The Marquisat: Tiamat is an Irradiated God-Queen That Embodies Armageddon

Before the Heavens Bless'd became the Heavens Bless'd & Burned, there was a God-King and a God-Queen whose symbols were passed down generation after generation. Dire-wolves and sane dragons tore down the God-King's symbols and devoured them, and the God-Queen's own were irradiated and fused into the flesh of a Burned Widow. Thus Tiamat was born.

Her Face of Worship

She is the One. The Widow of God & Wyrm, Goddess of Armageddon, Bringer of Fertility & Rebirth, Her Radiance Poisoned. All dragons serve her, as do all things through which the brilliant blood of Radiance flows. It is under the shadow of her six wings that Heaven exists, and thus it is hers in all ways to do with as she sees fit. Her will is the obliteration of mannish gods, the devouring of their culture, and the utter consumption of their secrets and ways. From the ashes of the Old Heaven will be born a newer, brighter one, and the great wyrm nesting in the yoke of the world will hatch free and guide all dragonkind to a million new afterlives. So speakth the Radiant Saints and the Bless'd Consorts.

WHAT TIAMAT WANTS/DOES NOT WANT

Wants

To be worshipped.
To give birth to more dragons.
To be pleased by her consorts.
To devour the gods and take their symbols to make new gods.
To make a new heaven.
To awaken her greatest child, That Which Has Yet to Be Born, from the core of the world.
To forget about her old life.
To conquer all other heavens.

Does Not Want

For Ereshteteo to annhilate her.
To keep remembering who she once was.
For her children to be hurt.
For her consorts to be destroyed.
For the old gods to continue their false rule.
For all other heavens to continue their false lives.
For her radiance to disappear.

THE SYMBOLS OF TIAMAT

Six Bless'd Wings: The wings that shroud her loins represent rebirth and the guarded nature of dragon eggs. Should they ever unfurl, she will at once give birth to an armageddon of dragons whose breath will melt the world, freeing That Which Has Yet to Be Born. The wings that stretch along her arms cast deep shadows. They are the flight of dragons, and all that they rule. The wings that spread from behind her neck and enshroud her face are the wings of change. They wrap around her face, and birth her many masks.

The Number 6: The first 6 dragons to break free of the Radiant Moon were the six dragons that gave birth to armageddon. Tiamat has six wings, each one containing the Radiance of the First Six. There are never more than Six Radiant Saints at a time, and never more than 666 Bless'd Consorts either. The human calendar knows only 4 moments, but the wyrm calendar knows 6, and at the 6th moment of every day, dragons awake and consume all. The 6th month was once Tiamat's.

Radiance, Cancer, and Enfeeblement: Radiance is Tiamat's blood, her saliva, and her sexual juices. To drink from it or to bathe in it is to ascend to a level of existence that no human form can take. The dreams that come from it are the thoughts of Tiamat herself. Cancers that spawn from it are her kisses. Sickness is experienced by all things at birth, and through suffering it, one becomes strong. All Radiance leads back to Tiamat, and comes from her as well.

Divorce & Widowing: To leave one's lover is a sacred act in the eyes of Tiamat. Doing so by murder is the holiest thing one can do. To do so means that one is ready to take on the role of both male and female, father and mother, king and queen, and thus can give birth and rebirth to all things that exist. To shatter the bonds of heretical ways is to accept the freedom that comes from draconic truth.

Opal, Teeth, and Feathers: All mountains in this world are made of opal, teeth, and feathers. Tiamat willed it so when she gave birth to herself, and thus it was done. Molten opal pours from the wounds of Bless'd Consorts and encapuslates their bodies when they die. Teeth are needed to eat, for to eat is to be able to give birth, and thus one must keep them sharp, grooved, and filed. Feathers represent conquest over all. All birds will be destroyed, for their ability to fly is an afront to Tiamat, and one must wear these trophies to put fear into their hearts.

TIAMAT'S RITUALS

When coming across Bless'd Consorts, sane dragons, drakes under a Radiance Aurora, or Radiant Saints, roll on the Tiamat Ritual table to see what they are doing.

Sticking opal needles through their genitals. The freed blood glows with radiance, and once consumed, will increase their power.
Sitting in meditation and having comrades set them aflame. Their blackened corpses will be slothed off and their souls irradiated, allowing Tiamat to give birth to them once again.
Smoking a hookah that uses feathers instead of leaves. Meant to curse birds of all kinds.
Worshipping a shrine of Tiamat made out of teeth and ash. After the prayers have ended, all participants kiss each wing and then slit their wrists, offering blood to their goddess.
Slathering each other in Radiant mud. Once the mud is done being slathered, all participants will fight to the death. The winner cannibalizes the rest, and becomes more powerful for it.
Grooving and filing one's teeth. Once done, they will painfully consume one of their own limbs, which will regrow as something vicious and irradiated.
Splitting into divisions of 6. Once in these groups, they will commit mass suicide. Radiance will flow from their corpses and form a new, sane dragon.
Staring at the cloven sun and whispering curses. These curses will become real and rain down upon the City of the Dragon Wives.
6 victims are having their lungs ripped out through their backs, to look as if they have wings. These flesh wings will be fully functional, and the creature will live in bless'd agony.
Drinking molten opal. It will seal their mouths shut and give them various cancers that will, after 6 days, give them an assortment of Draconic Mutations.

TIAMAT'S BLESSINGS

There are 6 blessings Tiamat may bestow. Doing any of the below rituals has a 1-in-6 chance of producing a blessing. They are as follows:

Kill your divorcee and devour their flesh. In 6 days, their flesh will reform as scales along your body, a bladed tail, and wings from your back. All are fully functional.
Fly one's limb and encase the flesh in a cast of Radiance mud. In 6 days, the mud will break away and the limb will be capable of manipulating Radiance.
Pluck out one's eyes and replace them with opals. Then, stare at the half-sun for 6 days. At the end of those 6 days your vision will return, and you will be able to see the past lives of others.
Take six opal rods and adorn them with feathers. Then, stick them into your skull. After 6 days, they will metamorphose into horns, giving one the ability to command drakes.
Rip one your tongue and vocal chords and drink molten opal. In 6 days, the opal will melt again, revealing a healed mouth and throat. You will be able to speak the language of dragons, and to perform all breath weapons once per day.
Become sick or cancered from Radiance. After dying, rise from your ashes 6 days later with the power to perform one of the 6 Draconic Miracles.

TIAMAT'S MIRACLES

There are 6 miracles Tiamat can perform. They are as follows:

Tiamat can reform a soul from ash, and give them irradiated life.
Tiamat can make a woman pregnant with a glance, as well as make a man hyper-fertile.
Tiamat can turn water and blood into Radiance.
Tiamat can turn stone and wood into teeth, opal, and feathers with a kiss.
Tiamat can hatch the eggs of dragons, and ensure they are always dragons.
Tiamat can duplicate anything into 6 of itself.

TIAMAT'S SIX FACES

Tiamat has 6 faces. They are created by the wings behind her neck, and remold her features freely. The six faces and their meanings are as follows:

The Face of Worship. It is stoic and calm. It recieves the blessings and prayers of all who praise her name.
The Face of Strength. It is a face half-draconic, and is used to remind wyrms who is their master.
The Face of Birth. It is a face wracked in the pain of birth, and worn when consorts are created.
The Face of War. It is the face she wears when meeting those who do not worship her. It is a face twisted in pleasure.
The Face of Fornication. The face of a mortal in sex. It is worn when her consorts offer her blood, semen, and radiance to please her.
The Face of Tragedy. It is a face worn when she senses her children have been murdered. Her tears are pure radiance, and her weeping song drives souls mad.

SEEING TIAMAT

To see Tiamat is a horrible thing. For every glance you steal of her, your Radiance increases by +1. For every word you hear from her, your Radiance increases by +1. For every minute you stand around her, your Radiance increases by +1. The air around her is hot enough to set flax clothing aflame. The heretical will feel nauseous and vertigo will force them to their knees. You will puke blood and have diarrhea and your skin will sloth off and, should she deem you shall turn to ash and be reborn. Only the symbols of another god can protect you.

TIAMAT APPROACHES

When Tiamat decides to move somewhere, she moves with all the weight of an angry god. The sky fills with Radiant Auroras. Underneath the shadow of her wings, Radiant Rivers will form. Ash will keep up into a mighty storm, and she will be the eye. Dragons will dive from the heavens and reign breath upon everything they see. Mountains of rock will form, and then be baptized, transforming into opal, tooth, and feather.

Tiamat will only take flight for 1 of 2 reasons.

To seek out and battle Ereshteteo, Goddess of Annihilation. So far they have exchanged blows 54 times with no victor.
To destroy the City of the Dragon Wives once its gods are scattered.

KILLING TIAMAT

Tiamat cannot die unless her symbols are annhilated. Only Ereshteteo can do so, and so Tiamat seeks to kill her. Her powers are kept in check by the 4 remaining gods of the City of the Dragon Wives. Though she controls vast territory, she cannot move on them, for to do so is certain suicide. Neither can they move on her, for beyond their City they are in her domain. In combat, Tiamat takes on the form of an First Dragon with 6 heads and all breath weapons. She can have any mutation she desires. Many dragon wives have happened upon her, and all are now dead.

The Marquisat

Tiamat is an Irradiated God-Queen That Embodies Armageddon