Malephor

Epithets: The Gnawing King, The Carrier, Lord of the Festering, King of Rot

Role: God of Famine, Sickness, and Survival

"[Insert a short quote, prayer, or line of scripture here that captures their personality or public dogma.]"

Basic Information

• Domains: Survival, Famine, Poison, Sickness, Rot

• Symbol: Three rat heads conjoined at the neck.

• Alignment: Chaotic Evil

• Worshipers: The Desperate, Diseased, Poisoners.

Description & Iconography

Visuals: Malephor is depicted as a grotesque trinity, possessing three rat heads rising from a single neck. His bloated, distended form is composed not of skin and bone, but of a writhing amalgamation of countless vermin bodies fused together. A jagged, rusted iron halo floats perpetually above him, crowning the King of Rot.

The Avatar: He manifests as The Plague Tide. The vermin that make up his body dissolve into thousands of individual rats, flooding the area. Where the tide passes, food turns to gray slush and healthy folk fall instantly ill with the "Black Shakes."

Associated Elements:

• Colors: Bile Yellow, Bruised Purple, and Rust.

• Materials: Filth, Scabs, Mold, and Yeast.

Traits & Motivations (The Public Doctrine)

The Creed: Malephor teaches...

• The Carrier's Mercy: He teaches that Rot is simply nature's way of recycling the weak to feed the strong.

The Promise: Despite his horror, Malephor promises...

The Bloom: Malephor is blamed by many for the mutations of the Verdant Bloom. They view the Bloom as just another form of his Rot, another sickness of the World.

• Malephor's Stance: He happily accepts this fear. When a village is overrun by mutating vines, his priests claim it is "The King's Garden" and demand tithes to stop it. He never creates the Bloom, but he claims the credit to increase his own intimidation factor.

Personality: [How does the common folk perceive them? Stern? Loving? Terrifying?]

Routine & Worship

Rituals:

• The Tithe of the Floor: When cooking, one must always drop a piece of food on the floor and leave it there for the vermin. "One for the house, one for the King."

Signs of Favour:

Omens of Displeasure:

• The Scratching: The sound of gnawing inside walls made of solid stone.

• The Black Grain: Opening a sack of flour to find it writhing with maggots.

Secret

The Divine Truth (GM Only)

Cosmic Role: The Poisoner

Role in the Betrayal: Created the poison that could sedate Naeros.

True Motivation: