Interview With Tiamat (Patreon)

NASUverse Addiction asks: What happened to the Old Mesopotamia now? Does any Sumerian Gods are still living?

Tiamat says: Of mine children born from the union with Apzu, few if any survive to this day and age. Their doom came when the Eternal Dream lifted my immortal essence from my desecrated corpse which Marduk bound as the mystical foundations of his Empire. Without my might to fuel their engines, they were left considerably weakened and fell upon each other in many great civil wars. With Anatolia to the North, Kemet to the West and the Aryans to the East, their borders were ever pushed until they were left a shambling shadow of their former blood stained glory. The final stroke came when the one calling himself the Heavenly Father arose and sent his host of Angels, and Azazel, still gold-winged, razed the Tower of Babil to the earth. Though, I know of one son who still lives, having hidden himself in webs of deceit and corrupt power. He is protected well, but long have I watched and waited to sink my teeth into his worthless neck.

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Ai asks: Great Tiamat of the Primordial Waters. It was said Ryūjin is one of your children, who in turn is the maternal grandfather of Jimmu the first emperor of Japan. Was there any conflicting events in your time spent with the Shinto pantheon, how does that correlate together with Ryūjin?

Tiamat says: Ryūjin's beginning is marked when the Oceans were still in their Primeval state. Understand, in the Primordial days, when magic ran strong in the eddies of reality, the Precept of the World were more alive and free, whereas now they are set and still. As such, Time itself was more malleable and not so linear, a strain your mortal mind cannot hope to understand. I was then in that sea far to east, for reasons that are my own, when Izanagi and Izanami reached from the Celestial Plane to raise and birth the land that the mortal theater calls Japan. The Waters, so imbued with Primordial might, moved mine heart at the sight of Making. Thus, I flooded mine own womb and gave birth to Ryūjin. Ever has he lived in the seas of his birth, a sovereign born from the wonder and love of the natural elements. A friend and fair ruler to all that know him. As for mortal descendants, to the point, I am ancient. Reach far back enough, and millions may yet claim me an ancestral mother.

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VVVaro asks: Lady Tiamat, a question I would like to ask, is what the world was like during the times where humans still worshipped you? There are scarce few historical artefacts leftover from the time where we currently know your legend is told, as although most of us know the glory of Babylon, precious few remnants of said kingdom exists. Is there any part of your mythos which we humans have deduced that you would like to comment or correct?

Tiamat says: Babylon arose from the Akkadians. I am unsure as to the exact number, but from your modern human ways, I was already well over fifteen thousand years old. These were the days of Anu, Nergal and Marduk. My age had passed long ago. What mortals did and what they thought of me was a far off concern during my imprisonment and torment. But I will tell you of my youth, of those first few millennia. Of when magic passed through the skies like clouds and moved through the earth like rivers. Of when water would not fall from the sky but rise to it from the earth and dance and scatter the light of the sun. When towering trees lumbered over hills and carried spirits and lights through the night and would hide behind fabrics of space during the day. Of great immortal towers built of crystal feathers and pure thought, where each floor was an entrance to another world. When constellations would walk the earth and teach stones how to sing of starlight and things yet to be.

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johnjohn2195 asks: Lady tiamat with how things have changed with food going forward and dishes becoming more delicious then just roasting creatures whole what have you found to be your favorite food to partake in? Also how do you feel about the food artist who can make giant sculptures made of chocolate? I Imagine there may have been a prank going around of is it a Manticore or is it cake.

Tiamat says: Ah yes, artistry and food. An odd combination of concepts to say the least, but a most welcome one to discover. I look forward to what new delights the mortals come up with in another three or four hundred years. For all their woefully short lives, they are rather adept at producing such wonderful ecstasies. I cannot yet decide what I would consider a favorite though. I surmise I will need another decade or two until I've sampled enough cuisine to declare a favorite. Ah, but you have successfully piqued my tongue. Little one, take note. We are having chocolate covered manticore tonight.

Ichigo says: Thanks, John. Thanks a lot.

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Qliphoth7 asks: Lady Tiamat, what are your thoughts on Lord Wraths eventual peerage members?

Hikori Takeo asks: Lady Tiamat, would you like Lord Wrath to have his own Peerage, or not? If yes, would you want to have a hand on who can or cannot be his Peerage members? What would you expect his Peerage to be like?

Tiamat says: You refer to Ajuka's blasphemies? A most dangerous magic, to alter the transcriptions of one's soul-song. Centuries ago I spoke with him on the nature of souls. That he would take what I said and find ways to make such mythic cuts was something I would never have deemed possible. Alas, Ajuka's brilliance is matched only by his irreverence. As for my beloved, his choices are his own. I will give him my counsel if he asks for it, but they are ultimately to be denizens of his kingdom. And a King must chose his inner council by the strength of his own heart. Though I find both of your wordings curious. Do you believe a Devil of his standing wouldn't have already bound power to his Seat?

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Nightshade asks: Lady Tiamat, what are your thoughts on Starwberry flavoured ice cream?

Tiamat says: Tis best eaten in bed.

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Mand'alor asks: Do you plan to have children with Ichigo?

Tiamat says: Of course.

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Ichigo says: Okay, that's enough! No more questions! Fucking Sera, I told her no weird questions! Anyways, thanks for your time and sorry we couldn't get to everybody. But I have a territory to run, online classes to attend and apparently a chocolate covered fucking manticore to find. You're free to walk around the place, though avoid the lower levels. I'd rather not have to listen to Sera chew me out because a bunch of journalist were eaten by my Reavers...again..."