Kroxa

Kroxa is the titan of Death's Hunger, on the plane of Theros.

History

Before the gods of Theros rose to power, the titans — horrific primal urges made flesh — roamed the mortal realm, sowing death and destruction in their wake. The mortals, powerless to defend themselves, turned to prayer in their hour of need. From this concentrated devotion sprang forth the gods themselves. Imbued with incredible power, the gods sealed the titans away in the Underworld. Klothys, the god of fate, volunteered to act as jailer and sequestered herself in the Underworld for eternity, acting as an eternal seal and ensuring the titans remained trapped.

Kroxa is possessed by a never-ending hunger. If he ever escaped his imprisonment in the Underworld, he would eat all of Meletis in a day, and then head to Nyx. Kroxa eats not for sustenance or pleasure, but because it is his nature.

Phyrexian Invasion

As the invasion of Theros neared total compleation, the branches of the Invasion Tree pierced into the Underworld itself. The Phyrexian forces marched through, compleating all they touched...until they encountered Kroxa, the titan of death's hunger, who devoured them so thoroughly that no trace of them remained - not even glistening oil. Seeing this, Athreos made the choice to strike Kroxa's chains and set him loose within the Underworld. To keep the titan from escaping to the mortal realm, Athreos charged Kunoros with keeping him in check. Kunoros shepherds the paroled Kroxa, guiding it along the paths that Athreos wishes, where it will inflict the most damage to Phyrexians and the least damage to everything else.

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Inspiration

Kroxa may be inspired by Cronus or Kronos, a titan son of Uranus who overthrew his father. Fearing that his children could do the same to him, Cronus started eating them, until he was finally overthrown by his son Zeus.

Pronunciation

Kroxa; if influenced by Greek mythology as stated above; would be pronounced CROAKS-UH

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