{"id":553,"date":"2025-05-11T14:33:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T12:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wyrdingmedia.org\/?p=553"},"modified":"2025-07-26T11:36:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T09:36:57","slug":"umbraxas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wyrdingmedia.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/11\/umbraxas\/","title":{"rendered":"Umbraxas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Beneath the darkened catacombs and caverns above lies an ancient and monstrous thing waiting in the darkness for its prey to come down and enter its eternally ravenous corpus where it will devour them and slowly digest their souls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69eb90320516a&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69eb90320516a\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"661\" height=\"1026\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wyrdingmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Umbraxas.jpg\" alt=\"Umbraxas\" class=\"wp-image-552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wyrdingmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Umbraxas.jpg 661w, https:\/\/blog.wyrdingmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Umbraxas-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/blog.wyrdingmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Umbraxas-660x1024.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 661px) 100vw, 661px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The lowest levels of the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wyrdingmedia.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/23\/descent-into-the-underdrake\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blog.wyrdingmedia.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/23\/descent-into-the-underdrake\/\">Underdrake<\/a> are entirely comprised of this massive entity from <strong>The Umbral<\/strong>. It is not just <em>in<\/em> the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wyrdingmedia.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/23\/descent-into-the-underdrake\/\">Underdrake<\/a>, but <em>is<\/em> the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wyrdingmedia.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/23\/descent-into-the-underdrake\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blog.wyrdingmedia.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/23\/descent-into-the-underdrake\/\">Underdrake<\/a>; a sentient and maddening maze that spans many worlds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the forbidden pages of eldritch grimoires and inscribed on crumbling and cursed scrolls, Umbraxas is known by many fearsome epithets:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The God of the Labyrinth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Thousand-Mouthed Maze<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Writhing Dark<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Endless Hunger Below<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beneath the darkened catacombs and caverns above lies an ancient and monstrous thing waiting in the darkness for its prey to come down and enter its eternally ravenous corpus where it will devour them and slowly digest their souls. 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