Houndsbane, God of Aberration
Houndsbane, also known as the God of Aberration, is the moniker given to the theoretical deity of a fanatical sect of the religious cult known as the Ash Zealots. This sect, who call themselves the Houndsbane Zealots, are among those who worship the aliens responsible for the destruction of Earth as wrathful gods whose cleansing fire purged the planet of impurity and remade it as the paradise of Ashrain. The Zealots believe that the Ash Gods live within the titanic megastructures known as the Constructs, spread throughout the remaining terrestrial landscape of Ashrain. One of these Constructs, located on the western edge of the Charnel Flats, is believed by the Zealots to be the palace of Houndsbane, and their temples and altars are built in its shadow.
Houndsbane's name and existence are theories of the Zealots based on the existence of a mutant, canine species known as the Hounds of Houndsbane. Deviant alpha predators with enhanced physiological characteristics that make them more specialized for life in the harsh terrain of Ashrain, the Hounds are believed to be experiments of the Ash Gods just as humans are believed to have been abducted by the aliens and remade. The high concentration of Hound activity in proximity to the Charnel Construct supports this theory. Despite this circumstantial evidence, no actual evidence of Houndsbane or of any other individual Ash God has ever been actually seen by any human being since the Great Cataclysm.
Divine Classification
Alien Deity
Religions
Current Location
Species
Church/Cult
Age
Unknown
Children
Current Residence
The Charnel Construct
Sex
Unknown
Height
Unknown
Weight
Unknown
Related Myths
Dang this one has some bite to it! I like the idea of these ever-burning deities, with names like The Ash Gods or the Charnel Construct. I also like how you tie in the Aberration with this idea of mutated hounds in the wake of these alien god-like creatures, it just paints a real brutal and terrifying image so easily!
Thanks!