Cult of the Twisted Elf
Cult of the Demigod Desridaen is a small, created by the Warlock Quazzy for her Patron.
Cult members are generally villains, misfits, scoundrels, and the psychologically vulnerable who have crossed Quazzy in some way. Most were intimidated or magically re-educated to her cause.
Cult Members
Kingdom of Rethem
Hudd, is a manual laborer and freed slave. Refer Session 111 - The Artist Macabre.
Gifardus, Adenot, and Garnet are a band of skilled archers who Quazzy convinced that she has a link to their souls and can find and kill them anytime. They are located near Winen Castle. Refer Session 066 - Attacking the Hidden Base.
Thardic Republic
Tedric is a traumatized former slave of the Ogerius Nethra the Artist Macabre. The boy has a skeleton tattooed on his back and latent Psionic abilities. Desridaen sees potential in this young man. Refer Session 111 - The Artist Macabre.
Serill the Swan. An aging Gladiator. Recruited while drunk and suffering the after-effects of a charm. Refer Session 112 - Hidden Conflicts.
Kingdom of Kanday
Serana, common villager from Kostim. Subjected to a Modify Memory spell after being charmed by an undead warrior. Refer Session 079 - The Silver Swords.
Bordur Pildesen, a Lexigrapher and Mapmaker from the City of Aleath. A cheat, thief, poisoner, and entirely without talent. Refer Session 080 - The Lost Exorcist.
Kingdom of Kaldor
Ocypete, the Yélgri, is a semi-reptilian Hârnic Harpy locate in the hills east of Trobridge Inn. Quazzy uses her mind control magic to twist the monster's motivations and memories. Refer Session 069 - Bad Bard in the Big City.
History and Background
The Mythic Past
Desridaen was a close friend of the King of the Elves, Daelda, and weaponsmith to the Crown. He fought beside his King during the Battle of Sorrows, witnessing his fall to a conjured demon. Desridaen was captured on the battlefield by Taurin Halfhand, one of the revered thirteen prophets of the god of assassins Naveh. He was torture physically and mentally, with his spirit twisted and corrupted. The Greater Gytevsha Krasula was involved with this process.
While living, he forged the infamous Desridaen Long Knives for the Assassin-Priests of Naveh and was murdered after creating his most magnificent weapon. His spirit eventually found service in the court of Naveh, rising to his primary weaponsmith. As he gained power, he nursed his desire for freedom and revenge. He has an abiding hatred for Krasula, the Hunter of Sleep whose nightmares corrupted him.
Recent Times
In early 720TR in the City of Coranan, Senator Baloth Nemirina was secretly the Harnic Primate of the Church of Naveh. The Navean Pontiff instructed him to invoke the Rite of Nao-Thian. On the night of Shadowmath, the Greater Gytevsha Krasula would be summoned, and the City would erupt in an orgy of violence and death. The dead souls would then be stored in a gem and used to enchant a weapon of unholy murder. The weapon in question would be one of the magnificent Elven kong knives forged by Desridaen.
Observing the somewhat mentally deranged wizard Quazzy, Desridaen saw his opportunity. He secretly contacted Quazzy and granted her many dark magical powers. Desridaen manipulated events to ensure that on Shadowmath, Krasula would be summoned, defeated, and captured by his enemies in a Peonian Dream Box. Rather than create the weapon of death, the souls of the dead would instead be used to free himself from the grip of the god Naveh, a small price to pay. The destruction of Naveh's temple in Coranan, and the death of most of its Priests, was a bonus.
Now a free agent, Desridaen's goals are unclear. He seems content to teach Quazzy dark magics and lore while reminiscing over events from the ancient past. He still bears a grudge against the God Naveh and will plot the destruction of his minions wherever possible.
D&D 5E Rules
Clerics
Desridaen currently has no clerics however if he were to take one on he would grant access to the Trickery and Knowledge Domains. Cleric will be proficient in use of the Elven Long Knife which functions as a Short Sword.Warlocks
Desridaen warlocks use the Pact of the Great Old One as a template.Specialty Spell
He grants the following spell to selected worshipers.
Desridaen's Spectral Dagger
2-level Illusion
Verbal and Somatic.
You create a floating, spectral dagger within range that lasts for the duration or until you cast this spell again. When you cast the spell, you can make a melee spell attack against a creature within 5 feet of the weapon. On a hit, the target takes psychic damage equal to 1d8 + your spellcasting ability modifier.
As a bonus action on your turn, you can move the dagger up to 20 feet and repeat the attack against a creature within 5 feet of it.
At higher levels:
When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for every two slot levels above the 2nd. 4th level: 2d8 + spellcasting modifier psychic damage 6th level: 3d8 + spellcasting modifier psychic damage 8th level: 4d8 + spellcasting modifier psychic damage.
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