Ophemis

the Duplicitous God

The deity of ‘the underhanded deed’ and ‘the mastermind manifested’. Clever and insidious, he represents the kind that convinces the naive to sell their own deepest, darkest secrets, all the while smiling and oblivious to the consequences. This concept even extends to the metaphysical, where assassins of Ophemis believe their targets ‘give up’ the secret of their lives, and thus their right to live. Dirty politics, blackmail, theft, graft, or any other thing that corrupts society, Ophemis is believed to have hand in. As a deity of secret knowledge, it is believed that Ophemis is more aware of the workings of the universe than even Ziohr or Xeddross, though this may just be the boasting of his worshipers. He takes the form of a young, half-elven man in black clothing, and possessing a strange looking kris dagger. Rather than residing in any one particular place, since he has domain over much of the underbelly and black-markets of civilization, these areas of all of Tepherial are within his territory, even those of predominantly good ones. He has the uncanny ability to emerge within the dredges of society on a whim, something that has been a headache for Chevalier on more than one occasion. Though she’s always been able to stem the tide of his type of corruption when it appears, he has consistently managed to slip through her fingers. Followers of Ophemis believe that this makes him the only one capable of stalemating the The Empress of Victory if their loose definition of the term is to be considered. Ophemis does not consider anyone to be an ally, though he does act friendly towards everyone – even The Fed Goddess on the rare chances that they meet, as he is the only one known to be able to directly appear in her presence and not be immediately attacked. His worshipers are also quite proud of that fact.

Divine Domains

Portfolio
Schemes, Secrets, Manipulation, Deception, Murder, Thievery, Shadows, Night
Domains
Darkness, Death, Evil, Knowledge, Law, Trickery
Subdomains
Moon, Night, Murder, Devil, Espionage, Legislation, Slavery, Tyranny, Ambush, Deception, Thievery

Tenets of Faith

Favored Weapons
All light weapons with a critical range of 19-20 or better, all light weapons that have a throwing range, and all light weapons that provide a benefit to sleight of hand checks to hide it

Divine Classification

Lawful Evil