The Lightning Bolt of Ages, Valk Madu
While her thoughts on the Truesilver eventually drifted, there was an idea she had to bind one of the sea's mighty legends to her service. Nothing less would do but to tame one of those that lived in the depths. Going around gathering together a list of rumors and myths, she tracked down her prey to a stretch of ocean where beneath the sea laid a giant cave. And from that cave emerged a snake many times long enough to crush any boat to smithereens. It instantly attacked the angel, believing it to be a colossal squid it fed on, but Muu turned the trap, revealing her full power and entering a clash with it. While it was strong, an Angel is not so easily crushed, even if the metaphorical might behind such a creature put it on somewhat even footing. But eventually Muu managed to subdue it, depriving it of oxygen. She then dragged it back the many nautical miles, dodging other sea creatures as she went, though few were dumb enough to attack something that had killed one of the alpha predators' of that region.
Upon beaching it she bound it in magical seals, and began to go to work. Using the purest Tin she could source with her wealth, as well as Silver and Copper, she begin making a skeleton, applying the frozen Mercury to the Tin in particular. As she molded the metals, forging and cleansing them of impurities, the magical energies of the metals began to whip up a storm overhead, an expected outcome. Even as the lightning of the heavens began raining down, she continued, before binding the creature she had captured in it!
And so Muu wove her magic, binding it to the sea serpent. As the lightning grew more and more fierce, a giant bolt struck the snake, awakening it and shattering the seals. It once more lashed out, but Muu was ready, triggering the enchantment she had weaved in an instant. The vast vitality of the snake was instantly sucked into the Tin and Mercury, before Muu sent forth a sliver of power to the heavens above, calling down all the gathered lightning on her new Servant. The copper melted into the scales, the Silver drew on moonlight from the suddenly cleared night sky, even as the Tin and Extract melted and hardened in the same instant, contracting around the body to seal it in frozen liquid. even as the magical properties fully fused into the snake, frying it's mind beyond any capacity to resist. It was there, as the snake was caught between death and life that Muu dove in and bound the snake to her Hivemind, bombarding it with Good. And so the snake died, and in it's place was born the Lightning Bolt of Ages, Valk Madu.
Valk Madu is a truly giant example of it's species, glutted on magic inherent to the area it lived in, regularly preying on whales and squid. It has a very primal mind, but there is a deep animal intelligence within it, honed by the centuries it has survived until now. Though to understand what it is now...
Mercury, has a specific set of magical properties, as well as one mechanical one. It is associated with snakes, and has properties connecting to life forces, death and decomposition, and rebirth. When heated, it expands, when cooled, it contracts, and when frozen, it serves as an excellent conductor. And this is also where Tin comes in. While it has a number of meanings, of interest is it's connection to healing energy and the planet of storms. As well as an interesting tidbit, it doesn't suffer from rust and kills bacteria, making it an ideal alloy material for the death aspect of Quicksilver. Tin is also directly associated with the Sacral Chakra, meaning we can better enforce morality, along with it nurturing creative energies to give Valk Madu more ability to think, if not reason. It nurtures creativity, and is linked to control
As for the other metals used, copper is conductive to heat and electricity, and has magical properties of energy conduction. It's use greatly smooths the flow of the energies involved. And of the magical metals studied, Silver is the most interesting, being connecting to the sixth chakra, relating to the mind. It serves as a psychic shield, yes, but that can also be used to trap such energies. And having personally forged this metal maiden, and the magical metals used, the opening to Muu was fairly easy to bind the new Servant to her. Metaphorically, the Silver also reflects negative energy, which is pleasing to Muu, as well as having a connection to the moon, giving her a very good timeframe to create the ritual with the highest chance of success.
All of this boils down to an extremely powerful ritual. And the result is rather striking. The snake has been turned into an electrical being, being as much magic as flesh. It's capable of sending lightning bolts flashing out with the whip-quick curves of it's body as afterimages. It can also recover and heal quite easily, perfectly capable of sucking the life out out the foes it kills as fuel and food, and breaking down that it swallows as such to heal. The iron maiden which keeps such energies contained can be damaged to cause it to "bleed", but said armor also protects it from mental attacks and has a passive aura which pushes away negative energy. And it should be noted the snake is much tougher at night when the moon shines in the sky. There is a drawback to how this creation was created. While it can still stay underwater, it can't swim... The metal is far too heavy. Likewise, it isn't as protected as the metal makes it appear, the Mercury/Tin being more supercool liquid than solid metal. It's also weak to hot enough heat as that reduces it's conduction, though is not cold-blooded, given it's blood is lightning. It's a bit lethargic during hot sun-filled days as a result, even with the Mercury/Tin keeping it somewhat cool. Other than that Valk Madu fights like a snake, lunging crushing blows, constriction, and crushing, along with eating prey whole and the occasional expenditure of lightning afterimages or shocks. Do not let your size fool you, it can travel very quickly.
Valk Madu uses Wealth token(s) to procure the metal materials for the ritual/forging.
Liquid Light Elementals - Redux: (7) TricMagic, Kashyyk, EuchreJack, Failbird, Madman, Secretdorf, m1895
Wealth Token-Second Facility: (6) Tricmagic, Kashyyk, Failbird, Madman, Secretdorf, m1895
-Wealth Token the Secondary: Compressed Sunlight Core: (1) TricMagic
-No to Secondary Wealth Token: (3) Kashyyk, Failbird, Madman
Corals of Community: (6) EuchreJack, TricMagic, Kashyyk, Secretdorf, Failbird, m1895
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