Kostchtchie
Born a mortal man before being cursed, Kostchtchie is now the demonic patron of giants and biting cold. Kostchtchie was not always a demon; once he was a man. His father raised him barbarically, forcing him to slaughter his own mother and sister, but in time, the savage Kostchtchie murdered his father as well. Much of the rest of his mortal life is lost in myth and fable. The next event of which scholars are certain is the beginning of his unholy ascendency.
Kostchtchie sought immortality by forcing a bargain with the Witch Queen Baba Yaga. As is often the case with such arrangements, Kostchtchie's wish for immortality was twisted by the evil crone, and he found himself transformed into the demonic form of the thing that he hated most: a giant. Since that time, Kostchtchie has turned his hatred towards Baba Yaga and humanity itself. While he sometimes campaigns by proxy, Kostchtchie prefers to enter combat in person.
Description
While he was once a man, it is very hard to see any trace of humanity in Kostchtchie's current form. He appears as an immense giant with legs perversely twisted and an obscenely muscular frame. His head is small, looking very strange compared to his hulking body. Two tiny, pure white eyes look out from above a massive white beard, woven with the skulls of kings and defeated champions of other faiths. Kostchtchie is a hateful, imperious, and violent dullard who revels in the frenzy of combat. He is desperate for power and validation, but fearful in the face of powers greater than him. Befitting his title as the "Prince of Wrath," Kostchtchie is renowned for his rages. However, he is petulant and childlike in many respects, and these rages often resemble demonic tantrums. He is known to be easily amused, and will sometimes even spare lesser beings if he finds them humorous. Kostchtchie is particularly attached to his massive enchanted warhammer, known as Matalotok. Kostchtchie is ambitious, but prone to idiotic fixations which distract him from his larger goals. For example, despite knowing that his realm, the Iron Wastes, is an infinite plane, he is still obsessed with trying to conquer all of it. He is also known to be extremely misogynistic. He has decreed that giant females of tribes under his control are to be fed to his warriors when they become too old to bear children.Cult & Worshippers
Kostchtchie's main worshipers are giants who have turned from the worship of The AllFather or The Mother and instead have embraced the demonic. Some claim that these giant worshipers of Kostchtchie are even more war-like and blood-thirsty than their already fearsome giant kin. Despite his general hatred of humans, Kostchtchie does have many human worshipers, particularly in the western reaches of the Province of Piliser amongst the Vikmordere. They pray for the day when he will finally bring destruction upon their most hated enemy, the Imperial Seat of Acheron.
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