Yeenoghu Character in Portum | World Anvil

Yeenoghu

As my connection to my lord deepens, I leave my old concerns behind. His hunger is all that matters. It is greater than me; it is greater than us all. It is His mark. He made us. He drives us. He eats what we eat. He kills what we kill. He will come if we eat well. He will come if we kill well. He will come if we eat well. He will come if we kill well. We will kill and He will eat, and we shall be He and He shall be we, never alone, never afraid, never hungry.    -A cultist of Yeenoghu's mad ramblings

Divine Symbols & Sigils

Triple-headed flail

Physical Description

Body Features

Yeenoghu appeared as a gnoll-like creature, 12‒14 feet (3.6‒4.2 meters) tall with a grinning skull-like face and a leering pair of burning emerald or amber eyes atop his seemingly emaciated form. A mangy, yellow crest of fur reached from his head to mid-back, with the only hair on his body being small scabby patches. The rest of his body was pale and gray, his leathery hide contrasting with his taut mane and a crest of blackened spines within it. His canine chest was armored with a patchwork of discarded shields and breastplates held together with weighty chains, and decorated with the flayed skin of his enemies. He wielded a three-headed flail in his paws.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Yeenoghu desires were savage in nature, wanting slaughter and destruction above all else. He took great pleasure in inflicting terror and sorrow before his victims' deaths, destroying treasured possessions and crushing their hopes. He despised civilization and if he were to conquer other realms, abyssal or otherwise, he would not attempt to rebuild their former structures. To the Beast of Butchery, the gnolls were both his instruments and children, whom he sought to use to bring his ideal world to fruition. Such a world would be one of endless combat and brutality, where gnolls ruled supreme and all other creatures would be either slaves or food. Ultimately when the mortal world possessed one final champion he would challenge them to battle, slay them, and preside victoriously in his version of paradise; a wasteland of decaying corpses, in an absolutely ruined world.   Despite his savage nature, Yeenoghu was not stupid, being capable of subtlety and trickery, but merely choosing not to use it in most circumstances. He actively encouraged the arrival of new races into his followers, recognizing the lack of his people's unity.

Accomplishments & Achievements

Despite not being the creator of the gnolls, Yeenoghu still had the mysterious ability to create them from hyenas. It was widely believed that after subjugating most of Gorellik's followers he managed to kill him and consume his body, giving him the power to create new gnolls. Because of the gnoll's lack of care for their history and the absence of a creator myth, Yeenoghu dominated the gnoll race as their supposed original creator.
Divine Classification
Demon Lord
Honorary & Occupational Titles
Prince of Gnolls
Lord of Savagery
Prince of Demons
Beast of Butchery
Children
Eyes
Burning Emerald Eyes
Hair
A mangy, yellow crest of fur reached from his head to mid-back
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Scabby patches of black fur cover it's mottled red leathery hide.
Height
14'3"
Weight
700lbs

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