Nagari, Lady Nightmare

...His lab looked more like a description from a Valan horror story than a respectable professors quarters. The whole place smelled of faecal matter, blood and alcohol. Notes plastered all over his wall talked about enlightenment, about the truth of beauty and the rotting of the soul. Like some sort of twisted prayer. In his journal we found years of notes filled with loathing and hatred towards other members of staff, and even students, but most of all... himself, and the life he lead. We never found the professor, or his body.

— The disappearance of Professor Jonas Arma

Divine Domains

Nightmare, Monsters, Engineering, Disaster, Invention

Holy Books & Codes

by Black Malcerta

Nagari does not often communicate with her followers through words. As the Unfortunate Maestro she gifts her faithful with ideas of wonderful and terrifying creations, often through vivid dreams which often impact the mental well being of the faithful in question. Her worship is also much more widespread amongst the "wild" races of Garatha. Due to this, there are no known books published by the faith in any civilised tongue, although inventors and artists driven mad by her have been known to scribe writing on the walls and floors of their chambers. Said writing often pertains to a place called "The Birthing Pit," which is accepted to be the name of her realm somewhere in the roots of Eana.

Divine Symbols & Sigils

Symbols carved out of superficial material have no worth to the Mother of Filth. Her more civilised followers, such as downtrodden inventors and ethically ambiguous researchers, ritualistically scar their flesh as a sign of dedication to their muse. Amongst the monstrous races which revere her as their mother, it is more common to visibly and severely mutilate ones own form. Often this serves to adhere to twisted forms of beauty Nagari holds close.

This very morbid practice has led to several theological discussions. More liberal circles suggest that whilst dangerous and no less twisted, Nagari has loving intentions. That she sees all in a manner warped and misshapen, and wishes for her followers or her "children" to be beautiful. This theory also goes further to imply this is the same reason why her creations are often bastardised, mutilated versions of other creatures. Sceptics claim that the Lady of Nightmares is simply a dark, violent creature by her very nature, and that giving any alternate explanation for her demands and the behaviour of her worshippers is foolishly naive at best, and dangerously enabling at worst.

Holidays

by Black Malcerta

The worshippers of Nagari may be more diverse than any other religious groups on Garatha. But once a year on the blood moon, they all unite in a night of celebration. Whether in small gatherings, village wide feasts or alone in a study chamber; her children partake in recreational drugs, make offerings and commune with the goddess. This is normally a time where her followers ask for favour in form of strength, inventive inspiration or enlightenment.

Divine Goals & Aspirations

The Unfortunate Maestro has a singular goal; to create a thing of ultimate beauty. She spends ages unseen and unheard within the Birthing Pit, working on more and more "creative" creatures, places and rituals. Of course, she is never satisfied, and plenty of her works are destroyed in a fit of sorrowful rage when they do not turn out as planned or expected by Nagari. Some of these discarded works fin their way to Garatha, often in the form of aberrations, monstrous humanoids and pained demons.

Divine Classification

Deity

Alignment

Chaotic Evil

Realm

The Birthing Pit

Honorary & Occupational Titles

Lady Nightmare, Mother of filth, The Unfortunate Maestro, The Darkened Muse

Ruled Locations

• The Birthing Pit

Favoured Weapon

Waveblade

Cleric Alignment

Chaotic Evil, Neutral Evil, Chaotic Neutral

Sacred Colours

Green, Black, Yellow

Favoured Animal

Scorpion