Norgorber

Reaper of Reputation

Norgorber (pronounced NOR-gore-ber) remains an enigma to most, his true motives are unknown, and many of his own followers remain ignorant of his plans and designs. Norgorber is most frequently depicted solely by his religious symbol, a featureless black mask. While other depictions present him as an ordinary humanoid figure dressed in black or gray clothing, with his face either partially or completely obscured, Norgorber actively interferes with any artist's attempt to depict him.
Norgorber is one of four gods who assisted in bringing an end to the First Death March.

Divine Domains

Death, Secrecy, Trickery, Wealth

Holy Books & Codes

Seventeen short texts, at least, are associated with Norgorber, all of which have code names and are often disguised as unremarkable books. The anthology of Norgorber's faith is titled The Words Behind the Mask, though no two copies are likely to be the same or interpreted similarly.

Divine Symbols & Sigils

One-Eyed Mask

Tenets of Faith

His followers tend to be clerics, rogues, bards, assassins, alchemists, and shadowdancers, and wear masks to identify themselves and as a symbol of their devotion to the god unless doing so would dangerously reveal their affiliation.
Some sorshipers wear different masks in order to signify different emotions or signals, and remove the innermost masks only in private. Each aspect also prefers masks of different appearance and features related to their focus.
Norgorber's worshipers come from all walks of life and are collectively termed Sons and Daughters of the Mask. Most followers of Norgorber focus their worship on one of the Four Aspects, and while these four followings might cooperate on plans on plans orchestrated by Norgorber and his agents, they otherwise pay only marginal attention to each other and exist almost as separate faiths.

• Assassins, alchemists, and herbalists follow Blackfingers, the aspect of Norgorber representing alchemy, poison, and experimentation for the sake of knowledge alone. Blackfingers' followers breed poisonous animals, such as spiders and scorpions, to create more potent venoms, vivisect victims to learn the secrets of the flesh, and supply criminals with powerful poisons, paralytic agents, memory-fogging drugs, and lock-destroying acids. They often wear masks of smoked glass to protect their eyes from the substances they work with and to obscure their identities when meeting with each other. Blackfingers' faith includes a few druids and witches who serve him due to his patronage of poisonous creatures.
• The followers of Father Skinsaw are known as the Skinsaw Cult, and are the most dangerous and extreme. Father Skinsaws' faithful include mass murderers and bandits, who believe that every murder is a prayer and commit brutal killings in their god's name in the belief that this advances their patron's secret plans. Members of the Skinsaw Cult wear masks of human skin that allow them to detect their victim's vulnerable spots. Even within the Necralis Empire, membership in this cult is outlawed.
• Thieves revere the Gray Master, as do extortionists, kidnappers, street thugs, and all who benefit at the expense of others. They are most likely of the Four Aspects to form organized groups who seek to acquire all they can without an yregard for the law or morality. Followers of the Gray Master vary from violent gangs to nearly legitimate organizations, and conceal themselves with pieces of gray or black cloth that hide their faces below their eyes.
• Spies, politicians, archivists, and researchers worship Norgorber as the Reaper of Reputation, and consider him the deity of secret knowledge and manipulation. They often leverage secrets for their own gain, whether by rigging economics, corrupting governments, or subverting other power structures. Followers of the Reaper vary from relatively benign manipulators of politics whose social maneuvering benefits others as well as themselves to groups which hoard esoteric knowledge and kills anyone else who would possess these secrets. Worshippers of the reaper typically wear domino or masquerade masks or black spirals that cover their mouths.

Norgorber's ceremonial colors are black and brown. Clergy clothes usually follow modern fashions in order to blend in with the common populace but contain many secret pockets, and they often wear masks or bear mask-like motifs as long as their presence does not risk being discovered in places where Norgorber is not tolerated.
His priests are all master imitators and confidence artists, able to assume identities and infiltrate organizations and bring them down from within. Regardless of aspect, most priests of Norgorber train in the arts of disguise, thievery, blackmail, and forgery. Spellcasters among his faithful often focus on illusion, divination, or enchantment, or evocation to misdirect, manipulate, spy upon, or destroy their foes.

Holidays

On the 2nd and 3rd day of Norus, his followers celebrate Ascendence Night, the date on which Norgorber ascended.

Divine Classification

God

Church/Cult

The Endless

Honorary & Occupational Titles

Reaper of Reputation, Father Skinsaw, The Gray Master, Master Blackfingers, King of Thieves

Sex

Male

Eyes

Unknown

Hair

Unknown

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Unknown