11.2.10 Omei, the Imago

Imago. Empress. Beast-Queen. Nightmare. Instinct.

The story of Omei was one of struggle, growth and transformation. Known to mortals by names as diverse as the colours upon Her Astral Realm, Omei carried one singular truth within Her - the instinctual understanding that Varian, Her own Creator, would one day betray Her and all of His creations. Her disdain for Varian took shape in many forms, including actively working against Him and His supporters up to and in the moment of Her ultimate demise. It was She that wounded the Celestine in battle in the final hours of the Creators' Monomachy, Her promise for vengeance fulfilled even though it cost Her life.

Omei presided over the virtue of Instinct, though it was not often She associated with that aspect of Herself directly. Instead, She chose to utilise various other paths through Her life that moved with and helped to shape the world today. There are two among these that are most notable to mortals; firstly, Her reign as Empress of a portion of the Chaos Plane known as the Astral Realm, a place where She was unquestionably feared and respected alike by the Astral Lords within. Secondly, and just as notable, was Her many years spent embracing the Nightmare, a fiendishly cunning and deadly outlook on Her virtue that drove fear into the hearts of Her enemies and emboldened Her followers to new heights.

The followers of Omei, under any of Her many guises, were varied and devout. Few of the Pantheon were and are able to cultivate as deep a reverence as what the Chromatic Court, Her closest followers, held for Her. Warriors, artists, politicians and poets, all were loved by Her, so long as they embraced the chaotic, creative aspects that She ruled over.