Tharizdun
The Lost God
Tharizdun, the Dark God, He of Eternal Darkness, is a diety of decay, insanity, and darkness. Unlike most deities of Ossin, who have been known to take a humanoid shape, Tharizdun almost always appears as a dark amorphous form reminiscent of a sentient sphere of annihilation. Contact with the god brings insanity and death, and no accurate surviving descriptions or depictions of him remain.
Divine Domains
Chaotic Evil god of Darkness, Destruction, Entropy, and Insanity
Artifacts
Spear of Sorrow and the 333 Gems of Tharizdun
Holy Books & Codes
Lament for Lost Tharizdun
Divine Symbols & Sigils
Jagged counterclockwise dark spiral rune known as the Spiral of Decay
Tenets of Faith
Tharizdun's followers are united by a single ancient creed, found inscribed within one of his dark pyramids:
"Light must be snuffed, perfection decayed, order dissolved, and minds fragmented."
The rest of his religion consists of a sporadic collection of terrible holy texts, secretly guarded even from other sects and detailing terrible rituals and extraplanar horrors.
The clergy of Tharizdun preaches that all things eventually crumble, and in time Tharizdun's victory over the Light will be complete. Followers place great importance on the number three. For example, there are believed to be 333 Gems of Tharizdun, each a minor artifact. Tharizdun's clerics cannot draw power from him unless they are in contact with an artifact such as this.
His few followers are almost always all insane, and those who are not are extremely dangerous. Contact with the imprisoned Dark God is only possible in proximity to one of his remaining artifacts or forgotten holy sites, even his blessings come at the cost of madness.
Many cults are unaware that the entity they worship is Tharizdun, Unable to act upon the world directly, he dispenses his power from cover identities and aspects.
"Light must be snuffed, perfection decayed, order dissolved, and minds fragmented."
The rest of his religion consists of a sporadic collection of terrible holy texts, secretly guarded even from other sects and detailing terrible rituals and extraplanar horrors.
The clergy of Tharizdun preaches that all things eventually crumble, and in time Tharizdun's victory over the Light will be complete. Followers place great importance on the number three. For example, there are believed to be 333 Gems of Tharizdun, each a minor artifact. Tharizdun's clerics cannot draw power from him unless they are in contact with an artifact such as this.
His few followers are almost always all insane, and those who are not are extremely dangerous. Contact with the imprisoned Dark God is only possible in proximity to one of his remaining artifacts or forgotten holy sites, even his blessings come at the cost of madness.
Many cults are unaware that the entity they worship is Tharizdun, Unable to act upon the world directly, he dispenses his power from cover identities and aspects.
Holidays
Minds Rupture, on the 7th of Horros
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