152: Purgatory Siege

Talsil 20th in the 21st Year After Shalraza




Pantheon of the last creation...



KISHAR, GODDESS OF SLAUGHTER AND RETRIBUTION
Patron deity to clerics, fighters, and paladins, Kishar revels in violence and ceaseless war. She often manifests as a black-haired human woman in bloodstained plate mail. For worshippers of Kishar, there is no greater deed than slaying an enemy that has wronged you.

Holy Symbol: A gauntleted hand crushing a heart.

 


KOTARESH, GOD OF TRICKERY AND SECRETS
Patron deity to bards, thieves, and many wizards, Kotaresh is a genderless and voiceless being that protects those who seek power and fortune through lies, manipulation, and betrayal. When Kotaresh appears to mortals, it takes the form of a hooded shadow wearing an upside-down mask.

Holy Symbol: Upside-down mask.

LYTH, MOTHER OF BEASTS

Patron deity to druids, rangers, and barbarians, Lyth is said to be the mother of all that lives. Legend tells that, after birthing the first man and woman, she conceived monsters to ensure that the couple and their descendants would always know humility and fear. Lyth manifests as a nude, winged woman covered in crimson tattoos and emerald slime.

Holy Symbol: A winged snake coiled around an egg.




ASAR-SEGT, HAND OF RITUAL SACRIFICE

Patron deity to wizards, clerics, and other practitioners of ritual magic, Asar-Segt, or ‘Eater of the Pyre,’ is said to be the source of all magic in the world. He demands constant sacrifice in return for this blessing, and those zealous in their worship of Asar-Segt feel a gnawing hunger that drives them to madness and suicide in the Hand’s name. He manifests as a six-armed ghoul shrouded by a cloud of ash.

Holy Symbol: A six-fingered hand bathed in flame.

Naia, Mother of Pestilence. Naia appears as a pale woman wearing sackcloth and clutching an empty wooden bowl. Holy symbol: skull smothered with flies


Teurama, Handmaiden of Fate. Teurama appears as a woman in funeral garb wrapped in silver thread. Holy Symbol: silver spool of thread

Euryale, Queen of Gorgons. Euryale appears much as the mythological medusa. Holy symbol: viridian snake eyes

Marduk, Slayer of Tiamat. Marduk appears as a nude, muscular man wearing a scaled crown. Holy symbol: a slain dragon with five heads