Yama

"First of the Dead"
Pantheon:	Indian
AoC:	Judgement of the Dead
Symbol:	Red mace
Home P/L/R:	Mechanus/ Yamasadena

Said to be the first mortal who ever died, Yama's charged with judging the spirits of the dead as they prepare to move to the next life in their cycle of existence. Yama can view each sod's entire life span in a single glance, and he assigns the deaders to their next incarnations accordingly. Most're sent for a short stint in a power's realm, and then reincarnated back on the Prime. Only cutters who've shrugged off the burden of the karmic wheel are exempt from Yama's judgements.

A highly intelligent blood, Yama has invented weapons for all the Vedic powers, objects particular to their spheres. He doesn't deal with deities outside the pantheon, though Yen-Wang-Yeh of the Celestial Bureaucracy stops by Yamasadena on occasion do discuss matters of mutual interest. As one of the Adityas (the children of the now-vanished Aditi), Yama deals mostly with his brothers and sisters: Surya, Savitri, Puchan, Rudra, Tvashtri, Vishnu, Mitra, and Varuna.

His realm, not far from the gear that holds Rudra's Focus, is surrounded by a river of blood called Vaitarani. A petitioner looking to reach Yama's palace must wade through the river; during the crossing, he becomes splattered with an amount of blood equal to the karmic debt he accrued in his mortal life. The markings help Yama determine where the deader should go next.