Xovaikain

Warped and corrupted by his presence, Zon-Kuthon’s prison realm of Xovaikain was supposed to last for all time, sealing him deep within the Plane of Shadow and isolating him from the rest of creation, much as The Dead Vault does for Rovagug. Yet when Earthfall cast Golarion into an age of darkness, a technicality within the god’s binding ended his imprisonment, allowing him to reenter the world. Rather than abandon his prison, however, Zon-Kuthon displayed his returned power by remaking it. Today, the god of darkness’s domain exists as a region of complete and utter blackness, seen from the outside like a great obsidian wall rising from the ground and piercing the clouds above, dominating the Shadow Plane’s landscape for miles. While no light violates its borders, the same cannot be said of the screams, as a hellish, wailing cacophony endlessly issues forth from the domain. Rarely, one of the god’s petitioners bursts free as well, usually panicked and covered in lacerations, only to scream even more as his momentary—and likely orchestrated—freedom ends with the gloom extending out like the arms of a great black kraken, wrapping around him and dragging him back to his torment. Virtually nothing is known of the domain’s interior, even by the god’s followers, as with exceedingly rare exceptions, only Zon-Kuthon’s deific servitors enter and exit the domain.

Location under

Shadow Plane

Owner/Ruler

Zon-Kuthon