Skiggaret

Skiggaret is the bogeyman of the bugbear race, a god of fear that is as nightmare-inducing to them as they are to others.

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This article is currently incomplete, and much of its contents are subject to change. Information in the sidebar is complete and accurate, but the deity's history, personality, followers, etc. are all to be considered placeholders subject to change.

Description

Skiggaret appeared as a pitch-black bugbear, about 7.5 ft (2.3 m) tall, with hands and feet as red as the lips that formed his half-crazy smile.

Personality

Skiggaret is a partially insane god thought by the bugbears to be a hateful being that enjoys terror, torture, and death.

Divine Realm

Skiggaret shares his realm, the 241st layer of the Abyss known as Palpitatia, with another bugbear deity, Grankhul. It is a gloomy realm of never-ending darkness and fear populated by shadows and spectres.

Activities

Skiggaret stalks worlds like a prowling predator, driving bugbears to commit destructive acts by fostering aggression in them through fear. Often he serves as messenger for the rest of the pantheon, bringing dread in order to inform the recipient of the terror that they have displeased the pantheon as a whole.

Worshipers

Skiggaret had no priests because bugbears didn't truly worship him, wanting nothing to do with their god of fear and avoiding him whenever possible. His omens were sudden chills, particularly a spine-chilling feeling, raising fur, and magic pools of darkness; in broad terms, bugbears believed that whenever they felt fear, it was because Skiggaret was haunting them. This typically occurred when they believed themselves to be in mortal danger and their self-preservation instinct kicked in, forcing them to perform any craven act to survive. This feeling was by no means enjoyable for them, so on the rare occasion when they had to speak of Skiggaret, they did so in whispers and tried not to talk about what they did when they thought they were under his influence, afraid that speaking of it could summon him back.

Despite being terrified of Skiggaret, bugbears believed him to be a kind of necessary evil whose frightful presence brought strength to those who survived. They tried to propitiate him with sacrifices, particularly by torturing prisoners, and sometimes did so in times of direst need in the hopes that the dark god would hear their pleas and drive off their enemies.

Relationships

Aside from serving as messenger for the bugbear gods, Skiggaret had little to no relationships. He did have some alliance with the Stalker, albeit one of mutual toleration more than active cooperation.

Skiggaret

Demigod

Basic Information

Pantheons

Goblinoid

Attributes

Alignment

Chaotic Evil

Symbol

Black claw

Realm

Infinite Layers of the Abyss/241st Layer

Portfolio

Fear

Following

Worshipers

Bugbears

Domains

Evil (Fear)
Madness (Insanity, Nightmare)