Guide to the Immortals

FUGIT
Level, Alignment, Sphere: 22 nd (Empyreal), LN,
Time
Symbol: A serpent biting its tail (the Ouroboros,
symbol of eternity and the circular nature of time)
Portfolio: Persevere the flow of time, memory,
history, experience, knowledge, temporal paradoxes
Worshipped in: Yavdlom
Appearance: Fugit look like a man so old he appears
ageless, with a bald head, a short white beard, many
wrinkles that frame a face with a wise and calm aspect, but
in which are two bright, attentive, and inquisitive eyes,
wearing a light blue long tunic that appears liquid due to its
folds and to the reflections that continually ripple through it.
To the eyes of an observer, Fugit is enveloped by an aura
that makes him appear divided into hundreds of images that
repeat, after a few fractions of a second delay, all of his
movements.
History (PROBABLE THEORY): The origins of
Fugit and the way in which he became Immortal are quite
bizarre. He came from the Temporal Prime (the plane of the
temporal flow that surrounds each reality), in which he lived
in symbiosis with others of his race. Because of the
interference of some carnifex in the temporal flow, members
of his race were magically attracted toward portals that led
to Mystara. Here they were imprisoned and utilised for
experiments that helped the carnifex in their attempts to
achieve the total control of space-time. Last among the
survivors of this impossible struggle, Fugit was able to
communicate with the Immortal Simurgh, advising him of
how much had happened. Simurgh tried his best to help
Fugit's people (by now reduced to a few dozen individuals),
but the tragedy by now was inevitable. For the Immortals
(warned by Simurgh) there just remained one final drastic
solution. Understanding well that if they didn’t do anything,
other worlds would also be in danger, Fugit accepted the
proposal of the Immortals of Mystara, and he was made the
instrument of their revenge. In the final ceremony that
should fully open to the carnifex the space-time portal,
making them Immortals and capable of unlocking the gates
of the prison of the Entity of Elsewhere, Fugit became the
catalyst of the power of the Immortals resulting in the failure
of the ritual of the carnifex and a surge of anti-time that
completely ruined all the civilisation. A few survivors were
taken by the Immortals and sealed in the Wells of Exile
forever. Following the ritual, Fugit survived and again
found himself changed by the energy which had coursed
through him; his essence became that of an Immortal. From
that moment he was devoted to the Sphere of Time, and he
became the defender of the Temporal Plane and of the
reality of the Multiverse. In the following centuries Fugit
participated in the construction of the Drop of Forgetfulness
in order to remove the dangerous memory of Nithia from
Mystara. He was also involved in the destruction of the
chronomancer rebels of Vertiloch and to operations of
temporal tidiness/police more or less unknown.
Personality: Fugit is an expert on the history of the
Multiverse, a methodical student of the Temporal Plane and
of its characteristics, and has the important responsibility
entrusted to him by the Hierarch of Time of watching the
temporal paradoxes on Mystara. He is known as the Keeper
of Memory, and he is a sort of supervisor and hunter for the
Sphere of Time. His duty is to monitor, from his homeplane
(Tempus), whoever has dealings with the temporal plane
and imprison those that abuse it. Fugit is charged with
facing and eliminating anti-time practises, like the excessive
use of spells of longevity, abuse of artefacts of time travelling,
or temporal tunnels, since they oppose the natural creep of
time. Fugit is obstinate and methodical, but unflinching in
the defence of his ideas and of the irresistible creep of time.
He is an unrelenting executor who is greatly amused by the
study of paradoxes and how to find and punish those that
threaten the known temporal reality. He is also one of the
principal enemies of the Hollow World, and for this is an
adversary of Ka, Ixion, and Korotiku (Ordana has been
forgiven for a time due to the “intercession” of Khoronus),
who he considers too true to the rules, heartless and deprived
of imagination or compassion. Civilisations should be
allowed or chosen to disappear by looking not only at their
current historical situation, but also at their impact on the
future. If they simply cannot survive by their own feeble
efforts or due to their own mistakes, they will be allowed to
disappear. If their conduct endangers other cultures and
wider territories, they will be chosen to disappear to prevent
that danger (as was done with Nithia). However, unlike his
allies Khoronus and Simurgh (much more diplomatic), the
authoritative and rigid character of Fugit often drives him
to demonise the behaviour of the three patrons of the Hollow
World and to openly condemn them, a thing that naturally
inspires their hate and serves to paint Fugit as an excited
and destructive dogmatist (traits that are also often
attributed to him by mortals, seeing his connection with the
unrelenting flow of time and the inevitability of death).
Patron: None
Allies: Khoronus, Simurgh
Enemies: Ka, Ixion, Korotiku, all those that threaten
the evolution of history or the temporal flow
Classic D&D Stats
Followers' alignment: Any; clerics must be Lawful or
Neutral
Favoured weapon: Scythe (allowed all bludgeoning
weapons)
Clerics’ skills and powers: Extraordinary power of
celerity once per day (can have two actions for 1d4
round), free sense time skill, +2 bonus to any one
knowledge or history skill (not free)
D&D 3E Stats
Domains: Time, Law, Knowledge, Oracle
Favoured weapon: Scythe
Source: IM2
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