Brisshell

The lonely god came into being as an eldritch divinity drifting through the void between dimensions.

She spent an eternity there, years passing like seconds, and yet in all her wandering, she never met a single other sentient being amidst the void.

Lonely as she was, it was hard to know if she was truly alive... or just existing, floating in space like a burning star or a rogue planet.

Then, one day, the lonely god discovered the world of Belana and heard the laughter of its inhabitants. Filled with great anticipation at realizing intelligent beings existed beyond herself, she immediately set course the little planet.

However, there was one fact that she failed to consider. Her physical form was massive, and its appearance frightened these new beings. They would either faint or flee in terror at the mere sight of her.

Until that moment, the lonely god had never given much thought to herself... and watching people recoil in horror and run away at the sight of her hurt her deeply. In time, she even came to hate herself.

Now that she knew just how loathsome her appearance was, the lonely god spent time secretly observing the people of Belana to learn more about their society and culture. She took on a new form, cute, young, human enough, and, after months of deliberation, gave herself the name "Brisshell".

Surely now she was ready to get out there and make friends! She tried to blend in and mingle with the populace, but actually putting all her studying into practice proved far more difficult than she could have imagined.

Brisshell just couldn't shake the trauma of her first encounters and how much she'd frightened people. They'd left her confidence shattered! People weren't afraid of her new appearance, but she still felt the need to rush to apologize and burst into tears at the smallest possible upset, which put a real damper on her efforts to make friends.

Nevertheless, Brisshell wanted to fit in, and instead of giving up, she redoubled her efforts.

However, her efforts were misguided and focused on what she thought would make people like her instead of based on real personal reflection. For example, she realized that being "hurt" made people want to take care of her, so she became clumsier, and she started wearing flashier clothes so people would have to notice her.

Despite her best efforts, Brisshell ultimately failed to make any friends on Belana. She concluded that her inability to make friends stemmed from her lack of practice having conversations.

However, she was too scared to ask a random person to help her practice talking, so she decided to create a creature to act as her practice partner.

Her plan was to break off one of her tentacles and shape it into a cute puppy, but even that went awry, resulting in a grotesque creature with a long snout and vicious teeth.

Even if it wasn't a puppy, her creation was still alive, and Brisshell decided it would be a sufficient conversational partner. All friends needed names, and so she decided its would be Alfred.

Alfred tried to run wild on his own, so Brisshell attached a handle to his rear end for easy carrying and control (she thought of it as more of a tail than a handle). Alfred lacked the intelligence to respond to Brisshell with words, but he still reacted to what he heard, making him perfect for Brisshell to practice talking to.

And so, Brisshell found herself in possession of her very first friend, and a terrifying weapon that could devour people whole at the slightest provocation.

Now equipped with Alfred, her first friend (and weapon), Brisshell resolved that she would protect people from monster and bandit attacks.

But even that didn't go as planned. She was unable to control even her own power, let alone Alfred's, and every time she swung Alfred in an attempt to save someone, she devastated the surrounding area and left the people she was trying to save even worse off than before she got involved.

Realizing that the harder she tried, the more people she hurt, Brisshell retreated once more into the depths of the forest. There, alone, she began training to master her power.