Garyx

Garyx, known also as the All-Destroyer, is the chaotic evil draconic deity of fire, destruction, and renewal. He symbolizes the sheer power and destructive force of dragonkind. He appears much like a great wyrm red dragon.

Divine Domains

Portfolio

Fire, destruction, renewal

Domains

Chaos, Destruction, Evil, Fire, Scalykind

Subdomains

Catastrophe, Dragon, Entropy

Divine Symbols & Sigils

Temples

Few, if any, formal temples to Garyx exist. His worshipers may carve his symbol near structures and landscapes they have reduces to ash.

Tenets of Faith

Garyx leads by example, periodically traveling to the Material Plane to burn and destroy. His followers follow suit, burning in their god’s name.

Worshippers

Garyx is portrayed either as the All-Destroyer or as the Cleanser of Worlds, and is worshiped under both aspects. As the destroyer, he is worshiped by red dragons. As the Cleanser of Worlds, some rogue gold dragons revere him, having come to the dark conclusion that the only way to rid the world of evil is to sterilize it and begin again. Garyx is also worshiped by sorcerers, warlords, and some druids.

Clergy

Garyx pays little or no attention to his clerics, but they don’t seem to mind. Garyx grants them the power to destroy, and this is enough for them. Some druids also revere Garyx’s renewal aspect, noting that some destruction is necessary before nature can rejuvenate itself.

Clerics of Garyx may be chaotic good, chaotic neutral, chaotic evil, or neutral evil.

Rituals

Common quests for Garyx include wars, battles, and campaigns of destruction.

Praying to Garyx involves lighting a fire and then uttering a phrase such as “Mighty Garyx, grant me the power to destroy!”

On the Winter Solstice, clerics of Garyx celebrate All-Consuming Night, when a great bonfire is created and flammable objects of many kinds are sacrificed to the god.

On the Spring Equinox, Garyx’s faithful celebrate the Sanctification of Renewal, when the ashes at the site of the bonfire they set on All-Consuming Night are sifted and examined. Any useful items, such as bits of metal, are recycled into new equipment. Any seedlings growing in the ashes are carefully nurtured.

Favored Weapon: Sickle

Church/Cult

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