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Worshipers symbolically |
NSFW, and trigger warning for bad things.
I was thinking about how some good old fashioned evil deities make a campaign setting sing. I also want to recommend the old version of Judges Guild's Unknown Gods (the recent version is shit).
Vasterolompos, God of Serial Killers
Fanes to Vasterolompos are rare, almost always found exclusively in the underworld. More common is run across a forgotten shrine in the wilderness. Vast started as a hearth deity, or so scholars say, but at some point became a god of revenge or murder and eventually methodical homicide. Worshipers, madmen all, each have their calling cards, rules, and modus operandi.
One might only kill on Woodsdays. Another might only kill women, and keep their severed hands as trophies, a third may entice men into assaulting her before cutting their throats mid-coitus. Messed up shit. Have your lines and veils and x-cards sorted for these things.
One thing the killers usually seem to do is burn an amber candle near the killing-site to honor their god and gain its blessings (which may include henchmen, special abilities, or monstrous forms).
The king's highway-riders have several outstanding warrants for killers that are still at large.
They say that Vast whispers to potential worshipers, and entices them to study his scattered lore.
Ug, I have to go take a shower now.
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