Adamach

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The Adamach, ", is a monster that appears in dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack.

Generation

Adamach is only seen in the form of a historic statue of itself within the Sum of All.

Origin and Lore

Adamach is original to dNetHack. The name "Adamach" is a pun on Adam (the first man) and Adamantine (the hard fantasy metal), and topped off by the Rilmani naming scheme.

Adamach is the legendary first Rilmani, who supposedly defeated and sealed away either Cthulhu in particular, or perhaps the Great Old Ones in general. Just as the Rilmani are based on metal salts, Adamach is a "salt" of reality and unreality, which is why it has a disintegration attack.

Its description "The listener" in its encyclopedia entry is a reference to the Amharic word "adamaCH", meaning "listener", although this began as a coincidence - Adamach was named without knowledge of the word.

Encyclopedia entry

The listener.
The salt of creation.
The banisher of Their harbinger.
The first of the Rilmani.

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