Panzuriel

The Banished One, the Deep Old One, the Enslaver, the Many-Tentacled God, The Severed God

Panzuriel is a deity of Murder, Confusion, Subversion, and evil creatures of the sea.
Panzuirel manifests as a hunchbacked old humanoid figure with gills and green, scaly skin, which fades to yellow on his underbelly. His left leg ends in a crystalline foot, and he grasps a staff in his taloned hands to support himself as he limps onto dry land. He has shining green eyes. Panzuriel may also manifest as a giant octopus.
In prehistoric times, Panzuriel's influence was banished from the Prime Material Plane by Deep Sashelas and Procan. Bitter and enraged at his banishment, he directs his minions to work against Alugach and the servants of Procan and other sea deities opposed to his works.
Panzuriel seeks to lay havoc and waste to the seas, seeking revenge, torture, and murder of all his enemies.
The temples of Panzuriel are huge cave complexes or simple stone circles surrounding tentacled idols. Kraken sometimes force their slaves to toil for centuries creating trenches deep enough to uncover portals leading to Panzuriel's stygian realm.

Divine Symbols & Sigils

Panzuriel's symbol is  a squid eye surrounded by nine tentacles.

Tenets of Faith

Panzuriel is most commonly worshipped by evil aquatic races, such as koalinth, kopru, Kuo Toa, Kraken, merrows, Sahuagin, scrags, sea hags, and vodyanoi.
Panzuriel's shamans and priests are, for the most part, mere rabble raised from a variety of different races. Their chief duty involves attacking all who approach them, particularly aquatic Elves. They sacrifice all magic items they acquire to their deity (although Kraken priests are exempt from this commandment).
In order to become a cleric of Panzuriel, worshipers must sacrifice a sea elf in a ceremony known as the Endless Revenging.
Prayers to Panzuriel take the form of droning chants which surface sailors, hearing them murmuring from the depths, call the "Wail of the Severed God." Raiding and slaughter are the only rites that Panzuriel demands, however.

Alignment

Neutral Evil

Gender

Male

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