Kharjha
The Twice Dead God, The Shattered Soul of Varn
The only religion on Varn, which is observed by nearly all of its inhabitants, is Kharjhata. Varnians beleive that every planet in the universe, or at least in Avendora, has a sort of god-like sentient soul. These spirits typically protect their planet and its inhabitants when revered properly, however, Varn's spirit, Kharjha, is a different story. According to Kharjhati mythology, Kharjha was once a just and vigilant god like many others, even falling deeply in love with the spirit of one of Varn's moons, Vishandri. Many many years ago before the Saurian Empire had even entered this galaxy, there was a great war between the gods of the planets when some new god arrived that was not from any planet at all, upsetting the entire power structure of the heavens. When a second newcomer entered the scene from some unknown reality, they began to fight with the first newcomer, dragging the other gods into the melee in their reckless rampaging around the galaxy in their attempt to kill each other. Kharjha, not afraid to fight himself as he was quite a formidible warrior after fighting off thousands of minor asteroid spirits, feared for the safety of his lover Vishandri, and thus obstained from these heavenly battles and barricaded himself at the very core of Varn. Alas, as fate would have it the warring deities eventually happend to crash into Varn at the height of their battle, the pure destructive energey of their clash obliterating one of Varn's moons, the psychic shockwave of which killed both moon goddesses and Kharjha himself. As Kharjha was much more powerful than his moon goddess Vishandri, he survived his agonized death throws long enough to watch his cosmic love be shredded from existance before his very eyes. This sparked a rage in Kharjha that ran so deep that the fires of his fury resurected his shattered soul. He then went on a unholy rampage, slaying many other gods that had failed to protect his love, eventually ceasing when all nearby gods had been slain and he discovered the original newcomer combatants had long gone. With no more purpose, he sunk back into the depths of his planet and slumbered for many thousands of years. When he was finally awoken by some puny mortals descending onto his planet's surface, the depth of his tragedy renewed in his soul and he wished for nothing more than final death. And so, when the mortals began to war amougst themselves as they did so often, he sabotaged his own planet's defenders, allowing their enemies to get so close that their weapons of mass destruction fell on Varn's crust, cracking it badly and slaying Kharjha for the second time in the process. Astoundingly, Kharjha's love and longing for Vishandri was so great, that his soul refused to die yet again, reigniting in the heart of Varn. This is how the entity came to be known by some as the Twice Dead God. Now Kharjha is lost in mindless rage and grief and frustration, making it his personal goal to make sure that since he is forced to endure his torment alone while the other gods still live peacefully on, it is his new purpose to rid them of both their peace and their lives. Maybe when the last god dies, there will be enough peace in the void that he can finally die himself and have to endure his torment no longer.
As there is no joy or love left in this dark god's heart, he sees his followers as mere tools that belong to him by right of being born on his planet. The Varnian people have come to accept this, and while they do not worship and revere him as it would serve to purpose to their god's cold soul, they do have a respecful fear of him and seek to avoid angering or displeasing their frightful overlord.
Divine Classification
God of the Varnian people
Religions
Realm
Church/Cult
Children
Eyes
Red, sometimes depicted as pure fire
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Rocky, jagged, and spiked
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