Cernunnos

Cernunnos is a volatile divine being associated with the Whimsical Forest and a dangerous early encounter with William. (Chapters 387–389 and 674)

Biography

Kraetor and the Tower of Babylon

William's near-death experience with Cernunnos shapes his caution in enemy territory: after Cernunnos trespassed into his domain without permission, William becomes determined not to repeat the same vulnerability. He later removes a torc Cernunnos gave him during a Centaur Tribe visit and prepares for Aamon by assuming the worst based on Cernunnos's erratic precedent. The arc records lasting consequences on William, but no new action by Cernunnos himself. (Chapters 464, 508, and 550)

Appearance and personality

The selected evidence gives no physical description. Cernunnos attacks before offering an explanation as compensation and is explicitly associated with extreme mood swings. (Chapters 389 and 510)

Skills, classes, and divinities

Cernunnos can trespass into a domain and threaten William nearly to death. His precise rank, authority, techniques, and limitations are not established. (Chapters 464 and 674)

Relationships

• William: Survivor of Cernunnos's attack and recipient of his torc. (Chapters 389, 508, and 674)
• James: William suspects that James's past enemies contributed to the encounter. (Chapter 674)

Items

Cernunnos gives William an unnamed torc; the brief specifies no required generated item link. (Chapter 508)