Betrayer Deities

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For more information on all deities, see: Deities

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The Betrayer Deities are the Creator Deities who chose not to fight against the Primordials during the Age of Creation, and sought revenge against the Prime Deities during the War of Repellence. Vecna is also typically grouped with the Betrayer Deities, despite not being a Creator.

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Asmodeus

LAWFUL EVIL
Asmodeus is the Iolcusian deity of subjugation and ruler of all devils. Asmodeus is a patron of oppression and power, the greatest devil, the Lord of the Ninth, and overlord of the Nine Hells as a whole.

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Bhaal

LAWFUL EVIL
Bhaal is the Iolcusian god of tyrannical oppression, terror, and hate, known across Iolcus as the face of pure evil through malevolent despotism. From his dread realm of Banehold, the Black Hand acts indirectly through worshipers and other agents to achieve his ultimate plan to achieve total domination of all Iolcus.

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Gruumsh

CHAOTIC EVIL
Gruumsh is the patron god of the orc race. He is named He Who Never Sleeps for he is said to never tire, and is symbolized with an ever-open eye to represent the orcish belief that he watches over them all, judging every one of their kind. Long ago he swore that orcs would rule the world, and since then has driven his people to wage endless wars in his name.

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Tharizdun

CHAOTIC EVIL
Tharizdun is a long-forgotten interloper god who seeks to destroy all that is. Prior to the War of First Light, it created the Abyss. During the War of Repellence, it let loose demonic hordes upon the Material Plane, an act for which it was imprisoned by the gods. Its followers hope to set it free.

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Tiamat

LAWFUL EVIL
Tiamat is the dragon goddess of greed, queen of evil dragons and, for a time, reluctant servant of the greater gods Bhaal and later Asmodeus. Tiamat is also the eternal rival of her brother Bahamut, ruler of the good metallic dragons.

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Torog

NEUTRAL EVIL
Torog, the Crawling King, is an evil god of torturers, slavers, and jailers. His worshipers are those who take others' freedom and creatures living in the darkness below. It is said that pathways under the world are the result of his tears of pain and anger, and his realm is a network of deadly caves and manacles.

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Urgathoa

NEUTRAL EVIL
Urgathoa is the goddess of physical excess, disease, and the undead. She is mostly worshiped by dark necromancers, the undead, and those wishing to become undead. Sometimes those who live gluttonous lifestyles make supplication to her, as do those suffering from a serious illness.

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Vecna

NEUTRAL EVIL
Vecna was a once-human king and lich before he ascended to godhood. While he was once considered the most powerful lich to dwell on that world, over the ages he spent in undeath, Vecna became maligned across the multiverse, and was considered the scourge of all civilization.

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Zehir

CHAOTIC EVIL
Zehir, the Cloaked Serpent, is an evil god of poisons, assassins, and darkness. He is the Creator of Snakes and also of the vishkanyans. Most of his followers were annihilated during the War of Repellence, and those who survived are in self-induced stasis or hunted by the followers of the Crawling King.

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