Hextor

Lord Hextor

Name: Hextor
Titles: The Herald of Hell, Scourge of Battle, Champion of Evil
Home Plane: Acheron plane: The Infernal Battlefield
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Portfolio: War, Discord, Massacres, Conflict, Fitness, Tyranny
Worshipers: Oerdian
Favored weapon: Flail


His priests are highly militaristic and organised and are oppressive to those who serve under them and merciless to their foes.

Appearance

Hextor is often depicted as a hideous, gray skinned, six-armed humanoid bearing two large tusks jutting from its lower jaw wearing armor clad with skulls. He wields a weapon in each hand: a spiked flail, a battle axe, a battle pick, a longsword, a mace, and a falchion.
His other form is that of an athletic young Human male, with dark hair and light skin.

Realm

Hextor's realm is the citadel of Scourgehold on the Acheron plane: The Infernal Battlefield . There, Hextor presides over his legions as they train in the Great Coliseum.

Followers

They believe that only the harshness of Hextor's order can create perfect justice for all, and that these ends justify the means they use to attain them. However, they prefer educating non-believers first, and using force only when other means fail. They believe slavery is a necessary evil, the rock upon which civilization is built. They believe in properly caring for their slaves, however insist that slaves obey the will of their master without hesitation or question.

Clergy

The traditional dress of the clergy of Hextor are blood-red robes. Clerics of Hextor often work in cooperation with devils from The Hells, sometimes under the patronage of Dukes of Hell.

As with Heironeous, the priesthood has a strict hierarchy. Titles used by Hextorian priests are Scourge of the Third Rank, Scourge of the Second Rank, Scourge of the First Rank, Champion of Tyranny, Knight Terrible, Knight Horrible, Knight Malevolent, and Knight Tyrant. Senior priests are called Patriarchs or Matriarchs, while those who command armies are known as Patriarch-Generals.

Affiliated orders

The church of Hextor is supported by numerous religious-military orders, tracing their origins back to the church armies of the Malnax. Some of the better-known orders are the Company of the Twin Shields, and the Order of the Six Severed Hands. There are also Hextorian fighting-monks, which dedicated to the preservation of their culture and the destruction of any order that opposes their culture.

Temples

The faith of Hextor has historically been most concentrated in Malnax.

Dogma

The church of Hextor teaches that the world is a harsh, unforgiving place. The strong rule the weak, and power is the only reward worth having. Cruelty and mercilessness are necessary tools. Order must be forged from Chaos and Law from Anarchy, but order is meaningless without the will to enforce it. Tyrants are to be obeyed, and dissenters are to be oppressed or killed. Slaves must obey their masters.

Scriptures

The Book of Hextor: This is the primary book of Hextor's church, telling of Hextor's youth and his decision to go to the Lords of Evil for boons that would help him against the unworthy deities.

Rituals

Hextorian services feature chanting, wind instruments sounding discordant notes, shouts and screams, and iron weapons striking against solid objects.Hextorians swear mighty oaths in battle, such as "Strength in victory!" "Mercy is for the weak!" or "Death to the unworthy!".

The Feats of Strength Before a Hextorian priest can advance in rank, they must demonstrate their martial prowess and fitness to rule. The nature of these feats varies, but they are all revealed through prayer and divine revelation. They can vary from tests of endurance that can be performed within the temple walls to unholy crusades against the forces of Good.

Divine Domains

* War
* Discord
* Competition
* Massacres
* Conflict
* Fitness
* Tyranny

Divine Symbols & Sigils

Fist holding six red arrows facing downward in a fan.

Divine Classification

Intermediate Deity

Alignment

Lawful Evil

Pronouns

He / Him

Aligned Organization

Kotu Pantheon