Desim

God of Madness & Genius

Desim is, at his best, unpredictable. He is one of the greatest sources of progress in the world, and also of destruction. He has one of the wildest depictions in myth, appearing before mortals in hundreds of different forms and driving them to feats of incredible creative genius or depths of depravity. He’s also seen as the hundreds of minor figures that provide creative people with that last spark that allows them to connect the final pieces of the puzzle needed for their great works.
Desim is often credited with helping in the creation of black powder, placing a candle too close to an experimental mixture of substances and letting them ignite. All to show the alchemists mixing it the tremendous gift they had stumbled upon, and its possible applications. There are myths of Desim trying to resurrect a titan to swat an anthill that had stung one of his prized inventors. There’s a parable of him telling a passing bard a story so maddening that the man leapt off a skyland in a desperate attempt to understand the parable. He is also credited with the creation of several monsters that now roam Orizon. He “aided” drow biochemists in the creation of driders, and created the chimera as a way of calming the storms of wild magic. Both of which were successful in meeting their goal, but went on to cause untold destruction.
As a new god, born following the breaking, Desim has no access to the knowledge of the past, and is building off the same foundations as the inventors and creatives he gives his patronage to. This gap in his knowledge is considered a tremendous boon to the world as a whole.

Divine Domains

Invention, Destruction

Symbol of Desim

Divine Classification

God

Alignment

Chaotic Neutral

Gender

Male