Aldinach (ALL-di-nach)
She of the Six Venoms - CE female demon lord of sand, poison, scorpions, experimentation and thirst
Description
Aldinach appears as a Colossal golden scorpion. Her claws are made of living crimson crystal and have razor-sharp edges, and her face is hideously Human, if unwholesomely colored. On her back swarm countless smaller scorpions, members of her endless brood that she can send out to do her bidding with but a thought. Her sting is particularly dangerous, for it injects six different horrific supernatural toxins with each attack and has been said to be able to envenom even those who normally count themselves as being immune to the effects of poison.Realm Description - Whispering Sands
Although Aldinach has ruled the Sea of Whispering Sands for a relatively short time, already she has inspired her minions to create hundreds of eerie desert cities in her honor, hidden amid the trackless sands. The greatest of these cities lies at the heart of the Sea of Whispering Sands—a sprawling metropolis of twisted buildings constructed from spiny chitin and flexible resin. Named Aioganthus, this impossible city is built within the slowly collapsing walls of a funnel-shaped sinkhole in the sand. As the buildings of Aioganthus slide inexorably down the funnel’s walls, they gather in the center and tangle together, forming a towering spire of chitin and resin that evokes the image of an immense scorpion’s tail. Every few hours, this constantly growing spire lurches downward to “sting” the funnel’s rim, where building material at the tower’s apex breaks off, falling toward the rim, and forms a new structure on the outskirts of the city. The eternal recycling of Aioganthus’s buildings in this manner forces those who dwell within to repeatedly relocate, for those who remain in one building too long are eventually crushed and recycled along with their domicile. This ongoing replenishment of buildings and reworking of the city layout makes Aioganthus an exceptionally difficult location to navigate or assault. Only certain regions inside the central tower remain fixed in place, the slowly churning mass of structure flowing ever upward around them toward the spire’s apex. These stable regions house the personal quarters, laboratories, and prison cells of Aldinach herself. Her lands are in-part defended by the survivors of her experiments (the weaker ones soon fall prey to the harsh environment and local demons).Aldinach's Egg
Her home is known as Aldinach's Egg, an oval-shaped towering fortress of iron. The Egg is filled with disturbing laboratories and surgeries, as well as audience chambers hung with the skins of failed experiments. In the Forbidden Chambers in the upper levels dwell a score of chaos beasts named The Brethren, to whom guests who outstayed their welcome are fed.Relationships
Aldinanch is the daughter of Lamashtu, Demon Goddess and Mother of Monsters, and Serket, Once Mortal Osiriani God of Poisons. Areshkagal is Aldinanch's half sister, and they are locked in an eternal war. Ever since Aldinach stole the Abyssal realm known as the Sea of Whispering Sands from her sister, forcing Areshkagal into exile in the desolate Blood Clefts, Aldinach has been forced to defend her desert realm from her sister’s constant, increasingly desperate attempts to reclaim her lost territory.Cults
Aldinach’s cults are strongest in deserts. Her worship is relatively unknown outside of the former Osiriani Empire. When she is worshiped elsewhere, it is typically by a lone cultist or fanaticOsirion
Certain tribes of particularly violent girtablilus venerate her in hive-cities in eastern Osirion where their strange traditions mix worship of Aldinach and Rovagug into an unusual pantheon of arachnoid horror. In these cults, the leaders of her faithful are often half-fiend girtablilu clerics. Those who fall prey to one of these desert-dwelling cults can look forward to an agonizing and lingering death, for a favored method of living sacrifice involves a painful combination of death by long exposure to the elements and periodic torments where the lingering demise is lengthened by tantalizing sips of life-giving water. By extending a victim’s periods of thirst to agonizing length, the suffering Soul is made to taste all the sweeter in death.Activites Before Exodus
This demon princess led a budding cult active accross the Osirion Empire. Her followers abducted holy and righteous folk like paladins and priests and creatures like Sphinxes, and carried them off to Aldinach's Egg. There, the Lady of Change subjected her "patients" to vile experiments that warped them physically and mentally and enslaved them to her will. Twisted mockeries of their former selves, they became half-fiends and, though they fought their new natures and suffered crippling remorse, they soon succumbed to deceitfulness and rage. Sometimes, Aldinach would receive visitors who provided her with devices or magical lore that her better alter her victims. However, she quickly lost her patience if they didn't share her interests.Rahadoum
Her cultists work to seduce and corrupt that Rahadoum’s godless citizens.Drow
List most Demon Lords, Aldinach has a strong cult amongst the Drow.
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