Behemoth
If the archdevil Leviathan represents the most powerful sea creature the multiverse has ever known, the imposing Behemoth stands as its land-dwelling double. A creature of immense proportions, Behemoth represents the worst qualities of the mortal creatures that walk upon the world—ferocity, rage, sloth, and most of all, insatiable hunger. Behemoth’s death has been preordained since the beginning of time, increasing its appeal as a patron of despair and lost causes. According to the oldest prophecies and scriptures (works that predate and predict the creation of Behemoth), when the mortal realm stands within days of utter destruction Behemoth and Leviathan will meet in a final conflict to shake the foundation of the world. The two great beasts will kill each other in this great battle, and righteous mortals will be allowed to dine on their flesh forever in Paradise—a fitting end for exemplars of unrelenting gluttony.
Description
Behemoth stands more than a mile tall, appearing as a corpulent humanoid giant with the head of a four-tusked elephant, powerful arms, and trunk-like legs that end in clawed feet. Rot grubs the size of purple worms crawl in and out of vast tunnels bored throughout its distended belly, and it reeks of foul digestive juices and days-old rotting meat. The tip of its awesome trunk bears a terrible toothy maw, which the Great Beast uses to devour anything that fits within it (which is to say, nearly everything). Like its infernal relative, Behemoth’s favorite meal is the soulstuff of the mortal dead.Realm
Behemoth’s personal Abyssal layer, the monstrous Duidan, consists of endless veldt built to the proportions of the Great Beast. Fiendish dire animals of all varieties roam the plains, seeking souls and other animals to devour. Few edible plants grow on the veldt, as such species were eaten into extinction millennia ago. Everything consumed on Duidan must be hunted—and given the girth and hunger of the layer’s prince, even the fiercest of hunters might become a meal at a moment’s notice. The lumbering master of the veldt sleeps most of the time, wandering short distances in order to feed itself a few times a week. The ground shakes violently when Behemoth is on the hunt, allowing smarter inhabitants to flee well in advance of the Great Beast’s arrival. Its hunts can last for a whole day or more, however, as Behemoth never seems to tire of eating and never seems to reach its limit.Worshipers
Though many hunters make offerings to Behemoth as a patron of wild animals, the Great Beast enjoys relatively few followers. Those it does have tend to be slovenly, morbidly obese hedonists who have turned to gluttony in a final bid for self-destruction. Behemoth’s cultists virtually sexualize the act of eating, playing up the erotic impact of food and bathing in grease and gristle as if anointing themselves with fragrant perfumes and massage oils.Obedience
Thaumaturges dedicated to Behemoth do just one thing to regain their spells—eat. Once a day for a full hour (and often even longer for particularly zealous followers), Behemothite thaumaturges gorge themselves with whatever foodstuffs are available, paying no attention to the niceties of etiquette or table manners. In fact, many consider eating at a table something of an extravagance, preferring to hold their food in their hands, grease and fat sliding between their pudgy fingers. They have little use for napkins or tablecloths of any kind, and revel in leftovers falling from overstuffed mouths to folds in their clothes and skin, to remain buried like treasure until the next spontaneous meal. At the end of the gustatory ritual, the thaumaturge’s spell complement is rejuvenated.
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