Moder (The Ritual)
Moder is a creature that features in The Ritual.
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History
Moder was an ancient entity referred to as a god that was held as being one of the Jötunn and a bastard offspring of the Norse deity Loki. It came to reside in a forest in Northern Sweden where it came to be worshipped and venerated by an group of cultists for centuries. She appeared as an enormous, elk-like monster with bright yellow eyes, skeletal head with antlers and a pair of human-like hands on her head. Moder stalks travelers who enter her forest and "marks" the person who has suffered from emotional pain. That person is given a choice; worship Moder or die at her hands. Those who are not marked by her are tortured and sacrificed. After centuries, Moder has created a cult of worshippers, made up of missing people who hiked through the forest surrounding her home. The cultists who worship her are given eternal life and are protected by Moder from outsiders. A group of friends, Phil, Hutch, Luke, and Dom, are hiking in northern Sweden in honor of their friend Rob, who was killed during a store robbery. Hutch converses with Luke and decides to hike through the forest because it is a quicker route back to their lodge. Everyone agrees, and they enter the forest in the early morning.
Overview
In appearance, the creature was an entity that resembled a four legged monstrous being with horns and an inhuman facial features.
Moder presented herself as a dark guardian deity of the secluded woodland she held dominion over. The beast Jötunn stalks travelers who dare to trespass her pine forest domain as she singles out those who emotionally troubled among them, marking them and forcing them to confront traumatic moments in their lives in order to easily convert them while executing the rest. Her unforgiving and demanding nature not unlike cruel pagan deities is best shown through her interaction with her cult; she expects periodical sacrifice in return of blessings upon them and slaughters them for transgressions even if said transgressions were done out of sloppiness. Despite this, Moder is not without the capacity to show mercy or compassion as she gives her would-be devotees the chance to pledge upon her in their own volition and protects them in return as long as they won't incur her wrath, only resorting to force them if they show defiance through ill-fated attempt to convert Luke.
Notes
- Moder was created by Adam Nevill where it featured in the setting of The Ritual universe.
In other media
Films
- In The Ritual, the Creature appeared in the setting of the live-action film adaptation.
Appearances
- The Ritual:
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