Sangroke Bliss
The Orcmother, the Rage of Agathron, The Never Ending Tsunami of the Crimson Rapids, the First of the Grand Hoard, The Green Death (a.k.a. Sanan Blisstaker)
Sangroke Bliss, also known as the Orcmother, the Rage of Agathron, The Never Ending Tsunami of the Crimson Rapids, the First of the Grand Hoard and the Green Death, is the Travesty representing violence, war and bloodlust. She takes the form of a huge Orc and is feared throughout Apa Axas as a historical destructive figure.
With a pair of Handaxes said to be powerful enough to cleave a continent in two, and adorned in fully in a spiked armour that causes her foes to being impaled in her wake, Sangroke Bliss is a soldier’s worst nightmare to encounter on the battlefield. Sangroke Bliss is creator of all Orc and Goblin-kin, and embodies their most war-like traits; such as increased aggression, willingness to deploy underhand tactics and simple refusal to stay dead.
Sangroke Bliss is also known for her military strategy, making her a popular choice of patron deities for War Domain Clerics. Sangroke Bliss has single handedly defeated powerful earlier deities such as Lolth, and her predecessor to her Travesty domain, The Many Legs, an infinitely long and vicious giant centipede-like titan that she now utilises as a mount. Because of this genius, Sangroke Bliss is considered by the Beacons to be the most dangerous Travesty, as she is the only creature who could usurp the Beacons if left unchecked.
Despite being enemies, Sangroke Bliss has the utmost respect for Surm Tutdrug, viewing him as the only worthy warrior the Beacons have to offer. As such, Sangroke Bliss was once known as the deadliest combatant to ever walk the face of Apa Axas, and while others may have sought to claim that title in recent years, no one has ever come close to Sangroke Bliss’ achievement of bringing the entire world to its knees. To this day, whether through her multitude of magical weapons or through Agrigas, her mighty cyclops emissary, her name inspires fear, and it is said that in the depths of battle, over the clashing of sword and the screaming of the dying, one might hear Sangroke Bliss herself, cackling in amusement.Divine Domains
Artifacts
Sangroke Bliss is the bearer of many artifacts, most of them designed for combat, whether for offence or defence.
Her most famous, and signature weapon, is the sentient warhammer known as Whelm, which she bore into many of her battles. After her defeat, it was sealed away within Surm Tutdrug's vault in The Soulforge.
Other weapons of hers include; Bleeder is said to be able to rip the skin from an entire army of mortals with a single swing, Hazemaster is forged to kill Fey creatures, speficially Feny Lekki, The Blade of Fog which cannot be seen, even with truesight, The Twin Axes of Hate and Fate which can sunder continents, The Bastard Blade which causes the bearer to massacre their own family and The Executioner's Halberd which must be fed innocent blood lest it decapitate its bearer.
Sangroke Bliss also bears magical items that are not weapons, but are related to combat. For example, one of her more treasured artifacts is the Horn of Valhalla, a musical instrument used at the moment of her death. It is said that, if the horn were to sound again, the Great Horde would ride once more and ravage the world once and for all.
Sangroke Bliss also had a hand in creating the Rings of Elemental Command, in an attempt to tame The Elemental Planes. However, many of these attempts ended in horrific failure.
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Physical Description
General Physical Condition
As with many of the Beacons and Travesties, Sangroke Bliss can appear in a multitude of different forms, depending on who she is interacting with.
To The High Elven Pantheon, she is known as Sanan Blisstaker, and appears as a green-skinned Elven woman who clutches two axes, each of which drip endlessly with blood.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Sangroke Bliss’ impact on Apa Axas was the same incident that history states as her greatest defeat. The stories state that K'Niff, Enemy of Time, approached Sangroke Bliss with a proposition; to take her endless thirst for war and destroy her ancient enemies, the Elves, while they slumber in their cribs, while dealing significant damage to the Timeline while doing so. Sangroke Bliss was eager to forge this new alliance, and for the opportunity to bring war to creatures who had experienced nothing of the sort. To do this monstrous act, Sangroke Bliss would create monsters; mainly the Orc-kin races; Goblins, Hobgoblins, Orcs and Bugbears. These brutish warmongers ravaged the Elven communities, causing them to turn to The Vida Quda for aid. Despite having abandoned them early in their history, the Vida Quda still loved her Elven children, and landed them the force of her newest children, the savage race of uncontrollable Most-Favoured. The Most-Favoured, after all long period of war, overwhelmed the armies of the Orcmother and, with the aid of a halberd created by Surm Tutdrug, the First Favoured sundered Sangroke Bliss’s soul from her body and destroyed her form.
Sangroke Bliss is said to have somehow survived this process, a feat thought to be impossible for even a Travesty, but she was permanently altered by the experience. Her essence has been transplanted into many sentient magical items, such as Whelm, Bleeder, Hazemaster, The Blade of Fog, The Twin Axes of Hate and Fate, The Bastard Blade and the Executioner's Halberd. These magical items are said to contain a different aspect of her personality, for example, the Bastard Blade is said to contain her love for patricide, compelling their welders to murder their male family members. These weapons often have a spark of lightning to them, a remnant of Sangroke Bliss’ alliance with Retch. This lightning element has also been infused into her children’s core, causing Orcs to be the most likely of all mortal races to become Storm Sorcerers.
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Divine Classification
Travesty
Religions
- Great Orcish Brigands
- The Corpsefarmer Clan
- The Cragclaws
- The Flamedrinker Clan
- The Frenzyclan
- The Futurekin Clan
- The Gnome Pantheon
- The Great Horde of Sangroke Bliss
- The Greenblood Regiment
- The Speartooth Clan
- The Stormrider Clan
- The True Travesties of the High Elves
- The Truetusk Clan
- The Wind-Dancer Clan
- War Cults of Sangroke Bliss
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