The mysterious creature called Ohn dwelled in a secret chamber within the heart of the Shadowkeep known as the Loom Masters’ Sanctum. This four-armed Wandering Shade worked a massive, loom-like machine known as the Cimmerian Loom, often humming a haunting, otherworldly tune while it worked.
Ohn’s head appeared to be a mass of metal plates fused together in an abstract shape. There were no eyes or mouth holes that could be seen. When standing at full height, Ohn’s head would nearly touch the ceiling. The creature had no legs, instead seeming to balance on a single large metal spike protruding from the bottom of its torso. Its body seemed to be made of the same metal plates as its head, but with ribbons of black silk falling gracefully from its frame.
Shadowmancers that met Ohn described a thick black fog emanating from the cracks in its head whenever it spoke. Despite the Umbral Loom Master’s threatening aura and nightmarish appearance, it was a peaceful being that worked closely with the most skilled of shadowmancers.
Ohn often referred to its place of residence as the “Loom Masters’ Sanctum,” implying that there were more of his kind at one point. However, every shadowmancer that had gained access to the Loom Masters’ Sanctum had only ever known Ohn. This mysterious nature of the Loom Master led to wild speculation amongst shadowmancers—some believed that the plurality of the chamber’s name referred to the multiple “spirits” of Ohn that operated it1. Others believed that the Ohn they met was not the original: perhaps every Loom Master took the name of Ohn as their own.
Ohn did not seem to answer to The Shadeking directly, but appeared to respect his rule regardless. Ohn did not like to talk about the dealings of the Shadeking or anything else relevant to the Shadowkeep—the dark weaver’s interests lay only with the material world and the Cimmerian Loom.
Influence on Shadowmancy
Ohn’s services were to “weave” shade trinkets for shadowmancers, granting them an expanded list of magical abilities that could set them aside from other shadowmancers. The process was not entirely clear, but it seemed as though Ohn could quite literally weave the knowledge required to wield a new ability into the mind of a Kahgun dreamer. In exchange, Ohn requested trinkets from the material world of Legere. Currency itself had little monetary value to the Umbral Loom Master, but its interest in coins was still present purely due to its material nature. Some shadowmancers speculated that the metal Ohn was covered in was given to him by past deals with shadowmancers, and he wore it because of his fascination with the material world. The shadows of all the items Ohn acquired from his business could be found along the outer edge of the Loom Masters’ Sanctum.
Link to original
Items traded to the Umbral Loom Master seemed to just disappear overnight.
Link to original
Major Associations
- Ohn knew Yao Thumying well, serving him throughout his career as the Black Ghoul of Jingho.
- Ohn revealed itself to Koa while he was under the tutelage of Yao.
- Ohn opened the Loom Masters’ Sanctum to Osten after he bonded with Blobito Kurai, expressing interest in the Southern Monk after this phenomenon.
- Ohn despised the brutality of the Dark Mage Zak, barricading the Loom Masters’ Sanctum while Zak ruled the Shadowkeep.
Footnotes
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Only one shadowmancer was ever present in the room at once, despite multiple being able to enter at the same time. ↩