TheDarkHouses/Madness
The Forgotten Prison of Insanity
Third of the Dark Houses the House of Madness is feared by the living and the dead almost beyond any other. Madness comes without warning and strikes the innocent as equally as the guilty, sparing none from its dread gaze. The constellations of the Splinter, the Mirror, the Dagger, the Obelisk and the Claw fall into the House of Madness. The stars of Madness represent the powers of subtle violence and treachery as well as mental instability and uncertainty.
The least comprehensible of the Five Brothers rules the House of Madness. Deimos is the second eldest son of Ouranos, younger then Saturn and Hades by only a day. Being so erratic and unstable, Deimos is the closest of the Lords to their father Ouranos. Often Deimos retreats to deep in the Labyrinth to listen to Ouranos and the other Malfeans, bringing back their words to his brothers.
His domain contains more then just insanity and those touched by madness, referred to in the Underworld as those damned by Deimos. The Lord of Madness has rule over unreasoning fear, hatred and the deepest, most primal parts of human nature. The lower soul falls to Deimos, not his brother Charon. Because of this and his strange connection to the Malfeans, Deimos is the patron of the Hungry Ghosts, the Nephwracks and the Hekatonkhire. Even the dream-spawned must obey the dictates of Deimos unless their dreaming Malfean wills it otherwise.
Of all the brothers, Deimos is most likely to take human form, often taking interest in the newly deceased or those close to death’s door. Even the extremely mad in Creation will attract his attention, shining examples of his power that draw the attention of the blind Lord like flame draws a giant moth. Deimos takes the shape of a muscular male with numerous self-inflicted wounds, most notably empty eye sockets that drip blackened blood when he becomes agitated. Fragments of broken mirror are lodged in many of the wounds that scar the Lord and break free to shatter further, joining with a halo of mirror-shards that orbit around him in a razor cloud. Deimos favors mirrors as symbols of his power, often entering a room through a mirror, breaking it as he walks through. Any mirror the Lord looks at shatters instantly and joins his halo of shards. The color of Deimos is brilliant orange and his symbols are the broken mirror, blinded eyes and instruments of murder.
