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 to Sahmad, Sahmad's Tale

Annona was an ancient creature living in the Bara Magna mountains.

Early Life
It was said that Annona existed even before the Great Beings. When she sensed the Great Beings, she tried to fill their minds with "madness", but the Great Beings instead sapped away her dreams. Trying to hide in fear of the Great Beings, Annona was forced to live under Bara Magna's surface. Over time Annona, who was starving for dreams, began to feed off those of the Iron Tribe Agori, which eventually killed them or rendered them insane. This was soon known as the Dreaming Plague.

At a later time, Annona decided to give psionic abilities to the female Skrall, but only for her amusement. She wished to see if they would use these powers to destroy the males.

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. She 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. The being finally revealed her true appearance to Sahmad, and tried to seize him with her tentacles, but missed. Telluris and Metus, who had somehow reverted into an Agori, stormed in to meet Sahmad. Sahmad, though confused whether or not Metus and Telluris were really there, escaped with them after accepting they was there, but Annona caught up with them on the surface, apparently waiting for them.

Sensing her next meal, Annona teleported to that location, with Telluris, Metus, and Sahmad getting within range before she left. Her destination was a fortress located on some cliffs by Aqua Magna. Annona floated up there with ease and fought off the Skakdi guarding the doors by casting illusions upon them. A golden being then came out of the fortress, asking for the reason Annona was there. Annona said she was there for her meal, to which the golden being responded by creating rock spikes that struck her.

During the fight, Annona, who was supposedly dying, couldn't keep her illusions up, and the Skakdi she had trapped were free. However, even though she was trapped she was still absorbing the dreams of the Skakdi, and she was able to free herself. The golden being then used his powers to bring the dreams of the Skakdi to life.

A few Skakdi and Telluris tried attacking her, but their attempts had failed; all of them were killed by Annona. However, Sahmad had been able to strike her by stabbing her with one of the rock spikes created by the golden being earlier. Sahmad then helped the golden being by dreaming of a universe without dreams, to starve Annona, and the golden being made it so. Annona, in response to this, decided to strike a deal with the golden being, by giving her a world to live and feast upon, and she would surrender. The gold being agreed, but only on the terms that Sahmad created the world. Sahmad then dreamed of a lush world, filled with beings like Annona, hoping they would all feed off each other and die, and she disappeared to the new, unknown location.

Personality and Traits
Annona appeared as a large red sun-like object with tentacles covered in spines and had a similar appearance to Tren Krom.

Powers and Equipment
Annona had tentacles that can grab things. She could also sap the dreams out of beings, the lack of which would eventually kill them. She could also give beings powers, as this was demonstrated when she gave the Sisters of the Skrall their Psionic powers.

Annona could also create illusions, teleport, and was capable of speech.

Appearances

 * Sahmad's Tale