Tharizdun – Chaotic Evil god of Eternal Darkness
Tharizdun, hated the creatures and the angels created by the other Gods. Upon hearing the punishment for the angels, he began worming his was into the ears of the other Gods. He wanted to prove that the angels were undeserving of any forgiveness but instead should be given to him to punish. This thought divided the Gods. Some of them agreed, for they were already given a chance to do the job given to them and they failed. Why not be given proper punishment? After word got to Lord Ao, he ordered a slience to fall on the other Gods and not to speak another word of alternative punishments.
Already having some of the others on his side he decided to, behind the back of Ao, make a bet with the other Gods. If he could corrupt the angels while they were mortal, then they would fall to his domain upon death, instead of being welcomed back into the heavens. He enlisted the help of 2 others, Vecna and Loviatar. With their help surely he could corrupt the angels.
Divine Domains
Demiplane of Imprisonment
Artifacts
The cult of Tharizdun possesses numerous artifacts and lesser magic items sacred to the Dark God, and devotes considerable resources to finding more. Even fragments of destroyed artifacts are priceless to the cult, since clerics cannot receive spells from Tharizdun without being in proximity to such an artifact. Many items crafted more recently are etched with a vortex symbol.
Lament for Lost Tharizdun is a book bound in black scaly hide, written in silver ink on black paper. Merely reading this text is damaging to the mind of any but the mad followers of Tharizdun. It is presumed to have been written by one of his followers after the deity's banishment.
Tharizdun's followers seek to reclaim the 333 Gems of Tharizdun, a collection of gemstones sacred to the Dark One, sacrificed to him by cultists in ages past. Mostly looted or sold off after Tharizdun's imprisonment, they have spread across the world by traders unaware of their connection to that evil deity.
The Spear of Sorrow, a cursed polearm seven feet in length and carved entirely from black stone, is sacred to Tharizdun. Its purpose is to locate and restore that god's ancient and forgotten temples and awaken his sleeping guardians.
Druniazth, the Claw of Tharizdun, is a sword made from black ruinite metal by cultists centuries after his banishment. Its purpose is to spread a prophecy of Tharizdun's return, and ultimately to unleash him upon the world.
The Weeping Hexgram, discovered near the Ziggurat of Black in the year 576 CY, is a ten foot diameter black iron ring inset with a bowed hexagram, which seeps blood when exposed to sunlight. In 581 CY, a paladin of Heironeous broke the ring into three pieces.
Over a thousand years ago, Tharizdun gifted the Scorpion Crown to Shattados, king of the empire of Sulm.
Divine Symbols & Sigils
Tharizdun's holy symbol is a jagged counterclockwise dark spiral rune known as the Spiral of Decay.
Some of his clerics also use a two-tiered inverted ziggurat, known as the Obex.
Under the aspect of the Elder Elemental Eye, his holy symbol is a downward-pointing black triangle with an inverted yellow Y within it. His followers under that identity also use a symbol of a golden flaming eye.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Unlike most deities of Oerth, who take humanoid shape, Tharizdun appears as a dark, amorphous form reminiscent of a sentient sphere of annihilation.
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