Ah, welcome my friend! So, you have found your way into my lair. Come in, come in! Be my honored guest and share a cup of wine and any other pleasures I can offer. I like to have interesting company.
Alright then, let me introduce myself.
I am Ashmoday. What? Ah yes, that´s right. So you have heard of me, an evil demon of lust and war, thats me. But well that´s actually just a small part of me. People tend to forget and most of my stories have been corrupted over time.
You want to know who I really am? That is a dangerous path to tread my friend.
Ok just to give you an idea: Humans have met me in many places and times and I have worn a thousand faces and names. Ashmoday or Asmodeus, Aeshma Deva or Chasmoday, Sydonay or Zohak, Shaitan or Prometheus, Agni, Loki and Moloch to mention a few. But I´d like to stick with Ashmoday for now. It has a nice ring to it don´t you think?
And for who I am, and what I do...I do a lot of things. I am the king of the devas. I am the snake and the seducer, the messenger between the worlds of men and the realms of spirit. I am fire in all it´s forms. The spark of life and the flame of lust, a master of sensuality, the raging tempest of wrath and the lightning bolt of devine inspiration. I have been loved and despised, honored with ritual and sacrifice. I have been hunted and tortured with the chains of fear and fanatism. I have been imprisoned and left to rot for all eternity. But my spirit burns away all obstacles and can´t be contained for long. For those who are strong enough, I bring sacred knowledge and wisdom and of those that are not, I poison the mind with greed and destruction. I am angel and demon, god and man. All of that is part of me and none is all of me.
But tell you what, why don´t we get comfortable and I will tell you a story or two of my adventures in the world of men. Some you may have heard before, but I am quite certain that the truth will give you a few surprises.
Would you like some sweets? Or would you prefer the attentions of a beautiful lady or a young man while you listen? I can assure you I have collected many, but kept only the very best over the millenia.
Alright then, relax. I will not steal your soul - just yet.
Again. Saw this stone and immediately knew it will be this one living black star looming over the horizon. Something is happening on its orbit. Also I’ll be trying to make a metal setting for it myself, for the first time
