#AltanLore (with hint of #IliiLore): When the two use the crystal & key together, Altannamar doesn't so much fade ethereally as much flash-bang onlookers as his body seems to both arken & brighten at the same time.

Overpoweringly so, as if his silhouette underwent a total solar eclipse. A blinding-

#AltanLore, #IliiLore: He was the only one of my OCs who accompanied Iliira to the Fourth.

The thing that makes Altannamar's case special is the connection his Ancient incarnation, Odysseus, shared with Calliope. Being that he was a Word of Azem; hell, Calliope's FIRST Word, at that.

As such, he-

#AltanLore: Absolutely RANCID.

Though an enticing pyrope color, it tastes downright foul. Tar, marmite, condensed shame, dried blood from a nosebleed in your sleep, cough syrup, resentment, thorns in the mouth, surströmming & other things you shouldn't put in your mouth.

His aether is so bad that-