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When fully initiated, priestesses of Or'talhac'hna can be readily identified by a distinct physical mutation of the right forearm. Beginning at the fingertips and running almost midway up the forearm, the skin pigmentation of the right hand changes to a deep, rusty red color, with fingernails exhibiting a darker shade of this same rust-red. The veins of the hand take on a mild bioluminescent quality, and are visible under the skin as bright ruby tracks. Interestingly, this mutation of the hand appears to have been recorded at least once in literature, with Milton describing a red hand of God in ''Paradise Lost'' as a representation of His divine vengeance. This, in turn, influenced contemporary musician Nick Cave when writing the song that would become "Red Right Hand." Owing to Lucille's curious pop culture obsessions, this association has led to "red right hand" becoming the accepted colloquial term for Or'talhac'hna's priestesses. | When fully initiated, priestesses of Or'talhac'hna can be readily identified by a distinct physical mutation of the right forearm. Beginning at the fingertips and running almost midway up the forearm, the skin pigmentation of the right hand changes to a deep, rusty red color, with fingernails exhibiting a darker shade of this same rust-red. The veins of the hand take on a mild bioluminescent quality, and are visible under the skin as bright ruby tracks. Interestingly, this mutation of the hand appears to have been recorded at least once in literature, with Milton describing a red hand of God in ''Paradise Lost'' as a representation of His divine vengeance. This, in turn, influenced contemporary musician Nick Cave when writing the song that would become "Red Right Hand." Owing to Lucille's curious pop culture obsessions, this association has led to "red right hand" becoming the accepted colloquial term for Or'talhac'hna's priestesses. | ||
− | As far as their supernatural capabilities, red right hands appear to draw from Or'talhac'hna's vague dominion over genetic matter in order to enact her will. As described by Lucille, red right hands are capable of freely manipulating blood, bone, and other living tissue as a result of their connection to genetic material it's made from. This allows red right hands to both violently deform or even deconstructed living beings at-will, or heal the wounded. The full limits of these powers are yet-unknown, though Lucille has indicated that the power possessed by red right hands rises and falls with the needs of their matron deity. At times, red right hands are potentially capable of acts of mass destruction if Or'talhac'hna deems there to be a large enough threat to the Old Ones' slumber, while the baseline strength of red right hands would seem to be no greater than the average Bee. | + | As far as their supernatural capabilities, red right hands appear to draw from Or'talhac'hna's vague dominion over genetic matter in order to enact her will. As described by Lucille, red right hands are capable of freely manipulating blood, bone, and other living tissue as a result of their connection to the genetic material it's made from. This allows red right hands to both violently deform or even deconstructed living beings at-will, or heal the wounded. The full limits of these powers are yet-unknown, though Lucille has indicated that the power possessed by red right hands rises and falls with the needs of their matron deity. At times, red right hands are potentially capable of acts of mass destruction if Or'talhac'hna deems there to be a large enough threat to the Old Ones' slumber, while the baseline strength of red right hands would seem to be no greater than the average Bee. |