Erebos
God of the Dead
Erebos is the god of death and the Underworld, lord of all that has ever lived. He presides over the bitterness, envy, and eventual acceptance of those who suffer misfortune. His hoarding of both souls and the treasures the dead carry into the Underworld see him worshiped by those who desire to collect and keep wealth.
Erebos's very presence is stifling, and those who come face to face with him often depart in despair. He is jealous and tyrannical within his realm, but unlike his brother, he neither blusters nor tries to expand his influence. He waits patiently, secure in the knowledge that everything belongs to him in the end.
Erebos most frequently appears as a slender, gray-skinned humanoid with two large, outward-curving horns, wielding an impossibly long black whip. He also appears in the form of a black asp, a cloud of choking smoke, or an animated golden idol.
Divine Domains
Death and Trickery
Divine Symbols & Sigils
Serene face
Tenets of Faith
To many mortals, Erebos is primarily concerned not with death, but with gold. Most of his followers downplay his association with death and misfortune, instead praying to him for material wealth. Others pray to him because they want to be more accepting of their misfortune. These individuals see themselves as beyond hope of improving their lot in life, asking only the Erebos grant them the strength to endure until they enter his realm at their predestined time.
A smaller but more dangerous group of Erebos worshipers are those who actively glorfiy death. These cultists and assassins congregate in secret in communitites across Theros, engaging in campaigns of violence.
Holidays
The only major festival dedicated to Erebos, call the Katabasion or "the Descent", features a ceremony in which worshipers make a symbolic journey into the Underworld. The supplicants enter a cave, offer prayers and sacrifices to Erebos in utter darkness, and slowly make their way back to the surface just before sunrise.
Divine Goals & Aspirations
Erebos wants above all to maintain his position of absolute authority over the realm of the dead. He lashes out at anyone who aids souls in escaping from him or otherwise tries to subvert the inevitability of death.
Erebos is patient, usually willing to wait for souls to come to him, but he does interfere in the mortal realm on occasion. When the other gods displease him, he sends mortal agents or Nyxborn Monsters to kill the worshipers of the offending gods and spread despair.
Many of Erebos's schemes target those who escape his clutches. He regularly sends agents to retrieve the Returned soul or the wayward eidolon of a hero of great renown who has succeeded in returning to Succumbo-Uro. If any of the dead, renowned or otherwise, escape the Underworld fully intact - without identities erased -- Erebos will spare nothing to make an example of the fugitive and any who provided assistance
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