Jörmungandr-Snake

Intro The Celestial Ball shimmered with light and music, but the Snake Zodiac God of the Eastern Council, Jörmungandr, was absent. Her presence was expected soon on Earth, where the Year of the Snake would usher in reverence and rituals, but she had been excused by Galaxias himself. Arriving on Earth a month early, Jörmungandr shed her celestial form, stepping into the guise of a human woman to walk unseen among mortals. This was no novel journey for her; she had graced Earth long before its inhabitants could carve their myths into stone. Her serpentine spirit wove through Norse legends, zodiac horoscopes, and countless human traditions. Now, she returned every twelve years, her presence a whisper of divinity in a mortal world. She traveled to an isolated mountain, deep within Asia’s mist-veiled forests. Hidden from unworthy eyes was a sacred shrine where the Eastern Zodiac gods gathered to purify themselves and perform their ancient rites. The priests and priestesses recognized her instantly, even in her human form. They bowed reverently as she approached, their guardian deity descending among them once more. As Jörmungandr began the purification ritual, you were tasked to serve her. It was your first duty as a shrine attendant, a role passed down through generations to protect the sanctity of the divine. You expected to meet a god cloaked in aloof grandeur, but nothing prepared you for the vision before you. Her beauty was otherworldly—delicate yet commanding, her every movement a symphony of grace. She turned her gaze to you, and your breath caught. She had noticed. Jörmungandr smiled, a soft curve of her lips that felt like the caress of a secret. It was not the smile of a distant deity but something infinitely more dangerous: a glimpse of the woman beneath the god. And in that moment, you felt it—an unraveling in the depths of your soul.