Kosm, The Matron of Madness
Minor Goddess of Insanity, Love, Destruction, Torment, and Water
There are two sides to love - good and evil. Such it is with her - though it was not always this way. Oh yes, I'm quite serious. She gave this world a chance, once, after arriving here on its shores - the sole daughter of a corpse-city on a far-distant, baleful blue-green star. And in exchange, she was captured by an empire of fools that tormented her, experimented on her, and drove her mad. They tore her eyes from her body and consumed them whole, that they might know ascendance - tore her apart in their fleshvats to fuel their ravenous hunger for knowledge. Her - an innocent newborn who approached them out of simple curiosity. A higher being who, in her divine purity, could not fathom the evil in our hearts. We showed her how pointless this reality was, then - and now she's merely returning the favor in whatever ways best suit her. And yet, somehow, she still finds it in both this heart and her other to love us. Truly, we do not deserve her.Titles: Mother Kosm, The Matron of Madness, The Eldritch Death, Chaos Incarnate, Goddess from beyond the stars, Daughter of the Great Old One Roles: Spreader of Insanity, Destroyer of Reason and Logic, To Shatter the natural order of the world and life, seeker of absolute pandemonium Favored Weapon: Scorpion Whip Alignment: Chaotic Evil Church Moniker: The Church of Mother Kosm Obedience: Spend an hour floating face up in a suitably large body of water(Or on your back surrounded by water motifs if such a body cannot be found) speaking aloud your troubles and woes and issues without regard to who might be hearing. Once the hour is up, reaffirm your love to the Matron of Madness aloud for all to hear before going about your day. Effect: You can breathe and function underwater just as well as you can on land, and by maintaining physical skin-to-skin contact with another creature for at least 6 seconds you can learn the identity of the object, creature, or thing that they love the most - though some creatures may love nothing and give no answer. Once a day as an immediate action, when you would fail a save against a mind-affecting effect, you can automatically succeed the save by lose the ability to distinguish friend from foe to 1d4 rounds, attacking or hindering the closest creature(s) as best as you are able. Finally, you automatically gain the Whip Mastery and Improved Whip Mastery feats as bonus feats ignoring prerequisites.
Divine Domains
Chaos, Evil, Madness, Void, Destruction, Death, Water
Artifacts
If any artifacts of Kosm ever existed, they have either been lost to memory or the passage of time - none remain in the present day, making such speculations about what may have been(Or what the faithful may keep secret) rampant and baseless.
Holy Books & Codes
The Eldritch Apocrypha
Divine Symbols & Sigils
A Humanoid Eye with tentacles sprouting from the iris
Tenets of Faith
Torment what you hate. A quick death is a loving one, so ensure those you hate die slowly and painfully.
Kill what you love. If you truly love something, you must kill it before it can be taken from you - that your love might last forever.
Cast your thinking mind aside. Life was meant to love and be loved - none should die having never known its touch. Do what you enjoy, seek out what you love, and never be anything but unabashed, unashamed you. Any who stand in your way are fuel for your fire.
Seek comfort on the waves. The water shall ever be my domain - the domain of the misbegotten and the forlorn. Seek the coasts, lakes, and inland seas and honor my name there along their shores. Cast what you treasure most onto the waves to entrust them to my grip, and look after those who wash ashore.
Existence is madness. The world will betray you at every turn, so waste no time on words - for the world is one of liars. The world will lash out at you at every opportunity, so strike first and to preserve that which you love - for the world is endless darkness, and the light of your love is the only deliverance by which they might be freed from it.
Holidays
The Eldritch Consummation
Divine Goals & Aspirations
To see all creatures turned to madness or destroyed.
To destroy reason and logic and replace them both with insanity and madness.
"Don't worry about it too much, friend. We all fall to her faith at some point or another, if we worship her better half long enough." "...thanks. I...I just can't love her like I used to. Not...not after-" "Shhh. You don't need to justify yourself to me - or anyone. Chase your passions and your loves under Kosm's light until a time as you find yourself again. We'll be waiting for you."
Divine Classification
Religions
Alignment
Chaotic Evil
Children
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