Annona

"I hungered. And when I hunger, I feed. The dreams of your people were a very satisfying meal. Enough so that I did not need nourishment again for many years. Of course, once I was done, your people had no dreams left. But they, like the dreams themselves, were hardly to be missed."

- Annona, Sahmad's Tale, Chapter 5

Annona was a strange creature living in the Bara Magna mountains.

Early Life
It is said that Annona has existed even before the Great Beings. When it sensed the Great Beings, it tried to fill their minds with "madness", but the Great Beings sapped away it's dreams. Trying to hide in fear of the Great Beings, Annona was forced to live under Bara Magna's surface. Then Annona, who was starving for dreams, ate the dreams out of the Iron Tribe Agori, which killed them. This was soon known as the Dreaming Plague.

Spherus Magna
Years later, two remaining Iron Tribe members, Sahmad and Telluris, along with an Agori-turned snake named Metus, who was infected by the Dreaming Plague, were searching for the cause of the Dreaming Plague when they unknowingly approached the lair of Annona. It dragged them underground and created an illusion of a city called New Atero to fool Sahmad. It failed when he was killed by a female Iron Agori, thus destroying the illusion.

When Sahmad re-awoke in the healer's chamber, where the illusion had started, the being spoke to him through deceased Iron Agori which eventually changed into the Sisters of the Skrall. Annona then revealed its history to Sahmad, including that it gave the Sisters of the Skrall their Psionic powers. The being finally revealed its true appearance to Sahmad, and tried to seize him with its tentacles, but missed. Telluris and Metus, who was somehow reverted into an Agori, stormed in to meet Sahmad, telling him to come with them. Sahmad, though confused weather or not Metus and Telluris were really there, complied after accepting they was there, and the trio fought off the sisters and escaped, but he caught up with them on the surface, apparently waiting for them.

Sensing it's next meal, Annona took off in that direction, with Telluris, Metus, and Sahmad following. It's destination was a fortress located on the cliffs. Annona floated up there with ease and, to fight off the Skakdi guarding the doors, sent them into illusions. A golden being then came out of the fortress, asking for the reason Annona was there. Annona said he was there for his meal, and the golden being challenged him.

Appearence
Annona appears as a large red sun-like body with tentacles covered in spines.

Weapons and Abilities
Annona has tentacles that can grab things. It can also sap the dreams out of beings, which eventually killed them. It can also give beings powers, as this was demonstrated when it gave the Sisters of the Skrall their Psionic powers.

Appearances

 * Sahmad's Tale (First Appearance)