Set

The Cloaked Serpent, The Great Serpent, Master of Poisons and Shadows, Lord of Evil, Defiler of the Dead, Lord of Carrion, Father of Jackals, Brother of Serpents, Outcast of the Gods, King of Malice, God of Darkness, God of Desert Storms (a.k.a. Zehir, Typhon, Gilgeam)

God of darkness, poison, snakes, assassins, and Yuan-Ti.
Known as Zehir to the Yuan-ti race, Set is the creator of snakes and also of serpent-kin.
Many depictions of him can be found in his long forgotten and abandoned temples. He takes the form of man's body with a half-dozen arms and a gargantuan fanged serpent head, with strands of thick, dark hair sprouting from his scaled body that swirl around to form layers of shadow, obscuring his entire form. Or, as a man possessing the head of a jackal and finely scaled skin. He wore white, gray, or black robes, collar, and bracers.

Divine Domains

The Desert, Destruction, Drought, Night, Rot, Snakes, Hate, Betrayal, Evil Magic, Ambition, Poison, Murder, Magic, Air, Darkness, Envy, Evil, Hatred, Law, Pride, Scalykind, Wrath, Death, Tempest, Trickery

Holy Books & Codes

Commandments of the Cloaked Serpent

• Keep your acts obfuscated and secret. The night is your greatest ally.
• Strike quickly and without reason. Blind the target with their own confusion.
• Kill slowly. Agonizingly. Or worse, make them enjoy it.

Divine Symbols & Sigils

Set's holy symbol is a variant of a coiled cobra or a dragon-shaped dagger (Zehirian).
Historically, the unholy gesture of Zehir/Set was the sign of fangs.
Their favored weapon is The Spear of Darkness (longspear, halfspear or shortspear).

Holidays

The Church of Set recognized no specific holy days.

Divine Goals & Aspirations

The will of Set was often communicated through the actions of creatures such as nightmares and hell hounds, as well as through any poisonous living animal or plant.
The Beast: Set sometimes appeared to his faithful in the form of a predatory beast or scavenger, a reminder of his anger if they failed him
Sound: The sound of a rattlesnake or jackal warned his followers to danger.
Exploding skull: The faithful of other deities may have encountered the vision of a skull that exploded before their eyes, releasing a shower of blood upon them.

Physical Description

Special abilities

Set's bite was poisonous, and he had the power to create poison at will. His touch could bend others to his power or kill them instantly, as he chose, and even the purest heart turned evil upon looking into his eyes.

Mental characteristics

Intellectual Characteristics

His methods were aggressive, yet subtle. He liked his wishes to be carried out quietly, but boldly and did not forgive failure, though those who continued to please him could expect to be richly rewarded.

Social

Contacts & Relations

Set had negotiated alliances with Tiamat.

Divine Classification

Intermediate deity

Religions

• Church of Set

Alignment

Neutral Evil

Church/Cult

Church of Set

Gender

Male