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Zantosa the Traveller, Prince of Monsters.

Long long ago when Nirn was still young and Men and Mer alike were still just learning to walk a great star fell from the sky screaming as it ripped through the night. None knew what had happened except for two, Herma-Mora Prince of knowledge saw what was coming and locked himself away in Apocrypha, and Merida who had herself been cast down much in the same manner. The falling star landed in the sea causing a great earthquake and terrible storms, Mountains were turned into lakes and rivers into cliffs. Finally something emerged from the sea, he stood head and shoulders taller than the tallest of men. His long hair was white as snow, with his eyes as red as burning coals. His skin was a dark ashen grey, and though he only spoke in a whisper his voice shook heaven and earth. Upon his back were a pair of enormous leathery wings, and on his hands were six fingers not five. Merida saw this and knew what he was.

The Aedra had heard of them before, "World-walkers" inter-dimensional beings that traveled the multiverse. But something had happened to them and none had been seen in such a long time. What they did not know was that the World-walkers had been involved in a long and bloody civil war between three seperate sides. One side believed that it was their right and duty to colonize and control all other worlds. Another side believed that all the traveling and involvment with other races had begun to have adverse influence on their race and thought that they should all return to the home world and seal themselves away. And yet a third faction believed that they were of divine province and that the other races in the multiverse were created to help them achieve Godhood.

Zantosa was the lone survivor and former leader of the third faction. After a particular nasty battle in which both of the other sides of the war had united against him, he was forced to do the unthinkable. He destroyed the Homeworld. Forcing the World-walkers to seek out a new home planet. As punishment for his crimes he was stripped of his dimensional powers and pushed to the farthest, most isolated, world they could find, they found Nirn.

Zantosa was defeated but not destroyed, stranded and trapped but not powerless. He quickly came to the conclusion that with enough energy from this world he could regain his former glory and power and continue with his most holy mission, to reach his next evolution. He began at first with small things, making rats larger, and more hostile, thus creating the Skeever we know today. But as he studied the life of Mundus more and more his creations got more and more elobrate. Eventually creating Trolls, Netch, and many other creatures all over the world.

After some time all these creations and monsters began to attract attention from the Divines and Princes, at first Zantosa was quite friendly and often generous with his knowledge, calling himself The Traveller, he taught them how to remove the ore from the ground and forge it to make what they wished, many of the Princes took this information and taught it to their followers claiming it as their own.

However, things took a dark turn for the worse when Zantosa met the Dwemor. He found a race of beings who thought much like he did. They accepted The Traveller with open arms and in turn he began to teach them more and more of his strange alien ways. He taught them how to harness the power of the gear and spring. He explained the importance of energy sources, and how to build engines. And finally he imparted his knowledge on how to harness plants and minerals to make chemicals to mutate and transform flesh.

The other Princes became jealous of his power and influence and sought a way to destroy him. It was during this time that Herma-Mora inparted to them the knowledge they sought. He told the Princes that although they would never be successful in destroying Zantosa the Traveller, they could entrap him even further, and he showed them the secret of binding Zantosa to a realm in Oblivion.

Exactly what happened after this and how it was done has been lost, Zantosa refuses to speak of it, and the other Princes would most likely lie about it anyway. What is known is in the aftermath, Zantosa was trapped on his own plane in Oblivion, and the Dweamor forever swore no alliegence to any God or Prince.

Vivisacon the Realm of Flesh. Vivisacon is Zantosa the Travellers realm. It is here the Prince of Monsters performs his dark and horrible experiments. The realm itself resembles a series of dark underground caverns and tunnels that lead into various chambers, laboratories, and holding pens. Terrible monsters and mutations wander about searching for nurishment now abandoned by their creator. The entire realm is filled with strange scientific devices and contraptions. Mortals who find the few passages into Vivisacon soon discover that no matter how difficult it was to get in, getting out is even harder. And once inside most end up as twisted mutated versions of their former selves.

Zantosa and relations with the outside world. Zantosa and Herma-Mora are sworn enemies, as the keeper of forbidden knowledge Herma-Mora knows how Zantosa can escape his imprisonment and leave Mundus forever, and Zantosa knows that he knows. As such the two have been involved in a long and drawn out war. At one time Zantosa created an entire race of beings called Seekers to go and invade Apocrytha, however with the assistance of Miraak, Herma-Mora was not only able to defeat the invasion but turn the Seekers to his cause. Meridia seems to know the most about Zantosa but rarely speaks of him although they both share a dislike of the undead, however it should be noted it is for very different reasons.

Followers of Zantosa the Traveller. There is only one reason to worship the Prince of Monsters and that is for power. Some will seek to call upon him for aid or to grant them a boon. The price is always the same, the servants flesh or their first child. If agreed upon, at the moment of death Zantosa shall send one of his creations, The Harvester, to bring the "subject" to Vivisacon where it will become part of his continued experiments.

((sorry its long but hey you said have fun and I just ran with it. Hope you enjoy.))