Torog, the Crawling King

God of the Underdark

Description

Torog is the evil god of The Underdark and the patron of jailers and torturers. Common superstition holds that if his name is spoken, the King the Crawls burrows up from below and drags the hapless speaker underground to an eternity of imprisonment and torture. Jailers and torturers pray to him in deep caves and cellars, and creatures of The Underdark revere him as well.
Following his tenets, Torog desires his followers to seek out the deepest places of the world, expanding his empire. He also wishes for them to maliciously restrain though they have control over (whether that be a prisoner in their charge, a hostage they have taken, or fools in their employ) and revel in any physical or emotional anguish they can inflict on them.

Tenets of The Crawling King

• Seek out and revere the deep places beneath the earth.
• Delight in the giving of pain, and consider pain you receive as homage to Torog.
• Bind tightly what is in your charge, and restrain those who wander free.

Piety Abilities

Torog's Devotee

Piety 3+ Torog trait
You can see normally in darkness, both magical and nonmagical, to a distance of 120 feet.

Torog's Votary

Piety 10+ Torog trait
You gain the ability to cast Maximillian's Earthen Grasp with this trait, requiring no material components. Once you cast this spell this way, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest. Strength is your spellcasting ability for this spell. In addition, you have advantage on saving throws against being paralysed.

Torog's Disciple

Piety 25+ Torog trait
You gain the ability to cast Armour of Agathys with this trait, requiring no material components When you do so, you gain an additional 20 temporary hit points and, when creature hits you with a melee attack while you have temporary hit points from this spell, the creature takes an additional 20 cold damage. Once you cast this spell in this way, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest. Constitution is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Champion of The Crawling King

Piety 50+ Torog trait
You can increase your Strength or Constitution score by 2 and also increase your maximum for that score by 2.

History

The Prime Millenia

When Torog first became aware of Albion and cast his gaze upon it, he was displease with what he saw. Disappointed by the efforts of the dwarves and other subterranean creatures of the world, he exerted his influence on the world and began to carve this realm's Underdark. To it, he called all creatures and people who the world shunned, chiefest among them the drow, but also many dwarves and gnomes which later became the duergar and the svirfneblin (deep gnomes). Eventually, word of this global network of tunnels reached much of the word as a place of evil creatures terror, a reputation which pleased The Crawling King.

The Age of Ascension

To Be Confirmed.

The Post-Aspect Era (The Era of Restoration)

Even with Albion attempting to settle after the events of The Aspect Wars, Torog's agenda remained consistent and unchanged. Content with the dominion he created and the creature which now dwell within it, he now simply desires for his followers to bring him more of that which he delights in: more terror, more anguish, and more pain for the poor, unfortunate souls his worshippers capture and bring into that darkness.

Worship

Places of Worship

• The Vault of Agony. A temple dedicated to The Crawling King located in The Underdark.

Notable Worshipers

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Divine Classification

Destroyer God

Alignment

Neutral Evil

Current Location

The Maw of Torment, Domain of the Crawling King

Gender

Male (he/him)

Related Historical Events

• 2,841 - 2,941 AA
  The Aspect Wars
• Sometime After Intelligent Life became Established
  The Influence of The Destroyers

Divine Domains
Death and Trickery