, returned, Harys never forgave the Fated or the marut).
As Chancellor of the Fated, Llysadia’s directly in command of the marut, using it to chance down persistent tax evaders and, sometimes, sods who she simply doesn’t like very much. So long as the marut returns with a sack of coins, the Fated don’t ask too many questions, apparently. Another prominent tax collector of the faction, the priest Baeneral Pikestaff, utilises Collosis’ might more than once in a while, when Llysadia lets the marut out of her sight.
Recently, however, Collosis has been acting uncharacteristically sneakily, vanishing for whole days at a time and performing its assigned tasks with only minimal efficiency. Worried that the mechanical creature might have malfunctioned, Llysadia has spared no expense in hiring the moingo n=n+1 to discover where the problem lies. The moingo hasn’t yet picked up on the real dark; the marut ain’t defective, it’s suddenly got divided loyalties.
In fact, Collosis used to be an enforcer of Aoskar. As the Will of the One’s beliefs are causing the dead power to stir, so the marut is feeling urges it thought would never return. With increasing frequency the marut finds itself drawn to the linqua Omott, awaiting commands. The marut also seems to remember the dabus Fell, though the two never did have that much in common when Aoskar was alive. Who can say what will happen if the Signers succeed in their goal? In any case, the Fated will not be pleased when they learn of their once-faithful servant’s defection…
See Also:
- Cage Rattlers: n=n+1, Baeneral Pikestaff, Llysadia, Sage.
- Uncaged: Faces of Sigil: Fell (p36), Harys Hatchis (p44), Koe (p52), Omott (p74), The Will of the One (p110).
- Factions: The Fated
Source: Jon Winter-Holt, mimir.net,