Pain

Strontium

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Strontium
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Primordial

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Avatar

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Water

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The Avatar of Pain | it or he/him | Antagonist of the Panic Stories (particularly #3)

The Avatar of Pain is just as he sounds - the metaphysical incarnation of all pain, emotional, physical or mental. Every kind of pain, from a broken bone to a broken heart, is under his control. Pain is a writhing, pulsing throb on the mind, weakening the very soul itself. While the least talkative of the three Avatars, Pain is the most steady and the most pervasive, able to completely dominate the host beyond just their mind. Pain also doubles up as a kind of Avatar of Anger as well, especially when Anger is paired with Fear and Hate, as it is in the book Fire Bringer by David Clement-Davies. ["on his brow a bough of oaken/changling child be his fate/understanding words unspoken/chased by anger, fear and hate."]

As one of the Avatars, Pain has a singular job - keep his assigned Aspect of God from realizing their powers. Pain causes all the incarnation of the Destruction Aspect to feel pain whenever they destory something, preventing them from using their powers.

In the Panic Stories, Henry/Havoc is Pain's host, but Pain has been kowtowed to Havoc's will. He therefore is the only of the Avatars to be purposefully wielded as a weapon in the Panic Stories. Havoc puts a small bit of Pain into Cal's eye, and when he is expelled he leaves the eye severely weakened and with his signature shape - the triangle - around her eye. Havoc eventually completely obliterates Pain from the universe using his powers of destruction, yet another difference between him and the other two Avatars. That means Pain does not exist at all in the Post-Panic Universe except as a motif.

Pain's signature color is Orange and his triangle shape is meant to evoke a stake. He pulses with other bright colors that are very painful to look at, even just as a drawing.