Zan'thos

Zan'thos, the Mad God, is the god of madness, despair, and corruption. He revels in the breaking of minds and the twisting of emotions. Mortals who fall under his sway are driven to insanity, plunged into despair, or turned into instruments of chaos and destruction. Zan'thoris seeks to undo the fabric of reality itself, turning all existence into a chaotic nightmare. His influence spreads like a poison, infecting the weak of mind and soul, and driving them to commit heinous acts in his name.

Depiction

When Zan'thos chooses to manifest in the material world, he often does so in a nightmarish, incomprehensible form—a swirling mass of tendrils, distorted faces, and shifting shadows. His avatar constantly warps reality, causing the very ground beneath the party’s feet to ripple and twist. His voice is like a cacophony of whispers, pulling at the minds of those who hear it, pushing them to the brink of madness. His followers, when in his presence, experience overwhelming despair and hopelessness, their wills slowly breaking under the pressure of his chaotic influence.

Divine Domains 

In the prison plane, Zan’thos dwells in The Abyss of Wailing, a dark, infinite chasm filled with echoing cries of anguish. Even the other Fallen give this place a wide berth. The air is thick with madness, and the walls ooze a strange, corruptive substance that warps all it touches.

Followers

Cultists of Zan’thos are often the broken and desperate, those driven to madness by their own suffering or those who crave the power of insanity. They are known as the Screamers, for their chants are often incoherent, filled with distorted fragments of forgotten horrors. They wear robes of dark, shifting colors, and they carve the symbol of Zan'thoris into their flesh as a sign of devotion. His priests are often known to induce madness in themselves and their followers, using rituals and mind-altering drugs to invite the god's chaotic influence into the world.

Commandments

Reality is an illusion: All things are fleeting and fragile.

The mind is the greatest prison. Madness is the path to liberation.

Do not fear madness, for it is the key to true power. The weak fear it; the strong use it. Only in chaos can you be reborn.